Stories of the Van

One time in the van we were driving to Blake's house to go somewhere. Justin's like "hey Ryan wanna hit a snowbank?" And of course i was like "ok" So in Blake's neighborhood i was going like 25 and i veared off to the right side and went into the snowbank. The snow covered the whole windshield and i couldn't see. And before i knew what happended we were stuck with only one tire remaining on the road. This is a problem in a front wheel drive vehicle like mine. We tried for a wile to get out with no success. So we walked to Blake's house and got him and some shovels. Then returned to the scene to try and dig out the van. This too didn't work. Meanwhile cars have been passing us and no one has stopped to help. But after like an hour this wierd guy with a pickup truck stopped and offered to pull us out with a chain. He hooked it up to the back of the van. He then jerked my van and pulled it for about half a block. But wew weren't completely out yet so he hooked it up to the front of the van. Except he hooked it to some platic under the front end, so when he pulled the plastic broke. I then hooked the chain to the frame under the front while he pulled the van the rest of the way out. While he was doing this Justin was videotaping (as we often do). After being stck for about an hour and a half and freezing we were finally ready to leave. So we all thnked the guy alot and he left and we left, the end.

The blinker in my van has a little problem the left one doesn't blink. but then sometimes it does. it depends. but the light stays on all the time. it's wierd.
Justin and I were out driving around because the North Shore show was 8 bucks. So we were looking in the alleys for things to hit with the van. Also for light bulbs to smash and we found behind some store a pool table. It has no legs and no balls or cues or anything like that. But it is a pool table, a pool table. So Justin and i by ourselves put it onto the van. Which wasn't exactly easy considering that i have a cast on my left leg right now. So we lifted it ( and by we i mean mostly me, sorry justin ) onto these carts that we found back there that were about 3 feet high. Then from there we lifted it onto the top of hte van. We proceded to tie it to the van with the sledding rope and some wire that we also found. Then we drove to logan's and then to chad's to stay the night. Where the pool table spent on my roof. Now it is leaning against my house in the back yard waiting for legs to be made for it. I think i'll call it old bump. Why old because it is old and there is a bump in it by one of the side pockets.(it now has a crappy wooden frame that me and my mom make one weekend)
We had just found some light bulbs in this dumpsterand were going to smash them. The ypv turned off fine just then. So after breaking about half of them i went to turn off the van and the key wouldn't trun back. The ignition was stuck in the on position. But the key would come out while it was running( not a god sign). After trying everything imagineable we went to Joe's house to ask his dad what to do. His dad said to diconnect both the battery terminals. So i drove everyone home and then went back to my house. I tried putting in a different key in and that didn't work. So my mom took off the battery things and it was still running!! How could that happen? So we called Joe agian and his dad said that the alternater was keeping it going and to try jamming a screwdriver in there and turn it off that way. So i backed it back down the drive way to get it out of the way. I took some plyers and turned the ignition really hard and it finaly shut off. Yes!! But now it won't start so i got that going for me. So now i will be forced to drive the chalenger until the yellow punk van is fixed. (it's now fixed)
I had just gone about 80 on 290 trying to get Maddie home on time even thought she was already 20 minutes late. the whole time everyone was telling me i needed gas. it was on empty so i had at least a gallone left. i failed to realize i ahd a full load of people. we ran a few red lights along the way. We got maddie back to her house turned the corner and guess what, you got it ran out of gas. so we pushed the van to the end of the street and parked it. we proceded to walk 3 blocks to a gas staion at 11:30 at night in Beverly. doesn't that sould like fun. i had to buy a gallon gas can adn filled it. we walked back to the van and put in the new gas. but you know that the van would not start. that would be too easy. so i ran back to the gas station and got another gallon of gas. i put that one it but oh no. no dice. so katie's sister came and got us. everyone being at least a half an hour late except for me. and there my van sits in beverly until i can go get it started tomarrow. i hope it's still there. but then again who would steal it? no one thats who.
Now that the van is at college with me it is not getting as much use. I don't go anywhere besides the airport during the week. So when eight of us piled in it to go to Michigan State some people didn't think it would make it. i of course had no doubts what so ever. I have driven the van lots of places and it has only broken down a few times. Michigan State is only 300 miles from Purdue, that's nothing. The whole way there everyone was asking what's "that smell"? it was a broken fuel pump. so we were lucky to even get there with gas leaking everywhere. and then we drove back ten hours later. and we had an extra occupant. a garbage can from Michigan state which now resides in my bathroom at school. It rode back to Purdue in between the two front seats. i drove sitting against the door but it was worth it for this can. did you know that in fucking Indiana you can get a ticket for not changing lanes when an emergency vehicle is on the side of the road. yea dumb laws. good thing he didn't see the person on the floor under the blankets. i forget what this story was originally about so the end.
So i went downtwon to Columbia college to park in front of Jeanna's drom and take the train to a show when the car in the last spot from the corner leaves. Yes! we found a spot downtown on the street. BUT there was this stupid motherfucker parked behind the last spot not in a real spot. I had to go back and fourth about 7 times to parallel park. The van just barely fit into the spot. So when i left after going back and fourth about 7 more times i backed into that bastard. the only thing that would have made it better is if they saw me do it and drive away, but could not see the plates. yea that bastard.

you know what sucks, when people think that you open the tailgate by pulling on the sliver bar. you don't pull on the fucking silver bar! you have to pull from the bottom or guess what, the silver bar comes off! so for everyone who has pulled on the silver bar you are all idiots, stop doing it.

i was on the way home from columbia. it was 7:30 a.m. and i had just spent the last 3 hours walking around downtown with jeanna and paulina. i was to say the least extremely tired. i made it all the way to my exit with no problems. but when i was on lagrange road on the bridge i fell asleep going from the middle lane across the left lane and into the cement divider. it was one of the most terrifying experiences of my life. i thought i had a flat tire and who knows what other kind of damage. i pulled off to the side and got out to look, luckily there was no damage. i drove home and went to sleep. but just think if that divder was not there i would have gone into the ditch and possibley even into oncoming traffic. i gotta stop driving while tired.

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