I don't want to be happy and inane right now, but sometimes the walls between you and those who do, aren't thick enough. And who ever thought doors would make a difference?! Weed and music the perfect. It sounds like the perfect combination nextdoor. Maybe it would be more productive just to cave in right now....than spend the next few hours trying to resist only to cave in when people have passed out.
Going back to our ride to Burning Man... This guy didn't look like a nut, but he was. I walked into the kitchen to rescue Nathalie from the slow churning of conversation I overheard and introduced myself. He was stooped over the counter as if he hadn't slept for days. He stood up to say hello, and shit, he was tall.
'Hey' he muttered, looking somewhere over my head.
"Shawn right?"
"Yep". I had spoken to him twice last night, but I don't really remember it. He had called to say he could take us, then called back about 1am saying "Nah girls, sorry but I gotta go tonight?"
"Why?"
"I just got to go, thats all, I can't be waiting around. It's already started..." He sounded shifty, so I didn't bother trying to persuade him otherwise.
"Dam...Ok, well do what you've got to do then. Thanks for the offer anyway."
I'd hung up, passed out again while mumbling to Charlie we had no way to get us and all our junk there...then the phone rang again sometime later.
"Its Shawn. I'm still in the bay. I will pick you up at 8, ok." This guy has to be on something.
"Sure, sure," And so i knew it was Shawn, but I asked anyway, as you do.
"So you know Tom?"
"Tom?"
"Yeah, Tom. He said he knew someone who could give us a ride"
"Nah, I don't know anyone called Tom."
"So how come you have our number?"
"My friend gave me your number, and told me to call you because you needed a ride."
"Ok. Well...are you sure that wasn't Tom?"
"Yeah..."
"Well, how did he get your number?"
"He got it off Craigs list." I thought he was the one cracked out, but it turns out I was.
Of course! We had put an ad up 2 nights ago in Guatemala, and completely forgot. I needed to sleep, but we were on our way to a place where you don't sleep for days on end.