Through Dissonance Change Manifests

I walk through my door. The lingering smells of marijuana and the chinese food cooked downstairs each night let me know I’m home. I put on some music and throw my things on the end of the futon. I fall into the desk chair left here by my old roommate and open my computer. I [...]

Edges

An edge is the idiosyncrasy in every person that puts someone particularly on the brink of losing self-control. Edges seem to do everything they can to piss you off. They get underneath your skin and start clawing at your insides. You don’t know why. Perhaps you don’t even know what it is about that particular [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Conversations

In the past few days I’ve overheard various (slightly hilarious) conversations on the bus, street, and other venues. One instance, a bus driver and passenger were arguing over whether or not she, the passenger, would cook supper for him, the bus driver. He contested that he “was easy,” only needing “some lettuce, tomatoes, and some [...]