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History of "The BassMan" and facts on his other fursonas
August 1999: Catch a 10-lb. largemouth bass, the largest caught at Camp Eastman that year. Later that month when school starts any my computer class has me establish a yahoo e-mail account, I form the sceen name of "bassman_sts" (That's still my Yahoo handle but I only use it for Y Messenger and groups nowadays. All the e-mail account does is ( Read more... ) -
Current 2012 Carnival Route
All Bookings are on the "Fair" Unit of Astro Amusements (a division of North American Midway Entertainment)
June 28-July 1 Summer Fun Fest, Oglesby, IL
July 4-8 Petunia Festival, Dixon, IL
July 11-15 Sauk Co. Fair, Baraboo, WI
July 18-22 Waukesha Co. Fair, Waukesha, WI
July 25-29 Debuque Co. Fair, Debuque, IA
July 31-Aug. 5 Wisconsin Valley Fair, Wausau ( Read more... ) -
I've been Googled!
This morning as I was about to cross the tracks at Burlington Ave. & Washington St. in Downers Grove, IL, I saw the Google Street View car go by, so I might be seen on Google Street in the near future! Yay!
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Writer's Block: A Bright Idea
A REAL time machine! Oh how my future would be so much better if I could alter my past! -
Sign that I might be fucked looking for a trucking job (for God knows why)
Last Friday, I sent an application to Schneider, who has some of the lowest hiring standards of any legitimate trucking company out there. Tonight, I got an e-mail from them, officially REJECTING my application. I just hope this doesn't mean that W.W. Transport will reject me too, I gave them my application in person yesterday and I haven't heard ( Read more... ) -
Job Update
Today I went to the office of W.W. Transport in West Burlington, IA inquiring on a job with them from suggestion of my dad and a friend of his. Even with my last 5 years of driving experience being carnival loads, they sounded very eager to hire me! This job would mean hauling reefers OTR for 38-45 cents per mile, depending on the trailer weight as ( Read more... ) -
4 Days Wasted
Since Monday, I had been in Cedar Rapids for orientation with West Side Transport. This morning, they told me that my experience wasn't consistent enough for them to hire me and sent me home! Why did they even send me up there in the 1st place then? I want my 4 days back! Now it'll take me at least a week to try to get another trucking job set up! ( Read more... ) -
The Hitchhiker's Prayer
Even though I haven't hitchhiked for 5 years now, I call this prayer the "Hitchhiker's prayer" as it was a prayer I first said when I first hitchhiked 9 years ago. I share this prayer as tomorrow I will be leaving home again to travel for a living and I say this prayer every time I start a carnival season or new traveling job. This prayer, I came ( Read more... )
