Lottta Action

First off, let me say that Dan Hetzer was responsible for that comment that my screen name left a couple of days ago. He read the email and asked me for my password to continue on, since I already had my account set up. I specifically said, "Make sure you put down that it was you that wrote it."

I heard him say "Ok" and figured he would. Looks like he didn't. So that's that.

Now, what you may be wondering is, why was Hetzer using my computer? As you may have assumed already, Hetzer and Pete arrived in Southern California and stayed with me for a few days.

Pete slept in the corner of our family room in a nice cove between the big ass Tv that doesn't work, our love seat and two walls. Dutchie slept on our fairly new futon, which was a gift. This was the set up for the duration of their stay.

They had a pretty packed couple of days. Hetzer got a job, Pete got an interview with the same company without even sending in an application. I'm sure they can both fill you in more about the details about the duties of the job.

Some memorable moments / comments from Pete and Hetzer's stay in North Hollywood:

- Hetzer asking me if I've ever visited a sweatshop out here in california. I pretended to think about it for a little while but in all honesty, I knew pretty much right away that, No Hetzer, I've never been to a sweatshop. He apparently went to one in East LA to sell them some paper supplies. And you want to know what he said about the visit? "It was pretty cool." He went on to explain something or other about how some people were putting on zippers, some were sewing the seams, etc., but I just kept thinking that 'cool' would probably not describe visiting a sweatshop

- Pete and Hetzer reporting after every place they visit, "Mel, there were a lotta dimes there. Dimes everywhere." Bars, places Hetzer went for work, even the local Bank of America I go to, which happens to be this bank. (three weeks to the 10th anniversary!) Yeah, guys I get it. There are a lot of hot women in the greater LA area.

-Both of them saying, "man, there were Mexicans everywhere." You'll have that. And it's probably not going to change.

-They cleaned our kitchen which was very nice of them.

-They loved the water we have. Kept raving about it. I just took the tap water and poured it into a water jug and stored it in the fridge. I agree that it does taste pretty good.

There are some other things that were probably pretty funny but I can't really remember them right now.

They finally settled down in Culver City, roughly about 20 miles south from where I live. I wish them luck in all their future endeavors.

In other business, I am following the sabres pretty closely myself. Well, my roommate is. He currently has five different Sabre jerseys hanging up on his wall right now. He's pretty into it. So I hear all about them, which is good.

Watched almost the entire Spurs vs. Suns game the other day with Hetzer and Pete. I know that the Suns are the clear fan favorite to watch and it's obvious they are a lot of fun and are a talented team. And I was caught up in it myself (and I'm still kinda caught up in it, I love watching them play) but then TNT put up a graphic about their record against the top teams in the West. After beating the Spurs, it was their only victory against the top teams in West (Dallas, Utah, San Antonio and the LA Lakers, with the Suns going 1-7 at the time). Doesn't bode well for the playoffs, should be good to see how it all plays out. By the way, that was about the NBA and the crickets got pretty loud there at the end.

My favorite 'new' band right now is The Broken West. If you listen to 'On the Bubble' and don't think it's the catchiest jam out there, check your vital signs. Also, Lazy Eye by the Silversun Pickups is fuckin great too.



That's about all I got for now. I like this, let's keep on keeping on.

-mel