Ze other day

... I was whoring for CocaCola2 on the embarcadero.

It sux. Stick with sugar.

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.. tim the photographer went to the middle east and came back with a blood disorder that put my Sagittarian friend in the hospital.

He sent me a card:



Sag's hate feeling cooped up, as envinced by...

i can see a Two Boots Pizza and a Starbucks
just outside the hospital! They unhooked my i-v for a while this
morning, almost made a dash for it! i wanna break free

He seems to be doing aright tho..



.. specially with visitors like these..



bringing him sushi and beer. :)



And he's making art..



Get well, tim.



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.. talked to mars in hawai'i

mars: hi jp
JPennant: hey mrs O :-)
mars: how's it goin
JPennant: how you feelin?
mars: eh....
JPennant: aw
mars: goin to the dr. today
JPennant: ok, dont leave without a long list of medications
mars: what have you been up to?
JPennant: still waiting for word from the cruise lines to get to Hawaii
JPennant: but it looks as if I gotta get to Hawai'i the hard way
mars: there was this big problem with one of the local cruises
mars: not enough staff because people kept quitting
JPennant: if it were nCL, I heard.. wait, quitting?
mars: yeah, ncl
JPennant: uh oh
JPennant: wha happened?
mars: because americans aren't used to working such long hours
mars: unlike immigrants
mars: but they have to hire americans =P
JPennant: yeah, its 7 days a week, 10 hours a day on a ship
mars: yuck
JPennant: yeah, americans dont like the feel of whips on their backs, the heft of oars and keeping time to the steady beat of the drums
JPennant: heheheh
mars: =)
JPennant: so thats why NCL came to SF looking for people
JPennant: and i hear theyre gonna hit all the filipino enclaves in hawaii
JPennant: but, i'll be in the islands. dont you worry.
JPennant: :-)
mars: hahahahha
mars: well, one day...
mars: just don't get trapped here
mars: haha
JPennant: ah, yes. something ive considered
JPennant: thats why i never said I wanted to make hawai'i my homebase
mars: verry good
JPennant: ive seen too many people stay there for years and come back with their fill
JPennant: sorta like what i went thru in jacksonville
mars: oh?
JPennant: yep. I went there for a little easy living , then got trapped
JPennant: until i escaped doing the consulting work around the country
JPennant: then went to NY to be closer to my family
mars: i c
JPennant: warm weather and low wages are death :-)
mars: LOL
mars: well then i guess i'm digging my grave
JPennant: nah, its home for you :-)
mars: i guess
JPennant: plus,. Im a city guy at heart
mars: but sometimes even i feel trapped
JPennant: yeah, but it is where you wanna come back home to
mars: i suppose
JPennant: oops, Im running out of battery juice
mars: ok..you should go
mars: i gotta go dr
JPennant: i will talk to ya later hon
mars: take care! byebye
JPennant: you too Mrs O :-)