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May 31, 2004 09:50 AMit was sunny when I woke upLots of things happened this weekend, and I don't really want to write about them here. Sorry to broach, but that's the way it is. I'll dish some nighttime fun, instead. I did finally make it to Spirit to see elly's new job and work environment. (nice place, scary Jersey boys) Then we took a magic carpet ride down the west side highway to see the Bull:
There are tons more low quality pictures (from the treo) of the night. May 27, 2004 08:25 PMStreet corner ransomsI just had a randomly timed, deep and meaningful exchange. It surprises me when things like that happen. My plan was just to say hi, and be nice, but it ended up as a really extended discussion about all the Things. You know, sometimes I plan so hard, I try so much, I want things to happen in the Right Way in the Perfect Moment that I plan myself to death. I think I just need to let go some of the time and let things flow in a more natural way. There's lots of discussion about upheaval and doing things in ways that are different to my normal, understood patterns. My first gut/raw reaction to them is *eek*, but then I start to assimilate the thoughts and plans, and consider that change is perhaps the path that is most similar; that the unexpected is what I want to embrace. That just because one way works doesn't mean that another won't. Is this what my saturn return is all about? I know there's 1,000,000 other things about becoming an adult, and what that entails, but I sense that as I grow older still that I somehow lose pre-conceived notions. It seems like I'm doing things backwards to socitey's norm, but so naturally to me. Is it possible that I'm actually understanding myself more, and that lets me be free to walk an unexpected path and free to make mistakes along the way, without judgment? I open my arms to the world, and I welcome it. ps: I'm pretty sure this is the most beautiful girl in the world: 
May 26, 2004 03:09 PMfortune cookietoday's fortune from Tao: "Fulfill One Secret Fantasy." May 24, 2004 07:35 PMHello from the friendly treo!!Hello from the friendly treo!! I am hungry and will go ride the subway now. May 24, 2004 09:46 AMmonday morningsYou know, most people hate Monday mornings, but I love them! I got up early today, did the things in the house, kissed the beautiful woman in my bed goodbye, drove a car (which was weird) and walked outside in the springtime air. I took the subway to work. I read the New York Times. I got Peet's coffee. I decided not to rush. All is well in the world, for the next few hours, at least! :) May 24, 2004 12:31 AMWeekend UpdateHi. I made a bunch of additions all at once: Last week, I got a new toy, and took it to lunch. Have a nice week. May 22, 2004 12:12 AMBostonI drove to boston today. I went though Throggs Neck, or somesuch shit to pick ab up, and then we drove to Cambridge, where he got very very excited. It was a lot of fun. I met his nice MIT pals, many of whom were about to graduate, so there was palpable relief everywhere.
May 21, 2004 12:16 AMHookeyThursday was a really nice day. You'll notice in the last picture that I didn't quite manage to get changed out of my PJs for a long time. I love them. They are just the right PJs for me, Dana's tagging of them notwithstanding. There was walking around, eating, exploring, and lots and lots of great talking. I'm a talker and a listener, I guess. I used to be embarassed to talk so much, but now that I've found someone who likes it too, it works for me. <3
May 20, 2004 01:32 PMvegyou know, going vegetarian really wasn't hard at all. Also, I don't feel like going to work today. I guess I won't, then. May 19, 2004 11:03 PMtreo camera testsI brought elly a tasty seitan wrap to the IBM building with the fun art (there was a new A Calder exhibit! yay mobiles!) and we had lunch.
May 18, 2004 05:34 PMLunar CyclesSo, at each step of my life, I've become more and more impressed with the moon. She seems to exert quite a powerful force over more than just the sea. Anyway. Enough flowery language. Here's some real hard data. I like Yahoo! Calendar. I want to know when the moon is full, or new. I put these two things together for me, and took lots of care to do it for you! Please go read and enjoy. ps: make backups. You *are* my QA department UPDATE: don't do this yet. Times are in GMT, and astrological signs to be added. May 17, 2004 11:52 PMtreoI am a dork. I got a new treo 600. I think it is cool. It takes pictures, and I think I look really creepy:
May 14, 2004 10:00 AMcensoring?Well. It has now come to my attention that some nice, well meaning people that I work with (hi kids on 10!) have been reading this here journal. I mean, hell, I do publish on the freakin' World Wide Web, but ... but... I didn't think anyone would *know* I had discussion with another journaller last night, and she asked me some well thought-out questions: Will work-people reading this affect your candor? I think I know the answers, but it's hard to say. elly showed me amazing things with Krishna Das this week. I will tell you all about it. May 12, 2004 11:25 AMsummmmerrrrIts warm and humid, we all went to a concert last night, which fucking ROCKED (even though Tuggy correctly called me a critical bastard). We had a nice taxi ride home, and then some quality stoop-sitting in the nice summer air. Perfect lounging weather. Up early in the morning, and then that beautiful extra-few-hours of sleep later, and requite rushing around to get to work. Nice, sunny, jacket-less day. Lunch in Central Park is a REQUIREMENT today. No questions asked. Life here is good, and I'm so much in love. May 11, 2004 07:57 AMweatherI woke up in the middle of the night to a crashing, violent, loud thunder and lightning storm. It was beautiful. I just wanted to stay awake and watch it all night. Somehow, I didn't. When I awoke in the sunshine of the morning, there was perfect stillness. It was as if the universe understood the total internal tumult, and that all was resolved with the new day's breaking sunrise.
May 08, 2004 09:41 AMWilliamsburg
May 05, 2004 09:41 PMsmell of rainrain in its many ways soft, gentle, warming, smelly sweetly of flowers fearing no possibility. split pea soup! May 03, 2004 01:17 PMtake their money?So, before this morning, I decided that I should just suck it up. Put my head down. Do what people expect of me, do my job, take their money, and make my plans. Now, another Monday, and it's just not even half over, and I can't take it. I just *can't take it*. I'm good at what I do, but I fucking hate myself. gaaaaaaaaah. It's gotten to the point that drinking heavily seems like a valid option to make myself forget it all, but maybe that's just Greg's influence ;) Even their kindnesses don't affect me. I'm fucking sick of it. Fuck you, money. May 03, 2004 11:23 AMJohnnyeyes closed, standing, swaying, upright in an orange subway car packed full of people like cattle headed for their slaughter. Somehow, I am able to block out the existance of all souls but two. mine & Johnny's. I am swept away by the imagery. His ability to fill my head with lives of people, of stairways, small rooms, wide open spaces. All this just through his words. He truly is a singer of songs, cheesy as it is to say. All the pre-caffeniated feelings rushing through my body are brought to life, carried by his words. as Johhny & Joe sing of killing prophets, goosebumps cover my body from my thighs to the coarse hair of my face. tears stream down my face at the memory, and the beauty of all those that have come before us and gone, but never really leave us. I almost don't get off the train, stumbling to the closest pole in the subway station, crying my eyes out, uncaring about surroundings, being late for work, or anything. I try desperately to get any semblance of these emotions onto paper, but all I can write is my amazement at the power of music as the next subway car comes like a storm cloud, pushing wind against my face, my eyes still closed.
May 02, 2004 04:09 PMCloistersYesterday, for May Day, elly, Tuggy & I rode the subway (the A line) to the end and wandered around the Cloisters! It was beautiful, nature drenched, and generally much fun!! yay!
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