Do What Thou Wilt.

Last night I watched a very professional documentary (it didn't appear to be put together by some wacko conspiracy theorists) about the mysterious role that secret societies played in the founding of America (among other things): Secret Mysteries of America's Beginnings on Google Video. It's about 2:45 hours long, but well worth the time invested.

Rosicrucians, Freemasons, Ben Franklin attending satantic orgies in caves under churches in England, Francis Bacon the "Real" Shake-speare and man behind America, the New Atlantis?

If anyone gets a chance to sit down and watch it (which I highly recommend), do so.

Monday, Monday..

For those of you not familiar with some of the institutions we have in Washington..

CONGRESS...
Q. What is one of the differences between Congress and the Library of Congress?
A. At the Library of Congress, you aren't allowed to lick the pages.

Zing! (Thank you, Smiles)

LA Phantom?

Anybody know the story behind this guy?? He's posted in all shapes and sizes throughout West LA, and well, he's starting to creep me out.

The Winner's Quandary...

Funny, I don't feel much like a winner...in this quandary.

The Good Stuff..

When the wind reverses, and Santa Ana comes to town, its time to head to the beach!

Slowing Down..

Last night I watched the 2002 Turkish movie, "Distant" (Uzak)", which had its setting in a wintery Istanbul. Of the three times I've been to the city, I've never seen snow, but now I hope that will change..the city looked amazing in this film! The characters seemed genuine and made me miss some of those crazy Turks I know..except Digs of course.

It didn't move as fast as anything coming out of Hollywood, but that's exactly what I enjoyed about it..after having watched it I felt a sense of calm come over me...a resigned relaxation that I haven't felt in months...it reminded me of my first time walking the streets of Istanbul alone...that kind of quiet soul-searching/lonliness/ isolation sensation you feel when you're far away from home and all by yourself. Once in awhile it's good to be a nobody in a city nobody back home really knows about.

En Buyuk Istanbul.

When?

I hate to get into politics too much, but I will ask this much.

When? When do we get to all gloat to all the Americans who were naive enough to believe that this plan in Iraq would EVER be successful. When do we get to say, "I told you so!"? Is someone responsible for this grave error in judgement?

If by some small, minute chance it had been the other way around, and all the Iraq-war supporters were right and peace reigned throughout the Middle-East, we'd never be hearing the end of it.

Either way, anyone in oil or weapons just made a lot of money.

Bush accepts Iraq-Vietnam echoes...

"But he denied that the rising number of Iraqi and US military deaths meant the Iraq campaign was failing."

In the words of Marsellus Wallace, "..that's pride f$%i@in' wit ya. F$%@ pride! Pride only hurts, it never helps."

Borat in USA

Even though he's a few years old, I'm gonna go and say this movie will be the funniest of the year. You can catch a trailer here. Nov. 3rd.

Fair Warning US AIESECers

Due to how crazy everything has been in my life, I didn't want to plan anything later than Yosemite until I figured out the move. That being said, I will be missing out on @ US' 50th Anniversary Bash this upcoming weekend in NYC. I apologize to all for not being able to make it, and I do truly miss seeing everyone from "back in the day". I can't wait to see pics and hope you guys have a few drinks for those who can't attend.

That being said, there is someone I know who will be coming..Mr. Paul Reith (pictured above with his "stoned wheat thins"). He may not be well known to the "less seasoned" alum, but all you need to know is that Mr Reith taught Digs every vice/bad habit he has. Digs didn't even drink alcohol before he met Paul. Everytime I meet this guy he's like an older brother to me (and a balder one at that) and is by far one of the best American hosts I've encountered. He also likes his Merlot and pototao vodka. BEWARE of this guy! You've been warned...

2 Midwest Rednecks+2 Foreign Chicks=TROUBLE

YOSEMITE! FINALLY!

Jam (Belizean) and I (Michigan redneck) met up with Mr. Reith (Wisconsin redneck) and Magda (Czech) in San Fran and headed over to Yosemite! My Kansas brudda Nick Clark was supposed to fly in from Denver to join us, but somewhere the lines of communication got tangled and he purchased tickets for the wrong weekend! We have the worst luck..I blame Juvenile in Brasil.



Yosemite National Park! The Great Outdoors. We weren't exactly roughin' it however as we did manage to negotiate for some river-side rooms with jacuzzis, fireplaces, and kitchens...BUT, we did hike over 8 hours on Saturday so we weren't exactly city-slickers either . The terrain was steep (and suprisingly mildly dangerous..I envisioned myself falling off a cliff many times) and the trails (John Muir and Mist trail) proved to be quite exhausting..but they were no match for us! Alas, we did not get a chance to scale Half Dome...it was another 5 miles and we didn't have enough sunlight to do it, but next time the Dome will be mine! Damn you Northern Hemisphere!


It still amazes me how much diversity there is in the Californian landscape. There simply is no other state that I know of with so much change in the scenery!

The Man, The Myth, The Legend..

The OOMD (Original Old Man Drake) frequented the city of Angeles 2 weeks ago. Although this post is a little bit late, I sure did enjoy this guy's company.

Good to see you again, bro. Best of luck with everything, and don't be a stranger!

It Ain't Over Yet..

While ATL HR sits and twindles their thumbs with a formal offer, I negotiated a 16% raise here in LA. Will ATL be willing to match? When it rains, it pours...except in SoCal, where it never rains. Sunny and 81 for the high today.

Belizean Kriol 101

When I idle, esp. late night after too much caffeine, I di turn ah Jam and ask she fo sum fun kriol gramma (sic). It comes in useful esp. when dealing with my Belizean roommate, Olaf aka Che Dog.

Belizean kriol (creole) is a like a hip, southern-style ebonics. It's main point is to allow the speaker to convey the most amount of information in the laziest way possible. If you hear it, you can't help but want to speak it (this is true esp. after a few drinks).

If you're ever wondering what conversations are like in my apartment (and why most of the time I'm in a clueless daze), I posted a few phrases below. Personally I can't laughing everytime I hear it spoken and I feel like there should be a BET for all us kruffy wanna-be madrasses: Belizean Entertainment Television.

The Kriol is in Italics.

Yu blade a wonda if you bade.
You're blade, I wonder if you bathe.
Meaning: You're dressed up but did you take a bath?

Fun bring bun.
Fun will bring burn.
Meaning: Pain will come from to much fun.

Yo giv weh yo ass ahn shit chu yo ribs
You give away your ass and shit through your ribs.
Meaning: People who give away too much and is left with little.

Emty crocus bag kant stan up
An empty crocus [garbage] bag cannot stand up.
Meaning: when you are extremely hungry you cannot work.

Yu coulda lie suga outta bun.
You could lie suger out of bun.
Meaning: You can tell alot of lies.

Wha happen, stick bruk eena yu ears?
What happened, is there a stick broken in your ears?
Meaning: Are you hard of hearing or did you hear what I said?

Changie blak dawg fu monki!!
Exchanging a black dog for a monkey!!
Meaning: Making an exchange for something that's just as bad.

Yu si mi crass!
You see my cross!.
Meaning: You see the tribulations you're putting me through (Like Jesus on the cross)

For more Belizean Kriol phrases to try out on your friends (they will def. cut you off after a few sentences), you can check out this website.

3 Drakes in LA!

Older Drake is flying in within the hour!

Can't Win.

With all this Foley IM chit-chat in the news, I thought it would be cool to post some of mine:

A girl adds me to Skype..at random
25 years old.
From Kiribati.. (I had to look it up..it's a VERY small island nation in Oceania).

Then she starts to flirt..
The first thing she launches into is:

[9:18:10 PM] TSiina says: kiribati is highly vulnerable to climate change
[9:18:50 PM] TSiina says: from the high emissions from developed nations

HAHAH
Get out of here

[9:22:05 PM] Paul says: WHICH developed nations could you be talking about???????/
[9:23:10 PM] TSiina says: us
[9:23:32 PM] TSiina says: the ones not signing the kyoto protocol at the moment
[9:26:51 PM] TSiina says: do u happy if we are underwater?

I don't think this is gonna go anywhere...

RAIN!

Just a little bit. Not much. But, the first since March! Yesterday and last night! My neighborhood isn't the most quiet on earth, and it cracks me up when a little sprinkle can wake me out of sleep. Fall is here!

Best to Worst

IN a recent study, Atlanta was found to be the worst place for sleeping, while Los Angeles the best.

Ah, it's overrated anyway.