The Agrinautica

DLP the Series - Episode 63
   Kris, Croat and Anna eat Thai food, then stop by Diedrichs off La Paz, where employee Megan gives a cigarette to employee Stephanie, even though the latter doesn't smoke and has but one lung. Kris, Croat, Anna and Laney proceed to The Spectrum, hilarity ensues.

   I'm convinced that a daily series could be made of the happenings at Diedrichs. Hence the above.


Seriously Though
Part I - Thai Food
   Croat (inequity), Anna (beatlebake) and I started our evening with dinner at a local Thai restaurant oat around 6pm. Its name was something with the word Siam in it /= ...its on the corner of Marguerite and La Paz. Anyway, it was pretty good, if I were to compare it to Davis Thai restaurants I'd say it'd be second only to Thai2k.
   In light of the frequent reoccurance of Thai restaurants in this journal, I have added Thai Restaurants as a memories category, and added "Thai food" as a listed interest.
   As usual I had a basil/garlic/bamboo stir-fry thing with beef. Mmmm. Fangoriously hungry as always, I tried to eat Anna's leftover brocolli dish, but alas I've never been fond of brocolli, and was left to devour rice (which isn't to imply the servings weren't big enough, those who've eatin with me before will attest that my hunger simply excedes any restaurant serving).
   Alas, Croat whose stomache has never been fond of Thai food was left with a stomache ache from the experience.

Part II - Diedrichs
   Next we proceeded to Diedrichs off La Paz (DLP, delta lambda pi) for coffee. There we found Shalane (AKA "Laney," "shillelagh")and employees Megan and Stephanie. As mentioned, at one point Shalanes realized Stephanie was smoking on her break and was like "hey, YOU don't smoke!" "yea and I only have one lunge, but Megan gave me these cigarettes" or something along those lines. Laney than dashed inside to wreak revenge upon Megan, or something.
   While there, Croat and Anna discussed possibly naming one of their children "Robatussin."
   From there Croat, Anna and I proceeded to the Irvine Spectrum at around 8:30.

Part III - The Spectrum
   "And from there they sped boldly, and found Todd bravely hiding amid some small shrubs. In only a few short minutes they calmed him down, and with him in custody they sped along that glorious freeway, the five. And when the road did split into the 405 and the 5, they did not dishearten, and arrived successfully at the Spectrum, that glorious beacon. -From Episode II of the Spectrum Diedrichs trilogy.
   The abovementioned applies to what we next did, except for the finding of Tom Colby Todd.

   Now for those of you who have the misfortune not to know, the Irvine Spectrum is "Orange County's premier dining, shopping and entertainment destination." Basically it started with a 21 screen theatre, back when that was rare, gained an outside foodcourt, then a plethora of small impulse shops... and now has gone insane with power and built a merry-go-round, a ferris wheel, and more odious shopping establishments such as fashion clothing stores.

   Anyway, on with our narrative. They had set up an ice rink there, being the saucy irvine spectrum that it is. But Croat disputed that it was really ice, observing that there couldn't be ice without a zamboni. We continued this conversation into the restroom, where we encountered someone who reminded me strikingly of Kristy's ex Randy. This Randy II contributed to our conversation by pointing out that an icerink without a zamboni is like a baseball field without the line-chalking-machine. A very wise analogy you should all tell your grandchildren.
   Us three then proceeded to this place there called Dave & Buster's, to which I'd never been before (meh, I don't get out much). Anna proceeded to get liquered up there. Then Shillelagh ("shi-lay-lee") arrived, but being naught of 21 years of age she could not enter, so we all went to this other restaurant/bar at the spectrum called Champs.
   At Champs a drunk hairdresser guy promised to give both Laney and I a haircut for $15. Laney got his number, he may regret saying that. Then Anna saying karaoke. Good times. And Randy II it turns out was already at the bar there, and was like "heeey, zamboni guys!"

Part IV - Dubious Happenings
   Thereafter, Laney and I went off to take care of some errands she needed to do. Her car has some transmission problem, making things more interesting. Eventually these problems led us to ditch her car in favor of someone else's which it turns out had even graver problems with its breaks.
   We ended up spending most the evening thereafter hanging out with about six guys, many of whom had graduated my HS in years previous to me apparently. Shortly after introductions one of them was like "hey, you were in drama weren't you," followed shortly by another with "hey.. you did high jump right?" A little bit later a third one of them suddenly remembered "hey, your brother had that potatoe cannon, right?" Altogether nearly half of us were named K(/Ch)ris.
   I got home at about 4am. The End.


Addendum - Selling Out
   Pursuant to my offer of advertising in the last entry, Anna paid for my Thai food (I only had $20s, ill suited to my $8 meal) contingent that I buy her a drink later and advertise the bed she has to sell.
   This bed frame, mattress, whatever, was bought 6 months ago at $350 and is still in very good condition. She is asking $50 for it. If interested, leave a comment in her livejournal.

   Today I went off up Lake Forest Blvd up to this area I swear I had no idea existed only ten miles from here. It was craziness.. like the road led to a place that magically doesn't physically exist on the map where it should have been.
   Shyea.. see Anna Umfleet (beatlebake) had to get her car serviced up in that crazy place there called Foothill Ranch so I was accompanying her. She got caught in traffic though so first I wasted some time at Diedrichs at Muirlands and Lake Forest... then I fell asleep under a palm tree at the car lot.
   While we waited for her car to get looked at we went hiking on this trail in the random wilderness out there... we saw two deers. It was pretty cool.


   Then this evening I hung out with Mara and Sally at Diedrichs off Muirlands and Lake Forest (AKA "the OTHER diedrichs," yes I was there twice today).


   Speaking of coffee shops, so this local coffee shop called Natale's which was like the ONLY place around here open till 2am closed down. In retrospect I'm not reeallly suprised because the employees there always acted genuinely bothered that people would make orders.. it musta been family owned or something.. there were a couple of persian girls in their twenties that worked there (and maybe an equivalent male version) who were always all pissy and busy talking to their friends and would act all passive aggressive and bothered if they had to actually make a drink.... Its too bad it went out though because it was a for excellent location and wonderful to have someplace open till 2am. Well I just found out it is being replace by... a starbucks! This place seriously had "friends don't let friends go to starbucks" stickers for sale in it before... oh the irony.

   Yesterday there was some famous surfer at Wild Rivers. Some people were very riled up about it. One Sunny Garcia, anyone heard of him? I saw him.. he had lots of tattoos.

   Last night there was totally thunder and lightning and rain. I loved it no end. No really. I want to live somewhere where they get thunder and lightning every day.
   Some random kids from Las Vegas hung out with us at diedrichs. There was Joe the guy who got jessie all drugged up and boned her, and man he kept peeling in and out of the parking lot no end.. everyone was terrified he'd smash into their cars or a building, and generally found it very unfavorable behavior. Then there was Joe's girlfriend Allison, who he surely was cheating on when he boned Jessie; and there was this big cuban guy.
   When I got there I was like hmm.. something seems different.. its unusually pleasant... omg Mike the Horrible Human isn't here!! He later showed up and I gave him some of my steel reserve because he asked and I do what I can even for my sworn enemies. I'm twice as rightious as thou art. He had shaven off his mohawk to throw off the cops, so now he looks skinhead core. I think I'll try to put him in an awkward situation with some black gangstas.


   I swear there could totally be a daily half hour tv show about the adventures of the diedrichs crew.


   Sean Wallitch and I were discussing The Pirate Movie ( more on that... )