Vanlife Archive
Dec. 25, 2020 Sitting up here at Site 165 in my American flag chair is such a THRONE. My pen is my wand. I'm at Lake Pleasant in Arizona. There are a lot of donkeys.
Dec. 26, 2020
Today I'm still giggling at myself for the fact that I truly do be out here swiping on Tinder dudes that look like Pirates (one of whom freaking knew MK???? of course) or like [Carrot] and I know it's all really just a grand distraction (it, being the wrong males) from my next creation. I find myself getting really defensive when someone asks "what are you writing?" It's because I am annoyed with my own self that I still don't know what I'm writing, I'm just writing. That answer is fine with me, but other people need deadlines and outlines and ANSWERS!!
Am I writing the next great American novel? It's definitely American. Not sure about great or novel. Is it a comic? A memoir? A travel blog? Funny sketches? Is it just me writing eternally into the cyber void? Who cares. I like doing it. I don't know what I'm writing but I'm certainly writing. And that counts for everything.
Dec. 27, 2020
Wow, 2021 is almost here and not to be an absolute buzzkill but everybody had so much anticipation for the 2-0-2-1 and I just can't see how that numeric charge does anything for us.
But, then again, if that numeric change does shift some people's attitudes and energies then it actually may catalyze change. As then the collective consciousness may elevate? I'm down if it helps people achieve their goals.
But is it in a genuine way? When did I get so cynical? lol am I jaded? I say start your resolutions the moment you have the impetus. IMMEDIATELY. Everyone's so obsessed with resolutions for like a day lol. I'd see it at the gym when I lived in a stationary place; it's slammed for like a week then it's back to me and all the regulars.
Dec. 28, 2020
Really wanted to get up in my journal this morning to charge up some positivity toward the van. The sounds it's making are similar to blowing that first spark plug. Nooooo.
I booked a bnb with some mechanics in the area, one is a AAA location just 4 miles away! After I check in at the bnb I will take it in to the shop and walk home. This is always how you have to think when your home is also your vehicle. I just drop my whole damn house off at the shop.
We'll see how extensive to get all new plugs so I can just stop thinking about it altogether. I know it's a multi-hour job. Maybe it's a valve. I'll just let them know about the noise and we'll see. Hopefully i don't need a whole new cylinder head. It's quite possible. That's actually exactly what happened with the Black F150 I drove throughout high school and college. After I blew a spark plug in that F150 I remember finding out the reason that happens is because Ford has a span of years where they made these really cheap cylinder heads out of aluminum, so after a few years of a hot engine, they'd essentially start to melt the cavities for the plugs which would strip the threading and the plugs would come shooting out. Literally. Both the spark plug I blew in the F150 and the van (E-350) sounded like a gunshot hahaha. This shit only makes sense to me because for some reason it's happened twice to me, and I used to write for cars.com lol. Really, journal and magic pen, I hope we can find a solve. Knowing I got real help—a true fix— I'd feel so much better instead of wondering if 9 more spark plugs are going to shoot out. And I'd feel safer. I set myself up at the bnb until the 31st so I could get this taken care of— and I will!
And the van, Mars, and I shall roll along smoothly with confidence.
Dec. 30, 2020
Holy chit, one more day left of 2020...?! That's it? Correct me if I'm wrong but this was the fastest year of all time since quarantine was ordered in March...
Real quick... before I do my entry for today... which I've decided will be an ideal day, visualization of acquiring the following things:
Alexapure water filter
contacts
crystals
palo santo
we'moon
ext charger
contracts
ring/necklace
earplugs
coozie
nail clippers
5/8 drill bit
suit?
knife/fork/spoon thing
bowl
renewed FOID card
more epipens
more Benadryls
lime green hat
brush
whisk
Still want:
Dometic fridge
stove
leggings
jeans
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