Thursday, July 14, 2005

"I didn't even start dropping out until my mid-20's... In fourth grade I wanted to blow up the school, but I didn't know how... In high school.. I wanted to go live off the land in the Idaho wilderness, but actually doing it seemed as remote and difficult as going to the moon... [now] I'm a specialist at eating garbage -- as I draft this I'm eating a meal I made with organic eggs from a dumpster, and later I'll make a pie of dumpstered apples. I live on under $2000 a year, I have no permanent residence, and moving to the Idaho wilderness now seems like a reachable goal -- but no longer the best idea..."