Article I: long distance travel
i. all things considered (or otherwise), it is probably wise not to take Greyhound at all.
ii. on the eve of traveling hundreds of miles, it is best to be well rested. it is even better not to spend your night under a tree at the bus station.
iii. Downtown Sacramento is an interesting place full of nightclubs at two in the morning. best enjoyed when of legal age to enjoy them.
iv. when arriving in a new place in the middle of the night, the morning will literally be an eye opening experience.
v. even one hour of sleep goes a very long way. that being said; coffee goes much, much farther.
vi. consume more than coffee and cigarettes. although great for a leisurely mid afternoon, you will be miserable by the time you arrive.
vii. music will be constant entertainment. Tetris gets old rather quick.
viii. seize any opportunity to stretch and remind yourself you still have legs.
ix. upon arrival, breathe a sigh of relief. then go to sleep before the jet lag hits.
x. if you awake in the morning and have no idea where you are on the map, or in general; you have done well. Congratulations.
Enter Characters VIII: Grand Master Nix and a Rose (by any other name...)
Straight from Viroqua, WI these two Oxfordian Enthusiasts (aka, Shakespeare Authorship Conspiracy Nuts like myself) arrived in the backwoods of the Bay Area coast to collect books before heading up the Ashland, OR.
Mr. Nix has a Karl Marx beard and runs a bookstore in Viroqua.
Mr. Nix has both an eye and an obsession for first edition prints with dust covers.
Mr. Nix is an avid Cloud Cult supporter and an 'Ovid' Oxfordian Freak.
Rose is a Sophomore at Laurel Charter School.
Rose will punch you every time a VW is in sight.
Rose now has a Baritone Uke from Chicago; 1950ish.
Conspiracize with Character(s) VIII.
Article II: California
i. Arnold Schwarzenegger really is the governator hear. just when you thought it was all a joke.
ii. everything is somehow "about an hour" drive away in the bay area.
iii. unlike Oregon, the entire coast is NOT all state park; equalling more scenic drives and more populated beaches.
iv. obviously, things are more expensive here. don't get too comfortable with Oregon's lack of sales tax.
v. the houses are packed so close together in places it seems like the slums in some third world country. if you didn't have to get an arm and a leg loaned to live there that is.
vi. the cities are crowded, commercial, and congested. if you hoped for the classic fantasy of the City in California; you're approximately 40 years a little late.
vii. Santa Cruz is slightly cheaper and filled with Hipster Cafes where you can acquire your Vegan Soy Vanilla De-Cafe Latte at all hours of the morning.
viii. the backwoods are lovely and you never know when you might be driving past where Lou Reed lived, or staying where Jerry Garcia stayed.
ix. as disappointing as reality may sometimes be; it's still remarkably chilling to see "San Francisco" on one of those green Interstate signs.
x. you know your along way from Wisconsin when the field of cows has the Pacific Ocean as a scenic back drop.
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