my last day at work was saturday and i am finding the absence of a set schedule refreshing. knowing that i don't have to go into work tomorrow or the next day sits well with me. what did i do today? i played with the cutest puppy in the world, saw some houses with my friend jess and took a nap with my kitty. it was great. i'm definitely going to enjoy the next two weeks as much as possible.

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ti-minus three days until i pack all of my shit up in the jeep and drive across pa. i still haven't really done anything in regards packing. most of the essential items have already been packed and are currently residing in ny. i have to figure out how i am going to strap my bed on top of the car- i have a pretty good plan, so we will see how that pans out. i am trying to avoid looking like this:

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my parents are all hyped up because they are worried about me driving 500 miles with something on the roof. i have a roof rack- those damn things were invented to strap shit to. i am confident that the white trash in me will come up with a complicated but successful rope/ bungie-cord system that will prevent me from taking flight down i-80 or having my new bed decorate the side of the highway. 

i am a bit nervous about being trapped in the car with a huge fluffy cat for the better part of a day. he seems chill enough to forgo drugs and thank god because knowing my luck, i accidentally kill the cat and not know until i reached my destination, thinking that the drugs were working because he was so calm. regardless on how he feels, he is going to have to deal. i have been told that cats go into shut down mode when shoved in their carriers- my experience with this cat has only been an hour in the car and he was fine. a bit of loud meowing but he settled down and glared at me from the back seat.

jess, hopefully, is going to follow me in her car incase anything major happens. the odds are stacked against me. not only am i strapping a bed to the roof, my car is currently illegal for the roads and on the brink of falling apart. i recently have noticed that when i drive for an extended period of time, it smells like burnt oil and rubber. that can't be good. my plans have backup plans. and those plans have more back up plans. its ridiculous but i guess it's better to be prepared. 

not to mention the fact that it's winter and i will be driving through two mountain ranges. last time i drove this route, my car was covered in a sheet of ice that i had to chip off at rest stops because somewhere i had seen/read that a car can over heat like that. i saw a horrific accident on the road involving a tractor trailer and an suv that happened literally a minute before i drove through it. all i can say is that i will take my time, make frequent stops and i will get there when i get there. 

and i forgot- i am on my period. that alone is enough to reek havoc during any extended car trip. yuck.

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in other news, i am getting the prius when i get to ny and thank god. quickly i am starting to loath paying for gas once a week and bitch in the car the whole way to the gas station to no one.  it's always a nightmare. hell is getgo on a saturday.

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in music news, i fell in love with the morning benders 'excuses.' such a sweet song...

i highly recommend downloading the track here. big props are given to phil spector and the wall of sound. the strings in the beginning of the song is a nice relapse of etta james' 'at last' and of course the lyrics of cherishing a woman is a plus. and his voice... mmmm...  i am soooo happy music like this is being made again.

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god damn it but i really want to go to this:

of course it's in two weeks. of course it's in fuckin texas, a state that i vowed that i would never go in. part of me is calculating the amount of gas it would take and the other knows that it's not worth stepping in a state that will execute you if you don't eat meat and will torture you if you have special needs or are just plain old. 

just fuck.