Scavenging

August 9th, 2010 - Tyler - permalink

The hunger struck me after I cleared a trip in the East Bluff while it was still daylight. There were options in the area…Chinese food seemed too expensive, and I doubted I’d have time to really enjoy it, on a…

Good game.

July 26th, 2010 - Tyler - permalink

Saturday night I cleared a trip in Peoria Heights about a quarter til four. I was tired already, there was enough time for one or two more flag trips leaving downtown. Then I’d go home and get some sleep.

I…

Hot Town

July 15th, 2010 - Tyler - permalink

Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, isn’t it a pity
Doesn’t seem to be a shadow in the city

All around, people looking half dead
Walking…

Long Nights

July 14th, 2010 - Tyler - permalink

Another slow night in the cab. The streets were vacant, other drivers dropping off the radar like 16 year old sailors. What little money I made from my first trip had to be burned on coffee two hours later.

She…

The Quan.

July 3rd, 2010 - Tyler - permalink

Saturday night was reaching its climax. That’s when the cluster fuck started. When bar business downtown was reaching its weekly peak, and there was good money to be made there. Fat tips from appreciative drunks.

I got sucked into the…

I’m a Weirdo.

June 28th, 2010 - Tyler - permalink

“Don’t talk like one of them you’re not…even if you’d like to be. You see, to them, you’re just a freak…like me!”

It was around 3AM Saturday night when I pulled in front of a packed Sully’s Pub on Adams…

Almost had me? You never had me.

June 17th, 2010 - Tyler - permalink

Filling up at the end of the night was cheap because I had made almost nothing. I topped the Scion off at $4.75 and walked inside. The clerk had been kind enough to allow me to pump the gas before…