Pewey the Cat and Mom
Trip Start
Nov 01, 2001
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Trip End
Apr 04, 2002
Tallahassee,
Florida,
United States
Saturday, November 17, 2001
11/18/01- Freedom Dave was on the radio for a full half hour! You heard me right. Florida State's (real) college radio station, V-89, put me on their News Talk show. They even played one of the songs off of the album "Voices." At first the DJ in charge, a guy named Rich, really tried to grill me with the questions. I understand though. He wanted to make sure that I wasn't just any crazy dude traveling around the country in his Jeep. The conversation went well. It's hard to tongue tie Freedom Dave. That's because I really am on a mission I believe in. I want the Underground Music Scene in South Florida to get huge. I mean bigger than Seattle or even Puff Daddy. Now I loved the music that came out of Seattle in the early 1990s when the scene was bigger than Jesus and I respect the promotional abilities that Mr. Diddy displays, but South Florida needs to blow up and blow up big and soon! There is definitely too much talent down there not to be recognized.
Now back to Tallahassee. By total coincidence I ran into an old friend, Ian, at the FSU library. Ian is a kick ass drummer. Strangely enough he happens to be in a band with an old buddy of mine named Jason. I was hoping I'd run into Jason but the problem was that I lost his number. Now that I ran into Ian it solved that problem. Cool. They've got a real good band named Isaiah Moon. Check em' out. Anyway, ended up crashing at Jason's house that night. Jason introduced me to a fun new way to pass the time. He has this cheap toy plane that you pump up and it really flies. It may sound stupid, but trust me, after a few beers or what ever your drug of choice may be, that thing is non stop fun. It's also good exercise because you pump it up by hand and then when it's coming down you try to catch it. On a good flight that thing might be doing circles at a hundred feet. It slowly spirals down and it either does a really cool crash land or if you're good or lucky you catch it.
11/23/01- The only bad news I've had in Tallahassee is that a cute little kitten my mom found just died. It's name was Pewey because he really smelled. I don't know what made him so sick. We just brought him to the vet and he got some medicine for his worms. The doctor said he should be OK. I found him outside this morning covered in flies. He was still alive when I picked him up. From a small distance he looked dead, but he wasn't. It was so sad because when I picked him up he started purring softly. He was so weak he couldn't keep his head up and his body was limp. I quickly brought him inside and cleaned him off. I gave him the rest of his medicine and tried my best to nurse him back to health. Sadly, a few hours after I found him he passed on. He was a good, cute little kitten and his short stay on this earth did make a difference. Good bye, Pewey.
Pewey Ian Flaxman Naranjo 11/01/01- 11/23/01
11/24/01- I climbed the Tallahassee capitol building today. It stands 22 stories high. Not a bad place to get some exercise. Your legs really start feeling it around the 15th floor. Unless you are Sebastian Coe the Tallahassee capitol building should be pretty good exercise for you. Unless you are Jabba The Hut then it shouldn't be that hard to make it to the top. I met some really nice people once I made it to the 22nd floor observation deck. I took some pictures with my new digital camera, but unfortunately I dropped it and the batteries fell out causing the camera to lose it's memory. Sorry Sheena, Dave and Neal.
