2/21/01 1:05:28 AM

a finished last exit to brooklyn, a fantasy about calling shaila and telling her i've finished it over coffee, a beautiful bus ride, delays, finishing harmony korine's crackup at the race riots, a horrible scary flight, a ride from cory and colin, coffee at the coffee haus, tyler, a 6pm meeting and people who haven't been seen in a long time, a dinner with larkin at the cafe ismir deli, conversation at the new amsterdam, and more with john and discussions of his needing a job and the possibilities of industrial space in oakland or a little house in berkeley, a new friend, another conversation with cory and with lydia who told me of my old friend's death of a heroin overdose last fall and everything that implied, a ride to and some drama at cafe brazil, a nova special on the myans, a chicken fried steak for breakfast at lucky's, a bit of time with daddy and then a bit of time with mom and a subsequent dinner at the worlds' best bbq joint, a coffee at the coffee haus again where gratitude and hope was expressed to the new owner who knew so much more about me than i did of her, tucker, jason b., hilary, kevin hanlon and kenyan, the bar of soap to see todd and the boozers, the loft and seeing michael, charlie, tracy, and staying up and a beautiful connection with d (and thankfully changing the connotation that letter has held for so long), waking up two hours later for a breakfast at john's, then of course, terilli's and that whole crew, northpark for new shoes, telephone conversations with don and frank, a pizza at ez's, picking up michael, a movie with cory as the serial killer premiering at the dma, coffee with mom, a going away party at new amsterdam with everybody and more the love at the table that was absolutely remarkable, a return to the loft for another long conversation and another invitation to stay and another beautiful night, another missed flight and not being surprised and eating at the angry dog with everyone instead, goodbyes, good records, the coffee haus, a dinner with mom and conversations of dominatrixi and foot rubs, a ride to the airport and more delays, an hour circling san franscisco, a shared $67 cab ride, a little sleep, a normal day at work, a test, a meal, a chat about my trip and the emotional residue left over, a discovery that both of my websites are down, a shrug, a good nights sleep.

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on the deck: tortoise's just released standards and coldplay's parachutes (but don't tell anybody about that shit).

reading: the excellent the elegant universe by brian greene, teach yourself cgi programming with perl in a week by eric herrmann, cgi.pm by lincoln stein and dwell. here's what i wish i was reading.