Sunday, January 31, 2010

so much i've wanted to say

at the moment, it's mainly shut up roommate. why do you talk so loudly? and that's the only time you keep your door open? do dishes or buy fucking toilet paper.

other thoughts 'cause that;s all i can get out right now
-i need someone to pay rent on the 3rd bedroom
-its cold
-what exactly defines bluegrass
-block printing, first print done and bought supplies for more
-acrobatics-handstands getting better. stood on trapeze. week as shit and eating like shit.
-slash the cut paper exhibit at musuem of arts and design
-want to see some theater its been way too long

i had cooler things to say, but at the time no access to this or no time to write.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

how to empower and not blame the victim and pre school graduation with cap and gown--are you kidding me?

post never written. thoughts still in mind.

Monday, January 18, 2010

the 2 o'clock deadline

i didn't make it today, and so at 4:12 am still sitting here, playing a very stupid online computer game over and over and wondering why my itunes is having such buffering issues today.
i feel that if i had been out of the shower by 2 i may have left my house and enjoyed this totally gorgeous day. however, i did get the 2 things on my list for today done. pilates and farmer's market, although that happened b;c i locked myself out and had to go to midtown to retrieve some keys.
i also ran into two students while i looked shlumpy in my post pilates but must need to travel around on subway attire.

do you love the song home by edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros a much as i do? i friggin love that song.

i may have found a truce in the where does the tea get stored war my roommate and i have been having. i say if i do more than 50% of your dishes i get to keep it whereever i want. i may have won, or maybe he just didn't notice the latest place i put it. so passive agressive and lame. (mainly on my part, yes i realize that)

Sunday, January 17, 2010

new south ferry station

finally went and checked out the new south ferry 1 station today. all the artwork associated with it i've basically seen from going to the connected whitehall r station. i like that stuff, i like the theme and how its executed in different media. the station itself was not to remarkable other than the fact that it was so clean and that it didnt look like any other nyc subway station. so white. so clean. different style of writing the station name in tiles on the walls, dare i saw either it was or wasn't helvetica. obviously one of those is true, but while helvetica is the ubitiquous you don't see it on the walls much. the subway station was also very bright.

later in the day marathon led us a on tour of no longer in use tracks and platforms on the jmz line. as much of a transit nerd as i am, and i am, i dont get into the abandoned stuff like he does.

went to NMAI to see an exhibit that is being largely publicized, but is actually very small. but it got us out of the house which was fine with me....

also. i don't want to have to pay to read the times on-line. although i don't necessarily think its a bad err unreasonable idea on their part.

Saturday, January 16, 2010

one third down

i took a 3 saturday job at the museum, mainly in hopes of getting the summer gigs i want. but i also look at it as a way to pay for my next session of acrobatics classes. it wasn't so bad, except there was confusion over where to meet and this led to a little mayhem and one woman screaming at me. the first class was kids and parents together. the second one was a mix, a few kids just got dropped off. its an interesting model but overall it went fine. 2 more weeks and then i can sleep in on saturdays again. i rewarded myself with a cookie from bouchon bakery. it was actually quite tasty and almost worth the trip into a mall.

the second acrobatics class was awesome. we got to use the trapeze. i didn't totally suck, but i didn't do great. wish i had made it to the gym, hopefully i will go today for a while and can work on some strength. my abs certainly need it for more trapeze stuff.

i can tell its getting dark a little later, which is awesome to me.

we were going to go to a concert tonight, but turns out its sold out. i know fear with are going to sit on our asses at home and do nothing.

Monday, January 11, 2010

skylight one aka one hanson place aka williamsburg savings bank

=awesome fucking space. going into vault and seeing the thickness of the walls totes awesome. we all know how i go gaga for mosaics, and for certain blues, put them together and i totally could of stared at the entryway ceiling forever.

got a hot toddy at building on bond yesterday. want to go back there for food, super cute decor. decent looking brunch. so hard to get on a train to go to brunch though...

should be at work. or at a minimum working on report cards. last day--til spring.

Saturday, January 09, 2010

cold. old navy. annoying puzzle

have a mentioned that marathon and i are obsessed with jigsaw puzzles these days. we are working on one we got as a gift that is two puzzles mixed in one box, same scene at day and night. i kinda hate it, but i know he won't let us start another better one until we do.

his dad, who is a well meaning character, but character none the less is in town and staying with him til friday. yikes.

i made it to the last part of services last night, i kinda miss services, should make more of an effort to try and go.

nothing interesting to say. really just procrastinating on writing reports. or my one report goal for now.

Thursday, January 07, 2010

my acrobatics class rocks-except for the dizzyness

which may or may not have been a precusor to my migraine-light today. but i made it through the day and even to my coop shift. i still have a damn make-up to do
also bad about the class is the brick wall up against which we do handstands and how i scraped my toe and bled on the mats when coming down from the wall. that was a bummer, and me made wary of putting my feet on people to be a base, as i could see how they might be grossed out by it. but no big bruise.
i wish that i could have written down everything we did, b/c i don't remember and some of it was mad fun and i'd like maybe to practice/do on my own and some i'd love to show other peeps, particularly marathon.
i totally felt in the mix, not the weakest or most uncoordinated but also far from the best/strongest/coordinated. if only i can avoid the multiple foward rolls and log rolls i think i will be ok.
also usually i think of myself as right footed-certainly in terms of any skating activity but yesterday doing scissor kicks i could only lead with my left leg, like i couldn't even think through what the movement was supposed to look like with my right leg leading.

hearing my roommate in the kitchen is reminding me of a prank war i had with a friend/roommate in college that involved removing the contents of the kitchen and reassembling them in the other's room. at one point though it went too far, not sure who took it too far, me i think, but then she had something serious planned for me. i wonder how that started.

thoughts on purchasing from a pawn shop? do they only sell your stuff if you don't repay the loan? that must be how it works. but how do they make money? on interest of the loan and assuming repayment. google tells me that the max rate in NYS is 4% a month, but doesn't obsviously say if that's simple or compound.

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

are those lights supposed to be artistic or an advertining gimmic

so here i am blogging again. of course only a fraction of my small readership, those who once hacked an RSS feed, assuming that technology is even still in use. i am behind on technology. i am teaching lesson using google earth tomorrow but have seriously barely used it myself-certainly nothing more than i could do with google maps and i don't even use those to their fullest.
but i haven't done much tonight and this makes me feel a little accomplished. perhaps after this i will work on the photomosaic puzzle. it's going to be hard, and unlike other puzzles i'm not confident its a challenge i can master. marathon and i are seriously addicted to puzzles, like many things we both enjoy, for different but complimentary or at least compatible reasons.
speaking of our personal likes, i am missing out on our first subway car yard tour at the end of the month and i am pissed. i'm missing it for a job i don't want that will be a bit annoying but am taking in service of getting summer/future jobs that i do want.
with the stupid heat being so loud i can't hear if my tea is boiling, although i'm not sure i could really hear it boil from the living room anyway...
well, i guess i'm back. not sure for how long. not sure if i'll clue in the non rss enabled readers---gee i'm so vain that you or they'd even care...

ah can't sign off without ranting about those stupid ass vertical led (i assume now all colored lights are led) lights near. i'm not even sure what they are on. the hamilton street bridge? undernearth the bqe? i car dealership? all i know is that i think they are as if not more ugly that the light art on the schaffer buildings and equal to the horribleness on top of the avalon/bowery whole foods.