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July, 2015

The July Roundup

Here are all the pics I took in July 2015 that didn't end up in their own entry!

Wednesday, July 1st

New piece of art hanging in the window on E 9th St.
art ˆ east village ˆ window
Nice neighborhood flyer to announce the passing of my neighbor Jerome.
RIP ˆ east village ˆ flyer
Visited the chickens with Maddy on our morning walk.
chickens ˆ la plaza cultural
...Tribecca to pick up my bike after leaving it parked outside of Aire Spa for Cynthia's birthday,56155!
bike
Saw neat graffiti on Houston Street on my walk down to...
graffiti
Before heading home, I stopped at Magic Jewelry in Chinatown....
AuraCam6000 ˆ chinatown
me
...to get an "aura" picture taken with the AuraCam6000.
AuraCam6000 ˆ polaroid ˆ me
Later Wednesday evening I headed out to Graziella's in Brooklyn...
brooklyn ˆ restaurant
bruno, catrinel, jack murnighan
...to celebrate Catrinel's birthday....
birthday ˆ bruno ˆ catrinel ˆ jack murnighan
amanda, cynthia, meredith, sarah
...with a bunch of friends and a big Italian feast!
amanda ˆ cynthia ˆ meredith ˆ sarah
amanda, meredith, sarah
Happy Birthday, Cat!
amanda ˆ meredith ˆ sarah
Cat's cute parents!

Thursday, July 2nd

Quick walk through the garden on Thursday morning...
la plaza cultural
...Maddy didn't find the chickens until she was on the other side of the fence! Sneaky chickens!
chickens ˆ la plaza cultural
Thursday afternoon I biked over to Midtown to meet with Alice, a new startup I was advising that was sharing office space with another startup I'd advised years earlier!
flux capacity ˆ work
Art someone bolted to a street sign in my neighborhood.
art ˆ east village ˆ tompkins

Friday, July 3rd

Took the day off on Friday and headed out to Brooklyn to catch a ride to the beach with Cynthia and crew!
Spotted this guy...
buildings
...in purple camo en route.
strangers
craig, cynthia, soli
Ain't nothing like the beach on a weekday!
beach ˆ rockaway beach ˆ craig ˆ cynthia ˆ soli
craig, cynthia, me, soli
Excellent beach day! Camera on the dash on the drive home!
car ˆ driving ˆ craig ˆ cynthia ˆ me ˆ soli
Hopped out in Brooklyn and took the subway home.
subway platform
Took Maddy through La Plaza...
la plaza cultural ˆ pond
...and noticed that someone had hung up an old turtle shell from one of the turtles in the pond. :( Rest in peace, buddy.
la plaza cultural ˆ turtle
Did you know that there are peach trees in Manhattan?
east village ˆ garden ˆ la plaza cultural ˆ peach
I ate two delicious East Village peaches right off the tree!
east village ˆ garden ˆ la plaza cultural ˆ peach

Saturday, July 4th

Had a very quiet and uneventful Fourth of July!
4th of july
Flowers & Bees!
bee ˆ flower ˆ la plaza cultural
Cool orange-yellow-green three-tone prism paint job on this car.
car
maddy
Enjoyed the afternoon sunshine...
maddy
maddy
...in the laziest of fashion...
maddy
...and read a very nerdy (and excellent!) book on Nonviolent Communication.
book
Worked on writing lyrics for a few songs I'd been kicking around.
lyrics ˆ song ˆ writing
Watched the fireworks from my living room window and felt old / sort of happy that I didn't want to go out and do anything
4th of july ˆ east village ˆ fireworks

Sunday, July 5th

Post-aikido Sunday morning sweatiness.
Also managed to get a nasty cut on my heel (probably from someone's long toenails...ewww!)
blood ˆ cut ˆ foot ˆ ouch
Fractal ferns.
The is one of the most next-level books I've ever read. I still do the audio guided-meditation at least once a week!
best ˆ book
Barnyard nom nom.
salad ˆ sandwich

Monday, July 6th

Monday morning I got up early and headed out to NBA Headquarters in NJ with LeagueApps to help them close a big deal!
basketball ˆ flux capacity ˆ leagueapps ˆ work
jane anne
Spent Monday with Jane Anne
e9th apt ˆ living room ˆ jane anne
Cool tarot card stickers in my hood.
east village ˆ sticker ˆ tarot

Tuesday, July 7th

The apartment across the hall from mine is vacant and they are re-painting. I took this photo and posted it to Facebook trying to get someone I know in the clutch "Kramer-neighbor" spot.
door ˆ e9th apt ˆ painting
My Citibike keyfob broke open. Here's a look at the RFID chip inside and the coiled-copper antennae.
RFID ˆ citibike
Cool, B&W plus color isolation mode on my camera!
living room
me
Tuesday morning bruise-assment of of Monday evening's aikido elbow-injury. Ouch!
aikido ˆ bruise ˆ mirror ˆ ouch ˆ me
Noticed I still got to go back and finish the 2nd coat of paint in the bathroom!
bathroom ˆ painting
Ripped some sweet tunes.
guitar ˆ home office
Tuesday afternoon had a biz dev meeting with the Founder of Joor. (Didn't end up working with them!)
flux capacity ˆ office space ˆ work
john roche
Tuesday night I went out to Bushwick to catch up with John. (Can you see him hiding in plain sight?)
kitchen ˆ john roche

Tuesday, July 7th

maddy
Tuesday morning dachshund / chicken standoff.
chicken ˆ dogs ˆ la plaza cultural ˆ maddy
Had another biz dev meeting with Splash. (Another growing company looking for product help)
flux capacity ˆ work
Spent the afternoon watching an interactive map of someone using botnets do perform DDOS attacks on the US & China.
computer ˆ wtf
Spent some more time playing around with Bitcoin data and decided...
bitcoin
...that the current market price of $270 per Bitcoin looked low and that I should invest in it. So far, so good!
bitcoin
maddy
Heard some commotion in the evening and walked into my office to see that Maddy had caught and killed a mouse. So proud!
dead ˆ dogs ˆ mouse ˆ maddy
Nobody loves killing vermin like wiener dogs.
dead ˆ mouse

Thursday, July 9th

maddy
On Thursday morning my very nerdy package arrived from China!
box ˆ packaging ˆ maddy
I found a $100 off coupon and decided to treat myself to one of those 2-wheel self-balancing scooters (hoover board!)
box ˆ hoverboard ˆ packaging
So fun and nerdy. (After playing around it indoors for about a month, I gave it to kids in my neighborhood)
hoverboard
After successfully not breaking my neck, I took Maddy for an evening walk in the garden.
e9th apt ˆ la plaza cultural ˆ sunflower
Sunflowers getting enjoyed by the bees!
bee ˆ flower ˆ sunflower

Friday, July 10th

dad
On Friday morning I took the bus down to south Jersey to visit my folks. My dad was excited to try out the hoverboard! Haha.
hoverboard ˆ dad
maddy, me
I accidentally left my brand new cell phone on the bus and my dad had to drive me to the NJ Transit Bus depot...
camera ˆ car ˆ driving ˆ mirror ˆ maddy ˆ me
...where I spent almost an hour trying to convice drivers to escort me out to the empty bus where GPS said my phone still was! Got it!
bus ˆ phone
maddy
Dog nugget.
car ˆ maddy
dad
Dad grilled up some shishkabobs...
bbq ˆ cooking ˆ grill ˆ dad
amy b, brett, grandma, mom
...and we had a nice summer dinner on the back porch!
family ˆ food ˆ amy b ˆ brett ˆ grandma ˆ mom
max
Max helped with the dishes! ;)
glove ˆ max

Saturday, July 11th

brett, dad, grandma, mom
Went to Barnegat Bay Beach with the fam.
beach ˆ nj ˆ brett ˆ dad ˆ grandma ˆ mom
max, me
Me and Max.
beach ˆ nj ˆ max ˆ me
amy b, brett, max
beach ˆ nj ˆ amy b ˆ brett ˆ max
max
beach ˆ hat ˆ nj ˆ max
max, me
This lil hamwich.
beach ˆ nj ˆ max ˆ me
amy b, brett, max
Bathtime. Parenting.
bath ˆ amy b ˆ brett ˆ max

Sunday, July 12th

max
Breffis hairclub
messy hair ˆ max
max
Hair growing in nicely!
messy hair ˆ max
max, me, mom
Battjers!
best ˆ max ˆ me ˆ mom
Spent the afternoon hiding out from the July heat and even did a little bit of writing for this website!
amy b, brett, grandma, max, mom
Kristy's Diner for dinner.
diner ˆ nj ˆ amy b ˆ brett ˆ grandma ˆ max ˆ mom
max
diner ˆ nj ˆ max
No, how u doin?
license plate ˆ nj ˆ truck

Monday, July 13th

On Monday evening, I headed over to Sarah's apartment...
apt 3a ˆ door
jeet, karen, quinn
...to celebrate Karen's birthday (observed!). Happy belated, Karen!
apt 3a ˆ birthday ˆ cheers ˆ jeet ˆ karen ˆ quinn
the ktb
I brought my hoverboard along (I carried it over in a bag! I swear I didn't ride it in public!) so everyone could try it out in the privacy of the apartment.
apt 3a ˆ hoverboard ˆ the ktb
jared, karen, the ktb
After a few minutes, we got confident enough to venture out into the hall!
apt 3a ˆ hallway ˆ hoverboard ˆ jared ˆ karen ˆ the ktb
jared, karen, the ktb
Jaunty! Getting the hang out it!
hallway ˆ hoverboard ˆ jared ˆ karen ˆ the ktb
karen
Hahaha. Barefoot, no less!
hallway ˆ hoverboard ˆ karen
jared
Vibin. After we gotten our fill out scootzin...
hallway ˆ hoverboard ˆ jared
...we came inside for some ridiculous birthday cake!
birthday ˆ cake
ellen, jeet, karen, quinn, the ktb
Happy birthday (several weeks later), Karen!
apt 3a ˆ birthday ˆ cake ˆ ellen ˆ jeet ˆ karen ˆ quinn ˆ the ktb
karen, meredith, peter g, quinn, sarah
Crowding in Sarah's bedroom like old times.
apt 3a ˆ bed ˆ karen ˆ meredith ˆ peter g ˆ quinn ˆ sarah
quinn, sarah
Haha.
apt 3a ˆ couch ˆ quinn ˆ sarah
the ktb
Footloosin
dance ˆ the ktb
meredith
Vacuum cuddlin
apt 3a ˆ vacuum ˆ meredith
ellen, jared, jeet, karen, me, meredith, peter g, sarah, the ktb
<3
apt 3a ˆ best ˆ group ˆ ellen ˆ jared ˆ jeet ˆ karen ˆ me ˆ meredith ˆ peter g ˆ sarah ˆ the ktb

Tuesday, July 14th

It's good to have an Edie!
couch ˆ dogs ˆ edie
Dinner...
food ˆ thai food
...and a mewvie.
movie

Tuesday, July 14th

Napping under my shorts.
edie
Created a page on Soundcloud and posted my first two little song sketches in public. Eek!
song
Caught Edie big-ear couch-snoozing again; this time under a pillow pile!
edie
me
Got some goggles to swim laps down the street. (Verdict = I am not very good at swimming laps!)
goggles ˆ me
Stayed up late doing one of my favorite things...
tv
...rolling around on my living room floor and listening to long, interesting lectures on Youtube!
Hit the MOTHERLOAD when I found Mark Passio: Natural Law Seminar...which clocks in at almost NINE HOURS! His presentation style and voice are pretty abrasive, but if you can bear it, tons of really fascinating info on the Babylonian Mystery Schools / Emerald Tables, Hermetic Principles.
Two flavors of gelato and I started TAKING NOTES. Haha.
ice cream ˆ notes
His lecture is a really long explanation of the Hermetic Principles
tv
The Plane of Causality is separate than the Plane of Effects.
tv
(Cue sound of my mind exploding.)
drawing ˆ notes
Took soooo many pages of notes.
notes
Youtube makes me miss college lectures.
notes
What you care about matters.
tv
A pen in my hand invariably leads to self-doodling.
drawing
Late night reading. Consequentialism
me
Dude, go to bed already.
me

Friday, July 17th

maddy
Perfect Friday summer weather. Walked these two characters...
dogs ˆ edie ˆ tompkins ˆ maddy
me, vin
...then met up with this one...
coldlamp ˆ sunglasses ˆ me ˆ vin
...to head to the beach!
subway
vin
Subway squintin.
rockaway beach ˆ subway ˆ vin
Cool houses on piers on the edge of Howard Beach.
rockaway beach ˆ subway
vin
Hit the sand by 11am!
beach ˆ rockaway beach ˆ vin
vin
Bird shitting on your arm is good luck for sure.
bird ˆ rockaway beach ˆ vin
Beach breakfast sandwich.
beach ˆ food
Wispy clouds
clouds
...and JFK plane-contrails casting shadows.
clouds
vin
Frozen drinks on the beach 4 life, son.
beach ˆ girly drinks ˆ rockaway beach ˆ vin
Long boardwalk walk back.
far rockaway ˆ rockaway beach
Stopped at the Rockaway pizzeria on the way out to grab 1 and 1 before heading home.
pizza
Waiting on that shuttle like
sign ˆ subway platform
vin
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING!

This still makes me laugh every time I see it. Almost have the same beauty mark on their right cheeks! (Recurring theme?)
best ˆ doppleganger ˆ subway ˆ vin
Met up with Gurj and Jared at Webster Hall to see Matt Gorin play a show.
band
Came home to find Jane Anne had gifted me a shark soap (Lush trip?) Haha.
crafts ˆ soap

Saturday, July 18th

Saturday was all about plant care and mixing essential oil scents for my apartment. (I guess this is what you get into when you outgrow weekend friend brunch?)
plants
Watched Ex Machina (!!!)
movie ˆ robot

Sunday, July 19th

And then read the programmer's manual. My kinda jam. Mass Control: Engineering Human Consciousness
book
Hound walk!
dogs ˆ edie ˆ walking
Spent the evening wrapping my mind around this book lent to me by John. Mark Lombardi Global Networks
art ˆ book
"In drawings both small and monumental, Mark Lombardi creates visual narratives of the way money flows in our postimperial, transnational economy: from corporations to political organizations, from individuals to various ad hoc groups, most of them acting outside of and transcending national boundaries. "
art ˆ book
Lots of interesting names passing money and weapons around
book
Meyer Lansky's Financial Network, ca 1960 - 1978
art ˆ book

Monday, July 20th

jane anne
Saw this lil beauty on Monday.
jane anne
Morning hangs with Edie.
dogs ˆ edie
Spotted this pumpkin growing in La Plaza! Cool to see how it comes in for a landing as it gets heavier.
la plaza cultural ˆ pumpkin
Read this excellent book on anarchy: The Most Dangerous Superstition
book
pine pollen
I ordered some pine pollen to take as a food additive because I read it's good for men as they age. (Tastes funny, but I definitely noticed a difference very quickly).
weird foreign food ˆ pine pollen
pine pollen
Weighing out a 2g dosage.
pine pollen

Tuesday, July 21st

Cleaning a Volcano Vaporizer is a testament to your stoner-dedication
volcano
me, neil perry
Tuesday night I caught up with Neil! (I hadn't seen him since he produced all the Fiasco songs back in 2005!)
me ˆ neil perry

Wednesday, July 22nd

maddy
Dog-gang hang!
couch ˆ dogs ˆ edie ˆ maddy
Spent the morning watching the 2001 movie version of Samuel Beckett's excellent play, Waiting for Godot.
movie
"I missed you and at the same time I was happy."
movie

Wednesday, July 22nd

Meeting with new prospective client, TiqIQ.
flux capacity ˆ sign ˆ tiqiq ˆ work

Thursday, July 23rd

Hey, pal - how about a tummy scratch?
couch ˆ dogs ˆ edie
rachel b
On Thursday afternoon I went out to see Rachel at Massage Williamsburg. She liked the Flower of Life design I drew on my living room wall and wanted me to do one in her office lobby! Here's my setting up my homemade paint-marker compass!
massage ˆ rachel b
rachel b
About to mark up her freshly painted walls. Nervous!
massage ˆ rachel b
First 4 of 19 circles!
art ˆ flower of life ˆ sacred geometry
Ta-da! All finished! Came out decent!
art ˆ flower of life ˆ massage ˆ sacred geometry

Friday, July 24th

Caught reading my diary! Edie!
dogs ˆ edie ˆ notes
ellen, meredith
Later that evening, I went out to Williamsburg to meet up with some familiar faces...
ellen ˆ meredith
the ktb
...and celebrate Kim's brithday!
birthday ˆ cake ˆ candles ˆ the ktb
karen, the ktb
Happy birthday, Kim!
birthday ˆ hug ˆ karen ˆ the ktb
dylan, the ktb
Stayed for a few drinks...
dylan ˆ the ktb
hans
...and then caught a ride back into Manhattan on the back on Hans' scooter!
driving ˆ helmet ˆ scooter ˆ hans

Saturday, July 25th

amanda, katie, sarah h
On Saturday afternoon I went out to Rockaway Beach to celebrate Amanda's birthday!
beach ˆ birthday ˆ rockaway beach ˆ amanda ˆ katie ˆ sarah h
Sexy mini birthday pies. Mmmmm.
birthday ˆ pie ˆ treats
amanda, sarah h
Beach birthdays are the best!
beach ˆ rockaway beach ˆ amanda ˆ sarah h
ben, catrinel, charlie
Sarah & Ben brough their son Charlie along!
beach ˆ ben ˆ catrinel ˆ charlie
ben, charlie
All beached out.
asleep ˆ beach ˆ rockaway beach ˆ ben ˆ charlie
amanda, katie, sarah h
Happy birthday, Amanda!
beach ˆ birthday ˆ umbrella ˆ amanda ˆ katie ˆ sarah h

Saturday, July 25th

jonah
On Saturday night I went out to Union Hall in Brooklyn to attend a taping of Jonah's excellent GOING OFF TRACK Podcast with special guest...
podcast ˆ jonah
jonah
...Blake Schwarzenbach (from Jawbreaker and Jets to Brazil).
jonah
blake s, jonah
Been a while since I'd felt like a fanboy!
blake s ˆ jonah
blake s
He even did a solo performance at the end!
band ˆ blake s
blake s
Nice to hear your voice again! I've missed you!
band ˆ blake s

Sunday, July 26th

Grapes, notes to myself...
grapes ˆ note
...and homemade paint-pen compass for wall-drawing!
compass

Tuesday, July 28th

My friend, Hunchy.
dogs ˆ edie
WHY DON'T WE CLOSE DEALS? Whiteboard I saw at a client's that made me laugh.
flux capacity ˆ whiteboard ˆ work
In the afternoon I opted to listen to this book about how to clean my apartment instead of cleaning my apartment. Prep-work is important!
book
Follows the sun.
dogs ˆ edie
Late night treat haul!
treats

Wednesday, July 29th

The Bodybuilder sammich from Barnyard for lunch.
sandwich
Ate in the garden and admired the excellent new sunflowers and the giant bees that love them.
bee ˆ sunflower
About to open.
sunflower
Still obsessed with phyllotaxis.
plants ˆ sunflower
Arrived a few minutes late to...
aikido ˆ shoes ˆ stairs
...evening aikido class.
aikido
me
Schweaty me after two hours of extreme physical activity on the 5th floor of a NYC building with no AC in July.
aikido ˆ sweaty ˆ me
Walked through a movie shoot on the way home.
east village ˆ movie set ˆ nyc ˆ walking

Thursday, July 30th

Got these excellent new barefoot shoes...
shoes
...from Vivobarefoot. It takes a while to learn how to walk in them, but I really like them.
shoes
Post-rain early evening view from my...
e9th apt ˆ east village
...lovely living room.
e9th apt ˆ living room
Decided to watch the highly recommended THEY LIVE on Thursday evening. When the protagonist finds a pair of special sunglasses (HOFFMAN LENSES!) he is able to see the underlying messages embedded into our reality...
movie
...and the "people" behind the messages!
movie
I also noticed this great hidden message on one of the train cars that rolls by in the opening credits.
movie
DOUBT HUMANITY. NO IDEAS. CONSUME. WATCH TV.
This is the movie that all of Shepard Fairy's OBEY work comes out of.
When the movie ended, I looked online and learned that Roddy Piper, the film's star, had died while I was watching it. Strangely synchronistic.
movie

Friday, July 31st

jeet, maddy
Gurj came over after work on Friday...
edie ˆ jeet ˆ maddy
...and we walked over to the Grape & Grain....
east village ˆ walking
...for a lovely dinner of lots of small plates.
food ˆ salad
jeet
Left-overs tinfoil swan for the win! Happy July 2015!
bird ˆ jeet