Keeping as busy as possible. Work, coffee, concerts, photos, meeting new people, catching up with old friends, reading by the water. Still feeling awkward, trying to find my place and stop looking back where there is no more to be learned. I’m a good version of myself and free from familiar burdens. I have to think it will be good for me in ways I can’t know yet. I haven’t lived on my own and single in this town for a decade and I find my lifestyle eerily similar. I guess it’s fitting to start getting personal again.

Lack of posts due to time-out from art-making. Moving to Jamaica Plain with one of my favorite people, Boston comedian Rob Crean (The Rob Crean Show, Anderson Comedy) and resuming work at the beautiful Gardner Museum, where I once spent a year in polyester watching orchids bloom and asking people not to poke the masterpieces.

Looking forward to spending the Fall writing in the cafe across the street from home and walking to Jamaica Pond and Franklin Park, where I get in free +1 to the zoo. Expect many animal photos and to finally start seeing me around town.

After two years of ups and downs in California, I am happy to be back on the East coast and living again in the Boston area. Last week, I took the long way home, driving 3,700 miles. I ate at mom and pop diners, took detours for kitchy attractions, slept at truck stops, and took a few photos along the way.

Four gunshots outside on Mission @20th. Swarms of police in under 2 minutes.
about 5 hours ago

(coffee, walking, re-parking) ad nauseum, celtic harp concert in the park, solo movie night again (12 Monkeys)
about 6 hours ago

ruins of Sutro Baths, sunset at Ocean Beach, impending early AM parking shuffling, second-guessing myself, hoping to share some laughter soon
02:41 AM July 09, 2008

sleepless night walking, greasy diner sulking, sunglasses pickpocketed, Kim Deal discography on headphones, off to find an ocean sunset
04:01 PM July 08, 2008

muddy waters coffee, new sneakers (NB) for $3.25 on Valencia, airbed RIP, got tan, rekindling friendships, losing weight despite steady diet of McDonald’s, many weekend photos to sort through. to do today: eat something, figure out what I’m doing
04:00 PM July 07, 2008

breakfast in golden gate park, kids of widney high @ amoeba, finished moving, cardboard tube fight league: kid’s tournament at dolores park, bi-rite ice cream
07:36 PM July 06, 2008

Fisherman’s Wharf, street performers, Ritual coffee, burlesque show, musical in the park, air bed sprung leak, relationship advice book shopping, 3d graphics work, stack of letters from family bedside for comfort, free movies on hulu.com
08:24 PM July 05, 2008

Finally unpacking boxes in a one-month sublet and starting to get my footing. Exploring the town thus far has been exhausting, but eventful. Delicious coffee and free wifi on every block, discovering parks, a kitsch film festival, seeing The Fall, sharing my first banana split, ridiculous sights over Pride weekend, learning the names of local dogs, parking tickets, heart-to-hearts, introspection, contemplation, unexpected twists every few days, walking for miles, losing sleep, making lists, impatiently awaiting revelations.