Digital Wanderer

I got a bit burned out writing these notes, which my sister warned me about — she always gets stuck halfway through herself. Well, I do have some stubbornness in me, so one way or another, I'll keep going. For a change of pace — a post with no pictures.

After Medieval Times we went back to Madison, where we were staying at Lena's. Since she's craving my impressions, she'll have to sacrifice some privacy. If anyone is unaware, privacy is a person's private life, a very important thing in the US and even more so in Europe. In the sense that the state and other people should know as little about you as possible. While you might still be able to somehow hide from certain people and companies that you suffer from bedwetting and buy Viagra in massive quantities, the government and megacorporations know literally everything about you. And any black guy working as an operator for minimum wage can see these facts and have a good laugh with his family and friends over your little sins.

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After the science museum, we had to make it to the performance at the medieval castle by 2:00 PM. Unfortunately,  first we got stuck in hellish traffic on the way out of Chicago, and then I punched the wrong address into the GPS. Instead of taking the highway exit straight to the castle, we dragged our way through a 5-mile detour. The castle and the show are called Medieval Times.

 
The castle looks roughly like this (not my photo)

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Пока я вам тут рассказывал про чудеса капитализма, Starbucks решила закрыть 600 кофеен в США и уменьшить планы экспансии, а Волмарт сменил логитип.

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