When I was a much younger man I used to leave my home on the weekends late at night. Typically after 12. I knew all the roads. I knew all the alleys. The dew on the grass would just be forming on the golf course. My gf would hit me up on AOL and tell me to head over. I'd be on my board and cover the few miles just to see her and make out. No phone. Hardly any cars on the road. Seeing my darkened friends homes as they were asleep. Doing looking back on it, stupid shit like skating stair sets and ledges by myself. Having no one to bother me as it was 98% white. Just absolute peace. Walking or skating. No worries. Just the sodium arc lamps and the pavement. Hanging out at my middle school practicing my 50-50 grinds. Meeting up on occasion with others that knew how to find me at those times. Having a lucky moist with sweat and looking out over the city. Heading up to Mt. Sinai over the bluffs and watching the river. I just felt alive. I'm afraid those years are gone but they will always be in my memory.
Spent my formative years on the streets in the dark, quietly consuming contraband in the shadows, parks and woods. The peacefulness of the moonlit landscape. I can still smell the summer night air.
The thing I remember most about Casey was the smell of her long brown hair and the texture of her flannel jacket. Skipping school to lay around in a haybarn all day.
Hoo boy if I had a time machine, I'd never meet you people and I'd buy her that barn.
I own a house in my hometown that's not far from a freeway interchange. You can hear vehicle sound during the day, but after midnight it becomes quiet. I intentionally changed my sleep schedule in order to get up well before 6AM in order to enjoy that complete quiet.
As a child 50 years ago, I used to say overnight at my grandparents' house, which was situated fairly close to a newly built freeway in the early 60s. I remember when I was falling asleep it would be very quiet because there was no traffic on the freeway with the exception of the occasional truck, which I could hear pass by.
Used to do the same in the park at my old grade school. Alone or with friends. Most.y alone. Sitting in the center of 20 acres with a 360 view and three escape routes. Maybe it would rain, probably not. Cold as fuck in October.
[ - ] __47__ [op] 1 point 6 monthsNov 3, 2024 00:30:39 ago (+1/-0)
It can. There's constant noise where I am. Neighbors, cars, cars revving out, emergency vehicles, some fuckiny building that makes a whoosh sound every couple minutes. It's maddening. I wish I appreciated the times I spent sitting on the golf course at 2am.
I moved to a literal mountain top only to find it was infested with ATV yuppies and lacked emission checks (which I thought was great until the road lit up)
A literal fucking mountaintop. In the fucking mountains.
Daily fucking noise penetrating every room of my 3Bdroom house. Like not a little noise.
There's also an airport, was never a problem, a delight by comparison to the road.
[ + ] HelenHighwater
[ - ] HelenHighwater 1 point 6 monthsNov 3, 2024 12:28:34 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] puremadness
[ - ] puremadness 0 points 6 monthsNov 3, 2024 13:53:14 ago (+0/-0)
Skipping school to lay around in a haybarn all day.
Hoo boy if I had a time machine, I'd never meet you people and I'd buy her that barn.
[ + ] HelenHighwater
[ - ] HelenHighwater 1 point 6 monthsNov 3, 2024 16:00:30 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] Lost_In_The_Thinking
[ - ] Lost_In_The_Thinking 1 point 6 monthsNov 3, 2024 07:04:48 ago (+1/-0)
As a child 50 years ago, I used to say overnight at my grandparents' house, which was situated fairly close to a newly built freeway in the early 60s. I remember when I was falling asleep it would be very quiet because there was no traffic on the freeway with the exception of the occasional truck, which I could hear pass by.
[ + ] puremadness
[ - ] puremadness 1 point 6 monthsNov 3, 2024 13:55:41 ago (+1/-0)
I sometimes wonder if humans pull consciousness from a shared pool, because I feel so much better when the rest of you are asleep.
[ + ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey
[ - ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey 1 point 6 monthsNov 3, 2024 01:05:36 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] Drstrangestgov
[ - ] Drstrangestgov 2 points 6 monthsNov 3, 2024 00:23:25 ago (+2/-0)
[ + ] __47__
[ - ] __47__ [op] 1 point 6 monthsNov 3, 2024 00:30:39 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] puremadness
[ - ] puremadness 1 point 6 monthsNov 3, 2024 03:53:10 ago (+1/-0)
A literal fucking mountaintop.
In the fucking mountains.
Daily fucking noise penetrating every room of my 3Bdroom house.
Like not a little noise.
There's also an airport, was never a problem, a delight by comparison to the road.
They dont make ivory towers like they used to.
[ + ] puremadness
[ - ] puremadness 1 point 6 monthsNov 3, 2024 03:52:08 ago (+1/-0)
All the demons are here.
[ + ] Drstrangestgov
[ - ] Drstrangestgov 0 points 6 monthsNov 3, 2024 13:49:22 ago (+0/-0)