It shouldn’t be too much of a surprise to find out that the guy behind Girls Gone Wild is a jerk. It is surprising to find out just how much of a jerk he is: Joe Francis, the founder of the Girls Gone Wild empire, is humiliating me. He has my face pressed against the hood of a car, my arms twisted hard behind my back. He’s pushing himself against me, shouting: “This is what they did to me in Panama City!” It’s after 3 a.m. and we’re in a parking lot on the outskirts of Chicago. Electronic music is buzzing from the nightclub across the street, mixing easily with the laughter of the guys who are watching this, this me-pinned-and-helpless thing. Francis isn’t laughing. He has turned on me, and I don’t know why. He’s going on and on about Panama City Beach, the spring break spot in northern Florida where Bay County sheriff’s deputies arrested him three years ago on charges of racketeering, drug trafficking and promoting the sexua...
Great. So, when are you guys moving back?
ReplyDeleteAh, that's not quite what I meant. The company is established, and we have people Stateside, but I am staying in Japan for the foreseeable future.
ReplyDeleteWant to move to Japan? The food's good.
I knew that. Just giving you crap.
ReplyDeleteHow's the McDonalds there?
:-)
ReplyDeleteAll of them have breakfast meals now, which you probably recall are my one major weakness for the place. I don't at all like their regular burgers and fries, but "asa-makku"(朝マック) is pretty much the same as the USA's, minus biscuits (english muffins only) and McGriddles (no loss). Oh, and I still only drink McDonald's Coke - what is up with that?
The daughter, on the other hand, is a fiend for McD's having been captured by the unneeded toys and the outdoor play areas. We have her on a once-a-month program to keep the addiction from going full blown.