The Madman's life

 ajedrez, chess is a game composed have 32 features for pieces on both sides black or white. 32 white squares 32 black. A game with impossible tactics. Dividing lines a set of specific rules. A king cannot be captured by default. He has to go down swinging. Checkmate as it's called. A finality. The pieces on either side unimportant. The defeat, the matter. A stalemate unaccepted. He resetting of the board. You're structuring of the pieces in place for another repeated attack. Most betray a repeated attempt at the same pattern. It continued flawed repetitious movement. No creativity in their steps. The movement systematic, robotic, predictable. A defeat predicted moves before. As the Mind processes the elimination of all other variables, accepting a Fate One Way or another. The game important. A hopeful challenge awaits. Necessity for the mind to expand. Intellectual necessity as scenarios unfold on a grand scale. Tactics of the mind. Some stronger in some areas than others.

 It was unlocked when I got there he said, a lie he told the foreman standing around him. His path of Escape temporarily blocked by their presence. The truth of how he access the locker known only to himself. The Taking of cash leaving the wallet going through its belongings the passport nothing else of use. They had attract him down faster than he thought and whose stupid enough to leave all that camera gear and drown out in the open in the first place she thought. Potter's Aerror had been ignoring his intuition to leave after liberating the valuables of this sucker of the man. And fled to another city he had become as complacent as his victim. Only a few hours earlier. Potter had arrived in Turkey a few weeks before. Hitchhiking from Romania across the massive country with ease. The generosity and concern from the locals a truly refreshing tone. As he crossed the bridge and Istanbul. Potter climbs tthe steep embankment on all fours the Mediterranean Coastline to his right the sma...

 Saigon Vietnam also known as Ho Chi Minh a short cheap flight from Chiang Mai Thailand. As massive and busy as is. I found it quite easy to use their transport system. English being common in Vietnam made it as simple as asking airport security which bus to take to arrive at my destination. After the 30-minute ride through busy Saigon I hopped off and walked the remaining mile to find my hostel, about $3 a night, a cheap yet warm and welcoming place to start my journey of vietnam. Once checked in unloaded and beer in hand I caught up with the other travelers. Vietnam a common Backpackers destination due to its friendliness towards foreigners. Withdrawing $300 USD made me an instant millionaire. One can easily live a life of luxury on $500 a month in Vietnam a great meal and beer for about a dollar beautiful fully furnished apartments as low as 350 USD a month. Make this a common destination for expats and retirees. Vietnam quickly became one of my top entries to visit. After a day...

He had made friends in town. It had only been 6 months or so but it felt right. A place to call home. That was until today. Standing there barefoot, shirtleshirtless and the handcuffs hanging from his wrist. His other hand clutching the body camera.  At least he had that. The moon illuminated the night sky. It was a beautiful evening.  He had been in the tropical waters that lap the sandy island shores for the better part of 5 hours. Water logged and shivering he had to get off the streets somewhere safe. Hanging on the breaker wall the calm tide lapping his feet. Pulling up slowly, a pause for the few cars on the street that evening to move on so he can make a break for anywhere with people. The patrol cars still searching for him as the lights flicker off the plaster walls passing down the streets in front him. It's a calm day on the island. The lure of tourism...

 As I watch the black mini fridge bounce back and forth inside the hull of my sinking unthought out venture I then found myself pondering my most recent life decisions. As the 36' sailboat lashes back and forth over the massive rolling waves. Beer check, cigars check, wetsuit check as I run down a quick list of necessities I may need for my journey.  Uncertain of how long it will take with short notice and lacking sound judgment I slam the lid of my Chevy Impala's trunk and hit the road. It's a 2 1/2 hour drive from San Bernardino and the day after Christmas. I want expecting much traffic On my two week holiday vacation was uneventful upto that point. My at then second wife a tiny, sexy Latina and myself had a quiet Christmas. Just the two of us as our kids with other families.  We were on the lookout for a new sailboat well now for us. I has been searching craigslist regularly for anything of interest. 

 Standing silently in the halway his pack beside him as he prepairs to leave. He observes his suroundings. The ajoining rooms lay silent as he passes threw the capital ariving the day before. The sun yet to rise on the new day. A mist lingers in the air. A refreshing costal breeze felt all around. Potter aproches the wall of locked boxes. The contrast of multi color locks against the individual steel blue doors of security. The oprotunity to much for him to pass up as he aproches his starting point. One last moment of calm. Emotion and empithy abcent as he positions the lock in his hand, partialy obscuring it from the view of others that may interupt his endevor. The tentioner now positioned at the base of the lockport. His thumb carefuly appling the pressure needed to the tentioner. A simple set of tools he fashioned out of stainless tweesers in Kuala Lumpur. Broken in half, one half shaped in a "L" the other a slight bend at the end and filed down to provide an astonishingl...

 Realities colide with fantisty. Thats my life. Just because you think all I do is lie, cheat and steel, while its true sometimes, thats not most the time. My life is spent enjoying people. The one thing I loved most about my last ex-wife, was the ability to live the joy of new adventures threw her. Having spent her whole life in the Inland Empire, IE. She never hiked the San Bernardino mountains. Swam in the Pacific ocean, only a thirty minutes drive. Every thing we did together was a new adventure.