Friday, November 9, 2007
No Mas
Considering this tour is almost done, and I haven't updated for 4 cities, I'm considering this thingy closed. I'm terrible at writing in journals. Maybe I'll come back at the end with a massive recap, I dunno.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
That's What She Said
We arrived in Chicago tonight. Our hotel is hella badass, by far the best rooms we've had so far, and we're here for 4 days!
We have tomorrow off, which is nice. I'm going up to Grand Rapids Michigan to visit a few friends for some food/drinks. Also, hopefully I can track down other friends here in the next couple of days.
The title of this post refers to Danit, and her incredible habit of saying things that can be interpreted as innuendo. Here are a few delightful examples:
"I'm just trying to get it to come on my face!"
~ Referring to the van air conditioner
"Moose, put it in."
~Telling me to put my seatbelt on.
"It'll come later."
~Talking about reading Cosmo out loud in the car.
"I need to stop these things coming out of my mouth."
~Said directly after the last quote.
These are just a few examples. I've started writing them down, so hopefully, I'll have more hilariously awkward things to post in the coming weeks. Pictures of Chicago/Michigan soon!!
We have tomorrow off, which is nice. I'm going up to Grand Rapids Michigan to visit a few friends for some food/drinks. Also, hopefully I can track down other friends here in the next couple of days.
The title of this post refers to Danit, and her incredible habit of saying things that can be interpreted as innuendo. Here are a few delightful examples:
"I'm just trying to get it to come on my face!"
~ Referring to the van air conditioner
"Moose, put it in."
~Telling me to put my seatbelt on.
"It'll come later."
~Talking about reading Cosmo out loud in the car.
"I need to stop these things coming out of my mouth."
~Said directly after the last quote.
These are just a few examples. I've started writing them down, so hopefully, I'll have more hilariously awkward things to post in the coming weeks. Pictures of Chicago/Michigan soon!!
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Philly to Baltimore
So apparently I'm terrible at this updating game, because Danit has updated like 7 times, whereas I'm on my third. It is her computer though, so what can you do.
Philadelphia was a very lovely city, although I practically had to commit seppuku as we were driving away because I forgot to run up the Rocky steps. I have portable bluetooth speakers with me and everything, so I could have played "Gonna Fly Now" while I ran. I'm a failure and a disappointment.
Our local guy in Philly was Daniel, he knew his shit about the city. He was also 37 and had 5 kids. What a machine. Here he is, with me:
This was a nice little place in Philly called Love Park:
Thats all I really have for Philly, sorry there are no pictures with me and Ben Franklin or the Liberty Bell. I didn't really get down into that neck of the woods.
Our next stop was Boston, which of course was wonderful. There was my family, Taylor Brennan, Zeta goodness, and hotel sleepovers. I met the pledges, who were wonderful people. Some pictures from Boston:
Ryan 'n Brian!
Jay!
Paul!
Ilana!
Pretty much I just have pictures of friends. But they are great and attractive friends, so you get to look at them.
Baltimore. What can I say besides it is the most ghetto place I've ever been. I knew it was going to be a winner because of the sequence of events that went down once we arrived at the hotel:
1. Our rooms were booked under the name "Daneth Zovin". Luckily Danit managed to translate that from dumbass language to her own name.
2. Danit asked for a non-smoking room and was given one that smelled like a bowling alley.
3. I asked for a non-smoking room and was given one that smelled like a Phish concert.
4. I noticed a man sleeping in a van outside my window.
5. I asked for a different room and was given one with a non-functioning door.
6. I head to Subway to pick us up sandwiches. Subway is closed.
7. I go to McDonalds, and am informed that they are out of salads, except for sketchy Asian salad.
8. Taco Bell it is!
9. And later, some guy was mooing outside of Danit's window. What the hell.
While in Baltimore, we got kicked out of the one place in the entire city where people actually hang out, so the day was pretty much a bust, promotion wise. Luckily I have tomorrow off, so I can spend it in the car watching Clarissa Explains it All on the DVD player in a supermarket parking lot.
Maybe I'll have more Balitmore pictures later, but for now nothing. Sorry this was such a long one.
Philadelphia was a very lovely city, although I practically had to commit seppuku as we were driving away because I forgot to run up the Rocky steps. I have portable bluetooth speakers with me and everything, so I could have played "Gonna Fly Now" while I ran. I'm a failure and a disappointment.
Our local guy in Philly was Daniel, he knew his shit about the city. He was also 37 and had 5 kids. What a machine. Here he is, with me:
This was a nice little place in Philly called Love Park:
Thats all I really have for Philly, sorry there are no pictures with me and Ben Franklin or the Liberty Bell. I didn't really get down into that neck of the woods.
Our next stop was Boston, which of course was wonderful. There was my family, Taylor Brennan, Zeta goodness, and hotel sleepovers. I met the pledges, who were wonderful people. Some pictures from Boston:
Ryan 'n Brian!
Jay!
Paul!
Ilana!
Pretty much I just have pictures of friends. But they are great and attractive friends, so you get to look at them.
Baltimore. What can I say besides it is the most ghetto place I've ever been. I knew it was going to be a winner because of the sequence of events that went down once we arrived at the hotel:
1. Our rooms were booked under the name "Daneth Zovin". Luckily Danit managed to translate that from dumbass language to her own name.
2. Danit asked for a non-smoking room and was given one that smelled like a bowling alley.
3. I asked for a non-smoking room and was given one that smelled like a Phish concert.
4. I noticed a man sleeping in a van outside my window.
5. I asked for a different room and was given one with a non-functioning door.
6. I head to Subway to pick us up sandwiches. Subway is closed.
7. I go to McDonalds, and am informed that they are out of salads, except for sketchy Asian salad.
8. Taco Bell it is!
9. And later, some guy was mooing outside of Danit's window. What the hell.
While in Baltimore, we got kicked out of the one place in the entire city where people actually hang out, so the day was pretty much a bust, promotion wise. Luckily I have tomorrow off, so I can spend it in the car watching Clarissa Explains it All on the DVD player in a supermarket parking lot.
Maybe I'll have more Balitmore pictures later, but for now nothing. Sorry this was such a long one.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
New Yawk
If you've never heard the disco classic "I'm Coming Up" by Diana Ross, the best way to hear it is anything but listening to it on repeat for 6 hours on an airplane! The man next to me had a walkman, and kept rewinding it to listen to the SAME SONG over and over for 6 HOURS. Insanity.
Anyways, New York was hot as crazyness the first night I got it, but got cold the day after, and rained, which I haven't seen much of in the past 8 months. I stayed at this hotel, called the Gershwin:
It was artsy and stuff. I think Andy Warhol's assistant lived there once. I had a couple of drinks with a good friend, Emily, and I walked home in the rain. I felt very John Cusack, sans the angst.
We drove down to a town outside of Philly today. I got a sweet new phone to use while I'm working on the job, and I learned how to ride a Segway:
Tomorrows our first day of actual work, promoting for a Nokia Music tour that's going to be coming into towns a few days after us. Should be fun. I'll be posting more pictures as I take them.
Anyways, New York was hot as crazyness the first night I got it, but got cold the day after, and rained, which I haven't seen much of in the past 8 months. I stayed at this hotel, called the Gershwin:
It was artsy and stuff. I think Andy Warhol's assistant lived there once. I had a couple of drinks with a good friend, Emily, and I walked home in the rain. I felt very John Cusack, sans the angst.
We drove down to a town outside of Philly today. I got a sweet new phone to use while I'm working on the job, and I learned how to ride a Segway:
Tomorrows our first day of actual work, promoting for a Nokia Music tour that's going to be coming into towns a few days after us. Should be fun. I'll be posting more pictures as I take them.
Friday, October 5, 2007
The Preliminaries
For those of you still in the dark, (all 2 of you who are probably actually taking the time to read this, and thus already know what it's about) I'm going to be doing a promotion for Nokia across the country for the next 7 weeks. I'll be traveling with one of my very good friends, Danit, who is responsible for getting me the job in the first place.
The first leg of the trip begins Monday, October 8th, when I fly from LAX to JFK airport in lovely New York City. That's where I get trained up and sent on my way. The trip is all driving, and we're basically making a big loop around the perimeter of America. The city lineup looks something like this:
New York City
Philadelphia
Boston
Baltimore
Chicago
Seattle
San Diego
Phoenix
Dallas
Houston
Miami
Mostly I'll be using this little blog to post pictures and tell any amusing anecdotes I have about the trip. Hopefully I'll be getting the first round up sometime after I arrive in New York.
Hooray for seeing America!
The first leg of the trip begins Monday, October 8th, when I fly from LAX to JFK airport in lovely New York City. That's where I get trained up and sent on my way. The trip is all driving, and we're basically making a big loop around the perimeter of America. The city lineup looks something like this:
New York City
Philadelphia
Boston
Baltimore
Chicago
Seattle
San Diego
Phoenix
Dallas
Houston
Miami
Mostly I'll be using this little blog to post pictures and tell any amusing anecdotes I have about the trip. Hopefully I'll be getting the first round up sometime after I arrive in New York.
Hooray for seeing America!
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