Going up!
[ No Comments ] Posted on 11.01.05 in awesomeness, friends, high school
When I awoke this morning, I had no idea that this day would amount to what it turned out to be. I rose, took a shower, got my coffee, and went to school as usual, never suspecting that the day would hold anything as wonderful as the events that transpired.
Surprise.
After lunch, I was given the honor of riding in the school elevator for the first time in my academic career. I was on the ground level outside of Mr. Coffman’s room, complaining that I had to walk an unreasonable distance to the stairs so that I could get to my coaching class in Mr. Pete Just’s room – a location directly above where I was. I would have had to walk so far to get to a room that I could physically see.
That’s when Lizzie Wellings lent me her elevator key. God bless her.
The moral of the story: make friends with cripples, because they will make your day that much sweeter.
He’ll probably just ride away
[ 1 Comment ] Posted on 10.25.05 in random
About four months ago, I was obsessed with the idea of being a cowboy. Not one of the modern ones with WIFI and GPS and all of those other technological acronyms, but one of the classic cowboys: one who eats beans from the can and sleeps next to his doggies on the prairie and rides into town on a black steed named Silver to give the town villain his comeuppance.
I’m fully aware that these types of cowboys didn’t really exist. So, I dropped my infatuation with the impossible and continued with my mundane city life. But lately, Willie Nelson has convinced me to spit in the face of reality and imagine my days away. And now I want to invest in a nice pair of cowboy boots and a high quality cowboy hat.
I don’t care if I can’t pull off the hat. I want to be a cowboy, darn it.
What is it?
[ 2 Comments ] Posted on 10.18.05 in internet, television
For those of you who have seen the “What is it?” commercials on television and really, really want to know what “it” is, stay tuned. Your answer’s coming shortly.
For those of you that want to let the advertising campaign work its magic, close this window.
But me? I was curious.
After seeing a commercial drumming up “it” to be the greatest thing on Earth, I went to the Web site that the commercial specified at the end (http://whatis-it.com) hoping that I would figure out what “it” was. No such luck. Apparently, the powers that be won’t be unveiling the true nature of “it” until October 20.
But my brother and I are innately inquisitive. So, with his trusty companion Google, Ian did a WHOIS lookup for the mystical URL and found the name of the woman, Megan Bundy, who registered the domain. Turns out she works for an advertising firm in Manhattan. Yes, we got a name. And an address. And a phone number.
After calling at 10:00 p.m. last night and getting her office voicemail, Ian left a message that was not returned.
However, today I gave Megan Bundy’s office a call. Luckily, I did not talk to Megan herself; I spoke to another young lady who, even though she didn’t get the memo not to spill the beans, was conscious enough to request anonymity when I asked her name.
“I would really prefer to keep that information confidential,” she said.
However, after our two minute conversation, I came away enlightened.
“Think about it,” she said. “What can you get on eBay?”
“Anything,” I said, just realizing the simplicity of it all.
“Exactly. I bought ‘it’ on eBay.”
That was the gist of the conversation. I then spent a minute lauding her presence on a staff that came up with such an idea. It’s so simple. And so good. Because I was so curious and because I tried endlessly to uncover “it,” it’s easy to see that this campaign worked. She offered to transfer me to their creative department, but I had already found out that which I wanted to know.
Congratulations, Megan, on a truly ingenious scheme.