Here it is.
what’s eating gilbert grape
You might think it’s his mother, but it’s not.
Brian and I caught this flick on HBO the other night. I rather liked it. Now that I’m on the Johnny Depp bandwagon, I’ve been watching a lot of his movies from years ago. They’re all pretty good. Leonardo DiCaprio was also quite impressive playing Johnny Depp’s mentally retarded brother. The story was about a dysfunctional family. For some reason, those types of stories are always interesting to me. So, if you like this type of story and you haven’t seen this movie, I highly recommend it.
dirt
The gods must be smiling down upon Brian. Not only did his motorcycle! motorcycle! motorcycle! arrive this morning, but it is not raining–the sun is even shining. So even though we’ve barely just begun working, we’re taking a break so he can ride up and down and up and down the street. We got an earlier start than expected so I’m not complaining–yet. But, our help is not able to make it today (because he is having back problems) so I suspect Brian will be taking more than his share of “breaks” throughout the day.
I’ve given him the biker moniker of “Dirt”. You can’t have a Harley and not have a biker name. Henceforth he will be known as Brian “Dirt” Law. He got this name for three reasons: 1. sometimes he just really needs a shower; 2. it seems like he ends up having to move a few tons of earth every year for our projects (maybe that’s why he needs a shower?); and 3. dirt is a phrase used to describe a bunch of individual tattoos on someone (because it makes their arm look “dirty”). while this does not apply to Brian (he has what you call a sleeve, not dirt), it’s still kinda funny.
not a cager, not yet a biker
Brian’s almost a biker. Zepka’s called this afternoon, so we went over there and checked out the bike (cool!) and did all of the paperwork. However, it’s not going to be delivered until tomorrow. It was pouring down rain when we got there and Brian hadn’t yet cleared out a spot for the bike, so he opted to have it delivered tomorrow. It’s not like he could ride it in this weather, anyway. So, expect a full report from me sometime tomorrow. Hopefully it will stop raining long enough for him to at least take it up and down the road a few times.
the latest
Zepka’s informed Brian that his bike might not be ready until tomorrow. Needless to say, they’ve been removed from his Christmas list and added to his shit list. It wouldn’t be such a big deal except for three things:
1. Brian took a vacation day today (apparently for nothing).
2. It’s going to rain for the next four days (starting late this afternoon), so Brian won’t get much riding time.
3. We have plans to work on the playhouse all day tomorrow (Jake’s not going to be home) and we have someone coming to help us, so picking up the bike tomorrow will surely mess up our schedule.
There’s a chance that the bike will be ready late this afternoon, but I’m not going to hold my breath. That would be the best case scenario at this point.
Stay tuned for updates…