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| Freeway Lunch. |
Well, I guess that's not really the whole story, hell, it's not even a story really. It's more of a statement of fact with a story behind it. But yeah, I'm on a road trip now. Off into the wild known.
Anyway, I had initially thought about creating a whole 'nother blog that I can ramble on about my grand adventures but I came to the, somewhat disconcerting, realization that I already had a number of completely serviceable blogs that I've abandoned over the years. Hell, I don't even know how long ago it was that I posted on this one.
Actually, this is the internet, let me check...
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Holy crap, the last time I posted something on this blog was almost exactly one year ago. That's bonkers.
Oh man, and I liked that idea. Urban Fantasy CSI meets Harry Potter... I should probably pick that up again eventually.
Anyway, I've actually been on a road-trip for a few days already, showcasing my natural punctuality in informing people about things, so I guess I'll lay it out here. And in keeping with the descending nature of blog posts, I'm gonna do it Memento style,
Mom and Dad, that was a movie reference and it means I'm doing it "in reverse chronological order," or "Backwards."
THE RECAP
I'm currently sitting in a hotel near San Francisco Airport with a busted heating unit and a bunch of wind and airplanes fighting eachother outside. It's really cold out here in San Francisco despite the summer, and there's probably a completely reasonable meteorological explanation for why that is but I'm not googling that right now. Instead I am going to finish reading this Dresden Files book and take a nice hot shower before waking up and getting my complimentary breakfast.
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| There were no fewer than three Trendy Repurposed Abandoned Movie Theaters on that street. |
I spent the day doing nothing in particular, wandering around San Francisco, I took one of those Cable-Cars mostly to say that I did and I ended up just crossing the street and taking another one right back the way I came since I had no idea where I was going. I walked up and down Mission Street a fair ways, pawing through a bunch of pawn shops and thrift stores looking for nothing in particular. After seeing a bunch of random brick-a-brack I eventually came away with a Harmonica which I have named Santiago.
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| The photobomb guy was also cool. |
The day before was mostly characterized by driving for six or seven hours on freeways, almost running out of gas due to truly fantastic planning skills and then going to see my friends at a bar. Turns out it was Ladies Night at the bar and that is only about half as exciting as it sounds because I was in San Francisco and they really mean Ladies Night. Suffice to say there was a lot of flannel in attendance.
Which was, incidentally a whole mess of fun. I met a pair of really fascinating students at Berkeley, and had an interesting discussion about luminescent mice and virology. Plus, I got to watch my friend-and-former-suitemate-in-MacCracken Catherine get her game on a bunch of lovely young ladies and I would be remiss if I did not admire her skills. In fact, I could, with little hyperbole, describe my feelings as "awe."
My other two, less distracted, companions were Sarah and Ben. Sarah I had only known very briefly in school (Most of it characterized by a very trendy discussion of how Chuck Palahniuk is pretty cool for making Fight Club.) and I was glad to have an opportunity to have a more substantial interaction with her.
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| Not Freeway Lunch. |
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So yeah, all in all I've been on the road for three days and I think I'm doing pretty good. I'm gonna go finish this Dresden Files book now, I'll hit the road tomorrow and update in the very near future.
~Jon Ying out.
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