Random notes from a trip to NYC / DC, February 2015

...except in a legible format. Words are unedited [save for clarity] but I did rearrange the order of things: 

Traveling alone. What a trip. Not literally. From everyone to no one to everyone again. 
I'm lost and not lost.

The parks here advertise wifi. Parks.

Everyone is talking. To each other. On the phone. To themselves. On the phone but looks like talking to themselves.

Seagulls dine on the garbage on 3rd avenue / sparrows dine on a fell pizza slice

Gay ketchup marriage.

I noticed your lipstick. You don't need lipstick.
 
I do feel less self-conscious here. Is it the city doing that? Is it me being a tourist anywhere? Is it a growing personality trait in general? Sorta sick of being alone and left to my own thoughts. At the same time, sick of talking about myself. I've never asked myself what am I doing here as much as when I'm in NYC.

Has being sarcastic fucked my life over? No, not being sarcastic has fucked other people over.

I'm way too aware of how I look for not caring how I look.

Whatever this state of mind is, I feel the opposite of present. I have to remind myself to exist. To be.

South America

You may have noticed that lapse on the blog about a month ago. Oh, indeed, was out in the world again. I already posted about it all on Front Psych, so here's just links to all of those posts.

Lollapalooza Brasil - Tomahawk, Flaming Lips, Passion Pit, shitty food, internal panic, and the overall experience of being at a music festival in a country where you don't speak the language.

Sao Paulo - order and progress, street art, Ai Weiwei, Easter Sunday, nightlife, the Wild West, and the subtleties of cross-cultural integration.

Buenos Aires - illness, street fairs, steak, open spaces, catch-22s, Armenian cuisine, and how to avoid getting stabbed on Avenida 9 de Julio.

Beijing / NYC / Israel / Chicago

Here are links to all of the travel essays I wrote for Frontier Psychiatrist (which we titled "你好, Hello, Shalom") during that crazy five weeks of travel.

Beijing (Part One)
Beijing (Part Two)
Pre-Sandy NYC
Israel (interviews with Yoav, Maya and Kobi)
Chicago