Johnny Rockstar

This past Saturday was the first weekend in a long time that neither Kathryn nor I had anything we needed to do. So we took the top off my jeep and went for a picnic in the park. We packed up our foodstuffs and Kathryn’s tortoise, Darbie, and found a shaded spot overlooking a pond. We ate meat, cheese, crackers, pickles and ginger ale, then played backgammon for a bit, while Darbie roamed around exploring his temporary new surroundings. Then we went home and I took a nap because nothing wears you out faster than sitting outside taking it easy.

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Monday evening I noticed strange liquid under my jeep. Tuesday morning it was worse, so I took it right into the shop. Five-hundred and some odd dollars later I have a new radiator. But not before I had to call my boss and tell her I needed a ride to work. She sent her husband to pick me up… her husband who also happens to own the company. When we came pulling into the parking lot I got a couple of looks from people wondering just what I did to deserve being chauffeured by one of the co-founders. Still, I felt rather awkward and slightly helpless. I guess it does say something about the people I work for though, when the highest up in the company have no problems picking you up for work when you need it, then taking you home, then picking you up again the next morning and finally taking you to the Jeep dealership to pick up your ride.

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Man that Conan O'Brien is hilarious. It's a bit of a long read, but worth it if you have the time. Conan recently gave a commencement speech to the graduates of Harvard. Good stuff. I read it at work this morning and giggled out loud a few times. That's right, it's funny enough to make a grown man giggle. That's right I giggled, it doesn't make me less of a man. On second thought, just in case I better go drink some beer and shoot some stuff.

In other news. I'll be in Michigan for Gizzard Fest this summer. Actually, I'll be in Michigan for a wedding that happens to be taking place over Gizzard Fest weekend. My sister and brother-in-law will in town too, so I don't know how much free time I'll have, but hopefully I'll have at least one night to spend catching up with everyone.

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Does anybody remember Clem, the crazed mountain man I wrestled for firewood awhile back? Well Kathryn and I were camping this weekend and went back to Clem for more firewood. It turns out that his daughter, Clementine, was getting married on Saturday. It also turns out that if you go to a crazed Ozarkian mountain man on his daughter’s wedding day, he has to grant you one favor… Oh wait, that was the godfather wasn’t it. So we must have paid for the firewood and gone back to camp where we had a nice, if not chilly weekend with overnight lows several degrees below freezing. Good times.

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Before my alarm went off this morning my parents had already loaded up their car and started home. Not, of course, before popping into my bedroom to say goodbye. Even Uncus jumped up on my bed briefly to say goodbye. I only see my parents three or four times a year, so it’s always nice when they can come to Batesville. If you like country life, folk music, hiking and nature, rural Arkansas can actually be a decent vacation spot. And fortunately my parents do like all those things. Kathryn was around for most of their trip too, which really made for a nice weekend.

Saturday evening we visited a small town that happens to be the folk music capital of the country, or so I’m told, and listened to some traditional folk music played by a group of people sitting on a storefront porch.

We seem to have fallen into a nice routine of no matter what we do during the day,(hiking, shopping, geocaching, spelunking) in the evening my mom goes to bed while my dad and I stay up watching zombie or action movies while drinking beer and eating peanuts.

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I didn't want to talk about this in case it didn't happen, but yesterday I got the go-ahead phone call and I'm officially relocating to a different Life Plus office... in Germany! Since the majority of my work goes over there anyway, the upper management decided it would be better if my division was located there. In just under two weeks, I'll have my stuff packed up and be on a plane to Europe. Well, I would if this wasn't an April fools day post anyway.

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