Long Time, No Post

DISCLAIMER: The laptop that I am typing this on has spell check disabled for some weird ass reason, and as such, I take no responsibility for errors in spelling. The joys associated with modern technology have made me dependant on the computer for pretty much everything, including things like spelling. Cope with it for me, just this once...

So it has been a while since my last post or blog visit. I haven't forgotten about this place, I just had the shit hit the fan all at once.

The fourth of July is in two weeks (well, less than two weeks) and work is pilling up like no other. I think that the best part is that in two weeks it calms down for a little while. But as for right now it is just insanity. There is SO much beer to be delt with, and the weather isn't inspiring confidence in anyone right now. It is not cold or anything, but it sure as fuck isn't warm, and the sun has not really been out all that much. So people are nervous that this holiday isn't going to have that much of a draw, and that this is going to be (beer wise) the worst Independance Day this decade. I wish that I were kidding. I however, am more optomistic than that. Aside from the calendar screwing us with a Wednesday holiday, I think that fortune will bless us with a week of sunshine, and the beer will be flowing like no other. The holiday is a huge draw regaurdless of the weather, and people will be going in to work HUNG OVER the next day. So we are busting our asses to get all of this shit done.

I stumbled ass backwards into meeting a really charming young lady that I do a lot to spend time with. This isn't something that takes up a lot of my time, because she spends so much time at work that it's ridiculous. But I make the effort to hang out with her when she has the time. This translates into Stormin getting home from work yesterday, going out with her to the baseball game, and then going to the casino afterwards. She has the delightful ability to win playing slot machies, and quickly turned the thirty dollars she was playing with into $173.00... I was really blown away. I would not play the slots, but ended up playing $10 at minimum bet just to make sure that she wouldn't think that I was just sitting around waiting for her to be done (honestly, it was more fun for me just to watch her win, and know that she was having a great time). I won $3.00... B.F.D.
After the slot machines (when she won $120 on a jackpot, she decided to call that win the last) we played blackjack (my game... there was a post about this on my last trip to Reno) and I won $100. Then we went and played craps, and despite her protests that she was not good at craps, she won me $50 playing table minimum $5 bets. It was funny to have her talk about never winning, and then win a lot when I just told her to play my money. I won another $100, and then we went back to blackjack. Where we played until 3:30AM. I am not kidding. I ended up having a great night, and so did she. I ended up getting up a little later than normal for work, and dragging ass all day just to keep up. But a quick nap when I got home was necessary, because I am going out for a friends brothers birthday party tonight, and we'll be out late again.

Then tomorrow I have beer golf, which is going to be a great time. TimmyTim, a friend of his, and I are going to the golf course for a manly game of golf in which we have 5L mini keg of beer to drink during an 18 hole round, and we still have to manage to make it through the round. My golf bag has a cooler pocket built in (what kinda beer rep would I be without one right), and we have about 5 hours to finish it during the round. We even have a name for the game, that is going to evolve into a tournament:

DRIVING With An Open Container

Admit it, you all wish you had thought that one up.