I had a plethora of errands to run today, and getting movies at Safeway was one of them. While waiting in line at the movie counter, I noticed there was a gruff looking, cutoff shirt wearing, dirty pants sportin' construction worker waiting for his cigarettes. This man and I were strangers to each other, two minutes later, we became brothers. In that two minute gap something happened that happens to me a lot, although not often enough...a gorgeous girl, in full on summer-gear walked by me slowly. Without realizing it,(I never realize it) my eyes followed her entire trek from the furthest check out counter, to the exit at the opposite end; so too, did the eyes of my construction working amigo. It was at the precise moment that her path caused my eyes to directly intersect and intercept the visual path of the construction worker's eyes, that the common bond was created. We both followed her out the door with our eyes, and then glanced at each other for a moment, and gave each other the universal guy code for "Damn, I hear you": the sheepish grin, and the accepting nod. Democrat or Republican, Pro-Life or Pro-Choice, Catholic or Protestant, it does not matter, every guy knows this code, and every guy has shares this common bond at some point in his life, it happens to me all the time and I'll be damned if it is not a comforting thing to know someone else is thinking the exact same thing, at the exact same moment...for me, that really is rare.
Ok, I know it has been awhile since I've posted, and to my loyal reader and dedicated fan,(note the singularity) I apologize. At any rate, I have come to a crossroads in my life, one that I knew was coming, and now I need the help of any and all of you that frequent this site. I do mean anyone, I do not care if I do not know you and this is your first visit to Brain Rain, I still need your help.
I am asking of you all, to please FLOOD my Email or Comment as to where I should move. Before you get all trigger happy and start commenting and emailing places like Iowa, Kansas, or any other landlocked states or countries, let me just give you a brief synopsis of what I'm looking for in my eventual resting place:
* MUST, absolutely MUST be on the ocean, there is no bending on this one. * MUST be a place I can surf, or that gets surfable waves every so often. so I suppose ya'll should keep that in mind so you don't suggest like Greece or something. * Try not to be too extravagant, I'm on a very limited budget, but keep in mind that also does not mean I want to live in a slum somewhere. * Can not be San Francisco, so please do not even bother suggesting...a plethora of reasons make San Fran out of the question. * This is a biggie, if anyone is also looking for these very same things, CONTACT ME, and maybe we can save ridiculous sums of money rooming together.
So, Please, whoever actually reads this site, Please send me suggestions...I've posted before requesting ideas or help and the response was, well, for lack of more sugar-coated term, Pathetic.
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