http://patodea.com Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:42:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [flickr]set:72157607683256924[/flickr] http://patodea.com/archives/90 [flickr]photo:2860473082[/flickr] 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 ... http://patodea.com/archives/88 [flickr]set:72157607209523500[/flickr] http://patodea.com/archives/86 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 ... http://patodea.com/archives/85 [flickr]set:72157606730512280[/flickr] http://patodea.com/archives/83 [flickr]set:72157606614899271[/flickr] http://patodea.com/archives/80 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 ... http://patodea.com/archives/79 [flickr]set:72157606354060544[/flickr] http://patodea.com/archives/78 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 ... http://patodea.com/archives/77 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, ... http://patodea.com/archives/76