Thursday, September 11, 2008

in this installment, james battles bad technology with more bad technology.

My camcorder is still dead in the water (get it, cause, you know, the water killed it ...) and chances are slim I'll get it back in time for the trip.

So, since I might not be able to post the awesome footage I took of our sailing trip I thought, well, let's post some photos.

But the website that hosts them won't let me select the ones I want! So here is a limited, but nonetheless completely true account of my sailing adventure last weekend.


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We took off from LA Harbor - Natalie didn't handle it too well.

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We cleared the harbor sea breaks and made it to open water; that's when the drinking began ...

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I fell overboard and tried to swim to shore ...

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... but they baited be back.

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And then we saw pirates. The End.

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

in this installment, james fights a cold with his bare hands and swims with the fishes.

Hello boys and girls, I apologize for the delay in posts.

I planned on posting some video but then I hit a snag: my video camera was destroyed. Turns out that "underwater housing" means "a place to house water tightly around your camera so it can corrode the insides and render it useless."

Should have read the fine print. Anyway, I have to ship the damn thing off and chances are it won't be ready in time for my departure. This makes me really, really sad.

Also making me sad is my complete lack of Unemployment checks, which I applied for two weeks ago but haven't received because some government stooge hit the wrong key and told the computer, "James hasn't made any money in over two years."

Oops. Then they wanted proof of my existence before they could cut me checks for the Trump-esque amount of $0.00.

Not even joking, that's what is said on the form.

Thank you California.

All that aside, things are well. Last weekend I started my sojourn with a sailing trip to Catalina island. On the way back we stopped the boat in dead calm, with no land in sight, and went swimming. It was amazing.

But then I got sunburned. And then I caught a cold. And I've barely had the energy to pack my backpack, so I'm going to sign off and sleep.

See you in Seattle!

jr

Sunday, August 31, 2008

in this installment, james cops out out a real new entry and just posts a video from The Onion

Sorry guys. Getting ready for trip, will have more updates soon!

In the meantime, enjoy, a bit old but hilarious:

The Beijing Olympics: Are They A Trap?

Monday, August 25, 2008