Tuesday 31 January 2017

almost there

it's the last day of january and the weather is lovely here in the great pacific northwest, sunny and about 5 degrees c.  the bad news is we might get some snow in a few days but tomorrow is the first day of february and that means march is just around the corner. another 2 months and with any luck i'll be zipping around on the scooter.  that will be heaven on earth for me, hopping on the scooter and wearing nothing but a t shirt, jeans and an old pair of sneakers.

by april i should be a real old freak. last july the kid got married and i was forced to get a short haircut and trim the beard back to almost nothing. i'm pleased to say that i haven't had a haircut  trimmed  the beard since early july. i've decided to let it grow for a year and see how things unfold.
it's almost 7 months now and things are getting pretty scruffy. the kids don't give a shit and find the whole thing quite comical but the lovely mrs myshkin is none too happy with my excellent imitation of a homeless man.

i'll put on my old leather biker jacket and look like a geriatric hells angel on a scooter. maybe i'll even pop into the cracker factory and show the drones what happens when a man no longer has to toe the company line in order to pay the bills. from what i hear, there's been another house cleaning at the cracker factory so most people won't have a clue who i am and will probably call security.

deadwood is almost done for the season so it's time to find a replacement for my 15 minutes of bliss before hopping into bed. it's been a few years since i watched john from cincinnati and i'm dying to hear butchie scream, "i gotta get high,  man!"

billy says i better don't get too high, and he still loves you sons of bitches.

9 comments:

  1. I'm glad to hear you can have good weather in January in your part of the world, but I'd still prefer an extended vacation in Barbados. If you bought a box of cakes to share I bet they'd let you in to the factory

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    1. i'd prefer an extended vacation in a warm place too but as tony soprano said, this is the life we chose.

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  2. I still likely have at least two months before I can regularly run outside again safely without bashing my head open. I have been letting my beard and moustach get quite bushy purposefully. I am channeling my inner Jack Elam I think. Still get a haircut though as my hair is bushy too and all it ever does is look like I have ever larger Brillo pads stuck to my head.

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    1. jack elam! excellent comparison, it also makes me want to watch pat garrett and billy the kid again.

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  3. Our January was colder then last.
    Coffee is on

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  4. pathetic old eliot is sicker than a dog with the fucking flu. the poor soul got a flu shot but he's been told that it's probably the norvovirus and there are no vacines for that son of bitching virus.

    he ate nothing yesterday and crapped his brains out.

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  5. Looking forward to the warmer weather as well. This winter can suck it. I have never watched John from Cincinnati. I might have to give it a shot because Mr. Rosewater has excellent taste. Nice to hear from Billy as well.

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    1. I'm certain that you'll love john from cincinnati.

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