The Steampunk World

Being the continued explorations of a living steampunk.

The steampunk world is all around us, lying just out of sight, in a continuous thread of steampunk builders and culture that extends from the Victorian era to the present. You'll find no science fiction here: This is real life steampunk.

Thursday, September 05, 2002

Rode in CM with over 850 others. Took the Hi-Riser this time, prompting one bystander to say "dude, he got his sista's bike!". Rode on the Kennedy. Smoked on the Kennedy. Got bullied by E. Victor on Saturday, who went ahead and scheduled the apartment's next tenant to move in at 1pm without even telling us. New tenant agreed to let us leave without cleaning in exchange for moving in early. Loaded up the truck with the gracious help of E-D, Kabuto, Frankie, and the Pagan Quaker Jew. Spent the night at the house of the first two, where our cats met their cats. Introductions did not go well. Played Simpsons Road Rage, which is funny for the quotes but doesn't really have anything to do with the Simpsons. Showed up at the new building and managed to convince the extremely insane weekend front desk lady to hand me the keys. She didn't have time to hand me the keys, she said. We weren't on the list. The regular lady doesn't know what she's doing. She's only there on the weekend. She wanted to leave at 2:45 and here it is 2:55 and I'm asking her for keys. She complained for a good 10 minutes, keys in hand, before handing them over in a 2-second transaction. Made a mental note never to go to the building office on the weekend. Discovered that moving can be very easy if you have an elevator. When all was finished, Frankie and I went for a leisurely ride up north to rent Metropolis and The City of Lost Children. Ate some psilocybe cubensis. Left reality for a while. Came back with a lot to sort out about what condition my condition was in- I can't believe people use that shit for recreation rather than for self improvement. Went up on the roof and watched the city dance for a while. Met some crazy oh-so-city lady and her eurotrash boyfriend. City Lady complained that the Aon building was ruining their view because it reminds them of the WTC. The eurotrash boyfriend gave us zee lowdown on zee building. Went to visit former neighbor Kris and met his nerdy roommate, who found out that Frankie was carrying a pocketknife and leapt at the chance to show off his extensive knife collection. Admired his plastic knives, great for getting past those airport x-rays, while he put a new edge on Frankie's knife. Rode down to see the Earth From Above photo exhibit- not to be missed if it comes to your town. Saw Frankie off. Discovered that the cable was still hooked up in the new place, including the pay channels. Watched the entire Apocalypse Now Redux without realizing which version it was and wondering why it seemed so long. Fell asleep and slept for about 15 hours.

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