Part 3: No Use for Time

From the movie, Easy Rider.

5/22 ~ 9:49 am
In the parking lot of Osco, the radio played Speed of Sound by Coldplay. I noted the words “How long am I going to stand with my head in the sand.” I ate a peach.

My wife had taken the digital camera to CA, and I would be taking pictures the old fashioned way. Expensive! I was not too upset about it though: I had a feeling that the quality of these pictures would be worth it. As I write this, they are not yet developed. We will see tonight. Ahhh the anticipation. What do those three plastic spindles hold?

10:01
As I leave the store, three girl scouts are emptying a book donation bin. It is refreshing to see the forces of good at work this Saturday morning. I debate whether or not to take a picture, but I am too shy to ask, and I sometimes feel creepy taking pictures of people without their permission. I get in the car. Norah Jones brings peace with a song that I cannot find the name of. I noted the words “Do you?”

10:07
As I wait at the light to get on US-60, I am singing at the top of my lungs with Bono and the Edge .

Listen to me now
I need to let you know
You don’t have to go it alone

And it’s you when I look in the mirror
And it’s you when I don’t pick up the phone
Sometimes you can’t make it on your own

Full lyrics

I take off my watch and toss it on the backseat floor while waiting for the light to change; a lesson I learned from Peter Fonda in Easy Rider. I am no longer bound by time.