retail retell

I worked midnight to 8am on black friday. And before that, I didn't sleep all thanksgiving. Went to bed at 5am, woken up at 10am by loud family arguments. Thanksgiving itself was AWESOME though. My uncle Greg and aunt Deborah came up from Berkeley. We talked shop about jazz for a long long time. I claimed that Elvin Jones was one of the best all-around jazz drummers that ever lived or played, their thoughts differed, saying Buddy Rich was way more innovative for his time. Elvin Jones did so much more within his musical contraints. Volume. Finesse. Nuance. Then they gave me a tribute to Charlie Parker album which I am currently eating up with my ears. So good. Then, I drank wine with the family, got a cool wine buzz, and watched YouTube videos with the entire family. Around 10pm, I started preparing for the long night ahead. Brewed a whole pot of coffee, grabbed my iPod, snagged a book... the whole works. I bundled up really tight. The outlets were madness around midnight. People left and right. Caught some wannabe thuggish ruggish white kid stealing a pair of aviators. He gave them back cause I told him to. What a bitch. Around 3am, it died down. I tell you what... listening to your entire Coldplay archive at 4am with no people around in the freezing, thick fog is pretty eerie. Then, around 6am, it picked up again. No bueno. I made the bonus though, and got my commission. Then, I came home and changed and went to work at payless until 3:30pm. After I got off there, I came home and took a quick shower. My cable was out, so after the shower, I just laid in bed playing drums on my pillow with drumsticks at about 5pm. I woke up still naked with sticks in my hand at midnight. Threw on some pajamas, and slept. I got woken up at 3am by a really really really spooky dream. I woke up shaking out of anxious excitement and genuine fear. Went back to sleep. Woke up again at 9:10. I was supposed to be at work at 9am. I threw some clothes on and essentially stole my dads truck and went to work. Got off work at 2pm and hung out with Kyle for about a half hour before I went to work at Payless at 3:30. Worked at Payless, had awesome talks with Itzel. Cause she rules. Friends visited. Got off. Came home. Here I sit.

I am about to take a shower because its definitely been almost 30 hours since my last one. Then I am going out for a night on the town with friends. Then work tomorrow at the kiosk 9am to 7pm. Come say Hi. Then studying for a Political Science test on Monday. Then, I will finally get a full nights' rest before it all starts again.


So long.