My article, "Take a walk in the shoes of a drifter", was posted on Angelenic. The post has sparked 52 comments (and counting) from residents discussing skid row and the phenomenon that is people being unable or unwilling to function in our society and choosing homelessness instead ( Read more... )

-getting picked up from work
-mimosas laying out on the roof, all day, bowls and pizza
-rolling around
-dan and stevie visited, the roomies and dates all went to seven grand
-dinner with christine and sarah at pete's the next night

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had a bad day at work. my first bad day. and it was really bad. so i called in sick to my bar job & came home and took pictures of myself. i need a digital camera. and now the roommates and i are eating homemade soup with avocado sarah made and watching the hills. yeah. we watch it. because they are just like us, but better, because they have their ( Read more... )

THURSDAY-took (some more)pictures (this time of disney cards and stencils) with a digital camera the la times gave me that were published in the 99cent only store ad today. 99cents only store runs a full page color in main news every week and i love it when they send me stuff to be photographed. closed the bar at la cita with joey. my most ( Read more... )

people like to kiss because it makes them forget about death.

     In Junior High the kids on my street gathered every weekday morning at the corner and sat on a cold brick wall surrounding a rose bush to wait for the bus. It was almost always on time, at 6:45 in the morning, because it had to be at the next stop by 6:49. Our bus made eight stops in total and this is how I came to learn, and still remember to ( Read more... )

waiting for the train to santa barbara at los angeles union station.

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i didn't realize how many inhibitions i had until i started letting them go ( Read more... )

BAD THINGS HAPPEN IN THREES ( Read more... )

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