September 1998 Musings of the Gus

The drive across the United States to San Diego, and a picture of life in southern California.

• 01: money without compromise - How to support yourself doing what you love without selling out and going soft.

• 02: football pomp - A major university town and its irritating para-football rituals.

• 03: travels with Mother - I leave my car under Matt Roger's care and suffer with Kim's mother.

• 04: crossing the Mississippi - Kim and I drive from Ann Arbor, Michigan to St. Louis, Missouri.

• 05:Lawrence, Kansas - Kim and I drive through Missouri to an internet friend's house in Kansas.

• 06: Great Plains - Kim and I drive from Lawrence, Kansas to Santa Rosa, New Mexico.

• 07: mountains and deserts - Kim and I drive from Santa Rosa, New Mexico to Phoenix, Arizona.

• 08: flea crisis - Aunt Rhonda finds a flea on Sophie the Schnauzer.

• 09: southern California - Kim and I drive from Phoenix, Arizona to San Diego, California.

• 10: Pacific Ocean - Kim and I go to Pacific Beach, California and wade out into the Pacific Ocean.

• 11: Cinderella - My girlfriend's strange dysfunctional relationship with her mother and barren aunts.

• 12: cabana occupation - Kim and I finally move into Rita's cabana.

• 13: morning in La Jolla - Kim and I visit this trendy oceanside suburb north of San Diego.

• 14: Radio Bicycle Old Dude -A weirdo on a bike and I paint a picture of an overpass.

• 15: cheap Chinese sandals - I don't have to wear my combat boots everywhere anymore.

• 16: Rosarito Beach - Kim and I have our first genuine experience in the Third World.

• 17: more about Mexico - The Tijuana Wall, Mexican auto insurance, and the massacre of 19.

• 18: multi-headed funk - I experience the Friday blues.

• 19: beach culture & Miss America - I buy a bike, ride a boogie board and watch the Miss America competition.

• 20: Dog Beach - A place for the dogs to swim. It's a good surfing beach too.

• 21: Hansel & Gretel - I figure out the tale that our relationship with Rita most resembles.

• 22: dogs and landlords - It's hard to find a place in San Diego if you have a dog.