Life's a beach. No, really. There are loudmouth uglies in too-small beachwear, there are cigarette butts, there are jellyfish. But, there is warm sun, clear blue sky, crystal water and weightless oblivion. Life is also a bike ride. There are ups, there are downs, there are potholes, there are assholes. But there are also cool nights with the city sparkling around you, and you are singing into the wind at 30 miles an hour.

What my friends are doing lately. "i punched my friend in the face and she got a nosebleed. we were drunk. i did shrooms and went to a rave. i taught max to braze. i learned to hop freights. i helped run an alleycat race."