Creede
The bar was relatively busy that night with the highlight being a minor skirmish that resulted in a 325 pound old drunk getting dropped to the ground by the bouncer LJ who was at least a buck smaller than this obnoxiously drunk dude, who kept trying to befriend me all night but would then slip in these one liners as if he thought I didn't get the fact that he was trying to make fun of me (likely due to the length of my hair). It was as if I had brought the drama of the fight in Oklahoma City the night before with me to Creede. But the truth was that I had stepped into an environment in which drama was a given.
Home Improvement Projects at the Halfway House
My first night moving into the halfway house was uneventful except for the fact that Daniel had an old dusty amp which I needed to power my turntable. I found a choice Maranz amp for free, went home and hooked it up and it sounded great. I had a small collection of vinyl and a nice pair of 80’s
Mac’s Old Mine/OMI/Archibald’s Exchange
I started work the next day and worked in the kitchen the first day learning to roll dough and throw pizzas. This was certainly a change from the financial analysis I was doing in Austin albeit a welcome one. I had realized in my previous employment that sitting behind a computer for 8 hours a day was and is the most mind numbingly boring way to spend a day. The corporate/professional world could wait maybe forever for me. The next day I was pouring drinks and learning bar tending and by my second day serving I did $312 in sales and made $70. Daniel and Laura, my friends from college would be employing me as a manager at the bar and restaurant. I would be doing a little of everything, and had a lot, to learn. There were two really cute little waitresses Kate and Katie, one blond and one brunette. Katie was from Austin , Texas where I had been living before I had travelled to New Zealand and was 21. She was the one I had heard the night before defending her heterosexuality, in an estrogen permeated atmosphere. Kate was from Creed and was an under-ager. There were also two other waitresses Hadley who was dating a local law enforcement officer named Rory and Brooke who worked two jobs, supported her child and was into Malcolm one of the only two black dudes in town. Malcolm played in some local bands and ran Karaoke on Thursday at the restaurant. Two other bartenders worked at the bar both locals named Clint and Mel. Clint was a fourwheeling enthusiast with a souped up X-terra (this kind of says it all) and basically represented the entire local male contingency in the town, and Mel sang with the local bands. Jim and Sam were cooks at the restraunt and also lived in the Halfway House. Sam was also from Austin and was dating Dannielle from Monte Vista, CO a few hours from Creede. Sam and Danielle lived in the room next to mine and were rumored to have some loud sex on occasion, but it never was a problem for me. Jim was a 40 year old with the heart of an 18 year old that claimed to have had more experience with every sort of situation, hairstyle (including the perm mullet he sported), and hard drug we could encounter. Jim had lived in Creede for around 3 years and knew just about everybody in Creede. He literally walked into town on the Colorado Trail from Denver and never left.
more to come...Labels: Installment #2
4 Comments:
the characters are definitely in place..
Are Kate and Katie actually little, or did you just call them that to round out "cute little waitresses?"
Kate and Katie average around 5'5". I would classify that as little. Katie looked like Mac's description of a UT cheerleader (read, runs on diet coke and mini thins). Kate had a little more meat on her bones but was still darling. They averaged about double in tips what I made at the restaurant.
don't stop
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