Let me begin to paint the picture for you. It was Saturday – January 28, 2006. We headed out of Collings Lakes, NJ around 11:30 AM or so. We headed West on Route 40 – destination – Delaware.
John Reiser manned the wheel. Kate Campbell was in the front passenger seat knitting. I sat in the back of the car wondering if John would ever stop talking about “cumming”. Throughout this fateful day, John would repeatedly refer to a video clip a friend of his had found on the internet. The clip was of Arnold Schwarzenegger working out. In the clip, Arnold said something like, “When I do bench presses, it feels like I’m cumming!.” It was pretty funny to hear John say it in Arnold’s voice the first 50 times. I could only imagine how many time’s Kate has heard it since then.
As we drove down Route 40 West, there was a sign that caught John’s eye. He quickly pulled over, through the car into reverse and pulled in to this roadside attraction.
John got out of the car as me and Kate just sat there, kind of stunned at his decision to pull over here. After a couple minutes I got out of the car to take some pictures of our first destination. John purchased a New Jersey Fag.
Roughly an hour later we arrived at our prime destination – the Apple Store inside of the Christiana Mall in Delaware. I was ecstatic to say the least.
The time had come to take back what was mine, what was taken from me weeks earlier, my beloved iPod. The damaged iPod had been sent back and the new one was within my grasp. Victory was mine.
After I purchased my new iPod, John told me a little bit about the new MAC laptop he wants to get and why.
As we exited the Apple Store, Kate decided to take us off guard – she got me, but not John.
We departed the mall. Fuck the tax free shopping and the freaks in the food court and that Hepatitis C bathroom. We needed to be set free of Delaware’s grasp – we headed back into the depth’s of New Jersey.
About 5 minutes after crossing the Delaware Memorial Bridge and heading back East on Route 40, we decided to make a stop at a place I have seen many a time in the past year and a half, but have never visited it up cose. It was a “round” cemetary off of 40. Unfortunately there was no hauntings or anything creepy going on. I debated whether I wanted this to be my final burial spot…to myself.
From a far away glance this cemetary looks a bit intimidating. Especially when driving by close to nightfall. However, after taking a closer look, it just looks like it’s falling apart and the ghosts have already evacuated it.
Our next stop was in Woodstown – another place I have driven through many a time without taking more than a glance with me. Me and John walked around and took some pictures while Kate sat in the car and knitted the shit out of some fabric while holding her laptop on her lap. Knitting and laptops combined should be made illegal but that is just my opinion.
I always love taking pictures with an object in the foreground while everything else goes blurry. It’s like looking through the eyes of someone with ADD…Tree’s are good for these kind of shots.
And speaking of trees, this one looks like someone really had their way with it.
This blog is really becomming random at this point but I just have to say, I’m really pissed that Bono has to be featured on the iPod boxes. I really can’t stand that egotistical bastard. I don’t mind his music but he seems like a really cocky prick. Ever since I saw a video clip of him saying “Hello I’m Bono….and I’m a rock star,” while he introduced himself to students for some kind of speech, I cringe at the mere mention of him.
We next stopped in Salem. I took a couple of scenic pictures, but I don’t want to bore you with them. This is the only scenic picture I would allow myself to show.
Alright I lied, one more picture from Salem – a church with a hidden message in it for my own enjoyment. Look at the picture and think about it…I’ll give you a hint, as I’ve grown older in my life, I’ve kind of grown away from religion…
To bring this random trip blog to a close, we finally headed back to Bridgeton and had dinner with the Beatles. It was actually a restaurant in Bridgeton John found called S.R. Rileys. They had all sorts of Beatles paraphernalia on the walls. The plates had them too. The food was pretty good and they gave out free guitar pics which is sweet, although I only nabbed one.
All in all it was a pretty fun and random Saturday. Hope your’s was too.
One thing I should add also. I use the word “Fag” with caution. I am in no way a homophobe, nor a hater. Just a jokester.
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