End of July

The entire week was just getting work done, going home, getting on computer and finishing work. There were plenty of situations that got me on tilt. The meeting and people 3 rooms away called into a meeting. Friday I had too much work and we had to stay around for the weekend; gonna go to NYC tomorrow.

JACKPOT

Friday was rough as a lot of stuff was happening at work. I even had to dine solo as my other coworkers travelled. I Decided to stay in Farmington to save on the driving time and relax. Luckily a friend decided to come up and visit.

We enjoyed some thai on friday. We ate at brio on sat for lunch; this place was really really good. We had crepes and a really delicious chicken pasta dish. We walked around West Farms Mall and then went to Mohegan.

We did our rounds of the casino and played some electronic hoops. I was challenged and thought nothing of it. I was draining 3s in the first game and only won by a couple points. The 2nd game I actually LOST?!?!?!?! Then the third game we tied and I won the last 2. Pretty ridiculous; both of our arms were extremely extremely sore post bball.

I finally decided to sit down at a BJ table for $10 hands. I lost $50 in no time; luckily there was some action brewing at a nearby roulette table; crowd was 5 deep and a guy had just yelled out big time. We noticed a HUGE stack of reds on a number w/that clear marker on top of it noting a win! It was at least $400. Dude ended up hitting 00 for a ~6k win!!! I got a pic of the spinning roulette wheel w/the chip stack.

We continued to walk around and noticed a deserted area w/a tall blonde dealer (dude). We sat down and i started to chat w/him as he shuffled up. My friend cut the deck and we were off. I wn a couple hands and started putting some bigger money ($25) on some bets and kept winning. I hadn't lost the last 6-8 hands when the following hand came up: I had just won $40 and went bonkers. I wanted to put all $80 on the table on the next hand, but my friend, the dealer AND the pit boss talked me out of it. I only put $40 back up there and was dealt 8/3 and the dealer showed a 4. WOW HOW PISSED WAS I???? I slid another $40 into the circle and got my card... of course an Ace. Now I was more relieved I didn't put $80 initially to lose $160, and was now worried i'd lose $40. Who wins 9 hands in a row anyway right???

Dealer flips his card and shows 10 :( like slow motion he pulls a 3 from the deck and now i'm unbelievably nervous... the next card he pulls is slooooooowly turned over to reveal PAINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BIG WIN!!!!

Now when I play in the casino aside from poker I make MADD noise especially w/my friends around; that day was no different. A guy was watching me from afar and came over to sit at the table. The dealer told him he would appreciate it, "if you wait until the gentleman loses a hand." How bad ass is that; the dealer protecting me from someone else cooling me down. I may have one 2-3 more hands after that and eventually just really cooled off. The most I was up for the entire day was around $250, I went back down to around $175 and left the table after it got very very cold.

When we returned to Farmington we ate at Grist mill, one of my favorites when I'm working at corporate. Unfortunately during dinner was when trouble started brewing between us and we started discussing potential problems. We can expand on this later.

We hammered the problems out and chilled all day Sunday. We walked around the outsides of the hotel around the corporate complexes and spied a Maserati behind one of the UTC buildings parked near a vacant helipad. I also started playing my friend's nintendo DS and have been hooked on Mario Kart ever since. Eventually she left; I relaxed more and did some work. I did some fantasy research in preparation for next week's draft!!!

A lot of dinners

I've been at the hotel for a long time. I've been eating RIGHT!!!

Wednesday we went to the Coellos and had delicious authentic mexican. There was this spicy angel hair pasta that was sticky, cheese enchiladas, homemade guac, beans, and other things I totally have forgotten as it is now more than a month after it happened.

Lots of my coworkers were there which was nice as we never get to all hang out. We were able to hang w/the Coello kids, they learn chinese, their first language is spanish and their 2nd is English; pretty crazy huh?

His house is freaking amazing. It's set on the side of an incline; we walked up the driveway on the left side of his house to the backyard which is pretty big; he crafted his own terraces and is currently working on a manmade waterfall/creek!!!!

The interior is equally amazing. His master bathroom has italian tiles along the sides of the stones that make up the counter; there are just amazing designs, a nice adobe feel. Nice pictures, and everything looks very sturdy and solid. THe kitchen is vast; an island in the middle and really cool cabinet doors that are "no slam" doors. You swing them shut and they never slam.

Later in the week we went out to eat w/Jen the old EA for our VP. She was actually lookin RIGHT!!! We went to Chili's to eat; last time we met up w/her she was wearin a sweatshirt, may have been sick and looked like any normal person; this time she was wearing bright colors, was dressed up and did her hair real nice; I didn't even realize it was her. She was lookin really good!!!! We all caught up and it's cool cuz we never even worked together but we get along well (fellow G Men Fan).

Anyway, I just need to finish up at least one post in the last month so that's that for this one. Enjoy.

Been extremely busy

The weekend was pretty hectic, Friday I drove home from CT, and went out for Corey's bday in the city. I had planned to go to Woodbury on Saturday and went to the Patel bros' so we all went out after. We all drove into Chinatown and i waited for sly. Once she got there, I drove to the actual place which was down a few blocks from where we first parked and walked in.

The venue was extremely small when we first walked in. It seemed real nice, but really really small; it was also really really hot, annd the music was a bit weird; nothing i've ever really heard before, not techno, but more like relaxing dance music if that's even possible. After a bit, we went upstairs... and it was HUGE. There was a loooong row of chairs and tables; a median with bathrooms and door to the kitchen I believe, then another long bar w/seats on the sides. It was really really nice up there; loungish and very cool ambiance. We posted up there, me, sly, nams and Anand and waited as most people filed their way up to be w/the cool cats. We were enjoying drinks (I actually drank a tequila sunrise... it's not bad but it's tequila), company and the atmosphere.

Later, Sly was gettin tired, so we left; I had the keys and had to get her stuff out of the car, so I ran back in and gave the keys to nams. As I was inside; a girl i had met earlier and was feelin some vibe from was there as well and she was w/a blonde. As I told Corey I was out, the chick asked me why i was leaving and that it was a wack decision; i just said my friend wanted to go; she was tired. She tells me, "OH YOUR GF IS TIRED????" I said nahhh, that wasn't a gf. "Oh, it sounds like a GF." "Well, it's not." "WHY YOU TELLIN ME THAT????" Hahahaha, she was givin me so much shit. It was hilarious. Eventually I just left and we somehow got a path that came w/in 10 min of reaching the Christopher st. path station.

The first car we got in was hot as HELL!!!!! We switched cars at the next stop and it felt amazing in AC. We eventually got back to my place at like 3AM which wasn't bad.

Saturday we went to Woodbury. It was a very fun day in the sun; I got freaking burnt, but oh well. I got a burb trench coat and other things from juicy Couture (my first items). It was a really fun time and Sly said she doesnt really like looking at stuff and looking at clothing in the US cuz nothing fits hahaha. What a PERFECT GIRL!!!! We would go in and out of stores so quickly for her.

She wanted to check out coach and there was a big ass line for like 3 hours... we kept walking by then leaving to go somewhere else hoping the line would dwindle... after the 3rd check it finally was clear, but the cash register line was absurd inside, so we just said forget it, and bounced.

We drove all the way back to her place near JFK airport and unfortunately I was not allowed to stay due to her homestay mom? dont ask.

I ended up meeting up w/Arch in the city later at one and one and having a blast over there. I literally changed in the car w/o a shower to meet them out around 10 and somehow got a parking spot really close to there. We danced the night away after I ate a chicken wrap at the bar upstairs. Eventually I walked to Gav's to sleep that night after getting too trashed to drive home hahaha.

Sunday I played some ball and Sly came to watch. I went to hang w/Daigo, picked up Ivan a bit later after dropping sly off at the grocery store and bounced to Farmington for another week of work.
drove to farmington after hanging w/gav and daigo.

Messed up the 3 day rule

There's more to Monday! After work and after dinner I called the chick but didn't get an answer. I used to be great at leaving messages but these days being out of practice hurts me severely. I was not only repetitive, I didn't leave my damn phone number!!!! I know, I know, we have call waiting, you can check your vmail and check message details, but as JC always says... "You can't let the girl fuck it up." By not leaving the number, she could get lazy, or just not feel like it. I feel like usually you have to talk girls into things for some reason. Who knows, I just know you have to.

I still really couldn't believe she didn't call back. Maybe she was too drunk when she met me? Maybe she wasn't really interested? Weird because of the great vibe I got... Maybe it was just that I called before 3 days.... Sunday, Monday is only 2 days :(

Tuesday I worked then did work all night after going to dinner at the formerly known as Agave (JD Homers). It was nice, very cheap. There wasn't more selections than regular bar food, so I got mini meatball parm sliders (they were decent). The guacamole was from agave (not sure why) but it was really really good!!!!

Wednesday didn't do much either; I went swimming and chatted up a cute married chick that also was swimming. Nothing much came of it, just that she was from NYC. She left soon after. I pretty much saw her every morning at breakfast and didn't really converse much as I was w/my team and she was w/hers.

We later at China pan; I wasn't very hungry, so I just had wonton. It's a shanghainese restaurant that makes pretty good food. Whenever I eat oranges there after the meal though I feel nauseous for some reason. Needless to say, when I realized this, I no longer ate oranges there, nor any other restaurant for dessert.