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From: Tim
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Rhino-

Oh man, let me tell you that was AWESOME!!!!

Just the man and hisguitar for two and a half hours! And he was seriously inuber-crazy-talkin'-mutant mode- at one point telling a story about'Doug the horse' for 10 minutes between songs... definitely not whatyou'd see at the gorge- and this venue no bigger than the Paramount and I was in the 12th row. Hands down the most amazing show of any kind- be it theatre, cinema, concert, or anything- I've ever seen. I really wish you could havebeen there.

He started his second encore, and then abruptly stopped to say, "onemore story- I was at this show in [somewhere] and Dylan comes up to me and says, 'you gunna play watchtower?' and I say, 'not since you're here' and he says, 'no, play it cause YOUR here man.' And then he goes on to rock like I can't even tell you.

It was AWESOME!

Tim

'Life's a Beach' or ‘La tragedia de la bola roja’

SPECTACULAR!
I mean really SPECTACULAR!
Boy I tell ya, I just had a weekend where the magic word was definitely, spectacular. I was in Mallorca- the biggest of the island off the east coast of Spain- with Tina and Alex. We had an amazing set-up. A charming villa in the tiny spanish village of Santayni.

The perfect setting to enjoy an orchestra of crickets (and one really confused rooster) while drinking wine on a roof top terrace under a brilliantly stared night's sky.

We stayed quite a ways out from the hustle and bustle of Mallorca's only city, Palma, so there wasn't much more to do than drive the island for coast to coast to coast in our Nissan Micra beach hopping all day...

Each beach was so unique. Some large stretches of sea and sand and others were rocky coves with pint-sized strips of beach, but each of them had the most vibrant turquoise water I’ve ever seen. Was it warm? Not really, but it didn’t matter I was having a great time!

(that's me in the water!)

Mallorca is amazing- unbelievably diverse for such a small island. On the south side of the island is a low-land plane with rolling hills like you’d expect in Arizona and to the north are Sierra de Tramuntanas- a dramatic mountain range with peaks raising nearly 5000 feet on the edge of the sea.

I don’t really know what else to say, to be honest I’m kind of speechless- hands down the most spectacular place I’ve been on my whirlwind tour of Europe. Thank you Tina and Alex for sharing such a SPECTACULAR weekend!

After 4 days in paradise, I was plesantly suprised to return to London to find the weather to be, well, perfect. After 8 months of gloom with occasional sunbreaks, it's perfect...

Movin' out!

Okay, not completely out, I'm still in the Hope Villa, but I did move two doors down the hall. And even though I'm only sleeping 25 feet away from where I used to be, it feels like a whole new world.

Gone are the nights in my sub-8x10 cell and single bed with traffic noise for Southgate Road... I've SIGNIFICANTLY upgraded to a much larger room. Now, I'm relaxing in the luxury of an atleast 15x15 suit- complete with double bed and garden view! Like I said, a whole new world.

In case you were wondering, yes that is my pink tie hanging in the window. Why you ask... because when I where it to work people say things like, 'does that thing come with batteries?' I really like the tie and think I'm pretty fashionable with it, so I decided, between appearances to hang it in the window for a while to give it an even fade...

Okay, once more for comparison incase you forgot what the old room looked like...

Hello friends...

So, I've been getting a few emails the last couple days about another post, so here goes... to come, I promise a dramatic update on my living situation... stay tuned!

But in the mean time I'd like to share a story about how pathetically ridiculous I am. My colleagues here in London town were completely appalled to find out that despite an ocean and thousands of miles my mother was still doing my shopping... I relate a recent email...

"...What color of shirts would you like and do you want button down collar or not? There are many styles in the catalog. Go on line and put in JCPenney.com. Click on Mens, then dress shirts, then wrinkle free then look at those and see what colors you like. One that I think you would like is on end... Mom"

Mom, you're too good to me...

On a somewhat related note, I've learned that anything goes here in london... I've got this pair of pants that I love- there at least 4 years old, grey and from the gap- I think (right mom?). Anyways, they went missing once a few years back and I was devastated. I even called a hotel in Vancouver hoping I had left them there... good news I found them a few months later- mind you after my mother had bought me a replacement... so the story continues, anything goes in london, so I decided- I love this pair of grey pants, but I also love this pair of brown shoes, so I put them together, and believe it or not I was even complemented on 'my style.'
Bloody english...

Somebody today said I was becoming Anglo-sised... and they also make fun of the way I pronounce things... like 'yogurt'.

Oh, and I broke my left pinkie toe again...