Pirates, Camarillo, and Going Blind…

Been a while and it’s late so here’s gonna be a short entry…

1. So you all saw the pictures I took with my co-workers on “Talk Like a Pirate Day”, right? Well, my co-worker Guillermo submitted it to the “Talk Like a Pirate” website and guess who’s now on the splash page of www.talklikeapirate.com? That’s right. Aren’t I lucky… ahem… yeah… riiight… You may post your embarrassing remarks below.

2. So this past Monday and Tuesday I was sent to our office in Camarillo to help finish training a new hire in our marketing department which will be working out of that office. Sunday night, I drove up and checked into a hotel and then did a little shopping. I bought a pair of pants and a zip-up sweater all on sale and both were brown. On Monday, after work and a work-out at the LA Fitness in Ventura, I did a little more shopping and bought a pair of brown shoes. You might have noticed that brown is my new color of the moment. Hmmm… Brown…

But there’s more to Camarillo than shopping. So much more. Like for example, its really quite beautiful there. Most people know that I dislike driving down steep hills (with the exceptions of PV Drive, Crenshaw, and Hawthorne, I can haul over 100 down the hill from PV), but the last hill you cross before descending into the valley were Camarillo is always a beautiful drive. I always love seeing those green fields right ove the hill. I have no idea how long thos fields will stay there, but until they’re converted into housing, I’ll always enjoy the view from that hill. I’d have taken a picture but that’s quite dangerous whil driving well beyond the speed limit.

The other thing I enjoyed about Camarillo is how convenient our office there is located. It’s right off the freeway, across from the outlet mall, and right next to the Wood Ranch which I visited today for lunch. Hmmm, the drive may suck, but the food and shopping sure is sweet.

3. Tonight after getting back from Camarillo, I went over to Gimpy’s for a game of Texas Hold’ Em. I didn’t think I’d make it coming from Camarillo but traffic was remarkably light. I left our office around 5:40 and walked into Kev’s condo around 7:10. After a quick dinner, I was over at Gimpy’s losing our first round of games. The second round of Poker was getting late and at around 11:30, I was so tired I wanted to call it quits so I declared that I was going to go Blind-All-In on all subsequent hands. Well, much to my surprise, because I had simply anticipated a quick loss, I knocked out all remaining 5-players with my short stack. It was sweet. You can ask Bruce, Tommy, or Gimpy how it went down. Who says Poker requires skill? Sometimes, to win, all you need is stupidity and a pair of you-know-whats. :)

And on that high note, I will now retire to my bed which I have missed so much the past 2 evenings.