Reno 911

The summer is going nicely. Plenty of fun and chillaxing. Going to the USA has helped me discover quite a bit, so i'm going to tell you about a few of the less important, but equally great and funny things.

Cold Stone Ice Cream - The greatest ice cream chain on earth

SchoolKids Records - The greatest record store i have ever seen

and finally, Reno 911.

Actually, Reno 911 is the only reason i've decided to post. It is basically a complete pisstake of the show COPS, and it is great fun. A team of cops who crash their cars, get thrown out of their cars, get ambushed with paintball guns, have parties, and bascially just screw around while doing a bit of law-keeping. Excellent.

The American CD Cases

You've just bought yet another classy CD from an American record store. You've snapped it up for half of the rip off prices that they charge over here. So you have it at home. First you spend at least 10 minutes trying to get the damn plastic wrapping off without scratching the case. After that, you are so close; you can almost feel the music. You go to open the case: but it won't open. Why won't the case open? You scan around it, and notice that there is a big, clear, plastic seal clenching over the top of the CD case. You begin to mutter with agitation as you spend the next 10 minutes of your life getting the damn thing off. After all that time, your CD is ready to go, and you can rock out.

Yup, that's the American CD packaging. I ended up with 18 of these CD's in my hand luggage coming back from America, a good few hundred dollars lighter. Still, since they were all a tiny price of the what the money-snatchers charge over here, i can't complain at all.

I'll take it everybody got the hint that i'm back from the land of the States: and how awesome it was. Highly entertaining for the full 2 weeks that i was there. Maybe i'll highlight some of the best bits soon, along with my 80-odd photos.

Anyways, i have 2 weeks of doing whatever i want now, cause i can't swim in the Irish Nationals because of my right eardrum which resembles more of a polo mint right now. Ah well, i'm off to listen to some of my Electric Six CD. Guess where i bought it?!

While i'm in Yankeeland, i'll probs use this:

http://usa2005tnm.blogspot.com

Also note that my posting times are crazy because i'm currently 5 hours behind all the home ppl.

Summer Madness 2005

Currently Listening to "Jailbreak" from Thin Lizzy's live album "Live & Dangerous", which i picked up in HMV today for a cool £4. This will easily waste away 75 mins on that damn long flight tomorrow morning.

But anyways, the last 4 days have dragged. In fact they may have been 4 of the draggiest days i've ever had. However, they were good draggy days, coz i spent them at Summer Madness, which this year was easily the best one i've been to. Our little campsite ruled supreme over the ones who decided to settle for sofabeds, or even go as low as caravans (:.
But yea, sharing a site with JME, Rach, Helen, Phil, occasionally Matty, and that other dude was great fun. Our telecommunications devise was a great invention, greatly helping the need to communicate without having the security guards clamp down on us like they were scared of noise. Actually, none of them came near our pitch of grass, probably because they'd seen my bigdaddy of a supersoaker, which would turn them soggy in seconds.

The Jimbo & Shane show shall be hailed as a big success. I've been to Xtreme since it started, but there is still plenty of material to keep it as funny as ever. H&F must make a return sometime, as must some of those damn funny video clips. And Shane from Ohio should make a return too...

What else happened?? Well there's Tre Sheppard, who is one of the greatest speakers on earth. The 3 stories along with impressions of his father were damn funny, and coz of these every time he spoke he got a point across. Also, his idea with the mobile phones on Saturday night was one of the greatest things i've ever seen. As was the African drums/Bodhran/Lambeg Drum thing up on stage, promoting unity across the people of Ireland. Whoever had that idea needs to have their hand shaken.

That drumming group on Sunday afternoon was also awesome, it was just a full on freelance improv thing with whatever sorta percussion you wanted. I signed up for more info on them, and i certainly hope to get it.

Apart from all that, we just chilled, messed about, ate, slept, stayed up late, beat each other up and played guitar. It was totally awesome. When i remember more of what happened (i'm kinda sleep deprived), i will post it.

Anyways, i'll be in the States for the next two weeks - have fun, stay safe, and don't set anything too dangerous on fire!