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Mister Rogers Would Be Proud
Nov 4th
Hey Team.
Today was a great day. I’m one step closer to eventually seeing home again (and considering how cold it’s been in the North East DO NOT underestimate how much I’m missing Southern California weather) thanks to a daylong trip to the Crayola Factory!
Highlights:
1. Seeing how crayons are made (duh)!
2. Seeing Mister Roger’s Crayola Factory shirt from when he made the 100,000,000,000th crayon.
3. Making a sculpture of Ace the Wonder Monkey (the podcast will reveal all) using free Model Magic clay!
Lowlights:
1. No ghost of Mister Rogers haunting the halls.
2. No hardhats involved in the tour.
3. Couldn’t find anyone to convince that Crayola needs to adopt an “Amtrekker Green” crayon.
The evening was spent with camp counselors from the College Settlement Camps of Philadelphia where I’m staying (constantly thanking god that I’ve never seen Friday the 13th) thanks to a fortuitous meeting at a Halloween party in Boston last weekend. And since I get to wake up early tomorrow to see what life at camp is like I’m going to have to cut this post short. But there will be plenty more info about the great Crayola adventure AND a podcast coming up.
PLUS, I was able to re-shoot the closing to the More >
Color Me Excited
Nov 3rd
Hey Team,
Granted, my world has been colored by a lifetime spent in California but it just seems strange to sit in a car for six hours and cross through FIVE states. I could barely make it from LA to San Francisco in that time.
Today’s big event (besides finally caving in and purchasing new pants…which, apparently, you can’t buy with shoestrings) was a road trip with Chelsea, the Museum of Science educator that I met at a Halloween party last weekend. Turns out she was looking to take a trip to a summer camp she used to work at to visit some friends. Lucky for me, this summer camp also happens to be a scant hour car ride from the Crayola Factory AND has an open bed!
So tomorrow brings with it some #47 butt-kickery (it’s a word…promise) and a summer camp exploration.
Okay, I’ve gotta go make my bunk. Good thing the kids are all in school. I’m looking forward to pretending I’m back in the dorms.
I’m done.
Brett.
If you enjoyed this story, feel free to chip in for crayons…
then I can draw myself a map.
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I Don’t Scream, But I Do Cry.
Aug 20th
Hey Team,
I’m sad to say I have mixed feelings about yesterday. Yes, I got to cross another one off my list (#48). But at what cost? It seems this trip isn’t just about exploration and good times. It’s also about sacrifice.
Before yesterday I could not have imagined a time or place I could have been more depressed. More importantly, I could NEVER have imagined feeling a sadness that could run so deep. I’ve lived a fairly happy life and I’ve yet to lose a close family member, so up until yesterday when discussions steered toward loss I found myself unable to relate.
Now I know pain.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Dough R.I.P. You will be missed.
I’m done.
Brett.
Want to help buy my way out of depression?
Seriously, it might take the pain away. You never know ’til you try.
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I Got Screwed…The Other Guy Got Nailed
Aug 13th
Hey Team,
Guess who’s 10% done crossing random objectives off of his life controlling inanimate list! If you didn’t guess me, you suck at this game.
It’s been another busy week of bad traveling but I think that everything will calm down a little on that front. The last of the scheduled events from this month are out of the way so as strange as it sounds I have a little more freedom now (Brett, you’re saying you have more freedom now than you did last week when you were still an unemployed vagrant? Yes.)
Trying to slog through hours of footage for the podcast has made life a little daunting too. I’m sorry I’ve been putting so much focus on that instead of updating the articles. I’m trying to find a better balance. Honest! So, I hope today makes up for some of my slacking. Here’s a new story! AND later today that video I’ve been promising may appear!
Okay, the question on the tip of everyone’s lips? What the crap has Brett been doing all week?! I’ll skip to the good part.
I was in New York last week with the little sis and her dude and guess what I saw! (Yes, I More >
