Back in Black (or, er...red)

Happily, The Captain has returned from his long and arduous journey through the evil BestBuyLand. He is now once again able to regale us all with tales of his odd and strangely interesting adventures!

First, he must catch up on a tag sent from Danielle. You should all listen very carefully, for some of information divulged here has never before been made public...

4 jobs i've had (time at job)
Longshoreman (approx. 3 years); Shady Drifter (4 years, off and on); First Mate (14 years); The Captain (indeterminate)

4 movies i'd watch over and over
Hook; Cast Away; Pirates of the Caribbean; Zoolander

4 places i have lived (time at locale)
Spokane, Washington (3 years); Drifting aimlessly in the Pacific Ocean (5 years total); Drifting aimlessly in the Atlantic Ocean (2 years total); Guam (12 years)

4 tv shows i love
Lost; The A Team; 24; Charles in Charge

4 places i've been on vacation
Turkmenistan; Southeastern Nepal; Bali; the Ivory Coast

4 favorite foods
Ramen noodles; Salmon; Green olives; Sauerkraut

4 websites i visit daily
Vandelay Industries; weather.com; corona.com; jackdaniels.com

4 bloggers who are now tagged!

YOU! (if you want to)



More The Captain updates soon!!!

Bad News

Sadly, the tales of The Captain must be put on hold for just a bit longer, for The Captain's pictures are on a computer currently at Best Buy getting fixed. And what's a story without pictures?! But rest assured, The Captain will be back in action in no time!

The Captain in Rome

While in Australia, I decided to fly to Rome for a visit (I know, pretty far away, right?). Well, of course The Captain came

along. And because Rome is one of my favorite places on Earth and The Captain was with me, it was a ROCKIN' time.

First we hit up the Vatican because the Pope wanted to have a private audience with The Captain. I was a bit miffed that I wasn't allowed to go in or even meet the Pope, but St. Peter's was at least pretty. What the Pope and The Captain talked about for 7 hours I will never know.

Next we went to the Roman Forum, which was pretty sweet.

Perhaps the most interesting of the stops was to the Colosseum.

When I told The Captain that in ancient times gladiators used to fight there, he became very interested. He thought for a while, then he challenged me to an arm-wrestling contest. I lost.

We flew back to Australia.

The Captain's New Year's Eve

I'm gonna take a break from telling the story of The Captain's past to give a glimpse at his present. Last night, The Captain had a rockin' New Year's at a party sponsored in part by Tara, and he had an awesome time!

The party was in Bucktown (in Chicago, for those who don't know), and it was at a sweet-ass apartment (that I'm very jealous of, actually; if something like that existed in Naperville, I'd sweep it up in a second). There were many famous people there, such as the aforementioned Tara, the illustrious Dana, and the ugly pug known as Stella.

At one point, it got so crazy that The Captain was actually blindfolded (and I don't have to tell you want happened from there...

Afterwards, the party shifed to Tara's place, and Tara was thoroughly entertained by The Captain--he kept telling her that she was a HOT MESS, and she kept laughing. It actually got annoying after awhile.

So there you have it, folks, a glimpse into The Captain's present, wild-and-crazy life in Illinois.