asi es la vida

yesterday i spent some time on google earth "visiting" places i've lived. it came as no shock to me, though, when i found that this is what my old apartment complex in kansas city now looks like:



It probably is all for the better. The place was crazy. A relentless arsonist helped the complex make the 10 pm news, and after that someone started painting swastikas throughout the building. (They eventually were given the moniker "strastikers" by the self-appointed security guard.)

I lived on the ninth floor, so the fires were of some concern. And so were the cockroaches...

I don't think I took any pictures during that year. But, ah, the memories linger...