Greedy People

i find myself really talking shit about people lately. maybe its because for years I have put up with the shit people do. for instance, yesterday i was workout out on my P90X DVD and i get a text message. “I NEED YOU NOW.” no its not a need you now for sex text but rather a text from someone that wants me to drop everything i am doing to do shit for her. then later on in the day i get another text from another friend wanting to know if i was free. yeah that means she wants me to run her around town because now she has no car. OK….what the fuck am i? Gill’s Taxi Service?!? I avoided both texts and this morning here i am still getting texts from both people!

these people cant really tell me that the only person they can call on is me for shit. you know for years i would always help people and that is where my mistake has been. i used to drop everything i was doing for people but now i dont. why should i? as a good friend i could help but you see people tend to forget saying thank you or at least offering to pay for the gas they just made me spend in my big ass ride. i have a friend that i dont mind doing shit for because he usually will invite me to come over and eat dinner with him and the family or pay the bill when we hit up some new place to eat that we saw on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives lol.

i guess i see this as greed in people. always wanting what THEY want and not considering what other people are doing. like i was going to stop my P90X yesterday to answer some text which would have resulted in another 12 texts from this chick. fuck that shit man. i was in my zone too and i only checked when there was a short water break. just now this chick has called twice in a row. she really expects me to just drop everything im doing to do shit for her. i sent her a text saying BUSY. i bet in the duration of me typing and posting this she will text back saying SO I NEED YOUR HELP NOW.

you see here is where I have a problem with this. they want me to hurry up and cater to them. drop all my business because they are more important than my own shit. i bet if i needed something and was bugging them as much as they are me they would do the same thing or say “sorry i cant dont have time.” thats where i have a problem with things. im not going to go out of my way for people when they wouldnt do the same for me. believe me with both of these individuals i have already been through this before and they ignored me so im doing the same shit back to them….

payback…..its a beotch!!!

iWhores, iBitches The Apple Lovers Piss Me Off

Ever since Apple started selling the iphone people, mostly teenage girls are fascinated by this piece of crap. Everyone speaks about how the iphone and ipod are not stylish devices but business devices. Well for one you dont listen to a fucking ipod at work people. Second, why in the fuck do you need a device with 32GB or more of space to store your ENTIRE music collection, movies, videos, pictures and shit for? Of course these iphone users spend every waking moment of the day messaging other iWhores and shoving their phones in people’s faces saying “hey i have an iphone and you dont because your poor and can afford it or not cool like me.” Im really sick of the fucking iphone and ipod touch craze already.

MAC laptops are over-priced and do the same fucking shit a Windows based laptop does and there is nothing that a MAC can do that is going to sell it to me over a Windows based netbook which i currently own and use. My netbook is a fucking powerhouse and it does everything I need it to do. Im using it to post this mother fucking blog now.

Here is my thought on Apple products. First Steve Jobs is a money hungry mother fucker that has his company design cute lil devices that you all, mostly women, will want. shiny backplates with an apple logo, a white laptop with a light up apple logo so people KNOW you have a MAC ….doesnt work for me Steve. Why in the mother fuck do I want to spend $1600 or more on a fucking white laptop when my netbook which cost me $348 bux does EVERYTHING i need it to do and for no where near the cost of your iContraption…..Apple products ARE for design and style. Owners of Apple products feel superior over others that dont own one of the devices. I remember at a Starbucks one day I was chilling out with my netbook doing some work on some music i had recorded earlier. headphones on and these two white kids and their girlfriends come sit next to me and i could hear them saying “that guy has a piece of shit netbook” and he pulls out his over-priced Macbook and all i could do was laugh. So the bigger of the two guys starts fronting and saying shit like “whats so funny fatass” and I told him “well for starters your buddy overpaid for that piece of shit laptop and two you go coffee all over your shirt fucktard.” that dude was trying to cover up what a slob he was. his friend splashed a few drops coffee on his laptop cover and the dude freaked like a fucking pussy. “man dont get that shit on my MAC man” Let me say this, my laptop takes a beating and the mother fucker keeps on ticking. I dont give a flying fuck how it looks. I got stickers on it like, “if your reading this then mind your own fucking business” and shit like that. i dont give a fuck.

Apple whores seem to think that because they paid $2000 or so for their phones, laptops or whatever that they are so much better. Fuck you! Steve Jobs says the iPad contraption is going to be better than a netbook. Ok Steve you stupid son of a bitch if its so much better then why the fuck cant you multi-task on it? Why the fuck is there no USB ports? Why in the fuck do you have to BUY an APPLE adapter to use the HDMI or whatever on it? That son of a bitch is just after YOUR money and you stupid fucktards are giving into every little thing he creates. I bet you idiots that LOVE apple so much would buy an iToilet wouldnt you? Programmable touch screen flushing, games..oh yeah i bet you people would buy it. Bad enough people buy touchscreen washers and dryers today. Oh and just because Jose the general laborer doesnt have an iphone doesnt make your college grad ass better than him.

Im sick of the iWhores and iBitches. “oh you need an iphone. Its the best!” What a crock of shit. I love watching these people get on their iphones and act as if they are the coolest mother fuckers in the world because they have a touch screen phone. I tell ya the DROID and Nexus phones are going to surpass the iphone. There are plenty of touchscreen phones out there that do the same shit the iphone does. Because its an Apple product they speak of it like it is the god of all devices. I own a Blackberry. i love it. I text easy on it. I get all my emails on it, i dont play fucking games on it but i do have about 75 songs saved on my mem card for when i workout or just want a change of music in my ride or when im riding my motorcycles. I dont shove my Blackberry in people’s faces saying they NEED to get one or act as if I am cooler than them. I just use the fucking thing. Its a phone.

My final thought on the iphone, itouch ipod and the ipad……These devices are like popstars. You know Nstink and the Backdoor Boys…Jonas Fags….Yup…Who likes those groups? TEEN AGE GIRLS!!! Yups Teenagers. Steve Jobs designs these devices aimed right at this age group! He KNOWS that you parents out there will fork over any amount of money to give your kids the most hip technology item on the market. So you see thats the similarity. Record labels marketed Nstink, The Backdoor Boys and Jonas Fags towards teenagers and teen girls. They know teen girls wet their panties at the sight of those guys and well same with the Apple devices. How many times a day do you see some 7 year old girl running around with her eyes glued to her iphone? I see it all day. You see them everywhere….in the car, mall, store, school parking lot, walking home…..everywhere. they are glued to that thing like its their heart. Sooooooooooooo thats why Steve Jobs sells these devices. The ipad is going for what….$800 bucks or so…Yup figures. Even the cheaper one is what…$500 bucks. See, the ipad is basically an over-sized ipod touch. of course im sure many teens and iWhores will be waiting DAYS in line just to get their stupid idiotic hands on one and Steve Jobs is going to be ready to release the 2gen of it so all you 1st gen buyers will say WHAT THE MOTHER FUCK MAN!! Oh yeah Apple loves to do that too. i cant recall the number of people I know that bought apple products and then a week later or so find out that the next generation one is coming out and they CANT return the phone or the store doesnt want to take the device back…..I know a girl that has every ipod and iphone ever released. yes EVERY one of them. Yes ALL of them every generation……she has a fucking drawer full of these apple gadgets. she says that she MUST own every single apple product made. what a waste of money and what a dumb chick. Yeah she is a friend but geez that blonde hair i guess made her stoooopid. There is NO reason to own EVERY single ipod and iphone ever made.

Seriously people…get a life and get off the Apple bandwagon already….

Late Night Writing: The Lookout

This was something that in many ways I experienced and with this I added some to this story. I put this together in the middle of the night so it might not make the best of sense of seem all that well written but for the most part is a true story. Sorry for my misspelling and bad grammar but I hope those of you will read this and understand what happened and what I did. I didnt know what else to call it so it aptly got the name: The Lookout.

Enjoy and leave your nasty comments lol

Mezmorized by the white stripes on the road and relentless miles traveled the ghost rider needed a place to rest. After 12 hours on the road and on that seat, it seemed like concrete. Losing bearings and hitting the pavement couldn’t have been any worse than another 2 hours on that seat. Alas a sign and relief. 31 miles to the next town.

The road was open and hard to resist stopping to stretch with only 31 miles to go. It took about 30 minutes to get to town on open throttle and one short “break.” It was pitch black with only a few lights in the distance. The ghost rider stopped in front of a store and locking his helmet. The store seemed closed but the door was slightly open. Grabbing the handle it creaked loudly and the store owner sitting behind the counter reading a book. “Hi there what can I get for ya?” A friendly voice is nice to hear after a long day. “Just a coke sir.” The store owner asks if everything was ok. He must have sensed the riders fatigue. “Yes sir everything is ok. Just a bit tired. Any hotels around here?” The kind old man shaked his head. Not a good sign. “Nope nothing here. Next town about 75 miles away has a nice hotel.” Quietly he walks outside with his coke and turns to thank the store owner.

Sitting outside the store on the steps the ghost rider thinks. Should he pull out his tent and just camp out in a quiet area around town or make the 75 mile trip to the next city? Its 9:48pm and the idea of traveling another 75 miles while already tired doesn’t sound pleasing. He opted to find a suitable grassy area and pull out some blankets and nap for a while when suddenly he noticed an older man standing across the street staring at him. Feeling unsure about this man he hops back on the motorcycle and rides to the other end of town which is only about ¼ mile ahead. Parking his bike and walking to find a new place to setup camp for awhile, he notices a nice clearing and decides that will be his camp for the night. Happy and ready for some sleep he walks back to his bike and notices two women trying to break his hardbags. Unsuccessfully they run off when they hear the lookout whistling to the riders quick return. “Hey what the fuck do you think you are doing?” The women stop running and the man who was their lookout begs the ghost rider to not harm them. He asks them again, “What do you want from me? I wasn’t going to hurt them, just curious.” The man staggers to his knees and the women begin to cry. They say they are weak and hungry and just wanted something to eat. “Why didn’t you just ask?” The man said he has too much pride to ask another man for help. “So you all resort to stealing? That’s far worse than a man asking for a handout.” The man begins to cry and apologize. One woman looks and says, “Its cold out you will freeze in this weather. Why don’t you come camp at our fire?” The tired rider helps up the man off his knees and accepts their offer. Tired and just wanting to sleep he opens his hardbags and pulls out blankets and some cans of tuna and bottles of water. He follows the two women and the staggering old man to their campfire.

Previously that night the ghost rider spend the night in a quiet cozy hotel room with the air conditioning on high and a nice cold shower. He arrived in the city early and decided to get a room and grab a nice steak dinner with potatoes and green beans and a nice glass of cabernet sauvignon. The dinner was decent but the wine exquisite! A nice Napa Valley treat. With a cold shower done he relaxes for a glass of scotch, a cigar and a good book. For he was still in the midst of finishing Marion Meade’s Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell is This. For 2 hours he enjoyed reading the last chapters of his book before retiring to a cold slumber. Now 24 hours later he was faced with nature. By far not a horrible thing for the ghost rider. He enjoyed nature and the beauty of the world but now he was facing this night with 3 strangers.

As they make their way to the camp grounds he noticed another figure. A sickly man laying on his side. His leg bandaged up, his hair filthy and his demeanor disturbing. The man spoke softly and greeted the rider. Quietly the rider replies with a “hello.” As he takes a corner next to the fire he offers the four homeless people some tuna and water. Quickly they accept his gesture and begin to eat and drink as if they had not eaten in months. The ghost rider was now faced with not 3 but 4 strangers but that feeling of awkwardness was diminishing. He laid back against the brick wall and thought of his slumber just 24 hours ago. Imagining that this was only one night in a barren alley with complete strangers. What if this was his way of life? Feeling thankful for the smallest of things he begins to feel thankful for being a savior to these people. For 20 minutes there was silence as they ate. All the rider wanted was some water.

The staggering old man begin to speak the story of their lives and how they ended up on the street. For an hour or so the ghost rider listened to their stories. Passed along by each of them. He learned that the two men and women were married couples that somewhow by the fate of whatever god they believed in had brought them together. They were the best of friends and in their own way family to each other now. There was a sense of serenity after hearing their story. They explained that was why they tried to steal from him and feeling guilty after the riders nice offering of food and water apologized again. “No bother. I think I understand now why and im sorry.” The sickly old man says “don’t feel sorry for us sonny boy. We have each other here and we have been this way for years.” The embarrassed rider smiled and said “amen to that.” The rider kindly said that we need to get some sleep if he planned to get back on that road before dawn. He laid down and quickly fell asleep under the stars. It was cold even under the blankets but laying next to that fire was comforting to say the least. As the old woman cared for her sick husband she said, “god bless us all and god thank you for sending us this young angel.”

The next morning it was just before sunrise and the rider was awake before anyone else. He quietly packed his hardbags and entered the store for a few more cans of tuna, bread, water and a few cold cokes. He returned to the warm campfire and for a moment stood there leaning against the wall and thinking of the kind heart these four strangers had towards him. Even after trying to steal from him they offered him a warm place to rest in the company of some decent unfortunate people. As humanitarian as he felt he was he knew he couldn’t do much more than leave some money for the couples. He wrote a short letter to them and placed it inside an envelope along with $200 cash. Surely not enough to get them off the streets but enough to get them food and water and maybe an opportunity. About to ride off he thought, those sheets they have are worn and not very warm. He emptied his hardbags of his blankets and left them for the two couples. Hoping they would appreciate his small gifts he hopped on his motorcycle and once again was down that road. 75 miles to the next city but for this 75 miles he didn’t listen to music or quietly hum the soundtrack to his life and times but silently thought of those people. What would they say when they awoke to find him gone? What would they say to his kind gifts? With a shy smile through the visor of his helmet he felt happy. The sun was rising and becoming too bright and with a quick stop he opened his tank bag and pulled out his sunglasses. Then pulled his visor down and went open throttle. Nothing in sight. Just mountains, a rising sun and a paved road leading to anywhere. This was exactly what the ghost rider lived for. A new day and another journey on a new road…….

Stopping for Break on the Motorcycle in Europe

The Female Loop

i haven’t really blogged lately and I am sorry for that. Just a few minutes ago I get a IM from a friend that tells me she was dumped. Yet again. Now I am no Dr Phil but I have told this girl over and over and….etc…well you get the picture. I told her that her “need” to constantly have a man in her life is that her problem is. So I asked her if she slept with him and she says “of course.” Wow! I mean seriously, are some women really that crazy that they just hook up with a guy and give it up that fast?

So anyway, I ask her why and what the deal was and she tells me that he now says he feels “different.” Well of course he is going to feel different. He already done “hit it and forget it.” LOL I mean come on people thats just crazy if a woman is going to just keep dating new guys. A friend of mine that lived across the street from me when I was in high school was like this. She had a new boyfriend pretty much every week.

So the subject of this blog is the female loop. Why? I guess because it seems that every time I talk to this girl she is upset about some guy having dumped her. Then she says “you only wanted me when you was desperate.” OK, lets dissect this for a moment. The girl is pretty. Yes she is but her outlook on life and the constant need for having a boyfriend is not attractive. Ok, I am 34 years old. I know women and men have multiple sex partners but over the last year I can recall the number of guys she has dated and im sure all of the “hit it.” Now thats just crazy and to be honest with you, I wouldnt want to put my cock into a woman that has been with more men than she can count and doesn’t even know where those guys have been. I love sex but NOT that much.

Going back to the female loop subject; she also throws this in my face every time about how I wouldn’t want her. If this girl wasn’t so depressed about her sexual life and actually would stop and think before dating some of these men then she wouldn’t be the train wreck she is now. I love women but I dont fuck every one of them I meet! If that had happened all the time then some of the women that read my blogs on here would have been sperm recipients from me LOL.

Over the months and months of relentless traveling I have done I have discovered some things about me that I will probably go over in my next blog. Through that self-discovery I realized why I want to be single and not have any kids. As much as I love kids, I just dont want to have any right now in my life nor do I want to be a replacement daddy for some woman’s kids. Its a liberating feeling being able to pack my bags and leave at the drop of a hat. No strings attached. No woman or child asking when will I return. So this female loop with this girl is just driving me insane.

Sometime last year I had been talking to an old friend from online. She was the first female friend I ever had online. Went for years not talking to her and one day i found her again. I thought that was quite cool. I really liked this girl but of course things change when you add in kids and the fact that she is married! I can’t be fucking around with married women. That was the biggest drawback for me. If she was single then sure I probably would have thought differently. Then again many thoughts raced though my head like……would she want me to leave Malibu CA for the North USA? I can’t do that. I love where I live. Why leave it? So i bet your thinking, “Hey Grylls what the fuck does this have to do with the Female Loop?” Well, let me tell you. I would talk to this girl and things seemed fine. Then suddenly it was right back to the whole “you dont like me or want to be with me thing.” She is probably reading this now as she knows of this blog. Oops! LOL. Well like I said before, if I was the old Gill that wanted kids and a wife then I probably would have waited to pursue something but that is the OLD Gill. The NEW Gill wants to ride his BMW R1200GS and travel the world on two wheels. Recently I came back from a lengthy motorcycle trip south of the USA border into Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Costa Rica. If I had a wife and kids, I would have been bitched at for being away for so long and having someone want to tag along. I guess my point is, I learned that the female loop which just to me is total crap annoyed me so much that I had to change my outlook on life.

Much of that is my fault but in life we make mistakes. I know my good friend and fellow Slipknot bro Denis will have some comments on this I hope. This guy is like a brother for real. My shadow from overseas that gives me such interesting insight to the things that are so simple yet I make them so hard at times to understand.

In my next blog I will write a little bit about my last few months on the motorcycle and what I experienced and what I got to see. For your viewing pleasure I will post a pic of the beach at Tobacco Caye for you to see how I was able to relax my soul or as Neil Peart would call it, “my little baby soul.” Neil has been an inspiration to me in my traveling over the last year and his books and his music have been a huge part of my life. One of the reason why i tell people that not only Neil Peart but Rush and their music is the soundtrack to my life!

Thanx for listening/reading!

Enjoy the pic

Gill Grylls

View From My Hammock

Resolutions

Every year people have new years resolutions. Mine is not the usual lose weight as most people. Mine is actually to accomplish more in life. By this I mean to be much nicer to people that I was before mean to. Also would be to find me a girlfriend. Not really sure I want kids still at this point. I’ll take that one step at a time you know.

One of my goals rather than a resolution though is to ride the R1200GS to Death Valley and hike up the mountain to Telescope Peak! The summit is just over 11,000 feet. The round-trip distance is about 14 miles. 7 miles up and back down. The first 2 miles are very strenuous on the feet with the angle but I think with some training I can do it. I cant just go in expecting to do this but with proper training and hiking through smaller peaks and trails I think by summer or fall I would be good to go and try this.

I didnt really say it but Happy New Year and i wish you all the best in your future endeavors this year!

Here is a pic attached of Telescope Peak where I want to goto!

Photo Courtesy of http://harryhelmsblog.blogspot.com/

Football Sunday Ends Great!

I love it! The Dallas Cowboys win the NFC East. Surely they always have problems against the Philly Eagles but earlier this year they managed to beat the Eagles. I think if they keep playing decent football they can beat the Eagles next week in Cowboys Stadium for a chance at Green Bay or Arizona. I think thats right. Dallas may not go much farther but they did play a much better season this year. I grew up watching Dallas so i stick with them.

Today the shitty ass mother fucking Houston Texans somehow managed to win against Tom Brady and the Patriots. Mostly because it doesnt matter for the Patriots. They are already in the playoffs no matter what. Houston seems to think they won the fucking super bowl. The fans probably jumping up and down like idiots because they won and they figured they would be in the playoffs. Well, the New York Jets ended their dreams! LOL Oh man you dont know how much I LOVE this!! I HATE THE HOUSTON TEXANS!! I should be the President of their hatred fan club!

So the Texans are OUT of the playoffs and I am sure their fans as well as the players are home crying and pissed off! LOSERS never get anywhere Texans! Fans, your team sucks donkey balls. They will NEVER goto a super bowl because they are pussy ass football players that cant handle the slightest injury. People keep saying the Texans have the #1 this and the #1 that….well that doesnt mean SHIT if your team cant win games and get into post-season contention!!! LOL….i could be the greatest guitar player in the world but if i never proved myself to others I would never get noticed….The Texans never prove anything but how much losers they are. They speak of playoffs and super bowl before the season begins. They are already selling tickets for next years season before this one was even officially over for them!!! Thats the problem with them. They dont take it one game at a time. They think because they win one game they are going to the super bowl. They think because they get one player that played in a previous super bowl that they are going to the big game but no!!

Then come the fans. They love the Texans when they are winning but hate them when they are losing. My father was always a die-hard Dallas Cowboys fan. even if they had a losing season he was a fan. He didnt care. That was his team win, lose or draw. fans dont know the true meaning of being a fan. They just go for the team when they see it fit! Like tail-gating parties. Thats just another excuse for the fattest state in america to drink more beer and consume more food!! They also claim they have the best tail-gating parties in the NFL. YEAH RIGHT MOTHER FUCKERS! Green Bay, Pittsburgh….etc…those teams have way better parties!! Those are die-hard fans! Lets put it this way. When Houston had the Oilers people claimed they were die-hard fans yet Randall’s grocery stores and other businesses would have to buy the tickets left just so they would show them on TV because their so-called fans were not buying tickets to the games!!! LOL

SOOOOOOOOO…i dont care who goes to the super bowl or wins it. I dont care if Dallas wins or loses. I just care that the Houston Texans once again are LOSERS! LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL…..Texans fans I really dont care if you threaten me…Your guns, boots, spurs or whatever dont scare me…Dont forget to buy a box of kleenex when you hit up walmart again or on your next fast food run!! LOL LOL LOL

yes i am an asshole when it comes to Houston teams. The Houston Astros suck too. Oh just wait til baseball season starts! Rockets, Aeros and Dynamo deserve recognition!!! They at least have good teams and have been to league championships and won!!!

Hope You All Had A Nice Holiday

….yeah thats really about it. lately havent had much to say. i did finish writing a story but not sure if i want to post it yet. its not really that great…

Saturday Night Football: Cowboys Vs Saints

i didnt get to watch this game on NFL Network but I did keep track of it on ESPN scores on my phone. Dallas controlled the game 3 of 4 quarters. Dallas went in knowing this game was huge for them. For the Saints it was a game to keep their winning streak alive and nothing more. They already have clinched playoff berth.

Dallas although they won still played sloppy. Some sacks and incomplete passes but that is to be expected in any game. The Saints offense struggled most of the game against Dallas’ defense which held them back very well. Although the Saints still scored 17 points they still did have a chance of taking the game into OT. By the 2-minute warning Dallas was hyped up and although the first play at the end of the game seemed to be a fumble it was not. Then, once again Ware caused a fumble which allowed Dallas to recover. That may seem as luck to some but when you have a team hyped up and about to win that really changes your momentum.

As a football player in high school I remember we played a game and was losing the entire time. In the 4th quarter it got very muddy and my coach took me out for some plays to get a breather. The middle eastern kid that replaced me sucked and caused the linebackers to penetrate and sack our QB and tackle our RB. I was SO fucking pissed and literally was hitting my helmet on my head hard. I told the coach, “COACH PUT ME IN NOW!” He told me to go in and call homeboy out. My first play back in i opened up a huge hole on a B-2 and knocked the linebacker and safety coming in on their asses. We got a 1st down. The next play they had put in a bigger linebacker and he came at me but I fucked him up right away. I blew threw the defensive lineman and the linebacker opening another huge hole and we scored. SOOOOOO, when you get players worked up yes we can do some damage. Of course when I played our line was called “The Bruise Brothers” because we hurt other teams players because we was so big and tough. Pussies….lol….

So anyways, this win was huge for Dallas but for the Saints this loss really doesn’t mean much and doesn’t hurt them. Well, except their undefeated season. Seriously though, if you cant play on a team or be a fan and accept a loss then you dont need to be a part of it at all. If your a Saints fan, your team lost and to the Dallas Cowboys. Sorry if that upsets you but you guys are still clinching winners so there really is no need for trash talk. Dallas still has to beat Washington and Philly and Dallas has always had issues with Philly even though they beat them earlier this year.

Im not a huge Peyton Manning fan but yes he is a great QB and his commercials are funny lol. His brother went to a Super Bowl and they started giving him super stardom fame which made him very over-rated. Manning to me has proven his status as a great QB. Romo could be a better QB if he worked out his inconsistencies. Kurt Warner is still one I consider a very good QB as well.

In the end it all comes down to who wants it more and who is going to play smarter football….period….

2010 Motorcycling/Cycling Planning in the Works

As 2009 winds down to an end, I have already began thinking of where my next journey should be. After reading Neil Peart’s The Masked Rider I have really thought about taking the two week cycling trip to West Africa. The cycling trip through Cameroon “Country of Contrasts.” For two weeks I would be in a group with other cyclists as we make our way through towns and villages. Meeting the people and tribes. Hearing the music and seeing the shy smile from the children as a “white man” comes through.

My impression of Africa was always safari with lions and elephants and nothing more. Quite simple for such a huge vast continent. I have had a few dreams where I was already on this trip and cycling by myself and coming across the checkpoints where I would be asked to present my passport. What was quite interesting was learning that the people in Cameroon speak alot of french. Either way, this has been a trip I have thought of for some time now. It would cost me $1490 not including airfare to and from. Not really an issue.

I like to think of myself as a traveler and not a tourist. A traveler is one that enjoys adventure and taking risks when traveling. Taking backroads instead of popular ones. A tourist is just that. Taking the main roads, visiting all the popular spots. I look back at all the places I have been and through all of the traveling I have not seen many of these popular tourist places. For me, just the thought of being in a new place without even taking a day excursion into the city or town is enough for me. Which goes along with why people ask me “why dont you take pictures of yourself on your trips?” Why? My form would only ruin the beauty of such a natural photo. For me it is mental. I can travel just about anywhere and later close my eyes and mentally imagine I am right back where I was. I dont need a photograph for that.

So this new year will have me traveling more and more. Destinations unknown at this point but isnt that what is so great about traveling? The spontaneous ability to just get up and go with little thought besides mapping a route. It is true adventure. I would like to motorcycle through Europe again and through the Swiss Alps. Maybe see Stelvio Pass and Furka again. Or ride into Bosnia and Croatia again. I would even love to just take a train into Russia and see the sights.

With Stone Sour we made our way into Moscow for a show. Quite an honor considering not many bands from America have done such a thing. I dont know where I will go this 2010. My mind is racing with ideas…..

hairpin turn in european mountains

Lazy Idiotic People

black friday brought many people to the stores to buy shit for themselves rather than gifts. america is indeed a greedy country where people feel the need to HAVE a HDTV as large as a damn movie theatre. My take is this….the larger your tv is the more lazy you are! i rarely even watch the tv.

so anyways, people are out buying these large tvs, laptops…etc and instead of reading the instruction manuals they take it upon themselves to automatically think they know everything. Then the first thing that doesn’t seem to work right they want to return the damn thing. READ the fucking manuals people! Geezus! Why do people somehow think that they know how to operate everything? Thats like throwing a man into a Boeing 747 and letting him assume he knows how to start the engines and take off! Geez!

People are lazy, idiotic, stupid fucktards sometimes. Im sure someone will buy a laptop only to find out that Windows 7 is installed and not XP. Or someone that doesnt pay attention that the HDMI cable is NOT included in the box when you buy a HDTV….or when you buy a $200 printer yes it does NOT come with the USB cable even though you could still hook it up on a network with an IP address or wireless…BUT see people are stupid…they dont pay attention to the manuals to see that there are alternatives or easy simples steps to do something.

In america people are prone to doing everything in the same patterns. Like the idiot that buys a universal remote and puts the batteries in and thinks it is going to automatically work right out of the box! Yeah if you buy an RCA remote and your tv is RCA then sure it will…..

wise up america. quit being lazy and read the fucking manuals they are there for a reason!!! Geezus!!!