sand & salt

After a raucous (read obnoxious!) end-of-night amid weekenders at the Parkside saturday night, I tagged along with friends to the Jersey Shore to enjoy the early morning emptiness of a beach. The water was perfect, the sky pleasantly overcast, then we slept a for spell in the sand. When we awoke there were families and… Continue reading sand & salt

dream

It's goddamn HOT. Enough to leave the blinds closed for fear of extra heat from direct sunlight. This kind of unrelenting heat makes me feel vaguely nauseous. I need to find a way to spend a lot of time near water in summers in the future. Segue- here is the dream: "We were going somewhere.… Continue reading dream

entry: 03 aug

Day one of Kev's trip south; it is nice to have the house to oneself for a few days. I played the stereo loud all afternoon and did very exciting things like cleaned the stove top (which had begun to resemble a strangely symmetric plot of land adjacent to an active volcano), cleaned my desk… Continue reading entry: 03 aug

watch it

Note: The documentary The Corporation should be required viewing for every citizen --oops, pardon my outmoded use of language-- every Consumer™ of the modern world.

a monday in summer

the solar energy continues to leak far more than necessary through those holes whose existence so many seem happy to ignore. sweat. the gritty feeling of the city that gets in one's pores and under one's nails. yesterday a walk through prospect park. caught the last few minutes that the carousel was open- it has… Continue reading a monday in summer

Pop Band?

Well this is an odd request. Will any pop band do? It seems that buying the ticket would be far less hassle than dragging a pop band with you. Unless they were fun... So that was tacked up in the cagey area of queuing to ride the Cyclone at Coney. The Curious Miss K and… Continue reading Pop Band?

Painting (both kinds)

the wall of grotesques previously, the wall of forks Today I was very industrious and finished the wall. I wound up painting the whole damn wall with a 2.5" trim brush, standing on an amp road case to reach the ceiling. Insane! Good exercise though. It took forever, but now the wall is a whole… Continue reading Painting (both kinds)

friday

Minerva, fifth of my Mythological series my dreams are bound together with waxed sail thread, glue stick and cello tape. Once again, today was beautiful, sunny and breezy. tonight is cool and clammy. the clamminess is a minor nuisance compared to a normal NYC summer in which it is hot and unbearably humid. this summer's… Continue reading friday

belated

fireworks seen from the roofI just emptied the camera and found this (among others). the mini table-top tripod is brilliant.Oh and crap. I just realized that I must have missed part two of Empire. Despite my previous comment, I still would have liked to see the whole thing. alas.

drip drip

i think it's valla again Walking about in the rain in sunglasses and without umbrella is an example of behavior found perplexing by many. However, one can have the park nearly to oneself on such a day. I've had to put a pot on the floor under the hole where the rain has been coming… Continue reading drip drip