the squee team does tennesee

Only do as i'm told

2007-06-21T05:53:00.000-06:00

Conveniently placed bug bites make it look as though I've been shooting up. Oh, what a life i lead!

2007-06-20T05:35:00.000-06:00

Monsters taste like fruity beer. I don't like it. I wish it were present on the long drive home, though. I don't know why i'm still posting to this.

2007-06-19T03:44:00.001-06:00

We are 40 miles outside of mesa. 27 straight hours of driving. Bad ass. I'll be doing my best attempt at acting dead tomorrow, then It's back to work for me. Meh. More photos later, i'm sure. Peace, bitches.

A different score

2007-06-18T21:02:00.001-06:00

We've been driving for 19 hours nonstop. We've battled raging bladders, massive bugs, 4 energy drinks, plus 2 sodas and a slushy between us. We're coming up to albuquerque and i think we might be looking for dinner. Where is arizona? I miss my cat, my nephew, and showers. Are there twenty four hour targets? Icky thump is out tomorrow.

The mighty mississip'

2007-06-18T05:53:00.001-06:00

And i miss my second opportunity to board a steamboat i was hoping would somehow be magical and ticke me back to tom sawyer days

And another one

2007-06-18T05:17:00.001-06:00

Just outside of memphis for the second time this week. Chalk up another thousand miles.

2007-06-18T02:45:00.000-06:00

WE ALMOST HIT A DEER! WOW!! It was just a little guy too! EEE!

miss lily white on vocals

2007-06-18T02:09:00.001-06:00

What words can you use when you've just witnessed magic? The white stripes are amazing. I spent most of the show watching some tall guys somberro, standing on tiptoes for a glimpse when circumstances allowed. Once again i left the show with no face. I was a melted blob of excitement with only obscenities to describe what had just happened to me. I've got my words back now. :) Set list was dead leaves, when i hear my name, icky thump, hotel yorba, jolene, i'm slowly turning into you, i think i smell a rat, death letter, do, cold cold night, little room, ball and biscuit. The encore was rag and bone/dead leaves - blue orchid, we are gonna be friends, a martyr for my love for you, 7 nation army. One of the most memorable concerts I've been to. Now we're on our way home. Oh yeah, elvis perkins had alec from clap your hands say yeah come on stage and play guitar on a song with them. Magic
as well. We then met jermaine from flight of the concords and had a bit of 'chitchat' with him. Odd.

Peace.

2007-06-17T17:11:00.000-06:00

Elvis perkins. Sitting in line waiting for the white stripes. I had myself in the crowd but ran away from it. Meh. The set up so far is the best ever, and the crew is in red and black tuxes. I'd take a photo, but i'm too far back. My legs are so burnt it hurts to sit down. I've given up on sunscreen.

2007-06-17T14:28:00.001-06:00

Elvis perkins in dearland is true love. Wolfmother is playing right now. I'm not there. I had nightmares about the white stripes show... And i think they're going to be real... Meh.

2007-06-17T01:24:00.001-06:00

The flaming lips. It got really cold really fast. My poor arizona body is crying out against the cold! We can see our breath. I'd prefer that to the heat any day though. Mmm cool breeze = no sweat. Content.

Wrapped around your finger.

2007-06-16T20:40:00.000-06:00

The police. This place is packed. Sting sucks at singing his own songs. I'm ready for dinner.

Burn this city

2007-06-16T18:44:00.001-06:00

Ps, there should be a size limit for bikinis... And also, the sound people here suck. I think I've seen one set where the sound wasn't fucked up in some way.

2007-06-16T18:36:00.000-06:00

I was really worried about this guy for a while, he was just passed out there and like... Spitting up foam. He's not dead though, and I'll keep an eye on him. I've seen three sets of boobs while sitting here, and a group of boys run by in speedo's. Meh. My legs are asleep. The guy I've been watching just woke up and left. Good. My cpr card expired when i was twelve.

well i'm on bbc tonight

2007-06-16T17:57:00.001-06:00

Franz sucks live. Or maybe It's just my temperment. I do seem to ruin everything.

2007-06-16T15:37:00.000-06:00

I don't like this. I'd like to come home.

Bizarro suze!

2007-06-15T19:14:00.001-06:00

I've found mrs palmer's wine appreciating, jam oriented music festival attending, ex hippie twin! A possible replacement since the suze will have nothing to do with me? I say yes

Rock lobster

2007-06-15T18:41:00.001-06:00

applying sunscreen liberally and frequently does not always drive the sun away. Especially when you're this pale

Blah Blah butterflies.

2007-06-15T18:32:00.001-06:00

Kings of leon totally melted my face off. I have the photos. I can prove it. My face is gone. I've never danced with such happiness before. Extreme pain from sun and heat, but extreme happiness as well. Here we go, angel and the love mongers.

2007-06-15T14:40:00.000-06:00

Tut tut, it looks like rain for the kings of leon... Its quite rainy, and it sucks.

2007-06-15T13:35:00.000-06:00

So We're waiting for paolo to come on, and the guitar tech is wearing a hoodlums shirt. We're in mother fucking tennessee and the guitar tech is wearing a hoodlums shirt. I feel incredibly awesome right now.

2007-06-15T12:53:00.001-06:00

Wee! Cold war kids. And i'ma dancin

You're sweeter than corn on the cob it's scary

2007-06-15T09:48:00.000-06:00

Langhorne slim and the war eagles put on an AMAZING show last night. It was one of those that nobody really expected and it just blew everyone away. We talked to him afterward and he was so friendly and i'm pretty sure he'll remember us next time we see him

Another man's traysure

2007-06-15T09:01:00.001-06:00

So each of the campground pods has some sort of sculpture project you can help make. Apparently ours is an aluminum can garden. I bathed with baby wipes and a squirt bottle this morning.

'we should sell sheets of toilet paper!'

2007-06-15T07:59:00.000-06:00

My first baby wipe bath. Can you see how horribly dirty one day at Bonnaroo makes a person? Gosh. Also, i'm sunburnt. Told you i'm a special douche that burns through baby sunscreen with spf 50.

Ain't no girl gonna tell me she won't be my honey pie!

2007-06-14T22:24:00.000-06:00

Holy shit. No words. Langhorne fucking slim and the war eagles kicked ass. There are no words.

Jeepers creepers

2007-06-14T19:34:00.001-06:00

This awesome fountain is in the middle of bonnaroo. It's like an alice in wonderland jellyfish! Anyway, the important thing about it is there were about four completely naked people of both genders frolicking in it just now. Boobtastic!

2007-06-14T19:33:00.001-06:00

I gave in... I peed... I couldn't even make it one day... Meh. We just watched a guy blow glass, now we're near the black angels waiting for langhorne. I'm going to be so changed when i get back, peeing in porta-potties and drinking well water while enjoying the smell of weeeeed. I lied about the weed. I hate the smell and everything it stands for. Tata.

Whoa Whoa Whoa

2007-06-14T18:42:00.001-06:00

The little ones. Just a glimpse of how many people are here, and this is one of the minor stages. I STILL HAVEN'T PEED! I'm winning. Bonnaroo is pretty fantastic. Where are the hot boys? Langhorne at ten. I will pee my pants when i see him. EEE! The little ones are quite fantastic! Dancing shoes! Until later.

2007-06-14T18:08:00.001-06:00

Oh my god i'm going to pee my pants...

He was getting a great cleavage shot

2007-06-14T16:53:00.000-06:00

We're here. It took us a complete hour to walk into centeroo because we're parked so far away. Worth it though. We're now in the cinema tent watching a q and a about monterey pop with d.a. pennebaker. Mmm ac. I still haven't peed, and i'm on a successful path to being... drunk. Oh yeah, some guy came up to us and asked us if we wanted any drugs. Hahah, i should have asked him about meth. Is meth only for arizonians? I'm on the quest to find out.

Feeling half dead

2007-06-14T14:04:00.001-06:00

Pussy. He's already passed out. I think I'll just leave him here.

2007-06-14T13:37:00.001-06:00

And we're here. It only took three hours, which i do believe is absolutely fantastic. Unfortunately though, we're camped out in bfe, which means its quite a hike to the concerts. We're a few hours in, and I've already got to pee. I might have issues willing it away...

2007-06-14T12:18:00.001-06:00

I hate dirty hippies.

I kissed the kids hello

2007-06-14T09:44:00.001-06:00

I will not return to arizona as a lobster.

God be with us.

2007-06-14T09:18:00.001-06:00

Holy shit. Bonnaroo is just off exit 111, and the traffic is so extreme and backed up they've got us exiting on 127. I wish i could show you how extreme the back up is, how far it really goes. Miles and miles of cars just sitting on the side of the road waiting for the lines to move. This is just a glimpse of the lines. Most extreme and awesome thing I've seen so far- a hippie sitting on the top of his van playing guitar. Righteous. THE CARS AREN'T EVEN MOVING! WE'RE NOT EVEN OFF THE FREEWAY YET! Twelve miles of backup so far, still going opposite. BUT, we've just joined the line to exit the freeway, to get into line to wait for hours and hours. Meh.

2007-06-14T06:10:00.000-06:00

Meh. It's 7 in the morning. We've slept for 5 hours. Bonnaroo, here we come. In about an hour... When we wake up...

small curd cottage cheese queen

2007-06-13T23:03:00.000-06:00

This is a disgusting picture, but it is to depict a disgusting scene that is being played out in front of our hotel door. Two separate men are courting two separate hookers. If you look at the background, you can see the outline of man #1 making out with his hooker. The other guy i guess wanted to get a rapport going with his hooker before doing the deed. They're just talking for now. Good luck to you both! May you remember your penicillin in the morning. I take refuge in the golden girls.

Doubtful

2007-06-13T19:37:00.000-06:00

What the hell? We look hot and we failed two malls out of two. Seriously? Theres got to be a law against a major city sucking balls so hard. Let's see if the dairy queen downtown can redeem the entire city.

One last chance to kill the pain

2007-06-13T19:34:00.000-06:00

Sandra is one hell of a seamstress.

Hey there i'm lost

2007-06-13T19:18:00.000-06:00

The malls in nashville suck balls. I guess it would be nice if i were down with coach and express and louis v...

2007-06-13T18:16:00.000-06:00

All dressed up and ready for our last night on the town. I may or may not have some grape flavored goodness, and seth is looking like dylan. We're all set.

Hello skin cancer.

2007-06-13T16:33:00.001-06:00

Ps, It's no good when you burn through spf50 at the nashville zoo...

Ps Bonnaroo is tomorrow

2007-06-13T15:54:00.001-06:00

Upon reading the nashville scene paper, we've seen that the band hawthorne heights is playing tonight, along with several other shit bands. This discovery has made us realize the band from ohio that we so narrowly missed a rendezvous with was indeed hawthorne heights. This conclusion is based on their song 'ohio is for lovers'. what have i done to deserve such negative karma!? On a positive note, i sewed my pants back together, you can no longer see my ass... Maybe thats all the hot hawthorne heights boy wanted in the first place...

Had to find some higher ground

2007-06-13T14:37:00.001-06:00

I totally almost did this hot boy in a band from ohio in a fazolis bathroom right now. Well, that was a lie. All he did was smile at me. But it could have been hot. We tried to follow their path, but seth can't drive for shit so we lost them. Dammit, that could have been my ticket into the grammys next year...

Where rednecks meet nature

2007-06-13T13:10:00.001-06:00

One of these wee tiny gators snapped at me. For some reason zoo animals feel the need to attack me.

I just need to jab my finga up his bum

2007-06-13T13:07:00.000-06:00

Take zoo number two. This one unfortunately, was not free. I'm about to get eaten by a giant killer croc! Crikey!

Unspellable

2007-06-13T09:36:00.000-06:00

The lump was behind his EAR. keep in mind these are all written with cell phones, which don't really aid in proper spelling. forgive us!

A dollar for the lump behind your ear

2007-06-12T22:58:00.000-06:00

Downtown nashville had this intersection to offer, where church street turns into gay street. i kid you not. And at this ironic street corner, sandra and i came upon a bum following our yummy dinner at the spaghetti company. Like all the other bums, this one had a little backstory for his need of cash. He offered to wash our car window because he was an ex-military man who was getting the massive cyst removed from his ear next week. I didn't buy it until he flashed me the cyst...it was massive! So sandra gave him a dollar and i forced him to tell me where the old recording studios were. Success.

2007-06-12T18:54:00.001-06:00

The first place we stopped the car in nashville was next to a best western that was built on the site of james polk's mansion. How awesome is it that a best western has that kind of history!? But then again, wasn't polk the president who died of pneumonia in office? Loser.

A wee bit late

2007-06-12T18:50:00.001-06:00

parking really CAN be fun! In an alternate take of this very photo that was lost due to my phone being a tard, this was proven by a business man who totally ate it going up the stairs right behind sandra's head. So awesome.

2007-06-12T17:21:00.001-06:00

The layer of the enemy. Its huge. They have destroyed country music. Suck my balls.

2007-06-12T17:16:00.001-06:00

The people in nashville are mean to me. I'm going to make friends with mailboxes and I'll be happy.

Bourbon street blues and boogie bar

2007-06-12T16:32:00.000-06:00

Wow. An actual alley that has actual shops and bars and topless dances. It's a first for me. You certainly don't find this in arizona.

2007-06-12T16:30:00.001-06:00

We're walking around aimlessly because we're pretty much lost

2007-06-12T16:22:00.001-06:00

Is nashville really this dangerous?

2007-06-12T15:42:00.000-06:00

This is nashville?

No cameras please!

2007-06-12T14:58:00.000-06:00

Loretta's ranch and museum was freaking awesome! Everything was so very... Loretta! The grammys she and jack won for Van Lear Rose were there along with a photo of the two of them with a message from jack. I had tears reading it, he really does idolize her. No cameras allowed, but i did it anyway. Here we are sitting in her actual tourbus. She used to sit right where we were. It doesn't get better than that. We got autographed photos from van lear rose! Woo!

2007-06-12T14:53:00.001-06:00

Here we go. Lorettas ranch.

Out of here

2007-06-12T10:04:00.001-06:00

The grand mississippi river. Amazing. Tennessee is straight up amazing. I love the license plates. They have the county the car is registered in on the plates, so it makes it a little easier for me to stalk hot boys i see. I'm grumpy. I'd like to go home now. I think I've seen enough, Bonnaroo or no.

Are there tornados here?

2007-06-12T08:20:00.000-06:00

Wake up sleepy! It's our fifth day on the road, and we're only a few miles from our destination: nashville. We're done with the rush driving, checking our watches, or worries about finding a koa. There are no plans for the day, just finish seeing memphis then head over to nashville and see what we can there. I'll be a little bummed to leave memphis, the history here is amazing, the people talk to each other, and i adore the weather, though i can already see the side effects. I'll be happy when my face stops falling off. But my rash is clearing! Woo! Alright, time to force seth into the shower so we can go see some more shizz.

2007-06-11T19:15:00.000-06:00

Who says arizona has the best sunsets? Ps, its dinnertime.

The south lives!

2007-06-11T18:42:00.000-06:00

They've got a sense of humor :) i like that

Down on Broadway and Beale

2007-06-11T18:40:00.001-06:00

Oops. What that was supposed to say is this was on beale street, which was composed of a lot of fat men trying to be b.b. King and i love it. The lady in the souvenier shop sang to me.

2007-06-11T18:34:00.001-06:00

Beale street. A bunch of eat0

Hello big muddy

2007-06-11T18:31:00.000-06:00

I love memphis! The history is so amazing, the people are really nice, and they like me. They really like me! Here's me and helen keller. I wanted to get one with garrison keillor but a bird shat on his star.

2007-06-11T15:34:00.001-06:00

Our trolley broke down! :) how cool is this, we're in memphis and the trolley we're on won't get started again. But, at least we're sitting in front of super beautiful buildings and enjoying every moment of it. And we're off! The red trolley is back in service!

Well i'm going back to memphis and i'm sure gonna have my fun!

2007-06-11T15:18:00.001-06:00

We're waiting to get on the trolley thats going to take us downtown. A one dollar trolley. Can i already love memphis? I do. I made air hump love to a gargantuan elvis statue. Only in memphis...

2007-06-11T14:29:00.000-06:00

WE'RE IN MEMPHIS!

Step into my office baby

2007-06-11T12:55:00.000-06:00

Mmm, hello day four! Camping in arkansas was the most fun I've had on this trip excluding jesus and and the hookers. Seth wanted to go exploring, and in our explorations i somehow ended up leading the troops, which resulted in me pushing aside all the poison plants for seth to make a straight shot to the clearing. This morning i woke up with a painful, ugly, itchy rash on my arms, chest and face. Seth is looking good without a mark on him. I'm never acting like the man again.

I'm on my best behavior

2007-06-11T12:46:00.000-06:00

I hope to be reincarnated as a duck. A tuft duck. And i hope to be lucky enough to be a reincarnated tuft duck that migrates to alma, arkansas for summer tourist rush at the proud koa. The tourists share their cheese crackers there.

Sandra vs. Tuft-head

2007-06-11T12:29:00.001-06:00

As the humidity increased and the number of teeth per person decreased, we saw we had reached arkansas! Luckily we found an awesome campground to stay the night in. sandra particularly enjoyed the ducks, grabbing a baby one and pissing off several more, with her prime target being the one with the weird puff of feathers on its head. I saw my first firefly and developed a major pain in my lower back. I can't wait to camp again!

Get me out of the south!

2007-06-11T12:23:00.000-06:00

Seth keeps pestering the natives. And his southern accent has begun to come out in casual coversation.

<3

2007-06-11T12:20:00.000-06:00

I left my heart in oklahoma.

Mmm humidity.

2007-06-11T12:17:00.000-06:00

Oklahoma City Federal Building Memorial. How weird to think It's been 12 years since the bombing. The memorial was very nice, although the museum was 8 bucks, so we skipped out on that. But we did get to go through revolving doors for the first time ever. I hated it. Seth almost got stuck. Never again. But i do love the shit out of oklahoma, and i will be moving there soon.

Is that a cross or are you just happy to see me?

2007-06-11T12:06:00.000-06:00

Everything really is bigger in texas. ESPECIALLY jesus. The largest cross in the western hemisphere provided an opportunity for much blaspheming and a good time was had by all.

Lower case t's always make me horny.

2007-06-11T11:15:00.000-06:00

I'm having myself a love affair with hay-sus.

Do not feed the animals but feel free to smoke by them.

2007-06-11T11:09:00.001-06:00

The only good thing about texas: the free zoo. Amarillo offered locals and tourists a free zoo with bears, tigers, lions, the animaniacs birds, and backflipping masturbating monkeys. Texas = an entire state of trailer trash.

2007-06-11T11:02:00.000-06:00

Sunday. A well balanced breakfast. And finally we're leaving texas. Texas sucked balls.

There goes missy elliott. Swear to god.

2007-06-11T10:58:00.000-06:00

So very sleepy! A day spent driving through a little bit of new mexico and half of texas after getting only four hours of sleep in a car will make two excited kids quite grumpy and tired while trying to waste time in a walmart. Why must hotel check in times be so late in the day? Once three oclock rolled around we made our way to our hotel and had much needed showers and sleep. :)

Don't just stand there gimme a kiss!

2007-06-11T10:52:00.000-06:00

The art museum in the amarillo community was quite nice.

Meh

2007-06-11T10:45:00.000-06:00

I'm going to send mine in the order i intended in the first place. This was saturday morning, just leaving new mexico. Grumpy. Wearing the same clothes, haven't stretched or peed since albuquerque, haven't showered since arizona. We're back on the road after sleeping in a hotel parking lot for 4 hours. Back on the road with no plans. And we missed the damn dinosaur museum.

2007-06-11T10:40:00.001-06:00

So... From tucumcari new mexico to little rock arkansas has been a no service zone for our phones. Finally we're back in service and can once again send our photos. And we've got a lot to share.

Sandra Marie is allergic to

2007-06-11T09:33:00.001-06:00

Sandra Marie is allergic to something in arkansas, or has had a run-in with poison ivy. I'm a walking pile of rash. Charming.

Fireflies!!! We're camped at a

2007-06-10T20:07:00.001-06:00

Fireflies!!! We're camped at a koa in arkansas, It's so beautiful here! When i get back to arizona i'm moving. Ducks, Fireflies, water, humidity.

Will the squee team ever

2007-06-10T18:01:00.001-06:00

Will the squee team ever find a place to camp? Dun dun dun...

Almost out of OK, and

2007-06-10T15:49:00.001-06:00

Almost out of OK, and we'll have cell service again. Who knew we were so dependent on picture messaging? In 108 miles my life can begin again.

So sleepy! As soon as

2007-06-10T07:38:00.001-06:00

So sleepy! As soon as we get moving we'll finally be leaving texas and our goal is to make it to the arkansas border. Verizon has service there!

Denied! Verizon doesn't own any

2007-06-09T11:05:00.001-06:00

Denied! Verizon doesn't own any towers in tx or ok so our phone uses are limited. No photos until we get our asses across two more borders. Meh.

Well, texas sucks balls so

2007-06-09T10:31:00.001-06:00

Well, texas sucks balls so completely that we don't get enough service to send our photos over. As soon as we can get some service we'll send em.

Texas sucks.

2007-06-09T08:44:00.001-06:00

Texas sucks.

2007-06-08T23:49:00.001-06:00

Oh my god. No words. Never ever again will we even entertain the idea of staying at a cheap side of the road motel again. Nastiest thing that has ever happened to me, and i grew up in kearny. Its almost midnight here in albuquerque, and we're back on the hunt for a place to stay. I call dibs on first 24 hour walmart parking lot we see.

More crack and prostitutes please!

2007-06-08T22:22:00.001-06:00

This is our dinner. We're failing at conquering new mexico, and we can't find a cheap hotel. We're both a little tired and cranky and just want a shower. An anonymous tip suggested we cruise around central. Here's to hoping we can find a cheap hotel abundant in coke and hookers.

The sandman conquers!

2007-06-08T19:57:00.000-06:00

Finally down after a full two days of no shut eye.

Entering the land of enchantment

2007-06-08T19:43:00.000-06:00

The first of a couple thousand-mile threshold crossings...

Windy as hell but cool as crap!

2007-06-08T18:37:00.001-06:00

I've decided to become a park ranger when i retire. think about it. you get to live all nice and peaceful out in the most awesome land around! i now look forward to old age. onwards to albuquerque!

2007-06-08T18:35:00.000-06:00

The petrified forest is AWESOME! We're driving down the winding road toward the painted desert. Its so windy and nice out. And very very sunny! It's amazing how quickly the landscape changes out here. It's love.

Let's build a home

2007-06-08T13:08:00.000-06:00

And we're off! We had a bit of a late start because of a certain sleepyhead... cough cough seth... But we're on our way and driving through the mountains about an hour outside of payson. I'm super grumpy and i miss my cat. This could be because my ears need to pop and I've been awake for 46 hours now... My eyes are shutting... More photos in a bit, no doubt.

It's official

2007-06-08T00:02:00.001-06:00

The sign that we're only moments away from leaving: my cat has gone to the babysitter. This is polly freaking out in the car. She hated the car ride. Let's hope she doesn't hate being at someone elses home for two weeks. And i miss her already. Adios. -sandra

las vegas 2006

2007-06-02T14:32:00.000-06:00

This is what i fantastic roadtrip looks like, and it will once again be seth and me in 6 days. We'll both be sending photos and videos here to show you what we're up to. Keep checking back, we'll keep it fun. <3 sandra