wheelin' and dealin'

well, well, well....

i've been coerced into swapping my new blogspot in for an even newer,, and slightly more socially acceptable,, blogspot.. for the small one time fee of one hundred dollars...

does that make me a sell out???? i think yes..... but in my defense,, i've noticed that fewer people are dishing out that popular phrase lately,, in these times of economic hardship.. so.. when you get right down to it,, everyone's a sell out to some extent..

move over metallica, i'm coming home.


anyway, on to business.. tonight i weathered the storm of the year in order to purchase a bike (bicycle,, of the pedal variety) that i had found on craig's list..

http://dallas.craigslist.org/ndf/bik/1575056177.html

i've been trying to be creative with my methods of exercise lately,, being that i hate running.

anyway,, it took forever to get there because of the storm.. and there was a lot of traffic.. i wasn't having a very good time.. the radio was playing shitty songs.. and i had a bunch of old cd's in the changer.. so over to the AM station i went...

(lately i've taken interest in AM,, due to my current rebellion against popular music,, and morning radio.....also there's all kinds of information to be had on AM airwaves).... anyhow..

there was a dj talking about the current recall on toyota vehicles,, which is of interest to me, being that i drive a toyota.. the dj then played a real 911 call, in which the caller was currently driving a vehicle with a jammed gas pedal.. he was screaming into the phone that he was going 120 mph,, and he couldn't stop.. the 911 operator calmly asked if he could turn off the vehicle, or push the brakes.. the driver began to say repeatedly that he was nearing an intersection and the brakes weren't slowing him down... you could hear the panic of everyone else in the car as well... then all at once you could hear everyone gasp for air just before you heard a violent impact... and that was it... The dj went on to say that four people died in the accident...

I had just heard 4 people take their last breath......

i sat in silence for a few minutes,, thinking about their situation..... then, in an act of defiance i smashed my accelerator to the floor... mind you,, it's raining.. hard.. and i'm on the interstate.. passing everyone,, who happen to be constantly throwing water on my windshield (which had really been pissing me off for about the last hour)..... i gain speed to about eighty five... (everyone else was driving about fifty five)..... then,, i calmly reached down and twist my key to the left... still in gear.. still on the accelerator... and what happens???????

THE FUCKIN TRUCK TURNED OFF!!!!!!!!!!

4 PEOPLE HAVE JUST DIED BECAUSE SOME IDIOT DIDN'T KNOW HOW HIS CAR'S IGNITION SYSTEM WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!

jeez........... although, the dj didn't specify,, i'm sure that it must have been some tree huggin, gay marrying, liberal, from california.... and granted,,, they were probably on their way to some political meeting to discuss the advantages of socialism, and dream up more methods in which they can complicate gun rights,, or gun control.... so that i'll continue to get at least 40 chain emails a week,,,,generated in some form or fashion by the NRA and then passed on through every god fearin', gun lovin', meat eatin', and ted nugent listenin' redneck in this country.......

but even so..

they didn't deserve to die...

man,,, i guess that was really eating at me more than i thought... i had originally started this blog just to tell you this:

i went to the dude's house,, and bought the dr. pepper bike,,, AND talked him into throwing in the green weight bench that's in the background of the picture, plus all the weights for FREE!!!

man, i feel good about myself...

i'll feel even better once i ride that bike and pump some iron,, knowing,, that i spent 100 dollars plus about 10 bucks in gas to gain several valuable pieces of workout equipment, and one sweet life lesson......

if all else fails,, turn it off.