http://pridian.blogsome.com Random thoughts and ideas. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:24:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The sign read: Great Advice, only $.50. He was a younger man, slightly slumped in his Venice Beach bench. Ironically, his black skin shone white in the bright California sun. Yet his eyes were incredibly dark, like pools of a melting 75% cacao chocolate bar. As I dug through my multiple ... http://pridian.blogsome.com/2009/01/06/humility/ September 2nd, 2007 I finally left the garage today and was thrown into the back of a pick up. Though I prefer a bike rack atop a car, so the wind can blow through my bars, I was please to find myself beneath the sun and way from the lingering scent ... http://pridian.blogsome.com/2007/09/07/a-bicycles-diary/ We set our alarms for 1:45 AM. And when that time came, my body hardly recognized the alarm. Unsynchronized, I exited my bed to stumble into the living room where Sarah seemed to have slept all night. “Hey,” I said groggily. “Yeah,” she mumbled. We shuffled outside in our baggy pajamas and ... http://pridian.blogsome.com/2007/08/29/eclispe/ I walked into Starbucks… I know, I know, I have a lot of Starbucks stories. I walked into Starbucks to order my tall black iced tea- unsweetened. Employees at the coffee shop are usually out going and sometimes on the verge of dramatic. “Hey Muscles! What can I get you this ... http://pridian.blogsome.com/2007/07/06/henry/ Wind blew the heavy rain into obsidian waves over the asphalt. We ran, heads huddled under jackets, into the warm restaurant. Walking to the hostess, I saw a man sitting alone with his head bowed over his knees. His clothes were filthy and an old beanie atop his head had ... http://pridian.blogsome.com/2007/04/27/robert-the-disgruntled-pirate-and-bum/