Craigslist

So for a while I was looking for my new car on craigslist.. which was an endeavor in itself...

One thing that always irritated me was that the people on craigslist are all morons.

There is only one thing I would like to say to them:

SELL != SALE

You do not need to SALE your car,

You most certainly do not have your tv for SELL...

You have to SELL your car to make alimony payments.

You have your tv for SALE so you can buy more meth, and its probably stolen...

It's not so hard people...

Tech News: I

"I think maybe sometime in the future, we should maybe entertain removing it," he said. "It's one of those things you kind of have to approach with caution. There might be some people out there who just really like their 'Caps Lock' key for whatever reason."

Haha, great history of the keyboard!

This Week in Weird: I

So this week has been pretty tragic so far as the media would have me to feel.
Below are a bunch of newsworthy stories that are national quality news, but have no impact on day to day life of 99% of the nation.

So first up in this weeks list of uncanny coincidences: Farrah Fawcett's Death

This week had a series of celebrity deaths that we should all be overly concerned about and let them eclipse the non-important things in life like the tyranny goining on in Iran, or the stock market, or pretty much anything that could remotely be deemed important by the competent.

Sadly for Farrah who had just finished a documentray about her life and her soon to be passing, she too was eclipsed by a larger name, Michael Jackson, who passed but a few hours after her.

On that note, check Obama's comments on Michael Jackson... does everyone seem to forget that whole peodophelia thing a few years back? Oh well... one thing we certainly wont foget soon is that the South Carolina Governor, Mark Sanford recently went missing.

It was discovered over the holiday weekend that Sanford was missing and soon his staff realized that no one knew where he was... Apparently someone did, because the truth surfaced that he was hiking the appalachain trail.

It wasnt until mid week when Sanford returned on a plane from the AT that the true truth surfaced and it was revealed that he went to Argentina instead of the AT to "clear his head."

Now one notable thing here is that if Sanford were to have lied to his staff about his whereabouts over father's day weekend, he would be breaking the federal wire fraud law, punishable with 20 years in camp cupcake.

The notable part is that 20 years is the maximum charge for 14 counts of child molestation, profiding alcohol to minors, and many more charges. Why is this relevant? Michael Jackson, was originally indicted with these charges, though he later got acquited...

I wonder, if it's so easy to get off of 14 counts of child molestation... is there any reason to even bother bringing up charges against Sanford... all he did was have an affair which in no way compares to rape...

Anyways, real tragedy struck this morning when Billy Mays was found dead inside his house.

Billy Mays was the late night TV infomercial dude that had struck a chord with many people who are up late watching crappy TV. His infomercials were actualy worth watching... if you were up really late, and there was nothing else on...

Well, at least after this crazy week we still have Vince with ShamWoW!!!

I am come home!

So this past week has been ridiculous!
To start where we left off, I was in Carrara with Stefania, my cousin in Italy.

We went out for some drinks that night and went to a nice little bar within walking distance on her flat. Much like many other nice bars in Italy, this place served apertivos if you got drinks, also, much like the other places that serve the apertivos, you can easily make a meal out of these and skip dinner all together, luckily that wasn't the plan this night and we went out to a nice dinner instead.

By nice dinner, I don't mean expensive because this place seemed fairly hole in the wall (they have Christmas lights year round for instance). I tried a local dish _________ (I will fill in the name when I remember it)which was a meat ravioli. Very heavy, very filling, and VERY delicious. Chef Boyardee can't touch this dish.
For the second course I decided that I wanted to be brave and adventurous (and possibly a little stupid) and try trepe [tripe]. Trepe for those of you not in the know is made from the first three chambers of a cow's stomach. Mmmmmmmm!
For human consumption (its also favored by dogs apparently) it is thoroughly washed and cleaned in a most meticulous fashion (good)...

So, the trepe was cooked up in a somewhat spicy sauce.. and I managed to eat a few pieces of it, however the smell I couldn't take. Unfortunately I couldn't get over the... unique smell that the first three chambers of a cow's stomach...
Luckily Stefania enjoys trepe and thought it was really good and ate some of it, but I was still a little disappointed in myself.

I like to live life without holding back much, and I will pretty much try anything once to see what its like.. and I have learned on this trip that animal innards dont really do it for me.. We were served a dish in Orvieto that contained a chunk of liver that was most unsavory (reminded me of liverwurst which I am fairly sure I was scarred as a child by). So for this trip it was 0/2 for animal innards that were unsavory to me.. I think I might cut my losses and extrapolate that into assuming that animal innards aren't meant to be eaten.

So anyways, enough of animals, and onto the alcohol!

When we sat down at dinner, we were served an aperitivo which as defined is an alcoholic drink designed to stimulate the appetite.
During dinner we had some delicious wine (its all really good... I guess if I become a connoisseur of wine I can start not liking certain bottles... until then, its all good!).
After dinner was when the fun started...

To Be Continued!

I couldnt think of something witty for the title...

So I spent the last two nights in Genova enjoying all that the city has to offer. From it's industrial port right next to the centro to the slums of Brin, I have seen it all!

But seriously, I did go to the aquarium which was a lousy experience due to the little hooligans that were running rampant through the aquarium as well as all the old people who were running rampant through the museum.. bleh.

Luckily, after the aquarium, I went to the BIOSHPERE which sounds really cool and like Pauly Shore might be there, but it actually is only like a 50' diameter sphere with a terrarium environment inside. There were some really cool plants that were flowering as well as these annoying pink birds that pooped every 30 seconds. No kidding.

That about wraps up day two if you include an epic search for awesome food that followed, ending in some Indian cusine.

Today I started the day with the Mueseo dell Culturale which was a mueseum of oddities that a ship captain had collected throughout his years in service.
The mueseo featured several really cool things, but one unique thing was seeing a piece of the Great Wall of China next to a piece of the great pyramids, next to a stuffed platypus...
Oddities indeed.

After that I hopped on a train to Carrara where the Lambruschi's hail from and I met up with Stefania, my cousin that I have never met before toeday.

We went to the beach and relaxed for a few hours. I played some ball in the surf for what seemed like hours but was apparently only 40 min. Then I caught some rays and chatted with Stefania for a while after that.
It was an awesome relaxing experience that I really needed after 4 weeks in a high stress fast paced environment.

Peace for now, its time to shower up and head out to the bar, then to the restaurant, then to the bar again!

AHH Im on my own!!

So I have been bumming around Europe since Tuesday and it has been a blast!
So far I have gone with two people I met on the train from Vencie to Milan (Lily and Hector) to Lake Como which is a beautiful place in north Italy.
We hiked up a mountain for an awesome veiw, paddle boated across a lake, and went to the Tempio Voltari (Volt Mueseum, Dad you would have loved this, I took plenty of pictures).

We from there went into Switzerland to a town called Bellinzona (Bellisima might as well have been). There was little to nothing in this town but an AWESOME castle that you could seriously hurt yourself in-around (I scrapped myself up a bit).
Also, while in this town, we stayed in a restaurant that had rooms for rent!!!???

The best part about this town was that I went out that night and stumbled upon a railroad worker party in their mechacnical shops. I drank a lot a lot a lot of beer with people who didnt even speak English (only one did out of the group) and it was a blast!!
After that party ended, we went to a bar in town for a round, and then of all the random things that could ever happen. I ended up at a beach rave until sunrise.
These experiences have been mind blowing, and I still have a long way to go!

I dont know if I will have time for pictures until I get back to the states, but I will try to keep everyone somewhat posted.

Tonight and possibly tomorrow I am in Genova at a youth hostel and after that I think I am meeting up with Stefania to see Massa and Carrara.

Peace everyone, I hope the states are treating you all well!