Thumbs Down

I woke up and left Paul and Pamela's.  I headed straight to Starbucks to meet up with Mason.  

 After chilling with Mason, I headed to the best place on earth.  Denver Park!

 Joey and I left Denver Park to grab the camera and meet up with Whitney at The Shop.  After waiting an extra 30 minutes for Whitney, who was late of course, we finally got to leave.

 These guys at a spot.

 Camera crew. J Greer came up on some money at the casino and bought an expensive camera, but he refuses to buy a computer to put the pictures on.  He's really hard to figure out.

 While we were skating, two cops came to give us tickets and kick us out.  One of the cops had somewhere to be, so we only got a warning.  While this was all unfolding, Joey was in the car watching this.

 Yikes.

 Del Taco break in between spots.

 Macho fries to prove my manliness.

 Joey got a trick here in under 10 minutes.  Impressive.

 Whitney, who made us late to skating in the first place, didn't skate this spot, and left early to watch a skate video instead of skating other spots with us.  King of blowing it.  Thumbs down.

 We got some fun stuff here.

 Tyler Price is a man of many talents.

Karaoke!

I started the day off with an early morning session at Broomfield park.  It was just me and my scooter homies, so there was plenty of room for everyone.

 After skating and 9 hours of work, I went to Sobo's to do one thing.  Sing!

 Darren, Alex, David, Jur, Paul, and Pamela met to partake in the shenanigans.

 Special guest... Rod Harper!!! and Julia.

 Paul doing his thing on stage.  I think he was singing Rolling Stones, Get Off Of My Cloud.

 Jur roofied David.

 I bought Rod a flower as a token of endearment.

 Then I beat Paul in pool, super easy.

 These guys...

 Gardner sandwich!

 Pat showed up with his friend, whom he calls "The Plague".  Crocs and jean shorts are a pretty good look for him.  Their mumbling rendition of Motorhead's Ace of Spades was interesting.

 "The Plague" had a hard time reading the words.

 Bong Reaper performs.

And the night came to a close.  If you're wondering, I sung Rhiana and Wham.  Thanks to Paul and Pamela for hosting an epic after party.  Hope to see everyone again next week!

Thursday

For me, the weekend starts on Thursdays.  I go to school Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, so Thursday is when I get some time to have fun.

I went to 9to5 this morning to create some oversized checks for Equal Pay Day, which is coming up on Tuesday the 12th.  If you're in the Denver area, come to these events to support equal pay!

 After that, I ran to school and got some paperwork filled out, then I went to The Shop.

 Cool guys.

 Tony, Mason, Grant, and I went to this spot.  Nothing happened here.  Except Grant beat Mason in S-K-A-T-E.

 I really, really try to eat well 99% of the time.  But, sometimes you just gotta go for it.  Hot-N-Ready.

 Ended the day at Denver Park.  Couldn't be more perfect.

I.C.E.

I went to a rally at an I.C.E (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) center in Aurora. It was quite an eye opener to realize there is such a terrible place located so close.

Here's people holding signs right off Peoria Street.

 Then we walked about two blocks to the facility and protested out front.

 The guards of the facility called the police, who told us we could demonstrate as long as we didn't block the road.

 Then we ended up blocking the road anyways.

I really encourage everyone to get politically involved and attend events like this.  If you're interested in stuff going on in the Denver area, let me know!

J.B.J.

Saturday night, got off work, and had to get some ice cream.  I went to Sweet Action, which isn't my favorite ice cream spot, but is pretty good.  They had sriracha flavored iced cream! Weird!

 I opted for the brown sugar banana.

 This is a great photo for Patrick.

 Patrick got a new van.

 Then the three of us saw Win Win.  It was fantastic.  I would call it, "a must see".

Up North - Concluded

I woke up to find my grandpa and uncle's gun collection spread out on the table.  Yikes.

Played some more pool.

 Watched the original True Grit.  I liked the remake better.

 The crew.

 Stopped by The Farm for more coffee cake.

 On the way to the airport, we Skyped my cousin Connor who is in Ireland.

 They have red ones too!

 Then we checked out my cousin Brendan's bachelor pad.  Very nice.

At the airport, our flight was delayed an hour.  Traveling sucks.

Thanks for all the hospitality everyone!