Tuesday, June 22, 2010

GasLand

The whole video for GasLand can be be found on HBO. These assholes that are killing our water supply, giving healthy people unknown diseases, and ruining the land must be stopped. What is it going to take, for people to take up arms and start killing CEOs of these gas exploration companies? Sadly to say, i would do nothing but applaud. We are seriously fucked up that we will make a few bucks today to ruin the land and water supply for thousands of years. Score another one for lobbying, un-checked capitalism, and pure greed.

Here is an interview with the director of GasLand...

Watch the full episode. See more NOW on PBS.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Remote Jobs

I'd really like to find a job that i can do remotely, from anywhere in the world. Doesn't have to be full-time or super-high paying, just something that i can do from anywhere with an internet connection. Anybody have any great ideas??

Ghost writer

Just finished reading the book ghost writer. It was an excellent book by Robert Harris, a fast read too. I'm super excited to see the movie on DVD which comes out in August.

Here's the trailer....

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Costa Rica is awesome

We are having a great time. The house that we are staying in is absolutely amazing. Its like something off of MTV cribs, and i wouldn't mind making it a regular thing to keep coming back to it. We are in Jaco Beach, about a block from the beach.

Yesterday we went white water rafting, and it was pretty intense at times, then on to Manuel Antonio beach.

In a few minutes we are getting picked up for a horseback riding tour.

Lots of fun stories to share when i get home and see everyone.

Monday, May 24, 2010

Top 5 day of my life

This was a fantastic day. We got picked up at 8 am and taken to the arenal volcano which is about a 3 hour drive from the hostel.

We were really lucky to have an awesome driver, Miza, who has to be one of the best tour guides in the country. We saw lots of animals including toucans, went to a tiny cigar factory where Travis got to hand roll a cigar while i pet the goats in the yard, and see lots of other cool stuff on the mountainous drive to the volcano.

The coolest thing we got to do was go to was go to the Baldi hot springs resort near the volcano. i went to a hot springs pool near Napa last time i was in California, but this was on a whole new level than that experience. Besides the many different hot springs pools they had, they had an awesome hot waterslide where you went so fast it was scary. In fact, the last time i went down, i was going so fast that i lost control and knocked my head and lost conciousness for a brief second. Glad i woke up quick, because the lifeguards watching over the slide exit area looked in no hurry to jump in and save my ass.

Besides all of the cool stuff we got to do, i think the best part might have been the time i spent talking with our guide. I sat in the front of the van the whole time and picked the drivers brain, learning lots of spanish, and all sorts of other cool stuff about central america. I think if i could spend another few months with him, i could be pretty fluent really quickly. He was a great guy, and a great teacher. When we left him today, we all had this weird feeling becasue he really made us feel like we were part of his family. At the end he said that he felt he like he had some new sons, but said he especially felt like he made one son in particular, referring to me.

Tomorrow we leave for Jaco beach after lunch.

Pura Vida