Visiting Shreveport: Movie Monger

“There’s always another horizon.” – Old Sean

By the Highways

It’s time to go.

After an unexpected six months traveling around various places in the US and Canada, it’s time for me to get moving again. I’ll be officially making my temporary home in a small city in Colombia, South America. 

But I’m not there quite yet.  And I made sure the method of arrival was as meandering and extended as possible.  Because wanderlust is a disease I enjoy with too many enablers.

I left Dallas shortly after setting up an Easter Egg Hunt for my roommates before running every check and scan I could on my mode of transportation. 

My family owns a hardy 2003 Buick Le Sabre that, to be frank, is not in stellar condition.  But I didn’t mind.  I rallied some of my more mechanically-minded friends and we spent a few hours each week spiffing up the car.  About half of my crowd was fairly confident that the car could make it on an extended road trip from Dallas to Delaware without catastrophic failure, while the other half assumed the failure was nigh. 

They reminded me this constantly and refused to get into the vehicle for “sane, self-preservation reasons.”  They did with me luck though.

I just caressed the hood of the car and showered it with thanks, assuming good vibes would carry me across the country.

My friends are so weird for putting up with me. I judge them a little bit for it.

Auspicious Starts

Nonetheless, I did have my reservations about the car’s condition, so I only drove in short two or three hour jaunts, coasting well below the speed limit and keeping my vehicle under my own power rather than handing the reigns to cruise control.  This seemed to work fairly well in the beginning, so I was quickly lulled into an arrogant type of relaxation.

Coasting smug is an accurate assessment.

Anyway, I started out my trip by handling some Visa paperwork in Houston before scooching up to Shreveport, Louisiana. 

There’s really nothing special to do while visiting Shreveport. It’s not an interesting or engaging town. The food isn’t special, the parks aren’t pretty, the traffic is bad and the skyline is drab. The only reason the city exists is as a convenient crossing point for major interstates and the Red River.

My specific reason for visiting was to see my friend Dani.

I spent a few days here, mostly drinking, running errands, trying Louisiana food and enjoying the company of my friend Dani.  I capped off the day by watching Avengers Endgame on Monday before beginning a fourteen hour drive East.

Movies, Man

Endgame was a nice treat. I think it was well-done and a great way for Marvel to finally, finally wrap up a major movie-goer time investment. I’m hoping it’ll cast down Avatar as the all-time cinematic earning-champ.

I personally dislike Avatar. It was a blue Pocahontas theme with supremely poor writing and forgettable characters. If you put a gun to my head and demanded I name two characters, I’d need to spend that time making my peace with Death.

I think Avatar as a movie is fun, flashy and visually impressive. But Endgame has deservedly more substance.

Endgame was very enjoyable. I’m also pleasantly impressed with how few people plastered spoilers online. 

Car Shifts

Regardless of my cinematic preferences, I should mention that I’ currently working online. 

My shifts are rather early (from 5 to 9 AM) each morning. 

However, I often don’t have a place to connect to the internet for my webcam, so if I’m not established at a friend’s house and robbing them of valuable Wi-Fi waves, I resort to plan B.

Plan B is ghetto genius: It involves parking as close to a McDonald’s WIFI as I can get and raiding them for some bandwidth. 

Before, you know, going inside and purchasing an obligatory hash brown.  I’m not a true mooch.  (I mean, I am, but let me have my illusions).

I bring up this last snippet because that’s currently where I am: In a McDonald’s parking lot, leeching WIFI. I’m not due to start work for another couple of hours, but I’ll soon be driving East for my next stop, Savannah, Georgia.

There, I’ll be reconnecting with my younger brother.

So until then,

Best regards and excellent trails,

Old Sean

Written April 29th 2019

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