in reply to all the emails about my friends' new girlfriends...
(21:38:24) me: i'm about to send an email to the fart
(21:38:31) me: aka frat
(21:38:48) Neil Manzullo: oh awesome
(21:38:49) me: about how i'm quitting school and going to Old Mexico
(21:38:50) Neil Manzullo: is it a good email?
(21:38:58) Neil Manzullo: i hope you're not serious
(21:39:08) me: yep
(21:39:10) me: you wish
(21:39:13) me: but i am
(21:39:15) me: SO serious
(21:39:27) Neil Manzullo: i dont believe you
(21:39:52) me: well, fine. you'll just have to read it then
(21:39:58) me: give me 2 minutes
it actually took me about 10 minutes
yeah, so basically you can chalk me up on that girlfriend-ed list. in fact, just chalk me up for 10, because i'm basically the freaking man. with all the gurlz i gotsss, ten's like a conservative estimate. that's like a 4000% increase or something like that for the number of ADELs with at least one or more girlfriends.
well, have a good day.
-bryan.
PS: this weekend on my hitchhiking/solo climbing trip out to Cody, WY, I accidentally visited "Lil' Nephi's Bookstore", was roped into purchasing a book called "Why Would Anyone Want to Join the Mormon Church", barely made it though through an hour of conversation (more like lecture) about how "oh, we like Methodists," (when she asked, I told her I was Methodist because I just had to look around the store to see that they didn't like Baptists) and "you know, really, we believe in God, we believe in Jesus, and we believe in what is called the holy spirit... it's just that some people say we don't believe in this Trinity thing" Then they led me down a secret hallway into a creepy basement, where they baptized me in ritual waters, gave three "spirit wives", and gave me my ceremonial magical underwear.
And all of that is true except for the last part, which, as it turns out, is fictional.
And then in the next store I walked into, this crazy old withered cowboy guy told me when he was in New York (I told him I was from New York State), "it looked like about three thousand garbage trucks had all gotten in a wreck, and that I could have a Mexican poncho for free if I took my pants off and put it on as a skirt. I quickly made an exit from that store.
this is easier than actually writing a post
from AIM:
(22:06:32) me: hola
(22:06:40) Neil Manzullo: hola!
(22:06:42) Neil Manzullo: como estas?
(22:06:52) me: bien, e tu?
(22:07:08) Neil Manzullo: muy bien, hablo con beth :)
(22:07:13) me: nice
(22:07:16) Neil Manzullo: yeah
(22:07:17) me: i shall also hablo con beth
(22:07:21) Neil Manzullo: okay :)
(22:07:19) Neil Manzullo: how's yellowstone?
(22:08:06) me: it's good
(22:08:08) me: wet right now
(22:08:12) me: which is good
(22:08:16) me: we need rain
(22:08:22) Neil Manzullo: yeah
(22:08:25) Neil Manzullo: is it hot out there?
(22:08:33) me: no
(22:08:43) Neil Manzullo: that's good
(22:08:44) me: like 50s-60s, just no rain in a while
(22:08:52) Neil Manzullo: oh, that's pretty cool
(22:09:25) me: yeah
(22:09:34) me: i went outside and sat on a bench in the rain
(22:09:44) Neil Manzullo: :)
(22:09:44) me: i wore my new rainpants
(22:09:50) me: just to test them out
(22:09:53) me: i bought them today
(22:09:57) Neil Manzullo: i love the rain. people give it so much crap, but i think it's wonderful, at times.
(22:10:20) me: i concur
(22:10:08) Neil Manzullo: cool - are they just waterproof? (is that what makes 'rainpants'?)
(22:10:20) me: i concur
(22:10:42) me: waterproof/windproof/breathable/lightweight
(22:11:42) me: and cheap too :)
(22:11:50) Neil Manzullo: nice
(22:12:11) me: Sierra Trading Post in Cody, WY has good prices and a Park employee discount
(22:12:27) Neil Manzullo: nice - have you bought a lot of stuff?
(22:12:32) me: eh, yeah
(22:12:35) me: i didn't mean to
(22:12:43) Neil Manzullo: hehe
(22:12:44) me: they sucker me in with the good prices
(22:12:45) Neil Manzullo: like what?
(22:13:01) me: well, let's see, from Sierra I've bought:
(22:13:56) me: 10.5mm x 60m dry-climbing rope = $110
(22:14:50) me: Black Diamond harness kit with harness, locking carabiner, non-locking 'biner, ATC belay device = $60
(22:15:06) me: Scarpa Reflex climbing shoes = $55
(22:15:32) Neil Manzullo: are you getting pretty into climbing?
(22:15:53) me: Marmot Precip rain/windproof jacket = $70
(22:16:17) me: Helly Hanson rain/windproof pants = $30
(22:16:50) me: sunglasses, headband = $30
(22:17:28) me: oh, and a couple more auto-locking carabiners and one screwgate 'biner = $10/ea (not to mention the screwgate 'biner, $10,and three 12' sections of 1" nylon webbing, $from Teton Mountaineering in Jackson Hole)
(22:17:36) Neil Manzullo: cool
(22:18:32) me: over all savings = over $300
(22:18:46) me: everything was at least %50 off, except maybe the biners
(22:18:54) me: but yeah, i've got the climbing bug
(22:18:57) me: i want to do it all the time
(22:19:23) Neil Manzullo: cool :)
(22:19:42) me: haha, yeah
(22:19:57) me: i hope to go to McConnell's Mill as much as possible before it gets icy
(22:20:12) me: and then.....maybe learning ice climbing this winter???
(22:20:14) me: who knows...
and again:
(22:33:52) Nykki Griffin: and in yellowstone? everythign gravy?
(22:35:03) me: i dunno about gravy
(22:35:05) me: but fun
(22:35:15) Nykki Griffin: hah
(22:35:28) me: i hitchhiked out of the Park to Cody, WY yesterday and came back today
(22:35:36) me: climbed all day long both days
(22:35:47) Nykki Griffin: hitchhiked!
(22:37:28) me: yeah, it's easy around here
(22:37:43) Nykki Griffin: cool!
(22:39:01) me: i actually got a ride from a park employee who was going out to have his car fixed and was going back on the day i wanted to come back, so it worked out real well
(22:39:38) Nykki Griffin: cool. sounds exciting
(22:40:43) me: yeah, he ended up camping out with me
(22:40:56) me: and loaned me some money for fast food in Cody
...yeah, so... still having a good time out here in Yellowstone. only about 15 days left though... sadness.
