The highlight of most of my days was loitering around various spots around Schenectady with my brother like raccoons people-watching from behind a dumpster gate. We always had some shit to talk about, and being out in the middle of the night in a place like Schenectady assured us we'd be witness to something entertaining at one point or another. ( Read more... )

DAY FIFTY-EIGHT
Friday, April 3rdWe took a day off of DoorDash deliveries and hotel isolation to go exploring together. We both needed it. The feelings of insignificance I’d always feared while doing all I could to avoid “work” were confirmed and really catching up to me, and I needed some quality time with Alyssa having fun instead of being a ( Read more... )

DAY FIFTY-THREE
Sunday, March 29thI never slept and started getting things together pretty early before Alyssa’s cellphone alarm woke her up. We loaded a bunch of things into the car and camper across several trips between our room and the parking lot. It was bright and sunny out, pretty warm, and when it came down to it we were both pretty amped ( Read more... )

DAY ONE
Thursday, February 6thWoke up to a couple inches of snow as the sky began to sleet and then became snow again--an annoying reminder of one of the many reasons we were getting the fuck out of the northeast. I got up real early and shoveled before positioning the car in front of the camper so it’d be ready to hook up right away. I also tried ( Read more... )

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Sunday, August 18th

So as many of you know by now, Alyssa and I have left the 518, with no intentions of ever coming back. At some point I'm sure I'll have to come get my car and the few belongings I've stored in it back my Aunt's house, but I'm otherwise very dedicated to never returning. We will once again be living in our car--a 2007 Hyundai ( Read more... )

DAY SIXTY-SEVEN
Friday, November 2ndWhen we woke up, we had a fucking ticket waiting for us. We had seen the sign on the other side of the street before parking for the night, forbidding parking on the first and third whatever day during some three-hour period of time in the morning for some superfluous street-sweeping, and I guess we naively ( Read more... )

DAY SIXTY-FOUR
Tuesday, October 30thWe slept in, nice and cozy, and took advantage of our wonderful hosts' offers to use their bathrooms and laundry rooms. After over two months, I finally shaved my head, figuring being on the warm west coast was probably the best place to do it, and trimmed my beard. It was very liberating. We put dirty clothes, ( Read more... )