20 June 2002
Wisdom
"But she said she's not going to stop buying clothes because I'm not going to stop smoking weed."
"Fair's fair, man. One vice for another."
-- Two guys crossing Telegraph Avenue
It turns out that headphones aren't the only problem I've got with trying to fill Eve's shoes. In addition to the headphones, I walk very fast. I walk with a purpose. I dodge my way through the slower foot-traffic, and forge a path down the curb behind street vendors when the sidewalk gets clogged. I've found that I have to make a very conscious effort to slow down every half a block in order to listen in on people, and once I tune in on a conversation I have to slow down even more to hear enough of the conversation to post.
Though now that I think about it, if I literally wore Eve's shoes, my stumbling would probably sufficiently slow me down and would yield some good material for the site.
-- Benjamin
"Fair's fair, man. One vice for another."
-- Two guys crossing Telegraph Avenue
It turns out that headphones aren't the only problem I've got with trying to fill Eve's shoes. In addition to the headphones, I walk very fast. I walk with a purpose. I dodge my way through the slower foot-traffic, and forge a path down the curb behind street vendors when the sidewalk gets clogged. I've found that I have to make a very conscious effort to slow down every half a block in order to listen in on people, and once I tune in on a conversation I have to slow down even more to hear enough of the conversation to post.
Though now that I think about it, if I literally wore Eve's shoes, my stumbling would probably sufficiently slow me down and would yield some good material for the site.
-- Benjamin