Well I've readjusted to my surroundings at home, which eventually means in one form or another, a new job will come along that will require travel.....
I think I will look forward to the next gig. and am crossing my fingers it will be music related as I really have been aching for it.
Right now i'm at home in Philly. While here all i did was visit some family and friends. I also baked some black bean cookies....very odd things, but they were okay.
other then that nothing is really happening, except working on the EP. I hope i get it done by February....not everything's laid down yet, but what i have so far (lyrics) is like hot butter on sugar. I hope that's what it's going to sound like.
new years resolutions
-follow my heart song
-stay in shape & eat healthy
- let the magic dance on
Monday, December 29, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
at last, my love has come along
Today I am flying back West!
Since being home I've seen my fam & friends. This has been nice, but does not match the granduer of my soon to be home experience in California.
Fun things ahead:
-sleeping in my own bed
-exercising at my gym
-seeing emily, cricket, & tamra
-seeing my lush crew
-3rd encore peeps
-shows (lady disaster, spinto band, emily's band)
-Feng Shueyin my room
-camping, vegas, monteray bay
-halloween & thanksgiving
In other news I'm happy about the Phillies winning the pennett. yes, this might be a bit rude since I should support the dodgers, but i'd be happy with whomever won. I'm not one to really take sides on baseball. I just talk like i do sometimes.
What's up next for the B? lookin' for a new gig, & probably hangin with old friends this weekend ;)
Since being home I've seen my fam & friends. This has been nice, but does not match the granduer of my soon to be home experience in California.
Fun things ahead:
-sleeping in my own bed
-exercising at my gym
-seeing emily, cricket, & tamra
-seeing my lush crew
-3rd encore peeps
-shows (lady disaster, spinto band, emily's band)
-Feng Shueyin my room
-camping, vegas, monteray bay
-halloween & thanksgiving
In other news I'm happy about the Phillies winning the pennett. yes, this might be a bit rude since I should support the dodgers, but i'd be happy with whomever won. I'm not one to really take sides on baseball. I just talk like i do sometimes.
What's up next for the B? lookin' for a new gig, & probably hangin with old friends this weekend ;)
Monday, October 13, 2008
Another One Bites the Dust
Yes, it's been ages since i wrote in here, but now that the tour is over with I have a little more free time to keep everyone up to date on my standings in life.
The tour ended last week & the team as a whole did a great job & our tour manager got high acclaim which was awesome for him.
As for myself, I am down visitng the parents in Philly and just trying to wash away the past six months of road. I get very ambivalent about things after the road, possibly because my head is still there. This trip though is helping out tremendously with getting me back into motion with my life.
hmmmm......i was all inspired to write some more stuff of importance down, but I have all of a sudden lost interest......
another time i suppose
The tour ended last week & the team as a whole did a great job & our tour manager got high acclaim which was awesome for him.
As for myself, I am down visitng the parents in Philly and just trying to wash away the past six months of road. I get very ambivalent about things after the road, possibly because my head is still there. This trip though is helping out tremendously with getting me back into motion with my life.
hmmmm......i was all inspired to write some more stuff of importance down, but I have all of a sudden lost interest......
another time i suppose
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Pretty good day.
Today's been a pretty good day which normally I would just sit back and silently keep to myself but however since I've been feeling quite depressed for the past three weeks I feel the need to write it down.....I guess to relive it in a way.
First thing that was amazing about today was there was a huge ass thunder storm happening from probably about 2am to about 10am. The only bummer with this was that I was woken up by the thunder alot. However seeing as how i live in LA and it's been really hot in Columbia I was more happy then sad about the weather.
Secondly after doing some work and fooling around on the computer I went back to sleep and had one of the best dreams ever. I dreamt I was flying (which is always awesome) over some huge ass swamp with these weird black dolphins and reptiles all chilling in them. Then there was a scene in the dream where I was able to call upon a mass amount of Alligators. One even acted like a dog in my dream....it was super cool. Probably one of the best adventure dreams i've had in a while.
Thirdly I was woken up by my phone and Mike texted me to say he was going to the movies. I decided to jump on this too because 1. i'd get to hang with mike for a bit, 2. it would kill some of my day 3. raining = movies in my book. Turns out mike wanted to see Batman and Hellboy back to back which was super awesome. Seeing Batman again was great, the first time was just too much to take in in one sitting. The film revisited was great and I was able to really sink my teeth into some of the scenes. I think I like the motorcycle scene and any of the sitdowns the Joker had with Batman or Harvey Dent. Such a great film. Hellboy was good too, but got kinda goofy. Special effects were great, but the story line was a little to soft and cheesey which made the film weak.
As for the Rest of the Day....I'm probably gonna sit back and watch one of my guity pleasures while having a glass of wine, then go to jimmy johns for dinner, round that off with a nice evening workout, and go to bed with a book in hand.
Tomorrow I"m gonna be working from 12 to 4, then the plan is to go to the Penguin piano bar & maybe do some workoutin' again.
laters
First thing that was amazing about today was there was a huge ass thunder storm happening from probably about 2am to about 10am. The only bummer with this was that I was woken up by the thunder alot. However seeing as how i live in LA and it's been really hot in Columbia I was more happy then sad about the weather.
Secondly after doing some work and fooling around on the computer I went back to sleep and had one of the best dreams ever. I dreamt I was flying (which is always awesome) over some huge ass swamp with these weird black dolphins and reptiles all chilling in them. Then there was a scene in the dream where I was able to call upon a mass amount of Alligators. One even acted like a dog in my dream....it was super cool. Probably one of the best adventure dreams i've had in a while.
Thirdly I was woken up by my phone and Mike texted me to say he was going to the movies. I decided to jump on this too because 1. i'd get to hang with mike for a bit, 2. it would kill some of my day 3. raining = movies in my book. Turns out mike wanted to see Batman and Hellboy back to back which was super awesome. Seeing Batman again was great, the first time was just too much to take in in one sitting. The film revisited was great and I was able to really sink my teeth into some of the scenes. I think I like the motorcycle scene and any of the sitdowns the Joker had with Batman or Harvey Dent. Such a great film. Hellboy was good too, but got kinda goofy. Special effects were great, but the story line was a little to soft and cheesey which made the film weak.
As for the Rest of the Day....I'm probably gonna sit back and watch one of my guity pleasures while having a glass of wine, then go to jimmy johns for dinner, round that off with a nice evening workout, and go to bed with a book in hand.
Tomorrow I"m gonna be working from 12 to 4, then the plan is to go to the Penguin piano bar & maybe do some workoutin' again.
laters
Saturday, July 19, 2008
columbia
yes i am here. and boy this place is quite boring to people who don't know the area....like most of middle america i suppose.
Today I had a really long dragging day of work and had to deal with multiple frustrations of weather, people, and the tour lifestyle. So as soon as i was off duty i went a playin' some b-ball to relieve my stress and tension...seemed to have worked a bit..i think i'm still gonna do some jump roping in a bit....
Aside from that i have found 3 of my 4 lost items and they are being delivered to me this week. the exercise pants are still at large...sadness....
also i saw the new batman, heath ledger did a great job...i thought the move had a few unnecessary bits, it was overall good though.....
anyways i'm beat. talk later
m b
Today I had a really long dragging day of work and had to deal with multiple frustrations of weather, people, and the tour lifestyle. So as soon as i was off duty i went a playin' some b-ball to relieve my stress and tension...seemed to have worked a bit..i think i'm still gonna do some jump roping in a bit....
Aside from that i have found 3 of my 4 lost items and they are being delivered to me this week. the exercise pants are still at large...sadness....
also i saw the new batman, heath ledger did a great job...i thought the move had a few unnecessary bits, it was overall good though.....
anyways i'm beat. talk later
m b
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Tour part 5
Well, we're almost to the half way point of tour. Right now i'm in Columbia, MO at the lovely residence inn......as of now, it's very boring.
Today i went to downtown and got a very weak grilled cheese sandwich, then i went to get my nails done, and now i'm working on my music.
There is really nothing else to report except that I have accomplished losing some very dear items on tour so far
1. tour smart book
2. tour folder
3. exercise pants
4. liquid eyeliner
bummed? you bet i am. Tommorrow though i plan on calling two hotels in PA that i do believe have said items.
Besides this I plan on seeing the following movies
1. hellboy
2. batman
3. hancock
4. narnia
5. gonzo
6. step brothers
probably more also....I do have a lovely week long break that is coming at a good time, so i'll try and see all these flicks then. Also I plan on finishing my Drugs Sex and Coco Puffs book this next week and a half & cleaning my already destroyed hotel room
Things I look forward to at home:
-Emily and Nick
-Cricket and Alcohol
-Surfing
-Horseback riding
-My Bed
-Get'em Gators
-Guitar Hero
-Exercising
That about sums it up for now....off to watch movie trailers on Itunes.
ps for music people, i checked out Alphabeat today, pretty good stuff.
Today i went to downtown and got a very weak grilled cheese sandwich, then i went to get my nails done, and now i'm working on my music.
There is really nothing else to report except that I have accomplished losing some very dear items on tour so far
1. tour smart book
2. tour folder
3. exercise pants
4. liquid eyeliner
bummed? you bet i am. Tommorrow though i plan on calling two hotels in PA that i do believe have said items.
Besides this I plan on seeing the following movies
1. hellboy
2. batman
3. hancock
4. narnia
5. gonzo
6. step brothers
probably more also....I do have a lovely week long break that is coming at a good time, so i'll try and see all these flicks then. Also I plan on finishing my Drugs Sex and Coco Puffs book this next week and a half & cleaning my already destroyed hotel room
Things I look forward to at home:
-Emily and Nick
-Cricket and Alcohol
-Surfing
-Horseback riding
-My Bed
-Get'em Gators
-Guitar Hero
-Exercising
That about sums it up for now....off to watch movie trailers on Itunes.
ps for music people, i checked out Alphabeat today, pretty good stuff.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Tour part 4.....2...?
Location: Penn State
mood: bored outta broadway
weapon: ipod shuffle & red lipstick
I guess i skipped tour part 2. For shame!
Tour is going okay. I think at the moment I'm having a realization that I've started focusing more on the ongoings of tour then on what I do on my own time. so i'm pretty much trying to stop that, hopefully i can accomplish this.
aside from that vague thought...
I saw Wanted, the new angelina jolie movie. angie was hot of course, james macovoy ruined it for me though....not great script writing for his character at all.....
Also I saw Sex and the City, Ironman, & indiana jones. First two mentioned were great....last one not good at all.
hmmmm......also one dude on tour is going to be taking on his dream gig up at Lake Tahoe this fall which means i'll be going up there to visit him and finally learn how to snowboard....possibly for free? who knows....
Other things i'm hoping to do when I get back...
-Camp at the Redwoods
-motorcycles
-vegas
That's about it right now....shows go without saying.
What I will leave you with is this....would you consider a Popple a Marsupial?
think about it.....
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Tour Part 3
Location: St. Louis, MO
Mood: excited
Weapons: cream cheese
Just a few moments ago i learned of the possibility that I can swing going to Europe for Free! how nifty is that? I wonder if it would actually happen....probably would be quite expensive for food and hotels though.
besides this little ray of light, the tour is otherwise ridiculous.
I dont' think we've actually had one full weekend of work....maybe two....
Every week there has been wind and rain disrupting our promotions so we intern have to pack our gear up early and head back to our bungalows. I dont' mind this, but it does get a little old when you're in work mode and would like to remain in work mode for a longer portion of the day then you're allotted.
Last week we were in Wisconsin when the Tornado/Flash Floods hit, but fear not, we weren't in harms' way. We did however stay on a golf course that weekend so there were puddles all over the place. One traffic light went out, and there was a car submerged under water to boot!
We just arrived in St. Louis yesterday. So far I have found a healthy little corner grocery store, a music venue to attend tonight, and Union station which will probably entertain me for a few hours. Tomorrow I might go to the zoo since I believe it's free here.
Other then that hope you're all doing splendid.
Mood: excited
Weapons: cream cheese
Just a few moments ago i learned of the possibility that I can swing going to Europe for Free! how nifty is that? I wonder if it would actually happen....probably would be quite expensive for food and hotels though.
besides this little ray of light, the tour is otherwise ridiculous.
I dont' think we've actually had one full weekend of work....maybe two....
Every week there has been wind and rain disrupting our promotions so we intern have to pack our gear up early and head back to our bungalows. I dont' mind this, but it does get a little old when you're in work mode and would like to remain in work mode for a longer portion of the day then you're allotted.
Last week we were in Wisconsin when the Tornado/Flash Floods hit, but fear not, we weren't in harms' way. We did however stay on a golf course that weekend so there were puddles all over the place. One traffic light went out, and there was a car submerged under water to boot!
We just arrived in St. Louis yesterday. So far I have found a healthy little corner grocery store, a music venue to attend tonight, and Union station which will probably entertain me for a few hours. Tomorrow I might go to the zoo since I believe it's free here.
Other then that hope you're all doing splendid.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Sony Alpha Tour leg 1
Alright, i'm back in the habit. Currently we're in Dayton, OH. Tomorrow we venture to Chicago, one of my fav. towns in the states. Unfortunately this time i'm not gonna partake in Gino's Pizza seeing as how i had a gang of free coldstone ice cream today from a neighboring vendor.
i will however be taking lots of pictures, mainly of polar bears swimming under water and the lovely architecture in the big city itself.
Let me back up though and explain what's happening.
While at SXSW, which was freakin' awesome. I got hired to do a Sony Alpha tour for the Midwest. This basically means i'm going to sporting events for youngsters trying to promote a camera for the kids' loaded parents to buy. Also a perk to this tour is that I get to hang out with Mike Shane & have my own professional camera to take pictures with this summer.
So far the tour is going well. We were in Boston about a month ago and since then have pretty much bounced back and forth between the states of Illinois and Michigan. Just to reassure anybody who thinks the Midwest is something of a 'Diamond in the Rough' though, it's absolutely not! There' is nothing to do out here but go to malls, see movies, exercise, and read books. No, these are not all bad things, but I do prefer trying to take in the novelties of places I see in the world, and the Midwest unfortunately doesn't have too many. But Chicago will! so as you can imagine i am very pleased to be going there tomorrow.
The only other perk to this tour so far is that I got to see my sister and her husband this past week. They were in very good spirits and showed me all their plans for redecorating their house. We also got to go out to an Irish pub which was wonderful & I finally snagged my sister's animation portfolio so hopefully I'll be able to set it up and show it around to a few people I know in the biz.
Other news on tour....? hmm....Well, to some of you folks who don't yet know it, the life of any person on the road, rockstar or vagabond is close to being the same. I suppose the only difference is how much you can splurge financially on your lodging, and the reason for pioneerin' around the country to begin with. By the same though, I mean BORING (after a while). You get up, eat, drive/go to work, eat, work/drive, eat, go to bar/movie/other place of interest, sleep & do the same thing the next day. Things may vary, but that's basically what you're getting yourself into.
yeah, you could argue the point that you're in some city, so at least you get to be there and see it. WRONG. If you're touring with band, that shit don't happen because you have a gig the next day that's probably 500mi away, so it's simply roll in fromt he last gig around 4, set up your shit, and then do your show, sleep, then get up at the ass crack of dawn and roll to the next city. For marketing, you're ususally is some dumb hotels by a mall, and you ain't seeing anything there either.
Also you get in these funks where you just lay around and waste away and lack being productive. I should know because I've done this quite a bit on the road. However this time I've prepared a few things to focus on. Mainly reading, some music I'm working on, and exercising. Right now the two main concentrations have been exercising and reading. Which reminds me if you haven't read 'Drug Sex and Coco Puffs' you should at least pick up this book and read the first chapter because it's very interesting to hear chuck klosterman's take on the pop culture of the 90s.
Aside from this im going home soon to LA. I really can't wait to see my friend Amie get married. She's been around since I was like 3 so it's gonna be pretty intense to see her get married, but I'm glad she's still in my life, so at least I can have some constant since a stable place to live has never really happened for me.
Oh yeah, I went veg & am still veg....i think i've only slipped like once or twice since Feb. Also Coffee has been cutt down majorly...this might be a problem for me in the future if Emily and I decide to ever open up a coffee/cake place. her and I get on with coffee like those two guys in Sideways.....we just have fun going to coffee places and discovering new coffee....yes its retarded, but classy and damn, i bet you wish you thought of it!
welp. I think that's about all for now folks. check out the myspace page if you wanna hear more rappin' that's happenin'
-MB
i will however be taking lots of pictures, mainly of polar bears swimming under water and the lovely architecture in the big city itself.
Let me back up though and explain what's happening.
While at SXSW, which was freakin' awesome. I got hired to do a Sony Alpha tour for the Midwest. This basically means i'm going to sporting events for youngsters trying to promote a camera for the kids' loaded parents to buy. Also a perk to this tour is that I get to hang out with Mike Shane & have my own professional camera to take pictures with this summer.
So far the tour is going well. We were in Boston about a month ago and since then have pretty much bounced back and forth between the states of Illinois and Michigan. Just to reassure anybody who thinks the Midwest is something of a 'Diamond in the Rough' though, it's absolutely not! There' is nothing to do out here but go to malls, see movies, exercise, and read books. No, these are not all bad things, but I do prefer trying to take in the novelties of places I see in the world, and the Midwest unfortunately doesn't have too many. But Chicago will! so as you can imagine i am very pleased to be going there tomorrow.
The only other perk to this tour so far is that I got to see my sister and her husband this past week. They were in very good spirits and showed me all their plans for redecorating their house. We also got to go out to an Irish pub which was wonderful & I finally snagged my sister's animation portfolio so hopefully I'll be able to set it up and show it around to a few people I know in the biz.
Other news on tour....? hmm....Well, to some of you folks who don't yet know it, the life of any person on the road, rockstar or vagabond is close to being the same. I suppose the only difference is how much you can splurge financially on your lodging, and the reason for pioneerin' around the country to begin with. By the same though, I mean BORING (after a while). You get up, eat, drive/go to work, eat, work/drive, eat, go to bar/movie/other place of interest, sleep & do the same thing the next day. Things may vary, but that's basically what you're getting yourself into.
yeah, you could argue the point that you're in some city, so at least you get to be there and see it. WRONG. If you're touring with band, that shit don't happen because you have a gig the next day that's probably 500mi away, so it's simply roll in fromt he last gig around 4, set up your shit, and then do your show, sleep, then get up at the ass crack of dawn and roll to the next city. For marketing, you're ususally is some dumb hotels by a mall, and you ain't seeing anything there either.
Also you get in these funks where you just lay around and waste away and lack being productive. I should know because I've done this quite a bit on the road. However this time I've prepared a few things to focus on. Mainly reading, some music I'm working on, and exercising. Right now the two main concentrations have been exercising and reading. Which reminds me if you haven't read 'Drug Sex and Coco Puffs' you should at least pick up this book and read the first chapter because it's very interesting to hear chuck klosterman's take on the pop culture of the 90s.
Aside from this im going home soon to LA. I really can't wait to see my friend Amie get married. She's been around since I was like 3 so it's gonna be pretty intense to see her get married, but I'm glad she's still in my life, so at least I can have some constant since a stable place to live has never really happened for me.
Oh yeah, I went veg & am still veg....i think i've only slipped like once or twice since Feb. Also Coffee has been cutt down majorly...this might be a problem for me in the future if Emily and I decide to ever open up a coffee/cake place. her and I get on with coffee like those two guys in Sideways.....we just have fun going to coffee places and discovering new coffee....yes its retarded, but classy and damn, i bet you wish you thought of it!
welp. I think that's about all for now folks. check out the myspace page if you wanna hear more rappin' that's happenin'
-MB
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
happenings and unhappenings
Alright, so it's been sometime since i bothered posting here.
Since i have been home things are slowly getting back to normal and I'm calming down from my post-road angst which i usually suffer from.
After getting home from the parents for the holiday, I think I've pretty much stapled it to my head that Philadelphia may not be something I want to go back to anytime soon. Mainly because there's no future for me there at this time. So I'm trying to let go of all the stuff that's made me wanna reconsider spending the remainder of my 20s there and am moving on to open up to L.A. as a possible settling for me. However I will probably review my surroundings when I turn 30, because by that time I'll be under the impression it will be time to at least own some kind of property, if not in L.A. somewhere else for sure.
Anyways, I also am going to try to live a healthier life, or start making changes. I'm reading a book right now that's been real sneaky about laying down healthy eating habits. Basically the book tricks you half way through into becoming vegan. It all makes sense and their reasoning behind eggs, dairy, protein etc & the argument that we're not born to eat this kinda stuff, we've just adapted to the habit is a good point. it's something I've thought about before, so I'm going to try and start off slowly by dropping meat.
It's completely odd of me, and I don't know if I'll ever find anything as good as a scotch eggs again, but for a few years i've been saying 'i am gonna go veg, just not right now." I believe friends, the time is now! and i'll at least try it. not for the sake of animals so much as for the sake of my own body, which doesn't need meat really, and shouldn't have lots of unwanted hormones, arsenic, and other harmful ingredients put inside of it.
other things hmmm....dan keeps buying pinball games and putting them in common areas of the house. it's very bothersome and i probably yell at him once every two weeks for it. he's a bitch sometimes, but a good roommate in other ways.
Also there might be another tour in the horizon. I am a little bummed about it right now, and I suppose it's a 'no-no' according to 'The Secret' but i'm almost negative about the idea and I feel like i'm not gonna get the job. Mainly because I was told I was going to be interviewing for the Tour Manager position, which I would Kill at. But unfortunately on the phone for the 2nd interview, they're now looking at me to be the Senior Legistics Manager, which is a fancy way of saying Asst. Tour Manager. which blows cuz it's less money & I'd rather have TM on my resume & rather run a tour and be insanely busy, that's my bag.
however the positive light is that I went on to get another interview for later this week, so we'll see how that goes. Hopefully they will review my resume after our conference and change their minds. also hopefully mike shane will be on the tour again, because that would kick ass, and we work real well together as a team. but we will have to see.
well, that's all my talk for now. I'm quite tired and plan on eating sushi and green tea ice cream tomorrow in celebration of V-day whilest watching monster movies..
pip pip!
Since i have been home things are slowly getting back to normal and I'm calming down from my post-road angst which i usually suffer from.
After getting home from the parents for the holiday, I think I've pretty much stapled it to my head that Philadelphia may not be something I want to go back to anytime soon. Mainly because there's no future for me there at this time. So I'm trying to let go of all the stuff that's made me wanna reconsider spending the remainder of my 20s there and am moving on to open up to L.A. as a possible settling for me. However I will probably review my surroundings when I turn 30, because by that time I'll be under the impression it will be time to at least own some kind of property, if not in L.A. somewhere else for sure.
Anyways, I also am going to try to live a healthier life, or start making changes. I'm reading a book right now that's been real sneaky about laying down healthy eating habits. Basically the book tricks you half way through into becoming vegan. It all makes sense and their reasoning behind eggs, dairy, protein etc & the argument that we're not born to eat this kinda stuff, we've just adapted to the habit is a good point. it's something I've thought about before, so I'm going to try and start off slowly by dropping meat.
It's completely odd of me, and I don't know if I'll ever find anything as good as a scotch eggs again, but for a few years i've been saying 'i am gonna go veg, just not right now." I believe friends, the time is now! and i'll at least try it. not for the sake of animals so much as for the sake of my own body, which doesn't need meat really, and shouldn't have lots of unwanted hormones, arsenic, and other harmful ingredients put inside of it.
other things hmmm....dan keeps buying pinball games and putting them in common areas of the house. it's very bothersome and i probably yell at him once every two weeks for it. he's a bitch sometimes, but a good roommate in other ways.
Also there might be another tour in the horizon. I am a little bummed about it right now, and I suppose it's a 'no-no' according to 'The Secret' but i'm almost negative about the idea and I feel like i'm not gonna get the job. Mainly because I was told I was going to be interviewing for the Tour Manager position, which I would Kill at. But unfortunately on the phone for the 2nd interview, they're now looking at me to be the Senior Legistics Manager, which is a fancy way of saying Asst. Tour Manager. which blows cuz it's less money & I'd rather have TM on my resume & rather run a tour and be insanely busy, that's my bag.
however the positive light is that I went on to get another interview for later this week, so we'll see how that goes. Hopefully they will review my resume after our conference and change their minds. also hopefully mike shane will be on the tour again, because that would kick ass, and we work real well together as a team. but we will have to see.
well, that's all my talk for now. I'm quite tired and plan on eating sushi and green tea ice cream tomorrow in celebration of V-day whilest watching monster movies..
pip pip!
Friday, January 4, 2008
Old People
I don’t’ know if it’s just me, or what. But people always seem to bother me on the streets whenever I’ve decided to have alone time. I don’t know why this happens, I’m not exactly screaming ‘I’m alone right now! Please come talk to me’ but it just always seems to happen given it’s a bum or otherwise.
The other day while waiting at the train station in Philadelphia this once again happened. This time however it was an old man. Very withered in the face, with a rather warm disposition about his character. He also was very hard of hearing which after a while became a little aggravating because whenever I wanted to say something I had to repeat myself in a rather loud manner. But I didn’t talk much, he was quite a chatty man.
He mainly discussed how Philadelphia used to look and how all it’s wonder has been lost over the past years. Once being a place that was bigger then New York and having only 5 large hotels, none of which were chains, has now crumbled into a forgotten land full of indie-pop-hipsters, lawyers, and bums.
As well as discussing his thoughts on the city, he also mentioned how he left home when he was 14 years old and during those times he wasn’t expected to go to college so it was natural to wander about as he did. He apparently made his way done the east coast to New Orleans where he lived for a while. I think he probably did small jobs or pawned money off people, I can’t exactly remember.
I tried getting in a few words. I really didn’t know what to ask him about except what I could learn from him after all his experiences. I can’t remember what he said actually, probably darted the question. But after our 30min conversation I kinda got the impressions old people always get the ‘Any Advice I Can Learn For My Life?’ question and that really old people just want to have some nice stranger to talk to to tell them about their lives, and have this person react in a manner that would make the old people realize their lives were worth living.
At least that’s my guess.
The other day while waiting at the train station in Philadelphia this once again happened. This time however it was an old man. Very withered in the face, with a rather warm disposition about his character. He also was very hard of hearing which after a while became a little aggravating because whenever I wanted to say something I had to repeat myself in a rather loud manner. But I didn’t talk much, he was quite a chatty man.
He mainly discussed how Philadelphia used to look and how all it’s wonder has been lost over the past years. Once being a place that was bigger then New York and having only 5 large hotels, none of which were chains, has now crumbled into a forgotten land full of indie-pop-hipsters, lawyers, and bums.
As well as discussing his thoughts on the city, he also mentioned how he left home when he was 14 years old and during those times he wasn’t expected to go to college so it was natural to wander about as he did. He apparently made his way done the east coast to New Orleans where he lived for a while. I think he probably did small jobs or pawned money off people, I can’t exactly remember.
I tried getting in a few words. I really didn’t know what to ask him about except what I could learn from him after all his experiences. I can’t remember what he said actually, probably darted the question. But after our 30min conversation I kinda got the impressions old people always get the ‘Any Advice I Can Learn For My Life?’ question and that really old people just want to have some nice stranger to talk to to tell them about their lives, and have this person react in a manner that would make the old people realize their lives were worth living.
At least that’s my guess.
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