Tuesday, August 28, 2007

ok what??!!

Abby showed me this a little while ago. They are philipino prisoners dancing to THRILLER. this is no joke. man, why can't amerian prisoners be so creative? it seems like the ULTIMATE reality show!

another week, and the end is in sight.

dang. suddenly i realize that september means summer is gone. but wait! i don't have a job!! i'm not in school!! my summer will live on!! i wish. i actually had a dream that "officials" announced the first ever month extender, meaning that the month of August would continue for another 30 days. (this is the same dream where i got a kitten then forgot to unload him from my car and left him there for 2 days. this tells me i shouldn't get a kitten) this weekend, Steven and I spent Friday and Saturday nights at the house of gallerist Jonathan Ollman and wife. It is a really nice brownstone in the queens village, four stories, and with walls that are dripping with folk and outsider artist paintings, prints, and drawings. Millions of dollars of artwork in there. Our good friend Chris is housesitting for em for the next week or so. both nights didn't stop till 4:30 and i've got pictures to prove it. Chris got creative and like clockwork concocted shots made from anything open on the counter, and him and Steven would try to one up each other with music facts, and finding the most perfect summer vibe song. I had some nice conversations about the kind of month August is, what it meant when you were a kid, and felt like you really had to live it up becuase you knew that once labor day was here, your freedom was over. we talked about books like "Bridge to Terebithia" (one of my all time favorites) and that made me think of the summer that me and Emily went to visit our cousins in Florida, and we built an enormous fort in their backyard/forest out of pine needes and branches. that was the trip where i tried to race Josh in the parking lot and i fell and scraped off the skin of my right hand and skinned my knees. i remember Heather telling me that it was ok to cry, that she would too if she got hurt, but i was trying to be really tough. the part that really made me want to cry was that they had baby bunnies and i couldn't hold them because i had neosporin all over my hand and the fur would stick to it. i was stuck petting the stupid turtle that never did anything cute.
anyhow, back to my weekend, me and tricia went to the beach on saturday, and it was sooooo perfect. the hottest most humidist day on the planet- really, going over the Ben Franklin bridge you couldn't even see the city, there was just a sheet of white- we were so prepared, had sammies and grapes and a six pack and magazines and even an umbrella. pretty awesome.
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why does everyone have their eyes closed?
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the most beautiful wax sculpture collaboration, a gift to jon for letting us have the key to his liquor cabinet.
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the awesome NUCLEAR POWER PLANT a few miles from the beach. hmmmm....smart? and theres even a small beach/dock area less than a hundred yards from the plant. COOL!!!
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our perfect little area at the beach.

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

my weekend

digital cameras are really great. i mean, when i think back on my weekend, i think, eh...it was ok, i went to a bar friday, then saturday i went to a few parties. it was ok... And then i look at my pictures and they change my whole outlook on everything. maybe it's just me and my mediocre memory, or the nature of people to suddenly wile out and act like its crazy time whenever a camera gets pulled out. all i know is, pictures help me remember how cool my life is.
so the night started out like this:
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then this:
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then...karaoke!!!
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and at the end of saturday night, when i was ready to leave and i had to pee but didn't want to wait in line, i saw this, painted on the wall at this dude's warehouse space....and it made my night.
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Thursday, August 16, 2007

i came to dance




no words need be spoken.

Sunday, August 12, 2007

new york experience






yesss!! i finally did it and took my bike up on the chinatown bus. so fun. i went up yesterday to meet Abby, and we went all over Manhattan, basically. we met at the Empire State building...(totally awesome to say i rode my bike there) then to Greenwich village, then uptown on Park Ave, then to Harlem (whoa scary at night on a bike). Then as we left the party in Harlem, we somehow mistakenly rode north of Central Park, waiting to get off our bikes to check the map until we felt the neighborhood was safe enough! ambitious as we were, and not realizing it was already 3 in the morning, the late night trip to the Lower East side to meet some other friends did not happen. whew!! it would have taken us FOREVER!! this morning, we were tired from biking and went to the Whitney to check out the "Summer of Love, psychadellic art from the '60's and '70's" exhibition which was cool...i think Abby will agree that the best part was this big room made of velor where you could go inside and climb in. then there was an exhibit on the 4th floor of Rudolf Stingel's(last photo of Abby is standing in front of one painting) work which i found really beautiful.

Friday, August 10, 2007

Tornadoes!!!!!

so i get this text from my mom yesterday while i was making pizza. (home made, mind you, even the dough! first time i was successful at it). the text was we ape ok tornado went through front yard Dammit!!! I was the one who always wanted to see a tornado!! ha. i did freak out a lil bit. so i call mom back, thinking well, maybe they are alright, but she must have hurt her hand so she can't text all that good... no, but there was a real tornado!! luckily, just a few trees blew down. biggest news to hit Lodi since Mr. Wurstle got caught wearing lingerie! here are some photos i found from the storm. OH! i guess the roof of Black River High School got blown off. just in time for school to start!
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new haircuts

ok here is a decent photo but....look out!!! i'm in the process of dying it at the moment. soooo, in about twenty minutes it will officially be out of date.
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so i went to Tricias new place the other night, (thats where these photo's were taken). It so suits her. Even though it still needs work, i can tell its a good place for her:) funny, how some things become so obvious when they are singled out. i mean, when you are totally by yourself, your habits and oddities sort of jump out at you, while if you are always around other people, you kind of meld with their vibes. i thought of this instantly because, when i walked into Tricia's room, i immediately saw "color scheme Tricia" all the pale yellows and muted baby blues and muted greens, all tiny patterned prints amongst a lot of white. and her piles.
it kinda makes me jealous, her living by herself. but if anyone deserves it, it's her. i DON'T envy all she's dealt with the past few years with roomies. (myself excluded of course). and bok choy is cute as a button and loves all the space. of course booger/monkey still ruffles her feathers as he goes through puberty. ha. he looks like a weird long mini show horse.Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket
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aw. i always have a good time with you Tricia.

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

new haircuts

isn't it amazing how something as simple as a great haircut can make your entire day/week/month?
seriously. Nick Cerruti of Matthew Izzo just made my world. Y'all should check him out. I'll post some pics soon.

internet brainstorm!!!

this is my first effort to utilize the internet for the process of gathering creative ideas. ok, so maybe it's not the first....but who am I kidding? i'm no REAL inernet junkie. but i can pretend. and who knows? maybe i'll become the next Cory Kennedy!.