For those of you not on Facebook, I am gonna be down in SJ this Thursday to gather with new and old friends and celebrate my 34th birthday at King of Clubs Bar. Not sure who still goes to karaoke, but I hope to see you there.

Take care, my friends.

Rick

I'm fine. Just been pretty busy and caught up in lots of stuff. Write more soon.

What are the good/bad points of making my journal "Friends Only?"

My older sister gave birth to her second daughter Sophia Catherine this afternoon. I'll post pics when I can take some.

I was at school playing tennis with Clara and Annie when the ground started to shake. I felt so dizzy that I had to sit down. It was pretty scary. A bunch of us walked up to the swimming pool and saw that the quake shook at least half of the water out. Pretty strong quake.

I went home and made phone calls to make sure everyone was okay.

What were you doing when the earthquake hit on October 17, 1989?

I pass by this on the way home almost every day. Sorry about the poor quality, but I was on my scooter taking the picture with my phone.

I don't know what this place is all about, but...it sounds...dirty.

The song we were rehearsing is "How Can I Keep From Singing?"

For some reason, I read [and almost sang] "erection."

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Originally uploaded by ScooterGuyRick

This is our hiking group: Todd, Juan, Herb, Rob, Myself and Ray

Click on the photo to see a larger image and to see the rest.

I don't know why I'm wide awake at this hour, but oh well.

Not much has been going on since my last posting. Yesterday, Bill and I watched the air show from the balcony of my work. Before that, we stopped by Safeway for some provisions which consisted of some chips and salsa, a baguette, brie and salami. All great choices. I love me some brie!

There were a couple of people in the office yesterday, some working, some just here for the show. Working on a Saturday. I remember those days and I'm glad they're long gone.

I had some time to upload some pics to flickr. I'll post them after.

Take care, y'all.

Famous first words.

Put your music player on random.
Post the first line from the first 32 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
Let everyone guess what song and artist the lines come from.
Bold the songs when someone guesses correctly.
Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING!

Here's mine...

1. "Hot summer streets and the pavements are burning I sit around" - Cruel Summer by Bananarama guessed by shebear

2. "I. I was a game he would play." You Got it All by the Jets guessed by k_magic

3. "Been runnin' so long. I nearly lost all track of time." Head Over Heels by The Gogo's guessed by k_magic

4. "Where's all my soul sistahs?" Lady Marmalade from Moulin Rouge guessed by audiodubliner

5. "All the colors of the rainbow. All the voices of the wind."

6. "You're my peace of mind in this crazy world."

7. "Hey. Maybe I'll dye my hair." Hard Candy Christmas from the Best of Broadway guessed by plotz

8. "Like a moth to a flame, burned by the fire." That's the Way Love Goes by Janet Jackson guessed by audiodubliner

9. "When I am down, and oh, my soul so weary."

10. "Tell me before I waltz out on your life."

11. "You thought that I was on your side"

12. "It was no accident...me finding you."

13. "And I never thought I'd feel this way." That's What Friends are For by Dionne and Friends guessed by k_magic

14. "Oh, I come from a land, from a faraway place where the caravan camels roam." Arabian Nights from Aladdin guessed by zzar

15. "Ladies, leave your men at home." Jumpin' Jumpin' by Destiny's Child guessed by audiodubliner

16. "La lune tromp bleme pose un diademe sur tes cheveux roux" [Not grammatically correct.] La Complainte de la Butte from Moulin Rouge guessed by spawrhawk

17. "Children, behave." I Think We're Alone Now by Tiffany guessed by throbbin

18. "The sun contains rays. They labeled Vitamin D."

19. "Shepherds saw the star in the Eastern Sky."

20. "Another summer day has come and gone away." Home by Michael Buble guessed by k_magic

21. "Shot. Like an arrow through my heart."

22. "I know that it's time for a change"

23. "I used to think maybe you love me."

24. "I was walking along minding my business." Orange Colored Sky by Natalie Cole guessed by throbbin

25. "Meeting Mr. Right. The man of my dreams." Finally by Cece Penniston guessed by akil

26. "There's something I want to tell you."

27. "If you change your mind, I'll be first in line." Take a Chance on Me guessed by throbbin

28. "Sorry. I never told you." One Sweet Day by Boyz II Men/Mariah guessed by bmullas

29. "Together, we will go our way."

30. "Just before our love got lost you said I am as constant as the Northern star".

31. "Every night I see you are walking by."

32. " I used to think I had the answers for everything."

"Don't you wish your junk smelled like pie?"

As you can tell, I haven't been updating in a while. I've been kinda busy...but in a very good way.

So, this was my third experience camping with the South Bay Bears. All in all, I have to say that I had a great time.

Some of the highlights of the camping trip:

- the 3 hour walk on the beach with Ray, Roy, Randy and Anthony. The sand was very theraputic for my feet.

- the 5 mile hike with Ray, Juan, Todd, Rob, John and Herb

- playing Apples to Apples with the guys. That was really fun.

- Happy Hour at Juan and Todd's

I'm sure there are more, but I will get more into that later.

There weren't too many things that brought me down other than the rain, missing Bill and one camper that insisted on bugging me almost every day...but we won't go into that.

The food was excellent. They really kept us bears well-fed.

I got home and unpacked...I was sitting at home when I decided to head to the Castro Street Fair and surprise Bill. I knew that Antoine was with him, so I had Antoine bring him over to Starbucks where I was waiting. We walked around for a bit and grabbed something to eat...then we walked around more and went to Sweet Inspirations for dessert.

Shortly after, we headed down to my parents' house to drop off the car I borrowed for camping and take the scooter back to SF. On the way, we stopped by King of Clubs to see who was there. Not too many people I knew...but it was still fun.

My legs really hurt yesterday from all the walking I did this past week...but I'm better now.

It's Tuesday. It's not Monday...and it's not quite Friday yet...but that's okay.

Hope all is well, y'all

On my way out the door, one of my coworkers turned to me and said:

"Have fun camping this weekend! Watch out for the bears!"

Girl, if she only knew!

This may be my last posting until Monday. Have a great rest of the week and I'll catch up with y'all later.

Rick

Not a very good one...but here!