Sweet, sweet freedom. Nah. It was fun, the whole thing. I got worn out, but I’m glad the German came for a visit. Ten days is long to be a host/guide. Next time, for whoever that might be, I’ll convince … Continue reading
Social Sapping Off and about, the days shoot by, taking and manipulating energies with it. For me, social energy is a mysterious cycle of joy and strain. I seek the positive balance and have never figured out how. It’s entirely … Continue reading
Dasht Isht Gooten! Gooten! Ever been here? To this vantage point, I mean. It’s the top of the Rockefeller building in midtown. Being a tour guide in your own city is a good way to actually see your own city. What … Continue reading
Day-3 of Guiding “Zis is vat zee Brazilians drink when zey vant to be a little beet vaysted .” The harsh German accent is everywhere in my head these days. It’s been 30 hours of 1-1 time and the “w’s” … Continue reading
Day-2 of Guiding. Roughly 24 hours of active guiding broken into 2 12-hour days. We covered significant ground, probably too much too fast. I kept us moving along. Campus. Cathedrals. Grant’s Tomb. Central Park, and over to Columbus Circle. Down … Continue reading
Day-1of guiding. Was great. I will describe with pictures when I don’t have a weird German looking over my shoulder every second.
Went for strike training in the park with a friend last night. The skeeters were out but more tame than last week. The “annoying kids” factor was also quite low. The park I’ve been training in was built on top … Continue reading
The jam in Hollow Way was long, slow and loud. There was a bottle of Jonny Walker Black on the floor. Five interested souls communicated with analogue sounds being sent through high powered amplifiers, and the mood was somber. One … Continue reading
In repeated yet-still-unlikely fashion I was out all night last night. The french death metal band Gojira was in town and I caught the set at Webster Hall (basement) while they brought the house down. It was the most violent … Continue reading
Agent. The problem with a systems map, even if it shows causal chains, is that it’s missing an important deterministic aspect: Dynamics. A map is a frozen moment in time. Reality is moving. All things are under the constant causal … Continue reading
