Roof, Beaches, and Rum...

is all you need...as my bro's friend pointed out.

For those of you who say the "American Dream" is no longer true...you know the thought that generation after generation gets better and better...I say "nay". At least for siblings at least. I remember when I was unemployed after college. Drinking and stumbling around the snow..staring out the window into the endless grey...boredom. My little brother? Typical day: wakes up when I do (630am)..it's cool cause Cali is sunny and beautiful even at that ungodly hour. He rides my bike on the beach for a few hours, watching the sun rise over the Pacific. Then he hits the gym for a hour or two. Next, he heads over to the beach and does NADA except laugh it up with friends..but that has to come to an end to make it for happy hour at the bars...by the time he gets back to my apartment I've already had a drink or two and then he proceeds to go the bars while I admit defeat and the fact that I have to be productive the next day...haha...I'm serious folks, I live out here without a job, to have a roof, the beach in January, and a wee bit of rum...you can't wrong..it seems to me most are trying to figure it out...its the vicious circle: when you are working you are trying to find ways to get out if it, and when you are unemployed you are trying to find work..unless you're my brother:) He's livin the American Dream..godspeed lil Drake..even though I'm supporting him..I don't want him to get a job..how screwy is that ?? I almost love that he is defying everything that America says to do..BE AMBITIOUS..GET A JOB, SIR..WORK HARD..buy things you don't need!! Well..he'll soon be caught in the trap like the rest of us..so I guess that plays a factor somewhat...HE BETTER AT LEAST..im gettin' way tooo jealous..

Well, I can't upload pictures for some reason which is horrible. I hate updates without pictures. I've had such a crazy time lately.....First off Andreea MARINESCU, the craziest (and smartest) Romanian I know came out for the weekend, and we soon met up with TURKIYE's FINEST FEMALE TRAINEE FROM 2002..Dana! We celebrated her 22nd birthday in some coolass Czech Bar in San Diego with live freestyling and all that blackout jazz...

That day we woke up, I swear each day out here is more beautiful than the last, and my buddy Frank said, "why not?", and cracked a few more brewskis while my older bro flew into San Diego with a couple of my friends for work..Image all of these kids getting drunk laying on the sidewalk while couples walk to the church which is like 500 ft away..Surya even got a DD ..happy birthday buddy! Can't wait to see you in Austin! Gaigi is coming, too..we're gonna do it up right! Anyway, all three Drake brothers ended up drinking on the beach..surrounded by the coolest cats around...a far cry from the normal January routine of binge drinking vodka and listening to Eminem! I'll have to post a picture when I can, cause quite honestly I don't remember a lot of the beach. I just remember my lil brother walking into a restaurant with no shoes and steel reserve..he was served properly.

Anyway, I wish I had pictures, cause I'm even boring myself with this entry...really...there's always so much I want to write, but for some reason I always hold back the crazy stuff...I just feel like it always comes and bites me in the ass. Ah well. The bottom line is, its really nice out here. I keep waiting for the awe to wear off, but it doesn't. God today was nice. I think there was an AIESEC girl trainees in Poland who once blogged "I worship the sun". Amen. I guess freezing your ass off for 24 years will allow you appreciate the simpler things in life:

Quote of the week from the Channel 7 weatherman "folks, that wraps it up for the 5 day forecast, enjoy it out there, people would kill to have our lows for their highs, we're the envy of the hemisphere". HAHA. Hemisphere? Riiiggght. But you have to tell us Americans something! He certainly isn't far from the truth..Nation perhaps. God LA has such an ego it cracks me up. Come se dice "Brazil" in Portuguese por favor!? Booyakasha, bitches! 2 weeks. Now that's an envy of the hemisphere!

I guess Bush is gonna be sworn in tomorrow. It's amazing how apolitical I've become here. SoCal (at least in this little beach community) really seems to be in its own world..so much that people can't be bothered with some crook being sworn in in the snow:) Maybe there's still a little tension..another rum and coke, please! 4 more years, 4 more drinks!