Zine Scene

I was kind of in love with Lauren even before I met her. Her bike was parked outside R.B. Winnings Coffee shop. It wasn't that special of a bike, a Nishiki Single Speed, but it was just the right shade of Teal with a lot of white trimming. And it was real clean and very well maintained, and it was parked in a great spot without a lock, which isn't the best idea in Albuquerque; but that just seemed like a cool and confident thing for the bike owner to do. "I love this bike and I love the owner of this bike", I thought to myself, even though I didn't know who owned it. So I was the admiring the bike and there she was,  and she was a whole lot cooler and confidant than that bike.

By the time I was in my thirties I had a shoebox full of tickets. Most of the tickets were for music concerts, but there were also sporting event tickets and a few lift tickets from ski resorts. So I guess that says a lot about me; in my life I was mainly a spectator. I did play a lot of sports like city league softball, and hundreds of games of pick-up or work/school/social related volleyball, basketball, croquet, and golf; but no one would have ever paid to see me play.

I have diagnosed with a rare skin sarcoma (DFSP) on my lower abdomen. It is not very aggressive at all, at least on the surface. But it turns out I've had this sarcoma for >40 years, though until recently I thought it was a birthmark. DFSP has a reputation for putting out roots or going deeper. I often have discomfort in this area.  I would like an MRI to see if I have any type of internal mass in the area of the DFSP tumor. I also have cloudy urine fairly often and would like a Cat Scan to see if I have any kidney stones; both my parents were hospitalized for very painful kidney stones. My urine flow is pretty weak, and I get up to urinate at least a couple times every night. I would like an MRI to see if I have BPH.