Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Sponsors
"Adrift in New York" is NOT sponsored by Dell, the fuckers who have delayed Jakey's computer on three occasions.
Monday, August 6, 2007
Dr. Don
I should be incredibly excited. Or having a nervous breakdown. I should either be jumping up and down or sobbing my eyes out. Instead I don't feel anything. I'm just numb. Dr. Don would say it is okay, and that my awareness wheel is not as feelings-based as some other people's are, but more action-based. However, everyone that Dr. Don worked with at Rikers Island was the same way so maybe that's not always a good thing. I miss Dr. Don. I bought a card to give to him at the end of the school year but I never gave it to him. I don't know why. He gave me a B despite my awful attendance. I think he knew I had problems, because he is Dr. Don and Dr. Don has worked with broken souls for so long that he only needs to look in your eyes once to know something is up.This was supposed to be an entry about moving to New York and then it became all about Dr. Don. Maybe I will write him an e-mail someday.
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Minneapolis
I wasn't going to update this thing until I officially moved, but I just want to say something about my hometown of Minneapolis in the wake of the 35-W bridge collapsing earlier this evening.
I'm horrible with directions, but even so, I realize how often I have crossed that bridge in my life. It is the bridge that goes downtown, to the Mall of America, to the airport. Literally everyone living in the metropolitan area can truthfully say they've crossed it. I keep waiting for the dreadful news that I am going to know someone who was on it, whether it is a classmate from Stout or a friend of a friend.
In a way I feel a sense of guilt, because I am leaving Minneapolis just as it is about to fight for itself, to begin a project that will likely take years (we did get a light system a few years ago, but it doesn't go to the south suburbs, perhaps the heaviest force of traffic). That said, I know that the Minneapolis/St. Paul people are resilient, helpful and caring, and those qualities will help the area recover from one of the most tragic days in Minnesota history.
I'm horrible with directions, but even so, I realize how often I have crossed that bridge in my life. It is the bridge that goes downtown, to the Mall of America, to the airport. Literally everyone living in the metropolitan area can truthfully say they've crossed it. I keep waiting for the dreadful news that I am going to know someone who was on it, whether it is a classmate from Stout or a friend of a friend.
In a way I feel a sense of guilt, because I am leaving Minneapolis just as it is about to fight for itself, to begin a project that will likely take years (we did get a light system a few years ago, but it doesn't go to the south suburbs, perhaps the heaviest force of traffic). That said, I know that the Minneapolis/St. Paul people are resilient, helpful and caring, and those qualities will help the area recover from one of the most tragic days in Minnesota history.
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