In Cleveland I rented a car, a Dodge Charger (fast mofo) and rallied the shit out of it. Our first stop was decent in a Double Tree which is a completely new hotel chain for me. It was nice, not the best, but not the worst. It was comparable to a Sheraton, no free breakfast, nice rooms, comfy beds, and decent service. The restaurant there though was awesome. I got a steak salad, and that just rocked my socks off. After that our travels took us to Akron..... do i need to say anymore? I could go on for hours about this place, but let me sum it up in one word.....whatapieceofshit. We stayed at the Quality Inn, and this place was of really poor quality let me tell you. I had hair all over my shower, the drain was clogged in the sink, the locks on the door were broken off, the remote didnt work, and I had the the feeling that a coke deal was going on in the next room. Thanks BER for putting us up in a ritzy place. Also during this time, my computer started to act funny. My internet application and Safari program had started to act up in Cleveland and was getting worse in Akron, so instead of sitting around the Quality Inn, i found a "licensed Apple technician" a few miles away and took it to him. Not only did this guy not fix my computer, but he erased EVERYTHING off of it, and said he didnt have time to put it back on even thought he said it was an easy fix. I swear to god this guy was a total ass-brain. On top of that, he made me pay $90 for him erasing all my information of my computer. I argued with him for about 10 minutes said "i dont have time for this shit" and left Akron just plain ol' pissed off. Luckily, I have a time machine application on my computer that saves all my info, and had recently run it so I could get all of my information back on, but still this guy was a moron. Anywho, we left Akron and drove to Columbus. Columbus was decent, and had an awesome gyro place next to the seminar facility we were at. Also the hotel we were at, Hilton Garden Inn (pretty nice btw), was run by alot of Ohio U students. In Columbus, I took my computer to an Apple store where the guys at the Genius bar told me how to load everything back on and reboot my computer in a way that would fix what that cumfarter (too graphic and vulgar???...sorry for you sensies out there) did. Columbus was aight, then we drove to Cincinnati. I have been to this hotel before, and its nice. They have a Priority Club floor (points program for Holiday Inn) that has really nice rooms with flat screens and a concierge room with pop and cookies and shit.... its nice. Had subway for lunch, its my staple on the road besides Panera. After that seminar we flew out of Cincinnati and I went home. Throughout this car trip through Ohio though, my speaker kept telling me how when she dies she wants to donate her body to science. This might have been her topic of conversation for a good 1/4 of the car trips we were on and how important it is that humans have cadavers to study on to cure things. I agree, its a good thing but i dont rant and rave about how awesome it will be when my body will be poked and prodded with needles and foreign instruments or might possibly be cut up and disposed of in some weird way. Whatev, to each their own I guess.
After a short weekend home, watching the Cougs lose to UW, they deserve it, but it doesnt change the fact that UW is a school for concubines and cocksuckers (holla), I was back on the road. I flew out on Sunday at 11 a.m. which was amazing. I got to sleep in an extra couple hours and didnt have to rush to the airport to catch a flight that would most likely be delayed or sit on the tarmack for an hour. I was flying to Rapid City, South Dakota, and it reminded me of the Palouse alot, only less people, seriously. This place was deserted. The only time they have people is during the summer and its for Mount Rushmore about 25 miles outside of the city. The hotel we were staying in was really nice, but was very empty. So that means i get an upgrade! I got a 2 room suite with 2 flat screens, 1 1/2 bathrooms, a massive bed, and a couple cookies. That rocked. Hardly anybody was at the seminar and we departed on a plane that was meant for 40 people, but there were only 5 of us... I got my own row on the plane, love it. We flew into Denver and from the get go this was a different experience.....
First off, I rented a car cuz its a long drive into the city and its cheaper to rent a car than get a taxi. Also, my seminar/hotel was changed at the last minute to a hotel down the street and everything shifted for the day. We were staying at a Sheraton where a MEAT (acronym for some sort of meat organization that actually spells MEAT) convention was going on with a bunch of fat drunk texans yelling about how good MEAT is. My hotel room was decent, but they had great service. In my room I received a free bottle of wine, a basket of fruit, some crackers and cheese, and a few bottles of water. They hooked me up! It was compliments of the hotel Catering manager to sweeten me up so BER will come back more.
Will we?! Not for a bit.... The hotel was under some serious construction and I knew the next days seminar was gonna be hell from all the attendees and teachers complaining, but first.......
So another BER program manager was gonna be in Denver and he had a friend who he says is alot of fun in Boulder. So i meet up with Kyle (other pm) and we head to Boulder in the rental. We meet Adam, his friend whowas kind of a grungy hippie character. It looked like everyone from Boulder was that way, and he was nice so we went and got someting to eat and headed back to Denver to our hotels. Before that we stopped off at the liquor store, open till 1000 btw (awesome), and grabbed a fifth of rum.....just pure stupidity. After killing that, we met another friend of Adams at a bar called Double Daughters, played beer pong at the bar and ended going back to my hotel room around 430....just dumb. This picture defines the night. I get up the next morning, struggle down to my seminar at 720 and feel like a mess, manage to get everything set up, sign everyone in and fall asleep on my seminar table. When i wake, the Bolivian National soccer team is around my table, and 5 professional soccer players are laughing and giving me shit about being hungover. They knew the drill. They would say,"Mas cerveza o tequila amigo?" and laugh. I had on and off convos with them all day, they were hilarious. There was a bunch off press too, like taking pictures, and i got in a picture with one of them. Im a soccer star in Bolivia now, the first Irishman to play for them. They were playing Mexico the next day and were there doing TONS of press for it. For lunch I went to Jimmie Johns, always solid meal, and after the seminar went to Maggianos and got some Pesto Linguine....IT WAS AMAZING! We drove to the airport and took off to Billings at 940 pm and landed 1130 pm. I hate late flights. Stayed at a hotel that I have been to before and it was an easy seminar. After that seminar we flew here to where the mormons live in Salt Lake and am at a Holiday Inn that has nice rooms and comfortable beds, but bad service and no free breakfast, ultra lame. Theres also NOTHING to eat around here. I fly to Spokane tonight and tomorrows seminar should be easy. I have a flight scheduled for 530, but hope to go standby on another because flights from Spokane to Seattle happen literally every 30 minutes, its insane. Alright well I will see some of you tomorrow and hope all is well..... Deuces from the land of mormon.....
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