A Ride To The Park

Since I’ve returned to San Francisco I’ve done little. For several days, the neighbors house was as far as I got away from home, or perhaps I’d get as far as the nearby gas station. Today, however, was a different day. Sunny, gorgeous, warm. And when I say warm I mean when you stand in [...]

Extended Travel Frustrations

The struggle of getting somewhere without control of your transportation can be frustrating. As some of you may have read, the trip to Wisconsin was untimely and stressful. I learned last night around 6p that my train home to San Francisco had been cancelled and re-scheduled for Tuesday night due to severe weather storms. In [...]

San Francisco, CA to Trempealeau, WI; Condensed

Left SF around 9p. Took bus to Emeryville, twenty minutes away. Waited two hours for train. Left at 11.30p. Slept three hours. Woke up around 5.45a somewhere in Northern California. Arrived in Klamath Falls, OR around 9.30a. Waited two hours for bus. Left Klamath Falls by 11.30a. Snow chain broke at 1p. Chains were replaced [...]

Some Insight

I fucking did it. I said it since I was fifteen, maybe even before that, “I’m moving to California.” And I fucking did it. I spent all that time, four-plus years, telling myself, reassuring myself, that I was going to live in California. I had a dream, a life goal that, whether I like it [...]

Know/Don’t Know

Things I Already Know:
I am a happy person.
I am confident in myself and the abilities I already possess.
I tend to like people quickly.
I put the needs of others before my own.
I am a loyal friend.
I need the sun to stay positive.
I am mindful.
I believe the connection between all living things and what evokes emotion to [...]

Seven Cities; Five Days

San Francisco, CA to
Minneapolis, MN to
La Crosse, WI to
Trempealeau, WI to
Milwaukee, WI to
Madison, WI to
Marshfield, WI to
Trempealeau, WI to
La Crosse, WI to
Minneapolis, MN to
San Franscisco, CA.

Brown-baggin’ It

Lost. Adrift. Next to the sea. Surrounded by sea, really. I’m here and enjoying myself, very much so in fact. The City is NOW. There is no sitting still. Maybe laying back, but no sitting still. I like the busyness of the city, its car horns and tire squeals, sirens and car stereos, buses and [...]

8-9 through 8-12: Westward Ho!

11:20p (CT)
Underwood, IA
8-9-2008

I will rest my head tonight under the neon glow of the Underwood Motel, a less-than-par attempt at a hospitable stay. I’m content with just about wherever I sleep but the smell of stale cigarettes is enough to make my dad less than happy. So far it has been a good trip. We [...]

The Clichè Kid

I turned 18 an hour and forty minutes ago, officially. It would be clichè to say that this is a milestone in my life, just as it would be clichè to say how I feel, because I think we all feel this way when crossing a “milestone” in our lives, so I will save you [...]

The Final Stretch

My summer has hit a plateau of excitement, 10K probably being its most recent climax. I had one of the greatest times of my life. I spent it with people I love and we all had a great time. Now that I’m home, I’ve fallen back in place with my circle of friends, our sources [...]