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Published: June 19th 2008
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Yep.
We got our picture with a fake background and that moose was digitally inserted into this picture. It was free - hence the Safeco ad. Tuesday night:
Tuesday night I went to the Seattle Mariners vs. Florida Marlins baseball game. I spent most of the game trying to defend baseball’s integrity while teaching the rules and many caveats of baseball to Pablo and Jeremy - both of whom are from France. I’m pretty sure that they think baseball is a boring/lame game but at least they got to see a relatively active game from good seats (19 rows behind the Mariners dugout). It was pretty populated near us but as you can tell from the pictures there weren’t that many people there. It was a weeknight and apparently Mariners suck. Check out this awesome commercial that Mike sent me that pretty much sums up my experience in Seattle. http://www.boardsmag.com/screeningroom/commercials/3261/
Wednesday morning was gloomy out so I figured it would be a good day to visit Jimi Hendrix’s gravesite/memorial. I have mixed feelings abut the memorial. His remains were moved there and his family members now have sites where they’ll be buried near him which is nice BUT the memorial is relatively new (2002) and it just doesn’t seem right to move people’s remains long after they’ve been buried so that it’s more accessible to
6/17 Safeco field
Mariners vs. Marlins visitors. Take Jim Morrison’s grave in Paris - it’s hard to find/see with all of the other graves (and now railings and visitors) but when you see it, it seems more authentic. Anyway, check out the pictures and see for yourself.
Wednesday Night:
weekly trivia - this week was PACKED. We didn’t win but it was fun and a lot of new people showed up so it was fun to see them. Notable no-shows: Matt, Sara, and Courtney. They arrived late and were having trouble finding parking so they got frustrated and drove home. Hopefully they come next week. OH and I won a free pitcher of beer for being the first person to yell out an answer to a question - so that was fun. I also apparently got drunk judging by the hangover this morning which seem to be happening more frequently as I approach my exam date. I didn’t drive though so that’s good - I took the bus home. I met my new BFF on the bus too who just happened to be the bus driver. He has the same sense of humor as me. Case in point: As we were driving the route home
baseball
Gayle, Pablo, Jeremy, me (well, not “we,” he was driving) we saw a passed out drunk guy on the sidewalk as we were stopped at a red light. I couldn’t tell if he was drunk and passed out though or just sleeping and homeless. I’m going to go with drunk and passed out so this story doesn’t seem so cruel. Anyway, being the funny person that the bus driver was, he decided to try to wake him up by honking A LOT. We sat and honked for a good 20 seconds but the guy wasn’t budging. Looking back on this I kind of wonder if the guy was alright…like alive. Hmm. Welp, I know one thing, he is a heavy sleeper. After that experience, I knew the guy was funny so we talked about everyone that we saw on the sidewalk and people getting off the bus. The bus driver even started talking about a group of punk kids on the bus but I quickly changed the topic because I was scared the bus driver was going to get me into a fight with them. My stop came all too soon but I guess made the right decision of getting off and not riding
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Holly, and a guy that I forget his name from san diego, jeremy, Gayle, me, Pablo out his shift on that route all night which seemed like a good idea at the time. Check out this commercial also sent to me from Mike that is funny and about J-box.
The reason I’m showing this to you is because the bus driver and I were both hungry last night and I almost convinced him to pull over at J-box to get some food for the both of us. He said something about getting fired if he took the bus through the drive-thru. I forgot my camera so I don’t have any pictures from the bus ride or the trivia.
Here are some questions that I can remember from last night (answers will be in my next post if I remember)
Q: Name seven 4-letter countries that don’t start with a vowel. I’ll give you one to use as an example: Peru.
Q: What movie is this line from “the next time I say ‘let’s go some place like Bolivia’ let’s go some place like Bolivia”
Q: Finish this quote by Confucius “it is better to light one candle than to curse _______ ________”
Q: How many acres are there in a one
nice middle finger
Pablog gives a good middle finger. Pablo is like the Russian police: Stern. Stern but fair. square mile?
Q: What was the real name of the “lady of the lamp”?
Q: Who turned 66 yesterday? (6/18)
Q: From Seinfeld, what did George say he wanted to name his first kid?
SHOE THOUGHTS:
No se why but I just felt like telling you people this - I found a new favorite shoe. I’m sure you’ve all seen them before but they always looked ugly(only because they’re unfamiliar) but I tried them on and fell in love. Drum roll please…Sanuk sandals (not shoes really) www.sanuk.com anyway, I wanted to find a tennis shoe so that I could use to go jogging with but then realized that these were really comfortable and fun and I am never actually going to go jogging.
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You mean that's not a real moose? What kind of practical joke is this? Your "travel journal entry" reminded me of a debate that has raged for years about the proper way to flip someone the bird - with just one's middle finger extended, alone and proud? Pablo gives us a great example of this. Or with the middle finger insulated by half-extended index and ring fingers. To this day, there has not been a resolution. What do you think?