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No clue why I would be dreaming about vampires.

I keep being told that I am out of touch with what is going on in the world today. That may be.

Every time I peek my head out and look around I have the same view I had last time. Is the world really changing or is it just people?



Last month I visited Atlanta for 24 hours. It was my first trip anywhere alone since 1994. Alone and vagrant in a big city. $100 in my pocket(cash)and my husband's cell phone.

I did have a person meeting me at the Greyhound station. It was in a rather seedy part of downtown right near the courthouse. I didn't know when I planned the trip, it was close to the night club I was going to.

I was looking forward to a leisurely afternoon of exploring. I don't travel anywhere very fast anymore so leisure is my pace of choice.

The person who met me at the station was a real Dynamo. He only knew one pace; light speed. Exaggerating, I know. He walked too fast.

He was afraid of being mugged. We had to walk through the local vagrants and drug dealers that usually frequent seedy downtown areas. No big deal, every city has them and they are all the same. I ran into the charismatic pot dealer 20 yards from front door of the station. He said hi, I said hi. He told me to enjoy my visit to Atlanta, I said thanks.

At the train another fella asked for money and the guy I was with lied to him. Told him we didn't have cash. That situation was a little nerve wracking because the guy followed us but I discovered my seatmate from the bus at the train platform and when I greeted him, the follower guy disappeared.

The trip around town was a bit of a nightmare; I really won't include other people in my next trip. I will just go alone and stay that way. It is more fun.

By the time we got to the club later I was hot, tired, sweaty. Very unglamorous. The people I met up with at the club were more interested in getting plastered and stupid than they were in the music. I am the type that either sits in the back where I can see everything, at the bar where there is always activity or in the front by the speakers. The front of this place would have been dangerous. Totally would have been trampled to death by horny drunk women over second rate cover artists.

I still had fun. I would go there again. The people I ran into while unencumbered(by other people)were pretty cool. Being alone also adds an element of invisibility. People talk openly around people they cannot see. I knew before I left the club who the owner was, who was actually in charge of the event and that they were planning another event at the same club, maybe annually.

At 2am I found myself walking back through that seedy area alone. This time the area was bustling like it hadn't been when I arrived. The nighttime vagrants and crazies were afoot. The bus station was packed. Public transportation closes around 1am so people tend to overnight at transit locations. Airport, Greyhound; anywhere that is an interstate travel hub.

Stories I had heard through the day led me to believe that walking through that neighborhood at night was treacherous. It really wasn't.

The overnight at the Greyhound station was tiring but not without it's usual charm. People now have cell phones and computers but otherwise not much changes. The people within the station awaiting their various transits form a temporary community. Looking out for each other, keeping each other entertained.



I noted no real change in the street life from when I lived on the street until now. Oh but perception from the outside in is so hyped up. I will make the trip to that club again. Definitely. By myself next time so I can actually relax and enjoy myself. With one change. I will make the airport my overnight next time because I might be able to sleep. Security at the Greyhound was really uptight about people stretching out and being comfortable.

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SupremeMasterLM
12:13 Apr 21 2016

"what is going on in the world today."



The countries around the world soon to be having a Nuclear-World War 3. Nothing to worry about. We voted for the Goverment to keep us safe!... I just need to now know the location of the closest Vault is and not need to be worrying about strange experiments happening in the Vaults.

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moonkissed
13:23 Apr 21 2016

I wish you luck Vault Hunter!



Hmm, made I should set up a PS4 account so I can play too.

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I just watched a Taiwanese commercial for the Samsung Gear VR headset. It looks like a cool product. Really like something that could make gaming and video chatting way more immersive but the commercial also has the element of a person being excluded as the lead couple bonds and develops a friendship through their use of the Gear. The commercial is a three part drama; I am fairly sure the finale will have the excluded person getting a Gear and becoming part of the fun. Right now it just looks like she feels bad about the growing relationship between the lead couple and her inability to compete with the gadget.

I don't know why but today I have such a weight on me.

It could be the changes going on. My kids, I worked so hard to nurture and guide are adults now. My son getting ready to move out. My daughter in a stable, loving relationship with a fellow who would never dream of hurting her. I think he would damage himself first.

All alone in the house for the first time in a while, I am cleaning and while cleaning I always think.

Today I think of the person besides myself and my husband who helped me shelter and protect my children during the hardest time in our lives and I feel remorse.

I never told him properly how much gratitude I felt. Now seeing how my son is so much like this person I am happy he was around.

I can't ever tell this person that my kids turned out well. I can't thank him for being there when I had no friends and my family had all turned their backs. He never asked me for anything but he sat patiently so many times and listened to my grievances; never offering advice, opinion or taking sides. He was all support.

I know he was often angry about the way we lived. Even if he isn't still best friends with my ex, he is still connected to that family.

It makes me feel bad that that very connection is the reason he has to wonder how we are instead of knowing. I wonder if he ever is reminded of us and becomes angry or sad.

I feel pretty sorry,