I can't make this
shit up. If this isn't the real deal, and the moment
I've worked for my entire life, than the Journey Gods
are a bunch of fucks. Cruel, cruel fucks.
So I woke up after
writing the last entry a little hesitant. At the
moment it's locked, but only because I'm a little
pussy and the webmaster in me will make it public when
I finally get to a stable internet connection. My
concern was, as it usually is when I really start to
believe, that it will be taken from me. Nothing has
been signed, anything can vanish. I'm also on the
other side of the world and it's starting to feel like
Comedy Central was a dream.
I decided that
Agistri was too special just to visit - so I packed up
and moved there for a couple days. I checked into my
hotel once I get on the island, and as I go to
walk up the stairs I see the name of the restaurant
that I'm staying above...
Really. I stand in
amazement that of all the countries, of all the
islands, of all the hotels... but I let it pass.
I mean, it's great for The Journey, but in my
day-to-day life I'm not so damned romantic about
things. It's a coincidence - a really cool one - but a
coincidence nonetheless. After a long shower, I sit on
the bed, about to get a nap and I see the remote for
the TV...
I
actually looked up to the heavens and
said: "REALLY?" and as is commonplace with
my constant PMS state, started to cry. I
will only be able to prove this to you
when I get back to LA, but it's the 4tvs
remote. A slight bit smaller - but the
exact same Sharp TV from 1998/1999 that
I bought over a decade ago. I had
never seen a remote with even the same
colors since and always kept one of the
four remotes in my desk at home because
they felt almost magical to me.
I could stand back and hit one
button, and all four of them would come
on. I bought those 4tvs with every ounce
of my jumping ability at the time and
every single time I used that remote
I thought of how much courage it took
to make 4tvs.
And
here I am, the other side of the
world, above the fucking ALTEREGO
restaurant, and it's THIS TV from the 90s?
I looked at that remote for minutes trying
desperately to find a logical way to let
this go - but after the day I had
yesterday? It's a throw your hands up type
of situation. As I said at the top -
if this isn't "it" than the Journey Gods
are cruel mofos. Any idea how many brands
of televisions there are? Any idea how old
this TV is?!!? FUCK. ALTEREGO!?!? Ahhh but
it doesn't end there... I went down and
got their little brochure for their
hotel/restaurant/bar? Guess what the
fucking color scheme is:
Come...
onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn. (red/blue/green/yellow has
been the egos/trinitrons color scheme since 2001). I
sat at the earlier and told the mother and two
daughters that run the place about the name of my
show, Adam & The Egos, and they were so blown
away they bought me a drink. It was funny 'cause only
the daughters spoke english well enough to understand
it., so when I told one she would turn to her
mother and repeat with astonishment it in Greek. I
mentioned the color scheme thingee and I'm sure at
that point they thought I was full of shit. I gave
them the info to find the videos on the site, so at
some point they'll put it all together. Absolutely
mind-blowing.
Alright, I'm
headin' back down to the restaurant - just had to come
up and write. Oh and I'm sure some of you are
wondering (and some are decidedly not
wondering) - but I'm not picking up a thing
with the language barriers on this island. You take my
ability to communicate away and my super-powers are
gonnnnnne. It's like Kryptonite Island for Adam. LOL.
All the better, this is my time... and I have a
tendency to give a bit too much to others. Not on this
island.
This island is for
me. Well, and as you've seen, The Journey
Gods...
