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every time i drive to north hollywood and take coldwater so i can brood at the mulholland overlook, there are several massive, lighted, blinking signs that say, “WATER MAIN PROJECT. EXTREME DELAYS. USE ANOTHER ROUTE.” the haters and losers reeeeaaaaaallly don’t want me to sit on top of my car and vape (because you're not allowed to smoke out there; wildfires) and listen to elliott smith and ponder and yearn and contemplate and draw conclusions and create paradigms and perspectives and viewpoints. 😎 i also want to point out that i’ve never hit these fabled ”extreme delays” taking the canyon, and then i don’t have to drive the 101, which is infinitely less interesting and sparkly.
i guess it says something about me and my choices that i’ll take a road i‘m warned possesses nothing but delays and trouble for me if it means i get to see something sublimely beautiful along the way. i wonder how many of those people down there are trying to quit vaping. i wonder how many love christopher guest movies. i wonder how many ignore warning signs too ⛔️
Jan 25, 2024
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I take a drive from my house into Griffith Park, entering via Vermont. I drive past the Greek, up the hill to the Observatory, down through Fern Dell, then I get onto Los Feliz and come back home. I do this whenever I’m happy, sad, ecstatic, suicidal, or am feeling the need to celebrate something. I will often stop at the 7-11 for a Celsius beforehand and drink it on the loop. Less frequently, I’ll put my car in neutral at the top of the hill and see how far I can get down without shifting into drive.
Nov 13, 2023
hell yeah i’ll pull off the highway on top of a mountain and risk taking the shortest merge lane ever to get back in line with the 70mph traffic. you would too for this view!
May 18, 2025
Sure, it takes longer to get to the beach and there will be traffic during busy times, but it is the best! Drive through the hills, past the marine mammal center, the art school, the old jeeps for sale, and that one container truck owned by a koi pond company. Laguna Canyon is magical and should never be changed
May 20, 2025
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nobody at your bullshit email job is going to perish if you are away from your computer for fifteen minutes. don’t clock out. get paid to be in the sun. relish in every moment that you have no Slack messages to answer and do something that counteracts the soul-crushing pain of staring at a screen all day. whether you rest your eyes, read a chapter of a book, walk around your block - whatever it is, steal time because your employer probably isn’t paying you well enough to merit staring into the Outlook abyss for eight hours.
Jan 30, 2024
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BONUS FEATURES! NO WORRYING ABOUT IF YOU’RE PAYING FOR THE RIGHT STREAMING SERVICE! WILL NEVER BE RETROACTIVELY ALTERED! it’s beautiful
Jan 27, 2024
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the divine is real and edgy atheism is out
Jan 29, 2024