A Day In October (711 hits)
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Submitted by kaos-king (antius777) (View user info) at 2006-10-15 23:08:30 EDT
Miss Ghola ran a contest on another site where we had to write about autumn. I was an hour late getting my entry in 'cause I was waiting for my idiot friend to send me the attached photo. Oh well...
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I sat my travel mug back in the holster and reached over for the cigarettes that were securely placed in the interior handle grip of my car door. I had surprisingly smoked very little on the short trip back home this time. However, my zippo flared to life in the blowing wind of the highway and my Kool Filtered King grew orange at its tip.
I had made her a mix CD the week before and she had fallen in love with the song "Heavy" by Tegan & Sara. Remembering this, I had made sure to toss a full album by the duo in with the rest of my music for the ride. As we had pulled out of the city limits, she had glanced through my selections. Flipping past AFI, Deftones, At The Drive-In, and all my other normal road CD's, she quickly found it. I smiled as she did.
The sound of the Canadian twin's voices and their acoustic guitars came out of my speakers as we caught 76 East. We were heading back in for a wedding for two of my oldest and dearest friends and she had agreed to accompany me. Deciding to head in early, we were going to stop at the hotel first and get ready there.
What time was it? Noon, maybe a half hour after? Regardless, it was a Saturday afternoon that October 7th and there was very little traffic. We rolled along at slightly under sixty-five miles per hour, just enjoying the music and each other's presence. "My Number" came on and she lit up a Camel Light.
When people speak of autumn, they probably have never witnessed the change of seasons in eastern Ohio. Right at the edge of the Appalachian Mountains, we were heading directly towards the Ohio River Valley. The raw umbers and burnt siennas, the crimsons and yellows. The trees seemed to become even more alive as the died for the winter.
Driving through this forest of colors we listened to the music and smoked. As we turn onto 11 South, she decided to paint her toenails in the car. I'm still not entirely sure how she achieved this level of skill. I sang along quietly while she applied a pale sparkling brown with a tiny brush. A pale brown that matched not only her dress but many of the leaves we drove past outside.
To me, autumn weddings seem the best. Celebrating a new beginning, a new sense of life and unity while things succumb to nature all around humanity. It's almost a way that we can laugh in the face of the universe. Plus, it's not so damn hot in that suit.
I looked over to see her smiling at me, her blue eyes matching the day's cloudless sky. Once again, I had to smile in return.
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Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-10-16 21:06:28 EDT (#)
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I'm flying into Cincinnati on Monday to go to Covington, KY for a work thing. How far are you from there? Oh..too far? That's too bad.
No really..not stalking you.
So..any idea what there is to do in Covington after business hours?
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2006-10-16 21:05:18 EDT (#)
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Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2006-10-16 20:37:25 (#)
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Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2006-10-16 16:29:01 (#)
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Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2006-10-16 10:27:58 (#)
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Danger_Ranger - Yep, my name's Brian...
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I see. And how far away from Australia do you live exactly?
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Um... I live in the the Eastern-Center of the United States. Ohio, by Cleveland.
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okay - that seems far enough. You know I had a boxer called Cleveland because I loved/love the Browns so much? Eric Metcalf, to the 40, the 60... anyway, here's the thing, chromey. You know how dumb chickens are, like you can stick their heads under their wings and rock them to sleep and then put them on a kicking tee and then kick them through some goalposts? Or how dumb new zealanders are if you wait at the airport and tell them that your national currency is broken glass and that you're the currency exchange even though you're operating out of a cardboard box and they believe you?
well Brian is even dumber than that. I am sorry.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2006-10-16 20:52:25 EDT (#)
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"My Kaos has a first name, it's B-r-i-a-n,
My Kaos has a second name it's ...
Noneya fuckin' bidness.......
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2006-10-16 20:37:25 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2006-10-16 16:29:01 (#)
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Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2006-10-16 10:27:58 (#)
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Danger_Ranger - Yep, my name's Brian...
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I see. And how far away from Australia do you live exactly?
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Um... I live in the the Eastern-Center of the United States. Ohio, by Cleveland.
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2006-10-16 16:29:01 EDT (#)
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Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2006-10-16 10:27:58 (#)
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Danger_Ranger - Yep, my name's Brian...
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I see. And how far away from Australia do you live exactly?
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-10-16 16:12:07 EDT (#)
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yeah, Kools and malt liquor, that's a great combination.
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2006-10-16 14:20:58 EDT (#)
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Worth reading.
Submitted by MyTeeOne (user info) at 2006-10-16 14:19:39 EDT (#)
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There wasn't much here, but what was here was solid. I could have been in the back seat. That may have been a little wierd though since we've never met.
Submitted by St_Jimmy (user info) at 2006-10-16 13:19:25 EDT (#)
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Until I read this, I thought:
1. Only black people named Nolan smoked Kools
2. Only 13 year olds made mix CD's
Yet, I see you are neither black nor 13.
Not sure what to make of all this.
Good post though.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-10-16 11:01:07 EDT (#)
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Oh, here's where this originated, Kaos- I'm not stalking you or anything. I INSTIGATE BECAUSE I LOVE.
http://www.ubersite.com/m/94430#2184516
Submitted by Susie_Derkins (user info) at 2006-10-16 11:00:42 EDT (#)
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Nice to see you back Kaos, nice story.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-10-16 10:39:22 EDT (#)
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i kinda wanted to cry a little.
but you smiling made me giggle.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2006-10-16 10:27:58 EDT (#)
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Danger_Ranger - Yep, my name's Brian...
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-10-16 10:20:46 EDT (#)
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Woobwoobwoobwoobwoobwoobwoobwoobwoobwoobwoobwoobwoobwoobwoobwoobwoobwoob!
Submitted by Spacegrass (user info) at 2006-10-16 10:14:34 EDT (#)
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If it was anything like Boston on the 9th, your friends had a gorgeous autumn day for a wedding! I kept telling the Californians in Boston that this is why New England was the place to be! They all laughed at me and said that California was like that year round. Dicks. Does anyone else hate California? Oh yeah, good post.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2006-10-16 08:56:16 EDT (#)
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Short and sweet.
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2006-10-16 07:49:03 EDT (#)
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So it's true?
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-10-16 07:27:16 EDT (#)
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Hey, I never said anything Kaos didn't say here himself, you international Brian chasers.
This is one of the few things I've read recently over at the other place. Really sweet.
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2006-10-16 03:10:04 EDT (#)
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Dear Kaos King, Sacrilious says your name is Brian. Is this true?
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2006-10-16 02:54:02 EDT (#)
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God
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2006-10-16 02:53:25 EDT (#)
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damn
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2006-10-16 02:53:00 EDT (#)
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scrolly
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2006-10-16 02:50:00 EDT (#)
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I thought only niggers smoked Kools?
Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2006-10-16 01:51:59 EDT (#)
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oh yeah and i like your post.
Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2006-10-16 01:51:44 EDT (#)
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Submitted by gravitas (user info) at 2006-10-16 01:05:29 (#)
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its too bad georgia doesnt have season
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we do! we do have seasons. its summer for a long time, then one day all the leaves fall on the ground, you wear a jacket for a week and then i see a butterfly and then it's hot again.
it just happens that the "summer" part of the year lasts about 300 days.
Submitted by gravitas (user info) at 2006-10-16 01:05:29 EDT (#)
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its too bad georgia doesnt have seasons.
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2006-10-16 00:55:31 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-10-15 23:38:44 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-10-15 23:11:28 (#)
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[inserts Curly/Three Stooges sounds]
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hahahahahahahaha
love ya, man
Submitted by awesome_face (user info) at 2006-10-15 23:34:55 EDT (#)
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man, how come you always bag the hot ones.
Submitted by FlakMonkey (user info) at 2006-10-15 23:22:44 EDT (#)
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kaos-king = auto +2
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2006-10-15 23:11:46 EDT (#)
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Okay.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-10-15 23:11:28 EDT (#)
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[inserts Curly/Three Stooges sounds]