Cars, Trucks, Buses

Rest stops are interesting places. I have been thinking about it due to the fact that I have nothing better to do and I have come to the conclusion that rest stops would make being homeless easy.

I mean sure there are some stipulations. Like you would have to have a car which, depending on how comfortable you want to live, would require you to have a job as well. But a lot of big companies operate near major highways. Like Bristol Myers, or Lockheed to name a couple I am familiar with. The commute to a rest stop from Bristol Myers would probably have been very similar to the commute from my apartment, distance wise. Plus it may cost about a dollar a trip for tolls, at the most. So that’s about sixty bucks a month for “rent”. Plus you got fast food, gas, ATM machine, newspaper, and bathrooms right there.

As far as sleep, you will of course have to make some sacrifices. But this is where you car comes into play. You could get yourself one of those giant conversion vans and live in luxury, or you could get accustomed to sleeping in a bucket seat. If that is the case you may want to consolidate your life and keep as little necessities as possible, so you can at least recline.

Entertainment…that’s easy. If you’re me, you got the guitar…that’s always fun. Plus with all the adapters they have now you can power everything out of your car. Im typing this right now in a rest stop, and I got my cell phone charging at the same time. Not too mention with the Ipod revolution, I got all the music I will ever need, and I can fit it all in my pocket. And today I found out that a lot of rest stops are now including wireless internet…some for free…some for a small fee. It’s only a matter of time before they all have it available.

So as you can see I have thought this out quite a bit. Sure there are downsides, like showering. But once again depending on where you work, there are locker rooms where you can take care of all your hygiene needs.

So its about time we all became homeless and started living in rest stops…Moving from one to the other. Just think of how many people you can meet. Its gotta be better then the bar scene. Especially in Syracuse.

Coming Up Roses

So I have been eating a lot of Burger King on this trip. Not that that is much of a change, considering I was given an Employee discount card at the one in Shoppingtown mall cause I went there to eat so much. The sad part is, I went to the one by my house even more...So I think I have a problem...Where are all my friends with the intervention that is needed? I mean I drove all day starving cause I wouldnt stop til I found an exit that had a Burger King. And boy was it worth it.

Moving on, I am about an hour outside of Nebraska, which sucks. Nebraska is the most boring state to drive through since they legalized gambling in Nevada. Seriously I would rather play real life Oregon Trail and take a horse and buggy across the country if I got to skip Nebraska. You can only take so much Cornfields.

Only about 9 more hours of driving til I am in Denver. So I should be there tomorrow night at the latest. I am still planning on driving for a few more hours tonight, so who knows. I want to get to Denver as soon as possible so I can sleep on a couch. For those of you who dont know already, sleeping sitting up in a bucket seat sucks. A lot. There was one point last night where I backed my car up out of my parking spot a little and tried to sleep on a blanket in front of it, but the bugs liked that way too much. So I decided to take my chances with the lower back pain.

I think I saw Colin Farrell in the backseat of a beat up cavalier with a wierd old couple driving. He looked at me with this scared look on his face. I think he was kidnapped by those old people. Keep your eyes on the headlines.