Eyesplice's June 22, 2004 blog

Eyesplice likes sailing, Dracula, Gifford, Mucha, and U2.

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JUNE 22, 2004 @ 10:20 PM

- Thanks for all the nice birthday wishes, you guys are great

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- I had the mission accomplished by 1130 on Saturday! As I was walking through the festival grounds, there was Pete Seeger, right in front of me, checking out the 'doins! How fortuitous! One hot autograhp coming up! So if I had been a dick, I could have just bailed on the whole volunteer thing at that point... But being the nice guy that I am, I fulfilled my volunteer obligation till Sunday evening. Hey, how bad could it be, I was playing with boats...the one in my profile pic, actually!
- And even being the only Libertarian at this saving-the-world love-fest, I managed not to politically incorrectly outrage anyone!!
- One of my good buddies on the boat, before even saying hello, walked up and asked: "What the hell are you doing here? Have you gone hippy on me?" Which thoroughly cracked me up! Then another one of my buddies did the same thing!! I really had no idea that I had that much of a reputation to proceed me...
- But, the wind was great, the water was great, the boats were great... Now if I had just gotten laid by one of those long skirted women

ouioui

USA

December 2003

JUN 23, 2004 06:09 AM

Hippy or not it sounds like a fabulous experience! Glad you had a great time...

trixel

Burbank, CA

February 2004

JUN 23, 2004 11:14 PM

Sounds like you got a lot of hippy friends I'm a reformed hippy. Please don't hold that against me. The dreadlocks were removed years ago.

I wish I had a boat.

Congratulations on the Pete Seeger encounter!

Drakester

Panama City Beach, FL

June 2004

JUN 24, 2004 12:14 AM

Sounds fun. BTW, do you remember a small town west of Volcan called Plaza de Caison? Ever make it to the Rum festival in David? Loved the free Rum! arrr

BinkyMcQueen

Philadelphia, PA

December 2002

JUN 28, 2004 09:32 AM

I just joined your geezers group....I turn 30 in about two weeks...hope that is ok......

Drakester

Panama City Beach, FL

June 2004

JUN 28, 2004 12:17 PM

I was there in 93 for Operation Fuertes Caminos. Where we flew around engineers, officers, and doctors to the various projects they were building ... schools, hospitals, roads, bridges, etc. And a road up to Noriega's sister's mansion. We had Spec Forces guys there too, and Pathfinders. Got so spend a little time out in the little villages... and crossed into Costa Rica accidentally. We'd fly over the mountains to Bocas del Toro. David is the only place I remember getting any leave. It was close, they had free rum ... and there was some beautiful women there. I've always meant to return there, but just havent.

(ack, forgot unit... I was activated and sent there as elements of 135th Avn. Cant remember the unit we were attached to, but the camp was hodgepodge: Seabees, USMC MPs, regular Army, Reservists, Guardsmen (seemed most were from Dakotas).

As for Geezer: am I a Geezer now? I'm not even 33.

[Edited on Jun 28, 2004 12:20PM]

wes11b10

Pittsburgh, PA

November 2003

JUN 28, 2004 06:16 PM

That's a fun weekend, no doubt. Funny that you keep getting mistaken for a hippy when we all know you are a bloodthirsty killing machine!

I grew my hair long after my 1st hitch but cropped it when I could no longer stand it sticking to the side of my face whilst ditch digging. I wasn't a pony tail afficianado, so off it went.

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