Day 86: The Cracking of the Meat Wagon

I lost all of my keys (apartment, car, etc) on Halloween on the beach and haven't been able to drive forever. The spare key that I have was inside my car because I am a dumbass. Today I was over it and decided I wouldn't go back into the house until I got into my car with this coat hanger. ON THE FIRST TRY I got in...

Then I just pulled... and whala!

FREEDOM!

Day 85: Fung Shui

'95 rearranged our living room layout to maximize the seating as well as trap as much chi as possible in our house. Now it is wetter than ever.

Day 84: Heading South

After realizing that we came up to Granite Bay for the wrong date to shoot the commercial, I wanted to go home. EO and his lovely mother dropped me off at the Amtrak in Sacramento at 4:45am. There were a bunch of homeless people taking advantage of the heated benches but the coolest thing was the mural of the transcontinental railroad that was painted in the station. I hid my camera to avoid attracting homeless people.

After a 3 hour train ride, I ended up in San Jose where I got on a bus to San Louis Obispo. There was another mural painted here but it wasn't as cool.

Their American flag on the other hand was legit as fuck.

Day 83: EO's House

I was pretty bored this morning and EO slept in for quite a while so I took some pictures of his architecturally beautiful house. It has huge open spaces as well as corridors to the rooms that are upstairs and downstairs in this 3+ story home.

The main living room/kitchen is lit entirely by natural lighting through the skylights which looks awesome in the morning or late in the afternoon.

Here's Oscar wanting to go outside. He scratched my back real bad while he was trying to hump my leg but I won't hold it against him.

Complete with a pool and trampoline, the backyard is nothing like any estate in the city.

Day 82: Up the Coast

Drove up the coast today to shoot a commercial with EO and Airica for The Beach Hut Deli in Granite Bay.

Theres Airica in the bug...

The Beach Hut Deli has been around since 1981 and now has 19 locations. It is a great local establishment and makes legendary sandwiches.

The Deli just opened up a new room that is very Hawaiian authentic.

The owner, Troy, has been a huge fan of the Silver Surfer and any customers can see this right away as they walk in.

Its obvious that this place is always being decorated with new bottles, stickers, and paintings that keep up the old school feel.

A logo often makes or breaks a business and Beach Hut's logo is legit. Laid back display with a professional feel.

EO chillin' like a villain.

Day 81: Clouded Horizon

My weekend starts today even though I have to turn in an important 7 pager on Friday and a 10 pager on Tuesday. I am excited to go up to Northern California (If it wasn't Granite Bay I wouldn't be excited) to film a commercial with Erik and Airica for The Beach Hut, a deli that now has 23 locations including one in Reno, Nevada. Hopefully this first professional commercial job will lead to many more.

Day 80: Wet Paint Wet Paint Wet Paint Wet Paint Wet Paint

We moved in on July 1st and our stairs were painted white. The day before we moved in we drove by the apartment and there were no stairs at all so we assumed they quickly painted the stairs white to meet a deadline. White was a fucking genius idea considering its what we walk on EVERY DAY! Realizing their mistake, they came by today to paint our stairs. This time it was a much better color... white.