i can write a bar guide for chiang mai

i was unaware i had been to so many bars in Chaing Mai, until it was pointed out to me...

1. Small House
2. One Love
3. Spicy
4. Zoe in Yellow
5. Cafe del Sol
6. Rasta Cafe
7. Heaven Beach
8. The trippy reggae place near zoe
9. Riverside 1
10. Riverside 2
11. the Good view
12. The Brasserie
13. Blar Blar Bar
14. Augus
15. Dukes
16. Pinocchio
17. Monkey Club
18. Warm-up
19. Mo-C Mo-L
20. that one restaurant/bar we went to to celebrate graduating
21. the irish pub
22. the place near tapae gate entrance
23. smile bar
24. reggae bar
25. rooftop bar
26. Barroloco
27. Northgate jazz bar
28. Domdum
29. Danyli
30. Zoe in Yellow Garden
31. ba ba go go bar
32. blues 7
33. guesthouse
34. drunken flower
35. john's place
36. cue ball
37. my home - bar not really my home
38. the hut house place
39. dawan dang
40. 2nd floor
41. chaing mai bar
42. CU Corner
43. Ikko yino
44. The Glass Onion
45. fabrique

this is dream frances

Mally :
Frances

I had a dream about you

It was strange

We were hanging out with Bill at his lake house, you met him randomly while he was filming a movie and he was in Thailand, and you guys became good friends.
And then you really wanted Hot Tamales, like the candy.
And so you got some and wanted him and I to eat them too, and Bill wouldn't cause he said it was too hot and you smacked him and called him a sissy...I just laughed.
Yep and then we watched The Hand that Rocks the Cradle

Did they end up together?

Did Claire and Bender end up together when they were back at school?

Eh no. Yes, they shared a passionate kiss and they both wanted it really bad. There may have been some times that they hung out, maybe there were a couple of times when they were at the same party or bar. and there was always the sexual tension between them. but they never became boyfriend-girlfriend. and there were probably other encounters between them, forbidden touches if you will. but no sex. and they def hardly spoke to each other at school. it was just too weird. and they had their places.

if they did meet regularly for breakfast as a group then yes, a relationship might have blossomed, but since that is just the name for detention (the breakfast club - thank you mally) it didn't.

if you were on the titanic and it was sinking would you fight

I've had dreams about falling - like every night.

the most intense - the one where I died. I fell for a while and then I hit. I hit and I sunk in. and I was gone.

Dreams about falling supposedly happen when you feel a loss of control in life. ok I get that. but if I let myself fall in the dreams then I am ok with no control, no?

"not even animal planet does it for me anymore"

Kyle - frances. you know what happened at work today?

Frances - did you get bit again

Kyle - no worse. a dog tried to hump my leg. and i just kept trying to walk away from him but he just kept following me around the room, trying to grab my leg.

Frances - ew

Kyle - yeah. it went on for like 10 minutes. he eventually got side tracked trying to hump another dog which was a lot better from my point of view point of view sounds weird. like i watched. i didnt watch i just wanted to clarify.

i'm in between stages

Culture Shock Stage 2: Denial

You are caught between the positive vacation feelings and newer negative feelings stemming from having to face the reality of living here for two or three years. You are still excited but somehow the feelings are more forced. For many, the initial reaction is to deny the negative feelings, or starting to feel that you must be doing something wrong because of course you should be excited.

Culture Shock Stage 3: Anger

Attempts to deny have failed. Now the negative feelings come flying out in ugly chunks. You begin to dwell on the negative aspects of life in the host country. You feel unsure, anxious about the future. You feel like you don't deserve this; your experience abroad should be a daily diet of PBS-like discovery.

I've found in myself that this stage is often triggered by some bad day-like event that instead of seeing as one of those things, I instead blame on the host country. Trains can run late anywhere in the world, but if you find yourself saying “Those darn [INSERT DEROGATORY TERM FOR HOST COUNTRY PEOPLE] can't even get a train to run on time” you are thick into this stage.

Next is Escape

Then Depression.

Fuck

the last dance

turns out everyone likes to recount the 5 spot evening the next day, and thank god for that cause there is a lot to remember. below kyle (mostly) and anna hessa tell me what happened.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz0fnvoNoJo

you yelling vodka at me last night is now one of my fondest memories of you. it was so belligerent.

Kyle: so what were you guys drinking earlier tonight?

Frances: VODDDDDDKAAAAAA

Frances: I LOVE THIS SONGGGGGGGGGGGG

i also remember you were on the stage, lost your balance, and grabbed anna hessa's head to balance yourself.

i remember on a little bit softer now you were getting low and you almost fell over. twice.

and during down in mexico you kind of danced, then texted, drank water, then texted.

i also remember you saying, "watch it buddy" which i though was really funny

we were walking to the jeep so i could get more film, and you could get your stuff from kathleen's car. In this process you stepped on my foot and went Watch it buddy and then you made a mean face at me

seriously. this happened. and then i just laughed and laughed and laughed

and then i think you told me you were going to beat me up on the sidewalk by kathleen's car which just made me laugh more

no frances. seriously. im not making this up. that's really what happened. you weren't really mean about it, but you were acting that way. i mean you were laughing as well but for some reason you stepped on my foot and started acting like a tough guy

you really dont remember watch it buddy? we joked around about it for like 10 minutes outside.

after you said watch it buddy i said something like seriously frances, what are you going to do about it? thats when you said something about beating me up and leaving me on the sidewalk

also, when we were inside, i said something jokingly to you and you punched me in the stomach.

and then you stopped talking to me for a while when i said "are you ok? you're not feeling like you'll throw up when i start driving you home right?"

and you said that was really mean of me to say and you stopped talking to me.

but as drunk as you were last night you always knew exactly how many beers you had bought me. i tried for a while to trick you into buying me a third and you just weren't having any part of it. some how your brain always kept perfect track of how many beers you owed me.

it was really quite impressive.

there was one time i almost got it. you said,"I have five dollars left and its for your other beer" (which would have been three) and then i said great lets go get it when we get back inside. and then bam. "No. wait. i already bought you both your beers right? I did. You're not getting another beer from me."

i also remember the second beer you got me. we were waiting in line and you kept saying how you wanted to go dance. i then said i'd bring you your beer. when i finally got them, i had mine in one hand, yours in the other, and my camera kind of balancing in my arm and i pushed my way through the whole crowd to find that you weren't there. then i had to walk all the way back through and found you near the front door.

anna - i remember we had an epic kiss

oh and kesha was there