Dallas as a walkable city

Last year I was at a conference in Dallas. I found it to be a bleak
city, lacking restaurants, people, art, and wi-fi. Last year, I
couldn't afford to stay at the conference hotel (Sheraton), so I
stayed at a divey place several blocks away, a terrible place also the
site a cheerleader camp was using (pulled the fire alarm at 2:30 am).

This year, I again couldn't afford the conference hotel, but I could
afford the Sheraton (got a great online deal straight from the hotel).
I also had my little iPhone with me, making the lack of Wi-Fi
inconsiquential. I was able to find restaurants and art, walking all
around the city. What a difference. Sometimes it feels like technology
isolates us. Sometimes it makes the world so much richer.

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Carbon Copy - Dallas 3

Carbon Copy - Dallas 2

Carbon Copy - Dallas

Have to upload one at a time. Sorry.

Performance tomorrow

The bar I will perform in is fancier than I thought. I think I could
be kicked out. There are tables at the perfect height, but the room
has a cavernous echo. I can't tell if the typing will be lost or
incredibly annoying (hence leading to my being kicked out). I guess
that is a part of the process. I haven't told anyone about it,
allowing the fliers to sit annonymously on a table full of high gloss
brochures. They are meant to look like Xeroxes and look strange next
to the expensive yet disposable media. I want people to come upon the
event like an accident, a secret. It makes it both more personal and
voyeuristic.

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Dallas

It's strange to be in humidity so suddenly, to be happy for the wind
and not want a jacket. Just let it blow through you. Thunderstorms
have rolled in, due to strike any minute. Bring the green umbrella.

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Performing the Academic

Leaving Texas

The largest cross in the Western Hemisphere. Because EVERYTHING is bigger in Texas.

Amarillo, Texas

Taking a night in a hotel. The cats were so grateful to be able to run around a room. It also came with free Wi-Fi! We ordered Texas BBQ take-out and beer, because in my reunion with my email, I found out I have been offered an artist residency next summer! More info later, but we had to celebrate!!

1200 miles down, 1050 miles to go!

Update:
I forgot to mention that north Texas has one of the more cool satellite images on google.

Entering Texas

It was dark while I was driving, but basically looked flat, featureless, with a long, straight road into darkness. There was also the bonus of cow manure smell, and the tell-tale packing plants on the road side. I have never cared much for Texas. It could be because of my politics. It could be because I received my one and only traffic violation here in the middle of a fight with a family member.

I was really tired, and J was already asleep from his all-nighters. Our cat, Dharma was so panicked by then, nothing would stop her from meowing. She was starting to get a hoarse/smoker's voice. We will be sleeping in Texas, so I will have to come to terms with my feelings!