June 27, 2002
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6/26, 1am
Red Roof Inn, Ogden, UT
Just watched the Frontline episode called ‘Bigger Than Enron.’ Pissed me off. Well, irked me, anyway. Also made me want to become an accountant so I could be in the business of stealing people’s money. Whee.
This motel is unique. The room is set up like a mini-office with a king-size bed. It makes me wonder: Who really uses the table and chairs you get in most motel rooms? Sure you set your keys on the table, but doesn’t everything really happen, ahem, in bed? We’re talking about a Red Roof motel room here, not The Ritz.
I also want to steal the lamp on this desk. It has a huge base with a power outlet and a phone jack on it. It screams ‘I’M A LAMP IN A MOTEL ROOM!’
I managed to turn off the TV after Frontline was over. Being me, I find it very difficult to leave a TV off if it’s nearby. My mind actually enjoys being manipulated in the way that TV does, because it’s typically more fun than laying in bed in a new place trying to get to sleep while my mind wanders and fixates on the million regrets. I need to learn to buy beer before every place nearby closes.
Speaking of which, Ogden probably isn’t named for the celebrated poet. It’s probably named for the cave home of some caveman named Og who thought it would be a great idea to close up the whole freaking town after 10pm. That way, insomniac travelers who want to, say, buy beer, or buy anything at all for that matter would have to wait until the next day like a proper puritan. I’m not sure why Og is a puritan, but the mysteries of life are many, and the answers few.
I took pictures of myself at a rest area, on I-84 just north of the Utah border, but in them I look like a mental patient who just lost a fist fight, so I’m reticent to post one. What the hell… Here’s one.
Here’s the mile 23 marker for I-84 in northern Utah.
I noticed that all the mile markers in Utah are modular. In other states, the sign is one whole piece of printed metal, but in Utah they come as individual digits. Mix and match. I suppose a crazed prankster could swap numbers around, but why?
Comments (4)
Oh, there are plenty of crazed pranksters who could give you the answer to that question.
Hey! Mile 23!
I don’t know if you look like a mental patient, but you certainly look like you need more sleep.
I don’t care what you say, I still think you look kinda like Ewan Macgregor…or he like you.
They sell beer in Utah?
From the looks of your Bathroom Fable, you don’t need beer. You need rest.
I always thought a good prank would be to find a really tight turn in a rural hiway, at night, and hang a long curtain across the road, painted like a brick wall.
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