"so I added the girls we met in th eparking lot while waiting for the valet to bring our car.
They were locals and said they loved "The Secret". They also advised me not to wear socks with sandals. I swear I learn something new every time I watch The Secret!"
TOO FUNNY Chris! Yes! You Do look like you are having SOOOO mch FUN!
I also loved seeing Dinny and Leslie's smiling faces.
Thanks Scott, I am discovering it all depends on where you are! I like south beach. Only gotta a find a swim suit -or a few drinks on the board walk- you like and your good to go.
You know I knew something was wrong with the socks but now realize I was in denial.
I pulled into the festival to valet park my car, opened the door and began to step out when I knew there was something terribly amiss! The looks on poeples face gave it away.
As I looked at them and wondered what could they be cringing at.
I tried to convince myself my socks were fine. I tried to tell myself it was because my car was covered in bird crap or that my clothese were so wrinkled I appeared to be just returning from a 3 day binge.
At one point - obviously in denial - I thought it was my loud, obnioxious behavior or the fact the valet needed to change clothes after sitting in my car..... but NO!
I now know it was the socks. Funny how I tried to act like those other thing could be causing the stares. It took true friends like you for me to see the truth.
I do have to say I knew I needed quick action regardless of what it was so I am happy to report that when I introduced myself as as George Lucas's scout for new talent everyone seemed to really like me :)~
This has uncovered so many feelings about my toes! You know that part in the secret where Bob Proctor kisses his hand and says how much he loves himself?
I tried to do that with my feet but I wasnt flexible enough. Unfortunaelt the door to my apartment was open and a neighbor walked by as I sat trying to pull my foot to my mouth. I think she went to call the police, I better go explain ....................brb.
Scott Hotchkiss
That is too funny!
Just to let you know, I'm somewhat a clothing optional kind of guy, too. So...
Also, I'm feeling kind of wistful right now because a bunch of my friends are on their way to Nevada headed to the Black Rock Desert. A dry lake bed, PLAYA, called Black Rock City, about 100 miles north of Reno for one week a year. It's one of the World's Great Festivals known as BURNINGMAN!
Oh Yeah - The Man burns in 9 days.
And I will not be there. WAAAAAA!
Next year!
So in the spirit of radical inclusion, and radical self-expression, you do whatever you feel right doing, and I will embrace it and applaud. We are on the path to freedom.
REAL FREEDOM
So socks or no socks, doesn't really matter to me. I have some in a drawer somewhere. That's cool for me.
But people in "the default world" still have notions... and it's sometimes a good idea to assimilate.
Anyway, I roared at your description. A computer "lol" doesn't convey how much I laughed.
I love you, man!
PEACE
Scott
Believe in Magic!
Julieanne I think we need to be careful encouraging Chris Tinney to wear socks with "thongs" - these Americans might get the wrong idea! I mean, I've never been to Lake Tahoe, but I'm tipping sock-padded g-strings on Main Street are a fashion faux pas even for that relaxed part of the world. South Beach on the other hand...
You guys (and gals... and Tinney's toes) are all too funny!!!!!!!
LOLOL
Oh...and Scott...I was in Salt Lake City and a bunch of us
were all discussing BURNINGMAN... I think the Universe
is nudging me to join the party.......
Chris, to (very badly) paraphrase Voltaire I dislike the wearing of socks with sandals but will defend to the death your right to do so :-) although I really hope it doesn't come to that.
If it feels good you go for it.
Oh, and the photos are just great!
Caitlin
A super thank you for sharing the pictures, Chris....and this is what Scott wanted to say earlier. ROTFL! (rolling on the floor laughing!)...I was in that fit when you put your foot in your mouth bit!
Thanks for making me feel good...this is better than Seinfeld.
Love & Peace
PS...here in Canada, we deport you if you so much dare buy socks with sandals. That's a No for moi, but I'm also with the others - do what feels good to you...don't worry about us!
Hey Chris,
Thanks for posting these pictures. I'm sure these are just the first of so many. Can't wait to see more from your tour. Have Fun!
Paul Harrington wrote:
Julieanne I think we need to be careful encouraging Chris Tinney to wear
socks with "thongs" - these Americans might get the wrong idea! I mean, I've
never been to Lake Tahoe, but I'm tipping sock-padded g-strings on Main Street
are a fashion faux pas even for that relaxed part of the world. South Beach on
the other hand...
Perhaps you should've just worn the thongs without socks Chris!!! Next time Paul and I will come over and choose your clothes for you. Boy, do Aussies know how to dress:-)
Mary, I love that Tinney's Tiny Toes.
We could all put together one of those Dr Suess books.
Oooops, I just realised the word thongs has 2 meanings Paul!! My daughter keeps telling me I'm old, just can't keep up with all the latest :LOL!!
To Julianne and Paul.
I like to take a camera everywhere. So I will wear a thong, sandal and a fanny pack!
I went all over looking for a fanny pack when I was on teh gold coast and my girlfriend at the time (australian)) was encouraging me to go from store to store asking if they knew where I could find one!
"So I will wear a thong, sandal and a fanny pack! "
egads Chris.... surely not when you are heading down to the Harley bar...
and you told me that the reason I couldn't hear you was because of the wind in your mouthpeice of your phone .... when it really was the wind whistling through your thong.
Karen
Great stuff Chris and everybody. From the secret and the luminaries at the opening of the Festival to socks and sandals to fanny packs, socks and thongs... and who knows where it will stop? Wooohooo. We're having fun and that is a good thing.
On the socks and sandals, hey, I do that when its chilly out... What's the problem? Also for socks and thongs (that go on your feet) there are socks that are like gloves, each toe has its own place! Unlimited possibilities, right?
Namaste
Peter
Well Peter, I think Chris is going to have a pile of "toe socks" end up in his letterbox soon:-)
Chris said: I went all over looking for a fanny pack when I was on teh gold
coast and my girlfriend at the time (australian)) was encouraging me to
go from store to store asking if they knew where I could find one!
So, tell us again Chris ( I love hearing this story), what did the shop assistants say when you asked them for a "fanny pack"?
Wait a minute.
A a sock stuffed into a thong ????
Is this the guy version of a training bra or what?
Than a fanny pack to cover, what....?
This sounds like Hallaoween in Lahaina!
Come to think of it, Chris does have a thing for weeird socks, I gotta
dig up that picture of the ones you bought off that waitress for $100
bucks in Destin, Florida!
But somehow, we have digressed!
Oh my god Marcy that was, what 8 years ago. For others here, our friends bet me I couldn't get the waitress to give me her socks before we left the restaurant. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
I would have liked a more challenging piece of clothing but I guess they didnât believe they could "have whatever they want". They did by the end of the night! I have to admit that was a magical night and even I was shocked at how people did whatever I asked that night no matter how outrageous I got! Hey Marcy that was the beginning of my non profit!! Remember the kid!
So if that's the picture of me wearing her Dr Seuss socks and her wearing my boring dress socks I have to have it. That was an amazing weekend!
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Scott is a clothing optional kind of guy - we gotta party with this guy! I've tried to be clothing optional kind of guy but when I tried everyone left the room and a police officer seemed to not like my "lifestyle choice"
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Julianne, I canât even remember which store keeper I spoke about before when telling the Fanny Pack story, but I think I was propositioned a few times before the day was out and didn't even know it! <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Australia is so fun!
My girlfriend ( at the time) told me to put a bunch of stuff in the "bin" so I found a container on the counter and put a handful of stuff she gave me in it. Later I found out she meant the trash. And when leaving one day we were packing in the house and she asked me to put something in the "boot". I gave her a blank stare.
We should make an Aussie guide for Americans.
All I know is Australian girls treat me well.
I have gotten into the habit of walking in a pub and shouting from the door across the room to the bar tender "HEY WHATA GOT ON TAP" making sure I sound as American as possible. So far my night is "set".
In Europe though it doesnât work. Much more reserved people. I have to get to know them and then they seem to like me. My friend, in Amsterdam, said I kind of grow on you.............. Like a fungus! (Another reason for socks!)
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Julia, http://www.sandalandsoxer.co.uk/ is too funny! Thanks for the share
Chris,
Thanks for sharing the pictures, looks like you all had a lot of fun. I wish I could have been there, and will join you one of these days.
As for the socks with the sandals, being a Tahoe local, it's not that unusual to see that. Okay, so I may not have worn it to an event, but I have been known to slip on my sandals with socks to run to the grocery store once in a while.
Blessings,
Jill
Hey Jill thanks for the vote of confidence in my ability to properly use the socks with sandals.
We just had a Party at donnor lake last night with the Truckee Law of attraction group. You shoudl come to the next one! I always go to the Truckee and Reno ones :)
EVA EVA EVA!!
Me, me, ME! I am planning to go to see Bob Proctor in London. Saw Mike Dooley - fantastic!!
Chris! Wow! What a blast! And WOW seeing Rev Michael Beckwith, he's on MY list of people to see!!!
Laughing at the "socks with thongs" being that I'm a Kiwi and know how "Aussies/Ozzies" (Australians) call sandals thongs and in the UK - and I'm guessing the US too? A thong is a G String! Chris you're quite a nice looking guy but please PLEASE SPARE us seeing THAT one!!! Even WORSE with socks!!!
Scott Hotchkiss
