Rescue rocket

I've never traveled for work before but now I find myself with an e-ticket on my desk and a 7-week span of time away from home ahead of me. I will be helping the company I work for set up their first US office in Atlanta starting next Monday. I'll also be in Miami, Connecticut and maybe some other places along the way. I hope to add Chicago to that list (pleasure, not business) but haven't been able to make that happen just yet.

I have been to Atlanta before. 2x at least to play shows with Wolfie back in 99, 2000. Spent a week or so outside of ATL as a kid and I remember running over red clay trails and into pine forests trying to fix a flat tire on a minibike. That's all I've got. Where can I go? Would you like to show me a place to get a beer and something decent to eat? Email me if you can do that. Would be appreciated.

I've spent a lot of time putting together IKEA furniture lately. It never goes quite as fast as I expect it to go. It takes a bit of time to remove all vocabulary and morph into a one-line drawing man who can't talk or really communicate beyond simple gestures. Maybe it's the simplicity itself that can complicate or prolong the assembly. I enjoy how the particle board is fastened together by not the screws but those pieces that fit over the screws and really lock the pieces together. Genius.

I can't get over how good Kanye West's album Graduation is. I never gave his music a chance until now. I saw the video for "The Good Life" and decided to try out the album. "Flashing Lights" is also a really great song. I don't identify with this music at all. Even when he talks about Chicago it feels like he's talking about another world. I guess it's not my Chicago. I identify with the beats and samples 100x more than any of the lyrics. I know that drum machine and I know that Steely Dan loop but I have no idea about Versace or ice or, really, money. But it's still a great album. I think there's a bit of escapism happening when I listen to it. There's nothing wrong with escapism.

I really do have a lot more to say. For the time being I'm into short bursts on randomly important to me topics. After I leave Sweden and find myself back in my home country, yet completely out of my element, I bet I'll retreat here more often.

Until then.