I needed to find a second job. I had been working at the gas station for years, but they were cutting back my hours. My landlord also raised my rent again, and I know that I should really be putting my energy into looking for another place. I live in an old low-rise made mostly of concrete, and my place bakes in the summer sun. At night people stumble home drunk and scream at each other in the hall outside. I don't mind that so much, as the noise actually helps wake me up for when I'm working an overnight shift. But I'm getting... read full review »

So I was in Nevada last week, and you have to hear this story. I wasn't in one of the big towns like Vegas or Reno. This was a speck on the map on a highway that nobody went on anymore. I was going to meet a friend who had run off to live in the desert. You know how it is with some people. He said he was doing well, but I could tell that he was having problems. He used to wear a suit to work every day and then woke up one morning and decided that he couldn't do that anymore. You know the kind of person that I'm talking... read full review »