i went to go see inbar a.k.a public transit tonight. it was pretty rad, except that for some reason, whenever a friend of mine says they're playing, i really don't want to miss them so i show up pretty much at the time they tell me to. of course, the show never starts then so i end up sitting around for a couple hours with people i didn't know. today, i showed up at like an hour and a half ahead of time. woooo. but whatever, it was worth it. it was also raining like crazy, and i got soaked, but at least it dried pretty quick. yay linen shorts. anyway, i also printed a test print today on my aqua tee, the print came out pretty good. american apparel has been a big jerk recently, and i really wish another company would step up and make some decently priced non-sweatshop clothing without the stupid advertising that makes me gag. also, they need to be more consistant. i was going to use a lime shirt that was a totally beautiful color and came out amazingly, but then american apparel decided that they weren't going to carry it anymore. almost two years i've been wholesaling with them, and all the sudden they change colors. losers. maybe they're too busy with their new courderoy hotpants or the tank thongs or the crappy sunglasses. jerks. if they'd concentrate on carrying a full line of colors in several materials, i'd be happy. lastly, i didn't win the lottery on last saturday, and i forgot to buy a ticket for tonight, but i'm really hoping i win soo, so that i can open my arcade asap. so everyone be sure and remember me in your prayers. say something like "dear awesome and powerfully radical god, please let rafael win the lotto for at least a few million so that he can open an totally rad arcade and i can go hang out and have fun for free because i'm praying for him now so he'll hook me up. amen. oh, and p.s. i want a pony".

we won first tonight! yeah, we're bomb like that. the question that won it for us? how many novels has danelle steele written? we went with the douglas adams answer, 42. fortunately, our nerditude won it for us, as the answer was in the 60's. other highlights: the mexican round (yeah, we rocked it, except for kid frost), the music round (all but the bobby darrin song), and the texas rangers. we won a wicked awesome prize this time too, 50 dollars in movie passes! i hope i can convince everyone to come and see hot fuzz, i've been trying to see it for so long.

anyway, other crap- i bought the fabric for my tables at the fair, i've got some new design test prints done, and i'm gonna order the shirts hopefully this wed. i think things are pretty much on schedule. i also read the fine print and saw that if it were to hurricane or even just rain and be crappy out during the craft fair, i get no money back. that would suck. so everyone, pray for sunshine.

so we came in second tonight at trivia...it was a bloodbath. that was seriously the sloppiest quiz i've ever partaken of, and yet, somehow we pulled out a place job for 15 bucks. i sort of helped seal the deal tonight, by A. remembering that the team on the warriors in overalls is innappropriately named "the punks" and B. sort of getting the pinball machine question right (apparently pinbot says "now i can see you" just as his bride does, but the words bride of pinbot were closer than the other teams terminator, so we won). we really need to pick up another person of varied knowledge, someone to fill the gaps, so we're taking applications. and by applications, i mean bribes.

anyway, i also just had a real stress situation, because i just booked my plane tickets to NY. i have to tell you, i'm seriously like 1 for 8 on booking plane tickets. i almost ALWAYS screw up and have to pay some fine to fix it...if i messed up this time, i've got a plan to get my card rejected. anyway, it looks like i'll be there from the 12th of june to the 24th. i have to come back on a crappy sunday time because i really really want to be at my friends Mannequin Makeout's last show.

ALSO, i now have a new phone! i am pretty craptasticly poor and have a prepaid cell plan (it actually makes sense if you see my budgeting, way way cheaper than getting a normal plan), but seriously, it was cheaper than a beeper. i think straight beepers will come back into style in the next couple years, just watch. when archeologists dig up the internet tens of years from now after hipster fashion causes the end of society as we know it, they'll see me saying this and know that i am a straight genius. so if you want my #, be sure and give me an email, don't just leave a comment on this blog. i never check that crap.

ONE LAST THING: i also am going to be writing quiz rounds! i'm super stoked about that one, i wrote two today that i was pretty proud of. apparently i need to cut my words per question down a lot, but i'll get where i need to be eventually. it's finally an outlet for my days on end of wiki-wiki-wiki-wiki ing, so i'm really happy. i can finally tell my mom that being a nerd pays.

rafael!

tonight krisana and i went bowling! weeeeeee! i rolled a three hundred! unfortunately, it was across three and one third games, but still! wooooo!
anyway, i've also been super busy working on stuff. i've got a COMPLETELY NEW DESIGN in the pipe! it's even summery themed, i'll post more once it's done. i've give you this hint though, it's got to do with the thing rob heater and i did most while he was visiting.
i also applied for a job with the geeks who drink as a quizmaster for trivia. i don't know how well i did, but i hope i get a job. if not, i'd like to apply to write trivia rounds, as i am a trivia genius.
anywayz, it's totally summer now. i've busted out the shorts and bought a new AA shirt (it's aqua! totally summer) and i've been scoping my plane tix. i'll be there so crazy soon! i hope my NYC peeps have time to chill. or rather, i hope they make time to chill, because i'm worth it.
peace out!