Catalyst - Issue 001 Catalyst Issue 001 | Page 59

We pulled up and turned out the car. My phone was dead, there was no electricity. It was pitch black. We could see just about nothing. Shawn came out of the dark abyss with flashlights to guide us back to our camper after I successfully dropped all of my belongings onto the ground. Picking up my laptop, underwear, clothes and snacks out of the dirt, we made home in our little camper. Then we were called out of our camper by the other lodgers because the night was just getting started….. Two other couples were on premise that evening. An asian couple from Chinatown Los Angeles and a gay couple from Colorado. Meg and I sat down in the dark, accepted their offer of beer and accepted this night in its entirety. S P L I T T I N G What began as a questionable time in the middle of the desert became less and less horrifying with each sip of beer and Asian rice wine. We learned about their lives, we told them pieces of ours as we sat around a tray of Korean Barbecue. We learned about all the constellations. We learned that our host was a stunt man at Lego land and had traveled to all the states and most of the globe, grew up filming in Bay Watch, and was much more than just an avid goat lover. We heard stories about every single one of the goats and how everyone got far too S I L E N C E 59