Musings that could be interesting if you have nothing else to do.

Registratioin...

2009-02-10T18:51:00.003-05:00

New photos.

2009-02-02T18:28:00.001-05:00

I recently did some photos for my friend Steve and his partners. Check them out.

Hopefully the last confounding quote.

2009-01-22T17:26:00.001-05:00

When Mr. Bush landed, as Jim Rutenberg reported in The Times , the former president told a waiting crowd of supporters that he left Washington with his head held high. “When I go home tonight and I look into the mirror, I’m not going to regret what I see,” he said.

Regret what you see? Or regret what you did???

Vulgar but hilarious.

2008-12-09T20:43:00.001-05:00

Well done.

I'm in love.

2008-09-11T15:01:00.002-04:00

Phillip Lim is my hero. Zippers as ruffles! Ruffles on shoes that look like roses! Necklaces like stained glass! I need those flats too.

Still feeling hopeful.

2008-08-29T15:10:00.005-04:00

She may also have ovaries, but otherwise I cannot relate to this woman. I'm sickened that McCain would choose someone so unqualified, but I'm thankful that he did. I believe that American women are smart enough to realize that just because she is female that it doesn't mean that she has enough experience to be a leader of our country.

100 books meme

2008-07-27T23:41:00.002-04:00

KeeKee did her list, my sister did hers a few months ago, and I'm finally just doing mine. (This post is long so feel free to ignore it.) Behold KeeKee's list first:

Bold means I've read it.

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling (I've read the first two anyway)
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare (Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, the others assigned by highschool and college English teachers)
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19 The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding
69 Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90 The Faraway Tree Collection
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

I'm embarrassed to say that I've never read Jane Austen or Dickens. I hope that I can use this list as a reminder.

Below is the list Christina did. There are a bunch of overlaps from KeeKee's list.

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Anna Karenina
Crime and Punishment
Catch-22
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Wuthering Heights
The Silmarillion
Life of Pi
The Name of the Rose
Don Quixote
Moby Dick
Ulysses
Madame Bovary
The Odyssey
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Eyre
A Tale of Two Cities
The Brothers Karamazov
Guns, Germs, and Steel: the fates of human societies
War and Peace
Vanity Fair
The Time Traveler’s Wife
The Iliad
Emma
The Blind Assassin
The Kite Runner
Mrs. Dalloway
Great Expectations
American Gods
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Atlas Shrugged
Reading Lolita in Tehran : a memoir in books
Memoirs of a Geisha
Middlesex
Quicksilver
Wicked : the life and times of the wicked witch of the West
The Canterbury Tales
The Historian : a novel
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Love in the Time of Cholera
Brave New World
The Fountainhead
Foucault’s Pendulum
Middlemarch
Frankenstein
The Count of Monte Cristo
Dracula
A Clockwork Orange
Anansi Boys
The Once and Future King
The Grapes of Wrath
The Poisonwood Bible : a novel
1984
Angels & Demons
The Inferno (and Purgatory and Paradise)
The Satanic Verses
Sense and Sensibility
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Mansfield Park
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
To the Lighthouse
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Oliver Twist
Gulliver’s Travels
Les Misérables
The Corrections
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Dune
The Prince
The Sound and the Fury
Angela’s Ashes : a memoir
The God of Small Things
A People’s History of the United States : 1492-present
Cryptonomicon
Neverwhere
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Dubliners
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (part of it anyway - I couldn't stand it)
Beloved
Slaughterhouse-five
The Scarlet Letter
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
The Mists of Avalon
Oryx and Crake : a novel
Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed
Cloud Atlas
The Confusion
Lolita
Persuasion
Northanger Abbey
The Catcher in the Rye
On the Road
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance : an inquiry into values
The Aeneid
Watership Down
Gravity’s Rainbow
The Hobbit
In Cold Blood : a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences
White Teeth
Treasure Island
David Copperfield
The Three Musketeers

Ohmigod talk of an Arrested Development film.

2008-06-28T01:15:00.001-04:00

I know that it's unlikely...

2008-06-27T11:15:00.005-04:00

Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images

but damn, don't they look good together?

I wish I had gone to Harvard...

2008-06-25T23:35:00.002-04:00

so I could use my ass as a billboard for my alma mater. I wonder why Parsons didn't sign up.

When Ryan goes to China I play with my camera.

2008-06-17T00:24:00.005-04:00

That's the moon, don't you know.

Rare Book look-alike

2008-05-06T17:00:00.002-04:00

I photographed a book called World's Champions: Second Series for Ursus last week and thought this runner looked just like Ryan Gosling. Is it just me?

New music.

2008-03-21T20:07:00.004-04:00

Photo courtesy of basiabulat.com.
Maybe you know Basia Bulat already? If not, please take a listen.

I love him. She's okay too.

2008-02-01T10:34:00.001-05:00

Boom.

2008-01-28T13:35:00.000-05:00

Apparently the sounds I heard today just after 11:00 were of a steam explosion on the corner my apt building is on. I heard three huge booms, the first two actually shaking the building. I have no idea if anyone was hurt but Con Ed and the fire dept were there quickly and are still there now. I'm heading out in a minute and hopefully will get a better look at the sight.

He put the Gruppuso in pudding.

2008-01-11T19:30:00.000-05:00

My cousin Vincent Gruppuso died recently and had an obit in the Times today. He was the founder of Kozy Shack pudding company. I've loved Kozy Shack for years and always enjoyed the fact that he was a relative (my only claim to fame really - he's my Grandpa's uncle's son). Just last night Ryan, Christina and I were enjoying some of his chocolate pudding cups. RIP cous'.

Pet peeve of mine.

2008-01-11T17:20:00.000-05:00

Is it just me, or has it become acceptable in beauty and fashion photography for the model's mouth to look like a toothless black hole? As a photographer and appreciator of beautiful photos of women, this really bothers me. Below find some examples.

Samantha Bee asks the question...

2007-09-21T12:00:00.000-04:00

Ricky Gervais Comic Relief 2007

2007-09-10T13:13:00.000-04:00

Can't look away...

2007-08-06T19:34:00.000-04:00

Fuck. Want to spend some time with your jaw hanging open? Then click here. I think this one is my favorite.

Last night's dinner...

2007-08-01T01:04:00.001-04:00

Lobster Roll with Fried Green Tomatoes
Originally uploaded by Nerdalie

Lobster Roll with Fried Green Tomatoes - awesome. Lobster meat, mayo, lemon juice and some minced celery is all you need. Oh, and don't forget that hotdog bun.

I know this is silly, but I love it.

2007-07-06T19:44:00.000-04:00

Create your own.

My Liebovitz Whoopi homage.

2007-06-20T15:47:00.000-04:00

See the original here.

Another hit from Michael Cera.

2007-06-01T19:21:00.000-04:00

Someone please give him a show.

It's sort-of easy being green.

2007-05-23T23:06:00.000-04:00

I just signed up to stop receiving junk mail through the site GreenDimes. For $36 a year, they'll stop all your junk mail and catalogs (only the ones you don't want anymore) and each month they'll plant a tree using your donation. Pretty awesome. You can sign up here.

I need help!

2007-05-10T08:46:00.000-04:00

Can any of you help me find a pair of shoes? I met someone in Spain who had the exact shoes I've been looking for, but unfortunately for me she bought them on the street in Florence. Do any of you know what they are or where I could find them? They're similar to the photo but real leather and more woven looking (like huaraches I suppose). Thanks!!

Project to Surface.

2007-05-08T21:25:00.000-04:00

I've finally been published! Please check out the current issue of Surface Magazine to see my photos, along with the article about my friend Ben Krone's project.

Lightning

2007-05-08T21:03:00.001-04:00

Scary, scary lightning while watching "Twin Peaks".

Tapas, tapas, tapas.

2007-05-03T00:11:00.001-04:00

Check out my photos from our trip to Spain.

Can I just say...

2007-04-15T21:56:00.000-04:00

Why is lightning so scary in New York City? Jeebus.

Awwwww

2007-04-14T13:16:00.000-04:00

Please watch this. Even if you hate Will Ferrell, you'll like "The Landlord". I promise!

Oh, and I'm obsessed with his nose. I could stare at it for hours!

2007-04-12T09:39:00.000-04:00

Photo by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.

Last night Ryan, Sarah and I saw Talk Radio on Broadway, starring my recent crush Liev Schreiber. (I think the crush started when Joe and I had to fly to Virginia for a shoot and Liev was on said flight, crammed into his seat, since he's 6'3" and it was a 50-seat plane. I concentrated on him to forget about my fear of dropping out of the sky.)

Anyway... Talk Radio is brilliant and I highly recommend that you see it. The set was fabulous, and the use of microphones really upped the drama. It's running until sometime in June and it's your chance to see "the greatest actor of our generation" (I keep hearing that anyway). Get tickets here.

Hmm, now that you mention it...

2007-04-08T23:21:00.000-04:00

Cadbury Creme Eggs are smaller!

via Consumerist

Miranda July is clever, isn't she?

2007-04-06T13:29:00.000-04:00

Check out her site for her new book.

I would like to introduce the ugliest shoe in the world.

2007-03-30T14:26:00.001-04:00

That's all. Just thought you'd like to know.

Who wants to come over and make this with me?

2007-03-23T16:12:00.000-04:00

This sounds delicious!

From Apartment Therapy: The Kitchen

Do this for Al and for the earth.

2007-03-18T16:41:00.000-04:00

It'll take 30 seconds.

This is just disgusting...

2007-03-16T20:04:00.000-04:00

How cool is this!

2007-03-07T20:10:00.000-05:00

If I had $500 I would definitely buy this. I hate the idea of having an aero bed taking up space in a closet, and this actually looks pretty comfy. Via ApartmentTherapy.

Lean on Me...

2007-02-07T15:31:00.000-05:00

Read all about Ryan's and my relationship when finances are involved.

Caveman...

2007-02-03T13:40:00.000-05:00

Ha. If you're bored, check out the Caveman's Crib. It's entertaining for at least 10 minutes.

Madame Tussaud?

2007-01-16T17:40:00.000-05:00

Is it me or is Brad looking more and more like a wax figure?

Gah, this is all I can think about right now.

2007-01-09T17:08:00.000-05:00

Am I supposed to relate to this place?

2007-01-08T13:31:00.001-05:00

The Factory Retooled
Wow, it's so ironic that they offer an $18 cosmo called the 27th Street. I think the real statement is that they sell Colt 45 for $6. And you get to look at photos of Paris Hilton while you're there.

If you don't feel like reading the whole article, here is my favorite quote: "I’m an enthusiast and I express myself sensually and I can barely hold myself in,” he said. “I can tell that there’s an element of the pulse, of neurotic, erotic perfection.”

2006 list of books read

2007-01-07T19:30:00.000-05:00

Below is the list of books I read in 2006. I read almost twice this amount in 2005 and 2004, so this is embarrassing. I blame my low number on my new lack of subway riding, thanks to a move to Manhattan. What did you read last year that you liked? I'm always looking for new stuff.

The Sluts – Dennis Cooper
Donorboy – Brendan Halpin
The Truth (with Jokes) – Al Franken
The Diviners – Rick Moody
Ice Haven – Daniel Clowes
How We Are Hungry – Dave Eggers
Men and Cartoons – Jonathan Lethem
Runaway – Alice Munro
Cage of Stars – Jacquelyn Mitchard
Thank You for Smoking – Christopher Buckley
Tender is the Night – F. Scott Fitzgerald
This Side of Paradise – F. Scott Fitzgerald
McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern #18
After the Plague – T. C. Boyle
The Nick Adams Stories – Earnest Hemingway
The Crucible – Arthur Miller
A Three-Dog Life – Abigail Thomas
The Namesake – Jhumpa Lahiri
If the River Was Whiskey – T.C. Boyle
The Year of Magical Thinking – Joan Didion
What is the What – Dave Eggers
The Sketch Book - Washington Irving (as of yet I'm a third of the way through)

Ducklings!

2007-01-07T19:24:00.000-05:00

Via Cute Overload

Omar gets some love.

2006-12-18T12:21:00.000-05:00

Painting by Omar Chacon

Please take a look at Omar Chacon's paintings. Here's a nice post about his work at Scope Miami.

Watch Ryan rollerskate!

2006-12-06T21:33:00.000-05:00

Buy my art.

2006-11-10T01:03:00.000-05:00

Sarah was good enough to put my work up on Artnet. Please take a look if you have a minute.

These photos are really impressive.

2006-11-10T00:57:00.000-05:00

WWF.org Camera Traps

I love Google.

2006-10-09T11:34:00.000-04:00

If you type in a band name and an album name of theirs, Google gives you the track listing with links to the lyrics and to buy the songs. Isn't that neat?

They tapdance for percussion!

2006-09-15T16:34:00.000-04:00

Do you love Tilly and the Wall yet? Oh my god, you should.

They're playing at Bowery Ballroom on Oct. 17th. Anyone want to go with me?

See "An Inconvenient Truth" for free.

2006-08-03T00:33:00.001-04:00

Get yours here for just the service fee.

Read this...

2006-07-24T18:50:00.000-04:00

Photo © Kimya Dawson.

Kimya Dawson is about to have her baby. Read her journal if you're interested. I know I am.

Update!

Kimya had her baby! Panda Delilah was born July 28th at 7:15am and was 8lbs 9oz and 20 1/2 inches long.

I love Japanese TV.

2006-07-24T12:00:00.000-04:00

Thanks Matty for the heads up.

Durstbag update.

2006-07-21T22:19:00.000-04:00

Looks like Fred Durst was in RI for a reason. Apparently he's directing a film. And according to his myspace account he's marrying a chick from RI. Um. More info here if you give a toot. And a funny related post at Junkiness, filed under Douchebags. Also, Spencer Sloan of goldenfiddle refers to him as the "Limp Bizkit frontdouche". Ha! Christina, is that better than Durstbag?

I think what we've learned here is that Fred Durst is indeed a douchebag, and it's not just me saying it.

Get your summer fill.

2006-07-17T18:57:00.000-04:00

The Office Webisodes every Thursday.

A recent shoot Joe and I did.

2006-07-15T22:52:00.000-04:00

Click on the above link for the fullsize version. It's photo #2 in the slideshow.

I'm embarrassed by how excited this is making me.

2006-07-10T18:37:00.000-04:00

This will only save me five seconds twice a week, yet I still think it's genius.

Update!
I used it this morning and it only took me two tries. The trial goes through December, fyi.

Shiny and new.

2006-07-07T20:32:00.000-04:00

Before

After
Ryan asked me to blog about our new sink. He put it in all by himself (don't tell my co-op board).

The best parts of one of the best movies.

2006-07-01T00:23:00.000-04:00

And it's a music video too! It takes a while to start up, but trust me, it's worth it.

Keep diggin' that hole.

2006-06-28T01:38:00.000-04:00

Pretty sad.

Mother of god.

2006-06-22T23:29:00.000-04:00

What the hell happened to her???

Via What Would Tyler Durden Do?

I so called this.

2006-06-22T23:04:00.000-04:00

Big surprise.

Do you like poetry?

2006-06-22T22:57:00.000-04:00

If so, please check out my mom's new book. It's called Regrets Only. You can purchase it at Little Pear Press. You can also read about it here or here.

P.S. I took the cover photo!

A Public Service Announcement

2006-06-21T20:31:00.000-04:00

According to Gothamist, Shake Shack will have a webcam up this Monday to show the length of the line. Now that Ryan and I have moved, we're an eight minute walk (five minute speedwalk) from Shake Shack. This webcam should come in very handy!

Update!
The Shake Shack webcam is finally up, and the line is currently really fricken' long.

Another update!
A Shakeshack Webcam Dashboard Widget

I still don't want to stay there though.

2006-06-15T19:58:00.000-04:00

These are hilarious!
Hot Tub
Cage Fighter
Toothbrush
Unicycle
Whale Song
Quack
Joe's Throat
Screwball

Bonus!

2006-06-14T19:25:00.000-04:00

Shoppers at Home Depot in MA got something special with their purchases. Via NY Times

I always feed the birds with no pants on, don't you?

2006-06-14T18:52:00.000-04:00

Today I looked out the window to find that my across-the-way neighbor was tossing birdseed out the window. Naked. Yes, naked. So I took pictures. I figured that if one is that comfortable with one's naked self, that one won't mind if pictures of said naked self are posted on the internet. Click on the photo for a close-up (you know you want to).

Finally, something good at the McCarren Pool.

2006-06-05T01:09:00.000-04:00

From Billboard:
Some of the most popular bands in indie rock will perform this summer at the newly revitalized McCarren Park Pool in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, N.Y. The space opened in 1936 with a pool large enough for 6,000 swimmers but has been closed since 1984; last summer, promoter Ron Delsner Presents announced plans to eventually stage concerts at the venue.

The series will begin July 29 with Bloc Party and Secret Machines, followed the next day by a free performance from Of Montreal. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Sonic Youth will team up for an Aug. 11-12 stand, while Deerhoof will perform free on Aug. 13. The lineup is rounded out by Iron & Wine (Aug. 17) and an Aug. 24 triple bill with Neko Case, Joanna Newsom and Martha Wainwright.

-- Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

You can purchase tickets through Ticketmaster, but they're pretty damn expensive. I say we all go to the free Of Montreal show, huh?

Go green and you'll feel better.

2006-06-02T13:12:00.000-04:00

I just signed up to have Green Power through ConEd. It's almost the same price and it's hydro and wind power instead of coal and nuclear power. How great is that?! For you New Yorkers, go here to find out about providers available. I went with ConEd Solutions Green Power, which is just one of the many companies you can choose from.

Boy, that could have been really embarrassing.

2006-05-30T22:53:00.000-04:00

On Memorial Day my dad's band played a friend's party in Pawtucket, RI. He was telling me about the party and mentioned that some rock guy from a famous band was there, but he couldn't remember his name or his band's name. The only thing he could tell me was that this guy's claim to fame was that he says that he took Britney Spears' virginity. I immediately said, "You mean Fred Durst?". Yeah, that's it. The Durstbag himself was there, admiring Jeff's guitar and looking all jerky (my assumption anyway). He wanted to sit in with them but backed out. Probably because he doesn't know how to do anything but scream and jump around like a monkey.

The Fatales at Mercury Lounge

2006-05-24T20:29:00.000-04:00

The Fatales at Mercury Lounge, May 23, 2006, originally uploaded by Nerdalie.

The guys put on a great show last night, for those that were lucky enough to get in. Even though the bastard sound guy cut their set short, it was still a rousing experience.

My newest blog obsession.

2006-05-24T13:30:00.000-04:00

You'll either find him really annoying, or (like me) feel the need to watch every single day from now on.

Apple fanatics include James Woods.

2006-05-22T11:30:00.000-04:00

*Sarah, you must watch this just to see our ex-coworker Adam escort the SNL ladies into the store.

I can't believe I read the whole post. See if you can too.

2006-05-22T11:12:00.000-04:00

Coffee Talk with Lisa Whelchel, aka Blair from Facts of Life

Do you have hours you can't fill?

2006-05-21T00:46:00.000-04:00

Try this.

Something new.

2006-05-21T00:19:00.000-04:00

Thanks to Matty (and James for pointing it out), we watched the Adidas Adicolor short films last night. The pink film was my favorite, partly because of the song. It's by a guy/band called Greg Weeks. I think you'll like it too.

A response to Corinne.

2006-05-20T15:12:00.000-04:00

Back at ya!

This will be the longest 4 months of my life.

2006-05-14T20:20:00.000-04:00

The last few minutes of the season finale of The Office were exactly what I was hoping for.

Who doesn't like t-shirts?

2006-05-12T19:16:00.000-04:00

Do you know Threadless? It's a t-shirt company that sells designs that submitted by you and voted on by you. Christina turned me on to them and I'm very pleased with my recent purchase.

Look at him go!

2006-05-07T23:08:00.000-04:00

I apologize if this takes a while to load. The little man is Hayden, Rachel's awesome kid. Ryan and I visited Rachel and family this weekend and we spent Saturday afternoon at Storm King. I'll put up some more pics soon.

My best match was Igor Stravinsky.

2006-05-03T13:54:00.000-04:00

Try this.

Our weekend trip to North Adams, MA.

2006-05-03T11:07:00.000-04:00

This weekend Ryan and I took a trip to North Adams, MA in the Berkshires. Our goal was to visit MassMoCA and spend time in the little towns in the area. They're very quaint, and there wasn't too much to do, other than eat ice cream and buy cheap books in bookstores, which was perfect. MassMoCA was great.

North Adams is cool. It's really industrial still, and definitely a blue-collar town. We at lunch at Jack's Hot Dog Stand, which is less of a stand and more of a lunch-counter. The food was dirt cheap and really good (if you like greasy hamburgers and cheese fries). Then we got ice cream and walked along the Hoosic River.

The river flows right by MassMoCA, and looks like a canal really. I'm assuming that it was diverted in North Adams for industry use.

We headed to Williamstown for dinner. Williams College makes up most of the town. We strolled on campus a bit before dinner, in search of the campus cemetary. There are marshes on campus, and we saw loads of red-winged blackbirds. I had never seen so many in my life. I'm guessing they're not that rare, but I was still impressed. I tried (and mostly failed) to photograph them.

We headed back to our home for the weekend, The Porches Inn, and watched a movie on our king-size bed.

The next day we headed to Lenox, MA, recommended by Ryan's bandmate Craig. It was very pretty and again, quaint with good ice cream. We sat in a park and got some sun, then headed back to NY. Our last goal for this trip was eating at one of the many 1950s diners off of the Taconic State Parkway. We stopped at the Chief Martindale Diner in Craryville, NY, which was perfect. It's been kept up and looks like it hasn't changed since it was plopped down there. I highly recommend that you stop there if you're in the area.

I'm proud to know these people.

2006-05-02T23:27:00.000-04:00

There's a new trend in Providence, which I've been aware of for a while. Watch this video and maybe you'll be inspired (or appalled). Fyi, this is where Christina and I got our first tattoos.
Link via Gawker.

Update:
Unfortunately the video has been taken down. This photo represents the recent trend in RI. If you are interested, please go to Federal Hill Tattoo and Mike Brousseau will give you one.

Photo courtesey of Misha Art.

I probably shouldn't joke about this.

2006-05-01T10:16:00.000-04:00

But if you are a fan of Arrested Development, isn't this just a little funny?

Related article at NY Times

Poor thing.

2006-05-01T09:43:00.000-04:00

Every day at this time I hear a dog howling somewhere in my building. I have no idea where it is, but I'm betting it's a basset hound. Who else could howl like this? Um, or it's a wolf.

Go Yankees!

2006-04-22T12:01:00.000-04:00

Christina, Ryan, Craig and I attended the game at Yankee Stadium last night. It was my first time there (my first ball game too) thanks to Ursus and their season passes. I was really excited to see Brian Roberts play for the Orioles (see my earlier post) though I couldn't cheer for him for fear of getting beaten up by the rabid fans surrounding us. After I got over my fear of heights I was able to enjoy the view and get into the game. Of course they lost 6-5 Orioles, but it was still a lot of fun.

Um, it's April 5th, right?

2006-04-05T11:44:00.000-04:00

Photo taken at 11:32 today. Blizzards in April? And I already packed my winter coat.

Ach!

2006-03-13T22:56:00.000-05:00

I'm seven years old again.

2006-03-06T19:19:00.000-05:00

Tiffany at Culture Club March 11th
Debbie Gibson at The Canal Room March 11th

Aliens are coming!!!

2006-02-14T16:05:00.000-05:00

Meghan's new book is out today! Please buy it for every little kid you know! And check out her website devoted to the book!

How I spend two days a week.

2006-02-14T08:39:00.000-05:00

The new Ursus Books site is up. Please admire the bee-u-tee-ful photos that Adam and I took.

Fatales update.

2006-02-13T15:11:00.000-05:00

I did a photo shoot for The Fatales about a week ago. Above is the photo that I chose for my portfolio.

The Fatales have a lot of shows coming up. Here's a list:
February 22 - Northsix - Brooklyn - w/ Bravo Silva, A Place to Bury Strangers, Unlove
March 2 - Casa Del Popolo - Montreal - w/ Mahogany, Dirty on Purpose
March 24 - Pianos - Manhattan - w/ Snowden
April 20 - Southpaw - Brooklyn - w/ Mahogany

Check their website and myspace page for more information.

Fuck.

2006-02-11T14:44:00.000-05:00

RIP

Last night was the end of Arrested Development and of course I had no idea. Damn you Fox! Anyone know when the DVDs will be released???

Update! Thanks go to Corinne for Tivo-ing the episodes and letting me watch them in her cozy living room. If only the show could go on forever.

Hallelujah!

2006-01-23T14:28:00.000-05:00

Joy of joys, there is to be a Trader Joe's in the city! I will finally be able to have my gummy fruits, mushroom puffs, and all the gyoza I can eat, without having to wait for my mom to drive down from MA. I'm excited about the wine store too. Read all about it.

Map of 138 E 14th St, New York, NY 10003

Good coffee in Greenpoint.

2006-01-14T14:56:00.000-05:00

If you live in Greenpoint, you know that there are very few coffee houses. A new one opened in November called Cafe Grumpy. Ryan and I tried it today and loved it! My latte was perfect and the bagel with cream cheese and avocado was delicious. If you're ever in the Greenpoint area near Meserole and Diamond, please go.

Ha ha.

2006-01-13T16:04:00.000-05:00

Have you seen Google Video yet?

Who doesn't like free stuff?

2006-01-13T11:52:00.000-05:00

Check out Mr. Cheapo for links to free stuff. I'm looking forward to my deoderant sample, are you?

Christina and I are for sale.

2006-01-12T16:54:00.000-05:00

Photo © 2003 Barbara Probst.

A couple of years ago, Christina and I posed for the artist Barbara Probst. Recently, my friend Annabel told me that she saw the photo above at the Art Basel fair in Miami. Check out Barbara's page on Artnet to see her other work.