Where

I need asphalt stickered with paint, peaches, intermittent breaks and intermittent brakes.

Fifty years prior and perhaps I'd know my heroes. Bennie in my veins and high hopes rolling off my tongue as we took what we could get. My skin warm as we walked the edges of the roads waiting for a passerby. Soaking the words of each driver so kind as to pick us up. Studying the roots of human nature, we would become connoisseurs of the human soul. The soundtrack would be crass and biting with melodies and rhythms scarcely recognized. Every stop would become my home and possess a man who would deserve all of my love. And as soon as the stars began to dim in that town...

We would be living for life. We would dig the music, the drugs, the men, the women, the road, and anything that would unsuspectingly cross our paths. We would become a generation worthy of a title. We would have carelessly loved unconditionally and been loved without remorse. We would die having first lived.

I'd rather rake than mow

I go through this process every summer. I'm like a bird that needs to migrate but some ass hole put me in a cage. I just don't understand why I have to be so damn responsible and focused on school. All I want is to do something unexpected. Pack my shit, pawn the leftovers, bail on my lease, quit work, drop out of school, and drive towards the setting sun. I'll set up shop in some nameless town that can't be found on google maps and be referred to as "the city girl" by the locals.

I've always hated summer. I swear..the hotter it gets the more I want to run off some place. I need a change of scenery. I want to be out on my own again. Away from comfort. Away from familiar faces. Away from the same old highways. I want to venture off and do something totally new. For now though, can we just skip this whole July/August thing and move right into the changing of the leaves?

Colin Boatenreiter

217

Colin Boatenreiter

14-Feb

Dekalb County Death List 2000

This is Colin. Apparently he was the 217th death in Dekalb County in 2000. His girlfriend was listed at 216. I don't know that they were necessarily listed in the order of actual death or just admittance.

Sadly, when searching for this picture, I found their garageband.com website. Daniel Page (also deceased), Colin, and David (alive) were all members. Their music is still there. It's not very good, but hey...they were young then. It's a little hard for me to listen to, knowing that I'll never get to see them play again.

These are some pictures of Colin and some of his artwork.
Sometimes It Bleeds (band website)

Like his yearbook picture above says, "He had a lot to say, he had a lot of nothing to say, we'll miss him." Six years have passed and we still miss you.