± inventory of artifacts accumulated/shed in Gotham (post Ark Codex launch)
(In lieu of the standard trip report i bring you the following itemized lists of objects.)
(–) list of articles brought to NYC that didn't make the return trip to Rome:
- cashed toothpaste tube
- 1 pair of used black Nike Free 2.0 running shoes (purchased last year in NYC & used mostly as my lightweight travel running shoes)
- 3 pairs of stretched-out & holey socks (wore & threw out)
- 3 pairs of holey underwear with elastic stretched out (wore & threw out)
- 3 worn & dirty T-shirts (one stained with ink & blood from being tattooed)
- 1 old pair of skinny black jeans with widening hole in crotch
- 1 pair of apple earbuds that broke
- 5-6 pieces of art (sold or gifted)
- 12 or so glass frames (not worth bringing back)
- Jamestown
by Matthew Sharpe (read on plane & left at R & T's house in Harlem)
(+) articles acquired in Gotham, unpacked from our luggage back home:
- 2 army duffel bags to carry acquired possessions
- 1 Chinese army satchel with red star
- 3 baggage tags
- a «Notice of Baggage Inspection» note slipped into our bag by the Dept of Homeland Security
- 12 cans of Goya black beans
- 12 cans of Hatch green chiles
- 1 pair of Adidas Marathon 10
- 1 pair of red Nike Free 2.0
- 68 copies of Ark Codex ±0
- 28 copies of Sister Stop Breathing by Chiara Barzini
- 9 copies of Divorcer by Gary Lutz
- a belly full of sushi & tacos & bagels
- 2-3 kilos of flesh (from eating more & running less)
- 1 box of black quinoa
- 1 box of pomegranate tea
- 9 padded envelopes (leftover from not shipping so many review comps)
- 1 pen from the Gem hotel
- $3.15 credit on my NYC MetroCard (brought used card with me)
- 12 folding wire stands/easels for displaying books/art
- 1 bag of organic dried chipotles
- 1 travel-sized Arm & Hammer toothpaste
- 1 Burt's Bees hand creme
- 1 Burt's Bees foot creme
- 4 pairs of Adidas socks
- 10 US dollars
- some loose change
- 1 stamp in passport
- 1 tattoo (still scabby) of an anchor fractal on left shoulder (courtesy of Alex Sherker (should you be in need of ink, he's the one)):
- 1 tattoo of an ∞ (or 8) in brackets on my right wrist:
- 1 tattoo of the phylogenetic tree of life on my shaved belly:
- 1 book light
- 1 travel-sized conditioner (why is it hotels never have conditioner?)
- 2 pairs of Muji boxer briefs
- 2 pairs of UNIQLO boxer briefs
- 2 (consolidated) containers of chewable multi-vitamins
- 1 red Nike sweatband
- 1 gray Adidas sweatband (couldn't find any like the one worn by Björn Borg)
- 1 jar of Vietnamese red chili paste
- 1 jar of chipotle pepper flakes
- 1 jar of organic ground cinnamon
- 1 tube of Carmex
- a 16 GB ScanDisk Flashdrive
- a «My Passport» 750 GB portable hardrive
- 1 bottle of vanilla extract
- Burning City: Poems of Metropolitan Modernity (thanks Johannes!)
- Dalkey Archive's Best European Fiction 2012
- The Flame Alphabet
by Ben Marcus
- Fence fall 2011
- My Name Is Red
by by Orhan Pamuk
- New York Tyrant Vol. 3 N. 3 (even though the NY Tyrant himself blew me off for Florida or some such lame excuse)
- Recollections of the Golden Triangle
by Alain Robbe-Grillet
- Book of Ruth
by Robert Seydel
- Super Sad True Love Story
by Gary Shteyngart
- And Yet ... by Rosaire Appel
- Leaving the Atocha Station
by Ben Lerner
- Vicky Swanky Is a Beauty
by Diane Williams
- Suicide
by Eduoard Levé
- The Gospel According to Jesus Christ
by José Saramago
- Iskandariyah Skan by Ingo Giezendanner
- The Language Instinct
by Steven Pinker
- Open City
by Teju Cole (which i read in NYC & on the trip back—fitting as it's a Paul Austeresque sort of book that mostly takes place in Gotham (from the p.o.v. of a deadbeat Nigerian doctor that mostly walks around everywhere))
- 1 pair of JVC earbuds
- 2 handkerchiefs (1 white, 1 red)
- 1 jar of cinnamon sticks
- 1 jar of black sesame seeds
- 1 pair of skinny black jeans from UNIQLO
- 2 packets of cilantro seeds
- 1 packet of habanero seeds
- 1 packet of jalapeno seeds
- 1 packet of «spicy micro greens mix» seeds
- the seeds for Arcodex i (a sequel to Ark Codex ±0) planted in my head
- satisfaction & sense of closure at having launched Ark Codex ±0 & all its associated memories (i brought a camera with me to nyc but forgot to bring it anywhere so don't have pictures of either event, though someone from Sentimalist magazine captured some «shitty photos» of Tempers):
©om.Posted 2012 Derek
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