Brick06302012: One With Nature

Note: This is an old post I found..I wanted to share it...

I’m getting to the point of loving to get up early on weekends and hiking with my wife (the first time we did here). We talk. We have fun. We build our marriage. Don’t get me wrong, even on this particular hike we had a tiny 2 minute riff between us, but nature’s beauty squashed all that-quick!

We now have five blogs between us. These walks and talks give us the content we need. It took a little time for my wife to see the beauty of blogging and now she blogs heavy. As a matter of fact, you can check out here. She’s just as “ballsy” (as my Father called me once) as me with hers. I love it. Check it out.

Being in tune with nature is a wonderful thing. It’s empowerment. That’s what I believe. Getting up and getting out is great! I  was once a stone cold pothead. It’s been a couple months, I've been without and I’m getting a lot accomplished. I’m seeing the world with new eyes. New and improved eyes at that! If you are where I used to be, my advice would be for you to be where I am now!

I read a blog where a woman puts up all of her “bucketlist” adventures. She’s done a lot. Her latest adventure is her newborn baby daughter. Prior to that, though, she’s done skydiving, flown a plane, Bungee jumping, zip lining, etc, etc. She’s also traveled all over the world doing these things. I figure why not? The good thing, as my Mom pointed out years ago, is I have someone who not only supports these things...she encourages these things. We do A LOT!

This weekend alone:

·         Friday – A comedy show at American Comedy Company. A show at the Comedy Palace.

·         Saturday – Hiking in the morning. Popping into an art Gallery. Eating at a health food café. A rap show starring FrenchMontana.

·         Sunday – a live taping of a show starringcomedian Russell Brand.

Now…what are you doing with YOUR life?

Yooohooo!

Brick07062012: Being on Brand X with Russell Brand

So, the wife got tickets to a taping of the show Brand X. It aired July 5^th.

Damn, that was fun.

I’ve seen Russell Brand on an award show, the movie GetHim to the Greek (Jonah Hill, Puffy aka Diddy, to name a few) and the remake of Arthur. He’s a really funny guy. I LOVE comedy. I had a childhood (Air Force brat) in England, so I was able to “get” his style of humor as well as his accent. My Mom watched BBC and british TV shows while I grew. In fact, she still tunes into BBC shows and has a collection of Benny Hill VHS tapes….yep!

Anyway, while at the show he spoke on Sex Education in schools. For some reason, he chose to direct a question at me. I gave him a REAL answer - he loved it. Apparently, so did the editors of the show. I became a mini-celebrity on the set.

Here’s the clip:

Here you can see me and beloved wife.The woman I call Stoo with me :



There was even a little review clip from another show.I'm in THIS, too:





Overall, the experience was F*cking GREAT!! I might go back on the show to see if he remembers me...I know I'm milking my "15 minutes of fame"...wouldn't you? I mean..it was a BIG DEAL

Yoohooo




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