"This plan of mine is oh so very lame"

Greetings from Donner summit, near Truckee, outside of Tahoe City on the shores of Lake Tahoe. I am really tired, I never had to do the work Im doing now at the camp. I've never set up the rig and boy is it a royal pain in the ass. I have been in the sun nonstop for like 3 days. But I cant really complain about that b/c I've wanted to stop being as white and blend in better with my brown brothers and sisters. No I'm kidding, my ultimate plan is to look like a red headed brad pitt....ok thats gross, maybe Ill just settle for less pasty skin. Anyways, I just got done workin out with my bro and I realized the only reason I never work out is cause I am terrible at motivating myself and its so much easier when you have someone to challenge you and stuff. So that looks like it will work out, but we're gonna be wakin up pretty early to do our cardio and Im not lookin forward to that. Whatever, I need to get in shape.

So, yesterday sucked a lot. I got a freakin TICKET!! I was making a right turn at a red light and there was a semi turning left, blocking any oncoming traffic from coming the way I had to turn, so I rolled through.....got nailed. But I tried to explain to the cop my reasoning, and he was like "well, on a holiday like this, I need to be especially careful" (meaning he needs to be a dick. Well he was a really nice guy so it made it easier, but have you ever thought that maybe being too nice is a bad thing? well it was in his case. He kept saying random ass shit like commenting on where he lived in relation to me (he grew up in Merced) and the whole time he asked me how to get to my town, and I was thinking "if you're gonna give me a ticket, fuckin do it already!!! If you want to talk to me and just warn me, Ill listen to this bullish ALL DAY!!!" Damn, I was so angry at myself, but also at him. I know I should have stopped, but he knew I had not been endangering anyone, and that I had looked, cause I DID slow down. Ugh, whatever. The 90 bux will be sorely missed.

I am going to try and throw something at my apt for my 21st bday. I hope everyone can make it. I dont know for sure when, cause I need to talk to people and check dates and talk to my people, so that when your people call they can talk and get back to me and you respectively. In case you didnt know, my 21st is August 1st....thats like umm, 24 days from now or something near that. Yea, you should remember it. I dunno why, just do it. My being in Tahoe makes it hard for anyone to come up here, and I dont have time to come down due to work, so thats why I want to throw something. Actually, I dont care if its not for my bday, I just want to hang with people and I figured a bday party, esp a 21st, would be the best way to get people together.So yea, call/IM/email/yell at/throw a note to me, and I will tell you all the little I know now. But expect mid aug.....do it, do it.

So due to popular demand I am supposed to tell you all what this place is like. I should just wait and post pics, cause they are better, but apparently some people cant wait so I need to say random shit to keep those people happy. Its ok, Im bored anyway. I already said where I am (look at first sentence), but to give you an idea, I am perched on a precipice that overlooks the lake of Donner. its a breathtaking view from both mine and my brothers rooms, and the road winding its way up to us makes several switch-backs in a serpentine manner to our front door. Well, not the front DOOR, but the front parking lot. The building is a 3-story building, decent enough, but nothing special so I wont bore you. I can see every star in the sky at night....ok I lied again, not EVERY one, but lots, lots, lots more than the 'Vine. The trapeze rig is out in the parking lot, and I just swung on that for the first time today. The trampoline is at the end of the trapeze rig, and Ive jumped on that at least a dozen times. Such a good workout. Then there is a gym that my bro and I throw steel around in. and a loft for watchin tv, but the remote is broken, so we just leave it on Outdoor Life Network all the time cause we like watchin Le Tour de France (go Lance!!). I dont know what else to say about this place, other than it pretty windy all the time, and its freakin beautiful weather and beautiful place also. I will be posting pics soon....if my boss has a digital camera. damn I hope he does. I cant afford one yet b/c of that damn ticket. Shit. Anyway, thats all for now. For the 2 of you out there waiting for this, I apologize its so boring, but its ok considering I had fob breath going down my neck for the last 20 minutes of writing. I need to stop writing cause its hard for me to lift my fingers anymore. Im not sleepy, just really tired. Have a good one everybody, I hope wherever you are, this blog is read at a time of peace for you. Peace and goodnight.

-Irish

Tahoe Fun

Hello everyone....I apologize for not being online/blogging as much as I should have been. I have been really busy since my whole family got together for the first time in 2 years this weekend!!! Yea it was awesome. And another awesome thing.....my bro, who made it here miraculously b/c his paperwork got screwed up so he got leave time, proposed to his girlfriend who is a pretty cool chica so Im happy for them. My mom's family.....siblings and stuff...got together completely for the first time in 20 years!!! that was crazy. They all dance like insane people, ie really disgustingly, but they have fun and are infectiously fun, if that makes sense. I just got to tahoe today and Im lovin it already. My boss is effin cool, and his 1yr old daughter is pretty cool, not crying all the time, and not scared of anything.
Dude so I miss Irvine sooo much. I am reading blogs, lookin at pics, and just feeling so detached in general. Man, I didnt realize I was so close to those guys. Happy belated birthdays to the keeeerrrz, and ipod shuffle whore kids. I called both of them, so not really belated. GP is one effin funny guy. I called Keerz and when I hung up he calls me back, but I had called from home and it was late.....midnight duh....and my dad ran up the stairs to see if it was my bro coming back from Afghanistan. Well GP, as cool as u are, my dad doesnt know you and you shoulda seen the disappointment on his face when I told him it was "only" one of my friends. Issok, no harm done. Man I miss Irvine. Oh well, no use dwelling on it. If anyone wants to come to tahoe let me know and we can arrange somesing. I know its really far, but not like other-side-of-the-world far, so it can be done.

Oh AND.........its my 21st bday on AUGUST 1ST everyone!!!! the least I will be doing is rafting down the river with my bro and my good friend from home, but if anyone heads up, lemme know cause I want it to be memorable. And that means people, not booze cause while I will be drinking, if people are here I will be much more happy than any one drink could make me. Maybe not as happy as 4-5 drinks, but whatever. oh and for all those who miss me online, all zero of you, I will be on more often b/c Im at the camp and theyve got internet and not crappy dialup like home. Take it easy everyone.

A quick shoutout to my aunt and her new husband, God bless you 2

And a quick holla for "IM AN AMERICAN, MAN!" Day, ie Independence Day, ie July 4th, ie 28 days from my bday......lets see what happens 28 Days later ok??? yea I know, stupid, shutup.


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