{"id":1987,"date":"2011-05-04T23:46:49","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T06:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1987"},"modified":"2011-05-05T12:15:19","modified_gmt":"2011-05-05T19:15:19","slug":"catalina-chamber-night-2011-at-the-aquarium-of-the-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1987","title":{"rendered":"Catalina Chamber Night 2011 At The Aquarium Of The Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/chamber_day.jpg' alt='Chamber Day 2011' \/ align=left hspace=4 vspace=4> With Psycho Bitch gone it is time to start anew, socialize and find my next ex.<\/p>\n<p>I bought a ticket to the Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber Dinner at the Divevets table &#8211; the cost was $90, and included dinner, raffle tickets and a free tour of the Aquarium of the Pacific. <\/p>\n<p>All proceeds, over the cost of the meal went to the general operating fund for the Chamber; even though they charged $6.50 for a can of Heineken, the Chamber didn&#8217;t get any of that.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve heard this has been a fun night in previous years &#8211; lots of women and lots of beer.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the Divevets couldn&#8217;t fill their table, so half the people there were strangers.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/1_mike_annoys_donna.jpg' alt='Mike annoys Donna' \/><\/p>\n<p>Mike C. was working on Donna The Hot Biker Chick, even though she seemed thoroughly annoyed at first.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/2_chamber_dinner.jpg' alt='The entire main floor of the Aquarium Of The Pacific was made into a gigantic dinning area.' \/><\/p>\n<p>The entire main floor of the Aquarium Of The Pacific was made into a gigantic dinning area.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/4_90_dollar_dinner.jpg' alt='$90 Dinner' \/><\/p>\n<p>This is what I was served &#8211; I asked, &#8220;Is this an appetizer?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The waiter said, &#8220;No this is the main course.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This really hot chick from Arizona, Jill, sat at our table&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/3_mike_the_stud.jpg' alt='Mike the Stud' \/><\/p>\n<p>So now, cock blocker Mike has two chicks now swarming all over him.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/6_dan_and_me.jpg' alt='Dan and Me.' \/><\/p>\n<p>And&#8230; I&#8217;m stuck sitting next to Dan who&#8217;s getting more drunk and telling me that he&#8217;s so horny that he would even do me.<\/p>\n<p>So far for me, the night was sucking hard &#8211; if it wasn&#8217;t a charity event, I probably would have just left.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/5_divevets_table.jpg' alt='Divevets table.' \/><\/p>\n<p>Sans me, here is our table.<\/p>\n<p>One couple, Mike and Yoko, who we don&#8217;t know, seemed to be increasingly annoyed at our growing beeramid of Heineken cans &#8211; the Aquarium went cheap and decided not to serve Budweiser!<\/p>\n<p>They showed an old episode of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emergency!\" target=\"_new\">Emergency! <\/a> that featured a diving accident and the use of the hyperbaric chamber.<\/p>\n<p>It was quickly pointed out that they flew to the chamber on Catalina for the outside shots, but the interior scenes were done on a sound stage in Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/8_the_speaker.jpg' alt='The speaker at the Aquarium' \/><\/p>\n<p>The announcer explained that the Catalina Chamber only receives 50% of it&#8217;s funding from LA County and the rest comes from charity events such as this dinner &#8211; OK, so I felt a little warm and fuzzy &#8211; probably from the beer &#8211; even though Mike was getting all the chicks and Dan was hitting on me.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/the_aquarium_is_open.jpg' alt='The Auarium of the Pacific' \/><\/p>\n<p>The Aquarium was open for tour &#8211; it was really nice not to have thousands of screaming kids around, as is usually the case.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/7_billh_wins_a_prize.jpg' title='Bill H wins a rafflle prize.'><\/p>\n<p>The world famous Bill H. won a raffle prize &#8211; I believe it was a BC system worth $900.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/9_the_beeramid.jpg' alt='The beeramid.' \/><\/p>\n<p>Our beeramid is complete &#8211; only because the bar ran out of cans.<\/p>\n<p>I got burned not only with the women, but with the raffle prizes as well.<\/p>\n<p>Oh well, at least the Chamber is there if I ever need it &#8211; I think next year I&#8217;ll just send them $90 and skip the dinner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Psycho Bitch gone it is time to start anew, socialize and find my next ex. I bought a ticket to the Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber Dinner at the Divevets table &#8211; the cost was $90, and included dinner, raffle tickets and a free tour of the Aquarium of the Pacific. 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