42 Dreams of Arizona Bay

There’s a guy in North Dakota charged with disorderly conduct for driving around an electric shopping cart while drunk. Thanks to Papillon1966 for pointing it out to me. I laughed myself silly!

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In the same vein as Pilgrim’s ear worm entry, my internal jukebox is stuck on “If I Was Your Girlfriend” by Prince, and before that, Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal.” Though I prefer the Alien Ant Farm version.

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I missed my family a lot. And I wanted someone to finally come and visit me in my new place. My dad and stepmom are here, and are having a good time.
We’ve been to Yosemite and Monterey, and have been driving around. Dad got to see some cars, and went to a cruise-in. We’ve fallen [...]

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I don’t know how to say this. I don’t know how to cushion my words. So I’ll just say it.
Shel from From Vigo To Vega is going through a tough time.
Her father had a stroke sometime last week, and then another. She flew home to see him, and had the opportunity to speak with him [...]

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I’m really excited. My dad and stepmom will be here Sunday. I’ve been looking forward to this for months, and talked to my dad about coming to visit me almost as soon as I got here.
Perhaps right now, my dad should be dropping my stepbrother off at my grandparents’ house. Well, he’d be staying the [...]

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I can smell the sweat, salty, as it beads up on my face. Rolls down, drips to my shirt. It’s not an unpleasant smell. Later, when it dries, it smells less pleasant, a little vinegary, perhaps?
It’s in the high 90s up in the foothills. I think that surely it will cool off this high up, [...]

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So I love trees. Nothing as cool as seeing one of the oldest, biggest living thing on earth. Took a trip to Sequoia National Park on a foggy day. It’s funny how the weather often reverses between the Valley and the foothills. It was relatively sunny when we started our journey, but misty as we [...]

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