Day Eleven & Twelve

All road, no show.

Peter and I plowed through Texas, Arkansas, and into Tennessee. It was a lot of driving. We didn’t really stop for much, but we are on a schedule and if we don’t keep up with it, both of our schedules will be messed up for next week. Returning to society should be interesting. I’m used to driving for nine hours per day. It will make my commute to work feel like a warm up to a longer trip… for a couple of days and then I’ll return to being an entitled piece of shit. Don’t worry, I haven’t become a better person.
Peter and I turned out in Nashville, a badass college town. A younger version of me yearned to join in. A major strip of bars showcased hundreds, probably a couple of thousand people, flooding the sidewalks and bars. Music and flashing lights poured out. It was alluring, probably because of all the people partying. I know why I’m attracted to the lights, but what incentive does a mosquito have?
Nashville, I’ll be back. I’m bringing a disguise and some friends in disguises. You won’t know anything even happened.

Before bed, 2AM, we got some Waffle House. I honestly enjoyed every bit of my waffle and hashbrowns. It was our first and only trip to a Waffle House, so I had to make it count. There was guy sitting on a stool at the counter that was so inebriated that he could barely talk. He moaned to the server and the server tried to translate everything. The drunk/stoned guy would moan and gesture in slow motion. The server would say, “Don’t worry, I got you,” and then went and got him something, quite the relationship.

In the morning, a rideshare from couchsurfing.org met us in our motel parking lot. Her name is Ellie, 24 and from Memphis. She’s going to NYC and pretty much closing out the trip with us. It will be exciting to have some new energy in the mix. She may even guest blog. We’ll at least do a Totally Laime Rapid Fire survey with her. She’s going to NYC for a week and a half and then coming back to Nashville. From there she’d like to travel and do some work wherever she goes. She’s worked and lived in Costa Rica so far and plans to keep going and perhaps she’ll find somewhere to live, at least for a while. Ellie was up all night (partying?) last night, so it will be interesting to see how long she’ll stay up today.

I’m going to give her the Totally Laime Rapid Fire survey now. Here’s how it works, a person hears a topic, concept, or item, in rapid succession and then, one by one, tells us if she likes them by saying “totally” and “lame” is she does not like them. That ought to allow us to know her a little better.

Ellie “Totally” likes: Babies, Haunted Houses, Bunjee Jumping, Dominoes Pizza, Nudists, Paris, Camping, Thunder storms, Backpacking in Europe, Marijuana, Foo Fighters, Matte paint job on cars, Flying in Airplanes, and Cats

Ellie think these are “Lame”: Vegetarians, Honda, Dating professors, Katy Perry, Bald Vaginas, Reality TV, Jean Jackets, Cruises, Monograms, PDA, Tongue piercings, Fame, Cheerleaders, Death Penalty, Smart Cars, Seafood, Jigsaw Puzzles, Naval Piercings

Since Peter got jealous that I asked other people to take the Totally Laime Rapid Fire survey, he demands that he gets to take it. Here are his results.
“Totally” likes:
Vegetarians, Babies, Honda, Dating professors, Katy Perry, Bunjee Jumping, Dominoes Pizza, Nudists, Paris, Camping, Bald Vaginas, Backpacking in Europe, Jean Jackets, Cruises, Marijuana, Monograms, Foo Fighters, Flying in Airplanes, PDA, Tongue piercings, Haunted Houses, Smart Cars, Seafood, Jigsaw Puzzles, Cats
Thinks these are “lame”:
Reality TV, Thunder storms, Garden State, The movie, Matte paint job on cars, Fame, Cheerleaders, Death Penalty, Naval Piercings
Peter basically wants everyone to know that he likes everything but takes a hard stance on the big issues like thunder storms and Garden State, the Movie. After calling him out on it, he made me take the survey. I’ll spare you the results, but I basically think everything is lame. Surprised? I only liked Katy Perry, the Foo Fighters, Flying in Airplanes, and Garden State the movie. And I only said that I liked Garden State to piss off Peter. Weird fact, Peter lived a lot of his life in New Jersey, the Garden State. Well, that bit of information killed the flow of this didn’t it.