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... )

When I'd met Alyssa, she was already planning on not renewing her lease in Albany and to instead try living out of her car, or at least that was what she told me. I too was deciding to no longer live and pay rent in the basement I'd been in for a while. Alyssa and I had really made a name for ourselves in the city as the couple who was everywhere, ( Read more... )

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The first time I went to visit Sam after they moved to Philadelphia in April, I was obviously still very hopeful Tara would take me back, so I had no intentions of doing anything physically intimate or even affectionate with anyone else, not even for fun and not even with someone whose every Instagram post made me sigh involuntarily out of sexual ( Read more... )

DAY ONE
Friday, September 16thI woke up having gotten far less sleep than I should have, but the adrenaline got me going right away. I skipped taking what could have been my last shower for the foreseeable future and packed my bag. I did several inspections of the house to make sure we weren't forgetting anything, put the bikes on the rack, and ( Read more... )

Friday, January 1st

My last day in Schenectady for the next two months was spent with Matt. We went out to eat dinner at Jasmine Thai and then went out with my brother and Kayla to see a digital projection of Hateful Eight, a film I could and would see on the big screen multiple times. That night, we both stopped by the house where the girl I had ( Read more... )

Saturday, September 5th

The only person I really saw even close to regularly was my brother. More than half a year after starting to talk again, I really felt like we were sincerely friends again. We even had a weekly tradition where we got together every Wednesday night and watched the latest episode of the incredibly corny Scream TV show that ( Read more... )

Monday, June 29thI had been helping out at Lin's shop frequently since the winter, but not on any sort of schedule. Usually a day before, he'd text me and ask me if I could come and help and I'd almost always say yes. I had nothing else better to do and hanging out with Lin was always a good time. Even though I was only folding and boxing shirts, ( Read more... )