Our Dirty Name

As you have probably found yourself wondering what a strange name for a blog and why am I here reading it? Annie and I thought it'd be best to explain the name.

Once upon a time...circa 2005... a couple of Art students liked to skip class. Why? you might ask. Well, because we were punk ass kids with cameras and we wanted to take photos of something other than the Art building of our lovely college and the woods surrounding it. Also, there were a few strange birds at that college that we didn't want to spend much time around, in class or not. "Skip" may be too strong of a word anyway; our truancy was instructor sanctioned for the most part. As in we said, "hey we're out of here," and our instructor didn't really say or do much about it, other than remind us when our projects were due.

In our grand search for something interesting to capture, and because Annie's boss at the time requested a picture of the "Welcome to North Carolina" sign, she and I endeavored to drive two hours to the South Carolina boarder. We're no strangers to road trips and usually jump at the chance to get out of the general vicinity of the greater Raleigh area, so of course using any lame excuse to go... we went. We've taken the trip south a few times, making the inevitable stop at South of the Boarder to visit our good friend Pedro and eat lunch.

However, on this trip down we started to notice all of the "No Tell" motels lining I-95, including the now dilapidated Queen Anne Motel. It was then that one of us (and given the years I don't remember which) said, "that's the kind of place where you'd need to bring your own sheets."

In a stroke of what I think is genius (and maybe a little crazy wishful thinking), we decided that if we ever had a show on the Travel Channel it would center on us trying to make it across country on as little money as possible, staying in skeezy places like the Queen Anne. Of course the show would have to be titled "Bring Your Own Sheets!"

Life went on and we both work full time now, but there is still a wish to meander our way out of our respective niches, if only on weekends and federally recognized holidays. A TV show is a bit far fetched, but a blog is pretty reasonable. So, in an attempt to relieve us of the burdens of our Monday-Friday lives we decided that maybe our crazy/genius idea was worth a shot. If not, at least it's an excuse to just go and these days excuses, given the influx of "responsibility", are a little more difficult to come by.

We may one day actually make it across country, but for now we'll share any trips and adventures we can. The point being that time, distance, and luxury aren't everything. Sometimes all you need is good company, a camera, and of course something to cover up with.

Suzie