Paul ([info]ace_combs) wrote,
@ 2005-12-15 16:33:00
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Tonight, Friday, December 30, Critical Mass: 5:30 p.m.
Picasso, Me in the red suit, or black/yellow rain gear.
Tomorrow: Saturday, December 31, NYE: (?)
773-592-0943, paulgermanos(at)msn.com

Happy Holidays
Frohe Feiertage


my new job: toy soldier outside chicago's finest gay bar.
(and if you can stand any more,
you'll find a story and pics
from my motorcycle trip here.
thanks!)

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[info]noromdiam
2005-12-15 11:52 pm UTC (link)
That's a funny picture!

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[info]ace_combs
2005-12-20 01:56 am UTC (link)
Thanks for taking the time to meet me.
And thanks for taking the time to read me on-line, too.
Best wishes in the New Year!
Gesundheit
Freiheit
Liebe

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[info]joybon
2005-12-16 12:01 am UTC (link)
Ha!

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[info]ace_combs
2005-12-20 01:58 am UTC (link)
I've enjoyed the moments when you've dropped the veil.
Best wishes in the New Year!
Gesundheit
Freiheit
Liebe

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[info]joybon
2005-12-27 04:30 am UTC (link)
Surprisingly, it is harder to be honest lj than I thought it would be.
Have a great 2006...look forward to reading your adventures.

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2005-12-27 07:05 am UTC (link)
It is a strange night. I am behind a borrowed lap top computer, on some anonymous wireless network. As a result, I don't feel safe enough to log into an e-mail account, or website, etc. I should know more about the risks. But I don't, and this isn't the time to learn.

The nice thing is that I've kept the whole journal public. So I'm not frozen out of the content, or comments. It is good to find the words and pictures, here.

Finding a public space to share things is easy, now. Finding a "real" space in which to be understood by a smaller audience - maybe just one person - is as difficult today as it was in the days before us. Alas!

Haha. Look at me: Typing to an alias in the wee hours.

Strange, I said. To feel the outline of the space where once was the thing upon which you bestowed some affection. To be filled with stories untold, kindness ungiven, more complex and intelligent - alone.

It's good then (now) to ride, or to run, for the sake of losing the inner-struggle in some physical pursuit.

Last night I found a bit of Auden to Yeats:

"You were silly like us: your gift survived it all;
The parish of rich women, physical decay,
Yourself; Mad Ireland hurt you into poetry."

Paul.

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[info]joybon
2005-12-29 10:15 am UTC (link)
Hello,
I really liked the poetry of this comment. I had to read it a few times. And then I was too wearied out to reply.
However, days later, I can say.
I really liked the poetry of this comment.

Sorry for not keeping my journal public and thus denying you something to read when not logged in at odd places and odd hours while worrying about security : )

To be filled with stories untold, kindness ungiven, more complex and intelligent - alone. Familiar not strange.

Go well,
b

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[info]kazzibee
2005-12-16 12:24 am UTC (link)
GERMZINATOR V: merry christmas mein Herren

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[info]ace_combs
2005-12-20 01:59 am UTC (link)
Be well.
Best wishes in the New Year!
Gesundheit
Freiheit
Liebe

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[info]kazzibee
2005-12-20 02:51 am UTC (link)
thanks pg.

ich wünsche Ihnen dasselbe (und mehr!).

and lots of ice cream.

and other happy stuff.

xx

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[info]ravieslave
2005-12-16 04:57 am UTC (link)
I LOVE THIS PICTURE.
So much.

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[info]ace_combs
2005-12-20 02:00 am UTC (link)
For the hearts that still beat.
Best wishes in the New Year!
Gesundheit
Freiheit
Liebe

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[info]elaine4queen
2005-12-17 11:03 pm UTC (link)
har! fab.

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[info]ace_combs
2005-12-20 02:03 am UTC (link)
Thank you for contributing something intelligent to the on-line community.
Best wishes in the New Year!
Gesundheit
Freiheit
Liebe

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[info]elaine4queen
2005-12-20 11:38 am UTC (link)
rightbackatcha
x

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(Anonymous)
2005-12-22 02:17 am UTC (link)
I'm liking the motorcycle stories. Maybe someday I'll be able to throw myself on a freeway and go somewhere too. - allison

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2005-12-27 07:46 pm UTC (link)
Hey, thanks! And ditto.

It was counter-intuitive, but stopping frequently was what made long-distance riding possible. When you get to a point where you feel good about riding 20 miles non-stop, you can take a healthy trip. When you feel good about 50, the whole of the U.S. is open to you.

Also counter-intuitive: It can be more difficult to ride slowly than quickly. I knew how to ride a motorcycle. But when I bought the new bike, most of it's first 1000 miles (break in period) were spent on an un-used MSF course: turning, braking, swerving, etc. And I did the same thing with myself. I took, and passed, an MSF course twice. Low speed agony, being broken in.

Going the direction, speed and distance that are right for you. Finding the right partner for the trip. Being able to tell other people, "to go to Hell," when they laugh about something that they don't understand. That's good motorcycling; that's a good life.

Paul.

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