I had started a post Punk Boats / Sailing, but.. like i said, not sure what's going to happen..
Been in AZ, was waiting for word on work, which is not a big deal to find, but what i was initially screwing around for won't be happening...
That being the case, i'll be setting up my attendance for a professional exam, here in AZ (as planned, before leaving ND, last year).
Once that's done, I'll have a better shot at some west coast stuff, or will at least be able to take the exam in another state, if i decide head to TX, ND, CA, WA, OR or wherever..
The point is to get together enough to get a boat..
maybe... ****maybe**** a big fucking boat.. dunno..
maybe just a goddamned inflatable vest or a fucking garbage bag...
but *maybe* a big motherfucker..
between now & then, though, there will probably be some rubbertramping..
what i want to do is see who has nuts enough to actually stay in contact & contribute at least encouragement to the endeavor, &.. i need to emphasize this *and* wants consideration as crew..
i'm not talking "oh wow, this sounds so cool, man.."
i am talking "uncle johnny is going to get 50 fucking grand together & launch a goddamned boat, if he can find the right assholes to sail with him.."
i have had plenty of folks on my rigs, & gone out of my way to gear up some decent road trips, & even start a gold prospecting based community..
the problem was cutting people fucking slack & believing in their lazy turd asses simply because they knew how to fucking smile & make nice promises..
if i die at sea i will have lived well, so one way or the other i am going to Her..
in any case, there may be one more major road trip to be had...
namely getting people together at some point..
people who are actually interested need to hit me up & *keep* hitting me up..
they also need to Read My Fucking Profile, because as pissy & shitty as i may sound, i am even pissier & shitter for real, when it comes to people wasting my fucking time because they can't tell the difference between their World of Pretend Between Their Ears & what the real thing is, or just like to waste time doing mental masturbation thinking about How Cool it Will Be, Because I Am So Special I will Get it For Free..
if a person knows how to work, actually works, is willing to work, & THEN WORKS, then they would probably be pretty good on a crew.
this will be the ocean... not some fucking 10,000 mile road trip where i can delicately make some fucker leave my vehicle by telling them "well.. that's as far as i'm going.. good luck!"
BTW.. i don't know *a fucking thing* about boats..
not a thing..
so i may be spewing the biggest line of shit i've ever spouted from my mouth, only to find:
I Don't Have What it Takes
but i dun think so, because i have come through a *lot* of fucking stuff, just like most of us on here..
just remember, though..
on the ocean there aren't any small towns..
not much chance to spange, busk or jug..
maybe other people know differently, but it's not something i personally would count on...
now.. if anyone is interested, your first job is to "encourage uncle johnny", because working is a fucking bitch..
we *all* know that..
after i start, it will take anywhere from 8 months to a year to get the next large haul together..
anybody who actually *has* encouraged me *already* has a place to sleep & free fucking meals as are genuinely in my power to provide.. that ay not be much, & once i am settled it may be no more than doing what i can to help them with a campsite, but if it *can* be more, it will be.
if anyone does the same in the future, the same holds true.
i am going to try & get a goddamned boat & bluewater it in the pacific..
maybe it will have to be the atlantic..
maybe it will be going from one side to the other.. i dunno...
but barring a fucking heart attack, a major accident, fast cancer or some godforsaken, insect delivered disease, i am going to try & do my damnedest to do my thing..
it may be that there's no one on here really interested, & that's cool..
it may be there is.. if so, then get started & let me fucking know.
as i said, there is *probably* one last road trip to be had, to get me to where i need to be to get settled down enough to make my measly fucking base wage..
after that i have to kick ass & work hard AND work overtime..
i'm not intending to rant here, except inasmuch as ranting may be *necessary*..
anyways..
this coming week is critical..
there are a number of jobs i can get without much more than a resume & a phone call..
once that happens whichever one i take will be the end of it..
i can be exceedingly flexible on the choices, but once committed, definitely committed.
one other thing i need to find out this week is about a very specific boat..
it's on the east coast, & although the money is better here in the mid-west & west, if the boat on the east coast is availble & if it remains available until i can get about $5,000 together for a down payment (& yes, well fucking worth it), then i'll head back to the godforsaken east to be near enough to earn her & work on her.
the folks who know what i'm talking about know what i'm talking about...
so, if she is.. if that boat is.. then the trip may be east.. & then it may be back west..
or it may be west, first..
or north..
or south..
or southeast...
dunno..
there are a *lot* of fucking jobs out there & other than what gets the 52 footer, first, wherever the highest $$ per hour is, is where i'll be heading...
that's the rant.
nobody overboard, yet..
but no hands on deck, yet either : )
peace ponies rainbows & butterflies
while we fight, puke, scream & pray under 30' waves,
C
Been in AZ, was waiting for word on work, which is not a big deal to find, but what i was initially screwing around for won't be happening...
That being the case, i'll be setting up my attendance for a professional exam, here in AZ (as planned, before leaving ND, last year).
Once that's done, I'll have a better shot at some west coast stuff, or will at least be able to take the exam in another state, if i decide head to TX, ND, CA, WA, OR or wherever..
The point is to get together enough to get a boat..
maybe... ****maybe**** a big fucking boat.. dunno..
maybe just a goddamned inflatable vest or a fucking garbage bag...
but *maybe* a big motherfucker..
between now & then, though, there will probably be some rubbertramping..
what i want to do is see who has nuts enough to actually stay in contact & contribute at least encouragement to the endeavor, &.. i need to emphasize this *and* wants consideration as crew..
i'm not talking "oh wow, this sounds so cool, man.."
i am talking "uncle johnny is going to get 50 fucking grand together & launch a goddamned boat, if he can find the right assholes to sail with him.."
i have had plenty of folks on my rigs, & gone out of my way to gear up some decent road trips, & even start a gold prospecting based community..
the problem was cutting people fucking slack & believing in their lazy turd asses simply because they knew how to fucking smile & make nice promises..
if i die at sea i will have lived well, so one way or the other i am going to Her..
in any case, there may be one more major road trip to be had...
namely getting people together at some point..
people who are actually interested need to hit me up & *keep* hitting me up..
they also need to Read My Fucking Profile, because as pissy & shitty as i may sound, i am even pissier & shitter for real, when it comes to people wasting my fucking time because they can't tell the difference between their World of Pretend Between Their Ears & what the real thing is, or just like to waste time doing mental masturbation thinking about How Cool it Will Be, Because I Am So Special I will Get it For Free..
if a person knows how to work, actually works, is willing to work, & THEN WORKS, then they would probably be pretty good on a crew.
this will be the ocean... not some fucking 10,000 mile road trip where i can delicately make some fucker leave my vehicle by telling them "well.. that's as far as i'm going.. good luck!"
BTW.. i don't know *a fucking thing* about boats..
not a thing..
so i may be spewing the biggest line of shit i've ever spouted from my mouth, only to find:
I Don't Have What it Takes
but i dun think so, because i have come through a *lot* of fucking stuff, just like most of us on here..
just remember, though..
on the ocean there aren't any small towns..
not much chance to spange, busk or jug..
maybe other people know differently, but it's not something i personally would count on...
now.. if anyone is interested, your first job is to "encourage uncle johnny", because working is a fucking bitch..
we *all* know that..
after i start, it will take anywhere from 8 months to a year to get the next large haul together..
anybody who actually *has* encouraged me *already* has a place to sleep & free fucking meals as are genuinely in my power to provide.. that ay not be much, & once i am settled it may be no more than doing what i can to help them with a campsite, but if it *can* be more, it will be.
if anyone does the same in the future, the same holds true.
i am going to try & get a goddamned boat & bluewater it in the pacific..
maybe it will have to be the atlantic..
maybe it will be going from one side to the other.. i dunno...
but barring a fucking heart attack, a major accident, fast cancer or some godforsaken, insect delivered disease, i am going to try & do my damnedest to do my thing..
it may be that there's no one on here really interested, & that's cool..
it may be there is.. if so, then get started & let me fucking know.
as i said, there is *probably* one last road trip to be had, to get me to where i need to be to get settled down enough to make my measly fucking base wage..
after that i have to kick ass & work hard AND work overtime..
i'm not intending to rant here, except inasmuch as ranting may be *necessary*..
anyways..
this coming week is critical..
there are a number of jobs i can get without much more than a resume & a phone call..
once that happens whichever one i take will be the end of it..
i can be exceedingly flexible on the choices, but once committed, definitely committed.
one other thing i need to find out this week is about a very specific boat..
it's on the east coast, & although the money is better here in the mid-west & west, if the boat on the east coast is availble & if it remains available until i can get about $5,000 together for a down payment (& yes, well fucking worth it), then i'll head back to the godforsaken east to be near enough to earn her & work on her.
the folks who know what i'm talking about know what i'm talking about...
so, if she is.. if that boat is.. then the trip may be east.. & then it may be back west..
or it may be west, first..
or north..
or south..
or southeast...
dunno..
there are a *lot* of fucking jobs out there & other than what gets the 52 footer, first, wherever the highest $$ per hour is, is where i'll be heading...
that's the rant.
nobody overboard, yet..
but no hands on deck, yet either : )
peace ponies rainbows & butterflies
while we fight, puke, scream & pray under 30' waves,
C