The company I'm renting/purchasing the truck through doesn't have the kind I want prepped and ready to go and it could still be several days, up to a week even. It looks as if I will drive another truck temporarily for them until they can get the one I want ready. I've been trying to avoid this, because I HATE truck move-in/move-out and now I'll have to do it twice.
justamy on Monday, I made her take me out for some authentic Kansas City barbecue. In all the times I've visited her, we had never eaten barbecue. It was so good. Then on Tuesday, in observance of the sacred holiday I gorged myself with Never-Ending SteakTM at a Travel Centers of America truck stop in Denver. Yesterday, I had grilled pastrami and swiss with mayo on rye, courtesy of my in-truck grill'n machine. By last night, I had some serious heart burn. I felt like I was breathing fire.For lunch, I'm making grilled havarti cheese sandwiches on rye. I wish I had some tomato. That would rock so hard.
The Return of Spinal Tap
I loved This Is Spinal Tap. Own it in fact. So I thought it'd be fun to see this pseudo-sequel, a concert movie of Spinal Tap. It's the first movie in a long, long time that I turned off before it was over because I was so bored with it. And I watch a lot of bad movies. To give you an idea of just how bored I was consider the movie I watched next.
American Pie Presents: Band Camp
I actually made it all the way through this one. Not this was any great movie, in fact it was awful, yet watchable. This is due partially to the fact that I'm a dude and there is ample T&A throughout. But there is a reason this movie went straight to video; it lacks the charm and talent of its predecessors. I don't know how Eugene Levy got roped into doing this installment of the American Pie franchise. I'm guessing he inked the contract before anyone else and no way to back-out when none of the cast returned. Maybe he just wanted the paycheck. He, and the dude that played the science-fiction geek minor character "The Sherminator" are the only links to the original film. The story, in a nutshell, revolves around junior high school student Matt Stiffler, the younger brother of the older Stiffler, eager to have the same sort of legacy as his brother. After a rather heinous public prank on the highschool band during the graduation ceremony of the senior class, The Sherminator, who is now the school guidance counselor, sentences him to spend the summer at band camp. Eugene Levy's tie to band camp is that he serves as the "conflict counselor" in the absence of his daughter in-law (the band-geek from the other films) who is pregnant by his son Jim. Hilarity, hi-jinks, and nudity ensue. In the end, young Stiffler is redeemed when he learns that good friends, regardless of their nerd-factor, are more important than being cool and a jerk. All together now: awwwwwww. The real surprise for me was Arielle Kebell who is a breath of fresh air and cute as all get out. Not worth your while, really, but if you've seen the other three, you might as well just for the completist in you.Bubba Ho-tep
Elvis (Bruce Campbell) switched places with an impersonator in the 1970's, then the impersonator died famously in the bathroom at Graceland. The King is now laid-up in an east Texas nursing home waiting to die from a cancerous growth on his penis. Along with an elderly black man who claims he's John F. Kennedy (Ossie Davis), they make an unlikely geriatric super-duo who must fight the forces of evil in the form of a 3000 year old Egyptian mummy sucking the souls from the assholes of the home's patients. Not only does the film have a great premise and is incredibly funny, but it has a lot of heart and soul about a once great man seeking a way to redeem himself in the final moments of his life. This is one movie you should not miss.
BBQ
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Hm. And thanks for making me crave barbecue again. I haven't had it since I was in Texas years ago and you can't get anything like it here. Barbecue means grilling here. Mmmmm. Proooopeeeer baaaarbeeecue. *craves*
Technically speaking, the term barbecue refers to fire grilling here, too, however it's also become synonymous with the tangy sauce used to make BARBECUE. Y'know, you could probably buy barbecue sauce on-line and experiment with making your own. The place I ate at the other day with Amy has their own online store. :)
I don't know about other countries but this is very typical of the U.S. - regional pride in their culinary legacies. Is there a similar phenomenon in Australia?
Man, now I want barbeque. Just some good ol' artery clogging, cholesterol uppin', hometown grillin' soul food. With beer!
groovy!!!!
Sacred Holiday
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With the original guys?
I carry a variety of things. I have a tool box with basic tools like sockets, hammer (which doubles as my tire thumper), screwdriver, pliers, etc. Flash light, tire guage, spare fuses and light bulbs. I have a briefcase that I keep basic paperwork, spare pens, notebooks, etc. I have the termo-electric cooler and a variety of dried, canned, and cold foods. Under the bunk, I keep two plastic bins with lids for general sortage of things I don't access every day: one is for things like CD's, computer games, wires, etc. The other has books, magazines, and paperwork. I have my portable DVD player and naturally I have a slew of DVD's on board at any given time, but they're constantly rotated out for fresh entertainment. I also have a duffel bag for transporting my clothing and toiletries to and from wherever I shower. Bed sheets, the camera.... uhhh.... that's most of the major stuff. There are other odds and ends things, but they're peculiar to me I guess and not worth mentioning.
Yes I smoke in my truck. I'm not really going to be worried about resale value. The truck I'm likely going to buy will already be 4-5 years old with over a half-million miles on it. I plan to run it to death. If I ever do sell it, it probably wouldn't be worth a whole hell of a lot by that time anyway.
I've heard more than a few people say Landmark is a lucrative company to work for as an O/O. It's something I have in the back of my mind if I ever decide I've had it with training and just wanna run solo, but they can't compare with what I make having someone else to drive half the time and giving me their O/O mileage rate every week.
Plus I'm lazy and like the electronic logs. :)