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Spring Training Day 1: The Journey Begins

Me in front of the Date Shakes place. Some bikers with chihuahuas behind me.

JBox and I are chillin' before heading over to the park. I took notes on the drive over. Here they are:

9:30 - On the road. Almost saw a Mercedes get hit by a semi as the lanes merged. Police officer gave the benz driver a look like, use your f_cking eyes. Listening to what we think is Justin Bieber.

9:39 - Talking to jbox about John Weisbarth. Also talked about the feasibility of an East County minor league team. Thinking about a nap maybe. Too soon?

9:43 - JBox mentioning that he was going to write a bukkake themed blog post last night comparing the pornographic Japanese practice to "hitting a grand slam". He avoided it in case we got into a car wreck. Didn't want it to represent the last thing he ever wrote. Morbid. Pervy.

9:53 - Does the Padres front office fly out to Spring Training or drive?

10:00 - Traveled 50 miles.

10:10 - Hit 100mph on the speedometer. jk, chp.

10:12 - JBox and I have our first fight after he accuses me of not looking out for cops properly. "IF YOU SEE SIRENS, TELL ME!" Now we are at war.

10:13 - Now we are friends again.

10:16 - Border patrol checkpoint. JBox doesn't roll his window down for the patrolman and then only cracks it open when the patrolman indicates to do so. I think jbox has a problem with authority figures.

10:30 - Approaching what appear to be dunes.

10:32 - Not dunes. Just a bunch of shrubbery and sand.

10:50 - Susan Sarandon has a daughter hotter than El Centro. JBox and I brainstorming a screenplay. Hoping to cast both sexy Sarandons.

11:05 - I look over one of my vlogs and realize that I look like a wreck with a double chin. JBox gives me some tips on how he positions his head to get his best angle in photographs. Gay.

11:12 - Mini sandstorm! Roll up the windows!

11:20 - About to stop at a rest stop, but passed it because it looked a little smelly.

11:25 - Passed what looked like the church from November Rain.

12:30 - Called the hotel to verify reservations. "You need to be here by 6 o'clock or else the room will be released!" Relax, lady.

12:39 - Coming up on Dateland

12:46 - JBox nervous about date shakes. I get a small one. Chewy date bits. We fill up the tank and reset the trip meter. Traveled 232 miles.

1:34 - JBox: "If diarrhea is what it is, then what is the equivalent of urine?" I try to think of what it is and before I answer, he says, "Peoria. Write that down." I tell him that it's a little insulting to the city of Peoria and he yells at me, "WRITE THAT DOWN." We are at war again.

1:36 - We see a sign for Petroglyphs and decide to stop. Now we are friends again.

1:36 - Nevermind. Petroglyphs are 11 miles out of the way. BAck on the freeway.

2:45 - Arrived at the hotel!

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You're asking the wrong guy
JBox gives me some tips on how he positions his head to get his best angle in photographs.

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you? ◔ヮ◔
Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play

by Axion on Mar 19, 2010 3:54 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

Beat me to it.

"When the going gets tough... TheGrandHatching pops in later." -- WG

by TheGrandHatching on Mar 19, 2010 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

Son, words don't do it justice

Don’t ask your mommy or daddy, either. If you have an older brother, you might ask him, but if he’s anything like my older brother, he’ll probably pretend he knows when he doesn’t. Don’t worry, you’ll see a picture someday and then you might wonder just what it is about jbox that makes him want to write a blog post about it. I do already.

by playingwithinmyself on Mar 19, 2010 5:22 PM PDT reply actions  

Dateland

Dateland rules!!! We stop there everytime we go to Phoenix – we have people there… The catcus shakes are better than the date ones… The date ones remid me of the backseat of my grandparent’s car – no not because of that – we used to take road trips to Valerie Jeans to get dates, dried fruit, and grapefruit to send back to the peeps in the midwest – anyone remember Valerie Jeans? No? Thought so…

by Erica in the LGC on Mar 19, 2010 10:46 PM PDT reply actions  

gooooooooood morning

We've all experienced those delirious moments where one thing leads to another and you find yourself at the end of the night messing around with sheep. It's something we all have in common. -jbox

by JBRO on Mar 20, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions  

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