It's gone well past catchy into this nearly religious mantra that repeats ad infinitum. I feel it in my bones. It was initially a song about Paradigm becoming dependent on Comedy Central, and now it's just the Journey song. And in 2 entries you'll finally understand why that's so important. I've been waiting for 3 months to let this one out of the bag - and there's no better place than Africa. Well, there probably is -- ha -- but it's as random a place as I could choose to announce this. Can't wait.

As will teaching brothas the absolute "how-not-tos" when trying to impress a lady. This man ordered the fruitiest coconut drink and asked her 3 times to be sure to make it non-alcoholic. Then just raved about how good it was. It tasted like a children's drink you'd get at a 7-11. Then he proceeds to give her a 5 pound ('bout $9) tip. I just shoot my head, drank my pint, and wanted to hug the poor bastard. I'll be back in London at the end of this trip, we may make an instructional video and go back to that bar for round 2.

So when you see red/yellow you take your foot off the break and hit the gas as it turns green. It's a great idea, that would be a disaster in the States. The difference in London is that the stop lights are very congested and there's little room to run a light. Back home the intersections are just so damn big, that there's all this subjective timing on if you can make it or not. For some reason it just doesn't feel that way in London. Then again, maybe we'll be seeing red/yellow lights soon. It certainly would make traffic move a bit quicker.

Alom humored me a few times, but it never got old. How can you not think that's fun as hell bein' that high up and watching the world below? I even set-up the videophone to show peeps the view outside my window which apparently is Double-decker bus central. We all giggled. It's worthless to act like we're not all a little goofy about things like that. Differences are fun. The dude yesterday yelling out "Right-O" and not trying to make fun of the British accent is just fun. :-)

But seriously - automatic soap, automatic water and automatic dryer. But nothing as cool as this thing. It jets hot-air completely around your hands and I swear your hands are dry in 3 seconds.

 

It was like I was in Back to the Future 2 or some shit. I mean, clearly I was impressed I took freaking video of it. But I'm always 10 years old when it comes to technology. That's why I'll always be Cameron. So fun.

You know what else is fun? Free beer on an airplane. You may have a Coke, or you may have a Heineken. The last thing I needed in my already exhausted state was alcohol, but for free? LOL. Hopefully I get to the point in my life where I don't feel like I'm wasting something if I don't accept every gift that comes my way... but I'm certainly not there now. And if you're handing out free Heinekens on an airplane, I'm not picking a Diet Coke. I've never had a beer on a plane in my life. Fun. Then again, it is Amsterdam, I guess giving away alcohol is the least they could do. I wonder what Kenyan Air will have?

 

 

That answers that question. It all tastes like beer to me. Which is to say it bores the hell out of me. But when in Rome...

Shittiest picture ever - but that was in Holland and it "Jet disappeared"

I just hated hearing it because it foreshadowed what my friends/family would hear/see if anything happened. I'm pretty empathetic to how on edge some people are about this trip, especially with the unbelieveable good fortunes of last week. Everyone really wants to see things unfold and as I mentioned in the last entry from LA - there's a poetic foreboding feeling about making it on that level, then getting eaten by a lion or some shit. Simply put, I never would've planned this after Thursday. I will be very, very happy to be safe at home on July 2nd.