One Step Forward (or should I say pedal?)

Today was the first time that me and my group of friends from high school hung out this whole summer. We went bike riding through Hercules and it was enjoyable because it was the first time I had ridden a bike in a year or two. It really is true how they say you can never forget how to ride a bike; the first few moments are awkward but next thing you know you're riding like a little kid again. Well we rode down the hill to a small shopping center and parked our bikes between a coffee shop and a sandwich shop. Half of us got some fraps, while the other half got sandwiches to eat. And yet more of us went to get some fast food to eat. Eventually we all settled down to eat at some tables near where we put our bikes.

While we were sitting down eating and hanging out for a bit outside of the coffee place, two middle aged men were sitting reading the newspaper at a table near ours. There was alot of insects flying around where we were eating because there was some standing water where we were. These two men started attacking these insects with rolled up newspapers, their fists (one guy punched a wasp that had landed on the wall. hardcore stuff), and even a metal bar. Me and my friend just watched in awe at the spectacle, and we tried to hide our smiles as we continued to watch our free show.

Eventually we finished and we rode our bikes to a nearby park. We found a somewhat shady spot on an island on the side of the lake that was adjacent to the park. One of the things we immediately noticed was the abundance of small fish that were in the lake. I found a hook tied to a fishing line that was probably previously used by some kid hoping to catch a fish and was casually discarded. I tossed this out into the lake to test my own luck, but of course to no avail (probably since the hook was as big as the fishes themself). I did notice that the fish would nibble on the hook when it was in the water and they would even follow the hook when I gently reeled in my line. Me and my friends thought this was neat, so my friend tossed a bit of her leftover sandwich into the water. We all watched with bright eyes as the fish quickly gathered and mobbed the piece of bread. Looking at them was like watching a group of tadpole sized pirana's in a feeding frenzy. Imagine falling in water and having thousands of tadpoles nibbling at you as you struggle to keep afloat. We took a few pictures here and then we took a short detour to a hardware store and to a supermarket, but finally we rode our bikes back to my friends house where we began our ride.

My friend has two house because her family originally planned to give one to relatives but they never did so now they have two houses. Me and my friends sometimes use her other house to hang out in. When we got back there, we were pretty tired from biking all over the place so we decided to play a game of cranium to wind down a bit. I ended up being on my friend Christine's team and we actually did pretty good because we ended up winning the whole thing. I'm really happy me and her are doing good again. We dated for about 5 months, so after we broke up there was the usual awkwardness, but now its like it was before we dated; just friends able to enjoy ones company. Then after that we played a bit of a jeopardy type game about our groups history. Some crazy stuff ensued afterwards but thats stuff I won't need to write down to remember lol. . .

Well we packed up our stuff and we headed over to our other friends house. We watched this really good scary movie there, called The Orphanage, directed by Guillermo del Toro. It was a very well done film because of the storyline and how everything tied in together at the end. Some of the events leaves you confused till the very end of the film and when it all ties together, it makes the film not seem scary at all.

One of the things about today that was interesting was my diet. I literally ate a very small piece of steak, a mocha frap, 2 tacos, a red bull, and countless marshmallows. Its amazing how you can just put the shittiest food items into your body and still have enough energy to stay out till late night. Ever notice how when you're having fun, you never feel pain or hunger? A smile really is the answer to everything.