dryer problems

So I broke the dryer this morning. I wasn't trying to break the thing- I just was trying to find a shirt before work. My shirt was underneath a mountain of towels, so I just turned the drum a bit to see where it was. There was a crunching grinding noise, so I stopped and shut the door. I turned the dryer on, and was surprised by a louder crunching grinding noise. I turned it off, and grabbed my shirt. Thinking something was lodged in the drum somewhere I kinda shook the drum and then heard a loud clunk and bang from within the mechanism. I shut the door and turned on the dryer. The drum didn't turn. oh crap! I thought. Nat is going to be PISSED!

I came home today thinking that I either blew up the motor (which would be bad) or that the belt had slipped off somehow from the drum inside the dryer. Common sense told me to unplug it before venturing inside the beast. Good thing too- all the warning labels inside the machine spoke of unspeakable and inevitable death. Peering inside it was clear the belt had come loose and the pulley that connected the belt to the motor was not where it should be. After removing some screws, cleaning out 40 some odd cents in change (which was probably why the belt skipped off in the first place) and reattaching the pulley and belt to the motor, I closed it up. I turned it on and instead of a crunching grinding noise or a lightning bolt from Zeus himself, the drum was turning like normal. With everything in place and no extra parts, I entered triumphantly into the kitchen for a victory bowl of Apple Jacks Cereal. 

The End.

breakfast

Breakfast this morning:

Peanut Butter Crunch cereal (dry)
Mt. Dew
String cheese

band stuff

The first band I was in was called "Optimopesamista". I don't have a cool band photo unfortunately. I wish I did. We played a few times in my friend's garage and then ended up playing Doom or nintendo... I think the band thing didn't work out because we were constantly distracted by video games.

I'd like to make some music this summer. I've been saying this for like 4 years now. My only problem is the I don't know how to make music anymore. I'm not Cat Stevens dangit! I don't even think I can do it anymore...

Well.. I'm starting from scratch again. All my computer stuff is gone, and even making a crude demo tape would be tricky. I need help.

Album-a-day? Is it time?

lame

That's it.

Time for a new job.

Wish me luck.

hmmm

On the drive home from work yesterday, something funny happened. I was coming up the hill, and was probably daydreaming or pushing buttons on the radio. I looked up and saw something in the road, and tried to figure out what it was before I hit it. Was it a brick? A road cone? As I got closer I swerved to the left and avoided a lost red plastic gas canister. Looking back in my rear view mirror, a PT Cruiser that was following me decided he had enough clearance to drive over the red gas jug. HA! The jug soon went under the car, and in the mirror I could see that it was indeed stuck under the vehicle and he was now dragging it down the highway. Though I envisioned the red gas can would eventually explode and engulf the purple PT Cruiser in flames- it did not. The guy pulled over and probably crawled under his car and grabbed the gas jug.

There was a short episode of "Pete and Pete" on Nickelodeon that had the older Pete working a summer job by cutting grass on the highway with a push mower. The heat was getting to him and he began to hallucinate. He eventually tried to explode cars with the power of his mind, admitting that it "only worked once". I wish I had mind powers.

dwarves

Kevone is a level 12 dwarf.
He has a pet chicken named Henry.

edit: I'm starting a Kevone the Dwarf blog. His misadventures will be found from a link on the right.

update

Here's an update:

• School's out (good enough grades)
• Bass guitar rules
• Resurrected the blue computer (again)
• Still looking for a new job
• I'm hungry
• Got a new phone from my brother
• Bought a weird retro jacket from DI
• My goatee bugs my wife