Thursday, April 19, 2007

irrationality.

the other night in vancouver, dave and i wondered upstairs to a bar. we walked inside and there were two men with testerone bubbling, watching hockey and drinking beer. we sat down at the bar and ordered some wine, and sat there, talking to a girl with lipstick and a child, and a bar tender who looked like a cross between a salesman and wax figure, with the gentle nature of an uncle that your parents keep somewhat distant for the sake of sheidling the truth...ya know, despite his gentle nature, he's somewhat of a bad influence, but at the same time, he's your favorite uncle. seinfeld came on the tv and the bar tender started reciting lines from the show which immediately put him in my good graces. i leaned back on my barstool and laughed like a regular, he told us that coors beer is a good beer, while i chuckled to myself and sipped more wine, i enjoyed the moment...in vancouver, dirnking wine with dave, and laughing at seinfeld, and a man who perhaps loves seinfeld as much as i do, and who loves hockey just as much. the example of a pleasant existence, a humble existence with nothing to prove, with no agenda but to exist with a smile throughout the week.

8 Comments:

Blogger jon schneck said...

and then the next day you took a sweet photobooth photo with jon and he posted it on his blog which happens to be linked to your blog. i love being on the road with you. i hope i wake up and youre in boise, but if not, ill see you guys in slc. peace, love, and seinfeldisms.

js

3:25 AM

 
Blogger Melanie said...

LOL. Jon is too funny.

I loved reading that, Zach. It made me feel like I was there.
Seinfeld is good. I was able to visit NYC and a friend took me to get one of the NBC mugs there, and I ran across a Seinfeld mug. I figured it was a classic, even if a little plain. Good times. :)

I haven't watched much hockey, but my daughter and son-in-law are very into hockey. They both play roller hockey pretty much whenever he's not at work, I think.

I will see you on Friday.

Have a good trip to SLC.

6:29 AM

 
Blogger Amanda said...

I know it may not sound like a compliment but you remind me so much of this columnist in our school newspaper who just gives EVERY detail to a story. I think it makes the reader laugh and keeps them going.
I loved reading that blog-- it gave me a smile

7:04 AM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

comedy...for whatever reason, the second stanza of U2's "Beautiful Day" seems to play along (in my mind :)) to your adventures:
"You're on the road but you've got no destination
You're in the mud, in the maze of her imagination
You love this town even if it doesn't ring true
You've been all over and it's been all over you
It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away..."
So, cheers to you, your continued adventures, Bono & to almost finishing my dissertation (one more chapter to write--thank God!)! :)~A.J.

1:28 PM

 
Blogger gabbbsters said...

how is it in canada?

7:33 PM

 
Blogger Catherine said...

you're blog is always like a book to me, or the scene to my favorite tv shows. throughout the "trials" of my day, this made me smile.

6:47 AM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

you like hockey? yikes. next you're going to tell me you like soccer and hate baseball and apple pie.

5:56 PM

 
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