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What killed it for me? Two words: anarchist bookfair.

Yeah, politics are fucked. I hope that the entire left gets eviscerated over the next couple years, and indeed it's headed that direction (Obama aka Epic Fail Guy isn't doing much to help himself), but I don't know who is going to take over on the right. I used to say I'd take a Republican over...

Shouldn't this be in Politics and Anarchism? Anyway, there was a time I was slightly into these things. That time has since passed.

FABULOUS post. I was going to respond to ayron: "as they would stay and fight, the looting would never stop and the battles for the streets would be ongoing untill the pigs backed down. anarchism would emerge if that were the case." No, it wouldn't. Anarchism would die a bloody death because...

Shop da wops, do a battle roll and i just lost the match.

Never had a problem in K Falls, but I kind of want to meet the bull just to see how bad he really is.

The heat is always unpleasant this time of year. In my notes, I wrote that the Central Valley is where death goes to die.

(written in an east erie commercial railroad boxcar on the m-wcrv-09 while at a crew change in bakersfield,ca) I can hear a man coughing his lungs out. He sounds like a sad man; a man who thinks he has no story worth mentioning; a man lost in his own footsteps. I imagine that at one point in...

I had to bump this because I don't think there's any finer writing on StP than that of bote's.

I think drinking (and other substance abuse) is the result of personal discontent. I always hear how great it is to be free and on the road, but a lot of times, I hear that from drunks or junkies laying in dirt in the catch out spot for weeks on end. And after talking to a lot of people who have...

I now, ladies and gentlemen, I will show you StP before Chalmbers left, and after Chalmbers left, as demonstrated by my lovely (?) assistant, Miss Amy Winehouse. Before / After Ta Da!

I'm fond of Heineken and all Mexican beers except Corona. EDIT: Gosh darn, I hadn't realized I had already posted in this thread.

Not bad, continue!

It's MADNESS, that's what it is.

Perhaps I'm blessed. I said: mom, dad, I'm going to ride freight trains. They said: be careful, check in. Where in SoCal are you at?

Too late. I've already filed for two days of permits. I have an extra permit, too, just in the event your protest protest shows up, because I have a backup protest to protest your protest protesting my protest. All of my protestors are the future of political protesting, I grew them myself in my...

omg wut im gonna make a protest now brb gotta go shopping for black clothes and bandanas omg u r DEAD err i mean im all for freedum of opinoin but ur dum

Well, that's not quite what I'm saying. They should not be suppressed and silenced. But what the population should do and what they will do are two different things. The reason certain subcultures aren't successful is because they do a poor job of representing themselves seriously. For every...

Can i hav vegan rainbow cooki ?

Punks, bboys, goths, metalheads...whatever stupid classification that humans have lumped themselves into...none of those people are considered serious in the world. There are more people pursuing the American Dream than there are protesting.

I think long, encompassing music is the best for traveling. Most symphonies/electronic compositions/film scores, etc.

I think that's an important thing that a lot of protestors and activists overlook. If you want to start a revolution, shouting a bunch of bullshit slogans and waving pretty signs isn't going to do much. You need to understand what demographics you'll be going after and how you plan on relaying...

This will probably seem reminiscent to the last story I wrote on here, but I'm trying to make something that's a bit more publishable. Also, I'll write up a story on my last trip to the east coast sometime soon, too. Colton "Right here, this is where all the homebums hang out," says Nick...

This last trip on the Overland route. West Colton to Global 3. Can't recall how long it took but it's a few thousand miles. Rode the DPU most of the way.

drown - junot diaz i love latin american writers (i don't think there's a better group of writers ever than the latin americans) and junot diaz is making waves right now so i bought this book on a whim. pretty good so far. it's a collection of short stories telling some kid's life story.

This would be an interesting little vehicle to have... ICON Aircraft: Sport Flying Revolution

Sleeping Pad vs. Cardboard Therm-a-Rest Ridge Rest Sleeping Pad - Regular at REI.com I have this. It's amazing. Not as comfortable as an inflatable, but it's pure magic on trains. It fit perfectly in a 53 mini-well. I was able to roll it out quickly and discreetly, and when it was time to get...

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That dog is the ultimate troll.

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Put motor oil and bleach into a syringe and inject it into your heart. It's a fucking RUSH, man!

To ward off hangovers, I'll drink a ton of water while I'm drinking. And after I'm done drinking and especially before I go to sleep, I'll drink a lot of water. I like Gatorade, too. When I wake up hungover, I think the best remedies are sleep, water, fruits...stuff that's easy on the body.

A name, a date, something just to be filled out on a form, some data in a computer, all of these are relative. Consider the standouts in history books: Abraham Lincoln is just a name, Christopher Columbus will be remembered for one date, the United States Constitution is just something that was...

I absolutely hate being barefoot, unless inside or on the beach!

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I've got some additions. Railfan sites for the West Coast/Southern California: TrainOrders is great, but these have helped me a lot, too! SoCalRailFan Forums - Powered by vBulletin Very detailed, but some sections aren't very active. Still, I've gotten a lot of good info off of this site...

Stella Artois or Sol. I don't typically like beer too much.

Very nice stuff. Clair De Lune is great. Play some Rachmaninoff next!

What are you growing more passionate about, though? Love? Life? I would tie the three lines about passion onto something else, or give it more explanation, as it can be confused standing alone.

I think that the reason this hasn't received more comments is because it's too long and doesn't read well at all. It's just a bunch of emotionally charged one-liners and anti-civilization rhetoric I've read countless times before. I think the two comments are pretty reflective of that: just the...

i had a hard time following it...what's the message? And the part about passion thickening your blood seems out of place.

i'd do it. An iPhone would be easy to carry/conceal/protect, and the benefits seem pretty tremendous (I'd kill for Brick Attack on a long siding!!!). Edit: someone should really write some trainhopping specific iPhone apps. CCG, Rail Atlas, ACTS, scanner, etc...

I lol'd at: YOU JUST TOOK 20 HITS OF LSD! I can only imagine what that must have felt like! Good story!

I used a Kodak ZX1 on my Short Trip video. It's a pocket camcorder that takes VGA, HD, and HD60 video, as well as stills (though not particularly high quality; the stills in that video were taken with it). What makes it appealing to me are two things: expandable memory - it's competitor, the...

I liked this.

During the Anarchist bookfair, Haight St. was pretty much drenched in traveling kids.

Do 4, then 1. That's my plan, anyway.

yeah, especially since i was just up north. i didn't want to sit in the rain.