Lets start with the Inauguration ... How good is Barack Obama at creating hope? Unreal good is the answer to that question! His speech yesterday was so amazing my body forgot how to run while I was listening, which in turn made me drool on my shirt ... and I may or may not have peed in my pants a little too.
I really couldn't tell you how well Barack will do in the wake of everything that is going on, mainly because I don't know anything about American politics ... or politics in general. But I do know that when watching the Inauguration yesterday, I felt extremely happy to see George W. Bush get booted from the White House. In eight years he's started two wars that drained the US of a ton of money, saw thousands of people die in Terrorist attacks, and put his country in the worst economic situation they've ever been in. He will for sure go down as being the worst President in the history of the USA. Not to mention the skits that were created while he was in office.... what will SNL, Jay Leno, David Letterman, The Colbert Report, or Conan O'Brien do!!!???
After yesterdays festivities ended I felt as though the only way to go was up ... I'm not sure if that's because Barack is now the first Black President in the US or if it's because the economy is as low as it can go ... either way ... the future is looking up.
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The Eagle Incredible Journey ended on Friday and we flew back to Canada from a week in Jamaica at Sandals Grande Ochos Rios Beach and Villa Resort. All the gourmet food you could eat, all the booze you could drink, and more beach than you can handle.
People who are in radio tend to be bitter about how much we get paid. Here's what I have to say to them ... you have the best job in the world. You don't have to do manual labour, you have an opportunity everyday to make someone laugh or smile, and yes, the pay may not be that unbelievable ... but the perks of the job (all inclusive trip to Jamaica) seem to out weigh all the other crap.
I digress ... Brody and Jess the winners who came with us are great people. They're young, love to party, and are just plain friendly! We couldn't have asked for better winners. But I do need to clear something up ...They've been dating for over a year ... not 3 months. There ...the rumour is over with, no more bugging from the Breakfast Boys ...
Here's the weird twist in the story ... while we were in Jamaica we qualified people all week long for another shot at winning the same all inclusive trip. We got four people down and let Brody pick the winner out of a hat. Well the guy he picked ended up being his boss from River Side Electric ... talk about a raise in his future! So Rick Friesen will now have the same vacation to Sandals Grande as his employee Brody did! CONGRATS!!
The connections are crazy when you live in a small town. Here's some more:
- Rick Friesens wife ended up being my girlfriends prof at the Great Plains College!!
- One of the other final four worked with Brody at Intersport back in the day ... I guess Brody dated here daughter for a while!!
- Brody ended up working with a couple of my buddies.
- Tanya's (the Mrs) cousin works at the Comp where Brody's mom works and they both checked the Breakfast Boys Facebook Group everyday for new pictures!!
Its always amazing how everyone in Swift is connected in some way... its what I really love about our city!
I've also heard quite a few people decided to book trips to Sandals because of the broadcast last week .. that's always fun to hear... and when I say this I'm not just trying to sell you on our resort, I'm being serious .... its the best resort you could ever stay in!! Its luxurious, its a party, its fun, it's romantic and the Jamaican people are just genuinely nice folk!! Check it out with your travel agent ... you'll be surprised how affordable it is.
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I was going to write about something else here but I got distracted and forgot ... until next time!
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