Sunday, May 22, 2005
Good ol' fresno..
Where the Men are men.. the women are men.. and the sheep run REAL fast..
Yesterday, headed over to the armpit of California.. Still felt and smelled like it, woo! mid to high 80's, its been a while since i felt bigtime heat, i still perfer 36 degree winds though.. The assembled surprise gang composed of familia from San mateo as well as from the McCloud Area (by Mt. Shasta) as well as the local peoples (still trapped). Andrew came in, and he knew that there were some peoples lying in wait, but then he noticed Fluffielady and me, as well as his parents and had to do a doubletake.. It was fun and a neat gathering.
Fluffielady had flashbacks and started a list of things to do/go/eat.. Well we only accomplished one, to eat at this ice cream shop in clovis which used to sell such flavors as Kahlua, and Jack Daniels. This time they didn't have such treats. =(
Anyhow we hung out yesterday at the Riverpark area. When fluffielady and i drove on Shaw to Blackstone it was like driving on Memory lane, literally.. Most things were the same as before, some businesses changed, some stayed the same.. As for the Riverpark, i remember when it was first built, with the roundabout that NOBODY knew how to handle, and it got sketchy sometimes seeing people not knowing how to manuever into one, or which direction they should go.. That roundabout is the 1st in the city, i think.. it seemed from the way they drove it. And nowadays nothing has changed, people still can't figure out how to enter / exit / merge.. hahaha how sad.. And as for the shops, Riverpark now has both sides of the giant street filled with stuff. ick.. Like college students we didn't get to sleep till 2am (!!!), yea scary huh?
Today we wake up at 10am, checked out of the hotel, and ate breakfast with Andrew and parents. Afterwards we wanted to go visit one of Fluffielady's bridesmaid, with her new baby boy, but she wasn't home. Actually once we got to the freeway, about 3-5minutes later, she called saying that she just got home.. DOH! The two caught up with each other over the phone, and we coulda stopped at the Gilroy outlets but wasn't feeling it, since we were just there a month ago.
Fluffielady finally found out that Shaw Blvd. is like one of those cheaply drawn cartoons, where the background repeats itself.. Finally she sees what i saw when i was there! Strip mall, with similar shops, gas stations, restaurants ... Repeat ... Repeat..
Oh ya, the one silly thing thats brand new is Fresno states new multiplex/coliseum. It's all about the sponsors and all that. 3com park, SBC park, all those big corporations that spend the money on renaming these things sound good. But hows about the Fresno State Save-Mart Center.. Dood.. I still don't understand how Save-Mart makes money in the first place.. Theres 30 of them everywhere you go, and nobody goes to them. How do they survive??
Where the Men are men.. the women are men.. and the sheep run REAL fast..
Yesterday, headed over to the armpit of California.. Still felt and smelled like it, woo! mid to high 80's, its been a while since i felt bigtime heat, i still perfer 36 degree winds though.. The assembled surprise gang composed of familia from San mateo as well as from the McCloud Area (by Mt. Shasta) as well as the local peoples (still trapped). Andrew came in, and he knew that there were some peoples lying in wait, but then he noticed Fluffielady and me, as well as his parents and had to do a doubletake.. It was fun and a neat gathering.
Fluffielady had flashbacks and started a list of things to do/go/eat.. Well we only accomplished one, to eat at this ice cream shop in clovis which used to sell such flavors as Kahlua, and Jack Daniels. This time they didn't have such treats. =(
Anyhow we hung out yesterday at the Riverpark area. When fluffielady and i drove on Shaw to Blackstone it was like driving on Memory lane, literally.. Most things were the same as before, some businesses changed, some stayed the same.. As for the Riverpark, i remember when it was first built, with the roundabout that NOBODY knew how to handle, and it got sketchy sometimes seeing people not knowing how to manuever into one, or which direction they should go.. That roundabout is the 1st in the city, i think.. it seemed from the way they drove it. And nowadays nothing has changed, people still can't figure out how to enter / exit / merge.. hahaha how sad.. And as for the shops, Riverpark now has both sides of the giant street filled with stuff. ick.. Like college students we didn't get to sleep till 2am (!!!), yea scary huh?
Today we wake up at 10am, checked out of the hotel, and ate breakfast with Andrew and parents. Afterwards we wanted to go visit one of Fluffielady's bridesmaid, with her new baby boy, but she wasn't home. Actually once we got to the freeway, about 3-5minutes later, she called saying that she just got home.. DOH! The two caught up with each other over the phone, and we coulda stopped at the Gilroy outlets but wasn't feeling it, since we were just there a month ago.
Fluffielady finally found out that Shaw Blvd. is like one of those cheaply drawn cartoons, where the background repeats itself.. Finally she sees what i saw when i was there! Strip mall, with similar shops, gas stations, restaurants ... Repeat ... Repeat..
Oh ya, the one silly thing thats brand new is Fresno states new multiplex/coliseum. It's all about the sponsors and all that. 3com park, SBC park, all those big corporations that spend the money on renaming these things sound good. But hows about the Fresno State Save-Mart Center.. Dood.. I still don't understand how Save-Mart makes money in the first place.. Theres 30 of them everywhere you go, and nobody goes to them. How do they survive??
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