Pete's Log: Log Entry 377
Entry #377, (Life in General)(posted when I was 22 years old.)
so whenever i was last home over christmas, i helped dad frame up this huge australian aboriginee piece. well, since then, this piece has been sitting in the gallery waiting for a chance for us to deliver it to its owners. today came that chance. richard brought his truck and tommy. mom brought cardboard. i brought myself and a keen sense of humor and adventure. we discovered that the best way to do this deed was to stand the picture up against the back of the cab and then have tommy and me hold it steady. the picture in question was 62 by 72 inches. we put down a layer of cardboard in the bed of the truck and against the cab. then we lifted the painting into the truck, put more cardboard around, and we were off. slowly we made our way towards gothic road and up the mountain. about a mile out of town we encountered a traffic jam and about 5 or 6 vehicles with flashing lights up ahead. so after some time we finally started moving again. the reason for all the commotion was a really nasty-looking accident. both cars were beat up pretty bad on the front driver's side, and from the positions of the cars we couldn't tell which one had been going which way. one thing was obvious, tho: one (or both) of them had been going way too fast.
so after passing the accident we made our way up washington gulch road, and found the place we needed to deliver the picture. after our second hanging attempt, the owners were content, and we were on our way again. on our way down we threw some pennies at some cows. i think there are worse things in life than sitting in the back of a truck, driving in scenic colorado. the cops were still busy cleaning up when we passed them on our way down.
afterwards i went to carolina's kitchen with tommy, then headed to the rozman place where i helped him put together a stereo box for his willys jeep. he'd already measured and cut boards, we just had to screw them together and cut holes for his 12" speakers, the tweeters, the input, and the four plastic pipes that let the air out (and the names of which i cannot remember). we then spraypainted the box "tractor red" and after letting it dry mounted all the parts in it. we then hooked the amp up to his battery and such. tommy had all that stuff figured out. finally we took the deal out for a test drive. it worked fairly well, tho there was some annoying squeaking at loud volumes. we've not yet detected the source, so after the paint and caulk dry some more we'll mess with it more. all in all a fun project.
i believe that the song "cookie day" by Shonen Knife is the happiest song i know, and possibly the happiest song in existence. any attempt to add more happiness would simply fail and instead make the song annoying. yay shonen knife!