Friday, February 4, 2011

New hobby of mine


I like to look at random celebrities and make assumptions about their private lives. I'm gonna start with Jim Nantz.

Jim Nantz loves wine. If you ask Jim where his favorite place to visit is he's going to say Bordeaux, France... but Jim is lying. He prefers Napa Valley. He gets a kick out of the fact that when he visits, the wine makers go up to him and say, "hey Jim, this new pinot has you written all over it." Jim sits down, swirls a glass, closes his eyes, and says, "perfection." Then he orders three cases to be shipped to his cabin in Vermont.
When Jim covers the British open he tours the scotch distillaries of Scotland. He's had many conversations about how people over pay on Johnny Walker blue when a Leguvin 18 is just as good if not better. He pretends to enjoy scotch neat but he secretly feels like gagging after every sip.
Jim doesn't get a lot of vacation time. He's devoted to his craft... but when he does get time off he loves sitting in his Vermont cabin by the fireplace, that is always stocked with fresh firewood... not cut by him. He opens a bottle of cabernet and reads classic novels. Jim thinks Moby Dick is the best book of all time. He tries to dabble in poetry but just can't quite get into it. Before bed he thinks, it's a great time to be alive and it's great being Jim Nantz.