Now, here in this first episode of the Tour, I set out on the journey. Most of this video takes place in the rather boring and very windy Eastern half of Washington State. I had never been on this road before, and despite some gruelingly barren terrain in the middle of the state, seeing the Columbia River, the Palouse and Snake River valley were quite interesting.
Yellowstone was magical. At times, I faced challenges that required heroic measures. It seemed to me that introducing the story as a fairy tale was the way to go.
Click here to read the first installment of the Tour d’Joko: Lord of the Rings Edition. As usual, things weren’t going all that smoothly on the Tour d’Joko. I had gotten lost whilst in search of a gas station in the Mirkwood….err…the Kirkwood… make that Kirkland. This put me behind schedule, and even after saving […]
I’ve made a remarkable discovery! I’ve found that anything and everything can be made more exciting when put into the context of a Quest. Imagine your daily commute to the office as an epic struggle to reach the Kingdom of Workplace. Picking up the kids from soccer practice as a search for Lost Children of […]
I’ve covered more songs on uke than I can remember. What inspires me to cover each song can have as much to do with the merits of the song as it does with any of many other random factors. The time of year. What other people are talking about. Or, is in today’s case, something […]
Do you know the last words of Eduardo Cardini, the inventor of the Caesar Salad? Et Tu, Crouton? Happy Pi Day/ Ides of March everyone! I called this the “Ides of Joko”… March 15th, 2007. There’s No One Like Ewe! The Ides Of March Of Joko – Click here for more home videos It’s all […]
A few days back, my supervisor handed me an envelope with “Thank You” written on it. Inside, was a five-dollar bill. This was my prize for selling off the GE Albatross. Over the course of the last six months or so, an ugly, slightly-used, bisque-colored GE top-mount refrigerator had vexed our clearance area. It would […]
I enjoy visiting museums, historical sites and significant buildings. It’s odd that in 4 years living in Seattle, I have not, until today, taken in our state capitol, a mere 80 miles or so south in the city of Olympia. In a word, it was “quaint”. Part Two of my adventure today was far more […]
In the Autumn of 2007, I decided to change my name. When I moved to Washington, I decided to use my Indonesian name, the one I was given while living there as an exchange student as my full time identity. It wasn’t that hard of a transition as I had been using “Joko” as my […]
I got into the van tonight after it was all over and was overcome with what felt like a post-coital bliss. You know what I’m talking about. That full-body “ahhhhh” feeling where everything seems wonderful and you’re ecstatic in your exhaustion. Performing satisfactorily at this audition tonight, one I’d been agonizing over as it was […]
