Week 12-ish: Road Food |
As I walk down Oak Street munching on dark chocolate M&M's in New Orleans, a couple of porch-sitters across the street shout these kind words. "Hey, don't eat too much! Don't get fat!"I smile serenely...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:13:00 GMT |
Lets Start off Week 11 with a Poem |
10 Weeks Behind Me: A Poem Written on a Stalled Train Next to a Swamp in North CarolinaRomance, Intrigue,Memory lossConstant Not KnowingKnowing UnconsciouslyKnotting up energyFighting it endlesslyFi...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:32:00 GMT |
Week 10 - The sun RISES at the beach!? |
Yes, I realize I have not kept up the blog. There has been a whole chunk in there, from DC to NY to NJ and back, to Boston and down to Charlottesville, VA. A giant vacuous blotch of non-blog. Eventual...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:35:00 GMT |
HOW I PAID FOR MY TRIP... and so can you |
"Oh man! I wish I could do that."You soooo wish you were me right now. I'm on the Great American Adventure -- armed with a guidebook, a fancy piece of luggage and my wits. Neener neener neener. The t...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:08:00 GMT |
A Birthday Confession |
I have no job, no home and people keep telling me that because I'm turning 25, I'm almost dead.But you know what? I could possibly be the luckiest person in the world. I've never been happier to be al...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:42:00 GMT |
Day 24 - "Prelude to a Funeral" or "Coming Home" |
Never in a million years did I think that I would have to come home early from my walkabout. Yet I find myself on a plane headed to LAX, mentally preparing for a funeral.Flashback to Day 21, on the mo...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:16:00 GMT |
Day 21 - Running on Patriotic Fumes |
My most challenging day yet. 17 hour day on 1 ½ total hours of sleep. 2 horrible buses 8 hours total, a death, a sunburn, a philly cheese steak sandwich and the Declaration of Independence. I leave ...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:12:00 GMT |
Day 18 - Big Art, Small City |
3:58pm Sept 11, 2008Today, I want to be an artist. I'm sitting at a rickety ornate metal patio table outside the Beleza Cafe. I've just visited the Mattress Factory and two community gardens. Right no...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:07:00 GMT |
Day 11 & 12 - Gangsters & Cubs Fans |
Yesterday it rained ALL DAY. And not Los Angeles, God-is-spitting-on-you Rain. Like, God-just-got-dumped-by-the-only-woman-he-ever-loved-tears-fr
om-heaven Rain.But the beautiful Paula and I braved it,...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:53:00 GMT |
Day 8 - The Wind |
Due to an awful memory, with very little of it I can blame on drugs, I'm logging what I do everyday in order to remember it 3 months from now. And I'm journal-ing, and so when I don't have internet, I...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:14:00 GMT |
