The Monthly Challenge

It's been a very long month, but I think I'll make my family happy when I say, "I am never drinking alcohol again." At least not for a day or two. This month taught me that: the liver is the hardest working organ in your body; drinking alone is OK as long as you videotape yourself being an ass; and sometimes drinking a terrible drink can be worth being able to tell people a story revolving around just how terrible it was.

For the past few days, I've been enjoying my World Beer Traveler. It's been a long trip, but I'm glad it's done. I finished on Friday, which was the middle of the month - it seemed appropriate. Anyways, here is the video blog of the past few days.

We got to Las Vegas at about 6 or 7PM on Wednesday night. After our only buffet dinner, we decided to sit down at the roulette table and lose a chunk of money. During Charles' 4 hour session (on only $60!) he managed to befriend a couple and the husband came out with us for some drinking.

Can you believe that after over 2 years of working in bars that I had never had a Jägerbomb?

It's terrible.

The first drink up is La Fin du Monde beer. Enjoy me making an ass out of myself in the video below. (I hope it's not too much of a rip-off of Taco Tuesday...)

Today is the last day of July...it's a bit sad. I feel like I experienced a lot, but still didn't accomplish everything I set out to do. Designing and building websites is hard work - especially when you do it all day and then try to come home and do some more of it. I've had a nasty knot in my neck for the past few days. On Monday, I just came home and passed out. Then on Tuesday, I went out with some friends for some un-artistic yet delicious drinks and dinner at Cobras and Matadors.

I was sick on Friday and stayed home and did some work on my brother's website. I finished up a fairly solid design Saturday morning and sent it over for feedback before heading up to the Griffith Observatory (which was pretty kick ass - I need to go back at night and also check out some of their shows.) He liked most of it, so now I'm just working on converting it to a wordpress theme.

So, instead of going to see War Games tonight, I went over to Westwood to catch a screening of Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. All I have to say is, thank fucking God I went to see this movie instead.

Going into this movie, I only knew the following about Hunter S. Thompson:

I've been working pretty long hours the past few weeks. On Friday though, I got out of work at a reasonable time, then went to see Darker My Love at the echo. They were pretty good, although a bit more psychedelic than I was expecting. Saturday was just as busy as the rest of the week.