Blogs from North America - page 9707

today marks a full week that we have been here...and the time really has slipped away. ever look at your alarm clock before you go to sleep, notice the time...roll over and back again to see that the time has magically changed 8 hours during the motion of rolling over? that is what it feels like at this moment. james, has introduced us to the game of BANANAGRAMS...if you have played it, you know how awesome it is...if not...google that shit. well, we came up with a kickass idea to make it life size (we call it SAVANNAGRAMS) and play it in the park. for tomorrow, since james works for SCAD (google it) there is a thing called model in the park. we will do the modeling thing for a few and then will bust out ... read more

ummm....i woke up drunk...and decided i'd stay drunk...but once butch climbed up the patios to goose's floor (with his superman cape on)...we discovered...A. there was no booze left B. we played instruments last night C. boondocks saints is on DVD... so, we now are watching said movie...and are making coffee we arrived yesterday after leaving my friend Pedro's...he lives South of the Border...you may have met him a time or two... North Cack-a-lacky, i highly enjoyed...the majority of the state represents Bird Sanctuaries...something you dont notice right away...but as time flies by you slowly start to notice, there are birds everywhere...its actually kinda cool. all the people that we engaged with treated us well and were pretty fucking cool. during our stay, the weather gods faired us well. if you're ever in NC, Kill Devil Hills ... read more

currently sitting on the veranda at butch's uncle's house...about a stone throws away from the water...the sun is out the vibes are up, and the coffe is flowing... sad to say...it is now just "the butch and jeremiah show"...our travel mate, cara...has left us for greener and cleaner pastures...long story short, it wasn't her cup of tea... we left the mountains to head into ashland...stopped right outside of cuckoo to have some lunch. pulled off the side of the road to one of those trailers that serves smoked b-b-q...they enjoyed our story and company that they served us lunch for free...and it was mighty fine...(by the way, they do catering and all sorts of events...i got the hook up if needed)... we stayed at a campground that night...butch and i kept a nice fire going...and got ... read more

...sorry its been a hot minute since i last wrote...but hey, its me... it's monday night and i have less than a week. i'm pretty much packed and ready to roll. cara and bob will arrive this friday afternoon sometime and we'll depart probably on sunday. for those of you that dont know...i met bob in germany with danny and amanda while on our european tour. we kicked it almost everyday for two weeks while celebrating oktoberfest. couldn't really tell you much from that initial interaction, for it was OKTOBERFEST...i remember beer, tree climbing, playing at the park, beer, american burger night, officially becoming a man, and his near death experience. if you saw him, you'd immediately think "that dude from Happy Gilmore, the one with the nail in his head"...as for cara, i've only met ... read more

As a result of my Dad's death in August, and being short staffed in my office at NATO, where some days I was expected to be in three meetings at once, in November 1988 I had a panic attack for the first time. I thought I was having a heart attack, but the doctor in the emergency room assured me that I was fine. However, for the next six months I was on a minimum dose of Xanax. Four days after the attack, the first reinforcements arrived in the form of Mike and Betty, our friends from Germany. Mike had been hired to take my place on the Infrastructure Payments and Progress Committee when I moved up to the Infrastructure Committee. I was scheduled to attend an Executive Development Seminar held by the Office of Personnel ... read more