So for the last seven weeks i´ve been in a different city every weekend like so:

berkeley
boulder
chicago
cincinnati
lexington
nyc
madrid

Since February I´ve traveled around of 18,000 miles. That is about 3/4 the circumference of the Earth. Now I´m in Madrid and this is my home, at least for the next year. I´m still gonna be ramblin´ but not quite so much. I will have a real job and a place to call my own for the first time in a year.

I haven´t been posting much because after the Heaven Hill EP was finished, I´ve been working on the manuscript for City of Pigs. The whole thing is sketched out in note form. Now I must type it all up. I´m currently at 25,000 words (halfway to novel length!). Once it´s all typed I can actually start editing it and turn it into a coherent narrative instead of just a chain of related vignettes. I would put my overall progress at 33%. When I´m finished with it, I will post it. It´s about you all anyway, so you might as well read it.

NYC with mikey was crazy. we slept on scaffolding over a brooklyn sidewalk. met an asian guy in a suit with a ¨sea rabbit¨ under his arm walking around coney island right after we saw a model puke her guts out after a shoot at an abandoned amusement park. went to some nifty underground clubs (monkey house and nebulon) and saw some jazz. slept on a roof top with a magnificent view of manhattan. went to the empire state building. drank forties on park ave. saw some dj´s at some afterparty in manhattan. there´s more i´m certainly forgetting.

i almost missed my transfer in dublin. my feet are bruised from running through the dublin airport barefoot. dottie mae was in my arms (along with my shoes and my belt and my socks and my backpack and my jacket) and i was running top speed because i only had 3 minutes to get to my gate after i got through customs. but it´s alright. i´m in madrid now. i am at my destination. i have a phone and i talked to my folks and now i have to find a place to live. i´m really broke (´cuz dollars ain´t worth shit - it´s at $1.50/€1).

i miss everybody. especially my family.

lots of love from the heart of the iberian penninsula.