so my nephew, who is one of my favorite things in the world, is taking a school trip to Costa Rica this summer. thing is, he has to raise some cash to make the trip. he’s 12, and has already raised over $500 on his own doing odd jobs and hitting up suckers like his awesome aunt sue (who will be donating directly). take a minute and check out his video below (he’s posting one a day for the next week), and check the links to see what it’s all about. this is a great educational opportunity for him! i mean, cheese and rice, the kid just discovered ps3 video games, if we don’t get him out in the world soon he may never come out of his room. seriously though, he’s a sweet boy, and this is one of those trips that could be a life changer. here’s the spiel in his words:
Hi family and friends,
Please allow me to introduce myself, (in case you don’t remember me or just know my Mom, Cris Strong). Anyway, I’m taking a school trip to Costa Rica and I want to tell you about it. I will be going with some of my classmates and my World Culture teacher in only 9 weeks! (June 7-15 2010) . It will be full of educational opportunities and adventures. I will be sending 5 videos on some highlights on my trip. One video will be sent every day this week through YouTube.
I would appreciate your sponsorship on this education opportunity and adventure as I travel outside the USA for the first time!
Below are some website links you might find helpful:
Educational tour website. This is the tour group my classmates and I will be with throughout the trip. My teacher has worked with them before and likes them.
This is the website where you can make a contribution towards my trip if you want to. The website collects the money through PayPal. You can use a credit card to a contribution of any amount. It shows the total amount of the trip, but it doesn’t show that I have earned over $500. myself!
Your sponsorship is greatly appreciated! Go here to contribute:
i am so totally living in Austin, TX again. i am full on crazy with the internets and will be posting frequently once again. also, just for shits and giggles, i bought GTA Chinatown Wars for my PSP and it’s a pretty cool game. i’m totally into dealing drugs now. on my PSP.
is it me, or do appliance repair people know they have you by the balls and therefor don’t give a sh!t once they have your money? i had a repairman out to “fix” my washer/dryer combo a month ago, and i paid him $75 even though he couldn’t find anything wrong. he said, and i quote, “i’ll be happy to come back if it still doesn’t work.” well, guess what. yeah, it still doesn’t work. guess what else? yeah, he won’t answer or return my calls. i seem to be having difficulty getting the company who sent him out to return my calls as well. well guess what, Lonestar Appliance Repair, i’m unemplyed, bitches, which means i have all day everyday to find new and creative ways to get the word out that you are douches.
it’s simple. i ether want my washer/dryer fixed, or i want my money back. i don’t think my expectations are unreasonable. i do think your complete disregard for me as a consumer is. so suck it.
ps - i will by happy to update/edit this post once you have fulfilled your obligations to me.
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This post was written by soz on February 9, 2010 Comments (6)
we all know someone who has an iPhone (probably more than just one person). we all also, more than likely, know someone who has dropped or otherwise damaged their iPhone, rendering it useless. then there are the random, my phone just quit working people (like me). all of them were left with the unpleasant and often cost prohibitive prospect of replacing their iPhone, often at full price (if not eligible for an “upgrade”). wouldn’t it be nice to know that if you dropped and shattered the glass on your phone, or someone stole it from you, that you could get a NEW iPhone? take it from me, yeah, it would be nice.
my favorite band, Jukebox The Ghost, just released their spring tour dates! i recommend you check them out, if you have the chance. they’re still small enough (barely) that a show will be relatively intimate, but still rockin’. i suspect that may change a lot after SxSW this spring…here’s a yummy video.
dates:
3/03 - Boston, MA - Great Scott #
3/04 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom #
3/05 - Ithaca, NY - The Haunt #
3/06 - Westport, CT - Toquet Hall #
3/07 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls Theater #
3/09 - Ann Arbor, MI - The Blind Pig #
3/10 - Grand Rapids, MI - The Intersection #
3/11 - Madison, WI - The Frequency #
3/12 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall #
3/13 - St Louis, MO - Firebird #
3/15 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues #
3/16 - Houston, TX - House of Blues #
3/17 - Austin, TX - South By Southwest (TBA)
3/18 - Austin, TX - South By Southwest (TBA)
3/19 - Austin, TX - South By Southwest (TBA)
3/20 - Austin, TX - South By Southwest (TBA)
3/22 - Nashville, TN - Rocketown #
3/23 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl #
3/24 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 #
3/25 - Washington, DC - The Black Cat #
3/26 - Baltimore, MD - Sonar #
3/27 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s #
apparently this blog has just gone viral. it’s very funny. the author’s husband talks in his sleep, and she records and posts his utterances each day. here’s the latest post:
“Oompa loompas don’t sing in heaven. They tidy up the clouds.”
“Legs time! Everybody get your legs!”
“Get stuck in.”
“Please just walk away. I don’t want to have to stand here and say something so awesome that I’ll have to remember it the rest of the day. Thank you!”
“You can stop clapping now if you want. Really. You’ll need your energy for cheering me later. Shhhhhhhh. shhhhhhhh.”
[yelled upon waking] “COCK HUNTER!”
Wife’s note: This was all early in the morning. The batteries had run out on the recorder, so it was like the old days, I was furiously typing, trying to keep up. I’m pretty sure that’s the “clapping” that Adam was referring to. So, meanwhile, I’m still typing my brains out, and he’s going “Shhhhhhhh. shhhhhhh.”
Also, just after he shouted “COCK HUNTER” and woke up, he looked at me with fear in his eyes and said, “um, did I just shout cock hunter?” It’s been worrying him ever since.
