freeways, finally

this book took me forever to finish. it was started an embarrassing year and a half ago when i was in london. they were so lax about everything there that i technically didn't have to finish the book, meaning put it all together. that was also the hardest part since i wanted to have these much larger pages that fold out of the book, referencing a map. so since i didn't have to finish it then, and because it was a challenge for me to figure out (also because i am not a book binding master or anything near that), AND because school then started again which means lots of other work, this book was just left unfinished. until now, i have FINALLY finished this book. it got a bit of a makeover from what it was way back in london, but it is bound and photographed and beautiful.

besides the making of this book, the content of the book is making los angeles freeways, the very impersonal pieces of concrete, into a more personal experience using stories from people i know. living in la, we spend a large amount of time driving on freeways. freeways are incredibly ugly, and mostly full of traffic, but we have to drive on them and everyone just deals with it. but it is part of our life, and we do have experiences on freeways. this book is trying to make these personality-less freeways into a something that has personality and life in it, which will then make driving on them a happier experience.

here is a story i collected for the book:
"I had to meet my dad for dinner after work and we agreed to meet at home. As soon as we got on the 5, I decided to see if I could beat him home. I merged onto the 2 thinking I was so clever, and when I excitedly turned onto the main road, I saw my dad pulled over by the cops because his fog lights were on. And then I laughed because I won."