Gone to America

Wowsers. This blogging stuff really takes a chunk outa beer drinking time. Of course, my budget is starting to limit my beer drinking time as well. Good Micro-Brew has risen almost %35 during the last 18 months of the Bush administration. Another reason to hate the dweezel-eared, slack-lipped, moron-mouthed idiot. Oooppps..... idiot is much too mild a expletive........ANYWAYS

So I'm going to do the thingee that was going around..... where was I when....... if I had a billion buckeroos... where have I lived.....

4. Five places I've lived: Central Wisconsin. East Central, West Central, North Central.....I got stuck in the freeze and defrost cycle. What can I say?

2. What was is on my ToDo list today?

Wake up. Have a cup of coffee. Go to work. Pretend I am working. Have another cup of coffee. I like to keep things simple.

5. Bad habits:

I forget where I put things. If I take my glasses off.... I forget where they are. I forget where the car is in parking lots.... small lots, big lots... I forget. I walk somewhere and search parking lots for the car that isn't there, or drive somewhere and walk home only to wonder where the car is. I guess there minor 'other' things that might be considered 'bad habits'..... but they don't bother me.

1. Where was I ten years ago?

In a world of hurt. I was raising two kids, pretty much alone, while the ex got her shit together. Trucking cross- state a couple times a week to see my father in ICU, taking care of an Aunt who had pancreatic cancer, getting started in Marketing by working for a client that was going through a multi-million dollar product recall, trying to stave off a foreclosure and bankruptcy (didn't work) coaching pee-wee football, seeing a shrink for major depression issues, not getting laid at all, ..... gees, outside of the pee-wee football thing.... life sucked. It was sooooo bad, I quit drinking beer!

3. What would I do if I were a billionaire?

I saved the best for last.

I would take off. Oh, of course, take care of some folks&family and a couple of obvious thingees, but I would take off. Get me a reliable automobile, stock it with a great sound system and some awesome tunes, a cooler and a tent ...............and take off. I would be gone to look for america. Sea to shining See. Purple Mountains&stuff, wave back at all the amber grains.

Back roads, front roads, gravel roads, paved roads, free ways, toll ways, thisways&thatways, turnpikes&such. One lane, two lane, three lane, four. Gone.

I want to smoke in the mountains. Adirondacks, Smokies, Appalachians, Rockies, Olympics, Blue Mountains. Get up in the morning, have a smoke and a cup of coffee.

I would love to eat my way across america. I want some BBQ in Carolina, some pecan pie in Macon,
some tacos in Laredo, low mein in San Franciso, salmon in Seattle, bratwurst in Sheybogan, some shrimp gumbo in Louisiana,
Small cafes, bbq joints, road houses, truck stops, hand carts, push carts, street vendors. I want to go to a New York Deli for some kosher, I want to eat lobster on a beach in Maine, crabcakes in Baltimore, a hot dog in Yankee Stadium (whoops- missed it) .I want real pizza, catfish sandwichs, stew, soup, chicken and potatoes. I want to eat america, smell america, breathe america, smoke america, drink america......... I would be a good tipper, too!

kathy, Im lost, I said, though I knew she was sleeping

Im empty and aching and I dont know why

Counting the cars on the new jersey turnpike

Theyve all gone to look for america

All gone to look for america

All gone to look for america

I want to meet America. The blacks, hispanic, armenians, asians, jews, catholics, mechanics, lawyers, thiefs, bikers, priests, nuns, and sports fans of all ages.

Before it all fades away. While I still have a billion dollars.

Then I go to the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh.