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Less Hanover, More Roadtrip

AMDAL community,

Starting tomorrow, I'll be hitting the road west, where I'll surely find myself and untold fame and fortune. Don't worry, I won't forget the little people (you) that made this possible. As a means of repayment, I'll try to find some liveblogworthy things along the way. Unfortunately they will probably be less like this and more like this, as I'll be traveling with my dad. Estimated roadmap here.

Special thanks to [Apple Symbol], Erik J. and the 73EDub crew, Jim the C&A's, Ramunto's, Gusanoz delivery guy, Five Olde and Lou's for keeping the Cabin Fever to a minimum. I'll miss you all.

Hopefully Scos, CCL, [Apple Symbol], WOHJR and the other contributors will be able to keep you entertained with actual substance in the meantime.

See you on the other side.

Less ___, More Roadtrip!

In lieu of my (lack of) employment status and (DOC) cabin-fever state here in Hanover, I'm hitting the open road, ultimately in search of gold a tech job out west.

If anyone in the AMDAL community will be in these places and wants to hang out, holler. The Dec SF portion and Jan Hanover>SF road trip I'd love to meet up, sleep on your couch and eat all your food if it's ok by me. Whether you want it or not, lots of weird liveblogging to come.

Note: Dates may change but this is approximately right.

dumbPhone Request

Apologies in advance for the LiveJournal entry but does anyone have a CIM-card-using dumbPhone they don't need anymore? I'm planning my next 1 month social experiment so any help would be great.

I'll credit you one (1) AMDAL t-shirt (when the next batch comes out). Email me.

Listening to: Coldplay
Feeling: :)

Note: Bonus points if you have the red version of the above phone. The game 'Snake' a must.

MLR To Go On Vacation, World Still Turns

AMDAL'ers,

Rob C., Casey McK., Evan C., and I are heading on a roadtrip through the Northwest this week. If you're anywhere between the Seattle and San Francisco area, email me. Also, check in periodically for the liveblogging of semi-interesting stuff, though I might try the act of "unplugging" periodically, which means no smartPhone.

In the meantime, Scos, Block, ARod, Bmar, AOG, WOHJR and the others will be carrying the torch. With the power now slanted slightly right, expect more cheap shots like this.

My Summer Thus Far (In Bullet Form)

• Dropped down to Part Time (fEconomy)
• Semi-evicted from 73 E Dub (fHanover brothel laws)
• Living at Dr. [Apple symbol]'s apt for a few months
• Day 2 at [Apple]'s 3rd floor apt: locked myself out escorting ant out front door
• Slept on couch with URI infected cat
• Wake up / attempt to locate keys from property manager
• Key attempt 1: fail
• Key attempt 2*: fail, freakout**
• Locksmith: $100 estimate via phone - decline
• Nearby construction workers: Success via unlocked sliding door, a mechanical lift, and proverbial 'wheel greasing'
• Resultant 6 hour 'work' day: win

* Why he didn't give me the 2nd key at the same time, I don't know

** Minus weird remote move

Update: FAQs answered

• Did you really get kicked out?: Sort of - we overbooked our house when ErikJ couldn't find a job in Burlington (fEconomy x2) and decided to stay in Hanover to do research
• I thought the brothel laws apply only to girls?: True, I took literarly license but there is a rule on the books (pp 26) about number of non-related residents in one house
• Are you living with [Apple]?: No, he's in Maine before traveling through South America
• Are you really as drop-dead gorgeous as that mullet/goggle-tan picture implied?: Yes

Should I get my hair cut?

I've been asking people (babes) if I should cut my hair. It's in this liminal state of confusion, with my biz-casual Hanover Chic side doing battle with my casually messy Mountain Prep side.
Apparently girls have a similar struggle. See pop artist Cassie's new haircut above.

Girls (and guys for that matter), don't do this.

A while ago I wrote about certain girls who can pull off the short hair look. I think it's safe to say no girl, no matter her degree of babeitude, could pull this look off. Nor should she try.

See her with her new hairdon't in her video with semi-boo, Diddy. Gotta imagine he's wondering what Rihanna's up to right now.

Get Out Of My Dreams, Get Into My Mouth.

One of the nasty side effects of sleeping more is that I've been having really vivid dreams. The other night I was on this beach shoreline and there were these people in the water. From out of nowhere, this great white shark came swimming up towards them. The nice guy that I am, I ran to the water's edge to get it's attention and distract it away from the swimmers. The shark naturally started coming after me so I backed up onto shore. To my surprise, Jaws got up onto dry land and started hopping after me. It wouldn't stop and I was backed up against the boardwalk. My third snooze thankfully woke me up right as I was about to get to' up.

Clearly the dream stuck with me, so that morning I tried googling the meaning. This is what I got.

"Sharks may represent predators or predatory situations in waking life. This can be a person, a relationship, or even a job situation that feels as if it is taking a serious toll on your life. Look at your waking life and see if there is a situation that feels predatory."

It also went on to recommend avoiding drinking alcohol until vomiting, hooking up with someone I've just met and peeing in my own bed. It also suggested I blog more.

Liveblog homemade lunch (slow day on AMDAL)

AMDAL Apologizes

To those in the blogosphere that
1) Didnt go to Dartmouth
2) Weren't in the same fraternity as 99% of the writers
3) Have no idea who the people in the liveblog pictures are or what EBA's or Mojo's is
4) Hate AMDAL

I'm sorry. Much like many of its readers, AMDAL is going through an early-life crisis, with all the growing pains you'd expect. We struggle with what we're doing right now, if it matters and what we should be doing instead. We even talk in the royal "We" when we're really just talking about ourselves.

As more people find their way to the site via t-shirts and Twitter (Day 9 of use: still hate it), we'll continue to work to find our niche. Maybe someday, those in categories 1-4 will learn to love us.

We're currently investigating the possibility of the Government (big 'G' now that big 'O' is in charge) to regulate the number of inside jokes, or hand us a bailout check to offset our ad-revenue (Gross: $5)

So stick it out, offer suggestions, and contribute, either in the shadows as a commenter or outright as a writer. C'mon, the world needs more bloggers, right? Right?!

I'm an idiot - e-brake edition

I love my Subaru but why the fuck is there an incessant beeping when I forget my seatbelt but not even a peep when I leave my parking brake on? Believe it or not, even after driving like the dude above (read: more like this) and then hitting the highway for 15 miles, the horrible stench of burnt rubber waits until you get out of your car and close the garage door.

Update: Thanks Nucci for pointing out the difference between "edition" and "addition"

Potential birthday presents to myself(call)

Is it just me or...

1) shouldn't posting scandalous pictures of Miley Cyrus be considered child porn? Did I miss something or should all my favorite bloggers be in jail now?

2) just because automakers call a car superultradogextraamazingly efficient, does that make it true? Some commercial made the outlandish statement while footnoting 29 mpg highway. My grand caravan got 24 mpg in high school and no one gave a shit about the environment then.