I was in the middle of the crosswalk, when I see a too-fast cab rounding the corner. My first thought was "He must be slowing down to make this turn, and he's gotta see me." Very quickly I realized that neither of those things were true, so I ran up the block and across the street. I'm not sure how close he ended up being to me - definitely less ( Read more... )

Last night I noticed some kids hanging out on my stoop. My parents are away and my brothers were having a party at the time, so I checked with my brothers to ensure the loiterers were not theirs. They weren't, so I asked them to please get off my stoop. This one kid said no, he wouldn't, he and his friends lost something and anyways they were only ( Read more... )

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And now the ceiling has caved in too:


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You're going to need to click on this one to see its full glory ( Read more... )

Erin has a shirt just like this, but it says Queens instead. I forgive her. She got hers from the Queens Museum of Art. This one I found in the window of Brooklyn Tattoo on Smith Street ( Read more... )

Erin and Chris finished it before I got home last night. It is very comfortable, although a little firm right now (age will soften it in good time). Erin clearly thinks it is nice. I'm sure my dad, as lover of all things green, will love the color. All we need now is an a/c and we shall have a very nice living room. (Well, that and for Paul to take ( Read more... )

The other night, when I wasn't feeling so good after Hooters, I stopped in a Starbucks' bathroom. I found this. Does anyone know for sure what this is? I think I do, but I also don't think I want to know why it was in this bathroom in that case ( Read more... )

Any suggestions? I'll be at Penn Station ca. 5:45, and am willing to go just about anywhere in the 5 boros that is reasonably accessible by train.

Before picking up shoujo_mallet, I think I will go to Central Park to kill an hour or so. I haven't spent much time at the northern end of the park, so I think I'll enter there. If any of you are in the neighborhood, gimme a call and maybe I'll drop by and say hi ( Read more... )

Let us say you're a superintendent. Why in holy fuck do you have 3 numbers I can contact you at AND YOU NEVER ANSWER THEM OR RETURN MY CALLS WHEN THERE IS WATER DRIPPING FROM MY FUCKING CEILING?