Damon Albarn sings, “The world is spinning too fast, I bought these Nike shoes / to keep myself tethered to the days I try to lose.” I’m an aspiring transcendentalist, so I won’t by shoes to tether me, but I will write.
I’m in a place I’ve been before. One year ago I forsook Chicago and […]

The other night we went up to the Haight to catch a movie at a worker-owned theater. Having arrived early, we pulled out the footbag.
A few different folks joined us and we had a good-sized circle when a passing hipster wanted in. He stayed for two or three serves, thanked us for the game, and […]

This post marks the end of the first unofficial jackvalentine.net hiatus and the beginning of my time in San Francisco. Here’s a rough breakdown of the past six weeks:

57% idle time in Chicago with excitement for the move at a stalemate with the tedium of last days; no energy to write
28% traveling through the midwest […]