It's Still Hot, Grayson Grows Hair, Merritt Excites Canine, We Sleep in Fancy Hotels

Kari Cholnoky

Aug 17, 2009 02:14 pm 8 Comments

"Back then, I didn't have a big organization around me. I was just a kid with a guitar, traveling around. My responsibility basically was to the art, and I had extra time on my hands. There is no extra time now. There isn't enough time."

     - Joni Mitchell

And right she is. All of a sudden we are winding our wanderings to a withering five days. Five Days. We were just traveling around and now we have five days and how did it happen so fast and where did we go and where are we going and what do we do now.

I guess I don't have to think about the Now until five days from now. WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT IS THAT MERRITT MADE MY DOG pee on the seat of my truck today out of pure glorious excitement at seeing his cut off Jorts (Jeans + Shorts). I mean I just couldn't believe it. Seriously? What a jerk.

In other news, I arrived back on the bus this morning to find Grayson's upper lip covered in what I assumed was dirt. Huzzah! It turned out to be upper lip fuzz of the worst persuation, and I immediately began dry heaving in front of many citizens of the community to their utmost horror.

I am now currently plotting my future in the comfort of the Nylo Hotel in Rhode Island (read: swanky). Will I turn Pro? Will I be a painter? Will I be a garbage man? Will I ever eat a hot dog ever again? Only the King of Veg knows, and he is still incapacitated from an all-you-can-eat pig roast.

Tomorrow we head to Beantown, where the Young Cholnoky will join us (YEE GAD! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!) and where we will stuff our faces with farmers market nuglets of deliciousness and drink organic beers. Not the Young One, mind you. Ha! More then. For now, remember: "a word to the wise is infuriating" ~ HST

kari

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Uncle Duke
August 17, 2009 - 7:48pm

Joni also said, "We are Stardust, billion year old carbon. We are golden, caught in the devil's bargain. And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden." Which is indeed the rub, as well as infuriating. But enough of that. Jagger said, "Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime, is on my side, yes it is." So go with that. Sam pees on a moment's notice, Jorts or not; too bad for the truck. And keep the young one pure; he needs to maintain his imbalance of brain cells to work on that cat modeling. Whatever you get when you cross a Siamese and a Persian, perhaps you can paint it; no matter what you do, don't catch it. I'll leave you with this from Paul Kamanski: "With the experience of a tortured youth, you turn up the music, and go in search of the TRUTH." And if you don't find it, at least you have good loud music. Yours in Fear and Loathing - Uncle Duke

ames77
August 18, 2009 - 5:04pm

Sam retorts, "Don't blame it on the sunshine, don't blame it on the moonlight, don't blame it on the good dog, blame it on Lily."

Uncle Duke
August 21, 2009 - 7:45pm

To MY BROTHER, Sam. Just playing the odds - likeliest probability as it were. Like when we ran the tables at Caesar's that time, took the theiving bastards for millions, jetted off to Monaco to do it again; how we ended up in the opium den in Macao is beyond me, but like they say - what happens in Vegas, STAYS in Vegas. So mum's the word, yes? So no blame on this one; mea culpa. But by the way, you do pee on a moment's notice. And to MY LITTLE SISTER, Lily. Good dog. Very, very good dog. UD

TC
September 3, 2009 - 5:03pm

Has your bus ever come to New Jersey? I'd love to see that, especially if you support family farms which have so much diminished over the years. NJ, the "Garden State", has become the "Better Homes and Gardens State". Too many farms and orchards have been lost to construction companies who set up alot of those big houses which most people can't afford and which drive up the taxes which have been driving people out of NJ. Why should we of "the Garden State" have to buy strawberries in our supermarkets which are transported from CALIFORNIA?? We grow the BEST strawberries here and yet these have disappeared from local supermarkets over the past several years. Would someone care to explain how it is "greener" to transport strawberries all the way from CA when we can and do grow them here? It seems that our Agricultural Department in the "Soprano State" just doesn't do enough to maintain and encourage local produce.

BigGreenBus
September 4, 2009 - 5:01pm

Amen, Brother. Supporting local, organic agriculture is just about the best thing around. Those California berries are covered with preservatives to keep them looking Brand Spankin' New for the trip across the USA and end up leaving my mouth with an allergic reaction. See if you can get involved and help your neighbors and friends get involved with Community Supported Agriculture groups (CSAs) that help support not only local farming businesses but also putting delicious, locally grown food into your belly. And BE SURE to let our confused Agricultural Department know that you're ticked. Let them know the wrath of TC. UNTIL THEN, promote your farmer's markets, promote delicious veggies, and promote green actions all over the place. I have no idea if the Bus has come to New Jersey in the past, but shoot us an email and we can get in touch about visiting next summer during our tour. We are totally bonkers for family farms. - kc

mynalee johnstone
September 7, 2009 - 2:30pm

Years ago I took the Green Tortoise from Seattle to San Francisco. It was the best trip of my life. We stopped for a sauna at Cow Creek in Oregon and were fed the most amazing meal prepared outdoors. There was salmon, corn, potatoes, salad and they whipped the cream for the raspberry cake with a battery operated blender. For the night ride we all lay down like sardines in a can and had a beautiful ride on to SF to the music of favourite musicians from the 60s and 70s.

angus joseph
September 22, 2009 - 3:18pm

does the bus plant trees to balance the carbon foot print it creates? or is this not something that actually works??

BigGreenBus
October 14, 2009 - 8:29am

Ahhh Angus, you bring up a good point. Obviously we do, in fact, have a carbon footprint in burning waste vegetable oil. However, because we are recycling the vegetable oil and preventing it from being dumped somewhere (burning "waste"), technically what we are burning is carbon neutral. In other words, we're not creating any new fuel to be burned; we're burning fuel that someone else created and intended to dispose of. Either way, it's a good question. As far as balancing the carbon footprint we create otherwise, we do a number of alternative activities like education programs for corporations and local people when we're in each city, education programs for ourselves throughout the country at facilities like Waste Management's Single Stream Recycling plant in Phoenix, Arizona, and action as conscious consumers when we're on the bus--buying local, organic, and whole foods. We even composted our solid food waste in a worm bin until Louisiana, when the worms got cooked in one of the bays of the bus....woops...

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