Two Brief Seattle Anecdotes

Hey everyone! As I write this, I'm in Seattle. We're at the apartment of some friend of my sister's who is out of town. While she's out of town, my sister gets to use her car and her internet connection. My sister is watching "Sydney White" and impatiently waiting for me to wrap this up, so I have to make this a pretty quick entry this week. I'm going to share a HILARIOUS anecdote.

Last night, me and sis went to a restaurant called Charlie's for some late-night grub. I got a cajun burger, which was delicious! The salad was pretty awesome too, it had cabbage and celery and all kinds of stuff in it. I had just seen "Monsters Vs. Aliens" at the iMax in 3D. The movie kind of sucked, but the viewing experience was awesome.
Anyway, towards the end of the meal my sister said something annoying and I happened to have my iPhone out, so I activated the lightsaber app and whacked her with it a few times. Everyone in the place froze and looked over at us. For a second I felt embarassed, then I heard the snap-hiss of another lightsaber igniting. It was the guy at the table next to me! He had one too!
We waved our sabers around a little bit and jokingly fought a little bit, then we heard a third lightsaber! A guy on the the other side of the restaurant had gotten his out and was waving it at us! We saluted him with our iPhone lightsabers and we all had a good laugh. I've never felt more accepted in my entire life!
My sister groaned in disgust.

As I was typing that, my sister reminded me of another anecdote that I should tell you about. We were at Wal-Mart today buying her friend a TV with our Alaska discount. If you're from Alaska, you just flash your ID when you buy stuff in Washington and you don't have to pay sales tax. It's a pretty sweet deal if you're buying a $500 TV. Anyway, while homeboy was picking out a TV I wondered over to check out some Twilight merch. I'm only a few hours from Forks, and I was thinking of going and taking the Twilight tour. I decided not to.
Anyway, I picked up a box of Twilight "Forbidden Fruit" Sweethearts. You know, like at Valentine's day, those hearts with little sayings on them? I found some Twilight ones. They say stuff like "I heart EC" and "Live 4-Ever" and "Sparkle" and "Forks" and "Lamb". They're pretty awesome. Also, on the box it says "Forbidden Fruit is the sweetest."
So later, Sis and Homeboy were dropping me off in Capitol Hill where I was going to have coffee with this really talented actress I know from college. If any of you saw my movie "SNAP!", it's the redhead from that. Anyway, Capitol Hill is this really hip, upscale, trendy part of Seattle. They were dropping me off and all these really trendy, very hip, very cool Seattle people were milling around outside the coffee shop. Then, after I was almost to the door, my sister leans out of the car and shouts as loud as she can "Hey Paul! You forgot your Twlight Forbidden Fruit Sweethearts!" and waves the box around. The box had this big picture of Edward Cullen and everything. I tried to play it off legit, but it was a little embarassing. All these super-cool trendy people were chuckling to themselves and shaking their heads. Chalk up a point for Sis.
Anyway, I gotta wrap this thing up. That's all for this week! Tune in next week for a virtual drive from Anchorage to Los Angeles!

A Brief Greeting From Pupet

Itinerary Status: CONFIRMED

I'm doin' it, y'all! I was going to hang around Anchorage and try to get a little work, but I don't have the patience for that. The soles of my feet are itchy and only THE ROAD can scratch them.
It's not a moment too soon, because I've been getting soft here in Anchorage. I've been eating sumptuous meals constantly, either cooked by mother or at one of Anchorage's many amazing restaurants. I'm sleeping excessively, playing video games until my eyes bleed, and spending all of my time socializing with friends I haven't seen in a long time. It's like a nightmare! I'm unbearably anxious to get down to Los Angeles so I can begin my life of poverty and toil.
So here's what I'm doing:

Sunday, the 22nd: I leave bright and early in the morning and drive to Haines Junction. This is in Canada, and will probably be like a 12-hour drive or something. It's going to be pretty intense. I've been saving up a lot of Loveline episodes for this part of the journey.

Monday, the 23rd: I'll wake up in Haines Junction and drive back into Alaska, to the town of Haines. I'll probably have a few hours to screw around in Haines, then I get on the ferry at like 8 O'Clock that night. My Jeep gets on the ferry too.

Monday-Friday (23-27): I'M ON A BOAT!

Friday the 27th: Me and my Jeep get off the boat in Bellingham, WA. I'll probably drive to Seattle.

Friday-Sunday (27-29): Chillin in Seattle with my sister. She will have just started her Spring break, so we'll be able to hang out.

After that, it gets a little less exact. From Seattle I'll go to Portland, I've got a few friends there. From Portland I'll go stop off in San Francisco, see some buddies there, then it's on to LA!

I'm very excited about these travel plans. Especially the part where I'm on the boat. By all accounts, the drive to Haines may be a little sketchy, but that's why I bought a Jeep! I have no doubt Nellie will see me through safely.

I have no idea what I'm going to do in LA, so I'm focusing on getting there at this point.


By the way, big ups to everyone who got cast in Marc's play: Abby, Theo, Emerson, Sarah, Casey, Ben, Leeza, and whoever plays that one other part that isn't cast yet.

Also, I wanna give a very special shout-out to my man Brian Strickland, aka Stricky, aka Demetrius, aka General Snippet. This guy is living proof that there is life outside Homer, and I'm glad to see him following the blog.

No, Really, Let's Keep In Touch!

I don't know if I'm naive or oblivious, but I really didn't expect people to react as strongly as they did to my departure from Homer. A lot of people responded with sheer disbelief, when I'd been saying I was going to leave for years, literally. A lot of people started crying when they said goodbye to me, which made me feel very loved. The younger kids were very zen about the whole thing. One common theme is that a lot of people seemed to think they were never going to see or hear from me again. So it is that belief I am addressing in this blog.

First of all, I'm a guy whose best friends in the whole world live hundreds of miles away, with a few exceptions. I'm talking about my boys, you know? BFFs, y'all! I've got one in Homer, a couple in Anchorage, three in LA, one in Chicago, and one in New York. I talk to the ones in LA and New York more frequently than any of them, and they're some of the farthest away. So geography stopped being a factor in my friendships years ago.

Second, we have the internet making it easier than ever to keep in touch with people. Facebook in particular makes it possible to stay in touch with people with literally no effort, and other services like e-mail and THIS BLOG are also available for people wishing to stay in touch.

Third, there is a larger world and Homer is part of it, which is something that Homerrhoids tend to lose sight of sometimes. If you keep alert, there will be opportunities to get together over the years. I'll come back to Homer to visit, you may be stopping at LAX on your way to visit a college, or we'll both be in Poughkeepsie for a rubber chicken festival. You just never know.

So, if you're one of those people who feels sad because you'll never see me again, it just ain't so! Stay tuned to this blog, I'm going to try to update it every Sunday to keep you posted on my adventures. Leave me comments. Hit me up on facebook or e-mail me. I'm still here!!!