The DerfJam Chronicles

I never realized how much I talk to myself...

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Project 365

I wasn't feeling good all of last week but yesterday's victory over Denver made everything all right. The Chargers are back. That's what I was expecting right out of the gate. Now I hope we can continue this every week. The only loss I might be expecting is on Nov. 11 when Indy comes to town. The reigning SuperBowl Champs. If we beat them, my trip to Arizona will be set.

I'm starting to feel better. I can eat regular food now. I was limiting myself to soft foods and mainly liquids cuz of the pain but I'm good now.

My backyard is setup to where I can play ping pong all the time now. Before I would have to fold up my table and put it to the side when I wasn't playing. Now it's just out there ready to be played on at all times. That makes me happy.

I tossed my line and she took the bait. Now all I gotta do is reel her in.

I'm not too sure the Strauss was a good idea last night. I mean I had a lot of fun but I shouldn't have drank any alcohol, not at the state that I'm in right now. My drive to work was a nightmare this morning. I kept opening my window in case I was gonna yack. I'm not hungover or anything. I only had 2 beers and I wanted to yack after the first one. But Karmen and Shanel kept pouring beer down my mouth. One girl holding me down, the other pouring beer down my mouth. How can I resist? I might post pix later. Maybe.

Man, hanging with Ronnie last night was comedy. He says the craziest shiite you will ever hear. And he's not just making stuff up, he's telling me real events. He showed pix. I believe every word he now says. Let's just say he does things right. Imma keep hanging with him. I only had a good right hook. Now he's showing me the 1-2 combo. He's showing me the ropes. The Game has begun.


HAPPY BIRTHDAY APRIL JOY!!!!!!!!!!

Another night with no sleep. Another day with pain.


I'll see if I can drink my sorrows away at the Strauss tonight....

I was able to take a dump!

My stomach still hurts though and I got this wicked headache from trying to deal with the pain and still do work. No OT for me today. =(

My stomach was churning so I started drinking a lot of water and I ate an orange. It didn't really help. I'm kinda hungry but I don't wanna eat cuz I don't want to have that crappy feeling while I'm at work. I tried taking a dump here but nothin' was comin' out. I should have brought the Mylanta and Rolaids to work. I'm not gonna eat for the whole day. I don't wanna yack while I'm here. I'm also really tired since I barely slept. I might leave at lunch. We'll see how I feel....

I must have ate something bad cuz last night was one of the worst nights ever. I started getting sleepy around 830pm but my stomach was hurting. It almost felt like I got kicked in the sack cuz there was pain in my lower abdomen. I tried eating some fruit to help settle my uneasy stomach but that made things worse. And I remembered when I was a kid and my stomach was hurting, my Mom would make me some tea and that always made me feel better. So I tried that out but I still felt the same. I tried to go to sleep but the pain was keeping me awake. I was sweating like crazy just lying in my bed. I got up and went to the bathroom to try to take a dump but nothing was coming out. And it really felt like I needed to take a dump. I could feel whatever I ate just sitting in my stomach. Because it wouldn't go down, all my food came back up.....twice. I yacked hard, it came out with so much velocity that it hurt. So I decided to drive to the store to pick up some Pepto or Mylanta, or something. But it was almost 2am already and all the stores were closed. So the only place I knew that was open was the gas station and I cruised through there and turns out that my friend Kiko works there now. I was telling him about what I was feeling and he said he something similar a few weeks ago and recommended some Rolaids. So I picked up some Rolaids and Mylanta and I took both of them. I thought it was gonna be instant relief but the pain was still there and I still couldn't take a dump. I decided to just lay on my bed until I fell asleep. I didn't really sleep at all. I would fall asleep for 10 mins and then wake up for 30 mins and so on. I saw every hour on the clock last night/this morning. When my alarm clock went off at 530am I felt better. But right when I stood up I felt the pain again. So I decided to try to take a dump again for like the 20th time. This time it actually came out so the Mylanta and Rolaids did work. My stomach felt so much better after that. It still hurts a little and my throat still hurts from throwing up but I'm here at work when I didn't think I'd be able to come in.


And Aileen sent me a couple of pix from her camera. I wanted to see the rest but I guess I gotta go to her place to see them.

So we, Struedel Court, had our very first public performance last night and it was.....interesting. We brought our PA system but when we walked in they already had one so we didn't bother using ours. Bad idea. So we're up on stage plugging in and our guitars aren't being heard through the speakers. So they just ended up mic'ing our guitars. We couldn't really hear each other so we just playing everything by memory, hoping that we're in the right spot on the changes and stuff. It also sounded like one of our guitars was out of tune the whole night. I kept on tuning after each song but it still sounded that way. And when Fonso would mess up he would start laughing. I would just smile and try to not make it so obvious. But it was a fun show. There wasn't really any pressure since it was so last minute and there were barely any people there. My cousin, Joseph, and Meryl were the only ones who showed up. Thanks guys. I know everyone was watching Monday Night Football, Padres and other shows so I wasn't expecting a big turnout. There was maybe 30 people in the entire audience.

Hopefully on the next show we'll have way more songs. We only played 5 last night. But we're gonna bring our own amps so that way if things don't work, it's our fault. I don't like putting the blame on someone else.

Oh yeah, the show last night was for a Church benefit thing and all the performers gave some words of wisdom or true life experience/lessons or something of the sort. We said absolutely nothing and just played music. My guitar does my talking for me.



A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers.

The dredg concert was dope as hell. They played a bunch of old songs, the current hits, and a few super new ones. They were even taking requests from the crowd. Aileen only heard a few songs from them when I let her listen to them a long time ago but she ended up really liking them at the show and I got her their CD. Me and Aileen had a lot of fun that night. My friends Ruben, Nickie, Fonso, Tin, Joseph, Meryl, and Max were also at the show and some of them I haven't seen in a good while so it was a good time. A few of us hit up TGIFridays after the show and had more fun. Aileen ordered this 3 course meal. I like it when a girl has an appetite and isn't afraid to munch in front of me.

I would say, of all the girls I've taken out (I haven't taken that many out) Aileen is probably in my top 3. I dunno what it is. We just have fun. There is never a moment of silence. I love that feeling. It also helps that she's crazy and blunt as hell! She does stuff that you wouldn't normally expect and it makes things exciting and spontaneous cuz I'm pretty much the same way. All the pix we took are so stupid and obnoxious. I'd post them on here but they're all on her camera, and for good reason. Everyone and their Mom would see what we were doing if it was on my camera. That reminds me, I should delete a few of the pix on my camera. Hahahahahaha.

I found out last Thursday that my new band, Struedel Court, is gonna be having a show tonight. We're playing for this fund raiser for The Arts that our friend is taking part in. I think it's for her Church and she knew we were looking to start playing and she asked us if we wanted to do it. Show starts at 8pm and I don't know what time we're up. I haven't really asked anyone to go cuz I know people have theirs shows to watch and Monday Night Football and it's a school night and all that jazz. So I don't really expect anyone I know to show up. But if you happen to be reading this and want to listen to some smooth jazz, the address for the venue is 1969 Sunset Cliffs Blvd. San Diego, CA 92107.

Cousin's b-day this week and also a few friends. I gotta do my shopping tomorrow or something. Too many October babies. I guess that means they were conceived on Valentines.