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Saturday, June 30, 2001

Last night, a man talking on walkie talkie, rushing across Broadway: “I’m going to the dollar store. . . Yeah, we’re the only underground radio station on Broadway. We’ll be back up in an hour.”
The picture that immediately developed in my head was this buy in the middle of a broadcast, reading some [...]

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But enough about you . . .

Friday, June 29, 2001

I was walking up Pine and I stopped at Seventh, waiting for the light to change. A weathered old Indian man with a backpack stopped at the same spot and asked me for change and I turned him down.
He studied me for a few more seconds and said, “Did they make you get that [...]

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Strangers

Wednesday, June 27, 2001

Within a span of three minutes, I just mistook two strangers for other people. I also gave someone the time. I said it was 9:15 when it was actually 9:12, but I think that one worked out.

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One of These Days

Tuesday, June 26, 2001

This morning, drowsing in bed, not ready to get up after a late night. I hear a crashing sound, something like the recycling truck tossing recycling bins around or one of the giant yellow trucks that has been hauling loads of gravel up and down the street for a couple of months. Wait, [...]

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Never

Sunday, June 24, 2001

I overheard part of a conversation where a girl suddenly listed off things that she has never done, while her companion read the “Musician Wanted” ads in the Stranger out loud (”Bass player, bass player, bass player, Christian bass player.”):
She has never been to a wedding.
She has never taken acid.
She never graduated from high school.

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You don’t have to join us, you are us.

Thursday, June 21, 2001

Today, after getting a haircut at Rudy’s, I headed down to Bauhaus where I sat and read the new issue of the Stranger.
When I was finished, I looked up at the people lounging around. At least two-thirds of them had a copy of the Stranger open in front of them. I looked over at the [...]

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Exposed

Wednesday, June 20, 2001

I thinned out a few books and CDs today and hauled them away to sell.
Aside from clinically examining the CDs and putting them into little stacks, the guy at the CD store made no motions to indicate that I was present. He rejected a few (I’ve misplaced them at some point) and paid out [...]

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Go

Wednesday, June 20, 2001

Shut off the PC, go outside, and soak in the sun. The most direct rays are at noon. It’s nice and comfortable about now, and the sun will resist the horizon until after 9. We’re in extra innings until almost 10.
This is the perfect spot.

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Backwater

Tuesday, June 19, 2001

Most of my reading has been pretty uninspiring recently. Mostly I think that’s because I haven’t been keeping as focused on what I’m reading since I’ve taken so much time off. I have plenty of time to read – so why don’t I just read later, I think. If I were doing [...]

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Traces

Monday, June 18, 2001

There’s a little door in the wall of my bathroom that accesses some plumbing and some space in the wall. Since I painted, the door hasn’t been able to latch securely. Recently my neighbor (who I guess has a similar door) started storing boxes in there. They’ve bumped against my door a [...]

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