Stupid snow! I am so hating winter right now!

The Saints

WHO DAT!!!!!!!!GEUAX SAINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ok i realize that the superbowl was like two days ago but i am still so excited and had to say that! being from louisiana i have always been a "fan" of the saints. every year when people talk about football, and being in trucking alot of people talk about football, i would reference the saints and talk about their usual method of play, great in the first half suck in the second (this applied to games and seasons). i would sorta pay attention to the stats of the season but since i dont really watch football but maybe 3 times a year, thanksgiving, new years and superbowl, i never really had a team or really knew stats. like i said if it came up i had the saints, when there was talk of maybe them moving after katrina i got pissed off, as they plowed through this season i payed attention. so i am very happy my guys won. they deserved it. they are the only saints grouping that got as far as they did so they deserved the win. well enough bragging and all more later.

ohhh pretty snow....bah humbug

so alot of people this time of year look out side and see the wonderful horrid snow and say "how pretty". really?! pretty??!! no f'ing way! as a driver i see it and think "great where is the ice", "what patch of crap am i gonna hit", "does this state even own a snow plow?!" you see as a driver who HAS slipped and also wrecked in winter conditions, i find the "pretty" no longer exists in the snow covered hills. sure if i'm sitting in front of a roaring fire in a cosy house, snuggled up with francis (the new guy in my life), i love the images out the window or on tv, but right now and for the most part i am in my truck on the interstate for these winter storms. right now i am in a trk stop in tenn wondering if they have salt trks in this part of the state. over in the memphis area they sure dont seem too. last year i went slip sliding on the roads at 25mph! damn put down some salt! ok so im just grumpy right now because i cant stand winter weather and it looks like it will be late feb before i see francis again :( it doesnt help any that i recently quit smoking and normally spend my winters in the south, but because i recently meet francis and we are in the beginning phases of courtship and he lives near baltimore, im spending my winter more north than i usually do. now this part i am not complaining about. i love spending time with francis! he is sweet, fun, adorable, so f'ing cute and a GREAT cuddlier. and its been about a mnth since i quite smoking so that is not as big a deal other than it used to help in stressful situations like driving in this mess. well not much else right now sorry it took me so long to write a post ill try to make at least one a week but want to try and make one a day or every other day at least. well more tomorrow, i hope lol.

Truck "stall" politics

so in the "real" world we have fox news, cnn, msnbc, hln and all the other media outlets with their pundits and commentators telling us how to think and what to believe. in the trucking world you have the bathroom stall. a myriad of graffiti artists, potty poets and thrown political analysts  each add their own take on life in america to the walls on the stalls in the restrooms of america. you will get things from one saying the neocons are destroying america we have to stop them, then the next guy will debate this by scratching it out and saying  it is the fascist obama that is doing the damage, then the next guy will say it is the fundy whacked out christians that are the real problem and finally one guy will scratch it all out and say no it's you guys that are the problem with america stop writing on the wall. so every opinion is expressed and many not as politely as i have said them here. gays are bashed and lauded on the same wall. of course every time i see a "gays rule" or "leave the cock suckers alone they are just people" or "so what the queers want to marry, hell let them pay alimony too" i really am impressed by the changing attitudes of my truckin' brethren. i mean when i first started driving i went back into the closet in my work life out of fear. now i am just myself and have actually told other drivers along the way. so let me leave you with one that made me laugh like a 2 year old:

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ok you have to say it fast and yes i know NOT politically correct. i never said i was proud of myself for laughing and giggling, i just said i did . so sorry if i truly offend.

Ugh f'ing east coast rain! Should have taken another day off!

Common terms in my life

so i was thinking about what to post today and it hit me that there are like all these things that i say on a regular basis that are either trucking specific or gay specific and people that are not used to one or the other or both dont know what they mean. so i decided to put some down with their definition. ok here goes:
1. bobtail - [truck] driving just the tractor with out a trailer attached.
2. drop and hook - [truck] a load where you switch out trailers. either it is pre-loaded so you bring in an empty and switch for the load or they are not ready to unload yet so you bring in a load and swap out for empty
3. pigtail - [truck] the electrical connection between tractor and trailer (called this because it is coiled)
4. slip seat - [truck] a tractor that is shared among many drivers (not me i have an assigned tractor only i drive it and dont drive any others f*%# slip seating lol)
5. dm - [truck] driver manager used to be called dispatcher, my person that connects me to the company, btw i have the best dm in the world if i need something she makes it happen, i think in  the 3 yrs ive had her ive been late for hometime like maybe twice. kelly you rock!
6. hometime - [truck] my days off. i sometimes have time off in between hometimes but this is the main time off when i get multi days just to relax etc. standard is 7 days out 1 day off with a min of 14 days out
7. lumper - [truck] person hired to unload trailer
8. pta - [truck] projected time of availability  time when i think i will be ready for my next load and the hours ill have to run at that time
9. log book - [truck] document that states when i am off duty/sleeper berth/driving/on duty for every 15 minutes of the day i must be one of the 4 options and i must log it and show which i was
10. hours - [truck] i live by a log book (see 9) when referring to hours this means of the 10 i can drive in any given 14 hour period without a break how many i have left
11. top - [gay] usually but not always the person that is dominate in bed i.e. inserting
12. bottom - [gay] the other person
13. queen - [gay] generally references a guy that dresses as a women to perform on stage but can reference a general bitchy attitude of a generally more feminine person. this should not be confused with transvestites nor transgenders
14. butch - [gay] a very masc person male or female (side note just because someone is butch does not automatically make them a top)
15. nelly - [gay] a feminine male (again this does not mean they are a bottom)
16. chaser - [gay/straight] a person (generally skinny) who loves, is attracted to larger people
17. live load - [truck] a load that is loaded/unloaded at a dock while your tractor is still attached to trailer.
18. rdo - [truck] remaining days out. of your previously stated commitment (min 14 days) how many you have left before you are to be on your hometime.
19. lot lizard - [truck] a prostitute (generally female not sure what the male version is called) that hangs out in a truck stop or rest area, generally uses cb to talk up business, but will go truck to truck knocking, especially the party row
20. party row - [truck] the back row(s) in a truck stop generally less well lit and out of the way of prying eyes

ok that is all i can think of right now if i think of any more i'll post them another time.

Just one of those days

so i am having one of those days, this morning i pulled up to a major grocery store distribution centre and they had ARMED security at the gate. i mean really?! armed security? what did the apocalypse happen and i was not paying attention? oh well i guess those tomatoes are feisty. oh well just one of those days. well im tired so im gonna head to bed so i'll tell you more later.