Hey all!
Wow. Never really followed up with the African adventure part of my life. I suppose it will remain a reminder to blog on the go.
Other than that the summer has begun. I have taken and passed an INTENSE week of bartending school. It's expensive ($600) but it was an awesome experience. 40 hours of schooling, 200 drinks, and 1 broken rocks glass later I am prepared to begin bartending. Its called the
Atlanta Bartending School and its located on Buford Hwy. I got a lot of scruff from friends about doing that but I'm glad I did it. The classroom is literally a room with 14 small bars that is made to match the real deal. We worked with real bottles filled with colored water so that the drinks we make relatively match the real drinks. The teacher I had was a MAESTRO. He has had more experience than I wish to ever have and he is pro fo sho. I made some good friends and realized that bartenders are pretty interesting people.
I also have a girlfriend! She's younger, blonde, and from UGA. No one saw that comin'! She's AWESOME. It's my first committed relationship in a while and I couldn't be happier with it. It's been a while since I've had someone and she definitely is an empowering individual. Add in the fact that she's worldly minded (YAY aiesec!), good lookin', well balanced, and ambitious and you've got a helluva cocktail that i'd like to drink. Most of the people reading this have met her. If not, demand it from me :)
LATEST revelations and epiphany episodes:
1. I need to play music more. Its still my dream to make music and to have a job that supports it and I need to stop being such a pussy about it and just make songs and perform and sing and be shameless and... just do it.
2. The clocks ticking... I have 3 semesters left on school. Real life comes fast after that. As long as I can make some money to support my life I'm fine but thats always the problem, isn't it?
3. 21 is awesome/lame. I have been carded twice out of the 5 attempts. I'm sad about that. It HAS been awesome being able to do whatever I want though. I've gone to the liquor store twice and neither time got anything. I'd go in because, coming out of bartending school, all these drinks sound so interesting but then I realized I'm broke and don't want to spend that much money on alcohol.
4. I love my friends. A lot of them let me down lately being too busy or too distant but I have a TON of close friends (like 20) and then a bajillion aquaintences (i don't even want to count).
alright y'all. Thanks for reading! I love you all.
