Random Thought...

Why does the law of cosmic disfunction dictate that you will get interested in an artist/event once you move far enough away that it is not practical for you to just go and visit...

I say this since I have recently become obsessed with the music of Gram Parsons.

In the process of becoming a fan it dawned on me that the shrine to his life/death is located in Joshua Tree, California.

Now I haven't checked to see how close it would have been for me to head over there from Burbank (where I lived) but I know it is a hell of a lot closer than Illinois!

So, I guess next summer, when I am hanging in Arizona, I will have to borrow the car and make the 6-10 hour drive!

Just thought I would add that!

Truck Update...

So I finally got word on the damage done to my truck!!! Seems the State Farm claims adjuster had a chance to look things over...and the final total is $4,209.64.

The funny part of the paperwork is that the info they sent me said that I wrecked a 2003 Green Lexus...not a 2003 Dodge Dakota! Now if Jones Body and Frame can come through and "pimp" my truck into a Lexus!!

Turns out they sent the wrong paperwork...really...you don't say! (I know!!! Hard to believe!)

So now that the paperwork is in...I should have my loverly truck back in a week or so! I just want to be able to listen to my ipod in the car again! I have a ton of new Gram Parsons tunes that need to be rocked out in the truck!!!

Me-- 2 Deer-- 0

Oops...I did it again!

Seems that Karma has decided to kick me in the ass again...I finally get a new car...That I am paying for..and what happens? The day before my first payment clears...I Hit A Freakin' Deer!

What makes the situation really strange is that I hit said deer in almost the same place that I bagged another one almost 10 years ago...That time it was prom night...coming back from Post Prom with my then girlfriend Sara...and we hit a deer...being that I didn't have a cell at the time we had to walk into town and wake my parents!

This time I was lucky enough to not have one cell..but two (you know...incase things got crazy!) The first time it was a Chevy Blazer...this time a Dodge Dakota! Thank god this wasn't last month when I was still driving my 1997 Dodge Stratus...that would have been ugly.

Things could have been worse though...as I was walking around my car I thought I stepped on a rock...or part of the deer! Instead of kicking it into the highway...I used the light from my cell to see what I was standing on************turns out it was my ipod! So that could have sucked more.

The State Trooper (Monica) was great...we had a few laughs...I couldn't believe I hit ANOTHER deer...she was lost since she wasn't in her own district..so there was a learning curve with the software she was using to file the report! All in all the situation could have been worse...but it still sucked pretty bad! I am fine...just a bit of a headache and some nausea...may go to the doctor on Monday if it keeps up!

But, here is what you have been waiting for...MORE PICTURES!!!