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2001-02-21 || 12:08 || my road trip part one. || california ---> nevada (reno. bonanza inn. static electricity in the shag carpet. neon signs. jack's diner. biscuits and gravy. smoking section. non-smoking section.) ---> (winnemucca. wal-mart. rubber boots and self-serve slurpee machine. black snow in the parking lot. cement cemetery.) ---> idaho (twin falls. cookie fortune: this is really a great day. congratulations! howlin at honkers. beer in a bucket. cigarettes. zz top van halen green day matchbox 20 covers. cowboy hats. hairspray. (i love you, whispered.) el cortez motel. thermostat set at 90 but no heat. harrison elementary. polaroids. swing sets. i tried to do flips on the monkey bars but it wasn't working because i could feel fear of falling. the perrine bridge. evil kneivel nowhere to be seen. 'twin falls idaho' written in eyeliner on the rear window. 99-cent store. postcards.) ---> (horses. cows.) (snow.) (idaho, brown.) ---> (boise. "city of trees" hip kids. brick buildings. guestlodge balcony. handstand contest in room 217. night: cold hands cold noses eunice-erika-albert-tony-yolanda. neurolux. built to spill on the juke box. ping pong championships. my brother the bartender. merritt's country cafe. the boys in the smoking section are high. scones big enough to fill the plate. garfunk-e-l.) (boise cafe. thank you, boise written in marker on the curb. i did that.) (rite-aid full of scary people.) (no doug.) ---> oregon ---> idaho ---> (we're lost) ---> oregon ---> nevada ---> (rain, and) ---> california (rain and snow. tire chains. the grandmotherly voice on the a.m. road conditions station. an hour stopped on the highway: car heat carbon monoxide halo bender's snowfall snow beginning to collect on the windshield. turning the road white. large flakes. small flakes. melting on the palm of my hand. stopping starting chains on radio on heat on i am nervous. chains off.) ---> california. (snow dissolving to rain. familiar.) guestbook || notes || archives || profile || photos || d-land |