seriously?

[rm]

Did I really get hassled about my gender identity on the subway this morning by two junior high kids watching porn on a portable DVD player?????

Yes. Yes I did.

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[brithistorian.livejournal.com]

Driving through wide-open spaces can be deathly boring.

Definitely. A place needs a certain number of towns or a certain amount of scenery to be enjoyable to road trip through. West Texas fails on both counts, as does northern Iowa.

[trinker.livejournal.com]

I love "This American Life" recordings for this.

[brithistorian.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a good idea. Now that I have the technology (last time I drove through west Texas I was in a car that didn't even have a cassette player), I like episodes of Folk Alley and Folkcast for travelling.

[elusis.livejournal.com]

Moral of this story: Don't go to West Texas.

[rm.livejournal.com]

I once took a bus from NYC to Austin. I still feel damaged by it.

[elusis.livejournal.com]

As my grandmother used to say, "well what would you want to do a thing like that for?"

[rm.livejournal.com]

Ass broke. Had a wedding to attend under complicated circumstances in which I was feeling the need to passive-aggressively honor the moment. I'm not kidding when I write about my preoccupation with the idea of the ordeal.

[elusis.livejournal.com]

I'm not kidding when I write about my preoccupation with the idea of the ordeal.



Oh, I get it.

[brithistorian.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, if you live in New Orleans and want to go to the Grand Canyon, Texas is pretty much the only thing between where you are and where you want to be. But I've never gone back, after that one time.

[elusis.livejournal.com]

Usually I am in favor of "shortest possible distance" trips, but in that case I'd be tempted to detour. It's like the Bermuda Triangle in there.

[brithistorian.livejournal.com]

Given my druthers I'd definitely detour. But on that trip we had enough time and money to drive straight from New Orleans to the Canyon, spend half a day there, and then drive straight back. As it happened, our car broke down in Albuquerque, we ended up coming back late and over budget, and I never did get to see the Canyon. I did get to see Carlsbad Cavern on the way back, though, so that was a nice consolation prize.