Me, Asylums, Roller Coasters, and You.

[Dimocritus]

Bored.
Bored. Bored. Bored.
I've only been here for two months, and I'm already bored.
No unnecessary sedation, no electro-shock therapy, not even any elevator music.
This place has become confining somehow. I feel... Restrained.
And yet I sense my destiny is at hand. Things are changing and a brilliant idea has come to me.
I will leave this place.

Let's make an analogy.

Life, see, it's like this amusement park. I looked around for the most bad-ass, fastest, vomit-inducing ride I could find. You know, the type where you spin around hanging by your ankles as you get flipped through loops and plummet at the ground at a ridiculous speed only to go rocketing back up into the blue. Yeah, that one. The exciting one. Well, I waited around until I was old enough to go out into the park on my own, and I was tall enough to make it past the wooden clown cutout guarding the dangerous ride from the kiddies. I waited in line, and then, finally, I got to ride the ride.

It was awesome.

Flips, loops, a sense of danger. It was great. The highs and the lows. The lows were, in some ways, even better than the highs. The highs being a slow inclination towards the tipping point, and the lows, well, they give a new meaning to life as you drop towards the concrete at a break-neck pace. Man, I rode the fuck out of that coaster.

But then things, they seemed to get a little dull. The lows seemed not as base and the highs, well, I don't even get high anymore (trust me, I try) and now I'm wondering: what happened? Where's the excitement? The death defying thrills? What happened to my favorite ride? The answer: nothing. It just ended, and I'm that stupid mother-fucker sitting in a stopped roller-coaster car with my arms up in the air going "Whoot!" The ride didn't stop being fun, it's just over. I'm not even sure how long it's been stopped, I've been too busy trying to figure out where all the loops went.

Yeah, the ride is done. And if I don't get out of the car, I'll be stuck riding it again, and we all know it's not as good the second time around, let alone the third or fourth. It makes me wonder, though, how many laps around the same track have I taken? How long did I expect this roller-coaster to sustain me?

Anyhow, it's time to get off the ride and find something else. Maybe another ride, maybe the cotton candy stand, maybe just a bench to sit on and watch the carnies do the weird carny things they do. The thing is, I'm not really sure.



I have one semester left after this one, and after that, I start thinking about what school I'm going to transfer to, or if I'm going to continue schooling at all. Whatever I choose, it's certainly not going to be here. I need a new ride, I must leave this place.

Any suggestions?

[Doktor Howl]

Come to Tucson.  We have a good university, everyone is armed to the teeth, and the place is crawling in perverts.

Also, we need more musicians.  The Kenny Loggins Tribute Band just isn't cutting it.

[Dimocritus]

Come to Tucson.  We have a good university, everyone is armed to the teeth, and the place is crawling in perverts.

Also, we need more musicians.  The Kenny Loggins Tribute Band just isn't cutting it.

TBH, I had thought of this.

[Doktor Howl]

Come to Tucson.  We have a good university, everyone is armed to the teeth, and the place is crawling in perverts.

Also, we need more musicians.  The Kenny Loggins Tribute Band just isn't cutting it.

TBH, I had thought of this.

The university is also jammed full of hotties.  The rest of the city, not so much.

[Dimocritus]

Come to Tucson.  We have a good university, everyone is armed to the teeth, and the place is crawling in perverts.

Also, we need more musicians.  The Kenny Loggins Tribute Band just isn't cutting it.

TBH, I had thought of this.

The university is also jammed full of hotties.  The rest of the city, not so much.

I gotta figure out what kind of funding I can get for a four year university before I make any decisions. Plus, I need to make some cash to do the actual moving, and, once I figure out where I'm going, I'm gonna need to get hooked up somehow with a place to sleep.

I was also kind of considering Portland. I dunno why. It just seems kinda cool...

[Doktor Howl]

Come to Tucson.  We have a good university, everyone is armed to the teeth, and the place is crawling in perverts.

Also, we need more musicians.  The Kenny Loggins Tribute Band just isn't cutting it.

TBH, I had thought of this.

The university is also jammed full of hotties.  The rest of the city, not so much.

I gotta figure out what kind of funding I can get for a four year university before I make any decisions. Plus, I need to make some cash to do the actual moving, and, once I figure out where I'm going, I'm gonna need to get hooked up somehow with a place to sleep.

I was also kind of considering Portland. I dunno why. It just seems kinda cool...

The two worst cities in America are at the top of your list?  

Seriously, look up U of A Tucson.

[Dimocritus]

Come to Tucson.  We have a good university, everyone is armed to the teeth, and the place is crawling in perverts.

Also, we need more musicians.  The Kenny Loggins Tribute Band just isn't cutting it.

TBH, I had thought of this.

The university is also jammed full of hotties.  The rest of the city, not so much.

I gotta figure out what kind of funding I can get for a four year university before I make any decisions. Plus, I need to make some cash to do the actual moving, and, once I figure out where I'm going, I'm gonna need to get hooked up somehow with a place to sleep.

I was also kind of considering Portland. I dunno why. It just seems kinda cool...

The two worst cities in America are at the top of your list?  

Seriously, look up U of A Tucson.

Who wants the good ones? I may be switching rides, but I still like skull-numbing danger. I don't think you get that in the "good" cities.

[Doktor Howl]

Come to Tucson.  We have a good university, everyone is armed to the teeth, and the place is crawling in perverts.

Also, we need more musicians.  The Kenny Loggins Tribute Band just isn't cutting it.

TBH, I had thought of this.

The university is also jammed full of hotties.  The rest of the city, not so much.

I gotta figure out what kind of funding I can get for a four year university before I make any decisions. Plus, I need to make some cash to do the actual moving, and, once I figure out where I'm going, I'm gonna need to get hooked up somehow with a place to sleep.

I was also kind of considering Portland. I dunno why. It just seems kinda cool...

The two worst cities in America are at the top of your list?  

Seriously, look up U of A Tucson.

Who wants the good ones? I may be switching rides, but I still like skull-numbing danger. I don't think you get that in the "good" cities.

Oh, we have that.

They're gonna LOVE you at The Meatrack, and on Grant Road.

[Dimocritus]

Not sure what that means, but what the hell...

[Doktor Howl]

Not sure what that means, but what the hell...

muhaha

[Suu]

Come to Tucson.  We have a good university, everyone is armed to the teeth, and the place is crawling in perverts.

Also, we need more musicians.  The Kenny Loggins Tribute Band just isn't cutting it.

TBH, I had thought of this.

You should come with Richter and I when we finally make our pilgrimage to the desert.

However, I couldn't live there. I spent way too much time on I-10 one spring break and decided that I *like* green grass and high tides.

[Dimocritus]

Come to Tucson.  We have a good university, everyone is armed to the teeth, and the place is crawling in perverts.

Also, we need more musicians.  The Kenny Loggins Tribute Band just isn't cutting it.

TBH, I had thought of this.

You should come with Richter and I when we finally make our pilgrimage to the desert.

However, I couldn't live there. I spent way too much time on I-10 one spring break and decided that I *like* green grass and high tides.

When are you planning on going? Driving/Flying? Things of that nature...

It would be nice to try it on before I make a commitment.

[Doktor Howl]

Come to Tucson.  We have a good university, everyone is armed to the teeth, and the place is crawling in perverts.

Also, we need more musicians.  The Kenny Loggins Tribute Band just isn't cutting it.

TBH, I had thought of this.

You should come with Richter and I when we finally make our pilgrimage to the desert.

However, I couldn't live there. I spent way too much time on I-10 one spring break and decided that I *like* green grass and high tides.

Soft coastal people.  

We are a simple desert people.  We need no "vegetation" or "ocean".  

[Suu]

Come to Tucson.  We have a good university, everyone is armed to the teeth, and the place is crawling in perverts.

Also, we need more musicians.  The Kenny Loggins Tribute Band just isn't cutting it.

TBH, I had thought of this.

You should come with Richter and I when we finally make our pilgrimage to the desert.

However, I couldn't live there. I spent way too much time on I-10 one spring break and decided that I *like* green grass and high tides.

When are you planning on going? Driving/Flying? Things of that nature...

It would be nice to try it on before I make a commitment.

We'll probably fly. No idea when, it's just an idea.

Soft coastal people.   

We are a simple desert people.  We need no "vegetation" or "ocean". 

It isn't as soft here as you think. We're a nasty, clove-smoking, unforgiving, polluting race who never stop being at war with each other.

[Richter]

I will see the desert, soon hopefully. 
I like the concept of a desert.  I may be one of the desert loving English that just ended up on the wrong continent. 
Maybe I'd like it too much, like Lawrence.