Train from ALMERIA to SEVILLE, España, September 28, 2006 I got a letter, about two years ago. The envelope was thick; yellow, with horizontal grains. In the top right corner, there was a black embossed logo. Simple. Classy. The New York Times. I had met Nancy Sharkey, the NYT recruiter, at Poynter a few weeks before. She sent [...]
September 30th, 2006
Read...Plus a special analysis of Grey’s Anatomy, Season Three, Episode One (scroll) The possibilities seem endless: long, romantic train rides, with nothing to do but read, read, read. Surely back in my working days, I dreamt of such luxury. A character in an infamous Twilight Zone episode had the same dream. He’d push up his glasses as [...]
September 25th, 2006
Read...It’s stuck with me, the words of a business acquaintance in describing my work on hollabackpack.com: “Have to admit that I’d love to be on a raucous trip around Europe destroying all future hopes of employment wasting brain cells and spending my nest egg.” - JoeReger.com, italics mine Wow. Never work again. At 25. All I because I [...]
September 14th, 2006
Read...It creeps, tiny putrid tendrils, wrapping tentacles around corners, reaching up, cloying into crevices of your nose. Is it you? You can never be sure really. The man down the way on the U-Bahn - yes, surely it’s him, he looks like he could use a shower. It smells sweet and sick: dead flowers, harsh cheerleaders who haven’t been [...]
September 13th, 2006
Read...Ah, she got on the Internet with her own computer. Finally. Cheers. Here’s a slew o shit I wrote for hollaBackpack.com. Some of it … I quite like. From the shade of the trees in Buchenwald, Germany The Key to Happiness, Weimar, Germany Secret Stashes, Leipzig, Germany Dancing Queen in Berlin’s underground And some older stuff you might have missed … Checkpoint Charlie, [...]
September 12th, 2006
Read...I canät explain the ridiculousness of where I am at ß # In a crayz lesbian bar in Lepzig, Germanz, with gratis internet, attempting to use a Windows 98 PC with a german kezboard. so apologies for the odd spelling, the kzboard is just laid out funnz. the place_ german techno music. crayz slow beats, montonous voices. i came here [...]
September 10th, 2006
Read...[Editor's Note: This is a long one. Since I'm posting less frequently, I'm posting longer.] I’m sitting in a bikini in a laundry room in Berlin, Germany, and I’m not sure I ever want to leave. Europe, that is. (I’m fine with leaving the laundry room.) My heart has been beating too fast all day, as I contemplated writing [...]
September 3rd, 2006
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