2nd part of: Maps to Anywhere

           the two sections before House of the Future are a collection of small seemingly unrelated stories, about a page and a snapshot each. They talk about every day things like taking pictures and rush hour in a unusual way. or they talk about people using one event to illustrate them. Quite a few of them talk about growing up. Becoming the big people, taking a different  view and so forth.
          House of the Future was about his brothers death, thanks for the spoiler on Thursday. It also talks about his parents friends and his aunt Flo (who may or may not be the one from Hurricane Ride). on the title, he suggest in his writing that it is called House of the Future because of the exhibit in Disneyland which he repetitively discussed with his dying brother. But it could easily mean the House of God, we all die, so we are all going to the House of God in the future.
          The other phrase that was used one way but could mean two things was "swimming with the stars." Obviously in the beginning the meaning is clear; swimming with celebrities. However when his mother latter reflects, saying "my son, swimming with the stars" it could mean two things: one she's reminiscing on his brother before the cancer and what he did that summer before it struck. Or it could be referring to the celestial bodies in the air, which most people vaguely believe the souls of the dead are connected to.