We are back safe and sound from ‘the city of angels’ after a great visit.  Even met a few angels.  A great time to catch up on some long over due stories.

As some of you know, Africa has always been on my list, and this April I was fortunate enough to get a chance to cross it off. Myself and one other journeyed to Rwanda and Uganda to scout the potential for building soccer fields and setting up programs for the children and youth there. Part of an organization we founded www.oaprojects.org.

What we found were two of the most amazing countries filled with even more amazing people. I’ve truly never seen a place with more heart and soul. It was in Rwanda that I met a young guy named Jean Claude. We became good friends and one day I asked him, as I was dieing to know, what he wanted to do before he died.

He answered, as many do, by saying he’d never thought about it.

A few days later, however, he came up to me and said he had figured it out, he knew what he wanted to do before he died. He said, more then anything else, he wanted to get a song he wrote recorded on to the radio. I asked to listen to some of his music but he said that he’d never had anything recorded, though he promised to write a song and sing it to us before we left.

Here is that song, now recorded:

If any of you out there have an in at a radio station give me a holler.

–Duncan

Here are two videos from the trip:

Journal 1:

Journal 2:

P.S. We never made it to Ellen while in LA. We had a really great meeting with some movie people down there and got stuck in some classic LA traffic. We were all pretty bummed, but next time we’re going to tent outside Ellen’s house so we can get a ride with her to work.

Gettin’ Jiggy?

The Buried Life has landed in LA to attempt #79: Dance with Ellen DeGenneres! Now, Ellen doesn’t actually ‘know’ that we’re coming to her show, but we managed to get tickets for tomorrow and we figure that’s the first step. Once we’re inside, our plan is… well, we don’t have a ‘plan’ per se, but traffic is pretty heavy in LA so we’ll have time to plan on the ride over.

What we do know is that Ellen has heard about us because of all of your emails, so thank you! Apparently she’s received a pile of them so we hope it’s only a matter of time. If you want to help us with the push, you can email Ellen and tell her about our mission HERE.

In the mean time, if you happen to catch the show tomorrow keep your eye open for 4 guys dancing like buffoons.

Dance! TBL

what you looking at?

Ever ridden in a refitted 57 Chevy? You should add it to your list..

Morgan is 5 years old and likes to show off her shirt at school

Just got this photo of a little friend wearing a TBL shirt. Pretty cute eh? If you’d like a TBL shirt of your own, you can grab one here. If you’ve already got one, send us a pic and we’ll throw it up on the blog.

duncan got so excited about it that he warped through time

While in Fort Collins speaking at the Beet Street Conference we crossed #49 off the list. Six times.

good company. good nachos.

Beet Street helped us send an email around the city inviting strangers to come out and eat. Before we knew it we were sitting down a table for ten at Lucky Joes’ Pub with mothers, students, and artists (a photographer and a painter) and enjoying some delicious nachos and grilled sandwiches. We talked about life-lists, Prince, and how important it is to take time off after school (highschool or university) to figure yourself out. It was great. Thanks to Rae for sending these photos (if anyone reading this works at National Geographic, let us know. Rae wants in..)