The Story So Far

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.