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and who’s to say, these could be the good old days
One more shift. One more shift and the weekend is here. Looks like a couple of my plans got scrapped but no matter – it’ll still be nice to not be going to work. I don’t know if I’m fighting off the...
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make me warm or take me home, it’s so cold in here
San Francisco’s indian summer appears to be over. I got to the garage early last night and the air was already brisk on my ride over; when I got out of the cab to take a piss before the sun had even...
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alien can blend, right on in with ya kin, look again, ’cause i swear i spot...
I could feel myself getting depressed yesterday, slipping into that old familiar funk like a comfortable pair of shoes. And then she got in the car and put it all in perspective. I was picking up a...
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he did the mash, he did the monster mash
Tonight will be my ninth shift in ten days, and it’s Halloween. Ugh. I’m fucking tired. Sure, I’m sitting on a pile of bread, and this time tomorrow I’ll be headed down the coast for Big Sur with a...
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am i done, am i spun, fuck that i’m a vampire
Nothing much to write today. Yesterday I made lunches for the week, sauteed a killer black bean/kale/pea/bell pepper/broccoli/egg white yellow curry scramble for breakfast, went to work, made a grip of...
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yeah, oaktown, oakland definitely in the house
- Come on, just come over to my house for one drink. - I really shouldn’t – it’s a school night. - What’s another hour gonna do? Besides, you’re practically my neighbor. - Where do you live? - 26th and...
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i’m a tourist, but if you stay with me, i’ll always be at home
I picked them up by the Ferry Building just after midnight, a middle-aged man and a pretty leggy brunette dressed smartly in black. “Evenin’. Where we goin’?” “That depends on how much fun you want to...
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came so close, you almost hit that bitch, like you said nigga, almost
Oh, the rain. As if the Dreamforce convention wasn’t enough yesterday to keep me busy in the taxi, the first real rain of the winter came in fits and spurts all throughout my shift. Fifty to a hundred...
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i know it doesn’t seem too conventional, but it’ll do until i get you in the...
These conventioneers are boring. I’m sure they’re nice people and all, but after midnight last night it was dead out on the streets, even for a Wednesday. Everywhere I went, the hum of the city was...
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you’re speeding up to slow down, down, down
The last twenty-four hours have been a blur of friends and errands and phone calls and appointments. I’m actually amazed at what I got done during my time off. I woke up Sunday afternoon, the sun...
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silver bells, silver bells, it’s christmas time in the city
The only time of year that I become wary of asking people how they’re doing is between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. ‘Tis the season of some people having a hard time during the holidays. I get it,...
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there’s a serious side in everything i say, life is too short for you to wait...
“Where we going man?” “Penthouse Club, up on Broadway.” “I know it well. That kind of night, eh?” He laughed. “No, not really. I got some buddies in from out of town and they insisted on going up...
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i took one step back and went straight to her jaw
There’s a club on Mission, a place where I always seem to pick up people who just don’t get it. Last night was no exception. The two guys get in, both drunk, both loud. They compliment me on my hat and...
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it’s beginning to look a lot like christmas, everywhere you go
And boom – I’m on vacation. Vacation actually started last night when I picked up my favorite regular from work. She’d had a no-good, horrible, shitty-ass day and so when I suggested we stop for...
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