Gonzo's Red Bull Story
Posted on Monday, November 3, 2008 by Gonzo
Words by Gonzo
Photos and Captions by Porpe
I tried to wake Jorge up for at least an hour on Friday morning prior to 9:30am. Keep in mind we spent the night in Orlando courtesy of our fine friends at Red Bull and we were supposed to be back in Tampa for work at 9am. So I decided to try to fool him, “Jorge wake up man, we are late as hell! Clements is here and he wants to talk to you. He sounds pissed!”
Jorge’s reply before going back to sleep for two more hours taught me something and transformed the intense hangover and results of a blurry, intoxicated night before into a worth-while learning experience that will change my writing forever. This was genius and helped me come to the realization that to get the point across you don’t always have to give your readers a descriptive background, engage them with clever metaphors, or even supply them with the information they need in order to know exactly what happened. He taught me that sometimes to get the point across, all you need is one blurted out, unconscious, totally innocent, spur-of-the-moment statement that, if it’s the right one, is worth more than one hundred other meaningless words.
So what was Jorge’s genius response to the angry invisible Ryan Clements in our hotel room to justify to him why his assistant was still in bed and not at his desk working?
“Gonzo, just tell him we raged.”
Thank you Red Bull for the good times and hotel room, Barak for the opportunity, Ryan Clements for letting us keep our jobs, and Jorge Angel for almost 10 years of friendship, non-stop laughs, and the naïve, care-free, and genuine attitude that even through thick and thin has always, and will continue to, keep us the best of friends.
Photos and Captions by Porpe
I tried to wake Jorge up for at least an hour on Friday morning prior to 9:30am. Keep in mind we spent the night in Orlando courtesy of our fine friends at Red Bull and we were supposed to be back in Tampa for work at 9am. So I decided to try to fool him, “Jorge wake up man, we are late as hell! Clements is here and he wants to talk to you. He sounds pissed!”
Jorge’s reply before going back to sleep for two more hours taught me something and transformed the intense hangover and results of a blurry, intoxicated night before into a worth-while learning experience that will change my writing forever. This was genius and helped me come to the realization that to get the point across you don’t always have to give your readers a descriptive background, engage them with clever metaphors, or even supply them with the information they need in order to know exactly what happened. He taught me that sometimes to get the point across, all you need is one blurted out, unconscious, totally innocent, spur-of-the-moment statement that, if it’s the right one, is worth more than one hundred other meaningless words.
So what was Jorge’s genius response to the angry invisible Ryan Clements in our hotel room to justify to him why his assistant was still in bed and not at his desk working?
“Gonzo, just tell him we raged.”
Thank you Red Bull for the good times and hotel room, Barak for the opportunity, Ryan Clements for letting us keep our jobs, and Jorge Angel for almost 10 years of friendship, non-stop laughs, and the naïve, care-free, and genuine attitude that even through thick and thin has always, and will continue to, keep us the best of friends.
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