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Chester Pane from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz February 22, 2012 - 10:47pm

Was it a van with five guys down by the riv-ur?

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Dave from a city near you is reading constantly February 23, 2012 - 12:00am

What Meat Seeker said.  When I was 19 I worked for an airline and lived alone.  At times I lived off of airline snacks, and a real treat was when the terminating flights didn't get rid of all the little cordon bleu sandwiches so we got to take them.

It's cliche as shit but it builds character.

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Chester Pane from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz February 23, 2012 - 12:44am

That is hilarious. Eating shitty airline food as a starving artist.

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Dave from a city near you is reading constantly February 23, 2012 - 12:55am

Nah, I dont think I could be called anything that even resembled an artist.  Just a dumb teenager.

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Chester Pane from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz February 23, 2012 - 1:08am

Eating starving airline food as a shitty teenager.

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aliensoul77 from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall. February 23, 2012 - 2:48am

Banquet microwave meals for a dollar.   Talk about constipation.

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Flaminia Ferina from Umbria is reading stuff February 23, 2012 - 3:33am

Buy a big bag of brown rice. It may sound like an important investment at first, but it's worth the expense. When you're flow you can eat fresh food and keep the rice for the meager. There are countless variations to the rice, steam it and put some baked veggies on the side. When dumpster diving, vegetables are a sure shot: you can tell by the odor what's their degree of unfreshness. Again in the dumpster, you can go for processed food that is not so much overdue. It's a risk, but if you score the right chemical balance there's the added value of intoxication-induced altered states of consciousness.

Dont' try this at home.

I second Nick on the soup. Soup and bread is always good food.

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters February 23, 2012 - 6:04am

Dave - you made my day worth living with that one.  That was awesome.  As of 7:04 am, you win.  But the day is long. 

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Utah from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry February 23, 2012 - 6:07am

Hell yes.  Chicken cordon bleu is the shizzle.

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters February 23, 2012 - 6:13am

Hot Pocket...

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aliensoul77 from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall. February 23, 2012 - 6:17am

Potatoes, fried, shredded, baked. And rice, rice is always good.

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Profunda Saint-... from Calgary, AB is reading Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series February 23, 2012 - 9:14am

Chester: The van at times did park near a river. But mainly it parked behind shitty dive bars. Of course there was no airline food. Just Peanut Butter. Yes, the capitals are for respect.

 

 

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Utah from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry February 23, 2012 - 9:16am

I guess the nice thing about peanut butter is that you don't have to stop the van for necessity breaks quite as often.

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Profunda Saint-... from Calgary, AB is reading Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series February 23, 2012 - 9:22am

It's true. We did drive around a lot. Which was maybe stupid, because gas costs more than food. But being 18 and getting in a van with five guys you meet in the local cesspool is also probably stupid. Live & learn.

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters February 23, 2012 - 9:27am

A girl I worked with met a guy at a gas station and really hit it off with him.  She parked her car behind the station and got in the car with him and off they went! 

At least that is what was gathered from the witnesses at the gas station. 

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Utah from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry February 23, 2012 - 9:32am

True story, Avery?

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters February 23, 2012 - 9:38am

True story.

It is all fun and games until a silly little 19 year old gets murdered. 

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. February 23, 2012 - 10:00am

Potted meat and dry ramen noodles. A lot of alcohol and water. Great pointers on the rice, bread and soup. 

Ha...I guess I am a starving artist. 

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bryanhowie from FW, ID is reading East of Eden. Steinbeck is FUCKING AMAZING. February 25, 2012 - 9:50am

It is all fun and games until a silly little 19 year old gets murdered.

Then it's just fun?