you wish you’d never left the house. I had to return some cable equipment today, because they jacked the price up by $20 a month so I cancelled. “You can return your equipment at a Spectrum store”, they said. It didn’t open until 10 am but by the time I had got there I’d taken the wrong turn onto the Throughway which I couldn’t get off right away. There was five miles of traffic backed up in the opposite direction so thankfully I missed that. I get to the store and some dude tells me I have to sign in and wait. I’m returning your stupid equipment for fuck’s sake! I’m supposed to sit here and wait for an appointment?
Fortunately UPS will also take it back, so I went there. No waiting, no signing in, no time wasting bullshit. It’s a fucking phone store, and nobody returning this stupid junk wants to wait around for an appointment with some phone salesmen so they can just scan their shit and let you be on your way. Fuck these people.
Today someone is coming to “scout” the house. This town has become somewhat of a Hollywood on the Hudson now that production companies have realized they can make period projects utilizing the historic housing stock here, without schlepping all the way to NYC. They filmed an entire movie next door, and this house would perfect for some gothic thriller serial killer, vampire, rock and roll weirdo vehicle. I’m not describing myself BTW. (maybe the Rock and Roll weirdo part, or just plain weirdo) I have a band rehearsal tomorrow too.
I have to go out again this afternoon to drop off my Guild T Bird so the guy can put new strings on it and check some stuff. I know I could probably do this myself but I hate changing guitar strings. I always end up stabbing myself multiple times and I do a horrible job of it. Hopefully it will be without incident.
This is California, that would do.
It’s ̶F̶r̶i̶d̶a̶y Thursday so I’m feeling less of a vacation hangover today. Next week it will be gone and I’ll be wanting to go somewhere else. I’ve forgotten what day it is, I thought it was Friday while I was writing this and had to come back two hours later to change it..
I don’t know where though. I’d probably go back to Cocoa Beach but maybe I’ll drive myself this time. Ah, don’t know what to do really. Just play music, that’s it.
Good Day
Tom Cruise in this movie clip looks like a dead ringer for Robert “Belvedere” Mascara who was an Australian television floor manager best known for his role as Bert Newton’s on-air sidekick and “taste-tester” on the long-running morning show Good Morning Australia. I went out with his sister for while, cute girl.