Met Life, Two Views
Subway Music, Two Platforms
(Picture Links)

The Last Days of the Holy Roman Empire

Back from the first trek. Hardcore terrain. Hardest hike I have ever done. We saw one baby. Very close. Dangerous icy ridges in the snow. Getting drunk at base camp.
- Kelvin Freely, Text Message from Shaanxi Province, China 4:23 AM EST

The hills are alive with the sound of music.

The Bus Stop

The closer one gets to success, the physical proximity of it, the more one wants to succeed. This desire can quickly change from the goal as defined through personal impetus to the addition and maintenance of a veneer as defined by culture. It is an unfortunate slide from internal to external motivation and if properly stemmed, can be the difference between folly and future.

Ideas pass through the mind like water through the liver. So many, so often, we pee them out, openly, freely at the world. A long time ago they would pee in a cup, store it away in a glass case full of other collected cups to mix and match at a later point, blending a perfect acidity of urine. It seems like now most ideas are simply flushed down the toilet. A toilet shaped like this blog.