So... that's a basic update. I know you are all waiting on more videos. And trust me, they are coming. The editing takes forever and we've been giving priority to job searching and stuff. But, I have heard another video is almost done and ready to be put on here. Still not even Denver stuff yet, but I also promise there will be pictures soon too. Sometime.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
French Fries
We're still living it up. Ciara got a job at the San Diego Zoo taking pictures. She's pretty stoked about it too. I'm still looking for a second job and she's still looking for a car. We have a full stocked fridge now (thank you mom!) and we're basically used to the street noise now. We more or less have figured our way around the basic areas of the city and use Cali to navigate the rest. We have made several friends, and now a couple of female friends. THANK GOODNESS. But she lives in Los Angeles. So maybe we won't see her that often, but she's awesome. Last weekend we went snorkeling with sharks in La Jolla with some new friends we met, and then headed to PB (Pacific Beach) to hang with people for a bit too. This past week we visited a few coffee shops, went to a free comedy club night, hit up a bible study with our church and made a couple of friends there and then Friday night we headed to L.A. for the weekend. That was a blast as well. Ciara is headed back to Florida in a few days. I don't know what either one of us will do. We've spent every day basically together for the past two months, however, I think we will both enjoy the alone time too.
Friday, October 16, 2009
So far, muy bueno
We're broke. We're hungry. We're living a dream. This old apartment is home now. Even with the complete lack of furniture, it is awesome. Cathy and Greg (the folks we stayed with in Santa Ana) were super kind to us and donated a sleeper sofa to the cause of JennyCiara take on California. So basically our living room has that, zero lights at night, but the kitchen light shines through enough to deal. We have clothes hanging in our closets and stuff in the bathroom, very little in the kitchen, but so far enough to get by. We're both still looking for work, I transferred with American Eagle and am working at Horton Plaza in downtown San Diego. I still need a second job though to get by I think.
Anyway, our apartment is fabulous. We have a balcony that watches the sun set, a fireplace, we never need AC, a much larger kitchen than the one we had in Orlando. We share a bathroom, but so far it's been easy. We're learning the roads here really quickly and the vibe of the people is so chill and relaxed. Everyone is super friendly too. We walked to the beach last weekend for the OB (Ocean Beach) Oktoberfest, where we ended up in a pizza place/bar with a lot of beers on tap for several hours. We mostly people watched and befriended a bus boy named Tom. He seriously is one of our best friends out here now. More to come on that later. We sat in the pizza place forever and split a slice (because they only took cash and we only had $3) and then Tom came over to us and talked to us. We hung out for a bit with him on his breaks and stuff and when he got off we all walked (with the company of a girl named Katie and her two friends) to the park two bars down. Literally on the beach. Then we had a cartwheelpalooza! Tom helped us to learn how to walk on our hands. After awhile Katie and her friends left, leaving only me and Ciara and Tom together. Seriously though, we both felt like we've known him forever and he feels the same about us. We discussed Merle (the tranny with a handlebar crotch-- you'll see if you come visit us) and then we walked back to the bar. Tom took us home since we had walked there several hours earlier and promised we'd all hang out again soon.
The rest of the week living here has gone by quickly. We've been job searching and car searching (Ciara) and furniture searching (free on craigslist) We hung out with Tom Tuesday night again at his friend Ryan's house. It was a lot of fun and we fell in so easily with Tom it felt like we've known him as long as some of our other guy friends like Matt, or Aaron or Zac or Ben or Tim. Ciara and I crashed in the spare room that night because it was a while drive back to our house.
Tonight we went to a coffee shop in Normal Heights ( a neighborhood in San Diego) about 7 miles from our house. It was super chill and relaxed and an older guy named Mark told us all the cool things we have to do while we are here. We met a bunch of people there too who hang out there all the time supposedly. They seemed excited to meet us too and hopefully we will run into them again soon too. So living in San Diego is awesome. There is so much to do and see, and even though all we're basically eating is cereal, pb&j, and rolled up sliced turkey, we're living the good life.
***However, if you feel the need to donate to the Jenny and Ciara need to fill their fridge/pantry fund, let us know and we will gladly give you a place to donate. We will also take lightbulbs, lamps, free furniture, food, money, dishes, whatever... we seriously have nothing.***
So, we have plans with some friends we've met here tomorrow and Saturday and I think next weekend we are planning on heading back up to LA to hang out with my friend Joe from high school and his roommates for a bbq.
While we were staying in Santa Ana, we visited Joe, Joe, Ian and their other roommate in West Hollywood. We also went to Disneyland (FOR FREE BITCHES!!!) and the Santa Monica Pier (not all it's hyped up to be), saw the HOLLYWOOD sign,
Anyway, our apartment is fabulous. We have a balcony that watches the sun set, a fireplace, we never need AC, a much larger kitchen than the one we had in Orlando. We share a bathroom, but so far it's been easy. We're learning the roads here really quickly and the vibe of the people is so chill and relaxed. Everyone is super friendly too. We walked to the beach last weekend for the OB (Ocean Beach) Oktoberfest, where we ended up in a pizza place/bar with a lot of beers on tap for several hours. We mostly people watched and befriended a bus boy named Tom. He seriously is one of our best friends out here now. More to come on that later. We sat in the pizza place forever and split a slice (because they only took cash and we only had $3) and then Tom came over to us and talked to us. We hung out for a bit with him on his breaks and stuff and when he got off we all walked (with the company of a girl named Katie and her two friends) to the park two bars down. Literally on the beach. Then we had a cartwheelpalooza! Tom helped us to learn how to walk on our hands. After awhile Katie and her friends left, leaving only me and Ciara and Tom together. Seriously though, we both felt like we've known him forever and he feels the same about us. We discussed Merle (the tranny with a handlebar crotch-- you'll see if you come visit us) and then we walked back to the bar. Tom took us home since we had walked there several hours earlier and promised we'd all hang out again soon.
The rest of the week living here has gone by quickly. We've been job searching and car searching (Ciara) and furniture searching (free on craigslist) We hung out with Tom Tuesday night again at his friend Ryan's house. It was a lot of fun and we fell in so easily with Tom it felt like we've known him as long as some of our other guy friends like Matt, or Aaron or Zac or Ben or Tim. Ciara and I crashed in the spare room that night because it was a while drive back to our house.
Tonight we went to a coffee shop in Normal Heights ( a neighborhood in San Diego) about 7 miles from our house. It was super chill and relaxed and an older guy named Mark told us all the cool things we have to do while we are here. We met a bunch of people there too who hang out there all the time supposedly. They seemed excited to meet us too and hopefully we will run into them again soon too. So living in San Diego is awesome. There is so much to do and see, and even though all we're basically eating is cereal, pb&j, and rolled up sliced turkey, we're living the good life.
***However, if you feel the need to donate to the Jenny and Ciara need to fill their fridge/pantry fund, let us know and we will gladly give you a place to donate. We will also take lightbulbs, lamps, free furniture, food, money, dishes, whatever... we seriously have nothing.***
So, we have plans with some friends we've met here tomorrow and Saturday and I think next weekend we are planning on heading back up to LA to hang out with my friend Joe from high school and his roommates for a bbq.
While we were staying in Santa Ana, we visited Joe, Joe, Ian and their other roommate in West Hollywood. We also went to Disneyland (FOR FREE BITCHES!!!) and the Santa Monica Pier (not all it's hyped up to be), saw the HOLLYWOOD sign,
Saturday, October 3, 2009
IsThis Real Life?
California is basically awesome. I can say that now. Where we are staying in Santa Ana is in a gorgeous neighborhood, a short half hour drive from Los Angeles. Our first morning here we wanted to explore, so we just decided to drive. We ended up in Newport Beach. It was foggy when we got there and the surf was decent. The sun was barely out and it could definitely have been a setting for a movie. We walked the pier and played in the water a bit and then walked past several houses near there. After a short detour back to the car to eat a bagel and peanut butter, we decided to explore some more. At this point, the sun was clearing and it was beautiful outside. We drove a little ways down the beach and pulled over near a jetty that looked pretty and we wanted to take a picture of. (<--- preposition, I know... whatever. I don't care.) The surf here was HUGE and definitely scared me about trying to surf in the Pacific. The surfers here at this jetty were getting beat by the waves, their bodies thrown into the air, and body and board tumbling through the clear waters. They spoke their own language, different from East Coast surfers. They were all the same color brown, tanned evenly. Their wetsuits were the only way you could find them in the water.
We found out later, that this particular jetty had huge waves as opposed to the much smaller normal waves that other people surf.
We stayed at Newport Beach a good part of the day and when we finally left, we were hesitant to go. We ate dinner out that night with Cathy and Greg and their daughter Kira who is a little older than Ciara and I. We walked through a mall in which their were stores that Ciara and I can not even afford to look into... this mall trip lasted a short amount of time. Kira drove us home and we slept.
Full day one in California = pretty awesome.
We found out later, that this particular jetty had huge waves as opposed to the much smaller normal waves that other people surf.
We stayed at Newport Beach a good part of the day and when we finally left, we were hesitant to go. We ate dinner out that night with Cathy and Greg and their daughter Kira who is a little older than Ciara and I. We walked through a mall in which their were stores that Ciara and I can not even afford to look into... this mall trip lasted a short amount of time. Kira drove us home and we slept.
Full day one in California = pretty awesome.
"Shut up and put your money where your mouth is, that's what you get for waking up in VEGAS..."
Here's the thing... We have been ridiculously busy to write or video edit. Trust me when I say we have lots to write about though.
As of now we are in California. I'm pretty sure anyone who reads this blog anyway already knew that.
Ok, so I think we left off on Vegas. We got to Vegas late Wednesday night and were exhausted from driving all day long. So we basically went straight to bed.
Thursday morning, we woke up and hung out by the pool. Allie (my cousin) came over and we all hung out at the house for awhile. I did some homework and we basically were just lazy all day. We planned to go down to Freemont Street. Freemont is this two block party basically. It is both sides of the street running amongst all the casinos and bars throughout those two blocks. There is an overhead cover that is made of tv lights that play a two block long show every half hour. The entire thing is outdoors, but since the tv is covering it seems like it is indoors. We took a picture with the million dollars at Binions station. Then when we went to go pick up our pictures (they were free) they were gone. We were afraid someone creepy took them, but alas, they just never made it to the computer. We walked around and watched the show. We basically just had a good time. We got free drinks at the casinos and dollar margaritas from somewhere else. We met a couple people in some gambling place and they were cool, but I think they thought we were crazy. Although they did want to hang out later, but that never happened.
We ended the night and returned home.
Friday night we had planned to go to Santa Fe station, where there was an 80's night (If you are ever in Vegas I encourage you to go to this. It is awesome. ) There was supposed to be a band that played called the Spazmatics and they were this awesome 80's band that dressed like Revenge of the Nerds and acted like it too. 80's night was awesome, but short lived. We met a few cool people there and we all decided to go to Stoney's, which is also located in the same casino but was a country bar. It was pretty standard, except they had a mechanical bull you could ride. Ciara and I really wanted to ride the bull, but the guy worked off tips and he said the better you treated him, the better he treated you. Most people were tipping like $10-$15 a ride, so we opted not to do it. We hung out with our new friends that night though. They were excellent dancers which made me happy, because I love the dance floor and I even enjoy it more when I have people dancing with me that know how to dance. This was the case and I was happy. I learned a couple of country line dances (super easy to pick up) and I learned how to two-step, which was fun. They also played hip hop and rock music too, which we also danced too. I think we danced for like a solid four or five hours. It was awesome.
Saturday, Ciara and I hung by the pool for awhile after sleeping in. We didn't have any particular plans for this night, except to walk the strip. Allie took us down to the strip and we watched the fountains at the Bellagio. That was pretty cool and really pretty. Yay for fifteen minutes of fun. We walked the strip, but then Allie wanted to go home, so we all ended up at T.D's (which is a sports bar and grill near her parents house) we stayed there for a bit, and all drank water. It was awesome. I told them they should add chocolate chip cookies to the menu, that they would make more money if they did. We ended back up at my aunt and uncle's and my cousin went home. Ciara and I went back out to the strip and met up with our friend from 80's night and Stoney's the previous night. He had been at a zombie prom party and was dressed accordingly, so it was awesome to watch him scare innocent drunken bystanders. We went to the Venetian so our zombie friend could show us the river in which you could take a gondola ride. We ended up staying there all night. Some really nice group of people took us under their wing and gave Ciara $100 to gamble with. She walked away with $40. Still pretty good. When we were ready to leave, we walked outside and it was light out and we were super surprised to see that. We departed, slept a good part of the morning and woke up around noon to get ready to head to my aunt's sister's house for lunch. It was really delicious. Mmmmmm.
The rest of Sunday we basically stayed inside, minus going to BINGO and then eating a dollar hotdog and watching football. Good life.
Monday followed suit. BINGO at night with dollar hotdog and football. We were going to head out to do something, but just didn't know what to do.
Tuesday we slept in late, ate breakfast and slowly packed our car to head to our final destination of... CALIFORNIA! We left much later than planned (around 5:30) and headed out. By the time we passes Vegas traffic, stopped to play a little, got Subway and gas and left left left, it was 7:30.
WE MADE IT TO CALIFORNIA!!!
We arrived in Santa Ana around 11 or so, and easily went to sleep that night. Cathy and Greg are WONDERFUL hosts and made us feel so welcome.
As of now we are in California. I'm pretty sure anyone who reads this blog anyway already knew that.
Ok, so I think we left off on Vegas. We got to Vegas late Wednesday night and were exhausted from driving all day long. So we basically went straight to bed.
Thursday morning, we woke up and hung out by the pool. Allie (my cousin) came over and we all hung out at the house for awhile. I did some homework and we basically were just lazy all day. We planned to go down to Freemont Street. Freemont is this two block party basically. It is both sides of the street running amongst all the casinos and bars throughout those two blocks. There is an overhead cover that is made of tv lights that play a two block long show every half hour. The entire thing is outdoors, but since the tv is covering it seems like it is indoors. We took a picture with the million dollars at Binions station. Then when we went to go pick up our pictures (they were free) they were gone. We were afraid someone creepy took them, but alas, they just never made it to the computer. We walked around and watched the show. We basically just had a good time. We got free drinks at the casinos and dollar margaritas from somewhere else. We met a couple people in some gambling place and they were cool, but I think they thought we were crazy. Although they did want to hang out later, but that never happened.
We ended the night and returned home.
Friday night we had planned to go to Santa Fe station, where there was an 80's night (If you are ever in Vegas I encourage you to go to this. It is awesome. ) There was supposed to be a band that played called the Spazmatics and they were this awesome 80's band that dressed like Revenge of the Nerds and acted like it too. 80's night was awesome, but short lived. We met a few cool people there and we all decided to go to Stoney's, which is also located in the same casino but was a country bar. It was pretty standard, except they had a mechanical bull you could ride. Ciara and I really wanted to ride the bull, but the guy worked off tips and he said the better you treated him, the better he treated you. Most people were tipping like $10-$15 a ride, so we opted not to do it. We hung out with our new friends that night though. They were excellent dancers which made me happy, because I love the dance floor and I even enjoy it more when I have people dancing with me that know how to dance. This was the case and I was happy. I learned a couple of country line dances (super easy to pick up) and I learned how to two-step, which was fun. They also played hip hop and rock music too, which we also danced too. I think we danced for like a solid four or five hours. It was awesome.
Saturday, Ciara and I hung by the pool for awhile after sleeping in. We didn't have any particular plans for this night, except to walk the strip. Allie took us down to the strip and we watched the fountains at the Bellagio. That was pretty cool and really pretty. Yay for fifteen minutes of fun. We walked the strip, but then Allie wanted to go home, so we all ended up at T.D's (which is a sports bar and grill near her parents house) we stayed there for a bit, and all drank water. It was awesome. I told them they should add chocolate chip cookies to the menu, that they would make more money if they did. We ended back up at my aunt and uncle's and my cousin went home. Ciara and I went back out to the strip and met up with our friend from 80's night and Stoney's the previous night. He had been at a zombie prom party and was dressed accordingly, so it was awesome to watch him scare innocent drunken bystanders. We went to the Venetian so our zombie friend could show us the river in which you could take a gondola ride. We ended up staying there all night. Some really nice group of people took us under their wing and gave Ciara $100 to gamble with. She walked away with $40. Still pretty good. When we were ready to leave, we walked outside and it was light out and we were super surprised to see that. We departed, slept a good part of the morning and woke up around noon to get ready to head to my aunt's sister's house for lunch. It was really delicious. Mmmmmm.
The rest of Sunday we basically stayed inside, minus going to BINGO and then eating a dollar hotdog and watching football. Good life.
Monday followed suit. BINGO at night with dollar hotdog and football. We were going to head out to do something, but just didn't know what to do.
Tuesday we slept in late, ate breakfast and slowly packed our car to head to our final destination of... CALIFORNIA! We left much later than planned (around 5:30) and headed out. By the time we passes Vegas traffic, stopped to play a little, got Subway and gas and left left left, it was 7:30.
WE MADE IT TO CALIFORNIA!!!
We arrived in Santa Ana around 11 or so, and easily went to sleep that night. Cathy and Greg are WONDERFUL hosts and made us feel so welcome.
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