“Turn off your fucking radio.”
I am not inclined to do so. I poke at the dial, dropping the volume, raising it back up. He continues. “Every time I sit in your car, there’s always something playing. We haven’t had a moment of silence. It’s annoying.” He has a point.
I [...]
AUG 10 Belo in San Diego, paying homage to legendary Mark Farina.
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Nearly four weeks abroad on business; Washington and Florida tucked away to a kindling corner, a place where grimness waits to be contained before fires and summer lay waste to disconsolation. I was in a fouler mood, raised to clatter in [...]
Jul 15 - 20 Business trip to Redmond, Washington.
Jul 21 Club/Bar Arsenal in L.A. w/ Willis, Kat, Martin, Su.
Jul 22 Work, meetings, and a rambling lunch w/ Sika, Uyen.
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Street curved into wilderness, aching towards an underworld of lichen overtaking rocks and ancient bark, to a riverbed lost in moss. My [...]
We’re back.
@ 7,577 miles, our trip concludes in lay-low downtown San Diego. My car sits beside a rusted parking meter; a block down, the Amtrak train swings by in a hail of claxon horns. So this really is the end of the line.
It’s quite difficult to say just how significant this whole thing [...]
Still alive.
Made it to the big time, coast to coast with 4000+ miles on the trip odometer and the adventure continues! After a brief sojourn in Niagara Falls on the Canadian side (and an unexpected night of buzzed miniature golf), we slipped down to Boston for a couple days, taking up residence at Chandler [...]
A dozen mosquitoes and one cigarette
Beside a hotel light, we watched the fairies dance,
Disappear
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I’m standing outside, plotting the next step. Sore all over, from sitting in one position too long, from walking all over Chicago, from sleeping on strange mattresses every night. I never knew that a car seat’s microfiber can [...]
DAY ONE :: 06/09
Left San Diego around 9 AM for a last minute detour to Orange County (see previous entry on ridiculously expensive guides). Our first stop was Williams (originally intended to be Flagstaff), Arizona, conveniently situated along our main road of choice, Route 66, where we have set camp for the night and [...]
It occurred to me as I hit the 805 / 5 interchange that I may have forgotten something. And not just anything but something really important.
Shit. The travel guides.
Luckily, I remembered. Unfortunately, by then, I was 60 miles south, arriving at my friend’s apartment, and the day’s activities will have [...]
May 25 Detroit Bar for house jams with local DJs, Wobs and Nonfiction.
May 26 L.A. revelry in Hermosa Beach @ Il Boccaccio. Slumber party.
May 27 Sunday brunch w/ Grandma and friends, and car-pooling back up the 5 to swank central @ Area.
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Something I have learned about myself is that [...]
Inhale. There’s a message to the whole ordeal, how the mind is convinced that the meaning of life can be a thin, white line. It’s immediate. It’s absolute. It’s never again.
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Apr 20-22 James’ BDay Lunch / Get-Together. Allen’s BDay @ ??? (forgot) in L.A. downtown.
Apr 27-30 [...]