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             AFK.2 
            ij onsite:   
            Cayucos, California.  
            Streaming webcam on the rooftop of 
              the Surfshop "Good Clean Fun". Swivels back and forth. In the distance: 
              Morro Rock.  
            Busy Tuesday afternoon! Some of the 
              many passers-by: Joe, who runs the pizza place, busy-bees by several 
              times. Jim, who saw me the other day with the 
              balloon. Sally who works at the bank coming back from her lunch 
              break. A parade of cars: elderly people with dogs in the front seat. 
              Jason, a local artist, stops to show me his gouache paintings he 
              pulls out of the back of his truck. The sheriff -twice, each time 
              a different one. Time and again I explain my message: the symbols 
              ^)^^(^ stand for two faces in profile, two people communicating. 
              The skater kids: "Awesome!"
             The chalk drawing fades quickly due 
              to the many cars that drive over it. In the night: a light rain 
              and it's gone. 
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            misha online:  
            This one is extremely fun to watch. 
              I'm a little jealous watching ij in her little t-shirt drawing chalklines 
              on the pavement, while the dogs and skater kids play beside her. 
              It's grey and wet outside my studio window, and I haven't seen the 
              sun in weeks. I get a little nervous when a police car stops by, 
              but it's all good. This is California after all. 
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