strawberries cherries & an angel's kiss in spring

[ we're cracking ourselves up to be you ]
date: 2002-01-04
time: 6:51 p.m.

!road trip!

wednesday (12.26): left bay area. travelled down the coast. the ocean air was warm and lovely. i wanted to float off of the cliffs and dance forever in the water..

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stayed for night in sleepy-town bakersfield. if i lived there i would fall over much more than i do now. soundtrack: 'ok computer'-radiohead. 'morning view'-incubus.

thursday (12.27): the desert. slow and still. ochre-red madness. we stopped the car on the side of the road and i stood in the middle of the road. it was like 'fear and loathing in las vegas'...only johnny depp wasn't there..unfortunately.

stayed for the night in racist tonopah, nevada. odd looks in the only restaurant in town: 'silver queen'..for being with a chinese person and looking the way i do..they had free postcards. i took tons...soundtrack: 'echoes'-pink floyd. 'is this it'-strokes. 'dummy'-portishead.

friday (12.28): again, through the desert up to reno. the desert is such a cleansing place. i slid down sand-dunes and made a fire. the sky was explosive navy and violet. it was so beautiful i thought i was going to cry or puke..

we arrived in smokey depressing reno late friday night. it was sad because reno is a scary trashy place...and because i listened to dashboard confessional the whole way there..soundtrack: 'swiss army romance'-dc. 'parachutes'-coldplay.

saturday (12.29): i do not like reno. the smoke made my eyes sting. the casino was full of stupid people selling themselves to a craps dealer. and little machines that make happy noises even when you don't win. because they always do. i sat in the lobby taking blurry pictures and watched crazy people go by...

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..this one is the reflection of the room on the window. you can see the dots of city lights in the back..

reno made me cry and laugh. we went home. it was snowing when we left. and fog was lying close to the gound. i left with an empty stomach and an empty hand...and curled up with jimmy eat world and coldplay the whole way home...

when i got back into my bruised purple room..i felt odd and balanced. i missed the space of the coast and the desert...but my room was warm and held me. i felt like crying that whole day. and i woke up..remembering i was on break..so i went outside and drew on the sidewalk with chalk..and all was well again.

but, now i'm dead again. school kicked the shit out of me from the get go. i'm ready for another break now...

mood: sick

music: "aurora" -veruca salt

p.s. i dont know why but dland puts little black dots on my pics :(

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