Bring your own Cephalopoda

The story that I'm about to tell doesn't happen too often in the mainland...I don't think.

So I guess this story starts when Scott's friend Dave gave him an octopus the other day...that doesn't happen too often in the mainland, does it? Well, EJ and I were at Abyss and we invited Scott because his wife was in the States attending a conference (and because he's an all around good guy and we hadn't seen him in a while).

Scott said he'd bring his octopus...how often do you hear that?

Scott showed up carrying his octopus in a lunch box....yum, I bet the bag had a wonderful smell afterwards...and proceeded to ask the waitress if the chef would cook the octopus for us.

The chef came out, told us he would do it, but told us to be patient because he had to boil it before he could prepare it the way we wanted. We asked him to prepare some octopus kelaguen and the Abyss' special, garlic octopus.

He wasn't kidding when he told us to be patient. No worries, they had plenty of cold beer.

The kelaguen was better than the garlic saute. Maybe the lemon tenderizes the octopus or maybe because it is cooked less, I don't really know, but the texture of the kelaguen was less chewy than the garlic saute.

The "Bring your own Cephalopoda" special set us back $15, which was only $1 less than if we had just shown up and ordered off the menu. No big deal. The experience of bringing a cold, slimy octopus to a restaurant was worth it.

0.15 seconds of fame

A few weeks ago I got a call at 6 AM from my fellow Body on Fire model, Jonathan Grayson. He wanted to know if I was interested in skipping work to appear in a Japanese beer commercial.

What do you think I said?

You guessed it! Instead of spending the day in front of the computer sending emails and setting meetings, I spent about 8 hours dressed like a third world bank security guard. I was paid $200 for my troubles (and my sunburn) and only my nose appears in the commercial. Oh well, check out the commercials here:

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The name of the Japanese actor in the commercial is Hiroshi Abe. He's famous in Japan or something.

The gaijin in the commercial is an actor named John. He went to Japan as an English teacher, which led to acting in local theater, which led to some paid gigs.

He was really funny. Here he is posing with us in our costumes:

...and in case you were wondering. Draft One isn't really beer. It is a beer flavored liquor made with pea protein. Yum!

Seaman's Bento Lunch

Seaman's Restaurant in Lower Base has a pretty sweet bento lunch deal. For five dollars you get the following (if you dine in your lunch comes in a bento box):

Each bento is wrapped individually and comes with:

Miso soup!

Rice!

An assortment of different items! This bento had tuna sashimi, beef with broccoli, grilled pork, and a salad. Not bad for five dollars!

Jäger Bombs at Club V

I'm feeling pretty good right now. I FINALLY got my Jeep Cherokee fixed, so now I can get around this little rock in the Pacific without having to depend on someone else. FREEDOM!

This calls for some Jager Bombs!

Step 1: Start by pouring 1 oz of Jagermeister into a shot glass:

Step 2: Then pour half a can of Red Bull into a rocks glass:

Step 3: Repeat Steps 1 and 2 until you have enough shots for everyone in your group:

Step 4: Drop the shot of Jager into the glass of Red Bull and drink it like a shot.

Step 5: Start dancing.



Step 6: Repeat steps 1-5.

Drop the Chalupa

If Coach Ziggy asks, I was just walking around the mall with my new pair of cleats when I stopped some guy about to eat his Taco Bell and asked if I could take a picture of his food. I swear that's what happened! Really!

Two beef Baja Chalupas, one beef hard shell taco, and one large Mountain Dew...I Love Guam.