It's Been A Good Week

"Jeremy Bloyd-Peshkin" (ulteriormotors)
10/11/2013 at 19:52 • Filed to: Moving

Oppo, it's been a pretty damn good week. I moved into my new apartment on Saturday, went on a Sunday drive down the Blue Ridge Parkway, and found cool things along the way.

I started a new job on Monday, and finished my week driving into the sunset down twisty rural roads while blasting AC/DC. It's been a good week.

It's weird moving to a new place. I grew up in a big city, go to school in a slightly smaller one, and now I'm living on the outskirts of a town of 16,000. In rural North Carolina. It's odd being in a small town. The roads are good, I can see the stars at night, and there's awesome sunrises and sunsets. The air doesn't stink of industrial chemicals. It's kind of nice. But I miss the toxic, orange-skied city. I'm slowly starting to adapt. I already drag my vowels more than I did. But some things stay the same. I've already dismantled most of my front suspension in the parking lot outside my apartment. And I still smell like motor oil most of the time (doesn't seem to bother my co-workers).

Shifting gears, any oppos in the Piedmont triangle area? It would be fun to meet up.

DISCUSSION (5)

Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken > Jeremy Bloyd-Peshkin
10/11/2013 at 20:02

Nice car, great story, best of luck down there :)

I've been planning a road trip through your new neck of the woods with my e28, but this was before the Federal Government decided they'd like to be the cast of Lord of the Flies for Halloween. I was planning on camping Smokey Mountains National Forest, driving the tail of the dragon, etc, and would love to snag some beers with a fellow opponaut.

Let me know if you'd be into meeting up around the end of October!

Jeremy Bloyd-Peshkin > Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken
10/11/2013 at 20:16

Hell yeah, I'm down to meet.

Although the great smokies are closed, you can still drive the tail of the dragon. It's just always so busy and crowded that you can't usually have any fun on it. I highly recommend the blue ridge parkway if you can. It doesn't close because of the shutdown.

Battery Tender Unnecessary > Jeremy Bloyd-Peshkin
10/11/2013 at 21:17

There a much less crowded (I only passed 5-6 cars the whole time) "Devil's Triangle" to the north of the tail.

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > Jeremy Bloyd-Peshkin
10/16/2013 at 17:57

Wow, that sounds like a great drive. By the way, send me an email at nickdezarn@hotmail.com if you want to be involved in and/or get the details of the next DC area meetup if you are in the area often. Good luck with everything!

Jeremy Bloyd-Peshkin > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7
10/16/2013 at 18:20

Thanks! Done.