Diane Gets Railed/Diane Prende Les Rails

SELF-IMPOSING MY EXILE BY TAKING THE TRAIN ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WITH POUNDS OF HORMONES, MAKING FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY, & RAVING IN THE WOODS OF VERMONT BEFORE MOVING TO MONTREAL AT THE END OF AUGUST



SAN DIEGO

  • My city
  • Grew up in
  • Graduated from
  • Started work in
  • Was just getting the hang of it
  • Struggles perennially with fresh water & transportation


LOS ANGELES

  • My father's city
  • Necessary(?) evil
  • Eternally bullies San Diego
  • Southwestern orgy of the US rail network


AUSTIN

  • First visit
  • Idk, my bff ella?
  • Stay in a homie's guest room
  • Barbecue, *******, local beer, projector


CHICAGO

  • Boystown
  • Art & shit
  • Italian beef
  • Idk, my bff misterchicity?
  • Leave a rose at the former site of The Warehouse
  • Center of the universe (according to a cursory glance at the Amtrak map)


NEW YORK CITY


VERMONT

  • First visit
  • Make friends
  • Rave for three days in the woods
  • Catch a ride to Montreal or a train station


MONTREAL

  • My mother's city
  • Smoked beef sandwiches
  • Check into rented room
  • Drop my backpack & rest
  • Celebrate my arrival by taking the metro to downtown and strolling around