a brief update from an internet cafe in berkley

i have been writing and writing since i left on friday – it seems a whole other world – to not have to get up to go to work today – to be in the united states. i am often reminded here that i just am not cut out to live in a place with this large of a population – too many people, too much need to be agressive (or at the very least assertive in a way that seems foreign to me). i am hoping at the end of this trip to have fodder for more creative endeavours – as there are moments within moments here that need to be written and photographed (not because of this particular country, but because of my peculiar friends)….

since i arrived friday, i have been staying in a tiny corner of the east bay area called – canyon (population 200) – on a squatted fifth of an acre that “belongs” to two friends of mine. i will post photographs when i am able to download my camera (probably not until i get home since i left the cable in roberts creek). since that time i have done some lounging about, gone for a hike, gone to church, driven up the coast to a town called bolinas, read books, gone to a poetry slam, cooked good dinners (and breakfasts) and generally done a lot of socializing with my friends kevin and jasmyn.

tomorrow i travel again and will not likely be near a computer for awhile… a brief hello to everyone and letting you all know i am safe and doing really well 🙂