monday i headed to the far east... of oregon... where i was set to do a little video work for a documentary the national guard is putting together. my boss and i drove out to milton freewater on monday.
while she stayed with her grandma there, i took our sweet soccer mom van of a ride to walla walla, wa to stay the night in the holiday inn express there. by the way, if you're ever heading out there either change your mind because there's nothing to really do or still go but stay at the walla walla holiday inn express... best one i've ever been in. this was found after taking the wrong turn into a part of rural oregon that looked a lot more like where jeepers creepers hangs out than where cows and potatoes live in harmony.after a restless night in the fabulous hi-ex (my new term for holiday inn express, patented) i picked up my boss and headed to lovely la grande for our interview. did i mention winter has officially hit out there? we had snow and we're still driving this crappy van that i don't feel comfortable driving through a wal-mart parking lot (although that may be for other reasons). on our way to la grande we saw this kia sorento on the side of the road facing the wrong way with tire tracks up the snowy embankment and sharply curved back around... basically a bad day for this person. there was also a u-haul stopped 50 meters past with it's hazards on. i decided to stop and see if i could help. the driver was from florida and wearing a t-shirt and shorts with flip flops in the snow. i tried to help him out but instead watched him spin farther into the embankment. i was pretty close to just asking him to let me drive but he was kind of a cocky prick, so i wished him luck and bounced. unfortunately my good samaritan powers only work with nice people.
as for the interview... we had a great time and it was awesome hearing all kinds of interesting stories from an 88 year old vet who was a recon photographer during world war 2. he's written a book that seems pretty interesting. check it out if you feel inclined. banana splits followed and an unfortunately long drive home.
as for the rest of the title of this poorly constructed and boring blog... andrea and i watched the latest guy ritchie flick 'rocknrolla' last night. it was really good actually... especially if you really like his other films like lock stock and snatch (not swept away). the downside was realizing what movies cost these days ($19!!!!). i always forget and then feel old when i want to say "back in my day these moving picture things were only about $5." basically i'm just old and too poor to go to movies at the regular theater. insert shameless plug for northern lights here.hopefully my next blog will be less mind-numbing and with even more links that take you to random sites or images.
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