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Christmas Story.
It’s two days before Christmas and I’m scouting on the edge of Skid Row, and there is a blind man standing on the corner and he is yelling. The man is very tall and very gaunt and looks to be in his late 60s. He wears a blue track jacket and brown corduroys. Both are…
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Fast Food
I’m scouting a mom-and-pop fast food restaurant, the kind that has literally everything on the menu. It’s about 4pm. A man who is clearly homeless walks in and goes to the front counter and orders french toast with a side of bacon, in a voice that sounds both utterly exhausted and triumphant. He counts out…
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Four Days
I was scouting farmland near LA for orange groves when I found myself parked next to the old graveyard for the area. I took a quick walkthrough to see the oldest grave (1876, pretty damn old for LA). As I was leaving, I noticed four graves in a row. Looking closer, I saw they were…
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Martinez Video No. 2
Clearly owned by someone who once took a lot of pride in their video store. Rest in peace, Martinez Video No. 2.