Did I mention Manchester, TN reminded me of Iraq? You really have to keep up on drinking water there…it’s a terrible place. I saw a few people on the verge of one heat-related injury or another…and that’s how my second day started. After throwing up all I could, I was completely emptied of water in the morning and had the entire day of sun ahead of me. I was literally shaking when I stood up in the morning and felt like a crippled old man walking up a mountain. My mission was to drink all the water I could during the day and not stop until I peed clear. View full article »
Hour 1 of waiting, thinking this is the end of the line
It’s been awhile since Bonnaroo, but I’m finally up to recounting the weekend since my flu has passed and I’m no longer scared of Bonnaroo and the physical pain it brought me afterwards.
Oh day one…I’ll never forget the way you pissed me off. After driving in the car for 11 hours we finally make it to Manchester, TN where all your drug dreams come true for 4 days out of the year. I didn’t have many drug dreams, but I had a few that were ready to become reality. Reality, however, settled in much too fast when we saw the line of cars. The exit we were planning on getting off at was blocked by police, who put up road signs saying to go 10 exits up to get to Bonnaroo. I drove the Jeep 70mph, not letting people pass me because that would mean our tent site would be that much more terrible. The entire drive to get to that magic exit was unsettling because, going in the other direction, was a LOOOOOOOOOOOONG line of cars that did not end…and we were going right to the end of it, barreling down at 70mph. View full article »
In light of being such a complete badass veteran, New York State decided to let me know that they have custom military plates available for veterans of various services with different medals. I’m going to get mine and am seriously thinking about getting personalized plates if the tune is right. So, in the comments, hook me up with your best ideas and I’ll pick my favorites to put as my “top 3 choices” on this DMV form. You can sign in as a guest or use your Facebook account to login. Bonus points for using the word “veteran” somehow in your creation.
The form does not say how many letters, numbers or spaces you can have…so I’m just going to go from the picture and say ANY 6 LETTERS OR NUMBERS WITH NO SPACES (edit: yeah that’s confirmed. 6 characters).
If you haven’t seen my Jeep…here’s some inspiration…
This looks like the next best thing to building a cabin in the middle of nowhere. With this little house, your needs are met, your house is extremely efficient and you can take it just about anywhere (that doesn’t have housing laws).
Interested yet? This badass house has the option for solar power, rainwater collection and composting toilets -- meaning you could live on the lamb forever if you’ve got hunting, fishing or berry picking skills. No utility costs sounds pretty good to me and it’s a ridiculously low environmental footprint wherever you park this beast.
Thinking it’s a bit small? There ARE bigger options, but this looks like the one that’d best fit me. Before I moved back to Buffalo, literally everything I owned could fit in my car, in the back seat. I wasn’t dying, starving or depressed…I was actually kicking ass at life until I moved back to this dump-hole city of fatassed Mighty Taco eating poor drivers. I said it, Buffalo…you’re fat and you annoy the hell out of me (usually). Back to the storage situation, I could throw out about 80% of my belongings to fit in there…I don’t need much.
Check this stuff out!! It’s made for Android but I found this on a Mac Rumors site, because that new iPhone will be getting something similar. THE FUTURE IS NOW!
I was hanging out at my friend Steve’s house when he mentioned he wants to go to Bonnaroo next year to which I said “why not this year?” I’ll tell you why not this year. At the time, it was less than a week away.
It’s completely illogical to go. I should be saving money and paying off the Jeep I just bought. I should not be taking the time off work. I should not be driving a gas guzzler for 12 hours. I should not be putting that many miles on the Jeep so soon. I should not be buying camping gear right now even though it will be heavily used later. View full article »
