Cali...didn't take any pictures. oh well.

This time around.. Cali was whatever. I didn't come to cali with a bunch of friends, but it was still fun. The weather was beautiful as always. Im starting to think now, its more boring to type about what I do rather than how i feel, so ill just pinpoint highlights that made me feel a certain way...Well..lets see..The friday touching down was quite stressful..We were on the biggest time squeeze, nothing was really going our way because everything in LA closes at 2 am. We had to squeeze being with the fam for dinner and finding time to drive all the way to LA, Book a hote, and then go out.. by the time we finally went out, it was almost 1 am. A big let down at first, but once we walked into a random dive, it wasn't so bad. The door guy who checked our IDs was from chicago, which felt comforting in the swarm of LA stuck up asians at the asian club EXCHANGE, which was right next door. Asians are so stuck up and superficial over there! Real Talk! Anyways.. even though we only had a short amount of time, it was still enough to have a good time.. had a Chimay then jameson n coke, then some delerium which was awesome. Even though the bartender didn't take her time to pour the delerium in my cup, it was still nice to have something good and familiar to sip on. Got a little good buzz. It was nice catching up with my boy Tommy I hadn't seen in what..11 years? Man that is a long time to not see a friend, but i'm glad it worked out. Feeling kinda hungry after the bar, so food was a thought after seeing nuky and jenn feigning for some. Ended up making the taco truck lady cook up my own customized carne asada fries in a taco shelll... WITH bacon. WORD. It was AIIGHT. The concept couldve been executed well with a better cook i guess. It wasn't in unison as i hoped it would be, but i aint gonna say it wasnt good, because it was. It just seems someone could really perfect it. That night ended up sleeping on a damn chair cuz nukes, jenn, n monica took the bed, shit.. i ended up sleeping on the couch the next two nights anyway, so boy did it feel good to sleep on my own bed this past monday night! Well, back to the whole cali thing, saturday pretty much did all the fam bam stuff, visited the cemetery to pay respects to my grandpa, its been 10 years since he passed away, n his death kinda seems like yesterday when we were all at the church and i was watching my uncles n cousins lifting his body..man time sure does fly. U notice it the most when you go to another state and see how much everyone else has grown. N u think to yourself.. man.. times actually going alot faster than i thought.. Seems like yesterday when my little cousins were just little toddlers, now theyre all tall and big. I sure have seen it in these past couple of years it feels like. Whatever, gotta live up these days now I guess, I can't figure out how I can slow shit down, and i really wish i could. I'm turning 26 next month, first time in a while i'm not really looking forward to my bday. But its coming up soon. Anyway..Saturday night was a highlight..Reunited with my boy Paul! One of my best homies in the program, n man we got fucked up at this club in Hollywood. Its a real good feeling to see one of your closest friends out in the real world dressed nice, happy, and free. Because they last time we remember eachother the most is being locked up, forced to do shit we didn't wanna do. So it was definitely good catching up and being free. He said he's gonna visit chicago, that would be a lot of fun. Saturday night was funny because me n nuky came home drunk as hell and my parents noticed it. Damn. thats the first time they seen us like that LOL. I was trying to be normal, but Monica said i still couldnt hide it lol. I probably couldnt because i was super fucked up yo. Anyway..Sunday morning was dope. had a great bonding moment with the fam..glad they like Monica.. I mean iono why they wouldnt you know? shes a great girl..it was coo just be eating lunch with my girl, my sister and my mom n dad. We laughed about stuff and I felt like i was getting closer to them during lunch. It felt good, because i'll always remember back then, shit was never so sweet as it is now. N I appreciate that I get a chance to have this bond with them now. Better late than never you feel? It was a groggy sunday i remembered, did a little shopping afterwards..had our last dinner in cali at the boiling crab. Man that shit is so damn good. I made sure i picked up andrew doan, grabbed, tommy, hit up boiling crab on brookhurst. Had a good feast with 3 pounds of crawfish and shrimp. Was damn good. That Whole sha bang sauce is good as fuck! Even though Andrew is a bit of a looney, I still love him as my brother, and Ive noticed School has been a great therapy for his crazy thoughts. I'm glad to see the improvement in him. Before, it was so bad. I'm real glad hes gotten better, and i hope he keeps getting better. I would hate to see him have completely lost himself. We ended the night getting some M&M donuts. Talk about the best fucking donuts EVER!. I have never had a donut taste so fucking good, it was some exclusive blueberry donut you can only get at night! and FUCK. it was so good. BAKED TO PERFECTION! I will definitely be back for those fuckin donut, bagel, funnel cake thangs! DAMN. they were good. Got back to the condo..took a look out the window..time was running up..the vacation was about to be over the next morning..It was all good enough for the weekend.. And i will be returning.. Since i always do anyway. Well thats it about Cali. Keep Living, Keep learning Allen, But stop stressing so damn much. Figure that out. And you'll enjoy things more like you use to. Hopefully.