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June, 2011

The June Roundup

Here are all the photos I took in June 2011 that didn't end up in their own entry!

Wednesday, June 1st

sanju
On Wednesday I went into Yodle to work on on a...
work ˆ yodle ˆ sanju
sanju
...proof-of-concept mobile app we build to see if we could help Yodle's customers get picture testimonials (Pictimonials!) from their happy customers.
phone ˆ thumbs up ˆ work ˆ yodle ˆ sanju
meredith
They say after a while you start to...
meredith
maddy
...look like yer pet.
maddy

Thursday, June 2nd

maddy, vin
On Thursday night a bunch of people came over for a hang. Maddy give Vin the customary air-lick greeting.
tongue ˆ maddy ˆ vin
ellen, meredith
Haha.
point ˆ ellen ˆ meredith
jeet
Ready for some...
lifted ˆ jeet
ellen
...Rockband?
rockband ˆ videogames ˆ ellen

Tuesday, June 7th

josie
I texted Meredith after arriving back in town from San Francisco to let her know I was on my way back home. She texted me back, "Surprise, we're fostering a dog!"
dogs ˆ e9th apt ˆ kitchen ˆ josie
josie
Meredith named her Josie and found her a home just a few days later!
dogs ˆ e9th apt ˆ kitchen ˆ josie
brett, maddy
My brother was in town and crashing at our place!
couch ˆ brett ˆ maddy
brett
Oh, just lounging with three remotes, a laptop and an emergency puke bin, just in case.
couch ˆ laptop ˆ brett
Dear all my friends, TEXTS FROM KAREN is a million dollar book just waiting to happen, no?
phone

Thursday, June 9th

me, meredith
On Thursday morning, Mer and I took the L train out to Brooklyn...
subway ˆ me ˆ meredith
cynthia
...to meet up with Cynthia...
garage ˆ cynthia
cynthia
...who'd offered to drive out to Ft. Tilden!
driving ˆ cynthia
One of my favorite drives!
driving
Perfect.
fort tilden ˆ walking
Cynthia is a beach professional. Blankets, snacks, you name it.
beach ˆ fort tilden
meredith
Double-fisting treats! <3
beach ˆ best ˆ fort tilden ˆ sunglasses ˆ treats ˆ meredith
Back over the dunes...
beach ˆ fort tilden
me, meredith
...time to head back!
beach ˆ beach hair ˆ fort tilden ˆ me ˆ meredith
In the parking lot we noticed that the abandoned barracks had been cleaned and freshly painted!
fort tilden
cynthia, heather d, me, meredith
I put my camera on the window on auto timer and we tried to time a group jump shot. Attempt #1. FAIL.
fort tilden ˆ jump ˆ cynthia ˆ heather d ˆ me ˆ meredith
cynthia, heather d, me, meredith
Well, we're not exactly jumping in this photo, but I kind of like it.
fort tilden ˆ jump ˆ cynthia ˆ heather d ˆ me ˆ meredith
cynthia, heather d, me, meredith
This one's my fave!
best ˆ fort tilden ˆ jump ˆ cynthia ˆ heather d ˆ me ˆ meredith
cynthia, heather d, me, meredith
But this one's also pretty good. Haha.
fort tilden ˆ jump ˆ cynthia ˆ heather d ˆ me ˆ meredith
Cynthia dropped us off at the subway on the way home!
heather d, meredith
Heather and Mer.
escalator ˆ heather d ˆ meredith
Walking home up Avenue C, there was a building that had umbrellas all over it.
buildings ˆ umbrella ˆ walking
deb au-yeung, eric g, me
Later that night I met up with Deb and Eric to talk about ideas for web-apps!
deb au-yeung ˆ eric g ˆ me

Friday, June 10th

Friday I was back at Yodle working on getting the first Pictimonial test live!
computer ˆ work ˆ yodle
caiti, jagger
Later that afternoon, we went to the dogpark to meet up with Caiti and her new pup, Jagger!
dog park ˆ caiti ˆ jagger
jagger, meredith
Awwwww!
dog park ˆ jagger ˆ meredith
jagger, maddy, meredith
We brought them back to our place so they could wrassle in private. Ready?
puppy ˆ jagger ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
caiti, jagger, maddy
Go!
caiti ˆ jagger ˆ maddy
jagger, maddy
Vicious!
puppy ˆ jagger ˆ maddy
jagger, maddy
Puppy counter-attack!
puppy ˆ jagger ˆ maddy
jagger, maddy
PWNED!
best ˆ puppy ˆ jagger ˆ maddy

Saturday, June 11th

Made myself some veggie sammiches for lunch.
sandwich
maddy
Edie and Maddy pay close attention...
dogs ˆ edie ˆ maddy
maddy, vin
...to Vin eating a slice. Haha.
dogs ˆ edie ˆ maddy ˆ vin

Sunday, June 12th

piper
On Sunday I hung out with Ellen, but this photo is the only evidence of that!
dog in a bag ˆ dogs ˆ piper

Monday, June 13th

matt, meredith
After work on Monday afternoon, a bunch of us went over to Matt's for a swim
matt ˆ meredith
leigh, meredith, randy
But by the time we got over there...
leigh ˆ meredith ˆ randy
...the clouds had rolled in and it was a bit too cold...
clouds ˆ roof
meredith
...for a swim.
pool ˆ roof ˆ meredith
biggy, leigh
Biggie.
biggy ˆ leigh
matt
Matt has a ninja hoodie AND sword umbrella.
ninja ˆ matt
biggy, matt
Only a ninja can kill a ninja.
best ˆ kung fu ˆ ninja ˆ biggy ˆ matt
biggy, leigh, matt
DOG FU!
best ˆ kung fu ˆ ninja ˆ biggy ˆ leigh ˆ matt
biggy, leigh, matt
Iron Yorkie.
umbrella ˆ biggy ˆ leigh ˆ matt
Pretty parakeets on the way home.
bird
leigh, meredith
Bird to the birds.
bird ˆ the bird ˆ leigh ˆ meredith
leigh, meredith
BIRDS ARE GROSS! Hahaha.
bird ˆ gross ˆ leigh ˆ meredith
maddy
Me? Sleeping? Naaaaw.
sleepy ˆ maddy

Tuesday, June 14th

Maddy found a scent while we were out walking on Tuesday night and led me a long chase that eventually led us to...
walking
...HER QUARRY!
mouse
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE CITY MOUSE!
mouse

Wednesday, June 15th

On Wednesday night I attended a start-up presentation someone invited me to. I wasn't really feeling up to it, but in the end, I sucked it up and went!
crowd ˆ work
I ended up getting introduced to someone there who ended up hiring me for my first major long-term project as a consultant. Let's hear it for showing up!
buildings ˆ clouds

Thursday, June 16th

caiti, meredith
On Thursday evening, Caiti came by with Cocovan to drop off...
caiti ˆ meredith
jagger, maddy
...Jagger with us for a few days of dog-sitting! Back when Jagger was a pup, he was Maddy's size!
jagger ˆ maddy
jagger, maddy
I bite your face!
best ˆ bite ˆ dogs ˆ puppy ˆ jagger ˆ maddy

Friday, June 17th

New shoes on the highwire outside my window.
e9th apt ˆ shoes
jagger
Both are mine!
jagger

Saturday, June 18th

jagger, maddy
Two days later and these guys had totally exhausted each other! Butt-touch truce, k?
jagger ˆ maddy
amanda
On Saturday afternoon, me, Mer and Mrs. Miggins hit the road to head upstate to attend Fateman Jam IV! (See also: Fateman Jam III
driving ˆ amanda
Our trusty trans-suburban steed.
rental car ˆ van
meredith
Mer crashed out in the back. Haha.
asleep ˆ meredith
Backyard BBQ, ahoy!
fateman jam
fatty, marina
Marina and Dave!
fateman jam ˆ fatty ˆ marina
Playground & Stage = solid backyard.
fateman jam
meredith
Meredith found the treat table inside and did a little foil-lifting recon mission.
treats ˆ meredith
andy f, fatty
After everyone had gotten their faces sufficiently stuffed with treats, the band took the stage!
band ˆ fateman jam ˆ andy f ˆ fatty
andy f, fatty
Why even bother being in a band with your brother....
band ˆ best ˆ fateman jam ˆ metal ˆ andy f ˆ fatty
andy f, fatty
...if you're not going to lean into each other's backs and rock in time to the music together during that pivotal moment in the (Whitesnake) song.
band ˆ fateman jam ˆ metal ˆ andy f ˆ fatty
ROCKED! Thanks so much for having us, Andy & Pepper!
fateman jam
jagger, meredith
This guy was excited to see us.
jagger ˆ meredith
jagger, maddy
We also finally succeeded in getting Maddy and Jagger to play tug of war with each other! ADORABLE!
dogs ˆ jagger ˆ maddy

Sunday, June 19th

jagger, maddy
Sunday morning hound chow time!
dogs ˆ jagger ˆ maddy
On Sunday we went up to Central Park...
central park
chuck, joann, meredith
...and met up with Meredith's parents to celebrate Father's Day with a picnic.
central park ˆ picnic ˆ chuck ˆ joann ˆ meredith
joann, meredith
Mer and her mom!
joann ˆ meredith
caiti, jagger, maddy, meredith
Later that afternoon, Caiti came by to claim her pup!
caiti ˆ jagger ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
jagger, maddy
Look what I learned how to do, mom!
dogs ˆ jagger ˆ maddy
jagger
Someone's getting their big-boy teeth!
puppy ˆ teeth ˆ jagger
jagger
Smile, with your pin-teeth!
puppy ˆ teeth ˆ jagger

Monday, June 20th

maddy
This is a good way to start your morning.
dog park ˆ maddy
maddy
We go now?
dog park ˆ shoes ˆ maddy
Solid.
sign

Tuesday, June 21st

When you work from home you certainly have a lot more time to clean the apartment. Haha.
e9th apt ˆ living room
So clean and tidy!
e9th apt
My favorite willow out my office window.
tree
vin
Later that evening Vin came over and I showed him...
vin
...my prototype design for a line of t-shirts called Temporary that have designs on them that slowly wear away and change over multiple washes.

My idea was that you'd use two different iron-ons on the shirt. The first iron-on would be permanent, then on top of that first layer, you'd iron-on a second, semi-permanent layer that's designed to slowly wear-away as you wash it....
shirt ˆ work
...revealing the layer underneath!
shirt ˆ work
Until one day, the top layer is completely gone and you're left with what's underneath! I put together animated GIF versions and was all gung-ho about doing a KickStarter project for a while, but then I got busy with all sorts of other stuff! Here's the animated design for Human Skin & Bone.

I asked Vin if he could do one of children playing turning into tiny skeletons! I love the drawing he did so much! I still think it's a really neat idea for a run of t-shirts, but I got busy with other stuff.
shirt ˆ work

Thursday, June 23rd

On Thursday night Brian Schechter invited me to see Stefan Merrill Block read from his new book!
sign

Saturday, June 25th

jeet
Gurj crashed on our couch on Friday night and when we woke up on Saturday morning...
pancakes ˆ thumbs up ˆ jeet
...Meredith made us Star Wars-shaped pancakes (courtesy of a recent pancake mold-set she'd gotten as a gift!). Darth Vader, Yoda....
pancakes ˆ star wars
...and a Stormtrooper pancake!
pancakes ˆ star wars
jeet, meredith
Delicious!
jeet ˆ meredith
jeet, maddy, meredith
Exactly five minutes later. Hahaha. Pancake nap!
asleep ˆ couch ˆ e9th apt ˆ jeet ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
Dog park action shot!
dog park
These two were stopped at a traffic light and I asked if I could take a photo of their awesomeness. So good!
nyc ˆ scooter ˆ strangers ˆ walking
Later that afternoon, I did a little bit of St. Mark's birthday present shopping for Karen...
bong
...and then later that night went to some crazy house party at 3A! (I don't remember what this was for - anyone?)
apt 3a ˆ crowd ˆ house party ˆ party
hot karla, quinn
Hot Karla was there?
apt 3a ˆ house party ˆ party ˆ hot karla ˆ quinn
ellen, jeet, mark holmes
Holmes, Hart & Bassi (sounds like a male grooming-products company).
apt 3a ˆ ellen ˆ jeet ˆ mark holmes
ellen, jeet, karen, mark holmes, meredith, quinn
Sweet summer roof.
apt 3a ˆ roof ˆ ellen ˆ jeet ˆ karen ˆ mark holmes ˆ meredith ˆ quinn
Bedroom spillover.
apt 3a ˆ house party ˆ party
jenny penny, me
Me and Jenny!
jenny penny ˆ me
eva, karen, samantha, sarah
Haha.
apt 3a ˆ bed ˆ house party ˆ eva ˆ karen ˆ samantha ˆ sarah
andrew b, karen, piper f, samantha
A song from 2004 perhaps?
apt 3a ˆ dance ˆ house party ˆ party ˆ andrew b ˆ karen ˆ piper f ˆ samantha
sarah
Sarah had a bunch of recent internet memes rasterized and mounted to cardboard (as per usual). Antoine, hide yo kids!
sign ˆ sarah
ellen, mark holmes
Holmes is where the Hart is! Ha!
ellen ˆ mark holmes
karen, piper f
Listen. If you have giant internet memes mounted to cardboard at house party...
apt 3a ˆ house party ˆ karen ˆ piper f
andrew b, jenny penny
...it's only a matter of time before someone (probably Andrew Borin?) understands that the mouths should be ripped out...
apt 3a ˆ house party ˆ sign ˆ andrew b ˆ jenny penny
andrew b, karen, samantha
...so that...
apt 3a ˆ point ˆ andrew b ˆ karen ˆ samantha
andrew b
...a puppet show could be performed!
apt 3a ˆ house party ˆ sign ˆ andrew b
samantha
But it's only a matter of time before yelling through cardboard mouths...
apt 3a ˆ house party ˆ samantha
jenny penny, piper f
...turns into...
apt 3a ˆ house party ˆ jenny penny ˆ piper f
...DRINKING THROUGH CARDBOARD MOUTHS!
sarah
Is this real life?
apt 3a ˆ best ˆ drunk ˆ house party ˆ sarah
sarah
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MY PAR-TEEEEEEEEE!
apt 3a ˆ drunk ˆ sign ˆ sarah
sarah
GOODNIGHT!
apt 3a ˆ asleep ˆ bed ˆ sarah

Sunday, June 26th

me
I woke up hurting the next morning. Best cure for a hangover? the beach!
camera ˆ mirror ˆ me
What do you do when you have the whole subway car to yourself?
subway
meredith
First, you take a victory lap...
subway ˆ meredith
meredith
...then it's time for....
subway ˆ meredith
meredith
...gymnastics! Wait, wrong way!
subway ˆ upside down ˆ meredith
meredith
VICTORY!
best ˆ subway ˆ upside down ˆ meredith
meredith
Hahaha.
laugh ˆ subway ˆ meredith
me, meredith
Subway circus.
kiss ˆ subway ˆ me ˆ meredith
Feeling better already.
beach ˆ far rockaway
catrinel, meredith
Cat arrived a little after 2pm!
beach ˆ far rockaway ˆ catrinel ˆ meredith
catrinel, meredith
Babe sandwich.
beach ˆ far rockaway ˆ catrinel ˆ meredith
jared, jeet
A few minutes later, Jared and Gurj arrived!
beach ˆ far rockaway ˆ jared ˆ jeet
catrinel, jared, jeet
Schnack time!
beach ˆ far rockaway ˆ picnic ˆ catrinel ˆ jared ˆ jeet
jared
Jared and the Sea. <3
beach ˆ best ˆ coy ˆ far rockaway ˆ jared
catrinel
Giggly Catrinel is the best.
beach ˆ laugh ˆ catrinel
Meredith and Cat did some collecting and arranging.
beach ˆ seashell
catrinel, meredith
When these two get rambunctious, look out!
beach ˆ far rockaway ˆ catrinel ˆ meredith
catrinel, meredith
CHICKEN FIGHT!
beach ˆ chickenfight ˆ far rockaway ˆ catrinel ˆ meredith
catrinel, meredith
Peter Pan?
beach ˆ best ˆ far rockaway ˆ catrinel ˆ meredith
catrinel, meredith
Somersaults and...
beach ˆ far rockaway ˆ catrinel ˆ meredith
meredith
...sand dives!
action shot ˆ beach ˆ dive ˆ meredith
catrinel, meredith
Big fan of this one. Very post-modern.
action shot ˆ beach ˆ catrinel ˆ meredith
catrinel, me
I could take pictures of these two jumping around in the sand all day. Hahah.
beach ˆ far rockaway ˆ catrinel ˆ me
catrinel, meredith
There! Perfect.
action shot ˆ beach ˆ far rockaway ˆ catrinel ˆ meredith
catrinel
Miss you, buddy.
beach ˆ catrinel
meredith
Around 5:30, we packed up and headed back to the subway.
far rockaway ˆ meredith
me, meredith
Beach hair!
beach hair ˆ me ˆ meredith
maddy, meredith
Awww, brown mouse!
maddy ˆ meredith
vin
Later that night I met up with Vin, got a slice...
pizza ˆ vin
...and then we went to Irving Plaza to see Archers of Loaf!
archers of loaf ˆ band
eric bachmann
Eric Bachmann is one of my faves!
archers of loaf ˆ band ˆ eric bachmann
They were great.
archers of loaf ˆ band
So great to see them playing again after so many years!
archers of loaf ˆ band
me
Bass drum fanboy reflection!
band ˆ drums ˆ mirror ˆ me

Wednesday, June 29th

On Wednesday me and the Pictimonial team hit the streets of NYC with flyers trying to find some local businesses willing to beta-test our app and give us feedback!
flyer ˆ work ˆ yodle
At the end of the night, we stopped off at some bar off Bleecker to pop into David K's birthday drinks! Happy birthday!
yodle
maddy, meredith
I came home to find these two fast asleep.
asleep ˆ couch ˆ maddy ˆ meredith

Thursday, June 30th

On Thursday I headed out to Williamsburg for another day of customer interviews!
walking ˆ work ˆ yodle
Thai lunch. Mmmm. The rice always tastes better when it's in a pointy-pile! Happy June 2011!
food ˆ thai food