14 on 4 and 1/2

i did it. i'm in seattle. 14 hours flat with 6 stops for gas and food and an hour in rush hour traffic through portland. i could've made it in 12.5 if i didn't eat or pee. damn those biological needs ... they're so ... needy!

it was really quite fast oddly enough ... it barely felt like i drove 3 hours - which surprises me b/c i only got four and a half hours sleep last night. why am i still awake!? wait, where am i? toto?

i'm so glad i made it in one day, i got here at 8:15pm - just in time to take a quick shower and sit on the porch to watch the sunset over the lake from the house on mercer island. i'm staying at my friend rachel's house. it rocks. so good to see her again. we lived together for a year and a half in sf and she was easily the best roommate i ever had (with the exception of girlfriends i lived with). we even got to go apartment hunting tonight which, believe me, is much more fun when you are looking for a place for someone else to live. "No, really, I think you can fit a bed in this closet ... it's, um, homey!"

so .. what did i learn from 14 hours on the road ... lets see:

1. nuclear power plants are creepy.

i passed one in southern washington and it was nestled in a small rolling hill by a lake. it was both beautiful in it's massive and simple form and creepy at the same time. an odd mix of masculine and feminine presence

2. kiss is the greatest rock-n-roll bank on earth!

when looking for books on cd from the sf public library, i only found two of interest. basically because they only had four. one is 'The Two Towers' and the other is 'KISS and Make-Up' written and read by the one and only Gene Simmons.

now, i grew up a HUGE KISS fan. they were my very first music love. i remember staring for hours at the big spread inside the KISS ALIVE II album with Peter Chris up on the drum platform decorated with outlines of cats in lights, drums sparkling in the light, gene spitting fire, ace and paul looking all badass ...

anyway, the book is dreadful and yet gripping in that "i have to know more about this band i loved" sorta way. it's mostly Gene talking about how many women he's slept with ... ooh, i'm sorry, i mean "liasions" ... and the problems the band had due to Ace Frehley and Peter Criss.

what was most entertaining was that in between segments of this book, i would listen to David Deida mp3s my friend jon loaned me. deida, of course, talking about masculine and feminine energies and how men can open women in such a complete and loving ways, providing space for their true goddess energy.

and then Gene talking about banging any number of his 4000+ liaisons.

now that's entertainment.

3. there really are bush supporters in the country.

i kinda forget that living in san francisco. this man in a small honda civic ended up cutting me off on the freeway and i noticed that he had a bush/cheney 2004 bumper sticker. i disliked him immediately. as it happens on a long road trip, you tend to drive near the same cars for long stretches and end up passing each other a lot. me in my utmost example of maturity, made it my mission to never let him in front of me (i.e. so i would always speed up if he was going to try to merge) and would give him the evil eye when he tried. i know it's stupid ... but i was in a car for 14 hours, give me a break!

alright, i really must go to sleep now.
be seeing you!