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.
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The Jewish cemetary
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If you can make it through the tombstones, the church is quite pretty (but you won't want to stay at either)
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Vinery. See, I thought ivy was a university fixture, but don't bring it up among the Germans
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I always wondered what happened to these two...
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This old chestnut was right next to a shitty Applebee's-like restaurant: thus, unassailable
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That ever-winding road to lookout point. Can you see the snowflakes?
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The cardinals were labeled
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Karl-Marx Allee
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Ben claimed there was a lot of Communist statuary, but all I could find was this people's hero
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Should I be worried?
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totally
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This photo is what I would call an "Ambridge panorama." A casual inspection tells you that the perspective just was not coming together
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Why up? The stairs are parallel to train tracks: why that little up segment? Why?
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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
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For some reason, this playground felt like a tableau from The Cell
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Alas, Phoebus!
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Ve vill show you why ze fish should not be fed
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I was really trying to capture this couple and their dog, but I was beginning to creep myself out
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I had crossed the island and, not only was there no castle, but there were no landmarks of any kind
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Huge tree
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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
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Though defeated and haggard, the sun still shined on my departure. Pointless, but isn't that existence for you?