Continued.....

So back at Joes we have a disagreement and he decides I should leave (kinda outta nowhere) we try to talk it out but we both decide its better.

I say ok I'll be out tomorrow.

All of a sudden I'm in "fuck it all" mode. I have $400 and an empty belly.
So I head downtown Santa cruz to grab a late dinner around 9pm. After eating some crap fast food I don't wanna go back till Joes asleep (you know akwardness and all) so I go for a drink at a place called Motive. Sitting at the bar by myself drinking a beer to drown my sorrows I introduce myself to 'Ivan' sitting next to me young guy from the area I ask hime wheres good to dance and meet people. he tells me Rosiesomthing or other and describes that its 2 blocks this was and 2 blocks that way. I thank him and head out on a mission to dance and mingle. feeling a new found independance I follow the directions he gave me. They end at a parkade and I realize i've been the butt of some guys joke. walking back to Motive to give him a piece of my mind I see these 2 girl half lit. I decide to ask them where this Rosies place is...they escort me there arm in arm. Their names are Lindsay and Ayla two locals out on the town. I explain my story and they laugh about it and so do I.
Finall we arrive and I realize its RIGHT across the street from Motive!!!! BASTARD IVAN!!
So we go in I buy them a drink and tell them my sob story. They of course feel the same urge i do to drink it off. We leave rosies to go to the Redroom a local hotspot.
A very cool loungy club atmosphere with no dancefloor but very good vibe the drinks come on after the other. Soon enuf the girls find their friends and introduce me we're the biggest group in the place and possibly the hottest!

we talk and dance and chat and mingle and I notice this tall gorgeous dark haired boy in the group so I force an introduction...his name is Tom. Ok so I know anyone reading this that knows me can guess what hapens next but for the other I'm gonna describe it in GREAT detail cuz I never wanna forget it.

After eye games I run to the bar to grab a drink and I look back and he's watching me...as he should...lol...still in the back of my mind somewhere where it can't get in the way is the reality of my situation...telling me i need to get back to joes. I of course ignore it and take the chance on getting to know this boy better.
Thruout the night we flirt and drink and then the bar closes the girls are all pushing us to kiss so we do.

WOW!! believe it or not!

Ok so here I am....

In Santa Cruz California its 5:40PM on Sunday the 23 of August. I'm sitting in the Saturn Cafe on Pacific and Laurel street. All the lights look like the planet saturn and the place is a tack californian mess.

I have been here since noon.

The last 3 days have been both amazing and complicated and simple and horrifying.
I'm discovering that I still have a firm grasp of each of these emotions. Whether or not I am stable enuf to evoke themappropriately is still to be decided.

I flew into SFO at 1:40pm on the 20th where Joe (my future homestay friend)met me and drove me back to his Place in Sunny Santa Cruz. The drive down the Number 1 was beautiful and highly suggested.

Once in SC I unpacked and we went to Lolita's a beautiful pubstyle restaurant on the long Pier in SC beach overlooking the Boardwalk where "Lost Boys" was filmed. Dinner (taco's beans and rice) and a beer costs $6. wow!

back to the house to sleep we're up at 5am to surf.

Waking up at 4:44 (go figure)Joe tosses me a wetsuit I suit up and we head, boards in hand, to the beach to catch the swells at low-tide.

2hrs of surfing and I still havent stood up...gay! but the water was amazing and the swells were nice...looking forward to the afternoon to go again at second low tide.

Afternoon swells are even better some as high as 5' I mostly just got thrown around but what a wild ride!!
After washing upJoe takes me to another great Place for dinner called Kianti's great pizza and great staff! I chatted up one of the girls and a server.

more to come....!