Monday, September 22nd 2008

I found Sheen last night, turns out he was fine. He was hanging out in some giant open area covered with the nicest, smoothest marble I've ever skated. Last night I decided I would go out exploring on foot, I then went outside to do so... I made it about 50 or 60 paces and realized that the ground was just too smooth to not skate. So I went back and got my board and skated some disgustingly nice marble ledges/manual pads with some locals. Then I ran into Sheen where I convinced him to go get his board and join me in an evening/early morning skate. Sheen came back with his board and we skated hard for a couple hours. Everything is so well lit up here at night and the skate scene is so unique. The marble ledges that I mentioned earlier are actually in some neat little plaza directly beside a cop station, however the cops don't say shit unless it's 3:30 AM and the locals are trying to sleep... it's weird too, whenever a cop car drives by all the skaters just stop and stare it down... it was the weirdest thing when it first happened because it just happened out of nowhere and no one needed to say anything.


This morning the group and I left the hostel in search of a grocery store; turns out that they're a lot harder to find around here. Once we finally found a store we bought a ton a food and found a park nearby and ate til we could not eat anymore. I ate too much, here's how it went: started with an ice cream sandwich that Sheen bought, then some awesome sugar coated mini-pastries, then a whole grain baguette sandwich which had way too much cheese and meat on it complete with lettuce, mustard and some weird garlic spread. Then I had some great cookies that Sheen bought and washed everything down with a nectarine/grape juice of strange consistency. Oh, and before that I had two kiwis and a nectarine and half of a warm, freshly baked baguette from the store's bakery... it was fresh so it had to be done. Once we were done eating we walked back home and I passed out... probably due to the stupid amount of food that I ate.


Unfortunately I cracked my board last so after I woke up from my sleep I set up my beautiful new Sk8 blank deck.

I'm totally done carrying this guy around Europe, now I can skate it

Once that guy was all set up Sheen and I went out and skated with the group of locals again at the marble ledges which are honestly a stone's throw from our hostel. Brandice and Ryan came along and chilled. After we were done skating, Ryan, Brandice and I went and hung out in a park somewhere in the city. Turns out we got lost on our way back and we had to track back to the park a few times to keep trying new ways home... we ended up finding our way obviously.

Once we got back Sheen, Ryan and I got kicked outta the kitchen/chill are because it was apparently closing down so we went up on the rooftop and chilled out before calling it a night.

My gang is crazy

they R killers
so I stay quiet
and pay my bills

That was the best board I ever owned, RIP Mark Gonzales deck

see you tomorrow sometime