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3.10.2004
A lil' Southern gal named Charlotte
Got to Charlotte, North Carolina from Ohio, via Detroit, which is stupid because it backtracks due to the hub-and-spoke system the airlines all use now. In retrospect I should have driven. It would have taken the same amount of time, but without the fatigue and hassle of flying. One bonus though, the rental car I picked up today is a sparklingly new 2004 Mitsubishi Spyder GT convertible sports car with only four miles on it. Even though the temp has fallen into the 40s, tomorrow I definitely plan to drop the top to let them all know how I roll. Perhaps I'll even run the border on down to South Carolina to get another state knocked out of my map.
1492 part deux
So Columbus isn't so bad. It appears as they have a pretty good music scene, though I wouldn't know since I've only been in town on Tuesday nights, the one day the city seems to take the night off. Had a burger and a few beers at Skully's on High street. For some reason they had the water lines turned off so I couldn't wash my hands or get a beer on tap so I left.
One thing I need to say. In Northern Ohio, such as Cleveland, the people are nice, but from mid to southern O, the people become very terse. Don't get me wrong, there are nice people everywhere, but I'm speaking generally here. Perhaps it's because as you go further south you get closer to West Virginia and the Appalachians where people don't take too kindly to strangers.
One thing I need to say. In Northern Ohio, such as Cleveland, the people are nice, but from mid to southern O, the people become very terse. Don't get me wrong, there are nice people everywhere, but I'm speaking generally here. Perhaps it's because as you go further south you get closer to West Virginia and the Appalachians where people don't take too kindly to strangers.
3.09.2004
1492
Flew into Columbus, Ohio, today, then drove two hours Southwest to Marietta, the first settled town of the Northwest Territory. Half-way to Marietta on Hwys70/77 I encoutered the beginning of a snow storm. Big rigs were strung together like a chain on both sides of the highway, and I was reminded of the nightmare of driving from Seattle to Ellensburg Washington a couple years ago in an awful storm. I quickened my pace to avoid getting stuck in it.
Every gift shop in every airport sells cheap, Old Navy-style t-shirts with the state/city name emblazoned across it for $9.99. I can understand a "Portland" or a "Texas" shirt, in fact I once bought a "Kentucky" one after a three-day bourbon frenzy, but a shirt that says "Columbus?" Come on, people buy shirts as a passive way of bragging that they were there, or to show pride where they are from. Where does Columbus fit? Sure High Street's all right, but a shirt to promote the place?
On a personal note, I somehow managed to spend an entire day living clean with no chemicals aside from caffeine. Before you applaud my discipline it's more attributed to me getting old and still recovering from an intensive alcohol-fueled wrestling match 3am Sunday morning.
Anyway, see you tomorrow on High Street.
Every gift shop in every airport sells cheap, Old Navy-style t-shirts with the state/city name emblazoned across it for $9.99. I can understand a "Portland" or a "Texas" shirt, in fact I once bought a "Kentucky" one after a three-day bourbon frenzy, but a shirt that says "Columbus?" Come on, people buy shirts as a passive way of bragging that they were there, or to show pride where they are from. Where does Columbus fit? Sure High Street's all right, but a shirt to promote the place?
On a personal note, I somehow managed to spend an entire day living clean with no chemicals aside from caffeine. Before you applaud my discipline it's more attributed to me getting old and still recovering from an intensive alcohol-fueled wrestling match 3am Sunday morning.
Anyway, see you tomorrow on High Street.
