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.
Friday, January 4, 2008
Sunday, December 23, 2007
October 2007 to December 18th 2007
So, after the tour was said and done, I went back to Philly for a little while to hang with the family and friends. There wasn't too many things going on. Saw some friends, celebrated the glorious event that is Halloween! And went to my mom's annual Halloween Party.....oh yeah, there was Chris's b-day which was a bunch of fun!
We all went out for vegetarian chinese food, and then i think a few days later people came over for another celebration at Nat and Mark's house in Northern Liberties. Overall i think Chris had a good 25th b-day.
After seeing people and hanging with the family, i went back to L.A. immediately upon arriving home my computer decided to die on my causing my withdrawal from the web for about two weeks. After a few calls to apple, it was fixed, then it was time to look for a job.
however this coincided with Thanksgiving, which was at nick and emily's and was awesome, so i wasn't looking for something that was going to give me lots of work, becuase i still had to pack for home, run other errands, and hang with friends. Therefore I fell back on the ol' Lush for employment, which was nice.
Probably i'll go back working there as soon as i got back to L.A., that way i'll immediately have a job and a little bit of money coming my way while i try to find employment on tour.
Anyways, i'm back in Philly now. So far i've just been hanging with the family, playing with the dog, and christmas shopping. The only other interesting thing i could say going on is that i'm working on music again, i know i say this alot, but there's one song i've been working on since this summer and i feel like it finally might be coming together.
All my music and recordings got scrapped from my HD failing, so this was the only song i could remember, and i kinda like the way it's going, so i think it's a good sign the rest got scrapped.....
welp. i'm goign to be off, have a good holiday season
(p.s. if this isn't making too much sense or my thoughts aren't worded right, i apologize, i'm watching tv and doing typing)
-Mb
We all went out for vegetarian chinese food, and then i think a few days later people came over for another celebration at Nat and Mark's house in Northern Liberties. Overall i think Chris had a good 25th b-day.
After seeing people and hanging with the family, i went back to L.A. immediately upon arriving home my computer decided to die on my causing my withdrawal from the web for about two weeks. After a few calls to apple, it was fixed, then it was time to look for a job.
however this coincided with Thanksgiving, which was at nick and emily's and was awesome, so i wasn't looking for something that was going to give me lots of work, becuase i still had to pack for home, run other errands, and hang with friends. Therefore I fell back on the ol' Lush for employment, which was nice.
Probably i'll go back working there as soon as i got back to L.A., that way i'll immediately have a job and a little bit of money coming my way while i try to find employment on tour.
Anyways, i'm back in Philly now. So far i've just been hanging with the family, playing with the dog, and christmas shopping. The only other interesting thing i could say going on is that i'm working on music again, i know i say this alot, but there's one song i've been working on since this summer and i feel like it finally might be coming together.
All my music and recordings got scrapped from my HD failing, so this was the only song i could remember, and i kinda like the way it's going, so i think it's a good sign the rest got scrapped.....
welp. i'm goign to be off, have a good holiday season
(p.s. if this isn't making too much sense or my thoughts aren't worded right, i apologize, i'm watching tv and doing typing)
-Mb
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