#Question: What do #TigerBlood, a soap star, hooker, IT manager, & a dude that hiked the Appalachian trail have in common?

Sep 22

I hung out with them all at Barneys Beanery last night.

OMG random story - like epicly epicly random story.

So, last night - third night in a row at Barneys. Got a call from @Zrdavis that he was coming up to LA for social media week and wanted to meet up. Zach is the duderino that gave up everything he owned and traveled the appalachian trail for the last 6 months. No, like seriously ... you should see that mother fucking beard he has now!!!

Insane in the membrane.

So we agreed to meet up at Barneys to grab a beer and a chat as I wanted to hear all about his journey.

I was sitting at the bar when I look over and see this ... beast.

Holy fucking shit - Zach is not only TOTALLY built, but that beard needs like its own agent - that thing is INTENSE!!!

I run over and give him the biggest hug ever ... like ever ever.

He then introduces me to his friend and we all sit down at a booth.

SO!!! I say with excitement - TELL ME EVERYTHING!!!!

It was intense. I had a really really really good time - now I'm writing a book, and adjusting back to life back off the trail and figuring out my next step.

I actually got the West Nile virus on the trail, so it's been giving me these headaches which have been pretty killer.

Wait, WHAAATTTT????!!!!! You ... got ... the WEST NILE VIRUS?!?!

Yeah, it wasn't active in my system at the time of the test, but apparently I got it in month two or so of traveling the trail.

That is unbelievably insane.

Tell me about it. It's neurological, and these headaches can be insane. I can feel them on one side of my head.

Wow. Wow. Wow. Dude, that's fucking nuts.

I look over to his friend, so, are you in the social space too?

He and Zach laugh.

I look at them both confused.

Well, yeah actually - I'm Charlie Sheen's intern.

SHUT.THE.FRONT.DOOR!!!!!! Dude, that job search was INSANNEEE!!! How'd you get it?? Spare no detail!!!!!

Well, I tweeted them my resume and it basically said I was born in the year of the tiger, also worked at CBS - etc. And that tweet got me to the next level, which was a video - and from there Charlie hired me on twitter. It was insane actually. I also do work with the Israeli government, so there I was in the bathroom tweeting and updating for Charlie. Good times.

I sat there DUMBFOUNDED. You are blowing my fucking mind right now, I need you to know this.

Yeah, there were over 90,000 applicants - but I knew my shit.

I look over to Zach ... this is your friend?? NUUUTTTSSSSS!!!!!

We all gabbed for a couple of hours, and then the dudes were hungry so after big hugs were exchanged the dudes went on their merry way.

See, I've been bat shit busy lately. Like running around like a chicken with my head cutt off - but that doesn't change my normal social interactions. Dudes, I've been gone from LA for a month, I still have to see my friends!!

Knowing that I wasn't going to go back to work once I started drinking, I arranged for another friend of mine to meet up at 9:30 giving the dudes a SOLID 2.5 hours to kick it, which was rad because they wound up leaving at 9:15.

I explain to them that I'm going back inside, give Zach one more hug - and boom! plop my lil' fanny over at the bar and wait for my friend.

I sit down at the end and order another beer.

Not 30 seconds later, this woman approaches me and sits down.

Lookin for love, sugar?

I look up at her ... confused.

Um, well, I have my beer. What kind of love does she think I'm looking for?

She then touches my hair.

WOW! You have really beautiful hair.

Thank you, I say.

She touches her own, I wish mine was that full.

Hi, I'm Jen.

Hi, I'm Crystal.

What do you do out here in Los Angeles, Crystal?

I'm a nanny and I'm a DJ. Been a nanny for 7 years same family, and I also DJ.

I can read people absurdly well - this chick was no nanny, and furthermore - I've BEEN a nanny, and there's no way in hell the DJing lifestyle is conducive to watching kids. I mean maybe, if it's a weekly gig as a nanny and then on the weekends you're DJing, but to stay out til 4am and be up early to take care of kids all day ... just, no way.

Also too, I can't describe it - but she was very "present." She had the hustler's energy - it was palpable.

That must also be why she was asking if I was looking for "love" - maybe she was wondering if I was on her turf or something.

A minute or two after she sits down she says, I'm going to go back over with my DJ friends now. Nice to meet you.

You too, I say.

She gets up to walk away, and I turn around to look at her and I see LITERALLY the shortest skirt on the planet. Like for reals, band-aids cover more.

Yep, totally a hooker, I think.

HAHA this night is so random. She must have smelled the tiger blood.

About a half hour later my super late friend comes by. I see him at the bar and give him the BIGGEST hug ever!!

DUUUUDDDDEEEEEEE!!! I say with every excited bone in my body.

So! So! So! So! So! Good to see you!!

You too, he said - you look great!

My friend works in IT, but he's also helped me with some sponsorships, and is just genuinely one of the nicest people on the planet. He's friends with a super old ex of mine so we go back ... way ... way ... back.

We sit down and grab a beer.

Tell me everything! How's your new job?

It's great! Can't complain.

We keep talking for about a half hour, and I can't describe it - but I felt someone staring at me.

I look over to my left and see @markhapka. Mark and I have been friends for well over 5 years as we were both cast in this movie that never went anywhere way way wayyyyyy back in the day.

I run over and give him a hug.

DUUUDDEEE!!! So so so good to see you!!!

Mark is one of my most random friends, ever. Seriously - he's currently starring on Days of our Lives, and he's kind of a big deal. He's a really hard worker, and also pretty effing hot. My friends and I used to call him the Adonis because well, he looks like one.

Dude, look at this guy ... like seriously??? SERIOUSLY?!?!?

We caught up for a couple of minutes, followed by me introducing him to my friend, followed by the IT manager and I wrapping up our beers and him giving me a ride back to my apartment.

HAHA this was the most random evening ever, I said.

It was good seeing you Friel.

Good seeing you too dude, I say with a hug.

Wow, what a cast of characters I thought as I walked upstairs.

What a cast of fucking characters. Bless you social media, bless you!!!