Wednesday, December 21, 2005
MORE NEWS FROM YESTERDAY?? IS IT FINALLY TIME??
Rachel spoke with Mr. Carter yesterday at the end of the day after Mike and George left the shop. She was able to get more details for me, but I am going to the shop this afternoon, and will get the full story myself. Apparently though, when she called and asked him if Clint was there, he said, “no, but if you were to call back here in two days, he might very well be here.” I asked her what this two days meant…if Carter had specific information that Clint was coming down on Thursday or if this was just simply Carter thinking that it would be soon now that the rest of them have started hanging out around the shop again. She didn’t know…
What Carter told Rachel: Mike and George have both been in jail. We already knew Mike was…we didn’t know that George was but we kind of suspected it. They were in jail together for the same thing. They have been there for between 6 and 9 months (we don’t know the exact timeframe just yet but that fits in with our story). Clint may or may not have been involved in whatever deal they were doing that went awry…but whatever happened he did NOT go to jail with them…but they said that he was lying low during the time they were away…which makes sense either way (whether he was involved in their deal or whether he was just simply on the periphery and didn’t want to draw too much attention to himself because he was associated with them). Wherever he was during that time, they say he is now in Los Angeles. Carter did not want to ask too many questions about Clint because he didn’t want to make them too suspicious, but they are coming back either today or tomorrow to get the papers that George needs notarized. Carter will then be able to ask more questions. According to Carter, this is the way the cycles go. Mike goes to jail for a period of time…people just seem to kind of disappear…when he comes back, they all start hanging out down at the shop again just like old times…
That’s Rachel’s version of Carter’s story. I will be able to get more information when I see him today. My thinking is this…it’s speculation but helps explain a lot of missing details in the story…the day before my letter was taken to the shop (the last day that Clint was there), he told Carter that he was “going away for awhile.” Carter, being Carter, thought this meant a few days or even a few weeks, but until I see Clint again, we have no way of knowing what he really meant. Just suppose, the deal had already gone bad or was about to go bad and he knew this. Either Mike and George had already been picked up or they sensed that something was about to go down. So, Clint decides to lay low for a little while. They get arrested and he stays low until they get out. That explains where they were and where he was during the last nine months. George gets out first. He got out at the beginning of October, but Mike was still in jail until mid-November. George started meandering around the neighborhood selling stuff, but Mike’s the real ring-leader and nothing really gets done unless he’s around. We know he was on House Arrest and that may have been where he was from November 8th when he was at his parole hearing until yesterday when he arrived at the shop. Now he’s back…they’ve served their time…they start rolling around town a little more…get the gang back together…they’re going to the shop this week to try to sell some stuff to Carter and pick up the notarized papers…maybe they call up Clint and see if he wants to roll down with them…he decides to because he has nothing to do today and maybe Carter’s got some lien deals for him to work on…it’s been awhile since he worked on a car…
It is entirely possible this is the way it will go down…my worry is that Carter will stall a little too long in asking them more info about Clint…and then they’ll disappear again…we can’t let that happen…we wouldn’t be in this boat if Carter just asked the right questions…he’s worried about scaring them off and making them suspicious…but according to Rachel, he wants to get more details about the deal and about why Clint was in hiding….I think that’s a bad idea and that’s what I intend to tell him today…that would make them suspicious…what I think he should do (if Clint doesn’t just come down with them when they come for the notarized papers) is just play it off kind of casually…”man, I miss you guys hanging out around here at the shop all the time…it was so much fun…you guys should come around more often…bring your buddy Clint down…I had a couple of deals over the summer like the ones he used to work on…but I didn’t know where you guys were…I got a couple more coming up…they’ve got Clint’s name written all over them…”
Obviously, the "deal" is me...and that's why it's got his name written on it and no one else's...but if he says it this way, it just makes it seem like these are cars similar to the ones Clint fixes…in passing, they mention this to him when they see him…he’s down at the shop in a day or two…gets the letter…and then it all begins…
So, anyway, even though I’m frustrated that Carter is taking his time and coddling them before he attempts to get the information and I’m worried that he won’t ask the right questions before they disappear again…even in spite of this…I do know that Mike coming back is HUGE…as big as the three other big turning points in this story: 1) the actual meeting; 2) finding Carter’s garage; and 3) when Clint told Carter he didn’t believe him and Carter told Beth to bring the picture of me to the shop…Mike is HUGE…the first day I ever spoke to Carter back in January of last year, when I asked for Clint, he said, “oh yeah…you mean Mike’s friend”…Mike is big…Mike, in the past, has always signaled the return of everybody else…so I understand that even though we may not have gotten substantial information specifically about Clint yesterday, just Mike’s presence back on the scene is a huge turning point in our story…I also understand that there is a timing to this story…how ironic and coincidental that the deal goes awry and Clint goes into hiding just as the letter is taken down to the shop…just sitting there the whole time they were in jail…had the letter gone down a day earlier, he would have gotten it…maybe he would have laid low with me…but just what if that was not the right timing?? Just what if he was too wrapped up in the deal and what had happened to his friends…that he couldn’t pursue anything with me?? Just what if?? But now they’re out and everything’s okay again…what if this was the right timing all along?? And now we have this incredible year-long story that wasn’t even a fraction as good back when he disappeared as it is now…and we have all these friends on board with this story…and I have found a father in Carter…and I have started learning to fix cars and found I love it…all of these things I probably would not have had if this story had resolved back in March…Add onto that the fact that only 13 songs had been written at that time…and I was in the wrong band…now there are 60 songs and the right band…the perfect fit…the one that could actually go somewhere (if we could all just agree on a name, that is)…and I have my life also finally in a good place…in the right place…looking back on it, in a much better place than it probably would have been back in March…
The universe knows better than us…maybe this was the timing…but then, maybe somewhere deep inside, I knew that all along…
Updates to follow...
Rachel spoke with Mr. Carter yesterday at the end of the day after Mike and George left the shop. She was able to get more details for me, but I am going to the shop this afternoon, and will get the full story myself. Apparently though, when she called and asked him if Clint was there, he said, “no, but if you were to call back here in two days, he might very well be here.” I asked her what this two days meant…if Carter had specific information that Clint was coming down on Thursday or if this was just simply Carter thinking that it would be soon now that the rest of them have started hanging out around the shop again. She didn’t know…
What Carter told Rachel: Mike and George have both been in jail. We already knew Mike was…we didn’t know that George was but we kind of suspected it. They were in jail together for the same thing. They have been there for between 6 and 9 months (we don’t know the exact timeframe just yet but that fits in with our story). Clint may or may not have been involved in whatever deal they were doing that went awry…but whatever happened he did NOT go to jail with them…but they said that he was lying low during the time they were away…which makes sense either way (whether he was involved in their deal or whether he was just simply on the periphery and didn’t want to draw too much attention to himself because he was associated with them). Wherever he was during that time, they say he is now in Los Angeles. Carter did not want to ask too many questions about Clint because he didn’t want to make them too suspicious, but they are coming back either today or tomorrow to get the papers that George needs notarized. Carter will then be able to ask more questions. According to Carter, this is the way the cycles go. Mike goes to jail for a period of time…people just seem to kind of disappear…when he comes back, they all start hanging out down at the shop again just like old times…
That’s Rachel’s version of Carter’s story. I will be able to get more information when I see him today. My thinking is this…it’s speculation but helps explain a lot of missing details in the story…the day before my letter was taken to the shop (the last day that Clint was there), he told Carter that he was “going away for awhile.” Carter, being Carter, thought this meant a few days or even a few weeks, but until I see Clint again, we have no way of knowing what he really meant. Just suppose, the deal had already gone bad or was about to go bad and he knew this. Either Mike and George had already been picked up or they sensed that something was about to go down. So, Clint decides to lay low for a little while. They get arrested and he stays low until they get out. That explains where they were and where he was during the last nine months. George gets out first. He got out at the beginning of October, but Mike was still in jail until mid-November. George started meandering around the neighborhood selling stuff, but Mike’s the real ring-leader and nothing really gets done unless he’s around. We know he was on House Arrest and that may have been where he was from November 8th when he was at his parole hearing until yesterday when he arrived at the shop. Now he’s back…they’ve served their time…they start rolling around town a little more…get the gang back together…they’re going to the shop this week to try to sell some stuff to Carter and pick up the notarized papers…maybe they call up Clint and see if he wants to roll down with them…he decides to because he has nothing to do today and maybe Carter’s got some lien deals for him to work on…it’s been awhile since he worked on a car…
It is entirely possible this is the way it will go down…my worry is that Carter will stall a little too long in asking them more info about Clint…and then they’ll disappear again…we can’t let that happen…we wouldn’t be in this boat if Carter just asked the right questions…he’s worried about scaring them off and making them suspicious…but according to Rachel, he wants to get more details about the deal and about why Clint was in hiding….I think that’s a bad idea and that’s what I intend to tell him today…that would make them suspicious…what I think he should do (if Clint doesn’t just come down with them when they come for the notarized papers) is just play it off kind of casually…”man, I miss you guys hanging out around here at the shop all the time…it was so much fun…you guys should come around more often…bring your buddy Clint down…I had a couple of deals over the summer like the ones he used to work on…but I didn’t know where you guys were…I got a couple more coming up…they’ve got Clint’s name written all over them…”
Obviously, the "deal" is me...and that's why it's got his name written on it and no one else's...but if he says it this way, it just makes it seem like these are cars similar to the ones Clint fixes…in passing, they mention this to him when they see him…he’s down at the shop in a day or two…gets the letter…and then it all begins…
So, anyway, even though I’m frustrated that Carter is taking his time and coddling them before he attempts to get the information and I’m worried that he won’t ask the right questions before they disappear again…even in spite of this…I do know that Mike coming back is HUGE…as big as the three other big turning points in this story: 1) the actual meeting; 2) finding Carter’s garage; and 3) when Clint told Carter he didn’t believe him and Carter told Beth to bring the picture of me to the shop…Mike is HUGE…the first day I ever spoke to Carter back in January of last year, when I asked for Clint, he said, “oh yeah…you mean Mike’s friend”…Mike is big…Mike, in the past, has always signaled the return of everybody else…so I understand that even though we may not have gotten substantial information specifically about Clint yesterday, just Mike’s presence back on the scene is a huge turning point in our story…I also understand that there is a timing to this story…how ironic and coincidental that the deal goes awry and Clint goes into hiding just as the letter is taken down to the shop…just sitting there the whole time they were in jail…had the letter gone down a day earlier, he would have gotten it…maybe he would have laid low with me…but just what if that was not the right timing?? Just what if he was too wrapped up in the deal and what had happened to his friends…that he couldn’t pursue anything with me?? Just what if?? But now they’re out and everything’s okay again…what if this was the right timing all along?? And now we have this incredible year-long story that wasn’t even a fraction as good back when he disappeared as it is now…and we have all these friends on board with this story…and I have found a father in Carter…and I have started learning to fix cars and found I love it…all of these things I probably would not have had if this story had resolved back in March…Add onto that the fact that only 13 songs had been written at that time…and I was in the wrong band…now there are 60 songs and the right band…the perfect fit…the one that could actually go somewhere (if we could all just agree on a name, that is)…and I have my life also finally in a good place…in the right place…looking back on it, in a much better place than it probably would have been back in March…
The universe knows better than us…maybe this was the timing…but then, maybe somewhere deep inside, I knew that all along…
Updates to follow...
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