Sometimes its hard being crazy in a world of normals.

[lethic]

I think I found out how to drive well at 90. It's all in the music. You see, I was listening to Tutu, which is usually good driving music but I stopped and burned the album Drive by Bela Fleck on a whim and all of a sudden I was on the track at the Indy 500 (although its odd racing music). Somehow I left Jonny's house way later than expected (2pm)

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[violetanger]

have you read Ishmael by Daniel Quinn?
I'll be thoroughly surprised if you haven't, but:

it's been a few years, so forgive my rusty-ness on the plot, but it dissects the history of agriculture and how and when we began to lock away food and sell it.

the philosophy is told through the perspective of a gorilla, none the less. It has forever changed the way I've looked at the culture of food.

[lethic]

Well... I've been meaning to :) Someone recommended it to me in Hawaii and I never got around to reading it. Now maybe I'll actually go out and read it. Theres also a book by Jared Diamond that Stephanie gave me, that I have, that I need to read when I have time to break into it.

from a truck stop in Gallup,
-jarek.

[spacecowboy]

Hey Jarek.

Just a word of warning:

Since I've moved to the NE, I've learned something about frostbite (maybe this is old news to you). But overexposure to cold temperatures is bad. Depending on how cold it is, you can have superficial frostbite after 15-30 minutes of exposure. (The temperatures go low enough here for that to happen.) So, sleeping in your car in cold temperatures can be risky.

Just a heads up.

Happy trails.

[lethic]

Hey Amy.

Thanks for the tip. Since I'm in the middle of the desert, by myself with only my car... sleeping in it is the only option... but its not all that bad. I normally wake up a couple times during the night, but its comfortable enough to fall back asleep right away. Even in the morning its not cold enough that I have a hard time getting out of my sleeping bag and moving around (probably body heat keeping the car warm). In my bag, with the help of two nice wool blankets, its never been cold but this could surely change in colder climates. I slept at 7,000 ft again last night in the New Mexico desert and it didn't seem very cold, even though it was snowing today. I'll watch out for frostbite when I get up north though.

-Jarek.