Summary: Google doc of the text so far. The Kid had once heard someone say that just a handful of decisions determined the paths of people's lives.nbsp; It was probably either Tony or Rick who had said itmdash;they were both, like, totally intellectual like that and totally people who would make those kinds of philosophical statementsmdash;so it had to be true.nbsp; In his lifetime, the Kid had already faced some of these decisions.nbsp; The first was when he'd decided to move to San Francisco.nbsp; Another had been when he'd decided to ride long boards instead of short boards.nbsp; Yet another had been when he'd gotten his tattoos.nbsp; And now, sitting in the apartment of a hot Japanese girl who collected junk because of instructions she received from ghosts on her laptop, the Kid was at another of those decision points.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; The voicemdash;the one that had said to get nakedmdash;had spoken English.nbsp; That meant that it was talking to the Kid.nbsp; He, like, had no interest in getting naked, at least not because a ghost told him to.nbsp; The Kid was pretty much not into being told what to do by anyone.nbsp; Living his own way and doing whatever the hell he wanted was what got him stoked.
