The Road to Boulder: Move-in Hiatus

So I made it here in once piece, however my modem is still in the mail so it may be a few more days before I can get on for real and post in freedom. Currently I am in the beautiful Boulder Public Library, where I some day hope to be employed.

A few things that must be said:

-My dad refuses to change his watch to mountain time, so he's constantly two hours ahead (he already wakes up at 5am, so his sleep cycle is now 10pm to 3am.

-He also cannot remember a single street name, what direction is west, and what my apartment looks like. Thus I am the navigator. This does not bode well.

In case you didn't know, my parents were kind enough to drive me out here to help me set up, but I have no idea when they plan to leave, so in three days or so their bodies will no doubt be found floating in the Baseline Reservoir. I kid. I love.

(My new place: Before and After - August 2006)

The Road to Boulder: Effing Arch

I've found a computer at a hotel in Kansas, so I figured I get this entry together. I'll come back and write it for real once I get my computer hooked up in Boulder on Tuesday.

Zounds! Twelve hours in one day is pretty good I'd say. Especially when you do it the next day as well. Ugh.. anyway last night we stayed in the loving truck stop town of Effingham known for it's car show in September and "the big cross on the freeway." The Holiday Inn Express was off of a road called, honest to god, Avenue of Mid America. That sounds like [joke to be added], if you know what I mean, LOL, ROFL, OMGWTFBBQ.

(Effingham, IL - July 2006)

Also, we stopped in St. Louis today to see the arch, which my mother kept calling "the tower." Sigh. It was cool looking I suppose, but there's a horrible heat wave out here right now, and Missouri was 100 degrees. Anyway, the museum below the arch is the "Jefferson Museum of Expansion" which had a talking animatronic minter, indian, black solider, and William Clark, who winked everytime he said anything about the Native Americans like "we gave the Indians metals in exchange for land, and gave them lots to live on." Ahh... America.

(Gateway Arch - July 2006)

More later folks.

The Road to Boulder: Farewell!

I'll be shipping out at 5am tomorrow morning, and my chariot is all packed and ready for the three day adventure. I'll see if I can't snap some nice pictures from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas and Colorado. Ugh.

(Chariot of Fire - July 2006)

Farewell, Maryland! Take care of yourself while I'm away, and don't take any wooden nickels. Talk to you all when I hook up my internet in Boulder (I'm aware that there's no actual human interaction in blogging).