28 in 28: Day 7 -- View to a Untied State

Death of a Snowman
February 2010 Outside Raleighwood, NC
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Day 07 → Your view of the United States.

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28 in 28: Day 8 -- I Want Money

Rocking Pelican
February 2010 Outside Raleighwood, NC
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Day 08 → Money or the lack of it

That would be The Lack Thereof, for my part.

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A point of note:

Today, for the first time ever, I introduced myself over the phone as firstname "fivecats" lastname, as if my LJ name had become my cool, sports nickname.

I did this (and felt very self-conscious in doing so) because I was calling toddpage and had never actually spoken with him before and I wasn't entirely sure how familiar he would be with my real name.

Todd was doing something very, very wise: he was in the take-out line at the Cafe du Monde getting a double-order of beignets for his eminent return to the road. I was calling because I wasn't sure he'd been following the news regarding his planned travel route after passing through Raleighwood tomorrow -- a route that goes from Raleighwood to DC to NYC. A route that is currently still mightily covered in snow and is only supposed to get more snow starting tomorrow night.

Yes, I'd like to see him in person. Even more, however, I'd like him to not think he can just drive from Raleighwood to DC (and then on to NYC the next day) like he's driving through Massachusetts. New England is prepared for they type of conditions that is making up the current Snowpocalypse DC 2010, both mechanically and psychologically. My hometown of DC? Not a chance.

Kids these days. You think they'd listen. But, noooooo...

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