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messyopants

Life-OR-Death

Feb 09, 2008 15:05

To kill time, we ventured to Powell’s books, quite possibly the best bookstore on the planet. Books of all colors. Outside is a bike rack, paying tribute to various books about bikes. One says, “Curious George rides a bike.” Uncoincidentally, I bought a very cute Curious George calendar inside the store, equipped with 60 stickers! Also ( Read more... )

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messyopants February 16 2008, 03:42:10 UTC

I'd had been in a lot of airports, and hadn't slept in a week, and hadn't been to school in a week, and I wasn't sure if I wanted to go back, for another 6 years.

NYC in a Gypsy Cab messyopants February 20 2008, 18:30:51 UTC

I was gonna sleep at the airport, but when I got kicked out of the concourse, and only had the option to sleep next to the conveyer belts, although I've done it before, mostly with Shadrach, when I walked outside, I saw that there where hotels across the highway from the airport. So I set about crossing the bridge, when I stepped in a 3-inch deep slush puddle-- the flight was cancelled on account of the weather. At the hotel, they were all booked up, also on account of the weather. There was a woman there stressing out because her travel agent had supposedly booked the room. The woman at the desk offered to call a local hotel and cab for her. I asked to come along, considering that I only had 5 dollars. Did I mention it was a "Gypsy cab"? It's funny. A taxi license is $300,000, so an underground consortium of taxi immigrants have formed business of unlicensed cabs, usually black luxurious Escalades. Basically they're an underground class of taxi citizens, or "criminals." But don't get me wrong, I've got no problems with criminals. ( ... )