There's a fire coming up over the hills to the south. I could see it from my bedroom window, but I'm too lazy to move the curtains. When I went out for my walk tonight there were these idiots standing out on the street and watching it ( Read more... )

It's because, inevitably, some guy hits on me. Today it was...

...wait for it...

...a 20-year-old college student.

Obviously, he had assumed that I was around his age, because when I told him that I was 28 he was like, "Whoa..." He was actually a pretty good-looking kid, though. We briefly talked about music, college, and how shit this town is. Then ( Read more... )

You would not believe the crap I went through while I was out looking for work today. I was crossing the street to get to the shopping center by my house when I saw a group of about half a dozen teens (mostly boys, maybe a girl or two) hanging around on the lawn on the side of Vons. My first instinct on seeing them was to avoid them if at all ( Read more... )