fast century
today this place, the commons, and time in general felt different,
felt as though the context and situation of all of my surroundings was shifted in a way.
i did not think about class, i couldnt really, i didnt think about work too much,
everyone was outside, and everyone was sort of lounging around,
the weather changed dramatically, from cold wet and gray to a full on blast of summer through out the day,
an almost abrassive, warming heat, it was nice. and at night it changed back and shifted and i felt complete displacement for some reason, that today had been seperate from every other day ive had here.
but i know this, they are all seperate and related but it felt more direct in a way.
things have been good, the days when you stop and tell yourself "these are the days",
last weekend matt and i's completely improtue trip to new york was refreshing and great.
just leaving, not really planning anymore than is nessesary leave, and going,
we pulled the whole trip together in about 20 minutes, including finding someone to drive rapidly to a random stop light on a corner in east baltimore where the China town bus picks up with only 10 minutes to get there and a 20 minute drive ahead of us,
then literally chasing down the chinatown bus and not caring that there was no a.c. and that we were sweating all over the bus, because we were moving and going to new york and had pulled it all together at the last possible moment. it was good.
once in new york we literally accidently found our way to manhattan, walked right into it, then met up with katya, and tommy, and some of their friends for awhile, chinese food and wine and cooper union, and then found our way to kennys to see him and kremer,
didnt stay long considering kenny was sort of half asleep, then finally to catherines newly acquired pad, talked and drank tons of water because wed been walking all night and talked more and feel asleep on an air mattress,
woke up way to earlier and made our way to a nice breakfast and the exciting confusion of chinatown, and more so the makeshift "bustation" sort of area, its really wild it seems like its all internally/family owned, maybe not just by one family, but all these asian motherly looking women yelling and organizing and taking tickets and selling tickets and bus drivers who look like they just walked off the street of new york and directly into the drivers seat.
when we were leaving it occurred to me that if i did not have to confines of classes and work to be that night for deadlines,
this trip could really stretch on for a long time, i could travel around new york just staying with friends and go to who knows where else. Sadly though, then i realize that this privelage im thinking (money to burn) i dont really have, but if i could live like i did, that is what id do. Just visit, often.
its been a nice week since though, the tail end (thrusday,friday) have been very nice, just going with whatever is happening spending time with good people, a 711 adventure on 420 under the false assumption there were free slurpees with matt and maggie, running into marta and kaelie and having nice conversations, the fashion show, confusion of the copy cat afterwards, that was pretty pleasantly wild. staying out too late, having just slow days,
but now i need to speed up and document and get alot done. alot, and i am not really ready to leave the commons and all it entails,
moving out is daunting and a strange idea to me, but i am welcoming summer none the less,
whatever is come for my second year of school i suppose.
felt as though the context and situation of all of my surroundings was shifted in a way.
i did not think about class, i couldnt really, i didnt think about work too much,
everyone was outside, and everyone was sort of lounging around,
the weather changed dramatically, from cold wet and gray to a full on blast of summer through out the day,
an almost abrassive, warming heat, it was nice. and at night it changed back and shifted and i felt complete displacement for some reason, that today had been seperate from every other day ive had here.
but i know this, they are all seperate and related but it felt more direct in a way.
things have been good, the days when you stop and tell yourself "these are the days",
last weekend matt and i's completely improtue trip to new york was refreshing and great.
just leaving, not really planning anymore than is nessesary leave, and going,
we pulled the whole trip together in about 20 minutes, including finding someone to drive rapidly to a random stop light on a corner in east baltimore where the China town bus picks up with only 10 minutes to get there and a 20 minute drive ahead of us,
then literally chasing down the chinatown bus and not caring that there was no a.c. and that we were sweating all over the bus, because we were moving and going to new york and had pulled it all together at the last possible moment. it was good.
once in new york we literally accidently found our way to manhattan, walked right into it, then met up with katya, and tommy, and some of their friends for awhile, chinese food and wine and cooper union, and then found our way to kennys to see him and kremer,
didnt stay long considering kenny was sort of half asleep, then finally to catherines newly acquired pad, talked and drank tons of water because wed been walking all night and talked more and feel asleep on an air mattress,
woke up way to earlier and made our way to a nice breakfast and the exciting confusion of chinatown, and more so the makeshift "bustation" sort of area, its really wild it seems like its all internally/family owned, maybe not just by one family, but all these asian motherly looking women yelling and organizing and taking tickets and selling tickets and bus drivers who look like they just walked off the street of new york and directly into the drivers seat.
when we were leaving it occurred to me that if i did not have to confines of classes and work to be that night for deadlines,
this trip could really stretch on for a long time, i could travel around new york just staying with friends and go to who knows where else. Sadly though, then i realize that this privelage im thinking (money to burn) i dont really have, but if i could live like i did, that is what id do. Just visit, often.
its been a nice week since though, the tail end (thrusday,friday) have been very nice, just going with whatever is happening spending time with good people, a 711 adventure on 420 under the false assumption there were free slurpees with matt and maggie, running into marta and kaelie and having nice conversations, the fashion show, confusion of the copy cat afterwards, that was pretty pleasantly wild. staying out too late, having just slow days,
but now i need to speed up and document and get alot done. alot, and i am not really ready to leave the commons and all it entails,
moving out is daunting and a strange idea to me, but i am welcoming summer none the less,
whatever is come for my second year of school i suppose.