The $285 Freight Train Hopping Experience
by projecthitchhiker on January 20, 2008
in Stories
I ducked down and walked slowly toward the freight train as it rolled to a stop. Concentrate, I thought, trying to mute the sound of the gravel under my feet. I stopped three feet in front of the railway car, and saw it was the one I wanted. It was basically half of a box platform for a bigger transport container (the same as transport trucks haul) and there was a five by six foot empty space behind the giant box. Perfect.
I took a quick look around and threw my guitar bag over the rim. I pushed myself up by my arms and toppled in head first, my shoe catching on a metal hinge that jutted out.
I loved the adrenaline rush that I always got when I climbed onto a train, and today was no different.
A Business Idea You Should Steal: The Perfect Love Hotel
by projecthitchhiker on January 11, 2008
in Awesome Stuff, Japan
I’ve done a lot of research in the past little while about Japanese Love Hotels, and I consider myself to be something of an expert on the topic.
The other day I thought of a brilliant business idea: a love hotel in Canada or the US. Not in small city like Halifax or Ottawa – it would have to be somewhere big and cosmopolitan like Toronto, Montreal or Vancouver. Probably Montreal, as there’s 1) money, 2) liberal attitudes, and 3) plenty of tourists with money.
I actually think if you could keep the concept/reputation as a “classy establishment to fulfill fantasies with your partner”, you could charge a lot of money for this. The sexual attitudes of the general public have opened up in the last few years and now would definitely be the time to start said project.
That said, if I were building the perfect love hotel, it would have the following improvements on the Japanese archetype:
Way more crazy-themed rooms that I imagine people would be into, for example…
-a stripper fantasy room, complete with stripper pole, strobe lights, (disco ball?), lap-dance chair, and strip-bar music sound system
-an island paradise room, complete with fake waterfall, palm trees and hammocks.
-a dungeons and dragons or medieval themed room (for all you RPG fans…)
-“The Gym” room – looks like a workout gym, complete with weight sets and equipment; use your imagination