Second Chances for the Land of Queenie Here is what I used to know about Victoria: Tea Queen Parliament Big gardens I could care less about Buskers (god, I even hate that word) Boats and water ferries Bad trip with college boyfriend and his mom involving tea, previously mentioned dumb gardens and a Christmas Shoppe [...]
Continue ReadingInternet Machete: Silicon Lips and Hot Dates
I went into the internet jungle with a big knife and cut you down some cool shit. Wield These at Next Weird Bike-Networking Function Weird, useful and green bike facts. Zinester’s Guide to Portland (and beyond) This Zinester’s Guide to Portland by Microcosm Publishing is rife with little typos and adorable spelling errors. Get over [...]
Continue ReadingMusic Love Tuesday: The National, Radical Face, Western States Motel, The Naked and the Famous and The Eels
The National’s new song, Exile Vilify has been kicking my ass for the past few days. In the spirit of that and other ass-kicking songs-of-late (at least for me). Here’s some musical love. Exile Vilify by The National Welcome Home by Radical Face: Powerlines by The Western States Motel: Young Blood by The Naked and [...]
Continue ReadingHistorical Field Notes: Complications and F*cked Up Boys from the 90′s
Digging through notes of last summer’s tour in preparation for next week’s adventure down the Pacific Coast from Aptos to ?? (wherever I end up?) On August 21, 2010, I rode north through Victoria, BC toward Sidney, where I intended to nab a ferry. I took the Galloping Goose Trail, which brought me, at some [...]
Continue ReadingMy Father, the Fish Monster
Daddy smelled like fish. That was the fact of it. He reeked of 15 million pounds of salmon – the ocean dumped out and left to warm and rot on the floor of the processing plant. He worked on the docks of Seattle, processing the shiny, glimmering corpse-bodies until they were racked in tidy filets, [...]
Continue ReadingBlue Bucket Gratitude
I think of the blue bucket every time I step into the shower. I have a claw-foot tub. Romantic, but probably impractical. There’s no wall to hold onto and the sunlight slips through the sheer white shower curtains on the rare morning when Portland lets me remember what it is to be bathed in light. [...]
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