Nah...not gonna do that.
I am more of the type that spent the most of my 20's hanging out at a coffee bar writing down thoughts and observations of things that were happening. I spent alot of time at a particular coffee bar called Portfolio in Long Beach, CA and met alot of really great and interesting people. I loved the fact that I lived a block away from a local bar and a block away from a coffeehouse. So depending on how my evening was going would determine the location that I would end up.
Not so much now.
Pasadena is a bit different in which I have to drive somewhere to go to the bar, let alone go to a coffeehouse. Starbucks is ok but I am not thrilled with the ambiance of it. I feel rushed there, and mostly going in to get a cup of joe in the morning is what it really is good for. Portfolio however, was a hangout. Something about that place brought out the creativity and spontaneity in people. Now for most people that didnt know about Long Beach I used to affectionately call it Punk Rock retirement. Kinda like Florida for the Snowbirds on the East Coast. The populace that is out there pretty much think Long Beach was the home of Sublime and of course, Snoop Dogg and the world famous West Coast Choppers. Yeah, that was cool and all but the people that were living the hard edged lifestyle that didnt want to fully give it up ended up settling there. that is what I loved about that place. Portfolio seemed to be at the time the unofficial center of Long Beach due to the fact that if you weren't gangster, then you didnt move north of 4th street. South of that you were good to go. The unofficial center seemed to be the gathering place of the people before or after they went out; and that was fine by me. I spent hours there talking to people, reading, writing and smoking a ton of cigarettes and talking. I have many of good friends that I still talk to that I met almost a decade ago.
So now that the rambling has started, my point is this: More writing and more expressing my thoughts in this little digital corner of my life and it is not going to be about my family, or my job (even though I admit I think its cool), this is more about the experiences of my life.
It may get boring at times but if you think about it, when does is not?
And when it gets interesting, then you better hope that you got your helmet on.... til the next round at least.
