Life of a Lounge Lizard

last night....

noreply@blogger.com (Bangkokbuddy) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:59:00 +0000

yesterday was a good day. as scheduled I boarded a minivan in bangkok at 3:30pm destined for pattaya. got into pattaya at around 5:50pm. in my apartment in pattaya at 6:15pm. ..after a quick shower to freshen up, I made a beeline to the promenade. I got there at 7pm. and get this. mr. reliable - loverboy - was already there. hehehe. we talk. maybe 15 minutes later, denver terry shows up. then, barnaby. followed by benjamin franklin, and thomas jefferson.

4 of us say we are hungry. so, we go to the oishi ramen at the central festival mall for dinner. denver terry, loverboy, barnaby and I did the scene. just as we were finishing up with dinner, I get this call from clark gable. he's late. the other guys didn't want to wait for clark to eat. so, it was just he and I at the mcdonalds downstairs in the basement.

at around 8:30pm, clark and I are walking to the promenade. we bump into thomas jefferson and snoopy. we talk. ends up I walk back to the central festival mall with snoopy and thomas jefferson. clark gable continues walking to the promenade to meet up with barnaby.

I hang out with snoopy and thomas jefferson at the mall until about 9:30pm. then, thomas goes home. snoopy and I make a beeline to the promenade. from there, we continue on to the ayutthaya foot massage for an hour foot massage. when we get there, we see rodney dangerfield, and jack yeats. also, see babe. we talk.

during the massage, I get this text from errol flynn. he had just arrived into bangkok.

we finish up with the foot massage at around 11pm. then, we went to the villa market. snoopy and I parted at close to midnight. I took the long route home. passing the promenade. bump into kaito. we make plans to meet up for breakfast at the apex the next morning.

home at 1am. asleep at 3am.

at 9am, I wake up. at the apex breakfast buffet at 9:45am. at 10am, I discovered that loverboy was waiting for me inside the place. DUH! we pay. get a table. we talk. we eat. within 30 minutes, denver terry, kaito, and snoopy join us. we eat. we crack jokes. we have fun.

we leave the apex at 1pm. I'm thinking of going back to sleep. get 4 more hours of sleep. meeting up with 4 lounge lizards at 7:30pm tonight.

god O'mighty!

noreply@blogger.com (Bangkokbuddy) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:09:00 +0000

I'm awake. EARLY for me. it's about 1pm. feeling absolutely fantastic! I'm up and atom.

time for a quick 3S. dress. and out the door. thinking of leaving my place in bangkok at 2pm. maybe able to make it to the bus station at 3pm. on bus at 3:30pm.

..who knows??? maybe. just maybe I can make it to the promenade at 7pm. MAYBE.

got to execute to the plan. later.

it's about 4am right now.

noreply@blogger.com (Bangkokbuddy) — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:40:00 +0000

just got back from the ranch. yes. stayed out later than I had earlier planned. and as a result, obviously I won't be able to leave bangkok at noon tomorrow as was earlier planned. and more importantly, I won't be able to get to pattaya at 3pm.

in a nutshell, tonight was one crazy night of hanging out...

the scoop....

as scheduled I met up with the priest at 7:30pm. I gave back his computer.   I also gave him a short lesson on how to do backups and recoveries with the new software I installed.

at 8pm, we finished up with the lesson and started walking to the majestic grand. that's where the priest was going to treat me to an all-you-can-eat buffet as the reward for fixing his computer.

on our way there, we bumped into duece bigalow. we talk for maybe 3 minutes. (duece is BACK!)

we got to the majestic grand at 8:15pm. and started feeding our faces immediately. talk about a spread. they had shrimp thermador, roast beef, etc.. everything that one could want.   talk about filling up. I ate until I was so full, I almost couldn't breathe. had a great time. YEAH!

at around 9:35pm, we left the place. smiles all around.   from the majestic grand, we made our way to the parking lot. hung out there for maybe 30 minutes. during that time, I saw snake blissken, and 4 faces from the past whose nicknames I've forgotten.

at 10:15pm, we went to the ranch. we bumped into willie brown along the way. we talk for maybe 5 minutes. during the 45 minutes that we were at the ranch, we didn't see too many lounge lizards. ..katrina, betty boop. that was pretty much it.

at 11:30pm, I looked at the clock on my cell phone and realized it was too late to take the last underground back home. so, decided to hang out late. went outside for a change of pace. sat at the sidewalk cafe outside and next to the ranch. drinks are 20 baht.

..this is when lounge lizards started coming out of the woodwork. ..the first lounge lizard to walk by was bemmer. next up was craig constantine. followed by popeye. ..lady puu. ..gorgeous. ..the dancing queen. ..the nun. ..hello kitty. ..mr. gimme. ..ichi-san.

at around 1am, tripod appeared. we talk. ..geronimo, and super glenn are coming in 2 weeks.

the priest and I close out the ranch. at 2:10am, we head over to this mcdonalds to get something to eat. I get chicken rice porridge. while eating, the nun drops by. we talk.

at 2:50am, the priest and I part. I head over to the asoke intersection to wave down a taxi. get this... the minute I get there, I see a local bus #136. talk about timing. I take the bus back home. 7 baht. YEAH! home at 4am. still feeling wide awake. will probably go to sleep in about an hour. that would be at around 5am.

if I go to sleep at 5am, I'm thinking I'll probably wake up at sometime between 1pm-3pm. out the door at 4:30pm? on bus at 5:30pm? probably won't get back to pattaya until late. UGH!

ETA pattaya - 9pm? oh well... maybe in time for an hour foot massage? ..before going home to sleep. ..the new plan.

it's about 4:20pm now.

noreply@blogger.com (Bangkokbuddy) — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:33:00 +0000

my maid, pond, came in at 12:25pm thereabouts. left at around 2:15pm. ..after she left, I went back to sleep for about 2 hours. it's about 4:21pm now. awake but a little dizzy.

I called the priest earlier today while pond was cleaning my place. we are schedule to meet at 7:30pm tonight. giving him back his computer. after a short summary of what I did and what to do, he's going to treat me to a buffet near his place. YEAH!

I think the priest will be happy with the changes I made to his computer. it's like brand new again. granted, it's still an old laptop. but with the changes I made, it is at least twice as fast as it was before.

even made a backup of everything. put a copy on my 2 terabyte external backup drive just in case he needs my help again with the thing.\

..between now and 6:30pm, (that's about 2 hours), my plan is to just vege in my room playing computer games. then, do the 3S. out the door at 7pm.

7:30pm at the priest place. 8pm at the buffet. ..maybe at the parking lot at 9:30pm? ..hot coffee at the ranch at 10:30pm? ..home at midnight.

tomorrow... PATTAYA eta 3pm? promenade at 7pm. (did you get that, soobig park, snoopy, barnaby, loverboy, denver terry, etc?) ..foot massage at 10pm thereabouts? aaaahhhhhh. ..love that routine.

life is GREAT!

tidbits.... got email from the sarge, errol flynn, gomer pyle, ironman and davy crockett. spoke to F7, and da shadow.

looking for love in all the wrong places?

noreply@blogger.com (Bangkokbuddy) — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:25:00 +0000

one of the lounge lizards is suggesting I look for a soulmate. and I'm wondering if he truly understands how hard it is to do that?

hey, bro.. you really don't know how hard I've tried. ..let me put it this way. everytime I find someone whom I'm interested in, I give them the old honest abe line... quote, "I live on about a thousand dollars a month. would you be interested in shacking up with me?"

guess what?... every FREAKING time, I get the old "NO money, NO honey" response. yeah. yeah. yeah. they don't just come out and hit me with the above line. it's more of a white lie... quote, "oh. I've got to go." and I never see them ever again.

that's the way it is for a lot of people. ..me included. you want to suggest to me that maybe I find somebody whom I don't really have any attraction to? frankly, I think that would be more trouble then it is worth.

..I know some girls who I think like me enough to want to shack up with me. but I don't get no "bing" with them. so, I don't try. yeah. I could take advantage of them for the sex like a lot of guys do. but I'm a nice guy. I don't operate that way. after being taken advantage of so many times in my life, that's the last thing I want to do to someone else. as I see it, that's bad karma.

my life is not so bad. I get up every day pretty much with a clear mind. nobody gets pissed off because of my snoring. I do as I please until I go back to sleep the following night. I figure I've got at best no more than another 15 years.

keep it going as is... until the fat lady doesn't sing anymore for me. that's my plan. spice it up with the buffets, the travels, and the hanging out. I'm good to go.

someday, I see myself lying all alone in bed feeling really lonely... knowing that I probably don't have much time left. will I go out crying, you ask? yeah. I'll probably shed a tear. but at least, it won't be a river like I know a lot of people do when they die.

that is where those happy memories I've been searching for come in. yes, I think I've did good in that way already. 13+ years a lounging, and counting. YEAH! ..come september 3, it'll be 14 solid years.

..one MORE buffet coming UP!

working on the priest's computer.

noreply@blogger.com (Bangkokbuddy) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:14:00 +0000

that's basically what I did today so far. woke up at 11am. and except for the 3S and eating, I worked on the priest's computer. altogether I worked on it for about 4 hours.

3 hours of that time was for installing, uninstalling software, and finetuning stuff. 1 hour for backing up everything.

the only thing I didn't do was upgrade his BIOS. and I'm not sure I want to do that for now since everything works except for his sound. an existing problem before he gave me the computer.

it's an old computer. so, I think the built-in sound card is bad. I tested the sound using an external USB sound card, and everything worked. he can buy one at pantip for 100 baht. ...hmmm? that reminds me. the priest has one of my external USB sound cards. I lended it to him just before his 3 month trip around the world.

anyway, it's about 5:15pm now. I'm going to take a break away from the thing for now. not sure if I want to go to the reservation tonight. there are some lounge lizards in town. notably, the man of the hour - howling howie, denver terry, the priest, and yes, the expats like jack dawson. but hey, they never call me to hangout. so, I'm not going to go out of my way to go down there in the hopes of maybe seeing them for a few minutes.

I've got my pride too.. right?

time for a bowl of split pea soup.

another day running around.

noreply@blogger.com (Bangkokbuddy) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:33:00 +0000

the whole day in review....

I woke up at 8am. laid in bed for about 2 hours before getting up to do shit, shower, and shave. out the door at 11am.

got to the apex hotel at 11:30am. the meeting with loverboy for breakfast was scheduled for noon. was expecting to wait 30 minutes. but get this. loverboy was early too. the guy was waiting for me. unbelievable. we ate. we talk. we make plans.

I left him at 1pm to go back to bangkok. boarded a minivan at 2pm. in bangkok at 3:45pm. back at my apartment at 4:30pm. ..shower to freshen up. left my bangkok apartment at 6pm. got to the terminal 21 mall at 7pm. did a butt shower.

got to the free buffet at 7:25pm. first lounge lizard there. within maybe 15 minutes, jack dawson, the priest, and steve martin joined me. we ate. we talk. we laugh.

we left the free buffet at 8:30pm. the priest and I went to his place to pick up one of his computers. he has a problem with it. wants me to look at it.

I get to the parking lot at 9pm. nobody there. well, actually, I see winnie cooper. ..also see jacque cousteau. that was pretty much it. I hung out for maybe 20 minutes. then, I leave.

go to foodland. see the man of the hour - howling howie. we talk for maybe 2 minutes. then, I leave. I'm tired. ...drop by the ranch for a cup of hot coffee. ..see babycheeks, gorgeous. talk to somchai. the place is packed.

come 10:10pm, I leave the ranch. go to tops to get some groceries. ..home at 11pm. shower.

it's about 12:30am now. another hour.. then, sleep.

tidbits.... rumor has it errol flynn is coming back in a week. F7 will definitely be back in a week. soobig park is in pattaya for a week.

remember Loverboy?

noreply@blogger.com (Bangkokbuddy) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:11:00 +0000

yeah. he made a surprise appearance tonight. really late at around 11:35pm. just as I was about to make my way home, I bumped into him at the promenade.

I was with barnaby, ironman, and clark gable at the time. the minute we walked into the promenade. he turned around and gave me this big huge smile as if to say... "I'm BACK!"

here for 2 weeks. we will have some time to hangout together later.... the reason why I say later is because I'm going back to bangkok tomorrow for a few days. returning on monday or tuesday. have some errands to deal with.

after maybe talking with loverboy for about 10 minutes, I took my leave. while leaving, I noticed that there were several other lounge lizards hanging out at the promenade. saw kaito, the richmond district guy, the hot pot man. got home at midnight.

it's about 12:45am now. thinking of going to sleep at 2am thereabouts. meeting up with loverboy at noon at the apex breakfast buffet before taking the bus back to bangkok.

anyway, just to make this post complete, let me report what happened earlier in the night before loverboy popped out of the woodwork....

as scheduled, I met up with the priest at 7pm for dinner at sizzler. we talk. the priest gives me a brief summary of his 3 month trip traveling around the world. germany, italy, spain, brazil, peru... did I miss anywhere? at 7:30pm, clark gable made a late appearance. even later, snoopy joins us at around 8pm. we talk.

at 8:15pm, we leave sizzler. make our way down to the basement to check out the 2 for 1. see the bread lady. we tease each other. walk over to the mcdonalds on beach side thinking of getting a hot coffee. but at the last second, decided not to because of the long line.

we got to the promenade at 8:30pm. see barnaby, ironman. we talk for maybe 5 minutes. then, jay leno, and rodney dangerfield join us. some more bullshit. suddenly, somebody asks "does anybody want to do a foot massage?" and all the hands go up. so, at maybe 8:45pm, there are 8 of us parading down beach road in a foot race on our way to the ayutthaya foot massage on soi yamato.

5 of us enter the place. ...not sure what happened to the other 3 guys. ?

anyway, so 4 of us get foot massages. rodney dangerfield gets a thai massage. we talk. we joke. we have fun. juliet has 4 new masseuse working for her. so, we do intros.

we finish up with our massage at around 10:20pm. and then I leave everybody. go to villa market. clark gable and snoopy join me. we shop at villa market for about 15 minutes. when we leave villa, snoopy goes home. it's now just clark gable and I walking towards the promenade.

the minute we hit beach road, barnaby, ironman, jim morrison, and the viking merge with us. we are like a juggernaut walking towards the promenade. the viking gives me the lowdown on his pad over in ladprao.
at 10:45pm, I get this call from the priest. he's free and ready to meet up again with me. we meet up with him near the entrance of the mike's shopping mall. he's with some girl. can't remember the nickname I had for her. from bangkok. but now living in pattaya. we talk for about 5 minutes. then, we part.

clark gable and I head to the promenade. ..this is when we bump into loverboy.

yes, it was one busy day for me. ..just the way I like it. hehehe.

oh. almost forgot to mention. got word that denver terry and duece bigalow are back in bangkok. will probably see them at the free buffet tomorrow night.

zzzzzzz.

the priest is HERE!

noreply@blogger.com (Bangkokbuddy) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:04:00 +0000

yeah. at around 2pm, I get this call from the priest. he's in pattaya. here for a day. going back to bangkok tomorrow. so, we make plans to eat at sizzler tonight. haven't seen the lounge lizard in like 3 months. it will be good to touch bases with him to see how his long trip was.

after dinner, we'll probably do the promenade. and possibly a foot massage.

I'm still a little sleepy now. so, I'm going to go back to sleep for a couple of hours. sizzler at 7pm.

zzzzzzz.

feeling really lazy today.

noreply@blogger.com (Bangkokbuddy) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:50:00 +0000

have absolutely no desire to step out of my apartment today. why, you ask? I don't know.

I woke up at around noon. decided to pack up all my things just in case I wanted to leave with an hours notice. (..the trip back to the states is still about 3 months away? ..eager I guess.)

took me about 2 hours to pack everything up. yeah. give me one hour and I can up and run.

after all the packing, I didn't want to do anything. so, I laid in bed for about 4 hours. twiddled my thumbs. veged.

it's about 7:50pm now. thought about going to the all-you-can-eat pizza buffet. but didn't have enough of an appetite to go. also thought about going to the promenade. ...I didn't have enough of a desire to stare at girls.

decided to just lay in bed all day. don't want to do anything.

lazy me.

stick a hamburger in front of my face, and I might take it away from you.... otherwise...

got a call from willie brown at around 3pm today. we talked.

I get like this fairly often. I'm just lazy. what can I say?

"home.. home on the range... where the deer and the buffalo rooooam...."

had a stupid dream just now.

noreply@blogger.com (Bangkokbuddy) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:50:00 +0000

it's about 3:32am. talk about stupid dreams...

there I was sitting in this dark room with all these presents that needed to be wrapped for christmas. in this one pile of gifts, there were these 10+ chocolate turtles that were about the size of a toy truck. huge. I was complaining to myself as I was wrapping the gifts.

quote, "what the fuck was I thinking when I bought all these big huge chocolate turtles?" .."so original." then, I thought to myself, "who is going to get which chocolate turtle?"

yeah. like I said. one really stupid dream.

in the next pile of gifts, I kept thinking to myself.. quote, "where am I going to get all the christmas wrapping paper to wrap this stuff?" and then, I found a big pile of old red christmas wrapping that was from another christmas. there I was feeling some sort of satisfaction finding this old wrapping paper. blowing away the dust so that I could use it to wrap the new presents.

now.. isn't that a stupid dream or what?

I wonder what a psychologist would make of all this? chocolate turtles and old wrapping paper?

funny... I haven't had a dream this vivid in a really loooooong time. I wonder if it means something?

toilet run. then, back to sleep.

I'm thinking... "maybe it's the tiffy NITE that is giving me these vivid dreams?"

tonight is all-you-can-eat pizza night. will I go?

only da shadow knows.....

made it to the promenade tonight.

noreply@blogger.com (Bangkokbuddy) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:26:00 +0000

YES! even though I was like physically at around 70%, I was still able to make it out for a few hours.

the day started out with my leaving my apartment at around 4pm. went over to the 60 baht haircut place. got my hair chiseled. look 20 years younger now.

from the haircut place, I made a beeline to the central festival mall. was at the sizzler at 6:15pm. did their all-you-can-eat salad bar with a bottle of water. 204 baht.

I finished up with sizzler at 7pm. and then went to the promenade. get this. the minute I get there, I see thomas jefferson and barnaby. clockwork. we talk. we start on a circuit. a slow one mind you since I am still recovering from the flu.

halfway into the circuit, we bump into jay leno, rodney dangerfield, mark twain, kaito, and the hot pot man. lounge lizards are coming out of the woodwork. everybody seems happy.

when we reach the starbucks on beach road, I take my leave of all the guys, and go to the ayutthaya foot massage to do a one hour foot massage. babe does my foot massage. we talk. babe tells me she wants to get a boob job. and I say that's expensive. maybe 40k baht. she replies... more like 50k baht.

I finish up with the foot massage at 8:30pm. and then, I make a mad dash back to beach road. would you believe it? twice in one night. I bump into barnaby and thomas jefferson while they are doing a circuit. get this. I even bump into snoopy. no more than 2 minutes later, jay leno joins us. and so does kaito.

sometimes I get the feeling these guys are spying on me. ?

when we get back to the promenade, I rest for maybe 10 minutes. then, somebody mentioned that the 2 for 1 is back on active duty. so, 4 of us head over there to check out what is available. at 9:30pm, the 2 for 1 was not yet active. I go over to the mcdonalds to get a cup of hot coffee.

after the hot coffee, we go back to look. it's 10:05pm. and yeah. the sign is up. we all scramble to pick out the best pickings from the leftover selection. I get 2 ciabatta bread, and 2 cherry danish for 60 baht. (2 dollars). I'm happy. something to eat with my hot coffee tomorrow morning. YEAH!

barnaby asks me if I wanted to hangout some more. and I reply no. need to cut the party short since I am still recovering from the flu I said. say goodbye to all.

home at 10:40pm. it's about 11:30pm now. thinking of watching tv for 30 minutes before going to sleep.

how do I feel for my first day back out, you ask? feeling ok. maybe 80% physically. coughing a little bit. let's see how I do when I wake up tomorrow morning.

getting sticker shock already.

noreply@blogger.com (Bangkokbuddy) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:40:00 +0000

here I am.. still in thailand. and I'm getting sticker shock already. YIKES!

a couple of my good buddies back in the states are giving me current prices of stuff back in san francisco. and yes, it is rather frightening for me to hear the gap in prices from when I was living there 14 years ago.

my favorite cheap steak house - tad's steak house - in union square. back in 1997 thereabouts, I paid about $7.55 for a steak dinner. the sarge tells me it is about $16 dollars now. EGADS!

blondies pizza was $1.50 for a slice back when I lived there. sarge tells me it's over $5 dollars now. FU#K!

..I guess that means I won't be eating at tad's steak house on this trip, people. and blondies sounds like a no-no too.

F7 told me that they still have the $1 dollar breakfast items at mcdonalds. so, I'm really happy about that. YEAH! ditto for the $1.50 2 piece and a biscuit at KFC. YEAH!

the jury is still out on jack-in-the-box, wendy's, top dog, and taco bell. back when I was eating taco bell twice a week, it was $1.69 for 3 tacos, and a pepsi. wendy's had a list of $1 menu items. the jumbo jack was going for $1. wonder what the prices are now? any lounge lizards want to fill me in?

once a week, I remember going to church's fried chicken. my favorite fried chicken restaurant. they had a 5 piece special every wednesday - $2.50. aaahhhhh. what a deal!

costco had their $1.50 foot long hotdog with a coke. $10 eighteen inch pizzas. north beach pizza was like $13 dollars for a large pepperoni.

over in chinatown, they had the $3.25 lunch specials. "something" over rice. little henrys spagetti with meatballs was $8 dollars.

guys, please tell me that denny's still have the grand slam breakfast for less than $10 dollars. ok? I have my heart set on digging into a stack of pancakes at dennys like old times.

errol flynn tells me my $1000 a month budget is like what the homeless in san francisco are living on. and I'm thinking to myself - I don't feel like I'm a homeless person. I wonder where the homeless are getting $1000 a month??? maybe I should look into it? hehehe.

is that what san francisco is giving to all the homeless people EACH month? WOW! maybe I hit the jackpot? where do I sign up, guys? let me know...

anyway, it's about 1:45pm now. feeling ok. not 100%. but strong enough to go out for maybe a couple of hours. yes. it'll be the promenade tonight. sizzler at 6pm thereabouts followed by an hour at the promenade. no circuits though. scared of a relapse. might do an hour foot massage before I turn in.

the PLAN.

Expatistan.com

noreply@blogger.com (Bangkokbuddy) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:40:00 +0000

have you heard of it? my buddy, errol flynn, pointed the way to me. ..interesting site. check it out if you have the time. it basically compares cities around the world to their perspective "Cost of Living Index".

according to www.expatistan.com, san francisco is 63% more expensive to live in than bangkok, thailand.

now, this may or may not be true. but the site does give you some indication of what it may be like cost wise. personally, I think living in san francisco is about 200% more expensive than living in bangkok.

but then, that is my opinion. the opinion of someone who has lived in each place for 10+ years.

..changing the subject. the latest scoop on my condition.

it's about 3:30am now. toilet run. still in pattaya. still sick. flu. feeling a lot better. no backache. no headache. no coughing. still have a warm sweat all over my body.

I think I'll try and hangout later today. rather.. tonight. can't believe it's tuesday already.

I've been surviving on stocked up provisions in my apartment for these last 3 days. not the greatest diet. ...tonight, I think I'll treat myself to sizzler. get some fresh vegetables in my tummy.

salad bar.. here I come! thinking ETA of 6pm.

between now and then, I think I'll just relax some more.

thinking of returning to bangkok on friday. just in time to make the free buffet there. I sort of remember the priest saying he would be returning to bangkok on january 31st. maybe I'll see him at the free buffet.

back to bed.

tiffy NITE comes to the rescue!

noreply@blogger.com (Bangkokbuddy) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:41:00 +0000

talk about stupid. I forgot about the tiffy NITE the first day I had the flu. so, I suffered big time. UGH!

but last night just before I went to sleep, I remembered I had a box sitting in my closet ready for use. ..one tablet was all I needed to push away the backache, stuffed up nose, and headache. mind you, I'm still not ready to hangout. but at least I was able to go to sleep last night.

thank you, tiffy NITE.

it's about 10:35am now. just woke up for something to eat. starving. yeah. I think I lost some weight. my stomach is growling big time. feeling a lot better. have this warm sweat all over my body. no stuffy nose. not coughing. ..good.

will I be able to go hangout some tonight, you ask?

probably not. I think I'll stay indoors one more day to make sure I don't get a relapse. better safe then sorry.

FLU.

noreply@blogger.com (Bangkokbuddy) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:58:00 +0000

that one word pretty much sums up my situation. last night, I was wondering why my backache came back so strong. well, last night in the early hours, I found out. fever, coughing, back pain. pretty much says it all.

I'm sick.

couldn't sleep a wink at all. UGH!

it's about 11am now. like I said earlier, no sleep at all last night. I'm feeling like a turd on the street about to be run over by a car. YIKES!

anyway, not much in the mood to post much more. it's back to laying in bed now. hope I can finally get some zzzzz.

too much good time, bad time come?

regarding my upcoming trip to the states..

noreply@blogger.com (Bangkokbuddy) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:53:00 +0000

my buddy, errol flynn is telling me I will need to bring plenty of money for my upcoming trip to the states. what do I think about his suggestion, you ask?

I'm on a budget of about $1000 dollars a month. and I don't plan on spending anything more.

granted, one can spend more. but that is not in my plans. yes, if I were to spend all my time in san francisco, I would certainly go broke even doing the simple things.

BUT that is just it, I'm not planning on being in san francisco during the whole trip. hehehe.

oregon and nevada. already spec out all the expenses. should be ok. if not, I'll return to the land of smiles faster than I expected to.

thinking of staying in san francisco and other parts of california for no more than 2 or 3 days max. stopovers so to speak on my way to where I actually plan to spend all my time on this 2 month trip.

I already sent emails to many of my friends indicating to them if it is ok to stay at their homes for a couple of nights on my way to nevada and oregon. some have already indicated that it would be ok to stay at their places.

I still haven't heard from anybody in sacramento. not sure why. but if I dont' hear from any lounge lizards there, I may just bypass that part of the trip all together. last thing I want to do is intrude on anybody for 2 or 3 days.

more time in oregon and nevada.

if you are wondering how I could stay in oregon and/or nevada on about $1000 dollars a month, keep wondering. frankly, I don't want to disclose my budget accommodations in both places. doing so would surely put an end to those options. last thing I want to deal with is some idiot 2 week millionaires out to destroy the bargains that still exist. right?

what are my plans once I settle in, you ask?

just live a normal schedule like I did in the past when I lived in the states. window shopping, surf the net, watch tv, play computer games, eat out at my favorite fast food places.

it's pretty much the same thing I do in thailand whether I'm in pattaya or bangkok. ..hanging out.

since I'm not into drugs, smoking, drinking, taking girls out everyday, partying, gambling, I should be ok with my $1000 dollars a month budget. right?

eating home cooked meals. maybe one meal outside once a day. easy.

3 more months.

anyway, it's about 8pm now. the whole day didn't go as planned. didn't get a haircut. didn't go out at all. in fact, I'm not thinking of going out at all tonight. decided against it after my backache came back. UGH!

not sure why my backache came back. ..too much good time, bad time come??? whatever.

I'm resting at home. maybe go out tomorrow.

thinking haircut.

noreply@blogger.com (Bangkokbuddy) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:55:00 +0000

I woke up with this itchy ear feeling. that means it's time for a haircut. I've got 2:50pm showing on my clock. I'm thinking out the door at around 5pm. haircut at 6pm.

promenade at 7pm. feel like doing sizzler for dinner. at least some place where I can get a lot of vegetables.

not sure if I want to do a foot massage tonight. may just turn in early tonight. home at around 10 or 11pm?

on broken hearts and irrational behavior.

noreply@blogger.com (Bangkokbuddy) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:44:00 +0000

tonight, I spent maybe a third of the night listening to people who are having problems with their love lives. (no names to protect the innocent.)

this one guy went on this rant about how nobody loves him for what he is. it's only about the money.   ..for about 15 minutes I listened to this rant. 5 minutes after the fact, I see him chasing somebody?

another guy goes off telling me how he hates this girl who is messing with his mind. and then, he calls her?

on the other side of the coin, this one girl tells me she is fed up with guys. according to her, the last guy she was with dumped her. ..maybe an hour later, I see her walking down the street hand in hand with some guy?

part of me is telling me to leave these crazy people with their irrational behavior. but on the other hand, another part of me is telling me to dive in and join these crazy people.

to the peanut gallery.. what do you think?

I know this crazy girl on the beach who always shouts insults at me when I walk pass her. somebody told me she insults me because she likes me.   ..does that make sense to you?

I mean.... think about it. if she didn't like me, she wouldn't talk to me. right?

something to think about?...

anyway, what happened last night...

I made my way to the promenade at around 7:30pm. no lounge lizards to be found at the time. at 7:45pm, I get this call from barnaby telling me he's with howling howie about 2 blocks from where I was. so, I go join them. we talk.

at 8pm, the 3 of us start on a circuit. when we get to the royal garden mall, we take a seat at this strategic location to get a birds eye view of all the pretty girls walking by. maybe 10 minutes into our ogling, a stranger from the past pops out of the woodwork. guess who?

it's daniel boone. haven't seen him in like 5 years. back when I used to hang out at the lobby in bangkok. we talk. after maybe 10 minutes of talking about old times, he leaves.

I look at my clock and notice it is almost 9pm. time for the free buffet at shark agogo.  ..leave barnaby and howling howie. I get into my sprinter stance, and start walking in second gear. my fast gear. before you know it, I'm at the shark agogo. got the best seat in the house. lucky me.

the time showing on my clock - 9:10pm. 5 minutes later, thomas jefferson joins me. another 5 minutes, snoopy shows up. yet another 10 minutes, and mark twain and kaito show up. we have enough people for a staff meeting.

at precisely 9:30pm, the free food comes out.  there is a mad dash to the food. I'm first in line. all of a sudden, there are like 15 people fighting for the food. egads! I get my 2 plates. and sit down to feast.

I'm happy.

after maybe 15 minutes of feasting on free food, drinking beer, and staring at pretty girls dancing on stage, we leave the shark agogo. back on the beach.

we meet up with barnaby and howling howie again. they are in front of starbucks now. we talk. jay leno, and rodney dangerfield pass by.  they say hi.

at 10:45pm, I tell the gang I want to do a foot massage. snoopy and I make our way to the ayutthaya foot massage. we both get 1 hour foot massages. finish up at midnight thereabouts.

back on beach road for another 30 minutes. home at 1am. it's about 2:45am now. watching star trek - the next generation on tv. thinking of going to sleep in about an hour. no plans for tomorrow.

a lot of research.

noreply@blogger.com (Bangkokbuddy) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:02:00 +0000

for the last 4 hours since I woke up, all I did was research things on the internet for my trip back to the states at the end of april.

for those of you who are not aware of my itinerary this coming april.. I'm going back to the states for a 2 month trip. first time back in the states since 2005. about 8 solid years. whew!

if you think that was a long time... consider this... I haven't been back up to oregon since 1999. about 14 years.

so, yeah. I'm excited about going back. expecting a lot of changes. sticker shock. haven't been to a taco bell in 8 years. omigod! haven't been to a denny's in the same amount of time. god o'mighty! let's not forget north beach pizza, jack in the box, carl juniors, church's fried chicken, top dog, blondies pizza, tad's steak house, and a whole host of other mom and pop operations that I used to be a regular customer way back when.

..will I get heart burn, you ask? ..will I be feeding my face like it's the end of the world, you ask? ..will I treasure EVERY bite, you ask?

I'm READY for that first GRAND SLAM breakfast!!! YEAH! nobody is more ready than I am.

would you believe it if I told you I can still feel the taste of those denny pancakes at the tip of my tongue? that event occurred back in 2005. and it feels like yesterday when I plowed into this stack of pancakes with all that butter, and syrup. aahhhhh!

I'm ready for a return. it's about time.

chilli cheese corn chips.. corn nuts, spam, nathan hot dogs, 5 lb bags of fish sticks from costco. I'm ready for it all. BRING IT ON! (mouth drooling...)

the minute I arrive into san francisco, I'm going to look for a taco bell. order myself up 3 tacos and a pepsi. and take my merry time eating it.

I'm ready. ..3 more months to go.

..with that wet dream aside. it's about 7pm now. I'm in pattaya. in my apartment. time for shit, shower, and shave. meeting up with snoopy at 9:30pm for the free buffet at the shark agogo. will probably do a foot massage afterwards. the routine 2 circuits up and down the beach.

have nothing else in mind. ..time to execute the plan. YEAH!

the routine.

noreply@blogger.com (Bangkokbuddy) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:12:00 +0000

everyday is starting to look like a routine now. UGH!

if you have kept up with my blog for the last couple of months, YOU could probably tell me what I plan to do today. hehehe.

my pattaya routine.
1. shit, shower, shave..
2. buffet..
3. promenade..
4. foot massage..
5. mcdonalds..

my bangkok routine.
1. shit, shower, shave..
2. mcdonalds..
3. parking lot..
4. ranch..
5. mcdonalds..

as tonight is friday night, it'll be the free food at the shark agogo again. after 15 minutes of feeding my face, and staring at the dancers, I'm back out at the promenade. maybe half an hour of ogling, chatting with other lounge lizards. then, hot coffee at mcdonalds. followed by YET another foot massage.

ready to go back to bangkok, you ask? not yet... maybe another week.

tidbits... I got word that mark twain is leaving today for back to japan. jay leno going back to the states end of this month. BREAKING NEW!.... just got a message from errol flynn. he's BACK in 2 weeks. about the same time as F7. ..it'll be the gustoso, or oishi buffet once again. YEAH!

think I'll get back to sleep now. toilet run. (what else?)

6 hours of sleep.

noreply@blogger.com (Bangkokbuddy) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:27:00 +0000

woke up at around 9am today. it's about 11am now. feeling good. spent the last 2 hours doing some research for jay leno. basically got all the info for him. now, have to put it in presentation form. maybe 2 more days to be ready.

today is thursday. hmmmm?...... that's my mind thinking.....

no plans for today. nothing that I really want to do or feel like I have to do. ...fill up the water bottles. ...frig is full. ...internet is GREAT now since I got the repeater working.

F7 coming back in 2 weeks. so, basically stay in pattaya until then.

heard about this self-storage place in pattaya that rents space at 380 baht per month for each cubic meter. minimum 3 cbm. basically, that comes down to a closet for about a 1000 baht per month. maybe I'll go check up on that to keep my options open for if I move out of my place for whatever reason... Self storage in Patttaya. maybe I can share a unit with someone?

a slow night.

noreply@blogger.com (Bangkokbuddy) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:33:00 +0000

I made it to the all-you-can-eat pizza buffet tonight. got there at around 7:05pm. a little late but when all was said and done, I was still the first guy on the scene. barnaby and thomas jefferson got there at maybe 5 to 15 minutes after I reached there.

it didn't matter though. another group of lounge lizards, ironman, the richmond district guy, and a newguy were there already. somebody to shoot the breeze with. get this, these guys were there since 6pm. yes, they definitely were getting their money's worth.

personally, I put away 12 pieces before I took my leave. stuffed.

barnaby, thomas jefferson, and I left the pizza parlor at around 8pm. made a beeline to the promenade. while walking towards the promenade, we bumped into the man of the hour - howling howie. we took a break at around the tippy plaza location on beach road, and had a small staff meeting. got word that uncle sam, and the cornhusker have left town. clark gable has gone to bangkok for a few days.

at around 8:30pm, some of us continued walking towards the promenade. saw the kaito, sean lennon, and mark twain.

after all the pizza, I wanted a hot coffee to help with the digestion. so, I asked if anybody was up to go to mcdonalds for the hot coffee. barnaby and thomas jefferson joined me. we did this hop, and skip maneuver to get there. felt like I was playing that game frogger when crossing the street.

after the break at mcdonalds, we went around the mall a little. checked out these backpacks at the super sports store.

at around 9:30pm, we checked out the 2 for 1. no loaves of bread left.

at 10:15pm, we all parted. barnaby and thomas jefferson went home. I was tired. but I thought that doing a foot massage would do me good. so, I went there.

got to the massage place at exactly 10:50pm. nobody there. asked babe if any other lounge lizards made it there yesterday. her answer... I was the only one all day. during the 1 hour foot massage, I fell asleep.

finished the foot massage at midnight. spoke to babe for maybe 5 minutes. after leaving babe, I went to the villa market to get some stuff. got french bread, mandarin oranges, and 4 wine coolers. 2 spy screwdrivers and 2 spy margaritas.

got home at 12:40am. surfed the net for about 30 minutes.

it's about 1:35am now. going to play computer games for an hour before going to sleep.

the GOOD news.

noreply@blogger.com (Bangkokbuddy) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:33:00 +0000

after 4 hours of fussing around with this buffalo network router/repeater, I FINALLY got it to work the way it is suppose to work. stupid device. they advertised that it would only take a few minutes to get the thing configured and working. BUT they don't tell you that that is only contingent if you have all your networking equipment from the same vendor. in other words, buffalo.

in the fine print, it says you have to configure the damn thing MANUALLY if you are mixing buffalo stuff with other vendor devices. UGH!

4 hours later.... it's working.

I've now got 6:30pm showing on my clock... no time to give you all a summary of what transpired yesterday. nothing much different then most other days. so, let's just forget yesterday's summary to make things easy. ok? hehehe.

I'm suppose to be at the all-you-can-eat pizza buffet at 7pm. so, I really have to stream down with my shit, shower, and shave routine. maybe a 1 minute shit, forget the shower, and the shave, and get my butt dressed. yeeEEEHAAAAA...

I'm a rolling.

hope nobody complains about my body odor tonight.

I figured out why..

noreply@blogger.com (Bangkokbuddy) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:59:00 +0000

my wi-fi signal was weaker than before. it appears they took out the one wi-fi router on my floor and replaced it with 2 wi-fi extenders/repeaters. one on each side of the building. UGH!

so, now I'm stuck with figuring out what to do...? buy my own extender or MOVE? get a room closer to the wi-fi extender or just go some place else altogether? the speed of the signal is around 4mbs. but I only get 2 bars on my wi-fi.

anyway, I woke up an hour ago. it's about 4pm now. 9 hours of sleep. feeling ok. adequate.

going to clean up. than go to tukcom to do some window shopping. see what a tp-link wi-fi extender cost there. online I saw $35 dollars.

thinking the promenade at 7pm tonight. YEAH! feeling like a buffet. wonder if anybody else is thinking along the same line? it's a good bet later tonight, I'll be up for a foot massage. another YEAH!

feeling good. BACK in pattaya!