ah, long time no blog. so much to say. as of yesterday the hollywood sign was in danger of being burned down. don't really know how that happened. pretty quick moving blaze though. i think they put it out before it got to the actual letters but you can see from the pictures that it was pretty stinkin close. the kicker is that you can't see the flames but they moved up the back side of that mountain and then came right back down the front. it's freaky.



so, it's been two weeks since i've blogged. i don't know that i have much to say.

i get to go home in three days, i'm pretty excited about that.

i was needing some new jeans and actually found a KILLER pair that i love, that doesn't happen often. i also bought a really cool book. it could be my new fav. it's called, "ever wonder: ask questions and live into the answers." i love it. the first page just has the question, "when was the last time you did something for the first time?" no kidding, there are a few questions in this book that are amazing questions.

How would you introduce yourself to God?
If you think life is hard, what are you comparing it to?
What do you pack to pursue a dream and what do you leave behind?

it jsut goes on and on. i might randomly pick questions and answer them here. i loved it.

here is a funny story from a guy at work. i love this kid.

this past weekend he went to vegas with a group of guys for a bachelor party. none of the guys had ever gone to a strip club before. maybe one had, i can't remember. so, they get a little tipsy and head to a strip club. at this point in the story gabe explains to me that since none had been to a club before, they didn't know they etiquette, 'how do you ask a girl how much she is?'
so they are sitting around and decide to buy their friend who is getting married, a lap dance. after a long debate of who to get for him, they let him pick. he points to a girl across the room and the group of guys leaves him behind to go ask the girl for a lap dance. so, they go over and talk to the girl and say, "our buddy here is getting married, he's never had a lapdance, we'd like to get him a private dance." at this point in the story, all parties are on the same page.
so the girl heads over to their friend and they walk into the back room. the VIP room, if you will. at this point, the girl who is dancing is under the impression that the groom is paying. the groom is under the impression that all the guys had already paid.
after they are gone for about 15 minutes, the group of guys start getting a little worried because they hadn't reappeared from the back room. so, they track down a bouncer and he starts radioing around trying to find them. he assured them that 'this happens all the time.' they lose track of people every once in a while. so, they finally track them down in the back room and pull them back on the floor they all huddle up and straighten everything out. well, while the guy was in there he decided to live it up. the girl asked him what he did for a living and he decided that in vegas, you don't have to tell the whole truth. so, he responds, 'i'm a stock broker from new york.' this is when my friend gabe pointed out that of all positions you do not tell a stripper that you are is 1. a brain surgeon, 2. a stock broker and 3. bill gates. if you flaunt that you have money, they will want more of it.

so they, while in the huddle, are broken the news that the total of 20 minutes would be a whopping...$360. are you kidding me??? so they all freak out and explain that they have no money to pay $360. so after explaining all of that they agreed that they could pay 180, and they would have to leave immediately. so, they did. i guess all of the guys had brought money to get lap dances for them selves and had to chip in all of their money for the one for their friend.

i seriously had tears when gabe told me this story.

so funny. is it bad that my life is boring enough that i don't have enough good stories on my own but i post other peoples stories? bummer.
until later.

don't worry, uncle mark, there is life after 26. hasn't been the prettiest but i'm alive.
k

and spell check isn't working, so tough.