Mar 5, 2000
Haven't been here for a while. Winter creates those numb
interstitial bits. I like the display of abandoned garments on the
railings on the south side of the street on Rivington between
Norfolk and Suffolk. It changes regularly and I have no idea where
it comes from or who takes advantage of it. Entertaining in a way
that an installation could never be. I went to Asbury Park, New
Jersey today; I'd like to know what happened there. It looks like it
took far too much LSD. It's nearly 4am and there is a BBC voice
floating out of NPR reassuring me that the opposite end of the
spectrum to Asbury Park does exist somewhere on the planet. Or
does it? Apparently we have forgotten how to nourish ourselves.
The statisticians tell us that the number of obese people have
caught up with the number of malnourished. Complicating the
matter is that many of the obese are also malnourished. Have
decided to approach Lent with seriousness in the year 2000, as
an Irish Protestant I thought it might be fun to go the whole hog
and besmirch myself with ash on Wednesday coming and give up
something really fundamental, like liqour, again. It feels like it
might be time for a little sackcloth and self-flaggelation. Ah,
spring's sweet tremors toying with the loins.
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Haven't been here for a while. Winter creates those numb interstitial bits. I like the display of abandoned garments on the railings on the south side of the street on Rivington between Norfolk and Suffolk. It changes regularly and I have no idea where it comes from or who takes advantage of it. Entertaining in a way that an installation could never be. I went to Asbury Park, New Jersey today; I'd like to know what happened there. It looks like it took far too much LSD. It's nearly 4am and there is a BBC voice floating out of NPR reassuring me that the opposite end of the spectrum to Asbury Park does exist somewhere on the planet. Or does it? Apparently we have forgotten how to nourish ourselves. The statisticians tell us that the number of obese people have caught up with the number of malnourished. Complicating the matter is that many of the obese are also malnourished. Have decided to approach Lent with seriousness in the year 2000, as an Irish Protestant I thought it might be fun to go the whole hog and besmirch myself with ash on Wednesday coming and give up something really fundamental, like liqour, again. It feels like it might be time for a little sackcloth and self-flaggelation. Ah, spring's sweet tremors toying with the loins.
- rachael 5-10-2000 4:43 pm