Road Trip: Logistics

It's a new brand new week, so let's kick this thing off.

As I sit down to write this the countdown timer on my dashboard says 78 hours, 23 minutes, 32 seconds until I hop into my car and head out for 36 (or so) fun-filled hours of non-stop surreality. After several days of actually thinking about making some sort of plan for this trip I still have:

• No place to stay should I feel the need to collapse someplace relatively safe

(Actually, that is not quite true. My agent on the ground, the shadowy and extremely well-educated, Ms. Angela Sasser, has arranged for a backup bivouac with an exceptional artist by the street name of 'Mistress of Spam', along with various others of her family and friends. I feel bad about imposing on the domestic arrangements of so many nice people in one small room, so unless I become a threat to myself and others I will probably just prop my eyelids up with toothpicks. Do check out Mistress of Spam's artwork, though; absolutely beautiful.)

• No Princess Leia slave girl outfit
• No 20-sided dice
• No idea if it is going to be possible to post video within such a compressed schedule

(Which is not to say that I will not be shooting miles and miles of tape; just not sure I'll have the time (or wish to take the time) to do even the most basic editing and compressing. Still playing with this one. If I can figure a way to do it without cutting into too much visiting time, I definitely will. If not, I will still be blogging in real time here...maybe a little audiocast of some of the fun.)

As of right now, the tentative schedule is:

310807 - 0300: Leave for Atlanta

310807 - 0301 to 1030: Drive one of the most boring stretches of road this side of the modern incarnation of Route 66, arrive in Atlanta

310807 - 1100: Wander aimlessly though the hotel looking for Elf-ladies and Demonesses (sounds like my last family reunion)

310807 - 1130 to 1800: General roadie duties, helping to set up artwork and such

310807 - 1800 to 010907 - 0300: Bacchanale

010907 - 0300 to 0400: Breakfast at Waffle House (drink 3 gallons of coffee)

010907 - 0400: Tearful goodbyes, back to Tampa

010907 - 1400: Mow lawn

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