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Hate L.A., Love You

August 31, 2009 | 1 Comment

I Hate L.A.: the book

Happy birthday, MorningStar. For you, my most encouraging commenter, I present my favourite quotes from each of the 11 chapters of I Hate L.A. Click on the images to enlarge them.

Chapter 1: I Hate L.A.

Chapter 2: The Plastic Asshole of the World

Chapter 3: An Industry Town

Chapter 4: Out Here Nobody Seems Normal

Chapter 5: L'Idiot

Chapter 6: Don't Walk. Drive

Chapter 7: Smog Gets In Your Eyes

Chapter 8: Where There's Never Weather

Chapter 9: A Regular Hell

Chapter 10: The Final Chapter of Western Man

Chapter 11: All the Loose Objects

You can read the rest here. Cheers!

The Funlands have been in Portland over a year now, and the traditions have begun to establish themselves. For one: the Bridge Pedal, which I recently participated in for the second time. In this annual event, 18,000 or so cyclists take over the freeways and river crossings of Stumptown, riding on roads where only cars typically tread. As I say several times a week, “I love this town.”