Kentucky Part Deux
I’m back in Somerset again. This time around, everything is the exact opposite.
It’s cold here now and the weather report calls for a couple inches of snow later today. I can’t wait to drive 15-20 miles on the highway in this shit weather. I hope my Kia Spectra rental can handle the conditions. The car is practically brand new (only 500 miles on it), so hopefully that will translate into decent tires. I flew into KY this time around with very little trouble. I had to rush to my connecting flight because my first flight was delayed about 45 minutes. I was the last one to arrive to the gate for my connection and everyone else had already boarded the plane. That was the only minor hitch.
For my first meal here, I decided to try out Cracker Barrel; a country style restaurant. It showed promise but alas, it was crap too. I shoulda known better. $13 doesn’t get you a good ribeye. It was cooked to my liking, medium rare, but the meat was chewy and tough. The worse part were the vegetables. I ordered corn, green beans and carrots. Surprisingly, the carrots were the worse. They tasted like they had been prepared in sugar water. They were wayyyy too sweet. The green beans were out of a can or frozen. They were all mushy and tasteless. The corn was by default, the best of the lot. I tried this coca-cola fudge cake that was apparently their signature dessert; it was chocolate cake made with Coke. It was good, but wayyyy too sweet too! I couldn’t finish it. I had a few bites and turfed the rest. Food here sucks and as adventurous as I’ve been, I think I’m going to stick with places that I know are good for the next couple of nights (like Papa Johns or Pizzahut).
My stupid mouse is broken. I brought my Microsoft wireless optical notebook mouse but it doesn’t work. The optical light will not turn on. So I went out to Wal-Mart after dinner and bought the cheapest one I could find for $10. I brought it back to the hotel, only to find out that it was a PS/2 mouse. Fuck! I wanted to do some work and I hate using the pad cause it slows me down. So I dragged my ass back out to Wal-Mart to return it and buy another one. This time I spent $20 for a basic wired optical scroll mouse. Man, I hate that. I have had way better deals than that before. For $20, it ought to be wireless, laser, and have 5-6 buttons. What a scam. That’s my quick update for the day (week, or month even). Perhaps more will follow.
