TheAnalogKid2112

No, a fucking square! A stiff yet weak bastard. ...but sweet,

In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king

Huy Fong Sriracha sauce totally blows. However, Trader Joe's sriracha sauce is fucking amazing. It's an oral blast of garlic and chili flavor. That's all I buy.

My friends and I are on an epic road trip up the PCH 1 to get to SF for Primus New Years and stopped in Santa Cruz for the evening. Went to Betty's Eat In and got the greatest burger fucking ever. Onion rings, bacon, pepperoni, red peppers, lettuce, tomato, sautéed mushrooms, carmelized onion, cheddar cheese and fuck knows what else. Cheap beer, too. I'm stoked on life.

i would of probably forgotten half of those items... what happened to just getting a burger or a steak? ... I copied it off the online menu of the restaurant I ate at I was just blown away by how good it was xD

Tonight I had tilapia pan-seared, baked and stuffed with shrimp, scallops, crab meat and lemon caper butter with a side of ginger-honey spaghetti squash, pumpkin ravioli and spicy shrimp. I cried a little.

Sweet, glad I saw this early for once. I'm in. Will be able to play from about 5:30pm Pacific to 11:00ish

Took me way too long to discover it. Next up is going to be "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater" which my friend suggested to me. I'll start it after I finish this one I just started: "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac.

Finished Slaughterhouse Five a couple days ago. Fantastic fucking novel!!! You should check it out, Brian. The book is almost like a cloaked autobiography. While there's plenty of satire and science fiction aspects to the book, the story itself is for the most part a memoir of an American POW captured by the Germans in WWII. He ends up one of the only survivors of the Dresden bombings. This is all what the author also went through in the war. It's very different from most war stories because it doesn't glorify the army or war at all. It's a very sad, bleak narrative that is undeniably anti-war. However, there's plenty of humor and irony scattered throughout. Did I mention the main character also travels through time involuntarily and gets abducted by aliens called Tralfamadorians who keep him as a zoo display? Should definitely mention that. The book is a total mindfuck and I feel compelled to read it again. I've my own interpretation of the overall story because it's very complex and leaves one to ask a lot of questions. I won't post my thoughts in case someone here wants to read it. Check it out, Brian. You won't be disappointed. Plus, it was only around 300 pages if I recall.

It's great when you're stoned... But otherwise a overpriced tray of fat.

It's your first time in Europe, you don't want to fucking spend your time in some German woods with a metal detector. It literally sounds like something an insane person would do. Hahahahaha. For real. If the suggestion was sincere, I thank you. I was interested at first, before I dug up some logic. I just thought that was a funny thought that popped in my head. Yep, massacre, that's the only German phrase I have learned so far. Gotta find out where the Jew fat candles/soap are stashed.

What a loser I am. I've only hear three off of that list. Colored Sands is my number 1 for the year as well, and the new Revocation is number 2. Surgical Steel and pinnacle fucking ruled. I can't believe I haven't listened to the new Ihsahn or Deicide yet.

I just pictured myself digging up a landmine and dying in the woods of Germany. Hahahahaha. Glad I thought that one through. Nice try.

My dumb ass didn't even consider a cheap flight with Ryanair after getting set on the train pass. Great idea. Better yet, I will use that option to visit northern Norway after Octoberfest. Might as well skip useless train travel after the extensive southbound trip.

Nope, I chose the time frame so it's not crazy cold everywhere.

Yep, that's what's most exciting for me. I really want to check out Colorado and Oregon, two states I've never visited but look amazing. I'm primarily interested in animal-related work so they seem like good options. We'll see about the northern lights. I'm still doing time/finance calculations for my north to south trip. If it's only three to four solid days worth of travel, I should have plenty of time with a three month rail pass to get back up north for November if I decide to arrive closer to September. Anyone who's been: is octoberfest worth the stop or would I be better off hitting Munich on my way down to Italy and just getting shitfaced with the locals?

I never said this trip is going to be 8-9 months. As much as I'd love to, that's impossible. I can only afford a 3 month rail pass. It's fucking almost $1500 not including the fact that many trains require a reservation fee! Maybe by the time I leave in mid-late August it will be a different story, but I'm probably only going to be there 3 months, sadly. I may just take you up on that offer, gtagrl. I've always wanted to visit Canada and am trying to turn this trip into a US adventure once I return to the states. I am really trying not to live in Nevada by 2015.

I have no idea how I'd get that far north lol. The Eurail map doesn't show tracks going anywhere near those locations. Oh well, I'll figure it out because I really want to make it happen. Even if I can't make it exactly to those locations, I still really want to see these countries further north. Bergen, Oslo, and Stockholm seem great but based on the photos I've seen aren't the breathtaking mountain views I desire. Fuckin' hummus!!! Oh, yes.. I am a sucker for Greek food. And provided the hostel I find is reasonable, I don't plan on staying in the big cities (Athens, Rome, Florence, Paris, Munich) any less than 5 days to a week each. It all depends on the accommodation... I really hope I can find some reliable couchsurfing connections.. the site couchsurfing.com seems pretty sketchy. Only if you pay for my Eurail pass. EDIT:..With the current plan, I've done the math and it adds up to 80 hours spent on trains from the start until I hit Brindisi. Doesn't include the 9 hour ferry to Greece or any of the travel once I'm there. If I do go full circle back up to Norway, that will fucking double my travel time. I'm probably just going to extend my time spent in Northern Europe when I first arrive so I don't have to come all the way back up. It seems unrealistic. That would mean I'd miss the Northern Lights and Oktoberfest.. I didn't want to go through the frustration of completely reversing my route, but it may be worth my while starting from Greece and working my way up North...

Thanks. I'm really fucking excited. It may seem irresponsible to others quitting my job and spending all my savings on this.. But it's about the experience and living my life to the fullest while I'm young. I can't see it any other way. I have my whole life to save money. I only have so many years with no family and hardly a thing keeping me locked in to this city. I'm so tired of Vegas and this is a perfect opportunity to explore other options. I'm trying to make a couple days in Athens happen. It's one of my most desired cities. I have no interest in Turkey. I'm sure it's great, but this trip isn't so much about city experiences so it's pretty unappealing. I want to see mountains, forests, lakes, etc.

I'm absolutely keeping a detailed journal with all of my travel experiences for each place I visit. I'm not going to Turkey, though. Shit. That's an amazing suggestion. However, due to the amount of places I plan on visiting and my budget, I've decided to start in Bergen and hit Olso on the way down. But... After reading your post and gtagrl's suggestion of Thessaloniki (a city I wasn't planning on visiting until she sold it) I have this crazy idea to head back north after my stay in Greece. Reason being it will probably be late October by then so I can enjoy Oktoberfest and after that head north to view the northern lights! It's a stretch, especially financially, but considering I'll probably have a 3 month continuous pass with Eurail it's all too tempting! Thanks for the suggestion. Iceland sounds amazing, but that's just not in the cards this time. Awesome ideas. I hadn't considered Thessaloniki but you sold me on it. Great to hear you vouch for the Eurail service. Figuring out transportation has been a bitch and it seems to be the easiest way, with occasional buses scattered about for visits to local goodies outside of town. I'm not visiting Turkey this time. Sounds like the kind of country I oughta visit with a friend. See my reply to Brian for my idea following Thessaloniki.

So I'm pretty sure I'm going to buy a Eurail 2-3 month continuous pass for this whole trip. While a little pricier, it simplifies most of my travel options and goes everywhere I need to go. So far this is my list, in order, of places I'd like to visit. Las Vegas to Bergen, Norway Bergen to Oslo, Norway Oslo to Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm to Copenhagen, Denmark Copenhagen to Hamburg, Germany Hamburg to Berlin Berlin to Munich Munich to Freiburg (Black Forest) Freiburg to Reims, France Reims to Paris Paris to Versailles Versailles to Chartres Chartres to Chamonix Mont-Blanc Mont-Blanc to Milan, Italy Milan to Verona Verona to Padua Padua to Venice Venice to Florence Florence to Pisa Pisa to Livorno Livorno to Perugia Perugia to Rome Rome to Naples Naples to Lecce Lecce to Brindisi Brindisi to Igoumenista, Greece ...But then I hit a road block. There's no railways anywhere near Igoumenista and (as far as I was able to tell) no flights from Brindisi airport to anywhere in Greece. Massacre, gtagrl, any suggestions on what to do? I'm very unfamiliar with Greece and am at the end of 8+ hours of research for today so I'm not looking it up tonight. Are there any reliable bus services that will allow me to get to the good parts of Greece? Here is the map I'm referencing that shows all the Eurail tracks/stops. http://www.eurail.co...ailmap-2013.pdf I've been confused and frustrated about exactly where Eurail goes, because there have been issues with me only seeing (for example) a train from Stockholm to Oslo, when my plan is to go from Oslo to Stockholm. Am I just misinterpreting the "Stockholm-Oslo" description as a one-way train, or will there be a train to and from each city? If I'm understanding it correctly, I'll be able to train on each line on the map. Hopefully, anyway. Edit: holy shit, I just noticed that epic story you wrote, Massacre. Or should I say, epic prophecy. Change that setting to Russia since the women are so much hotter (and my actual people, contrary to your belief that I'm a Jew) and you're not too far off.

Fuck, planning this shit is complicated. I don't even know where to start. The hardest part is figuring out the order of my stops and which cities to stop in.

Just finished Michio Kaku's "Hyperspace" which blew my mind and really opened my eyes to how awesome our universe is. Just began reading "Slaughterhouse Five" by Kurt Vonnegut.

Bill Burr is definitely one of the best out there. Dude comes up with shit that's always bothered me but I've never really put into words. He's just an angry psycho, but a very observant one.

Don't worry. I decided to just spend a month at Disney world. (*secretly books ticket to Norway)