cahla's New Writeups

OMG!!1 I'M GUNNA BE WICKED RETAHDED AGAIN (thing)

2003-01-17T08:05:38Z

~ this gathering has a usergroup ~
my phone number is:
617.529.8718, use it wisely
address for anyone who doesn't know is:
17 Emerald Street
Medford, Mass, 02155
email me at cahla@attbi.com if you need detailed directions

One year from the date I posted this node...

4.20
April 18th - 20th, 2003
Medford/Boston, Massachusetts

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I drove my fish to suicide (thing)

2002-08-23T10:45:32Z

*** WAIT! Don't read me yet! First go check up the writeup under Oscar by AT, it's short, and you'll understand just a bit about why he was such a cool fish.

His name was Oscar. He was purchased at the Petco up in Cambridge, Mass for a mere $3.99. That's how much his life was worth.

I had been frequenting the Petco often enough in the early days of having a fish tank. Initially it was to buy more fish. Your first tank always fails. It's a messy adventure that usually ends in a flush or two, and away the fishy goes on a porcelain adventure. But as I got better at learning how to stabilize a tank: the right amount of fish, keeping the water clean, balancing the pH, I slowly started visiting the Petco only for supplies. I'd wander around the store, checking out the new fish, and chat it up with the guys who worked there. They had gotten to know me, asked how my tank was doing, did I like the new filter, etc, ya know... fish talk. And when…

Son of Nature Trail to Hell: Another Appalachian E2 Gathering (idea)

2002-08-09T21:11:21Z

Oh man, it's been almost a week and there's ONE aftermath here! I must fix this. In my opinion, an aftermath is an indication of how much of a kickin gathering you threw, and damnit czeano did a fucking fantastic job. So here goes.

From the beginning this wasn't really an easy one to get to, between transportation and cash and finding interested parties, all kinds of kinks in the loop. But it all worked out. Transportation became available about two hours before we were supposed to leave. Cash, ummm, I didn't pay my rent 'til I got back Monday. OOOOOPS. And interested parties... well I found a few. Departing Boston with Chihuahua Grub, cowofdoom and briiiiian I KNEW this would be an adventure. From blow job machines to apple cores, it was a great trip to NYC. A little rendezvous at chiisuta's house with grundoon, imp/buddha, fez, and EZ found us all on her fire escape,…

Afternoons in the high school parking lot (place)

2002-05-30T05:23:55Z

Earlier this evening I ran out to my truck parked in front of the house, and found my neighbor who left his lights on overnight. His car needed a jump but he didn't know how. I don't know which was better, the fact that I told him I could help, or that I even had the jumper cables he didn't. I just out-carred him in both aspects! Regardless, I was thrilled to be a show off and help him out. After hooking up the cables and showing him how to remember the order, we sat there for a few minutes and chatted while his car ran for a while. And he asked me how I learned to jump a car.

If you stay along the straight and narrow, by junior in high school it meant you were sixteen. In Massachusetts, you can get your learners permit at sixteen and the earliest day you can take your license exam is at sixteen and a half. If you were smart, you had lined up and exam a few months ahead of time, a test day a few days…

Ruby Falls (place)

2002-05-28T06:59:07Z

Ruby Falls is located in Chattanooga, Tennessee on Lookout Mountain. Buried inside this mountain is a 145-foot natural waterfall which is the main tourist trap. Now I have to admit, I usually don't tend to stop at these kind of things, especially with their tacky billboards screaming at me from the highway, but this one was definitely worth the trip since it was not your average three hour tour.

Lookout Mountain originally had a natural entrance to the cave at the banks of the Tennessee River. When a railroad tunnel was build through the mountain in 1905, the entrance was sealed off. Leo Lambert (described in my corny pamphlet here) was known to be a 'cave enthusiast'. The little movie they showed us explained how as a kid, Lambert had explored the cave and was rather bummed out they closed off the entrance. So in 1923, he formed a corporation which raised funds to purchase a section of land on the side of the mountain. From there, he planned on tunneling down…

You didn't even keep one bag? (thing)

2002-05-08T06:35:07Z

My old apartment in Symphony was a total dive. But it wouldnât have been home if the glass on the security door wasnât smashed in some new crazy way when we got home. The few homeless people who slept there knew exactly how to pick that door just like they lived upstairs. Mail was never delivered the mailboxes, just left in a heap on the floor for us to sort through. And the fact that the first floor windows were barred pretty much did nothing because the fire escapes could lead anyone up to the top four floors. It was home.

The rather large box sitting there in the entryway was nothing new. Over the course of about a week it was pushed all over the place, kicked, graffitied, and had mail piling up on it. On our way home one afternoon, my roommate and I both decided it was time for the box to get a closer inspection. We checked and noticed it was addressed to someone whos name wasnât on a mailbox. That was pretty irrelevant, because the return address was what…