New York--Boston on Monday
Planning meeting on Monday with Sera from Pioneers of Change and friends from Soulfege.
Planning meetings Tuesday, PoC meeting in Boston with Tim, Samantha, Bob and Sera
Systems thinking conference begins on wednesday. play music at the intergenerational dialogue. run around to find venue for poetry event on saturday. call and visits many places. cantab lounge agrees to host us that night. sent out email confirming venue on thursday late on wednesday night. went salsa dancing with hirlley. came home at 3am.bed around 430am after emails etc
woke up at 7. got the 8 o'clock bus to New York CIty. ran to the South African embassy. picked up my visa. met with ben GYAN, went out for a coffee. cab to brooklyn. met with alex. had a snack with him and yasuko. took the M and the N trains to 57th street. took a cab to synergos. had dinner with aunt peggy. train to china town. bus back to boston. got back at 1am. went out to a jazz bar till 2am. went out for 'dinner' for julie's birthday. sleep by 5am. woke up at 10. prepared presentation for PLAN-USA conference. drove to groton, massachusetts. presentation at 230pm. back to boston by 430pm to be part of the world cafe workshop. dinner with systems thinking conference participants. went to pablo's party till 4am. bed at 5am. up at 10am. ran to akili's. borrowed conga drums. confirmed venue for poetry. met lisa at 1ish. lunch at harvard and gave presentation at the harvard african student's alumi association conference at 230pm. 4pm at the cantab lounge setting up for the event. 430pm people start arriving. 515pm event starts. goes extremely well. lots of fun and very rich. close up at 830pm. run home. drop guitar, lap top. take a shower. join others for dinner. go to green street grill for coffee. 1230am. go to waltham for salsa party. 4am-back home. write in TIG update. should be going to bed soon... what a week!