back in NY, the awesomeness continued when I got to see GeoffreyTodd and commenced to party all night w/ Natalie D. and Mike K., who i'd not seen since moving west. we danced to hall and oats at a party called Shit Hammered, where we also watched 1.5 fights, bottles crashing to the ground at many instances, and bras hanging from the ceiling. i headed to philly on weds, benny's arrival sounded by skateboard wheels. he told me how he, salo, and thousands of skaters descended on Love Park the previous day. some SF guys stayed w/ Ben and Salo as well, and they were equally awesome. we all went out, got Stefan, ate dinner and drank. then we played around in a park and it felt so excellent, nothing beats the city-park-at-night-summery-feeling. the next day we went to a park that the guys are building, and people are seriously sleeping there at night, they're so excited to get it done. than we checked out the whispering wall, and walked around a few parks. while ben was in class, stephan took me to an abandoned factory and i could have spent hours there. aw philly yer so nice. grafitti , swings and crosswords, beer and walking and summersweat and hugs. back in brooklyn, marty and tera took me to a really nice dinner, then i went to see doug and amy for a bit before heading to a party. we checked out a singer, Kevin Divine, elliott-smity and pretty good. he covered a tim harding song so i was pleased. we walked across the bridge to the lower east side, and there was Carolyn, glowy in a white dress. we rejoiced til morning, i caught a cab driven by a sweet person who wrote a book and we talked about art and life and all that cliche 5am stuff. i felt sad to leave.