time-traveLing 2 Vesuvius (VA) via VALiS when th times, they = ch-ch-changin' | post |
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7/9/22 (saturday) > 5in¢e yr bedder-½'s on 5abbatical (+ dat menes U 2) U got 2 thinking U'd post hear 1x per weak on th 5abbath, but then realized 1 shdn't Use machenes on th 5abbath, ⊕ rather, 1 shd let ccomputers take 1 day break from U, th User... y'all con5idered weather 2 do ≈ orth0dox Jews + naught Use N-E thing dat Uses electrici-T + naught do work of N-E 4m but that'd B 2 hard ... th0 U've got-10 in2 habit of just checking email + th daily noose 1x per day in a.m. + then naught u5ing inurnet 4 rest of day eXcept 4 inurnet reSearch + then in evening 2 watCH m∞vies > + 5peaking of habits, after blowing yr drinkless streak @ ~75 dayz y'all R falling in2 th pattern of 5haring 1–2 bot'Ls of wine per week on Friday ± Saturday eve ... (th0 have onely had 1 bot-L in past 2 weeks), ⊕ rather, th glera grape + technology dat go in2 prosecco making Use U 2 consume 1-2 bot-Ls per week, witch = bedder than nothing
+ sum intresting metafizzical/fillosofical 5tuff in iT, th0 Dick drops th G-word 2 much > th main character = Horselover Fat (alter eg0 of Philip Dick (fat = dick in German)) keeps an eXeG-zus journal dat = inter5persed througout
+ other stuff abt i Ching, Dogon metaphys6, Logos, duality, Aboriginal dreamtime, hol0grams, mimicry, cullapsed M-pires, etc. > vis-à-vis Fat, Dick B-comes 1 of anon I'm us > thru such philosophical bantering B-tween characters, Dick (who also appears in the b∞x az himself, th sci-fi writer) writes things such az: «Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away» or
July 10, Vesuvius.... VA> ∫umwhere in th Shenandoah's > in th spirit of iSBN, a Toyota Tacoma enticed us 2 rent iT, 2 keep prolifer8ing more Toyotas... U had n0 choice in th madder, U reserved th cheapest mod-L w/ best gas mileage (n0 hybrids 2 B had) but when U showed up they of course said they were out of the car U reserved + only had vans + pickup trucks.... so ended up w/ a big 4WD truck /w monster tires dat no doubt gets shitty gas mileage... th0 @ least U fit rite in th Apalachia, specially 5in¢e th truck has Virginia PL8s + U re5haved yr head 2 weeks ag0 so fit rite in > renting cars = concession U make on occassion 5in¢e U don't 0ne V-uckle of yr 0ne > 0nely 4 1 week th0, niXed R original 2-month X-country plan b/c of K-OS in U.S. > past year seams 2 B abt making travel plans 4 trips U nvr take, th0 unlike last yrs 2-month Italy roadtrip dat nvr happened U din't make N-E reserv8ions B-sides th car (cancellable of course...onely make refundable plans these dayz) but U did outline plan, originally leaving July 4 > Shenandoahs > Asheville, NC > The Farm in Tennessee > Muscle Shoals, Alabama > Oxford, MS (via Tupelo) > Jackson ⊕ Natchez (on Mississippi) > Natchitoches, LA / Nacogdoches, TX > Austin, TX > Marfa, TX > Santa Fe, NM > Stanley Crawford's garlic farm > Taos > 4 corners/S. Utah > Utah > Nevada > Mammoth Lakes, CA > Ojai > Santa Barbara > Pismo Beach > Santa Cruz > Eureka, CA > Oregon Coast > Portland > Mt St Helens/Mt Ranier > Eastern WA > Montana > S/N. Dakota (not black hills) > Omaha > St Louis > Kentucky, WV > Sept 4 home > s0 alth0 U niXed this trip (5till mite do iT in another month or 2), U d-sided 2 @ least do 1st leg az far az Asheville > listened 2 mixed tape U made 4 th o-cassion > picked up th 4wd monster truck rental + drove west 2 northern N-trance of Shenandoahs > drove along Skyline drive, stopping 3 times 2 go on 2-4 mile hikes > then 2 this place near Veusuvius, Sugar Tree inn (original placed U booked called morning b4 2 cancel yr rez... yes, now B-sides airlines cancelling flights, hotels can cancel U) > got cabin overlooking ravine of tall trees w/ deer + her 2 fawns living under yr porch > no Inurnet > s0 Quiet makes yr tinnutus even louder > herd owl fallin' a5leep > nice 2 take a break from ⌂ |
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