Coast to Coast AM

    I found this crazy talk show on the radio called Coast to Coast AM.  The host Art Bell invites people on who like to talk about the search for aliens, ghost sightings, conspiracy theories, etc.  He also has what's called an Antichrist line, where people call in claiming to be the Antichrist.  One guy called in the other night who gave me goosebumps- he was very convincing, claiming the economy will implode in 2006. 

    And all these callers claiming to have been abducted by aliens are freaking me out.  I believe in aliens, I just didn't know these abductions were so common.  X-files is one of the best TV shows ever.  It isn't real, but this radio show makes it sound like non-fiction.  It has a way of opening your mind to other possibilities, making you wonder what's really out there.  The skies are limitless, the stars mysterious, the radio waves broadcast out from the high desert reaching every corner of the galaxy. 

Hells Canyon Road Trip

    My aunt and her friend drove me out to Hell's Canyon last weekend, but the freaking road was closed.  So, we didn't get to see the deepest canyon in the country.  Many people think the Grand Canyon is the deepest, but that is simply not so.  While being much wider than Hell's Canyon, it's 3,000 feet lower at its deepest point.

    Even though we didn't get to see it, it was nice to spend some time with Julie and Laura.  The highlight of the trip was listening to Delerium's Semantic Spaces while going over the Blue Mountains.  The chants and rhythm of that strange music echoed the atmosphere of those mountains perfectly.  Gothic is how my aunt describes it.

    On the way back, we got stuck in some horrible traffic.  I commented that someone in another car looked like a "fat chink".  My aunt informed me that chink is a disparaging word for a Chinese person, which I didn't know.  I felt bad for saying it.  There was a long, uncomfortable silence after that.  Which one of my dumb friends didn’t mention it was a slur?