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A strange man types his thoughts on a train to San Francisco and back

In 2016 I was working on a book I finished but never released- to create the book I took train trips to different places and wrote the whole time- a real stream of consciousness thing- this is the writing I did one a train trip from San Jose to San Francisco- -------------------------------------------------- A train slams the side of my window as a “bullet” train slashes by- it's called a bullet train not because it's some kind of super train like they have in Japan or China- no, it's the same old train made in 1985 it just doesn’t stop as often- we begin rolling forward slowly- Stacks of cement blocks lay in front of a cement plant next to an apartment complex- car parks- dog parks- no kid parks- more graffiti splayed out on the walls- names I can’t read- shiny icons- large cement pipes lay in a pile next to grey mounds of dirt and an excavator building new cookie cutter condos- or maybe a strip mall with the same stores you just saw 5 miles before so you c

Strange Update 7-12-17

I spent a lot of the past two months dealing with life stuff- as life happens- death of family and a pet and the things that come along with it- I also spent a week at the hospital in UCLA to support a friends father who went through a serious surgery- UCLA hospital window view When I was in LA I did get to visit with my friend Ricky Grove- thanks for the ride to Santa Monica Ricky! I wanted to walk around the neighborhood I used to live and meet up with the people I was there too see- While stuck in traffic Ricky and I were coming up with a list of movies to play in a suicide theater- a theater that has a gun chained to the wall near the door- I remember adding "Castaway" and "You've got mail" to that list- Also when I was in LA I ate at the same place everyday- I love Persian food so this place is the BEST - Excellent, excellent food- Anyway-As I had to deal with other things I wasn't able to work much in the past two months due to these ev