gettin' closer all the time to the southbound roadtrip - some people still thinkin' I'm nuts, others just *shrug*, and a very select few have said to enjoy
no worries :)
was funny talkin' with the complex manager a couple days ago - since she was the one who fought to get me into the apartment when she was an assistant manager, she knows me kinda well by now *smiles*
she reminded me how most of my time here I didn't take vacations and s'only been the past few years I've done anything
...which is a sad truth, surely - but she's been behind my very vaca thus far, even given me some ideas... and some envy ( though she'll be on vacation herself a couple of the days of the week I'll be out & about )
for the trip itself, I'm pretty much set beyond packing, which it's far too early for
I've paid as much of the car rental as I'm able to - and requested siriusXM, which isn't gauranteed but'd be nice for the trip :)
I've purchased a sleeping bag, so I'll be more comfortable this time ( was cold a couple nights last trip )
I've (still) got my tom-tom and e-cel and music and camera and laptop and essentials, so don't need to really purchase or upgrade any of that
I may even look into a pre-paid smartphone from the same place I pre-pay my e-cel... might give me an advantage or two - or access to something I wouldn't have otherwise
at least, not without pulling out the laptop and hoping there's wifi somewhere near where I am
*shocker*, neh ? *smirks*
I've got more than enough saved up for feeding and gasahol, as I'm a pretty frugal sort normally - but I may want to treat myself every so often :)
s'kinda cool that my first goal, even though I won't reach it the first day, is to see friends in Louisiana
no other goals than eventually making my way back the day before I have to return the rental
doesn't mean that I'm not open to ideas from the southland - the cheaper ( or free! ), the better... and avoiding the big Cities, certainly
...if I wanted to visit a big City, I'd fly there and just walk-wander rather than random roadtrip there!
I've been told that I'll be in the mid-south perfect timing for music and food festivals...
which would be tres cool! to find ... as I love music and, well, even though I'm a picky bastard what I *do* eat, I love
...and with spicy seasoning, which I'm told the south is perfect for :D
guess I'll see when I get around the area, neh ?
if my luck is anything like prior roadtrips and travellations, I'll probably end up seeing someone I know that I didn't intend to...
it's how fate has gone thus far, which is so weird... until I realize how many people I have known in my life and friends thereof - which've been a few ! :)
'course, maybe mentioning it will break the likelihood - but I dunno, I've mentioned it before and - lo! and behold! - seen unexpected people, even if just for a moment or two
ANYways... don't have that much to babble on about other than the impending roadtrip and usual busy work and crazy spawnlings *smiles/sighs*
aye, my life is pretty boring 90-95% of the time - nothing to bitch about, but nothing exciting, certainly
Farethee well for now, my Lovelies and Gentlefolk - keep on Living and Loving Life ! Until someday we meet... again or for the first time ! <3
weeks' random twittage ::
3/9 : every day is a day to Live, a day to Enjoy, to Work Hard, to Relax, to Learn, to Smile & Laugh
I don't Live for Fridays, Mondays, or Wednesdays - and definitely NOT for Holidays! - I Live for Every Day and what it has to offer me, to face & survive, to love, learn, & embrace...
3/13 : it appears I still surprise people with my poetica ( including *that* I write poetry! :) ) - I write where the mood & mind takes me, so, yes, it can be depressing, or lovely, or risque, or overtly sexual, or faithful, or even religious ... after a lifetime, poetica is part of me
3/14 : Hairdresser : "awkward question, but is that your purse?"
(me) : haven't had t'carry a purse in years
Hairdresser : " *laughs* sorry, had to ask!"
3/15 : is it bad of me that I'm not surprised that yesterday's "peaceful student walkouts" included incidents of assault ( including assaulting an officer ), vandalism ( of public & private property ), and theft ?! just looking at the past few years of "protesting" this is the norm :(
3/15 II : brain sees advertisement : "ooo - eostre candy, we wants! must get after work!"
rest of self : "we've still got leftover samhain candy..."
brain : "don't cares - wants! GETS!"
rest of self : *sighs*
3/16 : 35 !! unique phone calls after 7p - only two of which I knew/recognized - and, of course, not a message left so I have no idea who/what or why the 33 unknown may've called... nor care, without knowing whom - sorry, but another number deleted w/ no worries...
3/17 : my spawnlings had a fun day today ( including a few hours at Cheap Skate ) and are now hilariously talking to... and arguing with!... google on one of their smartphones ! so weirdly awkward but it's keeping me laughing up a storm :D
3/17 II : also my youngest looks quite cute with her new/first pair of glasses - they fit her to a T :) ...though every so often I have to remind her to keep them on, which leads to an interlude of annoyance and anger ( which I find amusing - bad me ?! )
3/19 : re: the "I didn't learn this in school" memes/posts... many of those, yes, yes you did - likely you didn't care and/or weren't paying attention
seriously - *I* learned it there AND was in the same school and/or classes you were when these things were taught in Jr High and HS !
3/23 : 6 mile walk discoveries : still too cold, local pool is gone, & intersection a-holes - saw a little lady tried to cross, denied by car after car... at next green, I kept pace with her carside, glaring down a-holes, even having to smack the hood of one who nearly didn't stop >:(
3/24 : the same people who months ago were "fuck the police, no more police, can't trust the police" & between were "fuck the warnings, we'll eat detergent as a challenge" are now "fuck enforcing existing laws, fuck our rights, ban all guns!" - who do they think will ENFORCE new laws?!
3/24 II : *shit* was just given a heads-up that tomorrow is Smack People With Branches While They're Walking On The Sidewalk Because It's Religious day *growls* ... guess I'll be doing a lot of avoiding people while walking this weekend, since PD didn't take it seriously years prior >:(
Weeks' Random Playlist (albums) ::
Dope - [multiple albums]
Motörhead - Under Cöver
Lordi - [multiple albums]
watched recently :
via rental/streaming:
Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle
The Flash (4th Season)
Arrow (6th Season)
Legends Of Tomorrow (3rd Season)
iZombie (4th Season)
Jessica Jones (2nd Season)
Agents Of SHIELD (5th Season)
Ash Vs Evil Dead (3rd Season)
Charlie's Angels
Guardians (Zashchitniki)
Max Headroom (1st Season)
Miss March
ownedflix:
Sliders (2nd & 3rd Season)
The Tripper
SiREN
100 Girls
-thom Wolfox sR Rhose, AK/GOT (OOP)
unusualist - I have yet to find a religion and/or spirituality that fits my own personal beliefs... other than, of course, the fact I am a (fallen) god.
( y'just now figured out that I'm basically a non-practicing hedonist? "if it feels good, do it, if it feels bad, you're doing it wrong" )
( "I believe in the proven power of willpower and the truth we are the gods we created. No one being created this universe and its wonders." )
( "the words of wisdom I follow will be the words I've written myself based on the life and experiences that I have Lived, Enjoyed, & Survived" )
( "may the platelets of justice travel the bloodstream of villainy, clog its arteries with honourable vengeance, and induce a coronary of truth" )
( "we are all inmates in the same asylum, some of us are just better at bribing the guards" )
( "In a previous life I was the engine block to a '56 chevy, I lost my heart to a Volkswagen Bus... er, wait - or was that a '57?" )
( "Godfuck Me, Jesus!" )
"Lately, we've been playing music by this chap named Bieber, gosh, you should hear the screams"
"Just fear me, love me, do as I say, and I will be your slave..."
"Oh, man. I'm sensing something very canadian about this place..."
"It's all true, god's an astronaut, Oz is over the rainbow, and Midian is where the monsters live..."
Jax : "yay for you, do you want a cookie or a bozo button?"