Leroy's Before 10:45 p.m.

...and never again so early...

Double O and I spent the evening travelling from one pawn shop to the next in search of one that would buy my snowboard. Mungo is in dire need of fast cash and the snowboard is the only thing he has that is worth anything but does not care about. (CLICK HERE, read the review) No pawn shops are buying snowboards this late in the season. Play It Again Sports buys on consignment only so ... that means Mungo is SOL. And broke.

Tomorrow is the Soldotna trip. I have exactly $8.10 to last me until next Monday (one full week) and most of it will be gone by tomorrow afternoon when I gorge on fries and a blizzard. Hells ya. Mary has agreed to pay for the gas this trip on the condition that we plan yet another trip in the future and I drive. Umm... sounds like a deal.

Back at the Half, Julie and Hillary sat down to a nice bowl and "2001: Space Odessy" complements of ST sending my DVDs! Thank you so much, buddy! We have just quadroopled our movie collection! A life saver. Julie wrote out the rent check for this month, I agreed to be delivery boy and Double O and I dropped it off across town (off Arlene and Honeysuckle) listening to Duran Duran at top volume. What a pip.

We bought a sack of rolling tobacco for $2.79 and drove to Leroy's where we paid $2 for our coffees and $1 tip. I didn't want to leave that much, but I figured I was investing in my future. If I want to continue to frequent Leroy's, I had better tip the Koreans too. I hate them. They run the place now and have a 4-cup coffee limit. If you want a 5th cup, you pay another dollar and that extends you to 8 cups. Fine. Whatever. But after I have only taken two or three sips out of my mug, DO NOT COME BY AND FILL IT and CALL IT MY 2ND CUP! Bitches! Jinspa stiren! We coffee drinkers are made to feel extremely unwelcome, and the sad thing is when I go there 5 times a week I end up tipping around $15 and buying at least $10 in coffee. When I can to afford to eat there, which is about 2 times a week, I spend an additional $7.95. I know I'm not the sole provider for the longevity of Leroy's business, but hey! I am a regular paying customer and I LIKE Leroy's. I don't like it when the owners shoo us out or stop coming to the table after they have poured a few 1/4 cups of coffee (2 total) and ignore us until we start flashing money around. You know what? When I sell SOLID MUD or HIGHWAY 9 and get a little money together, I'm buying Leroy's and 86ing all parties involved in current ownership.

But until that happens, never again will I go into Leroy's before the night crew comes in at 11 p.m. The earliest I will ever allow myself to enter will be 10:30 and I will not order anythign other than coffee or tea until my favorites arrive for the graveyard shift. Humph. That's where I stand, and that is my passive protest. One of these days though, I'm going to have to have a talk with Joe (the employee with most tenure) and vent to him a little. I don't think he minds us notebook kids as long as we don't create too much ruckus, distract the servers too much, don't ditch out on the bills, and don't steal too much silverware. Joe's got it goin' on. He'll listen.

Okay, Peace and Love,
Mungo

Song of the day: "I Need To Sleep" - Pavement

PS
Anyone remember the blizzard Boston got last week? this guy will never forget!