Dum Dee Dum

Spring is creeping back into Boise little by little. The weather has been in the low 50 degree range and sunny. It's basically shorts weather. The parks are packed with Canadian geese and ducks. They don't seem to know what to do about the warm weather. Winter isn't technically over so it's not quite time to fly back north again, but it's also warm. With all the people out and about enjoying the weather they probably get fed regularly so it's actually a pretty good set-up. Anyway, enough about the geese.

Shelley is keeping really busy, whereas I am looking for another job. The bottom of my current work has officially fallen out and work is non-existant. I'll be getting in touch with a guy later this week about another job doing kitchen remodelling which will be really interesting. It sounds like cool work. Plus from what I understand we'll be working on higher end homes, $500k plus. That's always fun. Nice to see how the other half lives you know? Also, it's amazing how many connections you can make that way. Anyway, hopefully this job will be a little more steady and I can start putting money into the beginnings of a wood shop. With all my free time of late I've amassed a pile of furniture and coffee table designs and I'm itching to make them a reality. I've been thinking a lot about the Frank Lloyd Wright exhibit we went to several months ago. It was really inspirational. It showcased a lot of his early work. Much of those early works were functional designs for everyday pieces of furniture made out of inexpensive woods or plywood. They didn't exactly have a finished look to them but they were still innovative in design and functionality. Hopefully once I start this new job I'll be able to start work on my designs.

Oh! Before I forget. I've been meaning to bring this up on the blog before but I kept forgetting. There is a mysterious white car on our street that is literally packed full of paper bags full of newspaper. The only open area is the driver's seat. It is always parked in the same place and until recently I never saw it move. A couple weeks ago Shelley and I were on a walk in the evening and we saw what must be the owner rummaging around inside the car. I'm not sure if it was a man or a woman but they were definately middle-aged or older. He/she was wearing a bulky coat and winter hat so it was hard to see much. When we got back from the walk the car was gone. The next morning the car was back in the same place. I never see it moved during the day and it doesn't always disappear at night. At first I thought someone was living in it and using all the newspaper as insulation. But after seeing someone rummaging through it and seeing that it is drivable I don't think so. Also there is a small motel which it is parked next to. It's not really a motel so much as an apartment building. There is never any vacancy and the rooms look very personalized and lived in. So maybe the owner lives there. But if that's the case why not park in the motel parking lot which would seem more convenient? Regardless of why it is parked where it is, the real mystery is why is it crammed full of newspaper. Is this person feeding a personal fetish for newsprint? Is it some sort of time capsule? I don't get it. I know it's not just garbage because we've seen someone poking around in the car seemingly looking for stuff. I don't get it. I'll take some pictures of the car and put them on the blog and you guys can tell me what you think it the answer is.

Blah, well I should stop procrastinating. Sam and I are working on a writing exercise together and it's proving kinda difficult. It was designed by John Gardner and seemed pretty innocuous when I started but now I'm having trouble finishing it. Damn you, Gardner. Damn you and your devious literary devices.