this guy must really like Yo La Tengo

…because that’s the shirt I’ve been wearing the past three days. I’m pushing it, I know. But it’s not like I stink. (and I check frequently). We’ve just been going nonstop. No point in dressing up just so I can lug around two bags of equipment as I try to steady a bigass lens. And I can always take a shower…

Lukasz: If you want hot water, just turn on the hot and listen for the clicking sound. Once you hear the flame, turn it on all the way.
Me: And the cold water…?
L: Yeah, the knob is missing.
M: So, how do you add cold to the hot?
L: It won’t get that hot.

Sunday afternoon, we finally finished working while the sun was still up. Gave me a little time to wash a handful of socks. I think this is my most efficient packing job yet: 4 shirts to last me 4 months. Might make for a plain facebook album, but oh well. At least I’m better off than the German motorcyclist I met in Zanzibar- 2 shirts for 2 years. That’s pretty hardcore. Then again, “hardcore” is the name of his game- riding from Frankfurt to Cape Town, shipping his bike to the tip of South America and heading north through Los Angeles. I was pumped to reunite with him in my west coast home, but timing has never been my strong suit. He’s due to arrive in LA next month.

Sunday's interviews: an Urban Planner working at a University here in Lodz and a group of guys straight out of college who are starting the coffee shop of all coffee shops on the main drag. Pretty cool. And what’s even cooler- remember the café owners we interviewed a couple days ago… well, their café (called Fruits and Vegetables) is where we met these new guys. The owners of Fruits and Vegetables are actually encouraging these young guys to develop their own café idea. Fostering their own competition. That’s community.

Oh yeah- and I forgot to mention that a local radio show came to our set the other day to interview us. If you’re scanning through Polish talk radio, check it out… of course, you’ll also have to travel back in time, because like I said, it happened the other day.

In a perfect world, I'd end every day with a short post relating to everything as it happens. ...that world would also have hot hot water.