Posts Tagged as ‘California’

June 23, 2008

the california chronicles, pt. 2

  It is twelve twenty-eight. I strike a match. In the quiet I go running through the cool night. The sun sets late out here and it takes a while for the heat to evaporate, rising up through the brown and the upstairs bedrooms. I find myself circling around and around the route through the [...]

December 14, 2007

4339 to Atlanta

On greyscale days like these when nothing seems to stand out it is easier just to stay inside our minds and color in our thoughts. We could be just like two preschoolers with thick red crayons at a restaurant hard at work on our placemat masterpiece. This is my favorite thing of all to do [...]

October 18, 2007

What To Do At A Stop Sign In California (and other life lessons)

In Ten (Relatively) Easy Steps 1. This is a stop sign. So is this. This, this, and this is not. This is a stop sign in Canada. You should not need to remember the last part mainly because this post is concerned only with stop signs in California. *WARNING* If you should come upon a stop sign closely resembling the one [...]

December 26, 2006

‘Twas the night before the Grammys…

‘Twas the night ‘fore the Grammys, ‘twas all on the air Not a creature would miss it, not even Tony Blair The odds they were posted on websites with care In hopes that some better would be millionaire The pop stars were nestled with Pina Coladas While Eminem dreamt of ‘borghini Gallardos And Bono in [...]