hellzaphat

So I'm in Nevada City. I spent a coupla large rather discontented, sometimes thoroughly depressed chunks of my life here (including my ghastly high school years). There's definately some serious negative psychological effects from spending time here. I started out chilling with Punky and Ariel mostly. They've got a nice bohemian thing going on over at Ariel's place that's kinda refreshing. But now Punky's new boyfriend is back in town, and I don't feel comfortable being around them. Ariel had suggested I eventually settle in SoCal with her, and that's certainly not out of the question. I've got a lot of stuff not to do before then though. I have no Idea what the future will hold for me at this point.

I have experienced some anxiety about my travels (mostly revolving around the inevitable social situations). I skated around a parking lot by myself yesterday evening and I think that was the most fun I've had since leaving. Ryan suggested I stick around til this weekend and take a trip to Reno with him and whoever else. That's not a bad Idea, I've been itching to win some money at the craps table. My interest in gambling lies purely in using odds and streaks to my advantage and winning (and in the occurance of some bad luck, keeping losses at a minimum).

I've been hangin' out with Ryan mostly lately, which means getting drunk and playing cards.

The day before yesterday, I ended up getting dragged out into the wilderness to Malakoff Diggings by Chris (Ariel's BF), Ariel, and Punky. I brought a coupla fortys of Mickey's to keep me company. After over an hour of driving, we arrive at our remote, insect-infested destination. I guess the plan was to go in and paint something somewhere, but about a minute after we arrived, the park rangers drove up. They held us there and threatened to charge us with several misdemeaners, and eventually let us go as long as I pour out the remainder of the forty I was working on. I guess they musta had some dead homies or somethin'.

I gotta start talking to more strangers. Soon that's all there'll be. I'm hoping to use the internet as a tool to meet some people in some random towns. But there's a lame stigma about meeting people IRL, that you met online. Whatever. I saw Pirates of the Caribbean yesterday. It was very enjoyable. I'm very much looking forward to leaving this town, but there's still a few things I wanna do before I leave.

Some pix...
Ariel
http://www.geocities.com/jakevega/LJ/arielmagica.txt
Punky
http://www.geocities.com/jakevega/LJ/punkytattoo.txt
Me
http://www.geocities.com/jakevega/LJ/vegatrue.txt
Ryan
http://www.geocities.com/jakevega/LJ/ryanfinger.txt
Me Again
http://www.geocities.com/jakevega/LJ/vegatie.txt
A surreal scanner image I made of Ariel a few days ago.
http://www.geocities.com/jakevega/LJ/arielscan.txt
Me and my forty
http://www.geocities.com/jakevega/LJ/jakeforty.txt
Me yet again
http://www.geocities.com/jakevega/LJ/vegaposed.txt
A pic I took of Ryan yesterday.
http://www.geocities.com/jakevega/LJ/ryanfaded.txt
A pic that Ryan took of me a coupla months ago. I just scanned it.
http://www.geocities.com/jakevega/LJ/montereyjake.txt

Until',
Hellzaphat