2008-a Retrospect(my year of Trials and Tribulations-Debauchery and Sadness)

2008...The year I have had so far(These are thoughts I have shared with VERY few people...ive just decided to say "fuck it" and tell everyone(it might even be a film one day).....So, it actually started in all places, Lake Tahoe Nevada!!!(shocking I know) My cousin(he knows who he is-one of my top 5 human beings I know) was here for the Christmas/new year holiday and we decided to go to Lake Tahoe with my parents to their timeshare(near Heavenly- Honestly one of the most beautiful places in the world) Well of course for me, it was a gambling/drinking trip...As many of you know im a notorious gambler and like to press the action, so of course on the way up there, im betting my cousin whether or not the next car that passed us was going to be black or white...(thats how I roll)...So the festivities had begun...It was actually pretty exciting for me, I had not been in Tahoe for new years for a LONG time...Back in those days though, I was much more eager, if you get my drift....Anyways, so im in rare form as soon as we get to the 1st casino, I order a shot and a beer for me and my cousin before we go to the poker room, for the next 3 or so hours im playing poker and drinking ALOT!! My beer of choice that particular evening was NEWCASTLE(shockingly enough, down to #2 on my top 3 beer list behind my new beer of choice KONA LONGBOARD ) and my shot of choice was GOLDSCHLAGER. So, as the hours go by at the poker table, my chip stack which was actually doubled, (I think i bought in for $200) had progressively dwindled with the more shots of "Schlager" I drank. Well, after I believe losing mostly all of my money, my cousin tells me to get up, and we go to the bar, I drink more and more, I think I drank l;ike 12 or 13 shots of Goldschlager that night and about 5 or 6 Newcastles...As the night progressed, I lost like over $1000 playing Blackjack and slurring all my words as I talked to this guy who was next to me of Pakistani decent telling me how he was a "spinner" and gave me his Card for a club he worked at in San Francisco...At 1st I thought he was a homosexual, but then I realized he was a just a wannabe DJ from Karachi who thought he was of a certain stature because he had on a suit and had a "CARD"...I truly despise "spinners"...So my cousin gets me out of there, and we go back to the cabin. Well that night/morning was truly one of the worst vomiting expierences I have ever had!! Ive had ALOT..."22nd bday night" "vato night"(several of those nights which were basically just me trying to prove how "mexican" I am by drinking Patron and/or Cuervo and of course how can we forget the "Bacardi and Tangpowder night"...that still lives in Folsom lore....It was a truly a remarkable drinking accomplishment that I do NOT advise ANYONE to try...just Know that if you ever hear of the story, ITS 100% true...I know because I LIVED it....Anyways......back to Tahoe....So, Im having such a bad new years eve, I stay in the cabin all day, I dont even go out to dinner with everyone or even celebrate new years, NOT even more GAMBLING ???????? Yes I was that bad. But I did have a great political discussion with my Brother( a republican-who is a proponet for marijuana and KNOWS absolutely NOTHING about any issues, he just Knows how much taxes he thinks are taken from him) and practically everyone else there, who is against me( my dad was kinda of on my side, but thats just because hes a liberal, hes NOT as passionate as his loyal oldest son) trying to win there argument, but of course....I won!!!....As the hours passed I couldnt wait to go home, and watch football...so, the next morning, we pack up the lanche and head back home, on the way home, we stop by the casino, so my cousin can cash in my chips( he had "stole" some money from when I was up at the blackjack table) and I told him to put $200 on red for me, as he walked out of the casino, I won...and actually went home a winner for the weekend.....( I was actually a loser for what was about to happen. I actually blame GOLDSCHLAGER that brought me over the edge..) to be continued......


When I'm coming over Sunday
And I think about you all the time
I wonder what you're doin'
I wonder why you never cry

This is a quote from "Sunday Best"-Augustana- "All The Stars and Boulevards"

I 1st heard this song coming home from Shoreline after seeing The Counting Crows and Goo Goo Dolls and of course for the 1st time....Augustana. They were the opening the concert and I seriously fell in love with them from their 1st song on(They were the best part of the show-with the exception of "Holiday in Spain" which I literally went to the show for with a girl i was dating at the time-Alicia)...I got her on that song, so, I took her, we had a great time, and both looked at each other and said this BAND is good!!!! So, I bought the cd and we listened to it the whole way home the next day. This is when I hear which I was thought was the best song on the album-"Sunday Best"....I dont like ALOT of new music at all, but this is an exception!! "Sundays best makes me think of FOOTBALL, so its always a pleasure to listen to...As for the quote, well, it makes me think of going to a Niner game with a certain someone, even though, I cant...im still thinking about that someone, always, and for some reason its even more intense on Sundays, which really shouldnt be!!!