Rainy season has arrived in full force just like she always does this time of year. Been raining hard and steady for the past 18 hours or so. Getting “orange” alert notifications on my phone all morning, not that I know what that means precisely. The Wednesday Walkers canceled the group hike after one of the members posted this photo from Rizal street:

It’s my mama’s birthday today. You never forget your mom, even when she’s been dead for ten years now. This would have been her 88th birthday if my math is correct. I don’t believe in heaven, but if I’m wrong about that, I know your faith is being rewarded. Rest in Peace.

My older brother sent me this photo today of me and him rafting down the Kern River back when I was four years old. Kids in those days grew up strong or not at all I suppose. I’m sure I didn’t know how to swim yet.

Last night after darts I popped into The Pub for some grub.

The owner, John Kim, had told me a few days ago that he was going into the retail meat business. We’ve lost a couple of the Barretto meat stores recently, so he’s trying to fill the void. I told him I could go for some decent ribeyes, not the skinny ass ones I’ve been buying. He told me he had purchased his own saw and could cut the meat to order. Last night he showed me his new freezer full of different kinds of steak–all USDA Prime beef. I walked out with four big ass ribeyes, two of which are currently marinating in my fridge.

As long as we are talking about food, here’s a photo of my lunch at Sit-n-Bull:

That leaves yesterday’s dart tournament to report on. I’m only playing on Tuesdays and Fridays nowadays. Not practicing at home either. I’m playing for fun, although it is more fun to win than lose. So, while I’m warming up last night a guy comes into Alley Cats I’d never seen in there before. But I’d seen him around town. Never talked to him directly, but one night we were both in Cheap Charlies, him sitting two or three stools down from me. Well, I’m vaping away like I always do, when he makes a big show of opening his umbrella and sitting it on the bar between us. The asshole never said a word to me either. If he had, I would have tried to direct my vape cloud in another direction. Keep in mind this is an open-air bar I’m talking about where even smoking is permitted. Eventually, the manager came over and told him to put his umbrella away and advised him to move to a different seat if he didn’t like my vape.

Anyway, no big deal but when he sat down at my table in Alley Cats, I figured there might be trouble. Alley Cats is indoors and the owner lets me vape, but I do try and be discreet about it. I was also surprised when he pulled out his darts, didn’t even know he played the game. I figured it would be best if I moved as far away from him as possible, so that’s just what I did. Thank God I didn’t draw him as my partner! Although we did face off against each other in the first round.

My partner was not all that good last night, but I was super motivated not to let this guy beat me at darts. He’s got an Aussie accent, and that’s all I really know about him, other than the douchebag thing. Oh, he’s a loser at darts too. At least he was last night! Mission accomplished!

We wound up finishing third on the night which was about right for our skill level vis a vis our competition.