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I love a good adventure.

granted, 2008 was more of one,

but 2009 had a lot happening as well.

it started on a bus in Austin on Jan. 01 - I think someone broke the iPod player.

and then we slowly made our way down to The Keys - Tim a bit more slowly than the rest of us.

I took a month off and did Berlin with Alonso and Switzerland for Carnival.

then over to Austin for SXSW.

and back on the bus.

met Otis Redding’s son and daughter in Georgia.

then back to Oklahoma to watch my brother marry the girl he loved and still loves.

back on the bus and down through the southwest.

finally arriving in one of the best places in the U.S. - Bend, OR. [no photos or stories as I'm supposed to be keeping that town a secret]

got flown to Hawaii by the state’s tourism agency

and then back to Bend.

I loved it, sure, but there was no work to be had,

so I made the easy decision to move to Norway to work on a farm. [no photos and stories because I didn't actually make it there]

stopped in NYC and met a girl.

who then traveled with me in the U.K.

we tried to sail to France, but I got us lost.

and then moved back with her to Los Angeles.

back to Hawaii for another gig.

then back to L.A.

that ended up not working out, so I headed back home,

then to the East Coast.

then the U.K.

then Berlin.

and now find myself drinking black tea with no milk in an Istanbul hotel room.

…so, yeah. thanks, 2009 - 2010, I do have a few thoughts though.

I’m rather excited to have my first story for Converse up.

be excited for me!

so, it’s official.

I signed a 5-story deal with Converse today.

that Converse.

they found me because ’someone pointed them in my direction’.

so thank you, someone.

this is the biggest brand I’ve ever written for.

and a brand I like

I grew up with

so here’s to pointings and directions.

and here’s to shoulders and giants.

I haven’t gotten out much here in Hawaii.

but it’s because I’m working.

and I’m just fine with that.

because my work involves pushing a button.

and in-between, having fun.

and when your work involves pushing buttons,

and in-between, having fun,

in Hawaii

well, there’s not much room for moaning.

so I won’t.

so,  you might not believe this. but I spent 5 days in Vegas and didn’t hit one roulette table. am serious - not one. in fact, one night I happily went to bed around 10pm, as when you grow up poor, you never get to stay in a nice fancy hotel and I wanted to enjoy mine. and I went to one bar. one. bar. one bar and no gambling and I happen to very much like being of that age. or is it simply being of that tax-bracket where $50 on red-23 just seems like a waste? sad. I know. but it was my 4th time, so I’m over it.

what I was doing was advising with Christine Lu on the Fatburger campaign. it was fun. they’re fun, actually - and I rarely get to say that about producing corporate content. but it’s a family-run biz with loads of celebrity franchise owners. and that makes it even more fun. so we had fun.

…no booze, no betting and I like my corporate project.

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