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November, 2014

The November Roundup

Here are all the photos I took in November 2014 that didn't end up in their own entry!

Saturday, November 1st

Started the month off STRONG with an Indian feast...
food ˆ indian food
...and a sons of anarchy / stretch on the floor marathon.
laptop ˆ tv

Sunday, November 2nd

Tompkins on Sunday
tompkins
maddy
Later Sunday evening I walked down to the Soho Apple store and got a new computer for my home office!
computer ˆ maddy
Computer looks extra clean on top of my filthy desk!
computer ˆ desk ˆ flux capacity ˆ home office
Oh, just 9 hours and 38 minutes. Well, then.
computer
Strange, negative-space trails patterning through the sky.
clouds ˆ moon
Ripply dreamy
clouds
Dreamy skies.
clouds
Van Gogh Tompkins
clouds ˆ tompkins
Edie likes to nestle herself away into the dome bed!
dogs ˆ edie

Wednesday, November 5th

On Wednesday afternoon, my brand new showerhead arrived!
DIY ˆ shower
THUNDERHEAD!
shower
My shower has low water pressure and the old shower head made a pathetic trickle.
shower
THUNDERHEAD on the other hand brought the motherfucking RAIN!
shower
So exciting to be able to get my whole body wet in the shower without having to dance around in a circle. Thumbs up for THUNDERHEAD!
DIY ˆ shower ˆ thumbs up

Friday, November 7th

maddy
Who wants a treat?
dogs ˆ edie ˆ maddy
maddy
Work for it!
dogs ˆ edie ˆ maddy
Ivy wall changing colors.
ivy ˆ walking

Sunday, November 9th

Visted the chickens on Sunday morning.
chickens ˆ la plaza cultural
My neighbors on 8th street are fighting about whether or not to allow the city to build a new senior center over a lot where there's a community garden. People who want the center are posting signs calling the garden a RAT FARM. haha. (It's not untrue).
east village ˆ neighbors ˆ nyc ˆ sign
catrinel, grant
Hung out in the park with Grant and Catrinel...
bike ˆ tompkins ˆ walking ˆ catrinel ˆ grant
catrinel, maddy
...then Cat came back to mine for some QT with Maddy.
e9th apt ˆ catrinel ˆ maddy
Client-suggested reading materials.
book ˆ flux capacity ˆ work

Wednesday, November 12th

I love me some good whiteboarding! (This wasn't even mine, just took a pic to admire it).
flux capacity ˆ singleplatform ˆ whiteboard ˆ work
I've really been enjoying all my Bitcoin speculation (especially at current 2017 prices!)....
bitcoin
...but the daily price-swings are NOT for the faint of heart. My advice: buy some and forget about it. In 10 years they'll either be worth zero (made illegal) or be worth LOTS more than you paid.
bitcoin

Friday, November 14th

grant, maddy
Had a bro-down with Grant on Friday!
beer ˆ e9th apt ˆ grant ˆ maddy

Saturday, November 15th

On Saturday night I went up to Leigh & Randy's for...
food ˆ kitchen ˆ thanksgiving
...a Friendsgiving Feast!
food ˆ kitchen ˆ thanksgiving
karen, sarah
Stabbing the can-berry sauce.
food ˆ kitchen ˆ thanksgiving ˆ karen ˆ sarah
Plate o' fixins.
food ˆ thanksgiving
Edie's hoping for a fumble!
edie ˆ thanksgiving ˆ turkey
alexis, greg k, sophia l
After feasting, we played...
house party ˆ party ˆ thanksgiving ˆ alexis ˆ greg k ˆ sophia l
jon c, randy d, sarah
..a phone game where you hold the phone up against your forehead and everyone has to try to get you to guess the word.
jon c ˆ randy d ˆ sarah
karen
It was pretty fun!
karen
Champions.
trophy
karen, leigh
Thanks for having us over, Leigh & Randy! Happy Thanksgiving!
karen ˆ leigh
Walked most of the way home down 5th avenue and stopped to snap this pic of people sleeping on the steps of St Patrick's.
asleep ˆ church ˆ nyc

Sunday, November 16th

On Sunday night, I went over to Cynthia's for my second FRIENDSGIVING FEAST!
house party ˆ party ˆ thanksgiving
catrinel, cynthia
Look at the spread! Feeling very thankful. ;)
best ˆ food ˆ house party ˆ party ˆ thanksgiving ˆ catrinel ˆ cynthia
dylan, meredith
Mer & Dylan!
house party ˆ party ˆ dylan ˆ meredith
amanda, astra
Amanda & Astra!
house party ˆ amanda ˆ astra

Monday, November 17th

Huge development in mid-November kitchen news: Got myself a new 12-piece set of T-fal Signature cookware (none of that non-Signature shit here!).
cooking ˆ kitchen
Still like to let the dishes sit for a while before washing them. Seems a shame to wash away their uniqueness until its hard some time to be properly appreciated.
kitchen ˆ sink
Plants are doing great!
kitchen ˆ plants

Wednesday, November 19th

In other kitchen-related news, I tried ordering a Fresh Patch box from Amazon...
box ˆ grass
maddy
...cool idea - box of sod in a leak-proof box so your dog can pee on reusable grass all week instead of pee pads. Maddy showed some interest right out of the box, but after this one time, I couldn't get her to go near it, nevermind pee on it, again. Cool idea if I could've gotten it to work!
box ˆ grass ˆ maddy
jane anne
Jane Anne came over...
jane anne
...and we watched Youtube videos not-limited to grandmas trying pot for the first time.
lifted
chris nelson, martha
Later that evening I met up with Chris (who I met backpacking through Thailand in 2005) who was visiting NYC from London with his lovely girlfirend, Martha
chris nelson ˆ martha
martha
Martha is really fun and...
martha
elf, martha
...has a coat that makes her look like a beardy little elf! Lovely to see you guys!
elf ˆ martha

Thursday, November 20th

maddy
Thursday was my last day with the hound before...
tompkins ˆ maddy
maddy
After dropping Maddy over at Leigh's, she settled in for some butt-touchin'...
dogs ˆ edie ˆ maddy
maddy
...and bone-chewin!
dogs ˆ edie ˆ maddy
jeff g, stanley
On my way home I stopped off at Spin NYC to watch the Singleplatform gang get WAY too serious about ping pong! Here's the very end of the Jeff G / Stanley SHOWDOWN!
flux capacity ˆ ping pong ˆ singleplatform ˆ work ˆ jeff g ˆ stanley

Saturday, November 29th

grant
Had a nice Odessa Saturday catch-up with Grant after spending Thanksgiving with my family in Hilton Head, SC
diner ˆ food ˆ odessa ˆ grant

Sunday, November 30th

Spend Sunday afternoon rocking out...
guitar
...trying to take one of my little songs and record a multi-track version in Garageband.
computer ˆ garageband
hans
Later that evening, I walked west on 9th Street, until I found myself in the West Village! I arrived to find Hans lovingly arranging...
hans
...a lil cheese plate!
cheese
I'm writing this in April of 2017 (!!!) and Hans & Ellen have left their little West Village apt behind!
nyc ˆ window
Here's their old West Village view!
nyc
the dude
This guy was still a new-arrival puppy!
puppy ˆ the dude
ellen
Waiting to be fed!
ellen
After a salad warm-up...
salad
hans
A smiling German man kept bringing us piping hot pizza after pizza!
cooking ˆ pizza ˆ hans
Drool.
pizza
ellen, piper
Post-pizza chatting while Piper slowly...
ellen ˆ piper
piper
...drifted off to sleep in Ellen's lap.
dogs ˆ piper
the dude
This floppy puppy also passed out on his back.
asleep ˆ dogs ˆ puppy ˆ the dude
the dude
Hahaha. What a grimple! This angle of sleep made it particularly easy...
asleep ˆ dogs ˆ puppy ˆ the dude
the dude
...for us to inspect your tiny puppy pin-teeth!
puppy ˆ teeth ˆ the dude
ellen, the dude
The best thing about giant puppy dogs...
dogs ˆ ellen ˆ the dude
ellen, the dude
...is that it takes them a really long time to realize that they're not lap-dogs!
dogs ˆ puppy ˆ ellen ˆ the dude
me, the dude
Hold it like a boy!
dogs ˆ puppy ˆ me ˆ the dude
hans, the dude
Hahaha.
puppy ˆ hans ˆ the dude
ellen, maddy
Maddy was getting stressed out with The Dude trying to play puppy games with her so she sought out...
dogs ˆ ellen ˆ maddy
ellen, maddy
...the safety of higher ground!
dogs ˆ ellen ˆ maddy
the dude
May all your dreams...
asleep ˆ puppy ˆ the dude
the dude
...be filled with derpy puppies! Happy November 2014!
asleep ˆ puppy ˆ the dude