09 01 2000
04 09 2001
01 26 2003


 
My last summer in Chicago
August 2000

30   Arrived at New York La Guardia airport 4PM, and after two months: finally reunited with my babyJJJ
26   Up at ten AM after only five hours of sleep, had lunch at Northbrook Court with Jong! and Mike, 
      bought a 50 pack of multicolored cd-Rs then spent the whole day at Mike's for more burning. Drove stick 
      (for the first time) and automatic afterwards around the block. Was fun & exciting and just a little scary.
      Doesn't that wanna make you break out into an Eraserheads tune? Magda-drive ako hanggang Mindanao!
22   It's Official - I'm moving to NYC!!! JJJ
21   Napster all day and chat with my baby and tonight's cd burning with Mike.
      Was online ALL DAY had one of those long nice chat with her <3
      The Ernst installation begins. What is surrealism and Who is Max Ernst? 
19   my Australian keypal Ming Zhu's email and my catch-up reply (pages up soon). 
      In the meantime, lookit her snazzy published page@ poetry.com (look for Ming Zhu Hii) (you go! :G)
17   Burned out my eyes scanning 11-2 then Pshop 2-7, new pics soon J
16   Most recent pic taken this morning, with an Ernst bird creature. Me @work!
      Here's that pic of me with a 10000.00$ glass sculpture of his named Fed The Fearless
15   Fullmoon rising. Resolution and reconciliation with my girlfriend J
08   Found Fight Club@egroups and submitted introduction. Babies don't sleep this well. 
04   Napster goes to court(Much BADness, Lars. Tsk,tsk).Check out this article from Wired.
02   Cities in Dust is a prehistory to the Arcology series.
01   I return to writing with The Arcology @ Night. The following are excerpts.


What it was like from the inside.

I could remember a whole lot of running around.  I never seemed to have enough time for the things that needed to be done, 
and I was always passing out at night, exhausted but ready for whatever the next day had to offer. I was a little nervous, not 
knowing what would happen to me in New York, or how things would turn out. Everything was new and not new, since I had 
done this all before. But not like this. Life was always easier the last time I remembered doing anything that meant something, 
and this meant a lot to me. I never really traveled anywhere, and when I did I felt an overwhelming sense of relief from being 
home again - if it was home. But just being  somewhere in the meantime and not being absolutely, completely in control of my 
life compounded the listlessness I was feeling. I was ready already and wondered everyday what was holding me back. 
People who knew that I was going were happy for me and congratulating me and I knew I was doing the right thing. 
So I stopped waiting. And Went.

But you know what they say:  You can never go home again.


Ever been on a roadtrip?
Prove your mettle! 
Do the 24 hour thing.
Paul and Paul did.
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