Here we go again...Instant Message #2. A few actually reported being interested in IM #1. This frightened me a bit considering. I read it again and felt even more hopeless. Sadly enough, this one is even worse. I dont know what is said more, "Claudia"or "Jowls". I think we broke some sort of record...surely nothing posted, but the benchmark is probably set. I wouldnt want to see the type of mutant that breaks it either.... Read at your own risk.. I did once, and still have regrets.


INSTANT MESSAGE II
Pictures, Shots, Claudia, Shots, Possum, and Jowls
Wednesday, June 25, 2003 7:00 AM

abstrait: OK, send the best pictures first... when are you all going to the Pilazzo Pubblico?

abstrait: one picture just arrived. its draped in a strange moss....

Bonies: yeah...exactly...staying here until almost 2:00 then I have to go do this event for a couple of hours. There is a museum there with some amazing works....sadly, it's also amazingly hot...as in "Im going to faint hot" which is not too goo while looking at old things on the wall.

abstrait: bones...it came through fine....with jowls..the alley pic

Bonies: good! it is taking about four minutes to attache each file...so we can talk while i am doing it.

abstrait: lord

abstrait: do you have shots of human life too?

Bonies: number two just sent

abstrait: that is what is missing.... Humans. At least so far. any of your group ....of room? of your jowls? you need to take a shot of yourself or get someone to do it.... take a shot of the cafe.... of your jowls.. Have you ever said jowls to the students? Professors?

Bonies: i will..there are some pics of place in this round of pics. i will have somone take shots of me tomorrow

Bonies: whats going on with you?

abstrait: doing boat today..and BMW...and a bit of the Airlie Gardens site too... I need to get cracking on that beast. They took over 50 shots to put in site. And all 50 look like they were taken underwater at the mouth of the Cape Fear.

abstrait:: got the second pic..... neat shot...camera is so-so..but ok... is that the church you went to?

Bonies: i think it is pretty good...shows details well i think...at least it looks like it from here...yes...that is the church..i wrote about each pic in a doc that i will send

abstrait: just got the il campo shot.... with humans...doesnt look too crowded...guess that must have been Thurs. I hate to admit, the place has more character than I have seen anywhere that I can remember...although our last trip to Busch Gardens comes close....

abstrait: did you get any journal entries done? OR are these a mixture of entry and photo with jowls

Bonies: yeah..short entries last night that go along with pics..i was pretty tired...lack of sleep finally caught up with me. Believe it or not, but those photos and the comments took me over 2.5 hours.... I must be sleepwalking.

abstrait: bones...

Bonies: it is getting more and more corwded here the closer it gets to palio

abstrait: you better be writing at least one entry a day of what you did...you should get in the habit of doing it...and writing makes you re-experience it again and analyze it.... I wish you liked to write more with jowls...

abstrait: re-experience it again...heint..

abstrait: yeah, I can imagine

Bonies: i am, bones....i am taking notes so that I can write about them all this weekend...have three days

Bonies: the bleachers around the campo are up... the mattresses that guard the corners of the track. the dirt will go down in the next several days

abstrait: I was reading about the race earlier at my usual time.....4am. The culture and tradition surrounding this even is really amazing. This is an interesting link with shots: http://www.initaly.com/ads/palio/palio.htm. you must get good pictures of the affair....remember motto: pictures first...live event distant third... you can always live it at home like any fine american!

Bonies: it is great being here BEFORE the event, not just for the event itself. i will..i promise

abstrait: are you getting to sleep a bit better at all? you should come home early a few days and take naps...long naps.... Sleeeeep. zzzzzzzzzz

Bonies: i am goign to be in florence all day tomorow... from 7-7 at least...a long day trip with the group. But it's Florence... can you believe it?

abstrait: I know.... lordy

abstrait: need more pics of your school....you....the people in class....did you take any while on that picnic? remember that people in shots can sometimes go a long way, at least longer than a hill with a sunset. Or jowls. of course, Florence wouldnt hurt either. And now I am craving a shot of Gelato

Bonies: just a few more pics..this isn't that bad

abstrait: holy alps.... send all of them

Bonies: i am...

Bonies: arent they beautiful?

abstrait: you have any shots of you goons eating?

Bonies: not yet.... i know...i forgot to take a pic

abstrait: .... hard to see your room

Bonies: i will take a couple more pics. its not that bad

abstrait: Gray is here to say hello.... and to see alps and shutters!

Bonies: Call Claudio and Gordon! don't you like being nagged from across the atlantic?

abstrait: The camry accident goons are really not too sharp...

Bonies: it will work out fine...just make the call and see what claudia says

Bonies: just TALK to her, that is the key

Bonies: they probably don't want to do it anymore because it has taken us so long to get back to her

abstrait: any more shots?

Bonies: will you just call claudia tonight and see what she says?

Bonies: ok..just a bit and the last one will come with text

abstrait: are others taking pictures and/or keeping a journal? you should take a shot of you guys talking, eating, acting like locals...eating on terrace etc. Shots of you living there...not just tourist shots...

Bonies: i will

Bonies: exchange rate is getting slightly better everyday

Bonies: will you call claudia tonight

abstrait: I'll write her an email first to touch base.... and I need to figure out how it would work too...I need to put the tube gear away. Gordon might turn it on to read by... we need to start think ing about how we are going to arrange for ole gray. We might have to put her up for sale

abstrait: ok bones... I will call this IM "CLAUDIA GOES TO WASHINGTON"

abstrait: lord..lets dont make this whole IM like this

Bonies: dont put it off forever, okay bones..i really want to get this worked out...i think about this stuff a lot.. can you tell?

Bonies: we are making dinner for the apartment tonight. laura, judy, and i are making fresh, handmade pasta with a cheese sauce (laura has recipe) big italian salad and bread.. with wine of course

Bonies: have to go to palazzo pubblico

Bonies: ok bones..i have to get going

abstrait:I am so glad laura has recipe. Really. how was class today?

Bonies: great..really interesting and made me think about limbo in whole new way. i'll tell you more about it later on phone

Bonies: florence tomrrow..can you believe it?

abstrait: I thought limbo was one of the thing you could contribute

Bonies: i did...

abstrait:...say you have been in limbo for three years...

Bonies: alright bonies..have to go to bathroom and walk to campo...but will call you tonight with your jowls

abstrait: I think we have said the word jowls more in last 20 minutes than in the last 20 years. I hoep no one can see you typing.

abstrait: Hello?

abstrait: Great. I am talking to myself on an IM. Something is wrong with me...

abstrait: you there? Christ....
 
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