globalized munich

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RC had some business in munich yesterday so i came along for the ride and spent the day wandering around town.

i was trying to focus on the city's history and architecture but had a hard time since i was being bombarded by neon signs everywhere.  as i walked to and fro i formulated an entire rant on the evils of globalization in my head but i am going to spare myself and you the headache... 

cheerio!

=  ) st 

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i made it!

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i am sooooooooooooooooooooooooo happy to be here.  of course very excited to see him!  ravensburg is really very cute (i feel like i moved to disneyland - gabled roofs and cobblestone streets ... the whole bit).  his friends are very nice (all around my age) and have welcomed me so warmly (not what i expected - germans are kinda reserved.  but none of them are german: there's the guy from nepal with his belgian girlfriend and the irish lad with the girl from god knows where).  hearing and seeing germans everywhere is going to take some getting used to.  luckily his friends don't speak german at all, which is great cause it appears that every time i open my mouth something english comes out until i concentrate on speaking german.  

it's 4:30am right now and i am wide awake (surprising since i hardly slept on the plane.  although i reserved a window seat i ended up in an aisle seat right next to the bathroom with people practically standing on my feet all night and several non-stop-screaming children behind me) ... my internal clock is all screwed up.  but who cares?  it's not like i have to get up to go to work any time soon.

no phone yet, or shoes, for that matter, since delta (i don't know how you can out up with them david) managed to leave one of my suitcases in san francisco ... and that after i had to pay $150 for bringing what they call "excess baggage" but i refer to as "my life". 

but it's all good,  i'm on vacation and refuse to get stressed out over such trivialities.

so yeah, it's surreal being here but all in all i am loving it!  

=  ) st

p.s. there's a SUBWAY (yeah, the crappy sandwich kind) in the historic town square!  globalization truly is a bitch!

p.p.s. did i mention that i can see the alps from here?  ... surreal!

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a farewell toast (from the musical "rent")

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i raise my glass, you bet your ass to ... la vie bohème!

to days of inspiration, playing hookey, making something out of nothing, the need to express, to communicate, to going against the grain, going insane, going mad.

to loving tension, no pension, to more than one dimension, to starving for attention, hating convention, hating pretension.

to riding your bike midday past the three piece suits, to fruits, to no absolutes, to absolut, to choice, to the village voice, to any passing fad.

to hand-crafted beers made in local breweries, to yoga, to yogurt, to rice and beans and cheese, to leather, to dildos, to curry vindaloo, to huevos rancheros, and maya angelou.

to emotion, devotion, to causing a commotion, creation, vacation and mucho masturbation, compassion, to fashion, to passion when it's new.

to sontag, to Sondheim, to anything taboo, ginsberg, dylan, cunningham and cage, lenny bruce, langston hughes.

to the stage, to uta, to Buddha, pablo neruda, to why dorothy and toto went over the rainbow to blow off auntie em.

to bisexuals, trisexuals, homo sapiens, carcinogens, hallucinogens, men, pee wee herman, german wine, turpentine, gertrude stein, antonioni, bertolucci, kurosawa, carmina burana.

to apathy, to entropy, to empathy, ecstasy, vaclav havel, the sex pistols, 8bc, to no shame, never playing the fame game, to marijuana.

vive la vie bohème!

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