Brasi Trip Report April 2012
#5 A Walk Down the Beach At Night
(Part 1 was transcribed from an iPhone voice memo. The italics are my commentary. Parts were drowned out by surf or I wasn't talking toward the phone)
Part 1
So, here I am again, in Paradise. …appx 13 second pause…sound of surf…footsteps.
Iâ€m having such a great time. I still am feeling pretty f%cked up about “Sarah†and I am not really feeling relaxed but…I guess I'm cool. I had some awesome jerk pork a little while ago with “T.†I guess (unintelligible) always look outward for solutions…
Break in recording. New recording.
Anyway, so. Yeh. Itâ€s been a good trip and the whole Shauna/April crew is amazing. Mike from Michigan is (garbled) and Booger is insanely cool. His wife is the nicest person on earth. Met them all earlier at Seasplash web cast and it was wicked. I met Jim Hurt, the owner...the boombastic guy, really nice dude. I left Phil and Guy awhile back we had a blast sitting on the beach and I think they met some local dudes and were gonna hang longer. I just met up with “T†at the roundabout for some food cause she kept calling (garbled)... wanted to see her.
We chilled again, but itâ€s f&cked up how I canâ€t get to that place…I canâ€t even talk to people like I used to. I think I just...maybe part of me is gone too…wow that sounded so gay.
Pause for a few seconds.
I was gonna do a video but I donâ€t feel like it. End
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Part 2: Back to the Trip Report
At this point that I sat down and realized Iâ€d walked right past my resort.
Lots of times, Jamaica, for me, is not a place to go to just 'be on vacation'…itâ€s itâ€s about accomplishing projects (videos for my band, for instance) that I find exciting or fun.
Like most of you guys, after all the parenting, work, band politics, and creative aspirations, there isnâ€t a ton of time in the days to just do whatever I want to.
This trip, April 2012, was different because so many people were in town that I KNEW…it was almost like being at home…hence why I really never relaxed.
The people Iâ€ve met through internet connections and chilled with in Jamaica are for the most part cut from the same kind of cloth that I am. I love 98% of them, and I hope the feeling is mutual. After all, we have the itch. All of us, united in some way, a common thread coursing through our veins.
But this trip? Almost TOO busy despite the cool people. No one was difficult. I had a blast drinking, eating, smoking and repeating with them all. It was great always bumping in to folks. But at the same time…the solo time I cherish was almost lost completely…and here I was ½ of the way through my trip.
On this walk, I decided that after the Flop and the Chicken Bus…I needed to hide out with Lisa for a few days. LOL. For my sanity when I got back home, if nothing else.
I stood up, and walked back the way I came. “Beach Place†wasnâ€t far. I hit the sack, and crashed quickly when I got back to the room. I think it was midnight.
Tomorrow (later today) was the Flop!
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