Studio
Charleston, SC 7:44 PM I type this atop the second floor of my cousin Kevin’s studio (picture will be entered at some point). I am now in Charleston, SC. A beer is on the desk. Kevin and my other cousin Kyle (no relation to Kevin) are outside having a smoke. Van Morrison’s Common One is playing on the record player. Yes, a record player. For those of you that don’t know, Van is the man. Kyle flew in from Rochester today. I picked him at about 6 from the CHAS airport. Rush hour wasn’t too bad and he was waiting outside for me. I talked to Caytie today and she said it had snowed in...
Read MoreSheet Rockin’ Panthers
Charlotte, NC 10:17 PM And now I’m here, at the kitchen table of Mike and Veronica’s. The Real World is on the TV, they are in the living room watching, and I’m typing. Ashlie, Veronica’s daughter, is in bed. My contacts need to come out and better yet be thrown out for some new ones. My time here ends tomorrow, but my day today was awesome. My wake up call from Mike came at 7 AM today. Veronica’s dad was coming over to hang sheet rock in the nursery they’re building. 7 AM was early and I didn’t like the call, but I knew once the sheet rock was done we were headed to see the...
Read MoreUptown/Downtown
Charlotte, NC 7:05 PM Last night turned out to be a bit crazier than planned. After lunch with Mike and Jake I made my way down to south Charlotte. Mike (different Mike, old roommate) and Veronica let me come into their house before they came home from work. I had just laid down to try and recharge when Mike called for a ride form work. He had a car issue. No nap for me. Into the traffic I went, but it was no big deal. Mike, Ryan, and I made our way downtown for the night. Mike and I used to live right in the middle of Charlotte. We had a few places we frequented and we started back at Stool...
Read MoreCurry makes you sleep
Charlotte, NC 10:36 AM I made it back to Charlotte yesterday in no time and made my way to the library. I got out my computer and a book and killed some time in a free and productive way. My cousin works at this library but I didn’t say anything to him until I left. My attention span runs in weird stages. I read for a few minutes and then my mind wandered to the trip and what was next. I turned on my CPU, but it was too loud for me to type much on it. You don’t want to be that guy at the library. I was there for about an hour or so and said hello/goodbye to Colin and made my way over to...
Read MoreThe day after
Charlotte, NC 9:04 AM The oatmeal is in the sink, the TV is tuned to CNN, and my eyes are still recovering from trying to stay up and see a winner last night. I’m glad I turned it off. I’m sitting in a new leather chair at my old roommate’s house. It looks like a Bush W. I will say Kerry fought hard. From what I’ve seen and heard, it would be incredible for Kerry to pull Ohio out. Regardless of who wins, it was incredible to see people so passionate about their choices. I’ve never seen people aged 35 and below so fired up about government. I will say most of the...
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