Beccaning Call

24-hour driving people

Hokay. So I mapquested our trip from Char to Key West. I was foolishly dreading a 12-to-13 hour trip. Driving time alone is bordering on 15, and that's not including stops.

Oy. And since we're taking my lovely lil saturn, i've gotta get it serviced and cleaned out before Friday.

Which wouldn't be so bad, except...the trunk is full. of. crap. Boxes of CD cases and soda bottles, old ESPN magazines, numerous copies of DTHs, 2 pairs of heels, a tennis racket and Scrabble.

Why? Because you never know when you're gonna need to pull off the road for a fancy party that you can tote your board games into with either choice of heels? Man, who knows.

So I'm going to need to make some mixes to help pass the time. I made an okay Christmas one over Thnxgiving break, but i may have to turn this one --- The Test Pilot--- into a cd. It was linked on Stereogum a few days ago, and it's quite the excellent mix. The author was also kind enough to link everything as an MP3, so take a listen.

His tracklist:

Angels We Have Heard On High - Sufjan Stevens
Winter Wonderland - Phantom Planet
Yule Shoot Your Eye Out - Fall Out Boy
Jingle Bells - Barenaked Ladies
Last Christmas - Jimmy Eat World
All I Want For Christmas Is You - My Chemical Romance
Christmas (Baby. Please Come Home) - Death Cab for Cutie
Come On! Let's Boogey to the Elf Dance! - Sufjan Stevens
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Jack Johnson
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Coldplay
The Christmas Song - the Raveonettes
Christmastime - Smashing Pumpkins
When I Get Home For Christmas - Snow Patrol
Christmas Party - the Walkmen
Jinglebell Rock - the Arcade Fire
That Was the Worst Christmas Ever! - Sufjan Stevens
Happy Christmas (War Is Over) - John Ondrasik
The New Year - Death Cab for Cutie

(Except for My Chemical Romance's cover of Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You." I LOVE THAT SONG. And they butcher it. Because they are bad and the lead can't sing. Ew. Take off the emo ties and go take some lessons. Or crawl into a hole and never come back. Either would be fine.)

Anyway, it'll be worth it by the time we get there. It's been 80 during the day. So it'll kinda be like those Corona commercials, what with the lights-in-the-palms trees and people chucking their cell phones into the surf. Except, instead of destroying my shitty phone, i just won't be using it since i'm the last person in the country without nationwide service.

So, a 15 hour drive, a week with my family, no phone, no cigs and presumably no internet service?

At least I'll come back with a tan.

<3

posted by Becca @ 2:02 AM