P o i n t l e s s W e e k e n d

I was working hardcore, so hardcore that Eastern European hardcore adult film stars changed their classification to "softcore," and even those nasty 50-something DVDA veterans changed their classification to "Christy during the weekend of March 5th." I had to get out, and out -- filtered through my piteous life -- means a frantic scanning of Berlin's green lungs, as the dying sun wanes.

The Jewish cemetary


If you can make it through the tombstones, the church is quite pretty (but you won't want to stay at either)


Vinery. See, I thought ivy was a university fixture, but don't bring it up among the Germans





I always wondered what happened to these two...


This old chestnut was right next to a shitty Applebee's-like restaurant: thus, unassailable


That ever-winding road to lookout point. Can you see the snowflakes?


The cardinals were labeled


Karl-Marx Allee


Ben claimed there was a lot of Communist statuary, but all I could find was this people's hero


Should I be worried?


totally


This photo is what I would call an "Ambridge panorama." A casual inspection tells you that the perspective just was not coming together


Why up? The stairs are parallel to train tracks: why that little up segment? Why?


Okay, in this part of the trip I was getting more serious about finding something dope. I took the U-bahn north to the Volkspark near Tegel, where there was an island. For some reason, I thought the island housed a castle, which I wanted to find myself atop before the sun set. I began my attempt on this walkway





For some reason, this playground felt like a tableau from The Cell


Alas, Phoebus!


Ve vill show you why ze fish should not be fed


I was really trying to capture this couple and their dog, but I was beginning to creep myself out


I had crossed the island and, not only was there no castle, but there were no landmarks of any kind


Huge tree


This tower was guarded by two sets of lovers, who shouted at me whenever I got within about 100 meters of this gothic dick. In this sense, they were like dogs


Though defeated and haggard, the sun still shined on my departure. Pointless, but isn't that existence for you?








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