I figure once I pay off my car I can save some serious cash to buy a house. My plans to buy a house are being made under the assumption that I will be the sole owner and caretaker of the dwelling. The current estimate for a down payment is $30,000 and I presume I will be 1/3 of the way there by the end of this year barring mishaps, life and accidents. I do not want to have the bullshit stress of being a lone homeowner, a person without any real skills and most likely having to claw my way up the ladder towards better paychecks. Heaven forbid I lose my current venue of income I'm pretty certain that I'll have to start from square one and grudgingly touch my savings.
Let's take for example the Jersey Devil. Thirteenth child of Mother Leeds, late of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, and cursed by her words upon entering the world. He slew his siblings but spared his mother from his wrath as punishment. Until her death the Devil would visit her late at night and speak to his poor mother.
For more than a week in the winter of 1909 he terrorized southern New Jersey and forced schools to be closed making him a hero in the hearts of all children. With the march of time this legendary creature has not made many appearances being superceded by the new kids on the block like gray aliens, chupacabras, that upstart mothman among others.
What I love best about the story behind the legend is the fact that he's friends with a mermaid and a headless pirate who most likely was a hapless crew member of William Kidd or Edward Teech's ships. The Jersey Devil has been seen wandering the beaches around Brigantine, Egg Harbor and all points in-between with the headless pirate. I imagine them walking through the surf at night talking about life in general, where the pirate's head might be and if the mermaid is really interested in J.D. or if she's just after his fame and power. Of course the mermaid does join them on occasion which always changes the subject.
Since it's New Jersey I'm sure there are special nights throughout the year where the trio are able to hide their true nature and go to a diner for dinner, ordering disco fries, drinking quarts of bad coffee masked with gallons of milk and tablespoons of sugar. Near sunrise they do the old dine-and-dash leaving the waitress to describe the really tall, ugly guy, the girl who smells funny and the really quiet guy who didn't touch his food at all.
As you can see my car is finally fixed.
My hand and knee really, really hurt.
A week ago I bought a kit to make alien army men. It's part of a tabletop wargaming scenario called Warhammer 40,0000. This guy is a Tau. Fucker's tiny about the size of a quarter. I still have to prime and paint 'em There are 12 fire warriors and two drones.
Just a self-portrait. Haven't posted one of these in a while.
