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not much time to write, but i will do my best. chicago is teeming with polish, but it is still extremely american. my polish friend aga had the same opinion, and the same experiences in dance clubs that cute girls all over the us have to suffer, i.e. being touched aggressively without first attempting conversation. this is how the young people ( Read more... )

with amanda the proud new caretaker of cactus, i left without looking back ( Read more... )

voice 1: russ meyer's "beneath the valley of the ultravixens" -- moviemaker russ meyer, the rural fellini, serves up a simple homey tale of olympian togetherness, faith healing, bra-busting humor, jogging, and hulking, herculean masculinity. "beneath the valley of the ultravixens," a motion picture born to entertain, vibrant, spellbinding, and so ( Read more... )

whatever visions remained from my last trip to london circa 1992, they were all eclipsed by my last five days there. art and artists were the primary themes, as well as the obligatory moments of quiet in which to study my various polish verb conjugations ( Read more... )

waking up after a mere three hours of sleep in my london hotel makes it difficult to ascertain how long i've been here. two days? yesterday was a turning point. spoke polish in "masala zone" indian restaurant with two polish waitresses, practicing part of my courtship speech. they understood and liked it. during my three hours of actual sleep ( Read more... )

in boston for high school buddy peter's wedding celebration. his wife anna is beautiful and german. many people of european extraction at the celebration. i talked to a cute new yorker who at the same time turned me off from visiting new york. "i'm a physical person," i said, to which she responded, "then you wouldn't like new york." i was ( Read more... )

had four hours to kill in berkeley yesterday, so naturally wended my way to amoeba. cult videos selection at berkeley amoeba still very dissapointing, no new something weirds whatsoever. so blew my wad in the classical section on the following ( Read more... )

went to a polish bookstore and scored a polish translation of "portrait of the artist as a young man" ("portret artysty w wieku młodzieńczym")!

fun times ahead!