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Greetings people. Set your ride, and behind, down and we'll cruise into March. This month is all about you, the readers, my friends, my wife, and generally giving props to the way of life I've come to love. To start off I would like to send a special thanks out to you the readers. Without you, there wouldn't be a need for us. So thanks for spending time on our site, and I hope you keep enjoying what we enjoy bringing you. The other night I got an email from an old friend that wrote telling me thank you for his truck being in some show coverage we did for MiniTruckin' that came out in the April 2001 issue (Conyers show). I emailed him back explaining to him that I hadn't seen it yet, and that I appreciated his email. Shortly after, Brandi and I received the issue in the mail and were on a natural high for a week. To see something we had fun doing in print with credit to us was amazing. Being given the chance to write for an online magazine, and to get the chance to do some freelance stuff for a print magazine is awesome. I think the best part is the feedback I get from people, for someone to write me and tell me thank you, or that they were touched by something I did gives me that warm fuzzy feeling that makes you feel like the world is a good place. One email I remember off hand was one I got from a guy that's stationed in Korea. He talked about how he was into the custom scene and couldn't wait to get back to the states to hit some shows. Not to leave Brandi out she's had her share of interesting emails. One email I remember off hand, the dude was interested in marrying her, she's still at home though so it's cool. Speaking of Brandi, this month marks our 7th year of marriage. She's my best friend, my special someone, and a person I'm thankful to have in my life. To give you a brief history I met Brandi at a Golden Gallon while she was waiting on some herb with a friend of hers by a pay phone. Soon after, we started hanging out, and on our first date I proposed to her. Yeah I know you're thinking that's dumb. What you got to understand though is sometimes in life you just know when something's right. One of the big things that made it easy was a conversation we had about a childhood dream house that each of us had picked out as kids that not only turned out to be the same house as mine, but she had a picture of the house in her purse. So 7 years later we have a beautiful son, and a good marriage that I'm thankful for. I've talked about my friends on more then one occasion since I've started writing online, and the group of people I call friends are a great bunch of people. One of my friends Joey has just recently gotten his excitement back for trucks after his last project sat for over a year at a shop.
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When he finally went to pick his truck up, not only was the job not done, there was over an inch of dust on the truck, a broken windshield, and two loads of trash in the bed. He got the project home, got the good parts off, and had the rest of the truck hauled off. Joey's new project is at a more reputable shop, and after hearing news from the shop it's going to be one bad ass truck. Good luck Joey. I have another friend who's dealt with a bunch of personal issues as well as business issues in the past year, yet he continues to stay upbeat, and even sent me pics of his truck the other day with a fresh Body Drop on it. I guess I would say that those people I call friends are a great bunch of people, and I'm glad to have the chance to affect their life, as they have mine. Back in 1990, when I bought my first truck, I was so uninformed that it's funny looking back on it. The truck I'm referring to was the first truck I bought, my 89 mitsu that had a Ratical top, ground effects, bed cover, and old bullet style wheels with spinners. I was bullfroged, and would creep across railroad tracks scared I'd drag. Oh how the times have changed. For better or worse it's nice to see that this way of life continues to go on every year. Some things, though, seem to be getting out of hand. How big of a wheel is actually needed to compete? How much of a Body Drop do you need to compete? How many colors can you actually put on a truck? Granted, I love all of it. I saw a pic of a 23 inch wheel and about fell out on the floor, but in reality I won't ever own anything that would need a 23 but they look good. I have a friend that his truck is BDed so much that his 8 inch cylinder's barely make his truck drivable, well that's if you like making 8 point turns. Yes, my truck's going to get BDed, and will get some of the trends done to it that I think will look good on the truck, but in the end it's still my truck built for me. No matter what the trends it's still nice to see that things in this way of life continue to change and grow. Build it, drag it, and make it yours. Well, as we come to the end of this month's journey, I say thanks to the reader's, the continuing support of my friends, my loving wife, and I hope to meet at least some of you this year at shows. Oh, lastly, here's a pic of what I look like so you can find me at a show. I'm the one with the cane.Later all Russell SeveredTiesITFELL007@aol.com
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