toledo, oh: lost highway

a short play-by-play of our night: we set out at 8pm, make it to chicago, spin ourselves ‘roud its loop, emerge on the other side, stop in gary for gas, get called “englebert and humperdink” by a passerby when we go to get our receipt, see an accident taking up the road, ten miles farther see an overturned semi blocking our exit, take an alternate route, see a twitching/just-hit animal (maybe a fox) on the side of the road, ten miles farther see a large bloodstain covering the road which leads to a disembowled deer on the shoulder, drive through irrigation sprinklers that had mistakenly been pointed at the interstate, run out of gas again and see the needle drop below ‘e’ just as we pull up to an almost-unbelievable service station in the middle of nowhere, and then get attacked by a dog at breakfast.

states covered: wisconsin, illinois, indiana, ohio.

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mauston, wi: country fair/tractor pull (bring the kids)

after driving for four hours from minneapolis, mn, and smack dab in the middle of wisconsin, sleep came upon us and we attempted to find a hotel for the night. we first tried eau claire and found out that, due to the “country fair,” every hotel was booked solid. they told us to go at least 1.5 hours more before we’d find anything. apparently, the country fair is the country’s fair in that seemingly everyone in the country has come to wisconsin. the next town (tomah) was booked solid as well, but this time due to “the state’s busiest weekend: the tractor pull.” now, i’ve never been to wisconsin before, and all jokes aside, the content from the jokes is still there.

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first half of june in a nutshell

broke a window.

made a ringlight.

rode a train.

hung out with a chandler.

orlando bangin'

i’ve spent the past week (and will spend the upcoming week) in orlando, staying at my friend jose’s house. within it, we’ve: eaten at least two grilled burgers a day, a smoothie shake every other day, and chipotle every few days. i feel like i’m doing a weight gain for a high school wrestling team; i’ve undoubtedly gained like ten or fifteen delicious, delicious pounds. on top of that, we’ve been sleeping in four to five hour bursts every twelve to fourteen and it finally caught up last night with a thirteen hour sleep following a twenty-five hour stretch.

the tour is rapidly approaching and my seventh month unemployment is dwindling.

tumblr, the sneak

tumblarity of six? come on, tumblr, sometimes i have things to do. for one, i need to fix my macbook, tumblr, because the screen isn’t working. no, i don’t know why; maybe you did it while lowering my tumblarity six points — all while i wasn’t looking.

anyway, a few months ago i found a stack of walmart gift cards that i had assumed were empty and for giggles and poops i decided to check them online. lo and behold, they were all full at values ranging from $20-30! so, since then, i’ve been making 3-4 trips to walmart a week, buying pizza and cookies, and eating myself silly late at night. alas, all things must come to an end; my well is almost dry as i have one card left with about $22 on it.

good story, right? give me my points back.