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Spent 15 minutes washing glasses in exchange for free whiskey all night. I have no complaints.

The DJ thing is still in the works, a possibility. I might end up doing it this coming Tuesday as they don't have a DJ lined up yet, apparently.

You'll know once I know.

Got my time off.

London, watch out -- I'm coming back (but only for a week, so you're relatively safe)!!

Yep ... second week of March, I'm out of the country! I need a proper vacation, too!

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So yeah, was out a couple nights ago with a friend of mine that's been living in Germany the last few months, but he was back in...
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I've been feeling a little down lately; I imagine it has something to do with the impending arrival of Valentine's Day and the fact that I am several thousand miles away from the person I would like to be spending that day with.

It might also have to do with the fact that I keep listening to "Sunday Morning Coming Down" by Johnny Cash, over...
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There's something a bit surreal about driving home from a Monday night out in Tuesday morning rush-hour traffic.

Partly, it shouldn't take 45 minutes to get home, and it really shouldn't require wearing sunglasses.

Only to arrive home and have an email from a friend you thought was in Germany telling you he was back .... and he lives 2 blocks from where you were,...
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Sick

New menu started on Friday, but wasn't too busy of a night, as it was pretty chilly out, and we have a lot of outdoor seating.

Saturday, though, was our 2nd busiest night of the last 6 months, and we hit a God damn grand slam. We even had a guy call in sick and we still cranked everything out perfectly, new menu and...
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Got a copy of the new menu today; it goes into production Friday, I've got to memorize it by then. Not a problem, really.

And the good news is .... the new menu isn't so bad. Chef had to concede a few things to them, but was able to keep the core of his vision for the place intact. The result is basically that the...
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Blarg

Tired

Grumpy

And I'm listening to this really crap compilation that I got for free in Vegas. The only good parts are the 2 Gogol Bordello tracks (love that band)

The income gap is growing

I was just having a conversation with someone about this very thing a couple of days ago. The article even cites something we were directly talking about, service-industry pay rates.

I really don't think there will be much of a "middle class" in another 20 years or so; just the very rich, and the very poor, and the chance to...
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Bahahahah

To continue on the "Fuck you, I'm from Texas!" theme I began in my last update, I wish I had been there to witness this Texas musician attempting to piss on Lars Ulrich in a Houston bar.

Oh man, that's too funny .... too bad he got chucked out of the club before he could start streaming, but at least he got to wave...
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So take about 1000 punk rockers, give em a bunch of cheap beer and a bowling tournament as an excuse, dump them in a casino in Vegas for 3 days -- it's as great as you'd expect it to be!

Blanco came out on last-minute notice to fill out our team, which was absolutely perfect, and some friends of mine from Chicago and Texas were...
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It's kind of hard to explain

But there I was, watching a funny hair-metal cover band that included washed-up members that had played in Quiet Riot, Guns N Roses, and a couple other hair metal bands I never liked, when the singer starts mumbling some nonsense about Jimmy Fallon, who then shambles drunkenly up on stage and tries desperately to look cool while singing unintelligibly...
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Got a phone call from the crew at the Ship today. They'd been out ice skating for the employee holiday party again, like we did last year, and wanted to call and make me jealous!

Ace crew, that lot. Miss 'em. Need to travel!