Surfing Ruined My Life

I thought it be poignant to fill everyone in on what has been going on in my life the last few weeks or so.  I have been really busy. There was tons of work to be done at the Palace and like any home improvement project things you think should be finished and done in no time with little effort wind up taking the most time.  I am proud to say that stage one of the gentrification of the Lisanti Palace is complete.  Stage two, the kitchen and bathroom are at the moment on hold till summer, unless of course you kind people would like send some funds my way.  Did not think so.

Stage the three, the Japanese rock garden I hope to put into action by late spring early summer.  I have always loved the peace and tranquility of such places.  I think having one right in my own back yard overlooking the ocean would really do me a lot good. Just to have a spot where I can pick up a rake and make patterns in the rocks would be amazing for my favorite past time of pondering and stewing on my life.  I would love to do a small koi pond out there as well.

As of March 1st I had the entire apartment all to myself.  Kooky shoved off to New Zealand late at night on February 29th.  For a while I had not heard anything of the kid and was getting a little bit worried.  Just the other night I got a facebook message from my friend Sara that he made it to Raglan safely and she was able to get him a job at Solscape working off his accommodation.  Now that is three jobs I have set Kooky up with through my own personal connections and the third job that I had personally done at one time.  The kid has managed to work three of the jobs I had over the last seven years in under seven months.  Now that is a true life intensive Lisanti experience.  I am sure he will send in a Kooky’s Korner on his adventures soon and I will post it here on SurfingRuinedMyLife.net.

Dave left to go home to Florida a day or two before Kooky.  He had to go back for some traffic court issue.  I have not heard from him thus not sure how things are working out.  All I know is the last I saw of him was right before I passed out from a Sunday at the Kitty and he had to catch a bus at 3:30am to LAX.  I think he drunk ate my lasagna I brought home for lunch the next day cause it was gone.  When I know more I will post more.

On one hand it is really nice to have my apartment, car and life back.  I loved all the visitors and adventures over the past eight months, but it was beginning to take a toll on me.  Having some relaxing quiet time and not worrying about catering to others is rather satisfying.  It is great to do whatever I want, whenever I want and it is really nice to always have a clean apartment and everything in the place I expect it to be.  This was not the case with lots of people constantly floating through.

On the other hand it is a bit lonely being just Alfie and I again.  Having all my friends here for an extended period of time was a very necessary evil to help me get over Adrienne, fix up the apartment and get my life back on track.  I remember back in early December crying on the phone to my mom over Adrienne, which was complete craziness since we had broken up back in May.  I did not go home for the Holiday because of it.

Thanks to everyone who came and spent sometime here with me and was kind enough, and patient enough to listen to my oblique whining and not kill me I was able to realize how pathetic I had become.  Just like that here I am now nearly self sufficient. Sure I still hurt over her on occasion, but it is not like it was before.  Now it is more like I will just get really lonely, or see something that reminded me of her or thought of something I thought she might have got a kick out of and will momentarily think “man I wish Ade’s were still here”.  Then I shake it off just as fast.

The Palace will not be empty for long.  I am happily relieved to say that I found a new roommate who will be moving in full time by the middle of the month.  His name is Dan and he seems like a really good dude.  He has a full time job, is 28 and looking for a step up in life.  I think we are both in the same place in life right now and should be a good fit.  Then again I always think that about my new roommates and then two months later find them with needles in their arms.  I really do have a good feeling about this guy.  Time will Tell.

Wednesday will be the grand re-opening of the Lisanti Palace dinner party, 8pm.  If you are in the Santa Barbara area and want to partake in the festivities hit me up.  You are more then welcome.  Just make sure you RSVP by Wednesday morning so I have a head count.  My new roommate will be here and I believe some of the usual suspects.  This will kick off the weekly dinner parties  we used to indulge in here in the fall.  How can you not enjoy an evening of good food, good wine and good people?

Work is work.  We have had a good number of staff quit meaning new family members will be coming in and old ones going out.  School is school.  Unfortunately my equanimity is waning fast as my hopes to become a “paper chef” seem more and more of an impossibility due to the fact that I would have to quit my job to conceptually finish the program.  This is one of the situations I wish I had my rock garden for to allow me more clarity of thought.  As of the moment I think I may take the fall semester off all together.

Besides that things are looking good and the future bright.  I don’t know what tomorrow will hold and at the moment that is good enough for me.  For I think I will just take things as they come.

Did I mention that I am making an effort to surf more too. If your not reading the surflog on a regular basis you are missing out on the blog within the blog. Its raw. Photo:Kooky