Blasted Fever!

Day 31 - February 28, 2009 - Saturday

Morning errands led to various other standard daily functions. After lunch and chillage I went to Matrimandir to sit again in the courage chamber. This time the chamber was lit, hitting me with full energy. Again I was alone, and the meditation was very peaceful. Afterward I went to the inauguration of the new capsules at Discipline, where Sean, Lukas, and Karl will be living. A bunch of people showed up for a meeting and snacks, but I was less than amused by anything other than the grub. Obviously not in the mood to be around people, I went home for a monster nap until 9:30pm, then drove towards CSR for Toby's (actual) birthday party, with dinner, drinks, music, and good friends to yango the yonga with.


Day 32 - March 1, 2009 - Sunday

Banyan tree meditation followed a muesli breakfast. At La Terrace I was pleasantly reading a book when I met Cyprien, a French hacker, with whom I discussed education and how it needs to be transformed. He is also passionate about education. He needs to learn how to hack people's minds. Word. After solar kitchen lunch with Toby & Hue, I drove to Kuilapalayam for petro, cookies for Tina, and rolling papers for Sean. I helped Sean & Lukas move in to Discipline (sort of), then chilled with Tina for a bit to cheer her up from thinking about being injured all day. We had a good talk. I brought her over to Discipline and the crew cooked pasta, bread, and sweet potatoes. I made some damn good pasta. Yum yum! After taking Tina home I called up a taxi and moved out of Newlands to Discipline. Apparently Karl wants to live in Kailash for an extra couple of weeks for the internet he has there, which works out great for me. Back at Discipline with almost all my belongings I watched Garbarge Warrior with Sean about radical, sustainable architecture by Mike Reynolds. Incredible film - Reynolds is my new hero.


Day 33 - March 2, 2009 - Monday

After lunch with Lukas and Karl I returned to Newlands to get my soap, food, towel, and boots. Had a good meeting with Min later, where I was given a mission to acquire the Global Footprint Network as a partner and some ammunition (storywise) to pull off the feat. Then I picked up Tina & took her to the health center, had a jolly old time getting her medicine before heading to Richy's for excessive sweets. We talked about my screenplay, Mike's screenplay (my roommate from college), Vicky Christina Barcelona, love, monogamy, and her uncle. Tina had dinner with a crew of architects at her place, which sounds awesome and crazy. Kinda jealous. Sean and I waited outside her spot on a bike path for her to finish then the three of us kicked it there and had a solid injured-people reunion. Except I wasn't injured. What a way to kill the energy, Nick.


Day 34 - March 3, 2009 - Tuesday

I rise from slumber at 7am and quickly pass out again. At 9:30 I have breakfast and shower, but go back to sleep as my lower back is considerably sore. Lunch with Sean and Mada near Discipline proves a bad idea - I feel increasingly bad, but I head to CSR anyway to revise the partnership application. Relieved to be done with my work so quickly, I head home for a nap before yoga at 4. I keep thinking how yoga is gonna save me from soreness and that I just have to wait until 4. At 3:30pm I wake up and get ready, but I have an immense fever, which pushes yoga out of the question. My temperature ranged from 103.1 to 103.6 degrees Fahrenheit. I remained cooped up in bed all day and night, unable to sleep with my extremely pained lower back. Sean and Lukas bring me dinner, and I watch Lord of the Flies.


Day 35 - March 4, 2009 - Wednesday

Bed, bed, bed. Water, water, water. Bed, drink, uncomfortable shuffle to the bathroom. Can't make it, pee on the pineapple plants. That was my day. I also watched Kundun, a film on the 14th Dalai Lama, which was a little too slow for my taste. For dinner I mustered up the strength to go to La Terrace. I ordered a fruit salad but could only eat half of it. What a weak appetite! Back at home, Lukas made me banana peanut butter bread. In the evening, Sean, his girl Kara, Lukas, and Tina made dinner, and we split a German cake after. Mmm, tasty chocolate. I'm so addicted to sugar here in India. Right before heading back to the capsule, Sean rolls me one, which helps me to get a great night's sleep.


Day 36 - March 5, 2009 - Thursday

Still sick, 99 to 101 degrees. Still no appetite. After Richy's I get a tapestry for Matthias for his birthday, then head to his party. I meet Barack from Carmel, CA, and have a great talk with him and Jan David. Sean, Kara, Tina and I leave the party early to head to a Slovenian Art show with some real art (unappealing) and a fantastic multimedia show on all this other art. I slept from 10:30pm to 1:30am, watched The Fountain, then fell asleep again.


Day 37 - March 6, 2009 - Friday

Posted up at CSR in the morning for a meeting with Min. He received emails back from the Global Footprint Network, which is great. We now need to do more follow-ups but the questions are for him to answer. I had lunch at La Terrace, then met up with Jonny below in solar kitchen afterward to discuss finances. A brief banyan tree meditation led to a fat nap back at Discipline. I returned to La Terrace for dinner and ended up joining the whole radio crew there for dinner. Tina came and gave me a shirt from the Love Circus as a gift. She cut off the ring around the neck to give it some flair and freedom of motion. I went to the Youth Center after for more spirit journeys but not enough people showed up - only Barack and Jan David. We need a better venue anyway, the kids there all want to blast music and the dogs like to yarkle their fucking heads off at every person they don't know. Barack shared some very interesting stories, including one of a 10-day Vipassana retreat he partook in. I head to the Euky fields, but no one is there, so I start to drive home. I stop to make one last call when I hear some music. I follow my ears at end up at Shanti's car out by a new field. More and more people arrive and it turns out to be a great Friday night chill session in the field.