Whitey, CAC, and $300 of Awesome

Once again, not much goin on in the world of Booch. Today was Father's Day, and a really uneventful one at that. Don't get me wrong, I know Father's Day is suppose to be about how much you love your father and you grandfathers and yadda yadda yadda. I'm sorry, but I really just don't seem to appreciate Father's Day right now. It could be because I'm not a father, maybe one day one I have curly haired little chillins of my own runnin around I'll appreciate it more. Right now I'm just not into the whole concept. That didn't stop me from getting things to my dad and grandpa though. I got the old man one of those Mr. Clean powerwash things. I plan on using that more than he will, so that was more like a gift from me to myself. Hey its the thought that counts right? My grandpa is a HUGE collector of Beanie Babies. As queer as it may sound, hes an old man and he gets joy out of those things. Anyway, I went on eBay a while back and found him some older ones he didn't have that are ungodly expensive. I'm not going to say how much I spent on 3 beanie babies because I know for a fact that someone will slap me. Anyway, he was overjoyed. 2 years ago we got him a dog for Father's Day. He always kept saying how much he wanted a pet ever since my grandma passed away. I can understand that, living alone for 10 years would get to me too. So, we got him a little mutt of a puppy. As it turns out he didn't want the puppy because it was a little too hyper and it wasn't house broken. The puppies name was Whitey, he was a cute little guy. Its a shame that my grandpa didn't want him. 2 years later I don't think he regrets the decision of not taking it. Everyday he comes over to our house and he gets trampled by Cozmo. As a joke I put a bow on Cozmo and told my grandpa Happy Father's Day you crazy old bastard. He got a good laugh out of it and said hell no, you tried this 2 years ago and it didn't work. Story in close, he still doesn't want Whitey...we officially changed his name to Cozmo the day after Father's Day in '03. Whitey just would make him an outcast with black dogs in the neighborhood.

I got my car back on Saturday, that was exciting. Apparently some little gizmobob thing in the computer had a shit fit and thats why my car died so abruptly. It was some sort of module, a part no bigger than the palm of my hand. Its awesome to have my wheels back though. $300 worth of awesome. I swear if I have to put anymore money into the Olds I'm going to shit myself. I have spent at least 5 times that cars worth in order to repair it. That is ridiculous. I can't even begin to list all of the crap that I've had to do to it. I am starting to save up for a new ride though, I've had some good times in the Olds. Running over mailboxes, backing into Patterson's Volvo, makin out, *sigh* man good times...good times.

A young guy came to my house the other day, no one was home. Man, doesn't that sound like the opening to a gay porno? Anyway, I figured he was doing some door to door crap because A: I saw no car and B: He had a clipboard. I go outside just to tell him that I don't want any and to piss off. I start talkin to the guy and he comments on my Weezer T-shirt. Took me off guard, I mean who in the hell does door to door stuff and the first thing he does is says "Hey you like Weezer?". I said yea and we get into a conversation about music. He asked me what I was listening to these days. I told him that I listen to mainly Indie stuff and that straight rock is cool with me too. I told him of my adventure to Chicago to go see Ted Leo and he actually knew who Ted Leo was. At first I thought he was just bullshitting me, to get me to buy shit. As it turns out he went out to say how great of an album Tyranny of Distance is. I agreed with him. Then he sedgewayed into how he went to a Ben Folds concert a while back, the same Ben Folds concert I was suppose to go to. At his point, this guy is pretty cool. He finally tells me why hes at my door and what he stands for. As it turns out he was a representative for the Citizens Action Coalition. He gave me his little speech on how Indiana is using way too much energy and is causing pollution and what not. He started to say how Indiana needs sustainable energy and how it would cut back on ratepayers around $700 million. Basically what this means is they are trying to get an act passed that will shut down nuclear power plants and will introduce renewable solar and wind technology. This will also have to bring around the deployment of fuel cell technology in Indiana. I thought about it for a minute. The house down the street from me had a solar panel on their roof a couple of years back, I clearly recall their house caught on fire because of it. Maybe technology has stepped up since then but I don't know. I'm really on the fence about the whole situation. Now if it was about oil and gas prices, then thats a whole different story. I guess that coal has the same issue in a way, but I just can't see Indiana as being a energy efficient state. I mean hell, the United States period. We will never be energy efficient at the rate we're going. He was a cool guy and we talked about music for about 45 min. I gave him $10 just because he knew his Ted Leo and his Ben Folds. If him and his CAC buddies can get the program in motion, more power to them. Energy efficient power that is.

Thats all thats been goin on so far. The past couple of days have left me thinkin to myself. I have a feeling that I need to be doing something with my life. I don't know if its because I don't have a 9 to 5 job, I'm single, I live in Indiana, I don't know what it is. I just feel like I could be doing something with my life rather than sitting here and doing the same thing everyday. I feel like a freakin Lemming. I don't want my destiny to jump off the cliff with my unbrella like the rest if the Lemmings. I want to be the one that makes it out the door and into the next stage. Sorry for the lame video game reference, but it made sense to me. Maybe I should start a band, roam the country, maybe even become an entreprenuer. Who knows...for now I'm stuck here, trying to find a laday, a job, and a hobby. Its not as bad as it seems...I mean I've got my health *cough* *cough*. Till next time kiddies, take a shower everyday, brush those pearly whites, and don't talk to strangers (especially ones named Trent Yeoman).