Nat Friedman » 2003 » August http://nat.org/blog Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:12:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 30 August 2003 http://nat.org/blog/2003/08/30-august-2003/ http://nat.org/blog/2003/08/30-august-2003/#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2003 00:00:00 +0000 Nat Friedman http://www-new.nat.org/blog/?p=611 And there was like 40,000 people all along and up a hill with lighters and whatever and fires going in the distance and tents and I’ve never ever felt like that. It wasn’t a human feeling. It was something else completely different.
— from Follow Me Around

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    Zoe.

I need to find a new home for Zoe this week. Anyone in Boston want to give a home to a very sweet, very cool little kitty?

. . .

Update: Zoe found a nice home, with two kids (6 and 4) to give her plenty of attention.

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The sky after it rained.

Working a lot, frequently tired.

But the last few days have been among the most beautiful I’ve ever seen in Boston.

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    Dave in Rockport.

I’m looking for a new book to read, after finishing and loving and recommending to all my friends The Twenty-Seventh City.

I got a new camera, which I’m trying to learn to use.

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    Jimmy.

With limited success.

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    All amateur camera on camera action!!!

Everything feels like a transition to me right now, which is interesting, but a bit disorienting.

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    Birdy.
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    At our hotel in Munich.

It’s a bit surreal to travel to all these places and have almost no time to see them. I’ve been in Germany 52 hours and had meetings in three cities, and this isn’t even a particularly grueling trip. On the harder trips I don’t even remember to take out my camera.

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    Yet another travel lounge.

Some day maybe I’ll come back and get to know these cities by more than just their airport lounges and taxi drivers. (One note: it’s true. You should sit in the front of the taxi in Germany.)

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    Fire walk with me.
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    Tom and Murray.

By the by, I’m looking to get rid of a 1976 Fiat if anyone’s interested.

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. . .

Mere hours ago I realized that the apartments Miguel and I move into at the end of the month are right next door to TEP, an MIT fraternity.

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See also: Miguel’s thoughts on the matter.

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