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“There were days, and there were days, and there were days between.” —Grateful Dead, “Days Between” Sometimes I think about how I used to be. You know what I mean? I think you know what it's like to feel it. To sit, and think, hm, that was different then, and that was something that I think I liked. But then you don't know, do you? Or do you? It doesn't m…

Suck that air into your lungs. It makes you feel alive, maybe because you’re closer to death. The tip of the cigarette freezes between drags. Wait, are eyelids supposed to crunch? Inside, it’s a new world. One blonde ale, please. A loud couple has been drinking Hot Toddy’s since noon. Can’t blame ‘em. “What else are you going to do but party?” he says. …

I guess it’s now. Something inside of me used to wonder what it would’ve been like to see him. But these days I don’t even wish for it. The perfect nature of it all. 30 years. One week. How isn’t magic real? So many roads. The space and time flows together, there’s not much else. We can try. We do. A life that impacted millions. Art that will last etern…

Eve Babitz is dead. She was 78, not that age really matters when you’re infinite. But she is no longer on Planet Earth, and that is that. There’s not much I can say here that won’t be said better by other people smarter than me. Do yourself a favor and read what…

Mountain biking rocks. If you've never experienced it, you're really missing out. Climbing absolutely sucks and it makes you feel like you’re going to die a very long and slow and painful death because you’re not quite sure if there’s actually enough oxygen on planet earth for you to suck down, but once you hit the top and start flyin…