Java Junction Diaries...Chapter 1: The birth of the band
My best friend Emily and I used to switch shifts with people in order to work with each other. We were closers at Java Junction and used to hot box the bathroom at 9:30 sharp. Just a block from the beach in Santa Cruz California, it was a perfect place to spend my 20's. Joey was a customer of ours. He worked at a print shop down the street and was a pretty clammy guy. He used to come in and ask for a squeeze which was something I never should have obliged. Emily told him to squeeze himself, I'm proud of her to this day. Emily and I used to get ripped and play frisbee on the beach after work. We realized you could dive for the disc and the sand would break your fall, so we dove for every throw weather we had to or not. It was very fulfilling. After that, we would go to play ping pong and the Pizza joint with our friend Carrie (who also worked at Java Junction) Carrie would attend Peyote Way Sweats. She and fellow par...
