Malibu, 6/6/15

It' a bright Saturday morning on the PCH. At 6:10 AM, there's a lot of people out working on getting their surf on. I'm gonna do that sooner or later....mostly because there's a new Point Break movie coming out. Needless to say, it's beautiful outside. The air is fresh (and not salty smelling). This is the route the WAZE app put me on to get to work today. I've grown to appreciate it after I figured it out, but I was a bit resistant to it until KC gave me the DL on it. So, now I use it....all the time! LOL. Even when I know how to get to a place, I turn it on just to see if there's a faster route.

                                                                          Last night, Friday night, was a mixed bag of events. My jeep didn't get repaired as I had hoped it would because the guy at Firestone said he had the part! So, when he called me to tell me he had the wrong part and hadn't taken anything apart to confirm it, I was a bit put-off. It happens. Needless to say, I got some help from one of my local friends to get a few things done. But, after I got my boy back, I was gonna get to it. I actually just washed it, check all the fluids, and decided it was Friday night, and I was gonna have a least one drink (usually only two max..lol.). I figured I'd head to the Oaks Mall and hit two birds with one drive: T-Mobie and the Lazy Dog. Yup.

The Lazy Dog was busy. It always seems to be when I've gone there in the past. Now, walking in on my own, I found a seat right next to a couple waiting to see the San Andreas movie and a gal with some party of people hovering the bar. The bartender at the place recognized me instantly. He also recognized that I was short a short person! LOL. We laughed a bit about events and that I was in town for a longer stint this time around. I never let on that things had changed between KC and myself even though he seemed interested in knowing. Unfortunately, the gal next to me wanted to know if I was single or just missing someone. I found myself in a bind ( in my person). So, I said what I thought was more appropriate, "I'm just out doing some alone time. Ya know. You need that now and then." She seemed to get it, and decided she wanted to talk. It was good conversation that eventually involved the couple sitting next to me as it was on a topic that I always find interesting from one town to the next, the 'cultural' composition of a town, area, or city. It turns out that Thousand Oaks really isn't that diverse. It's like Minneapolis-mostly Scandinavians or 'white' people. It just turns out that it, the mono-cultural composition of Thousand Oaks, makes me stick out! "You actually stick out as exotic!" She said. I laughed knowing it gives me a tactical advantage in the 'dating' game, but presently, I'm not playing it...the game. LOL>. But, it's nice to know that in the future, I may actually have some luck. That's the rant of a Midwest guy in the land of mild and honey, but we all know what the story is cause I come from the place where, "All the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and the children are above average." G.K.