Finally at rest
Trip Start
Jul 01, 2004
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Trip End
Ongoing
CoMO,
United States
Monday, March 7, 2005
Some things you couldn't possibly know:
A few days ago I got a haircut... Before the haircut I looked like some Toronto hipster with whispy greasy hair. Strangely after the haircut, which was done by a very straight laced woman, I now kind of have this skinhead chyck look going on - with the long thicker fringe in front. I actually kind of like it...
(Speaking of bad hair - in a city I will not name the friends of friends had REALLY horrible 70's soft rock hair..
double exposure #1
. I just couldn't get my brain around that one...)There is this house on the outskirts of downtown that has shows in the basement every 2 months or so and the one yesterday had a surf band, a loud angry dual m/f vocal crusty band, a fierce interesting band who sang only about Dinosaurs (Dinosaurs - the new Zombie/Pirates?), and another band called Pussy Posse who had this great song about riding the Unicorn to the revolution...
The band is on tour and so I now have a room to myself in the basement. The boiler's there so it's pretty warm and Asia's bed is really comfy. It's just me, Fattie, music, and zines... sigh...
Sparky's - the local homemade icecream joint that is competing with the new fucking Cold Stone (for you Canadians it's this big icecream chain that has unbelievably high prices and is very predatory) - always has a vegan flavor and after two months I finally get to try the Coconut Ginger. Man it's good. I bought a pint and nearly ate most of it last night waiting for sleep to seduce me to my bed...
I finally got to the Missouri River. I haven't been there since 1999 with Lane. I tried to go back during the second 99 visit but couldn't find it. Same thing with November. I had this wrong idea of where it was and that I could easily bike to it..
fest is over!!
. At the River, listening to Tragedy, I suddenly remembered my four leaf clover and frantically searched for it... It was my mother's and she'd given it to me about 15 years ago. I lost it for about 10 years and recently found it again. I don't know how lucky it is because my mother is a schizophrenic who hasn't had friends since she was about 30 and has been taking care of her ungrateful 91 year old mother for 25 years. But maybe things are changing... I found out they are going to put my grandmother in a nursing home and before that happens she is being shipped to my Aunt and Uncles. I keep wondering how I will react when she dies. I still really miss my other grandmother but Bubba has been with us, in our house, for so long and is the most negative person in my life. She's 90% bad vibes... I have this weird and possibly fucked up feeling that I won't really be too sad when she goes. It's horrible to say but she really is just a burden to everyone right now. She has totally turned off any sympathetic feeling she could have and just lays in on everyone and everybody - every god damned hour she's awake. And the whole family, except for me, is always visiting, is always patient and always listens... hmm. Anyway... no emotional stuff right!? (I'll just end this part by sneaking in the comment that I hope this four leaf clover isn't BAD luck because I'm having the worst [and yet possibly most interesting] year of my life! :P )Some Progression: I can now WALK (in little baby steps) along the downed tree over the creek instead of CRAWLING on it! I even did it last night while holding a flashlight...
Weather: yesterday it was 70. Last night it rained like 55 year old woman needing some estrogen. On Wednesday it is going to snow...
