Chapter III: Slipping Over to Someplace alittle more Comfortable

Eugene
Article I: Getting there..

i. Greyhound is as miserable as the people riding it. your ride will be as unpleasant as the person sitting next to you. (see below)

ii. even if you have tickets arrive early as seating is general and for all you know after the choice seating is taken you may have to sit next to a 400lb native american with a slight smell who may or may not be selling drugs to the white guy sitting behind you with some mental disease that makes him think he's black.

iii. when you are white with a disease that makes you think you are black with a syndrome that makes you think you can rap, it is unwise to slip in titles of Disney movies into your lyrics.

iv. the best strategy: block hearing with music, protect against eye contact with shades, keep your eyes on your book, and keep resuring yourself it will all be over soon.

v. check flippers of pinball machines in seedy bus stations before they swallow your $0.50

vi. coffee is not the beverage of choice for a longer trip thats rest stops are out of your control.

vii. you know your a long way from home when the fields are filled with sheep instead of cows.

viii. beware of babies. pack asprin.

ix. bus stations are filled with interesting people. including college football fans whos father's are KKK members.

x. at arrive do not wait around bus stations to gather your bearings. strech your legs to the nearest yuppie coffee shop.

Enter Character(s) II: the Wild Family
a nice Eugene family living on a quite street with a comfortable couch. old friends of my travel companion Mellissa (editor and coauthor). their name really is Wild.

the Wilds house is quite cool in both the fashionable sense and the atmospheric sense.
the Wilds have chickens. about six.
the Wilds are all vegetarian. stupid West Coast...
the Wilds have some very nice knives.
the Wilds wireless internet password is amusing.
please note: Jen Wild is a teacher alittle overconnected with students via Facebook. Mark Wild writes Sudokku's for the local paper. Kiara Wild is obsessed with Manga. Malikite Ede Wild has one of the coolest names ever.