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  • “Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.” Victor Hugo

    Posted on by The Thousand Yard Stare Comment

    I’m back.

    Luckily – I’ve worked so many hours this week……

    Anyway.

    A short timeline – I staggered awake yesterday, and set out in search of a breakfast place in Austin. I picked The Omelettry. I was not disappointed. It was pretty much the quirky like diner type of place (cash only) that I would expect to find in Austin. Excellent food. I had a Popeye’s Favorite (spinach and bacon) Omelette and a side of ginger pancakes. The pancakes were great – although ended up weighing like cement on my drive back to Corpus. Before the comedy show I did go to Antonio’s Mexican Restaurant. No great shakes – Migas con Fajitas was pretty good although the place was deserted.

    Back to Corpus I went. These road trips have really made me detest fast food. Really. Rather than leave and get home earlier, I stopped for a sit down at Jason’s Deli. Had a really good Chicken Panini – the bread was not greasy with butter as most panini sandwiches are. Protein in belly, drove back to the office. Got home at two am this morning.

    I just watched the Mitch Hedberg DVD, and while it was short, I did find the uncut version of his TV special really interesting. The set of material that he had prepared for the special itself – was pretty much bombing. It wasn’t until he pretty much said, “Well, that was it for the special, I’ll keep telling some more jokes for editing”. That’s when he really started to flow.

    Austin has got a lot of funny comedians (and comediennes) – the show was a lot of fun, my throat hurts from laughing – which is always a good sign.

    Time was well spent discovering things about Austin. I can’t wait to go back.


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  • “East bound and down, loaded up and truckin’ a’we gonna do what they say can’t be done” Jerry Reed

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    Well, I made the sprint home since it was still daylight, and the zombies don’t come out until after dark (obviously).

    Some random statistics (all approximated as I did not have an official statistician onboard).

    Miles driven: 1200 (give or take a few hundred)
    Hours in the vehicle: 22
    Days out: 2
    Average amount of time excessively above the speed limit: 80%
    Number of times I wished I would be ticketed for going 20 miles over the speed limit (as to be fired instantly from my job): 5
    Number of times I intentionally sped 20 miles over the speed limit: 2
    Chance of someone checking the satellite log on the vehicle to scope how fast I was speeding: 0 (give or take 10% – we just upgraded the system)
    Chance of me losing my job if someone does check the log: 50%
    Number of bugs splattered on the windshield: 45 (give or take)
    Number of times I attempted to use the onboard wipers and misting to clear said bugs: 4
    Number of times this cleaned anything: 0
    Number of law enforcement vehicles seen during entire trip: 15
    Number of times I was nearly run off the road: 1
    Number of Poppyseed Kolaches consumed: 2 (it would have been four – lesson learned is if there is a bus parked next to the czech stop, don’t bother stopping)
    Number of times I thought about sex: Every seven seconds. See?
    Number of CD’s I had with me: 8
    Number of times I listened to Imelda May: 8
    Number of times I listened to Brian Setzer Orchestra: 12
    Number of times I listened to American Idiot: 47 (approximate)
    Number of times I wished that my Chris Isaak CD case wasn’t empty (where IS that disc?): 7
    Number of Home Depot/McDonalds/KFC/Burger King/Lowes/Designer Outlet complexes passed during the trip: Uncountable. More fuel for my theory that I could go to Iowa, and it will look just like Texas.
    Number of BBQ joints passed: 13
    Number of times I got odd looks because I was singing along with a CD: 4
    Number of times that I said “God-Dammit” because someone was going slow in front of me: 17
    Number of times I believed in “God”: 0
    Number of haircuts: 1
    Number of times regretting getting a haircut: 3

    Main thing learned from this trip:

    DO BILLBOARDS WORK? JUST DID!!!

    I think that’s about all I’ve got.

    I’m pretty tired now.


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  • “I’m getting too old for this….” Danny Glover in every lethal weapon movie

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    SNAFU! FUBAR! SNAFU! FUBAR! SNAFU! FUBAR! SNAFU! FUBAR! SNAFU! FUBAR! SNAFU! FUBAR! SNAFU! FUBAR!

    But really folks. It’s not just SNAFU. It’s not just FUBAR. I shall now dub this trip SNAFUBAR.

    SNAFUBAR!!! SNAFUBAR!!! SNAFUBAR!!! SNAFUBAR!!! SNAFUBAR!!! SNAFUBAR!!! SNAFUBAR!!! SNAFUBAR!!!

    My happy little ass woke up this morning at 5am to begin the lengthy drive to Corpus Christi. Made it to Corpus around one. Left around three after convincing the helpdesk it wasn’t our problem. Found out about forty minutes later (after driving away) that I would need to go back because they’re complete idiots and couldn’t grab me before I left.

    So I’m in Houston. Sorry – I forgot the camera, it was either the camera or the coffee – and we all know which way that willow would bend.

    I’ll be here (briefly) tonight and tomorrow morning while I get some estate stuff done (briefly) then I drive back to Corpus. SNAFUBAR!!!!!

    Then, I’m feeling pretty tired as of RIGHT NOW, so I’m probably going to have a layover in Austin Saturday night. I can’t handle eleven more hours of driving in one day. This should give me a nice chance to hang out…..before driving back to Austin on Tuesday for GirlOnTop‘s FPIA show. Be there or be square people!!!

    SNNNNAAAAAFFFUUUUUUUBBBBBAAAARRRRR!!!!


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  • “We will come and make a longer trip soon,” Christopher Shays

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    Thanks to the ultimate (non) wisdom of my company, I’m taking a road trip tomorrow. Not just a road trip –

    a rooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadddddddddddddddddd trip.

    Friday, I drive from DFW down to Corpus Christi to service a customer that has exactly one store there. This is around a seven hour drive. They have a screwed up printer and, lucky me, I took off time early in the week to be crazy, and now I’m back at work. Or more succinctly back to a rooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadddddddddddddddddd trip. Being middle management means that I pretty much just take off when I want, but it also means I’m first up when some ugly task rears its head.

    Oh well.

    From CC, either I drive back home, or swing through Houston to see how much I can accomplish.


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  • “I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself, and you have to pull yourself out of the whirlwind of daily life.” Iris Chang

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    Wobbly and topsy-turvey.

    That’s pretty much life right now.

    My house is considerably cleaner after yesterday – and I finally made it out to Fish Creek (Linear) Trail for some walkin’.

    The blisters on my feet say five miles, but I suspect it’s closer to three. The paths are very nice, although once you hit the trail on the Grand Prairie side, there are no mile markers to tell you how far you’ve gone (beyond the border). Hence, on the Arlington side, I walked one and a half miles, it’s an unknown as to how much I covered on the GP side. I just kept walking until it looked like the trail ended at a bridge, then I turned around.

    During the walk, I saw a hawk, swoop down and catch a mouse, a rodent or a rat. It carried it off in flight. Pretty cool to watch nature in action.

    Got the battery charger, so I’ll take the camera on the next trip out.

    Going to the Dr tomorrow, it has been “suggested” that I might “need” some “medication” so that I don’t burn a bridge down to the hollow timbers at work.

    Life…..

    is complicated sometimes.


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  • “In nine lifetimes, you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.” Michel de Montaigne

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    I just got back from my barber – she’s got the cutest little hairless kitty.

    *beat*

    I can’t believe I just typed that.

    Anyway, It climbed up her leg while she was cutting my hair.

    Such a bizzare looking cute thing.

    His name is Beetlejuice – just like my daughter’s cat. Although the hairless kitten was the size of my cat’s head….

    So….here’s some random stuff from the trip:

    Cajun Sparkle anyone? What the hell is “Cajun Sparkle”??

    I think it’s a product designed to remove 90% of the water from your body upon consumption. Tasty though.

    cajunsparkle

    Why is there a pole in the middle of my room? This was the most awkwardly placed pole. Ever.

    poledancer

    My second hotel room:

    2ndday

    I would post a picture of the view, but it sucked.

    Also recieved some old videotapes from high school that I’m having converted to DVD.

    My meal plan for today included going to a place I saw on the way to the movie shop – Rise and Shine. What caught my attention is that they claim to have 34 different omlettes – which they did.

    I had a bacon and avacado omlette.

    And coffee.

    It was damn good.


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