Masochistic tendencies

[captain_slinky]

I woke early from a good night's sleep, unfastened the leather straps that kept me bound to the inverted gravity-swing and headed to the bathroom where I fastened a new set of nipple-clamps and unzipped my zipper-mask so I could brush my teeth.

Then, after hearty breakfast I decided to WALK HALF A MILE UP-HILL TO WALMART IN THE 80-DEGREE HEAT, because apparently I'm in to self torture and heavy-duty masochism.

It wasn't the walk that was torturous, it was the HEAT. I'm apparently in excellent shape because I can walk the entire distance (which is 100% up-hill on the way there) without even breathing heavy. But as my Father would so poetically put it, there's a stream of sweat running down the crack of my ass strong enough to power The Grand Coulee Dam.

And then, while I was there? I made a purchase that is sure to get me killed once khristle gets home; I bought me some toys :(

But not just any toys! SOMEONE had gone to great lengths to hide every "Variant" action figure from the "Legendary Comic Book Heroes" line of action figures! I got the T-Shirt Savage Dragon, the Unmasked Super patriot and the Clear Judge Death! I paid $8 each for them... I'm gonna be in SO much trouble :( I kept the receipt!

So the BIG purpose of the walk today was to try and get Molly to take a nap early. Usually if I strap her in to her stroller and walk to WalMart, she'll be out before I reach the top of the hill. But not today. No, TODAY she stayed awake right till the bitter end, and I was walking around from 11:30 till 2:30! Gonna be another long night.

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[sasjhwa.livejournal.com]

Isn't there a Woody Guthrie song about the hydroelectric power plant in your pants?

I went out for a walk today too and it was definitely a scorcher.

Oh and you are such a GEEK! :-p

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

BIG GRAND COOLEE DAM
Words and Music by . . . Woody Guthrie

(Sketch of factory and houses with hand written note
"Recorded by ASCH Records/ U.S. Dept. Interior/ Bonneville Power Admin./ Portland, Ore."
hand written sheet music follows, then lyrics.)


WELL THE WORLD HAS SEVEN WONDERS THAT THE TRAVELLERS ALWAYS TELL
SOME GARDENS AND SOME FLOWERS I GUESS YOU KNOW THEM WELL
BUT NOW THE GREATEST WONDER IS IN UNCLE SAM'S FAIR LAND
IT'S THAT KING COLUMBIA RIVER AND THAT BIG GRAND COOLEE DAM!
SHE HEADS UP THE CANADIAN ROCKIES WHERE THE RIPPLING WATERS GLIDE
COMES RUMBLING DOWN HER CANYON TO MEET THAT SALTY TIDE
OF THAT WIDE PACIFIC OCEAN WHERE THE SUN SETS IN THE WEST
IN THAT BIG GRAND COOLEE COUNTRY THE LAND I LOVE THE BEST.
SHE WINDS DOWN HER GRANITE CANYON AND SHE BENDS ACROSS THE LEA
LIKE A SILVER RUNNING STALLION DOWN HER SEAWAY TO THE SEA
CAST YOUR EYES UPON THE GREATEST THING YET BUILT BY HUMAN HANDS
ON THAT KING COLUMBIA RIVER IT'S THAT BIG GRAND COOLEE DAM.
IN THAT MISTY CRYSTAL GLITTER OF HER WILD AND WINDWARD SPRAY
WE CARVED A MIGHTY HISTORY OF THE SACRIFICES MADE
SHE RIPPED OUR BOATS TO SPLINTERS BUT SHE GAVE US DREAMS DREAM
OF THE DAY THE COOLEE DAM WOULD CROSS THAT WILD AND WASTED STREAM
WE ALL TOOK UP THIS CHALLENGE IN THE YEAR OF THIRTY THREE
FOR THE FARMER AND THE FACTORY AND ALL OF YOU AND ME
WE SAID ROLL ALONG COLUMBIA, YOU CAN RAMBLE TO YOUR SEA
BUT RIVER WHILE YOU'RE RAMBLING YOU CAN DO A LITTLE WORK FOR ME!
NOW IN WASHINGTON AND OREGON YOU HEAR THE FACTORIES HUM
MAKING CHROME AND MAKING MANGANESE AND LIGHT ALUMINUM
AND YOU SEE A FLYING FORTRESS WING HER WAY FOR FREEDOM LAND
SPAWNED UP ON THAT KING COLUMBIA BY THAT BIG GRAND COOLEE DAM.

[bjorker.livejournal.com]

I must have just missed seeing you walking, then. hehe. I went down that way and back (in my car, which was plenty hot enough), about an hour ago. Drat. I'm keeping my eye out for youuuuu, mwahahah.

You have my adoration and respect, though. I can barely get my ass in a car when it's this warm. And it's not even that warm, really. At least compared to many other places right now. but walking in it? eghhh.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

I seem to choose only the HOTTEST days to go an do my walking. 'Cuz of the zipper mask and nipple clamps, naturally.

I look forward to the day that some strange lady pulls over and starts yelling at me from her car... I'll be completely in the dark! No idea what you actually *look like*, but I THINK I might have actually talked at/with you at the Mill Creek Library playground several weeks back?

[bjorker.livejournal.com]

Mill Creek library playground? Nope, not me. I'm not even sure where that is? Mill Creek library... hmm... is that near the town center? I should know these things.

I'm hoping somebody will send me pictures of my brother and I from this weekend (of course, I didn't get any of him and me on MY camera), and if that happens then I'm sure I'll be postin' them, and then you'll know. ;) Or maybe I'll run into you again, and actually SAY something this time. doh. *kicks self* I'm not totally sure that I'd recognise you without Crystal and Molly there too, but I'll still keep an eye out.

That all reminds me... I keep hoping that I'll run into my landlord dude so I can ask him more about the place downstairs, but both times he was outside today, he was talking on the phone (he doesn't really live here, but he's in town at the moment and staying down there). I'd go down there and knock on the door or something, but I'm a weenie and scared I'm going to interrupt him because he always seems so busy with something. I'll ask Dan to do it. :P (I'm not kidding here, I really AM a weenie... LAME)

[sasjhwa.livejournal.com]

Leave a note on the door telling him you need to have a talk. :-)

[bjorker.livejournal.com]

Hmm... that sounds suspiciously like that whole "common sense" thing that I often hear about. It's so crazy that it might just work! ;)

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Don't do it! It's a trap! Common Sense is a GATEWAY thing! You don't use Common Sense... Common Sense uses *YOU*.

If you DO leave a note, make sure to write it in crayon and/or blood.

"Common Sense"... BAH!