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Scrambling to get my visas on time, ticket purchased weeks ago. I sent everything in but there was some kind of problem, something triggered something in their system and I have to go in person. Appointment scheduled for tomorrow morning. … Continue reading

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Coffee in a paper cup at the Plane Stop Diner. Soft seats, big windows. Suits everywhere and I feel thankful for not having gone that route. “Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.” -Henry David Thoreau, Walden Totally. Electric Wizard … Continue reading

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I’m often very eager to get away from Manhattan. When I travel I find new perspectives. I’m not sure what the specific causal attribute is.  Movement and travel can change a perspective so quickly,  provoking new considerations that were impossible … Continue reading

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In motion, can’t get real soon enough. Watching my body come back to life from the injury has been everything. Blood is flowing and my muscles are filling out, back to normal. I’m hitting the bag for 8x 3min rounds at … Continue reading

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(updated from yesterday, sorry for the late post) I’m trying to form a coherent description and understanding of the idea of social imagination, and possibly a few of its necessary relationships– to freedom, to politics and movements, and possibly to human … Continue reading

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11 hour sleep and I’m in two minds at once, the liminal condition of being between two modes of experience simultaneously. I floated up to the work setting and passed on the coffee stop in favor of preserving the state. … Continue reading

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Boot inclusion accidental. Created at 126th and Broadway. I spent the day at a museum downtown again in meetings about a major project and it went well. Getting there was a pleasure, the weather was so excellent, man. Check it … Continue reading

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Sad eggs. Totally accidental, totally sad. I’m going to use that as a phrase to describe all pitiful things, now. “I lost my wallet last night.” “Dang, sad eggs dude.” I went out last night, Saturday, and had a good … Continue reading

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Quite a few mails from the consumer culture rant so I’ve turned commenting on for that post, now in second draft form, so check it out again. It should read better and more clearly now. I encourage you to disagree or … Continue reading

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Another Perfect Hangover. I think that’s a Motorhead song. It also applies to me this morning. “Perfect” here is not used in the positive, “I like headaches and feeling ill” sense. It’s perfect in the sense that this is what a … Continue reading

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