Entourage is the best show ever. After having illegaly downloaded and watched season 3 in all of its glory and awesomeness (what else am I going to do in St. Cloud? Come on!) I can safely say that I am mentally prepared to crush Europe. The show imparted a certain brand of street smarts that only HBO can dream up (and that is saying something, wow!).
Example dialogue:
E: She basically called me a stalker.
Johnny Drama: Girls have a tendency to throw that word around, E. I wouldn't worry about it.
Now, let the record show that if I am ever any kind of mogul, I will definitely try to imitate that lifestyle. I'd become a mullet personified-- business up front, party in the back. It'd probably be a 10/90 split like that, roughly equal the the ratio of short vs. long hair mullets are known for. However, I wouldn't have a mullet if I was extremely wealthy, that'd be a quick way to destroy my image.
Some good bands that I'll be listening to on my trip:
~The Living End
~Brand New
~Taking Back Sunday
I feel the aforementioned groups have several tracks that make for a good walking soundtrack.
Things I'll be doing:
~Beer gardens
~Pictures and touristy things
~Disco dancing
A wide variety of activities is what travelling is all about!
Places I'll be seeing:
~Munich
~Prauge
~Budapest
~Other
Note: I decided againt going to Vienna in lieu of spending more time in Germany, since Eric more than likely cannot re-enter the country if he leaves it.
I will be travelling hard and fast; knees high; mind open to new experiences. Here is a school paper article I wrote that was never published and is based on a type of travel, muhahahaha!
Advice for 12 Year-Old Me
"The future is upon us! With all of the new technology coming out, I figure the moment is quickly approaching where time travel Back to the Future style will be a reality, minus the DeLorean though.
My inaugural time traveling destination would most definitely be to Saint Cloud, MN on a warm summer day in 1995. I would visit the 12 year old version of me, and I’d pass along some sage-like advice.
I have actually thought about this a lot. Assuming the time I get to spend with my mini-me would be limited to some degree, I’d skip eating at Rax to pass along five invaluable pieces of advice.
1. “Learn to play the guitar at all costs.” In fact, I would even take my younger self to go get a guitar and hire a teacher while we were at Al’s Music.
2 “Ditch the ‘side-part’ hairstyle pronto.” This would have prevented rejection from the fairer sex in years to come and numerous embarrassing photos from surfacing in high school.
3. “Do not waste your money on pogs, Magic cards or cassette tapes. Seriously.” I figure that with some better saving habits back then, I’d be nearing retirement today.
4. “Do not buy the following things on eBay: paintball gun; cardboard movie theater standee from the movie Willow; hockey skates; Reel Big Fish antenna ball; electric guitar; German car audio equipment.” This one is pretty much self-explanatory…
5. “Suck it up and start riding roller coasters.” I am deathly afraid of heights but also would like to ride a roller coaster before I die, a really sweet one with loops and zero-g’s and all that jazz.
That sums up what my first trip back in time would be like. Sure, it may lack the flair that many people would opt for, but this is my fantasy and I will not be censored!
Cheers and happy time traveling (eventually).
Listen up so you'll hear what I'm saying, because I'm not talking to myself or even praying.
Monday, March 26, 2007
Sunday, March 4, 2007
Lots of Topics, Abridged
Annndddddd.... we're back! I have some exciting topics and ideas to share with ya'll (uh huh, I so went there) and hopefully it is as fun on paper... er foreign made computer screens and it appears to be in my head.
Disclaimer: You can take the kid out of the fight but you can't take the fight out of the kid. The same thing goes for growing up in a place like Pengilly and having dislexia.
U.S. Adventure!
Ok, so first things first: I want to get a "crew" together to do one of two things this August:
1. Go to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (henceforth BWCAW) for a week or so and enjoy the serenity and awe-inspiring nature of, well, nature! Multiples of 2 are preferable ("That's what she said!" -Michael Scott).
2. Canoe from Mpls./St.P. to New Orleans to raise money for a primary school or other facility in need. If we can just help one school get back on it's feet, it would be awesome. Plus, we would only be paddling down river-- it'd be easy! Even when we take breaks we'd still be flowing. Radical. I am serious about this one. It would take a LOT of planning and networking to get the fund raising thing going, but between you and me I'd absolutely kill at a telethon or other gimmicky event. The Hoffman *wink* is legendary on this continent and others, as well.
Meet the Jetsons!
I used the bank drive-thru the other day, which I haven't done in maybe 5 years, and was struck by something awesome (not literally, Screech)-- those tube mechanisms they have are AWESOME. Seriously, they almost make up for all of those lies the government told from 1776-now about us living on the moon and having hover cars and robots that can play the recorder. I would love to see fast food places put tubes in at table. They'd assign you to a table, you'd go sit and then WHOOOOOSSSHHH! here comes one heart-stopping super-sized value-meal with-fries, diet-coke, love-harmony. I like hyphens, so I tend to overuse them. Is it noticeable?
Anyway, other places that could use those things: bars, pet stores and car dealerships. Come on, how sweet would a tube big enough to whoooosh! a Honda to you be?! Yeah, you feel me, you feel me.
Comedic Timing Is So Hot Right Now!
I've been juggling the idea (not literally, Lisa Turtle) of trying out stand-up comedy some time. Not because I think I'd be good (I use a "fakey" voice when giving speeches and stuff... come across as weird? I dunno, but read on it gets better), but because the challenge would be fun to tackle. Literally this time, I mean I would go for the jugulars people.
Some ideas for content besides my go-to rant about bank tubes and how not having more whooshing going on in is just plain un-American are as follows:
~Everyone has a friend who always thinks it would be awesome for you or others to do stupid, difficult, expensive, or otherwise not-so-awesome things but never do it themselves. Like Chris Day, who physically prevented me from cutting my long, long hair for a spell sophomore year. These people might be like "Yeah, get a tattoo and then take those 5 mystery shots the hobos offered us for $2.41!" or "Extended warranty? How can you lose!" Damn it all, one of those shooters was Windex mixed with some very fine gravel and beard crumbs (hobos all have beards, even the women, because of evolution; they can keep people alive).
Europe '07
To brag, I am going to Munich at the end of March to meet up with a friend and do a bit of scampering about in Europe. Besides Munchen (how the hell does one make an umlaut on here?) I'll be going to Vienna, Bratislava (ever see "Euro Trip"?), Prague, Dresden, and some smaller cities to boot... das boot? Maybe, just maybe. There is a good to great chance that I'll eat doner kebabs (seriously, how do I make an umlaut on this? Prom?) served by Turkish guys and drinks beers larger than a baby emu (which are actually quite sizable birds, you know).
Wow.
Disclaimer: You can take the kid out of the fight but you can't take the fight out of the kid. The same thing goes for growing up in a place like Pengilly and having dislexia.
U.S. Adventure!
Ok, so first things first: I want to get a "crew" together to do one of two things this August:
1. Go to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (henceforth BWCAW) for a week or so and enjoy the serenity and awe-inspiring nature of, well, nature! Multiples of 2 are preferable ("That's what she said!" -Michael Scott).
2. Canoe from Mpls./St.P. to New Orleans to raise money for a primary school or other facility in need. If we can just help one school get back on it's feet, it would be awesome. Plus, we would only be paddling down river-- it'd be easy! Even when we take breaks we'd still be flowing. Radical. I am serious about this one. It would take a LOT of planning and networking to get the fund raising thing going, but between you and me I'd absolutely kill at a telethon or other gimmicky event. The Hoffman *wink* is legendary on this continent and others, as well.
Meet the Jetsons!
I used the bank drive-thru the other day, which I haven't done in maybe 5 years, and was struck by something awesome (not literally, Screech)-- those tube mechanisms they have are AWESOME. Seriously, they almost make up for all of those lies the government told from 1776-now about us living on the moon and having hover cars and robots that can play the recorder. I would love to see fast food places put tubes in at table. They'd assign you to a table, you'd go sit and then WHOOOOOSSSHHH! here comes one heart-stopping super-sized value-meal with-fries, diet-coke, love-harmony. I like hyphens, so I tend to overuse them. Is it noticeable?
Anyway, other places that could use those things: bars, pet stores and car dealerships. Come on, how sweet would a tube big enough to whoooosh! a Honda to you be?! Yeah, you feel me, you feel me.
Comedic Timing Is So Hot Right Now!
I've been juggling the idea (not literally, Lisa Turtle) of trying out stand-up comedy some time. Not because I think I'd be good (I use a "fakey" voice when giving speeches and stuff... come across as weird? I dunno, but read on it gets better), but because the challenge would be fun to tackle. Literally this time, I mean I would go for the jugulars people.
Some ideas for content besides my go-to rant about bank tubes and how not having more whooshing going on in is just plain un-American are as follows:
~Everyone has a friend who always thinks it would be awesome for you or others to do stupid, difficult, expensive, or otherwise not-so-awesome things but never do it themselves. Like Chris Day, who physically prevented me from cutting my long, long hair for a spell sophomore year. These people might be like "Yeah, get a tattoo and then take those 5 mystery shots the hobos offered us for $2.41!" or "Extended warranty? How can you lose!" Damn it all, one of those shooters was Windex mixed with some very fine gravel and beard crumbs (hobos all have beards, even the women, because of evolution; they can keep people alive).
Europe '07
To brag, I am going to Munich at the end of March to meet up with a friend and do a bit of scampering about in Europe. Besides Munchen (how the hell does one make an umlaut on here?) I'll be going to Vienna, Bratislava (ever see "Euro Trip"?), Prague, Dresden, and some smaller cities to boot... das boot? Maybe, just maybe. There is a good to great chance that I'll eat doner kebabs (seriously, how do I make an umlaut on this? Prom?) served by Turkish guys and drinks beers larger than a baby emu (which are actually quite sizable birds, you know).
Wow.
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