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Cha Cha Cha.

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Cha is Mandarin for tea. While in Georgia I get a lesson in quick dialog.  A warehouse guy calls off a number “triple three” he repeats it a few times and asks if I know what that means. “I know a few” (I’m kidding myself) and he is dying to share it. For example. “That girl be looking for a triple three” She is looking for a date. I decide to go West Coast on him and say. “She looking for a dub but she ain’t thirsty.” We laugh since I want to be hip if not contemporary. Come to find out once again the joke is on me.  “Darn”. Triple three translates to nine inches. Now I’m just embarrassed.  The Duck Dynasty crew has a sweet tea product and it’s a big Sigh. The driver was more eloquent “it sucks”.

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Dear Thomas

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I want you to know that is by no mistake we sat next to each other  at dinner to laugh and enjoy the cramped but cozy booth with six other people. I appreciate your candor and positive outlook. You had offered me such wonderful insight in a short amount of time. You have reassured me of decisions made without having ever met you till now. I know why they say “Save the best for last.” You are indeed the best.

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A Mix Bag.

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1414592979513-1580271235Given that Halloween is coming, here is a mixed bag of goodies from yesterday.  Taxi to Sam’s town Casino in Shreveport 25.00 bucks each way. No five cent keno or omaha or even limit poker…bummer oh well. Then to the cafe to eat. Our waiter is from Beijing “yes I’m going to blow him away with my newly learn Mandarin” I asked for “Nemung bing shui” lemon water.  I get a big “huh?” I received my dish he asks “how is it ?” I reply “Kekuo” (delicious) “too cold?” “No its delicious”. Well I better hit the tapes again. Upon return home to the Petro truck stop we buy some water and the tv is on world series  San Francisco Giants vs KC Royals  and small talk ensued. I ask the tall nice gentleman at counter “Who ya For? ” “Kansas I guess they haven’t won” I pipe in trying to let the locals know this fender bender knows a thing or two. “Ya 29 years” he says he knows people in KC “so Ya I’ll pick the Royals” I said the only person I know in Kansas City is Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. Everybody laughs because it’s late and we are all tired but more likely my faux pas. I know I know Kansas City Missouri and the state of Kansas ARE two different places. Oh well note to self. I just liked that everyone was laughing.

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Van Horn Texas

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During a much needed tire change the gentleman who pulled up in truck full of tires I asked “what’s Van Horn known for?” I got a nod. “You born and raised here?” Ya” okay Mr. Helpful “would you like some coffee or something to drink” “Na”. Wikipedia states Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos bought 290,000 acres just north of here for space technology compound. And this place might be one of the sites of an underground placement of the 10,000 years clock.  Who knew…me and the tire guy didn’t.  Last night we witnessed a border patrol checkpoint west of here where a drug sniffing dog went crazy on a vehicle of what look to be Yuppie owned. Was it cannabis or something else?  The dog pulled away from leash jumped up often and barked like this car was extra hot. Busted. Zia jian

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Sleazy Eight

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Can you imagine a road dawg’s rite of passage includes staying a seedy motel. Well I did and boy was I on alert. I see a police officer at a fast food drive thru. I ask “how’s this place? You know it’s bad when someone answer with a question.  “How long you stayin?” One night “oh you’ll be okay” this place is known for dope according to the officer  That’s just great I was going to lay out by the pool and read. Got a little reassurance from desk clerk who was counting out a mountain of change telling a  guest holding a cardboard sign “You’re short again I’ll cover the rest”.  But the piece de resistance happened when  this gal looks in to offer her company not knowing I was in the room. She saw the legs of the driver and decided that door left ajar was an invitation.   Man this is some crazy joint.  I could handle the homeboy veterano on his bike circling his territory riding in between the 53 foot long trucks staring hard when I was getting a drink. It was the gal that scared me because she  partially entered the room until she heard a bellowed “NO”. All I’m thinking is “man I am losing my edge” situations like these didn’t scare me as much as before,  now I just wanna get some shut  eye and in the morning get the hell out of the Easy Eight.

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4 Days

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The number of days it takes to get from one coast to another. Not bad although there are guys who do it less time, two and a half or 3 days and they brag about it. I just wanna be safe and what’s the rush. The road is where I do a lot of thinking the deep soulful kind. I pair this with cabin fever which presents itself in many ways some I’m not proud of. I will pick a small fight hoping the slim adrenaline rush gets us an extra seventy to a hundred miles closer and more awake or how many states will this fly travel thru before he/she flies out or dies?  Plus this time  we have  the CB which just made its debut thank goodness.  Finally leaving for Florida tomorrow. Or as the Cubana say “Flor rida”.

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I’m One of Them

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Di tou zu.  Phonetically you say “dee toh zoo”  I learned this from Yang Yang my online YoYo Chinese teacher.  Can you guess what it means?  everyone is guilty of it. On their phones at airports restaurants, bus stops and while  walking. It means I’m a low head or low heads. So this  is now number two on my list. First the gluttenites (gluten free people) & the low heads.
1 out of 2 not bad. Til next time Zai jian.

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Oh Boy…No it’s a Girl.

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I may not  know the all the nuances as it is a painful yet ultimately joyous story but here it goes. My Mom was a novice postulate (year one for a nun) and Mother Superior took her aside and told her that this was not her calling. The nuns at the Convent of the Good Shepperd in Los Angeles in essence kick out a young girl who knew very little of the world. Once put out (I’m exaggerating a bit) she was lost and was helped out by a tall blonde guy who got her pregnant and she ended up ironically in another convent to givewpid-20140819_190856.jpg birth to a girl.   The worst  happened, they let my mom hold her and then took the baby away to be put up for adoption.  This painful event was the source of my mom’s amnesia to the point of using a hypnotherapist to recall dates and times. At  28 years old and after my brother Aaron’s death at age 21 my mom told me I had a sister.  The reason for this story is simple. My Sister lives here in Seattle and its one of the best things that happened to me so much I had to blog about it.  I joke with her since my dad was Mexican and hers wasn’t. I say we are chocolate and vanilla

Sister Seattle

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I took the Sounder commuter train in Kent  up to Seattle to see my Jie Jie (Mandarin for elder sister) for $3.25 then hop a bus $2.50 and got here quick.  The moving industry is slowing down and I parted ways with  my partner who I’ll meet up again in Long Beach California in a few days Meanwhile I’ll  be staying at The Moore.  It is a great hotel because it’s not a chain  and the building is family owned  2 sisters  and 3 brothers. Claw foot bath tubs & no two rooms are alike. It’s 2 blocks from Pikes Place Market Two  nights $94.00 total not bad, an espresso bar in the same lobby serves up a little treat with your order. I’ll crash at my sister’s once her current guests leaves.  Rachel Ginger beer store is becoming a regular gig and the Hibiscus  pomegranate magenta mule will be my order tomorrow. Ziajian

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