John Gerken is definitely a genius. That much is for sure. I read this on the train between Chicago and Cleveland and it just seemed so appropriate. Contains things to make you laugh, smile, and cry. This zine has included a list of things to do in Ann Arbor, a cute list of things that he hates, evaluating your life by your personal accomplishments and comparing yourself to other's, his newfound faith in DIY and punk culture, constructing a graywater system, New Orleans, and includes issue which discusses gender, compost, riding greyhound, stories of living in Little Rock, a beautiful writing about how his prized possessions have no material worth, being a freelance dishwasher for hire, gentrification, and the general transient life! It's all very exciting and best of all it sparked new life and faith in myself. Hopefully it can do that for you too; especially if you need it.

John Gerken is definitely a genius. This issue contains things that will make you laugh, smile, and cry - visiting friends in the hospital, the early morning, the story of the zine's title, picking up your friends shifts at work, Shelley's annual trips to India, and organizing drag shows. But the real gem of this issue is the story of teaching 9-15 year olds how to fix bikes. It transcends the obvious and covers all kinds of education - homophobia, identity, feminism, and to question what we mean when we say "community". It's all very exciting and best of all it sparked new life and faith in myself. Maybe it can do that for you too; especially if you need it.

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Hope and John team up on this split zine reflecting on hurricane Katrina. Both long-time New Orleans residents, each has to come to terms with loss in their own way. John evacuates, travels, and returns, while Hope stays, applies to school, works, and lives on as best she can. Both Hope and John take their time here, and present a somber account of life after a natural disaster. Their words embody what it means to be human, each story picking up another piece, and slowly putting their world back together.