WHO'S CHARLES: the amazing race.

yesterday, ferris and I decided to hit up the open casting call in danville of all places. we are legitly applying to season 20. our hook? lifelong friends, cal grads, working bay area tech jobs.

this place is straight up suburbia. it was beautiful, but there is no way I would ever live in communities like that. clean, clean, clean. waterfalls, pounds, and fountains.

the people attending were ridiculous. some looked the part (pair of tall twin brothers, motorchick-lesbians, etc. that fit the mold). others were complete duds, based on profiling of course. few were in costume, and many in athletic gear, as if they were going to start then and there. ridiculous.

met some funny people in line: an inter-racial jewish-korean married couple. connected with the wife while the husband took their 3 yr old son for a walk: she was very talkative, albeit blunt, but I was kind of fond of her. another was a pair of sisters from san mateo. they happend to be cousins of a kid we went to high school with! both "teams" were well traveled, leaving ferris and I a little out of place. still, deep down, I think we have a slim shot at this.

got there at 10:30 thinking we were early. it ran from 11-3, hard stop at 3. little did we know that the line was ridiculously long -- thousands of people showed up to this thing. some people even stayed there and camped overnight! and by the time they passed out numbers for those "guaranteed" to be seen that day, around 400 or so, we realized there was no way we were going to make it. unfortunately had to leave, and decided to do lunch instead in order to make most of that day. would've gone to bridges, the restaurant in my all time favorite movie mrs. doubtfire, but they were closed for lunch on the weekend.

ate at nearby restaurant instead. what's most memorable about the blackhawk grille at this plaza? fresh tasting ranch. so good. a little lemony too. will never forget it. burger for me of course. reuben for ferris, and a little food for the ducks too.