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September 18, 2007 |
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It Hasn't Been Easy
FOUND by Dave Rummans
in Lewistown, Montana
Found this a couple years ago in a book (Hunter Thompson's "Hell's Angels") that I picked up somewhere... garage sale... ex-girlfriend... who knows. It's at least ten years old but probably closer to twenty. I mailed it to the address on the card with a note but have had no response. Been trying to work "So far I have seen everything, well almost nothing" into a song.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
what a neat find..i love it. i hope you eventually get a response
Oh, yay, a find about New Orleans. The Monteleone is gorgeous.
"so far I've seen everything, well almost nothing"...oh my god, the mythical missing verse from Me & Bobby McGee
So this was written by someone, and then Chuck had to sign on the X and date it? And Chuck is three-years-old based on his penmanship?
It took Chuck almost nine hours to write this. No wonder he was so bored.
Return to Sender
(due to lack of postage)
i think the whole thing could be a song ..
don't think i haven't been here because (i think) i'm right.
i've seen everything but mostly nothing (and i'm coming home tonight)
what's with the signature line? and the time stamp 12 noon X________.?!?!?
and chuck? so profound but unable to sign his own name. at least he hasn't been dull.
11:49 PM
Pretty cool find.
11:50 PM
Fantastic!!
No John, Chuck is not three years old. Can't you tell by the Hunter S. Thompson book? His poor penmanship is caused not by his age, but by his drug induced shaking. But give him a break, it was Mardi Gras after all.
HAGHSAHDAHAHA: 'MAGNIFICENT MONTELEONE,' 'FABULOUS FRENCH QUARTER,''SUMPTUOUS EXPANSE.'
I'M ASSUMING THIS GUY WAS WORKING ON GETTING OUT OF ST PAUL AND I DON'T BLAME THE GUY. THE MIDWEST IS, WITHOUT A DOUBT, ONE OF THE MOST MISERABLE PLACES ON EARTH
at least it hasn't been dull.
Salt, except for Lake Wobegon "where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average."
*Don't think I haven't been here because I'm right.* Wow. What a line. Only hours of drinking and drugs can produce statements like that. Or perhaps Chuck was detoxing... but why in the world do that in Naw'leans?
Hey, our poster today is an artist! Check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ4_IMkzZfY
Sweet, Dave.
Sounds like Dylan lyrics to me. I'd bet that the signature is some sort of inside joke between Chuck and the recipient.
Very interesting that it originated in NOLA, was intended for MN, and ended up in Good Ol' Montana. (Is Minnesota considered "midwest"? I thought the Midwest basically ended at Sioux City, Iowa.)NACL, Minnesota is beautiful.
There are so many times in my life when I felt as if I'd seen everything, well almost nothing...
I think someone else wrote the text for Chuck, and put the x there so he would know where to sign. Poor Chuck got the 2nd ‘c’ backwards in his name...so he clearly didn't write the rest.
That makes me wonder about the message...maybe this wasn't what he wanted to say to begin with!
Chuck is disabled and St. Paul told him he could not handle the trip to NOLA? The card verifies he's been there.
Seen everything, nothing - irony of a tourist trip to any large or historical city.
Maybe St. Paul has accused him of being dull in the past?
Seems like Chuck feels like he has something to prove to St. Paul.
Not surprising, St. Paul has very high expectations.....
I love Chuck's contradictions:
Don't think he hasn't been right, because he's there;
He's seen everything, but almost nothing;
He hasn't been dull, but he'll bore you with details later.
I also love the time stamp. I usually date all the letters/postcards I send, but not with the time.
Maybe the backwards C was part of Chuck's unique signature. I've known people who do that, just to be different.
It makes me smile that Chuck started writing at 2:48 AM and finished the card at noon. It took him a long time to be so profound!
I love this. Chuck has no idea about anything, and yet knows everything.
I can hear the "boring details" now. lol
Which of these things does not belong?
Chuck- he's obviously a fucking visionary genious.
Hunter S Thompson- if you don't know, then find the fuck out, now.
Dave Rummans- the kind of "artist" that almost makes me regret cheap guitars, digital video and the general democratization of art-producing aparatus. Almost.
well...intesting find...i guess he decided to go out get drunk and be somebody before he got the courage to finish this postcard. hope youget something back form the address soon!
"Chuck" might be a nickname for Todd Rundgren.
If that makes sense, you need to get out more.
Well, Chuck, you are sadly mistaken. You are actually quite dull.
Did this make sense to anyone?
"So far I have seen everything, well almost nothing" reminds me of a line from the song "Dog Problems" by The Format. "I say 'I've got so many better things' I've got nothing". Maybe the phrasing? I don't know.
Is "It hasn't been easy" Somehow a rip on "The Big Easy"?
well, having a spouse who talks in non sequiturs and contradicts himself with every other sentence, this makes perfect nonsense to me.
Mona, you are obviously a very patience woman.
Oops. I meant patient.
God, today sucks.
a request to any future senders of postcard finds: please show us the picture as well, not just the text. i would've liked to see the picture side of this one.
I think Chuck is participating in a country wide scavenger hunt of sorts. He's required to hitch hike across country and call in to his friend (who has coordinated this contest) from different cities around the USA as proof he's been there. I don't think the note itself is old, but the postcard is...he picked it up in an antique store and sent it to his friend the coordinator (who lives in St. Paul) as proof of his arrival in New Orleans; his friend didn't believe him the night before. If we filled in the blanks, the letter might read more like this:
"Dear Friend,
Your 'brilliant' scavenger hunt sure hasn't been easy. Don't think I was kidding when I said I'd made it to New Orleans, because I'm right. This card I picked up in an antique shop? I'm standing in front of the Monteleone right now and it looks just the same as the photo on the front of this card. Postmark should prove it to you.
So far, I've seen everything on your list, but have enjoyed nothing...not knowing that who else might be close to the finish, I have no time to do anything but call in and move on.
This is a crazy way to spend the summer, but when I head back to campus, at least I can say I haven't been dull. Out of room to write...I'll "bore" you with the details later. See you at 12:00 noon in front of F.Scott Fitzgerald's house - the last landmark on the list! I'm going to win!
X marks the spot - Chuck"
Wonder why Chuck never mailed it? Maybe one of the other contestants killed him.
Oh, Alai. patient or stupid, I don't know which.
Lisa, tired from a long trip and from wandering around a strange city when her mind is elsewhere, wrote this in segments, starting at 2:48 am. She addressed it to her estranged boyfriend, whom she only left "until things cool down." The alcohol and sleeplessness didn't help, and neither did the Hunter S. Thompson. She was distracted enough to forget to sign her own name, although she had their three-year-old sign "the letter to Daddy." She then used it as a bookmark and forgot she hadn't sent it. Chuck Sr. didn't know what she was talking about when she started to "bore him with the details" later.
Apparently you guys don't know Charlton Heston's handwriting when you see it.
Am so glad Dave's find made the cut! Saw this one in the flesh. How many explanations for this one - infinite.
As for you, Rex Winsome, since I produced the illustrious Artist's CD (and no, there should be no quotation marks) and used nary a single cheap guitar nor a cheap microphone I take personally your "dig". Since I see on the big wide web that you too, are an "artist," shall we also call you a "critic".
More of the poster's art...
http://www.daverummans.com
Lost, thats brilliant and now the wheels in my head are turning. You could start a gaint scavenger hunt across america. wow... how fun. what a way to see america!
I am scared of anyone with an acoustic guitar, especially Charlton Heston.
In completly unrelated news - tomorrow is Talk Like a Pirate Day Mateys. I'm so excited, I can't wait!
Dry Bone Bronson, I can only hope your co-workers hate you as much as I would guess they do.
who the heck wouldn't be excited about talk like a pirate day. Its one of my favourite holidays, next to Pi Day, and Mole Day.
Shiver me timbers, i'm excited.
Turbo, I think that might actually be great. He could go on tour with Leonard Nimoy.
people who don't quote austin powers all day or napoleon dynamite. people who move forward. talking like a pirate is dumb, and so are you.
Hey, nonnie nonnie ho.
You are so quick to make judgements.
Your coworkers must just love your lack of any sense of humour. I don't think that anyone actually spends the entire day talking like a pirate, except perhaps, the people who started the holiday.
Just laugh. You'll find its refreshing.
Tho i will make pie on Pi Day.
Flargy, I think you're on to something. I hear Creed needs a band to open for. Why not "The SpockChuck Explosion/Experiment"? I'd love to hear the "Damn Dirty Ape Logic" song....
Davy's on NRP right now! Tune in!
Organic producer- by cheap insturments i didn't mean shoddy, i meant affordable. as in Dave Rumman's mediocre music almost makes me wish the artistic aparatus were unavailable to the common man (ie you and dave) Notice i said ALMOST, because generally that kind of elitism is anathema to my views.
As i also said, i'm in a weird mood.
Recently i've seen too much bad amateur art (some of which i reviewed, because, yes, i am also a critic. The fact that you consider that an insult only confirms your mediocrity) and some great elitist art (some of which i participated in).
So i'm feeling a little superior right now and my tolerance for lame generic singer songwriter crap is unusually low these days. Unfortunately, the play i'm reviewing tonight is at the richest theatre in town, so if they do a great job my present opinions will be fortified rather than dismissed.
I need to shore up my beleif system with an injection of good DIY art, help!
Turbo, i heard him last week on CBC (canada's national public radio)... i tried calling in, but i didnt get through before i had to go back to work. Sigh. Davy's my hero.
I realize "the present eye praises the present object," but if you have a moment, go back to Found #2322 (September 11) and read Mr. Trebes' comment at the bottom of the thread. You won't be disappointed.
- Midlife
Dear Rex, hope your day improves.
Lost, that is a much better back story! Thanks.
And Kite, I was thinking the same thing...but the I though, well, everyone who reads and submits to Found is kind of on a continual Scavenger hunt.
Good hunting everyone!
Found is my only solace today. I just hate dealing with fickle, spiteful, insipid people. Why must some people make it their mission to ruin everyone else day?
Chuck Chuck bo buck banana fanna fo...
*shrug* that's all I got.
Wait...Turbo, Mona, we're you guys fans of Dave Rummans, the guy who sent today’s find BEFORE today? As a musician? Your references to "Davy" on the radio have me totally confused! It probably someone else, who's cool and hip that has something to do with one of your previous post I didn't understand either.
Hell, I might as well give it up, and hang out for the ride...sometimes I feel like I need GPS to keep up with everything that goes on here!
YES
http://www.seta.iastate.edu/images/midwest.gif
(Does anyone else picture Rex Winsome as a young Rex Reed?)
Cotton, they're talking about Davy Rothbart, Supreme Ruler & Big Cheese For Life of Found Magazine.
Does anyone know if anyone has seen their own lost notes or pictures posted on this site? Just wondering!
Sorry I didn't automatically make the connection to the GURU!
I doknow who he is...I FOUND this site because a friend of mine sent me a link to My Heart is an Idiot.
Thanks Flargy -- I'll pay proper homage the next time I hear the name of the eLord.
Midlife Crisis - thanks for the redirect. I wouldn't have gone back to that one had you not posted. Very informative, indeed.
This postcard is from Charlie Brown. He’s at summer camp and missing the little red-headed girl, but can’t find the right words to tell her how he feels. He couldn’t sleep, so he wrote it in the middle of the night, but he couldn’t pluck up the courage to sign it; Peppermint Patty found it at noon and did it for him (she's the only person who calls him 'Chuck'). Evidently she's dyslexic, which could explain a lot.
Loser, that's not quite what I pictured, but its close. He just needs a pipe. And maybe a smoking jacket. But a tweed suite would do just as well.
Loser, I have re-edited my book to clearly show the world that you are, indeed, a WINNER.
In an effort to find a "Rex" that I could picture "Rex Windsome" as, I stumbled across Rex Brown, bass player for Pantera. Interestingly enough, when trying to find a picture of Rex Brown, I came upon a website where you can get black magnetic ribbons for your car showing your heartfelt memories for Dimabag Darrell (however you spell it). Awesome.
he's rex winsome... silly turbo.
and dimebag darryl
You are all weird-o's.
This is what Rex looks like, apparently: http://rexwinsome.net/
Great guy, politics and temper as fiery as his beard, evidently. His plays must be terrific.
And yes, d in wa, we are. HEE HEE HAA HAA HO HO! They're coming to take us awayyy!!!
Lord, I think he said he reviews plays... this find is the first good one in ages. He wrote it between bouts of unconsciousness and drug-induced blackouts :)
in other news... if you like photography, one of my good friend's best friends (if that makes sense), is an incredible photographer. he has a sampling of his work on his flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/idanshalev/
he's amazing.
I'm really bummed the address is blocked out. I'd love to go to the place and see if it still exists.
Kite,
Since stumbling across the FOUND site, I have been very, very, very and did I say very careful in how I leave anything that can be posted onto the FOUND site. Sorry people! Although once in a great while I would intentionly leave a scrap of note to see if anybody would post it.
Hey Kite, we have a little section of the website devoted to people finding their own stuff in FOUND called "Hey! That's Me!": http://whatsup.foundmagazine.com/?cat=14
Nice comments today, people.
Get out of the car, motherfucker!
Thanks for the answers!!!
Thanks for all the cool comments and interpretations of my find. A few responses...
Night - Glad you liked the video and thanks for the promotional help.
Rex - I like my affordable guitar. I like to write songs. Some folks like to hear me sing those songs. What's a lame, generic, mediocre, singer-songwriter to do? Thanks for the "almost".
Holden - I did send the flip side to this postcard. Guess it wasn't interesting enough to show.
Organic - I got your back (and a shovel!)... thanks for watching mine.
Dry Bone - Don't forget to wear arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgyle socks.
I'm in a much better mood today. Wish you all the best, i'll stop hating you until you get popular enough that i can't avoid hearing you.
And the same to you, sir. I hope we'll be hating each other vigorously someday.
it didnt work becasue there is no stamp dumbass
I sent it in a stamped and properly addressed envelope with a note explaining where it was found.
How's junior high going dumb ass?
This had me laughing for at least 5 minutes. Great find!