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October 31, 2005
Ring of Fire
After five months in jail and almost six months of house arrest for getting caught lying, Martha Stewart has this to say:
"I have learned that I really cannot be destroyed."
Oh shit. Um, and on an unrelated matter, for the first time in over a year, I'm a workin' man again. On the Eve of the Eve of Halloween Eve, I got an interview and was hired on-the-spot at the best Thai restaurant in Eugene! Then I got all dressed up and went out dancing with the girlfriend of Sasquatch, a waterfall, two ninjas, a penguin, and Stewart from MadTV.
So my first day, they offered me a double shift. Who was I to say no? :) After 12 hours of bussing tables and a 45-minute lunch break for some of the best food I've had in months, I was ready to collapse. Tired but happy-- I work with great people in a well-run company and bring people delicious food and get to water down their steaming heads after they order a dish with a "FireEater" rating. Wish me luck!
Got the night off so that I can give sugar to all the wild things that will undoubtedly come banging down the door tonight, and I'm off to buy big bags of the stuff right now. Happy Halloween, and go easy on the milk duds, they're terrible.
Posted by Tom Bodhi at 07:16 PM | Comments (0)
October 11, 2005
Footprints
I am settling into the next footprint of my life as the cute little kids play in the park outside the window of our (also cute) house on Lawrence Street in Eugene. Having your own house is kinda like having your own project. Renting your own house is kinda like having your own project-- except it's all gotta be torn down and handed back in the end. At least it's not like having a project at Burning Man, where it's all going up in flames after a week. Hah. Wait, that's not funny. Anyway, I love our house and I'm so stoked to be in this awesome town. I can't wait to go cruising on my bike with the camera, wandering aimlessly along the river, up through the forest, and back along the quiet leaf-filled streets-- seeing the beauty of it all. Keep a lookout for the first photo on Blink that was taken by a true Eugene resident. Whoohoo that's me! :) Peace, all.
Posted by Tom Bodhi at 04:48 PM | Comments (1)
October 04, 2005
Me, The Criminal Next Door
So we got a house...almost. Did I ever tell you about the time I got arrested at 10:45pm on Halloween night for a curfew violation? I was 17 and freely admit the night had been started with Vodka shots, but we weren't doing anything wrong and it was Halloween! Anyway, they brought us into the station and called the parentals...We had to go to court a few weeks later and pay a fine, but that was years ago.
The property management company is holding up the house because they're waiting for my criminal record to come through Nevada County. Would you let someone rent your house if they had broken curfew on Halloween night when they were 17? Sounds like a troublemaker to me...let's get a restraining order. Hah! Nah, I don't think there'll be a problem, once these small-town bureaucrats get over themselves...but we all know that's just a dream.
On another note, check out some awesome pictures of the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) taken by Icelandic photographer Siggi - click here.
Posted by Tom Bodhi at 02:27 PM | Comments (0)