Tuesday, September 30, 2008

cashing in on a fuck-it

well this is my first blog, and first time blogging, and an intro to whatever words take their shape from here,
first thing i'll say is that i'll try to used this blog as much as i can over the next month, time and internet access permitting, secondly i have the attention span of a retarded one minute old sea monkey, don't expect long well constructed prose,
that being said, the setting of tonights blog is none other than my office here in athens, 2am, inebriated on some level, coherent on another, tired from preparations, happy and anxious, literate and illiterate, filled with the toxic need to travel, hosting romantically the drive that always makes it come to be, fucking excited
hence the title of blog one...cashing in a fuck-it
hopper and i decided some years ago that each individual was allowed a limited number of major fuck its in his/her life, daily life is also provided with some minor fuck-its of coarse such as another beer after the acceptable level, or bad decisions on choosing a mate... you get the idea...
the major fuck it is defined here as ............. a broke ass, seemingly making poor financial and or healthy life decisions according to what the local society defines as being a reasonable individual, ignoring any american standard on what should be done as an inspiring 30 something maniac, who certainly should use any resources possible to set up his tidy, trustable future, (picket fences to keep out the others), (deleted upon review) , community meetings, long lasting relationships, houses, 401Ks, being respected amongst the fellow humanoids, blah blah blah, fuck it (we may actually go to Phuckett Thailand just to celebrate our motto) we'll spend a years salary on a month long, unprepared for ambassador relations journey to as foreign a land a possible with no knowledge or preparation, travel plans, expectations, ...only desires, and inevitably excess and deprivation,

(loses attention span)...

the plan is to leave georgia thursday at 10am, arrive in san francisco at noon, get picked up by foxy, go to the travel lodge in the mission district, meet with jeremy (hiliary boob, ph.d (bullfrog for short), wildman, j and k w, cousin greg, some girlfriends, and hit the town....see robert plant and allison krauss, and proceed into the weekend in the city, the hardly strictly bluegrass festival, among other things, and then on to beijing, but that is what will happen next and will be reported on in later blogggggggs,

(over coffee, weds. morning 11am)
i'll try to keep the blog interesting, as my travels always result in stories i tell over and over through the years that follow, i am certainly travelling amongst some seasoned travellers and mental hospital fugitives as well, we will have some great travel guides, chris anderson in beijing, long term friend, fellow musician, and partner on a 3 month road trip in the states from nashville to the sturgis harley ralley, seattle to san francisco and everywhere in between, chris has lived in china now for three years and is looking forward to his first guest from the states to join him and he can show off his new home and share the character building experiences sure to happen along the way.....

final note for now, the key to living a healthy productive life in athens, georgia is to get out and travel as much as possible, i have ignored that simple truth lately, so now i am making up for it,
please respond with stories of home, or just words that felt like being said, new jokes, tall tales of life in and out the fog, and the beautiful autumn ripping the leaves from the trees.......

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