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i’m in. at the height of despair (i was visiting a townhouse that i thought was ‘pretty nice’) i drove past a house in southdowns with a for rent sign. less than an hour later i was writing a check. it’s cute and perfect and more money than i wanted to spend but i just [...]

in the doldrums a bit today. had to move out of the extended stay america. hoping to land something good today, but the problem with a small town is that not much comes on the market everyday. by noon, you’ve seen everything. i’ve been spending the afternoons driving around neighborhoods street by street looking for [...]

Gotta find a new hotel tonight. my $45 priceline deal ran out. bummer, cause this is a nice place. there’s a few others around here, though. plus, i’m getting closer to finding a rental. yesterday was good. saw a few nice places in the garden district and actually applied to a place in capital heights. [...]

when i crossed into louisiana saturday, the first place i stopped was this gas station: i didn’t do any gambling, but all the gas stations in the sticks down here double as casinos. this particular place also sells alligator heads. the road between lafayette and baton rouge is almost entirely a bridge that cuts through [...]

the mighty mississippi roll past atchafalaya, don’t know where to go … that’s the 10 coming into baton rouge. i could hop back on and be at the santa monica pier in about 21 hours. i could also take a right on this river and be in st. louis in 9. this intersection is a [...]

the fourth of july in texas is like mardi gras, the super bowl, and the resurrection of jesus christ all wrapped into one light beer soaked festival with explosives. we went to the track. nice enough track. quite a bit different than hollywood park and santa anita. seemed newer. lacked some charm. plus, it was [...]

you ever hear a good racist joke? not a joke that our liberal narrow minded ideologies would ever allow us to laugh at, of course, but a good fucking joke that has a racist punch line? they can be hilarious. the joke’s exaggeration can be stated in a way that is brilliant, if not insensitive. [...]

i’ve been staying at my dad’s place for a week as of today. my organized piles of clean and dirty laundry have started to get comfortable in the space between the bed and the wall. got a haircut yesterday. gave the dog a bath today and then went to a matinee. i’m becoming normed to [...]

i mowed last night. first time in about fifteen years. when you grow up in illinois, mowing is a large part of your childhood. mowing your own yard was a chore, and i never wanted to do it. plus, my parents were divorced, so i had two yards to mow. we always had shitty mowers, [...]

dallas has a nice art museum and a hell of a farmer’s market. first tuesday of the month means they open up the museums across the nation for the huddled masses to come in and get their art on. i spent a few hours cruising around the collection musing about my future plans. i love [...]