Technology is awesome!
So we get home after a night drive from Milwaukee (I mean I slept the whole way but still) at about 8amish this morning. I’m thinking, yay, we’ve got this big show tonight, I’m gonna go home and get some gigawebbing done, maybe catch up on some stories on the old TiVo, and do some laundry, but first I have to go pick up my van that died before we left, and has been sitting at Drake Garage for like 2 weeks.
So Mike, Jason, and I are in Sweet Thing (the old band van that has seen it’s day, and that day is long gone) leaving for Drake Garage, and we notice a wonderful grinding noise every time Mike pressed the brakes. So we’re thinking, oh rat farts, we’ll have to drop off Sweet Thing where we pick up my van, because the brakes in this thing are obviously done. Just as we’re making our hi-tech observations, and congratulating ourselves on a well thought out plan, some lady comes from the lane right of us in her Buick and starts to turn left. Mike had three choices, crank it left and turn in front of her, thus getting us around the corner first, slamming on the none existent brakes, or just T-Bone her and collect the insurance money. Mike chose the first choice without even skipping a beat, and in fact used the gas to get around the corner even faster.
So Mike is where he’s going, I dropped Jason off, and I’m home now. Alright, I’ll catch up on gigawebbing. Check some emails, do some update stuff, you know, just party in general. Well guess what, the modem’s flashing, the bad way. No high speed. Alright unplug the modem, restart the puter, none of the regular stuff worked. This is perfect timing. It’s not like there’s a big show to be worrying about today…………Turns out someone was drilling where they weren’t supposed to be drilling and cut some main line.
The nice lady on the phone says it’ll be a couple hours. Alright, I’ll catch up on some TiVo. I’ve been waiting to watch my stories for like 2 weeks now. Oh guess what, it’s got like 8 episodes of Monster Garage and American Chopper, but none of the shows that I had really wanted to see. (I’m not going to tell you the show, because you might like me less. Let’s just say there are a bunch of people LOST somewhere, and each episode tells you NOTHING. So I lost my LOST……Luckily someone, but I won’t say who, [Jason] is a fan of the show too, and his TiVo has a DVD burner on it, so he’ll just bring them and I’ll catch up on the road. Only if I get through all the episodes of White Shadow…
So none of the other shows on the TiVo list look appetizing right now, and I’m sure as hell not going to watch TV in real time, so I sit here, technologyless. I could go get strings right now, but why not procrastinate a little. I don’t have to be back to the bus till 4 for this little show tonight. This little opening slot gig we have tonight here in Des Moines……..opening for this guy, umm what’s his name? He’s from the east coast somewhere…what’s his name again…..oh yeah…BON FRICKIN JOVI BITCHES
By the time you read this I’ll be plugged back into the world.
Jon
10am
So Mike, Jason, and I are in Sweet Thing (the old band van that has seen it’s day, and that day is long gone) leaving for Drake Garage, and we notice a wonderful grinding noise every time Mike pressed the brakes. So we’re thinking, oh rat farts, we’ll have to drop off Sweet Thing where we pick up my van, because the brakes in this thing are obviously done. Just as we’re making our hi-tech observations, and congratulating ourselves on a well thought out plan, some lady comes from the lane right of us in her Buick and starts to turn left. Mike had three choices, crank it left and turn in front of her, thus getting us around the corner first, slamming on the none existent brakes, or just T-Bone her and collect the insurance money. Mike chose the first choice without even skipping a beat, and in fact used the gas to get around the corner even faster.
So Mike is where he’s going, I dropped Jason off, and I’m home now. Alright, I’ll catch up on gigawebbing. Check some emails, do some update stuff, you know, just party in general. Well guess what, the modem’s flashing, the bad way. No high speed. Alright unplug the modem, restart the puter, none of the regular stuff worked. This is perfect timing. It’s not like there’s a big show to be worrying about today…………Turns out someone was drilling where they weren’t supposed to be drilling and cut some main line.
The nice lady on the phone says it’ll be a couple hours. Alright, I’ll catch up on some TiVo. I’ve been waiting to watch my stories for like 2 weeks now. Oh guess what, it’s got like 8 episodes of Monster Garage and American Chopper, but none of the shows that I had really wanted to see. (I’m not going to tell you the show, because you might like me less. Let’s just say there are a bunch of people LOST somewhere, and each episode tells you NOTHING. So I lost my LOST……Luckily someone, but I won’t say who, [Jason] is a fan of the show too, and his TiVo has a DVD burner on it, so he’ll just bring them and I’ll catch up on the road. Only if I get through all the episodes of White Shadow…
So none of the other shows on the TiVo list look appetizing right now, and I’m sure as hell not going to watch TV in real time, so I sit here, technologyless. I could go get strings right now, but why not procrastinate a little. I don’t have to be back to the bus till 4 for this little show tonight. This little opening slot gig we have tonight here in Des Moines……..opening for this guy, umm what’s his name? He’s from the east coast somewhere…what’s his name again…..oh yeah…BON FRICKIN JOVI BITCHES
By the time you read this I’ll be plugged back into the world.
Jon
10am
posted by The Nadas at 10:55 AM
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Good luck tonight. Bring down the house!
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