Friday, October 12, 2001
	: 15:58 : I'm back. Istanbul is an
	I'm back. Istanbul is an incredible city. I am at work today and will write more about it this weekend when i get some alone time. I've spent more non-stop time with my mom in the past week since i was like 10. For the most part, it was pretty nice. She'll be goin' back to Cali tomorrow. I am happy to be back in paris. Only when you leave it, does a place feel like home. I had many conversations about war, New York, politics with my Turkish family who have, what i find to be, a much broader and well-informed perspective than I've typically heard in the West. I would say Istanbul is really East Meets West. For example, sitting in my uncle's living room with my pierced and tattooed cousin watching American CNN showing pictures of a green and pixilated Afghanistan, all the while the voice of the Imam singing the after dinner prayer wafts through the corner window. It really is incredible. Meanwhile... The last one : : Off to Istanbul. In the The next one : : Anne-Marie underground. Last night

	The Local Conditions
	› Weather -> rain all the way to the train station, and then some › Hair -> it smells good anyway › Hearing -> Elton John - Madman Accross the Water › Reading -> Tom Wolfe, ed. - The New Journalism › Wanting -> World peace, personal peace, and this stuff from amazon.

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