Is it too late in 2009 to do my year in cities 2008? I don’t care. I’m bored, my allergies are acting up, the ill-advised wedge of fancy cheese I had for dinner isn’t sitting right, and so I’d rather think about all the places I went than where I am right now. Star denotes places I visited more than once:
Houston, TX *
Falfurrias, TX
Dallas, TX
London
Brussels
Bruges
Amsterdam
Berlin
Oranienburg
St. Louis, MO*
Chicago, IL
Llano, TX
I used to be the kind of writer who would take a sight like this and try to connect it to some experience in my own life. But what would it be with this photo? That I went to Target to buy a digital TV and decided to save some money by getting the converter box instead, and now I’m $300 further from being homeless like this guy ha ha? That if that kid’s holding a Bible and talking about what I think he’s talking about, then that’s the kind of thing I’d have wanted to do in high school? It all sounds kind of dumb, doesn’t it?
Or maybe I could say blah blah the juxtaposition of this and consumerism, or blah blah I’m lucky to have a support system that would help keep me from this fate if I ran out of other options, or blah blah nuts to Christianity but if it helps either one of these people then good for them?
Nah, it’s all dumb.
I really want this shirt, but not if this size chart is real and I have to order a 2XL.