"i was having a slow night until one of my tables decided to tip me $500....on top of gratuity"
-Lauren, coctail waitress at work.
"You're one beautiful man...You're the Lenny Kravitz of this bar...I'm not gay but I would fuck you"
-unnamed hotel guest, as he closed his tab at my bar.
"We're kinda spoiled here. I mean, I get pissed when I only make $500 on a weeknight."
-Adrian, bartender
11 March 2007
03 March 2007
off traque, on track
the other day i sent mary and lynn - bookers at Traque, a brief email explaining i was no longer interested in their representation while i remained outside the michigan market.
i had a rough shift at Gramercy Park Hotel since i had my firat "morning barback shift" a week ago. The morning barback is responsible for setting up both the Rose and Jade bar. Dave P., the morning barback during the week, helped me a bunch by emailing me an extensive breakdown of his routine. It turns out I was very lucky in some respect becuase Dave started roughly a week after I did. Meaning I got in just in time to not be the morning barback during the week and only had morning shifts until just recently. GpH is hardcore corporate in contrast to The Half King. I don't foresee a promotion to bartender at GpH the way I accomplished it at THK. I'm still making great money either way and with the cafe opening soon at THK I will have more shifts there.
I don't know if my lack of interest in partying has anything to do with how hard I socialized back at UofM, but I just don't have the drive. I have never been one to pounce on the opportunity to spend money at drinks at the bar - even in Ann Arbor when you could have at least 3 drinks with a $20 bill. I'm bored typing this - moving on.
I have been drawing alot lately and revisiting reference books that have been collecting dust. My art is no doubt rusty but like riding a bike and working out you never forget and it takes no time to return to your previous peak. Yesterday, I was informed I got my first paid commercial commission. I will doing an illustration for a nationally distributed magazine via B. Dalton, Barnes & Noble, and Borders. Plus, I just have a few more hours of inking to do on Rork. Some titles have been popping in and out of my head but I still haven't made a decision yet. I'm posting more and more to my deviart page.
Some great news is that Blake called to say he's considering moving out to NY with his girlfriend come the end of summer. This excites me becuase just not to long ago I was thinking how productive we would be if he lived here and we could collaborate face to face.
It's beyond nice to be able to take days off. I am forcing myself to type without looking at the keyboard. I am becoming more proficient but adjusting to my hands being stationary is taking time. Comperatively, my typing isn't as fast and I make a ton more errors but it's a usefull skill.
I'm rambling because I am sleepy. I need to type more because there is a ton more I wanted to say, but with the combonation of my exhaustion from work, my frustration from mistakenly selecting and typing in random locations throughout the paragraph due to my trackpad being touch sensitive, and the stiffness of my drafting chair is forcing me to retire early.
i had a rough shift at Gramercy Park Hotel since i had my firat "morning barback shift" a week ago. The morning barback is responsible for setting up both the Rose and Jade bar. Dave P., the morning barback during the week, helped me a bunch by emailing me an extensive breakdown of his routine. It turns out I was very lucky in some respect becuase Dave started roughly a week after I did. Meaning I got in just in time to not be the morning barback during the week and only had morning shifts until just recently. GpH is hardcore corporate in contrast to The Half King. I don't foresee a promotion to bartender at GpH the way I accomplished it at THK. I'm still making great money either way and with the cafe opening soon at THK I will have more shifts there.
I don't know if my lack of interest in partying has anything to do with how hard I socialized back at UofM, but I just don't have the drive. I have never been one to pounce on the opportunity to spend money at drinks at the bar - even in Ann Arbor when you could have at least 3 drinks with a $20 bill. I'm bored typing this - moving on.
I have been drawing alot lately and revisiting reference books that have been collecting dust. My art is no doubt rusty but like riding a bike and working out you never forget and it takes no time to return to your previous peak. Yesterday, I was informed I got my first paid commercial commission. I will doing an illustration for a nationally distributed magazine via B. Dalton, Barnes & Noble, and Borders. Plus, I just have a few more hours of inking to do on Rork. Some titles have been popping in and out of my head but I still haven't made a decision yet. I'm posting more and more to my deviart page.
Some great news is that Blake called to say he's considering moving out to NY with his girlfriend come the end of summer. This excites me becuase just not to long ago I was thinking how productive we would be if he lived here and we could collaborate face to face.
It's beyond nice to be able to take days off. I am forcing myself to type without looking at the keyboard. I am becoming more proficient but adjusting to my hands being stationary is taking time. Comperatively, my typing isn't as fast and I make a ton more errors but it's a usefull skill.
I'm rambling because I am sleepy. I need to type more because there is a ton more I wanted to say, but with the combonation of my exhaustion from work, my frustration from mistakenly selecting and typing in random locations throughout the paragraph due to my trackpad being touch sensitive, and the stiffness of my drafting chair is forcing me to retire early.
01 March 2007
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