Tuesday, July 26: Working on a New Way in the Heat

Walking Towards Bus

Good morning men and women of the hot summer of 2016. Well I managed to get up and make it a fun ride. However about 10 to 15

Demolition

 minutes late but I made it. I'm at my total 5 meeting is on

DNC is Here

time the farm. Today was not one of them. Well I want to walk home never made it to fun ride. It

Saxby's

hurts to Mark on there and had regular coffee in months. This used to be my daily routine. It's funny

La Columbe

how easy to get out of routine new is easy to get out of a routine and how hard it is 2 start a new one.

Feet at La Columbe

Tomorrow I'm pretty sure I'm taking off. The office is closed due to electrical and I don't feel like going

On the EL Going to Work

up to North Philly office to sit around and go stir crazy. I did get stuff last time but that was just like found a

Strong Coffee

phone to use and make phone calls. I'm overdue for a meeting with my sponsor I don't want to submit a photo for this August show. Well I had a bit of a rush of clients come in earlier in the morning. Fortunately that ended. I then had to take a nap since I was really  tired. I decided that I would have lunch since I do have a 7:30 PM meeting as a GSR. I went to the bodega and got myself a tuna hoagie. Again I forgot my meds but fortunately had some
at work. But I have to start remembering.

Bodega

 I'm taking a small break. I may see it on flight 37 of laypeople. I've been giving late afternoon appointment

1st Day of DNC

just in case I filled up my schedule too much. It's very hot outside. I think this would be a good time

Entrance

At Somone's Desk

to check in with Amy and then check in with the general service office so I can find out when the

My View

grapevine meetings are. It's going to be very embarrassing and we can have nothing to report on that. well I'm gonna try to bluff but at least I got the date and time third Thursday of each month at 4021 Walnut. I'm now going to attempt to find a contact person and get a report out. Just got the generalized email at area 59. It's now 4:07 PM and I'm just kind of easing out from work today. Tomorrow the building is closed because they're shutting off the electricity. So I'm tired but

I'm not completely exhausted tired so I'm not sure what I'm gonna do either going to Pat's to sleep in the

sweat or straight to a coffee  shop. Well I did something even better. I asked Larry if I could just sit and

crash for a bit. His plate a lot closer to the meeting. When I woke up from Larry but didn't hear any

better. So I decided I would take the bus home. Why don't waiting for the bus, I bought myself

subscription to the economist. Sitting there. Hi Dan was sitting there and a bunch of runners Street

right by me. I got some pretty good pictures of them running past me blueI got home and lie down

for a while and then went out to eat for dinner. I thought a lot better. I left a little bit boring. I'm taking off

tomorrow from work and hope will be going to the convention. Picking up a convention. Julian

Assamge  the WikiLeaks founder really doesn't like went neither. Him & Valadimir Putin are cahoots

with the whole email thing. The DNC was pretty stupid though everybody knows your email at work it's not secure

Wednesday July 27: A Day Off. Art and I Attend the Democratic National Convention

 

24th Street  at 10am

Happy hump day off from work for me. If another series of hot days in the long hot summer of 2016. I was

Demolition Site on Fairmount Ave

going to go to sunrise and I decided to myself I needed some sleep. So I got up around 9 AM did the


A  News Reporter for DNC

breakfast thing took in the garbage can. The recycling is still not picked up yet. Well I'm off from I am

Photo Lounge

outside the convention hall I'm now working on trying to meet my friend Frey can get in the place

19th and Chestnut

the security of unbelievable here. I needed credential just to be able to stand outside the stadium got


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out of the house and I'm gonna head downtown to buy some items so I can enter my artwork.

It's still pretty hot out here at the 10:39 AM. I'm hoping with a little luck I can get a pass inside the convention hall

John Who Hooked Me up for DNC

 If I am not successful  I got enough to do here I just stopped at the photo lounge and they

My Security Pass

had my pictures ready as I showed up. I also Saul a private party and I hope you don't get to walk by.

Yay!

I'm gonna try to appointment if at all possible. So I can have an upgrade to go to the convention.

I Got Frames Here

My friend John has a hook up. I'm about to meet someone from Indian tribe underneath the tent

Some of My Photos to Choose

want to get let in. I then wandered around the bed and finally went to Blick & bought 2

At Starbucks

frames. I also got hanging wire and hangers. I'm  downtown at 16th and Walnut at Starbucks

charging my phone and framing 2 photos I am just winging it right now in this incredible heat. I framed them and I'm going to enter

 both in the gallery for a juried show. The deadline is today and

Open Call for Juried Show

 

Today's News

of course I waited till today. 🙄😜Whether they are accepted is not up to me. Well I found out I


Leaving for Broad St Line

didn't need my photo framed I just need to send JPEG. I got bit instructions and send them over. I

Broad St Line

 got to talk to the art director at the Da Vinci  thank goodness. I then went to my  appointment early

Entrance to Convention

and then put the Broad Street line down to AT&T station. I am outside the convention hall I'm now

Press Pool

working on trying to meet my friend John can get in the place the security of unbelievable here. I

Fox News Host

needed credential just to be able to stand outside the  Wells Fargo Center. Well I did manage to get a ticket

In My Seat w/ Ticket

in the general mission section. And I climbed up in the nosebleeds and got it. I think Jesse Jackson

My Section

and now they have mayor of Flint Michigan it is 6:20 PM I'm going to turn off my phone so I have battery time

New Zealand Reporter

left. I have 29% battery. Well it's 7:17 PM I decided to hit the men's room and look for an outlet to charge my phone. I'm now up to 47% I'm probably going to hang here till about eight and then go back

Sitting On Floor Charging Phone

 

 

Jerry Bown

on my feet. I could buy I got back to my seat and saw various speakers. I saw Leon Panetta, Gabby 

Feeling the Sprit  

Giffords, and a few other people I can't name. The heavy hitters came next. I saw Joe Biden and we were given

Gabby Giffords

signs  that said  "Joe"on them. He was excellent. Next was Tim Kane.He is  a Senator from Virginia 

Lenny Kravitz

and the Vice Presidential  nominee. He made fun of trumps famous statement that he says all the 

My Vies

time "trust me". But the star the evening with President Obama. He spoke about his time in office and

Gabby Giffards

how he trusts Hilary and that people in the audience lifted him up when you lifting any hope that he lifted 

Listening to Joe Biden

us up as well. I got all kinds of signs that they give you for each of the main speakers. I decided

President Obama

that I would take two from the work when I go in tomorrow. Going home was pretty smooth. I charged my

Cheering for President Obama

phone and talk to 2 young ladies. There also talking to phone you get home. They were from Washington

DC. And we all got our phones charged over 20% on our phones, we all went our way I got the Broad 

Leaving

Street Line non-stop to City Hall. After got off the train. We will all went up to broaden Juniper Street. I

Posing for a Photo

then walked to JFK Boulevard. I I managed to catch the 32 bus just in time. I went to the

minimart on Fairmount Avenue and got two bananas and two drinks so I'll have some food in my stomach

Exiting towards Street

before I got home I ended up getting home around 1 AM. It was a very enjoyable experience

On the 32 Bus Home

being at the convention. Also, taking the day off enabled me to take care some business and get some sleep.