My Adventure

It was 2 years ago, and the day had started out pretty normal.. I was walking along the edge of an African bank in Ethiopia, just after devouring a half-dead zebra inhabiting the area around our camp, but what would happen next would perplex me even to this day. As I was walking down the sidewalk, heading toward the inner city and thinking “could the smog here get any worse?”, I saw a squirrel hiding a hard-earned acorn deep in the African clay. However, as he was near done with his project, he looked up at me and then proceeded to dig his acron back up and walked over to me and handed it to me. He then went back to his house and got me a tall glass of water to wash the acorn down with. I later learned, from the locals this was not unusual for the Ethiopian squirrels to show hospitality to their human guests. So then, the question that haunts me to this day… “Why aren’t squrrels here as hospitable as they are in Africa?” Is it something, we as humans, could have changed? I then went to the local library to find out. It was there I found Osama Bin-Laden and he told me the Ethiopian people feed their squirrels goldfish, which calms them, making them more hospitable. So, after hearing this, I finally figured out why he gave me his acorn.. He had retreived his acorn, just in case someone like me came along, so he could show me how good-natured his kind are in Africa. So, why tell this story you ask? We must band together and rule out acorns for squirrels. It is a problem that needs to be corrected. We can do it!

Crazy People

There are some crazy drivers out on the road these days. For instance, today I was on my way to Caribou Coffee to meet some friends and I was pulling out onto the road right in front of the coffee shop and apparently I pulled out in front of a dude. Now, I didn’t see him coming, though I saw the other cars on the road, so that was a good indication to me he was haulin it, and my friends said he changed lanes on me. Nevertheless, he felt the need to ride my bumper til I pulled in and then proceeded to follow me into the parking lot.  He then pulls beside me and starts yelling at me, while I was in my car. So, I just kind of give him a “shutup and move on” look and then get out of the car to go get some coffee. But, this guy was lookin for a fight. As I got out he kept yelling, but it was a little more mild and calm yell. Haha if that even makes sense. He never got out of his car though, but thought he would be big and tough and holler at me from inside his cool BMW. I think he realized that I was twice as big as he was and could take him down without too much effort. However, despite my towering physique over the dude, he still kept on. So, I tried to think of the the coolest thing I could say, and all I came up with was, “Hey man, nothing happened, so you need to quit crying about it.” In hindsight, there are a million different things I would like to have been able to think of on the spot, that were much more witty and I guess degrading. But I think it was a good thing I wasnt able to think of anything b/c it really wasnt that big of a deal at all. So, anyways, he rolls up his window in defeat after my heart piercing line, and proceeds to start backing up over me. He didnt go very far though, and decided to let me pass behind him (lucky for him). haha. Anyways, moral is, there are crazy ppl out there so always bring a really big person wth you everywhere.