provisional post 1: lochmiel and rockmiel

the first in what portends to be a series of provisional posts, providing some insight into the inside jokes that may pop up in los blogos from time to time.

along with us on this trip are two plastic owl decoys. their names are lochmiel and rockmiel. this is their story.

during high school and briefly during college, wade "i'll ease your mind, girl" wisdom worked at b. merrill's, a columbus eatery of dubious repute. it's probably a fine restaurant, but the way wade describes it, you'd think they served nothing but shit sandwiches. outside this purveyor of potables and edibles had once stood a large tree. upon this tree, an owl stood watch, ironically guarding the tree from birds who stood to soil b. merrill's guests' cars with their duochromatic excrements. the tree was cut down at one point, but the owl remained. it sat at a pointless post on the front porch. wade, the conniving young fellow that he was, took it upon himself to free this owl from its undoubtedly unwanted servitude. success came easily.

one revelrous night, gabe "man of the house" shaukat's roommate rebecca took it upon herself to christen the owl "lochmiel." despite wade's resistance to the idea, the name stuck.

rockmiel's story is decidedly less interesting, so i'll summarize. gabe found another owl decoy in his backyard, and he named him "rockmiel," mainly because it rhymed with lochmiel.

at the last minute before we departed from athens, loch- and rockmiel were unanimously voted our trip mascots. they share the back seat with some granola bars, an assortment of tattered magazines, and a jack daniels bottle full of change.

from l to r: rockmiel, lochmiel, game fuel

here's to the owls.