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On the Road or Jack Kerouac, Eat Your Heart Out

Me: Hello.
Dr. Cyborg: Bill-l-l-l.
Me: Scott. What's up?
Dr. Cyborg: Too late to call?
Me: Watching the Tribe game.
Dr. Cyborg: What's the score?
Me: Nothing-nothing, 11th inning.
Dr. Cyborg: I'll have to turn it on. Hey, you're still up for going to Terre Haute?
Me: Oh, yeah. You know me.
Dr. Cyborg: Yeah, nuts. You think this is a dumb idea?
Me: No, Scott. It'll be fun. We'll have a good time.
Dr. Cyborg: I just want to go there, stay at the Holidome, see my old house, then head back.
Me: Sounds good to me. When do you want to go?
Dr. Cyborg: You don't mind going like on Saturday and coming back Sunday cuz Shane's got football games on Fridays.
Me: No, that's fine with me.
Dr. Cyborg: Leave at 3 or 4 on Saturday.
Me: We'd get there just in time to go Wabashin'.
Dr. Cyborg: We'll have to drive the pick-up, then.
Me: Lawn chairs in the back.
Dr. Cyborg: Hahaha! So, what do you think about September 6th?
Me: That works for me. I'll mark it on the calendar.
Dr. Cyborg: You sure you want to do this?
Me: Yeah. I'm sure. Anything for you, man. Hey, what about Houston?
Dr. Cyborg: We'll have to plan that for October or November so we can get a better airfare.
Me: True.
Dr. Cyborg: Where I lived, there was woods to the west. It was like on the outskirts of Houston. Someone told me that it's now in the middle of the city.
Me: That'll be cool, seeing the change.
Dr. Cyborg: And it would be kinda dumb to go check out where I used to live without seeing some sights. It's not like driving to Terre Haute. We oughta see some other things.
Me: Yeah, we could do that.
Dr. Cyborg: Like we could go see the Astrodome.
Me: Yeah. But didn't they tear that down and build a new stadium?
Dr. Cyborg: Did they?
Me: I think so.
Dr. Cyborg: We could check out Gilley's then.
Me: That closed about 10 years ago.
Dr. Cyborg: Oh. Shit. What's there to see, then?
Me: Fuck if I know. There's gotta be something that people do down there.
Dr. Cyborg: Yeah, going to see my old house and jumping on a plane to come back would suck.
Me: Hate to bring it up, but is the house still there?
Dr. Cyborg: I think so.
Me: We'll figure out something. It'll be cool. It's something you want to do. We'll do it.
Dr. Cyborg: You think it's crazy to go?
Me: You are asking the wrong guy. By definition, anything I do is crazy.
Dr. Cyborg: Hahahaha! End of October or beginning of November.
Me: After football.
Dr. Cyborg: O.K. It's a deal!
Me: Turn on the game.
Dr. Cyborg: You're crazy for wanting to go with me.
Me: Fucking lunatic. You asked me to go for a reason. You knew I would do it.
Dr. Cyborg: No doubt about it.
Me: Hey, we had fun in Steubenville; we'll have fun in Houston.
Dr. Cyborg: And Terre Haute.
Me: Well, maybe not Terre Haute. Hahahaha!
Dr. Cyborg: Hahahaha.
Me: September 6th. Can't wait. We'll get together before then.
Dr. Cyborg: I'll call ya.