It's The Doc!

Upon checking the schedule for this week and last week I found out I'm not the second on bartender - as thought and told. Apparently the manager wants to spread these shifts out between three people. This means I get the best of the two shifts our main bartender doesn't work, and back him up on Saturday. This is ok but I was under the impression I was now a bartender with one day on the floor. I now have 2/3 days on the floor and 3 days bartending.

Oh well - I guess it's experience, so that's all I can really hope for at this point.

Also I picked up Rock Band. Actually I had that shit pre-ordered and the first minute second I could get my hands on it. And jesus christ. To say this game is fun is an understatement. It does for console gaming what TF2 has done for PC gaming and me.

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That is the opening (and only really) CG bit in the game and it's really all you need to KNOW about the game. Everything you do in the game is designed to make you feel like the most kick ass rock star imaginable. I've even had bunches of fun singing, and I know I'm horribly tone deaf!

In the game you can create your own band, so our apartment's band will be called "Go Team Venture" which has me on Lead Guitar, and Bryan on Vocals. Alex might to Bass, but he might also do Drums - still trying to get that one down. What really blows is my guitar already broke, so I have a replacement coming for me tomorrow or the day after.

And speaking of the day after every Tuesday I'm thinking of hosting "Wannabe Rock Star" nights. I'll get a few friends over and shit and we'll just drink a bit and play Rock Band until we are all thoroughly rocked-out. Should be great fun!

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I've been trying to move up to be a bartender ever since I have turned 21. Not very long but still, constantly trying. I've done a lot of at home and off-site "research" on the topic and I believe I was one of the more knowledgeable at work.

Apparently the managers at work agree with this. As of a few days ago I'm now a full time bartender at my restaurant. I'm so excited, tonight I close, some days I have to open (which isn't too big of a deal). I make so much more money now it really is just pure awesome all day every day.

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Recently I've been playing with the TF2 SDK and I got to thinking how cool it would be to create a decent map.

I've been sketching today so this is what I have so far.

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I'm happy right now. I am every time during these moods. I have just gotten off of work for the night, came home - have someone here waiting for me, a lover in bed. I take a shower, change into some lounge clothes and sit here in front of my computer. I pour myself a simple drink, get some good music going and relax.

Life just stops right now. I'm not thinking of how much I owe to people, my schedule tomorrow, what I'm making for dinner next week - I'm just enjoying my time, here, with myself.

It's an amazing feeling and I hope everyone I know has a feeling like this. No matter how my day has been I know that these moments right here will make up for anything I will have gone through prior till now.

I'm happy, plain and simple.

([secret message] also: despite the giant bugs crawling on your neck it is kind of nice to see them, at least lets me know you were happy for a short time)

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My manager approached me yesterday and offered me a strange proposition. She let me know that the Bellingham store was going to be losing their lead bartender for a month as she went around and opened up two more stores, one in California and one in Washington. The deal given to me was would I want to transfer over to that store and take place as the head bartender - if only for a month.

Initially I jumped at the opportunity, I'd love to get some REAL bar shifts, but I wasn't able to get them because both bartenders here in Bothell had it tied down. I talked it over with Chad - my bar mentor and he said it would be a good idea EXCEPT for the fact that store is more than dead. It's a near ghost town every single night. Not only would I be losing out on working with my "family" for a month or more, but I may not be even making enough money to cover what I'm making here.

What I'm trying to do right now however is get ANY experience possible, because there is a new store opening up soon in Mill Creek. I'd love to head on over there with Liz and become the bartender - but I need some real experience before I'm just tossed in there. It would be a huge step forward for me career-wise and an even larger step for me monetarily.

After talking with my manager a bit he assured me I wouldn't need to work at the slow store to get the experience needed to work at the new one so I'm kind of in a bind. They said they would give me a day of bartending for myself - but that really hasn't happened yet. Recently I did have a Monday shift - which went pretty well, only hectic during one time and that was because I've never had the bar on my own.

And I've been thinking of re-doing my Jell-O shots post. I'll clean myself up a bit more and really take some good step by steps.

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