one evening i was waiting for V in Philadelphia, and I sat down to use the computer at a vegan Chinese restaurant. There was a woman and a man across from me, two tables up, having a first date. The man was British, mid 40's, very rock 'n' roll. The woman was mid 30's, vivacious, and bouncy. The feeling that they would soon be having sex was palpable - however the courtship was necessary to undergo, and so, I was witness to it. I suppose this is as much a meditation on character acting as it is a register of true events. I was overwhelmed with the need to preserve what I heard, at the very least. And so: here are my recordings....
yeah, y'know when i was gettin' it done, i would like go into this other world, where i totally was like, on the moon. and if i broke my concentration, even for just a second, it was like, bam, back in the chair. so i was there, and it was like, chair, moon, chair, moon (laughs).
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a lot of people wouldn't even consider my the kind of person to have a tattoo, y'know? it's like they look at me and then they see the tattoo and they're just like "oh my god" because it's so big, and it's a snake, but i just have never, ever regretted it not for a minute, no
and even though i had fun with my co-worker, it was still just 'getting through,' and i don't like to live life getting through, i don't!
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i am a natural promoter. i will promote something that i care about, no problem. actually i'm thinking of it because the guy who did it had an australian accent a little like you.
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and so we just rode around on segways giving out free wawa cards.
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...and i have 10 years of fitness training...
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i was a dance teacher this summer, i taught striptease dance? you know it? like striptease?
her date: striptease?
yeah to women only. women only. it pays really well. (chews food)
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because the thing is, i like eroticism, i love whattaya call it.. sensuality, i love to tantalize, and i love to
be tantalized... it has to do with, a lot of times people don't savor things y'know, it's about savoring things
date: and that gets me back to my original point... (later) it's magnetizing
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that's how i'm a mother... mother earth, y'know?!
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i still wonder... the buddha.. no no, the dhali llama... is it the dhali llama who they, they find him, they like...
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when two minds get together, and birth a child, they can produce a super child... consciousness, i'm not talking about potentials, i'm talking about something different.
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it's so empowering, so empowering for women. they look in the mirror, and they start touching their hair, and they start touching their face, and their shoulders and their arms ... because women tend to be naturally nurturers and givers, and if they took the time to take care of themselves they'd have more time to care for others
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...foster everyone's unique potential. i went through a period where yeah i wanted to follow, but then , you know, you get to a point where you just gotta let your own unique qualities come forth, y'know, and just be who you are.
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