Remember that opening scene from the movie I Heart Huckabees, when that young Jackson Brown looking kid is walking through a small patch of forest just ripping off swear words and questioning what it is he is doing and what its all for...THAT'S how I feel with less than a week to go!!! In a good way!
So far this week I have packed my bag like 3 times, and unpacked it again of course - just to make sure it all fits. I have tried to ride bikes every day so that I'm tired at night. If that didn't work, I had a beverage and watched Law and Order moron-a-thons. I have drank way too much coffee and the Professor made me quit cutting his stash with decaf, said he could feel the difference (total bullshit). I have gone to the library and just wandered around, looked at the pretty book spines and their artwork like any self respecting homeless illiterate. I have sat in the sun and grilled up some grub. and I'm still FREAKING OUT!!!!
In 5 days time I will be sitting in luxury on flight 0447 bound for Frankfurt Germany, changing planes there and hopping down to Bologna to get this summer started. (Wait a minute...my itinerary goes from Frankfurt to Bologna...anyone see the "tour de processed meat" irony there?) We got a few bikes to build, towns to explore, old Italian bikes to stare at, food to dive into, gardens to plant and wine to toast! The last email from Igor - my boss in the bike shop - says he will think of something creative so that I can find him in the aeroporto. I told him the story of Me and Boozy picking up Aimee Gilchrist and Jenn Stockman at the airport for work one winter where we made big cardboard signs to hold up...Jenn's was a pair of glasses, Aimee's was a unicorn, of course. Worked like a charm. I'm still trying to find a track suit in Italian flag colours so he can find me easily.
Nothin' much else to report here, me and Boozy got RAD last nite so today is moving slow, I'm drinking coffee and listening to Tom Waits at noon with a bucket of water I should be drinking but am not. Oh shit! Its Saint Pattie's Day! Happy green beer day everyone. Just saying it gives me the shivers, and reminds me of the time Taint Boy swallowed a green dye tablet while dying Easter eggs and promised a phone call from the shitter the next day, which of course he did.
Be safe out there tonite everyone!
S.
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