Surprise SF Weekend

So, this past weekend, I drove up for the very first time (by myself and at the last minute) from San Diego to San Francisco. That's a 8 hour drive, folks! And I must say, it was an interesting, if not fun, drive up. Why? Because it was my first time doing it, because I manage to stay behind the wheel of a car for 8 hours straight and because, it was a beautiful drive up in which I got to go like 90 mph most of the way :) Of course, I did encounter a few "issues" driving up, which included the following:

--NEVER drive thru LA on the 5 on your way up to SF, on a Friday Afternoon (or any afternoon). YOU WILL be stuck in traffic for at least an 1 hour!
--during my traffic jam, I REALLY need to use the bathroom but I didn't want to get out of traffic to find a restroom and then try to merge back into it. So, I waited...I REALLY waited! I must have held it for close to 2 hours before I saw an openning, got out the closest exit, found a Del Taco and pissed like I never pissed before. And oh yeah, I had lunch there too.
--okay, when I drive I usually drive with my big fat wallet in my back pocket which is not very good. So, for this trip (since it was going to be long), I had enough sense to remove my wallet before driving. After my first pit stop though, I accidently put my wallet back in to backpocket while driving. Boy, did that start to hurt my ass! After like 3 hours, I couldn't take it no more. I had to remove my wallet but it was REALLY difficult while driving. I was definately swerving back and forth attempting to do so. After a good 1/2 of struggling, I manage to get it out. What a relief that was. Of course, at my next pit stop, I accidently put it back in. DOH!
--after removing my wallet from my ass the second time, and about hour 7 of my trip, I started getting phantom "wallet in my ass" pains. Wierd..
--every radio station, no matter where you are, will play the same stupid song over and over again. Next time, I need to bring my own music (I just ordered my new MD player today!)

So, will I do this drive again? Probably... Will I enjoy it as much? Probably not. Hmmm...next time I may go up the very scenic Coast Highway up to SF, though it would be a MUCH longer drive up. Next time I will bring a friend too.

So, why did I drive up at the last minute to go SF? Well to see Jon and Denny, of course! They were having a BBQ at their place and it was a good opportunity for me to get some free food. The BBQ was great (I was the chef, of course) and all the cool usual suspects showed up. It was like seeing my second family. Good food with great ppl.

Quote of the Day: "Koreans dont play drinking games! We just DRINK!"

Second Quote of the Day: "If a guy from the South is calling you racist, then you must be REALLY racist!"

I just put up my photos from that BBQ in my online photo album. Check it out here:

http://public.fotki.com/namofni/a_sf_bbq/

After the BBQ, we ended up going to this really cool loft for a house party to celebrate some Canadian's birthday. When we got there, everyone was expected to take their shoes off in the house, which kind of pissed me off, cuz everything thought it was a "Canadian thing" to do that! It wasn't, but I could win the argument :(

The place was extremely nice. Incredibly HIGH cellings and spaceous rooms. I can REALLY see myself living here.

I got to meet the birthday girl and immediately, she knew that I was Canadian as well. Must be our Cana-dar! (or the fact that I was wearing a shirt from Roots).

Anyways, it was a cool party but we didn't stay long. Why? Sausage fest. Nuff said.

On Sunday, I hanged out with Jon and Rie in Chinatown and Downtown SF before my long drive back to SD. I got home around 12 midnite.