Goodbye 2008! - Part Uno

Well its New Years Eve 2008 and im working...until 10pm... in the office til 8 then on call til 10...its not too bad it means i still get to see the fireworks when we're bringing in the new year.

Its about to hit midnight back home so this is a little Happy New Year for you guys celebrating long and hard into the night. This entry is scheduled to post midnight for your guys so enjoy.

My plans for this evening after work are to go see the Fireworks at The Golden Gate Bridge! It's gonna be fun...I've got booze which I'm stoked for :D So yeah watch this space for pics in the next few days.

Happy New Year to you:)

He who breaks a resolution is a weakling;
He who makes one is a fool!
- F.M. Knowles

School's Out...

Chelsea took me to her school campus today, first we went to einstiens and had bagels... yum ... cream cheese ... came back to her house and took a nap... Then Chels, Kels and Hemi (Kels Puppy) went to ASU. We took a walk around the campus, which was nice it was a little nippy out but it was nice to see her school. I wish my school looked as cool as that. Tonight we're going out for dinner tonight with her parents. I'm excited... just like old times, anyway I need to go and get ready now.

Merry Christmas! :D

Merry Christmas Everyone :D

Its Christmas :D what a great few days its been here in Arizona. I've been staying in Chelsea's house then for Christmas Eve I spent the night in chelsea's parents house, cos thats where Santa was going :D

Christmas Morning, Chelsea's Grandparents made breakfast yummy and there was a stocking for me packed with goodies. It was so cool to have christmas with another family. It was tough though. I missed my own family this christmas, but i had the support of Chelsea and her family. There was PLENTY of food and drink - lots of fun of course.

Right now though, im sooooo tired so im cutting his post short. I'll have a few pics up soon.

Nighty Night

Vacation's begun...

I landed in Phoenix, Arizona last night... and seeing Chelsea at the bottom of the runway... AMAZING...i know this christmas ... is going to be AWESOME ... but yeh... so im just hanging in chelsea's with Jake, Paige and Steph. Of course chels and i are here too... we got stoli's and grey goose... anyway paige's house... ok now wait theres Christmas lights in Northern ireland... TACKY... paiges house has lights outside...this...is ART alot of thought went into this... so the lights flash in time to a certain radio station.... ridiculous? no pure amazing!!! Check the vid.

I had planned on making a trip to Tucson but... i got sick so I couldn't so apologies to the peeps down there expecting me. :(

My Bad...

Well i guess i've started slacking in my blog again... sorry about that... anyway alots been goin on... again gettin stuck into work and stuff and well social life as well making alot of friends and alot of great people... enjoying my time and making the most of this experience... but like i said, theres alot goin on... so i'll give you a little taster of wat i've been at the past few days (besides working and getting drunk) ...

A few Sunday's ago was the Office Christmas Party. We went to Asia SF. The food and drink was incredible...kinda worked like family style tapas...in total there was 18 of us...that includes all the office staff and the odd driver and ofcourse guests if people chose to bring...so anyway...Asia SF ok...now if you hadn't realised already that San Francisco is little CRAZY... this post will surely show you...

Asia SF is a restaurant/bar/club where all the barmaids...well arn't maids at all... they were trannys ... you know drag queens... which you see here alot but... these could pass as women...the looked like it (sometimes) you'd be surprised...well until they opened there mouth i guess... anyway our waitress was Vivica lol she was really great craic...they all put on a drag show... wow they could dance... and it was a great night and enjoyed by everyone... awesome experience!

Heres some pics...

I was working the next day so i didn't party too hard... it wasn't too late of a night either. Other than that i've just been wanderin bout the city. Getting the odd bit homesick... but that was inevitable... its getting into the Holiday Season, but next week i go to Arizona ... im goin for a few days so it'll clear my head. I can't wait. Then i'll get home in time for New Years... my plans...are up in the air right now...i hear there's fireworks at golden gate bridge though... so its lookin like that for now. Oh i went to an IMAX movie... ' The Day The Earth Stood Still' it was ok...loved the Imax, but as far as that movie was concerned...it was just ok...anyway i think i'm done bloggin' though i can't help but think i've missed something...so just watch outtttt! :)

Byeeee, let the weekend begin.

Never Blend In.

A few months ago, there was a movie premiere right here in San Francisco's Castro Theatre. It was the Premiere of the movie 'Milk'... it had a full cast, Sean Penn, who plays Harvey Milk in the movie, alongside James Franco and Emile Hersch who were also there. However I didn't know this was all going on...or else i would have been there...i didnt realise til i got home from work that evening and seen it on the tv...that was the week after i partied a little too hard the weekend before...so i was wrecked...

Anyway the movie was released Nationwide 2 weekends ago...and i went to see it at the weekend past... WOW is all i can say. I learned so much about San Francisco's culture. Basically the movie is based around Gay Rights Activist, Harvey Milk who was the first openly gay man to be elected into Public Office in America. I never new who Harvey Milk was before I came to this city. Turns out he affected the lives of every minority group out there. I learned so much about the city and actually getting to watch the movie in the city where it was made, and watching it in the Castro Theatre that you can actually see in the movie. They fixed the lights on the Castro Theatre sign for the movie. At the end they showed the cast against the real people...they seemed to get it pretty acurate and the acting in this movie is incredible. So if you ever see the movie...which i think you probably should :) ... remember...'Scottie's been there, the lucky duck :)'

Row, Row, Row your boat...

Last weekend was sooooo much fun...on Friday...Tony and I were suppose to drive to Big Sur...unfortunately all that Turkey made me too sleepy...and i didn't get up early enough to go...basically ... its a long drive...so we were going to go to Berkeley... then decided to drive to Monterey instead... it was about a 2 hour drive... with Starbucks in between... I recommend getting a Grande... even if you NEVER do... anyway after that...we bought our lunch in Safeway (Monterey is WAY too expensive) ... we headed to the boardwalk first...was cool there was a really cool candy store...and they were making Salt Water Taffy and wrapping it in this CRAZY little machine...i never took a video...wish i did but it was really fast...it was like something from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory good times... we walked to the end...of the board walk where we could see out into the sea. There were sea-lions and sea otters...AWESOME...how much fun it would be to be a Sea-lion...just layin' on a big ole rock all day...until its time to eat of course... but yeah...we headed to Cannery Row...with our sandwiches to watch the Christmas Tree Lights to get switched on...totally Cliche American of course...carol singing...reindeer's... as cheesy and corny as it was....its Christmas... and it was pretty cool...I wanted something for desert... but we waited til we got home... I had a brainwave.. PIZOOKIE!!!!!!! hahahaha Yummmmmmy ... so we got back to San Francisco and we made pizookie... IT WAS AMAZING... for those of you who do not know what a pizookie is... its a Big cookie...but its not cooked the whole way through...so its not quite done...and goo-ee and soft and so damn good! so you fire some ice cream on top... Delish! :) ... Long day it was very tiring...alot of driving...so i slept goooooooood :)

The next day... i was going to blog about Monterey...but then i figured meh...i wanna do something awesome... so i was going to Golden Gate Park... and Tony mentioned pedalo's and row boats somewhere there... so we went! we got a row boat...with the sneak of some beer on there too :D woohoo...tony read his comics...GEEK and i row'd row'd my boat around the little stream :) it was fun...that night we went and had cocktails in a place called Olive...its in the Tenderloin...I mean RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE...wow is it hidden...its so nice inside like a totally different world. Anyway fun times to be had...Dave came too which was coolio :D anyways...my dinner's just arrived at my table here so...I'm gonna go eat... if anything exciting happens ... you're the first to know...(probably)

Peace