Where "If I Talk Louder, Will You Understand Me Better?" Came From

One night earlier this week, a friend and I were discussing random daily happenings, and somehow landed on the topic of travel and tourism (not a surprise, for those who know me).

Said friend (and brilliant writer/hopeful future guest poster JT) and I were recounting all the funny tourist experiences we've either been a part of or seen:

-Being completely horrified as my best friend's mother stood in the middle of a ghetto foreign neighborhood, visibly opening a map in the middle of the sidewalk, proudly donning her American flag baseball cap, $5 Old Navy t-shirt, and true-to-form fanny pack;
-Two American guys getting cornered their first night in London by a stereotypical strip club owner and "big bouncer friend" after *almost* refusing to pay for 30 minutes/$800 worth of "sexy talk" from the so-not-worth-it ladies;
-Watching from the sidelines as an unsuspecting American family (with quite a conspicuous southern drawl) tried to buy tickets for a train ride in Madrid, dad's voice getting louder and LOUDER BY THE WORD (so that Madrid-ticket-counter-guy would understand him better, of course) until he could hold back no longer... and spit in American dad's face.

So, sometime during this conversation, I told JT that I wanted to start a new blog. Being the creative genius he is, he rattled off at LEAST 10 truly appropriate blog titles. But this is the one I decided on to track hilarious experiences that make life... life: family, friends, relationships, lack of relationships, politics, religion, pop culture, music, books, travel, and who-knows-what-else.

Thanks for the inspiration, JT. :)

-10-key princess