I went to Negril last year about this time. It was OK. A bit odd as a tourist destination. Here are some notes I wrote on a scrap of paper which I just looked at agian.
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After work yesterday went home to drop off things and put on looser pants. Rode the new bike, the one from the garbage, with the addition of 1.5 hundred dollars of aluminum machined bits and rubber, across the Williamsburg bridge to meet my man Carlos and his machined aluminum lever on the other side. Did they rip us off there with the walkway, always half closed? The old one was wider and started with golden stairs, but it was falling down, and not available to people with disabilities.
We rode down Roebling (named for the man who invented the other bridge, and his son probably too, because when they name a street it's usually only the last name if it's going to stick) and through upper Williamsburg to Greenpoint, Poland. What is up with all of the vinyl siding in Williamsburg? Manhattan Ave. is packed over there, so over to McGuiness and across the Pulaski Bridge.
The building known as 5 Points is out there, near where the LIRR and 7 trains come out of the tunnel from Manhattan, near PS 1 and the first Queens skyscraper. There were youths there painting the outside of the building, and there is a whole wall, if you go around to the north side of the block, where old graffiti writers do their old thing. Intrepid vandals can also get in to the tracks there and try to achieve some Long Island Commuter fame. Ze is. Carlos gives props to Ze because nobody bombs like that anymore.
I have to agree. Saw him on Linden Blvd. the other day. Obscure.
On the bridge again, a beautiful view of the east side of Manhattan, and a strange smell of car air fresheners or candy. On the other side, nothing but flat Queens stretching out to Long Island. It won't be flat like that for much longer.
Back across the creek, we witnessed huge gas tanks in inner Greenpoint, and some classic Italian-American badinage. "What is this, for dummies over here?" [And, which I forgot before, the most perfect "getthefuckouttahere" ever.]
When we get older, Carlos and I will have to have a club ("Club Legitimatto"), meaning a storefront to hang out in, like these guys used to in my neighborhood. Then again, fuck those guys. Somehow, we escaped having the accent.
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Date: 2004-02-08, 11:07PM EST Aging graf writers seek promotional talent to reinforce image in competitive tagging marketplace. Must not be afraid to go all-city. Experience with diverse media, racking, and law enforcement a must. Applicant to supply own caps, fat and otherwise as needed.No toys, wannabes, ducks, or art-school students need apply. An equal-opportunity employer.
Compensation: per-tag basis / share of profits
Hiring Organization: Sitting Ducks Crew (SDC)Telecommuting is ok.
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this is in or around all city
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