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January, 2017

The January Roundup

Here are all the photos I took in January 2017 that didn't end up in their own entry.

Sunday, January 1st

maddy, me
New Year, New Us!
bed ˆ cuddle ˆ maddy ˆ me
NO CASH! punk show bands always have the best names.
DIY ˆ east village ˆ flyer ˆ nyc

Monday, January 2nd

The Roll Model is my foam rolling bible. Got it ON on Monday.
book ˆ foam roller
Watched Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World and caught this photo of the guy talking about cymatics!
cymatics ˆ movie
Vaped some flower and then logged it...
...in my new WEED DIARY! lol. Started keeping track of all my weed smoking in an attempt to slowly taper down the amount I was vaping to under 1 gram a day.
meta ˆ weed diary
Watched the film Counter-Intelligence.
movie
me
Becoming weirder by the DAY cooped up in my winter apartment and left to all my weird devices...
living room ˆ me
...but hey, THAI FOOD!
food ˆ thai food
Spent some time at my little internet station...
home office
jane anne
...going through my photo stream and editing out all the racy images before I publish them online. (I see Jane Anne's lil keyster in the bottom row of thumbnails! lol)
booty ˆ ikad ˆ meta ˆ jane anne

Thursday, January 5th

me
Fifteen degrees outside and I can feel a cold coming on.
me
Consciousness and the Collapse of the Wave Function by David Chalmers.
video
Went to Sunny Annie deli for a tricked out sammich and lots of fruits and seaweed!
food ˆ sandwich
me
Around 1am...
window ˆ me
...the snow started coming down.
e9th apt ˆ east village ˆ nyc ˆ snow
maddy
Something so cozy about being on the couch while it's snowing out.
couch ˆ maddy

Saturday, January 7th

Was still snowing in the afternoon.
east village ˆ nyc ˆ snow
maddy, me
Ah, January in New York!
maddy ˆ me

Sunday, January 8th

Mer came over for a hang on Sunday.
And she brought me a gift: a new weiner dog reading lamp!
dog ˆ gift ˆ lamp
Ta-da!
dog ˆ gift ˆ lamp
Choice reading.
book

Monday, January 9th

Hey! Car butts! Walked cross town to visit...
clouds
...my chiropractors in the West Village.
chiropractor ˆ poster
me
Winter home-workouts got me feeling like Marky Mark.
mirror ˆ me
me
If only the Funky Bunch could see me now.
mirror ˆ me

Friday, January 13th

Dear Weed Diary, still keeping my habit down to under a gram a day...
notes ˆ weed ˆ weed diary
Walked over to the West Village...
clouds
...and ate at Dojo by myself!
food ˆ japanese food
maddy
These photos are chill but re-readying my text diary from the time, this was a really weird an angsty time for me!
couch ˆ guitar ˆ maddy
Was feeling really restless and unhappy and unsure what needed to change. Trying to not change anything or make a plan and just sit with the uncomfortable feelings. Tried to de-clutter my apartment....
kitchen ˆ surf
Made some super dank ginger tea with honey...
ginger ˆ kitchen ˆ tea
me
...and then home workout tricep dips on the couch.
gun show ˆ mirror ˆ me

Saturday, January 14th

Saw my favorite East Village car on my walk over to the subway.
car ˆ fiat
amanda, danny, karen, matt
Met up with this gang to head up to Ellen and Hans'!
train ˆ amanda ˆ danny ˆ karen ˆ matt
amanda, danny, maddy
Maddy likes to sit in multiple laps...
train ˆ amanda ˆ danny ˆ maddy
maddy
...simultaneously.
train ˆ maddy
We were all there to celebrate...
ellen
...Ellen's birthday (a few days early).
birthday ˆ champagne ˆ ellen
OMFG, Hans makes PRETZEL BREAD and it's incredible.
bread ˆ pretzel
maddy, meredith
Maddy likes to be up where the action is and carried around like a loaf of French bread.
maddy ˆ meredith
jenny penny, karen, sarah, the ktb
Phone stories! Lol Kim's face.
jenny penny ˆ karen ˆ sarah ˆ the ktb
me
I like that if I leave my camera lying around one of my friends will randomly snap a picture of me so there can be some pics of me on here that aren't selfies.
me
ben, fatty, sarah h
The dining room turned into a playroom!
baby ˆ ben ˆ fatty ˆ sarah h
And then we all got into the living room to...
birthday ˆ cake ˆ candle ˆ crowd ˆ house party
ellen
...sing Happy Birthday to Ellen!
birthday ˆ cake ˆ house party ˆ ellen
ellen, karen
Make a wish!
birthday ˆ cake ˆ candle ˆ ellen ˆ karen
ellen, karen
We love you, Ellen! <3
birthday ˆ cake ˆ candles ˆ ellen ˆ karen
ellen
This camera sort of sucked in low light. Cell phones were eating away at the camera market and they started putting in cheaper light-sensing chips! Anyway, still sort of love the pics!
birthday ˆ cake ˆ ellen
ellen, josh adcock, karen, matt, meredith, peter g, sarah, the ktb
I'm writing this in January of 2021 in the post-Covid era and it's nice to see all these people just chillen in a room.
ellen ˆ josh adcock ˆ karen ˆ matt ˆ meredith ˆ peter g ˆ sarah ˆ the ktb

Monday, January 16th

On Monday I spent the day with LeagueApps for the first of their two, semi-annual offsites...
OTAs ˆ flux capacity ˆ leagueapps ˆ work
...which they call the OTAs.
OTAs ˆ flux capacity ˆ leagueapps ˆ work
ess
Nice to see how my different software clients come up with different ways to try to memorialize the culture and the milestones of the business as they experience rapid growth.
OTAs ˆ flux capacity ˆ leagueapps ˆ work ˆ ess
Watched a bit of A Series of Unfortunate Events and it's LADEN with symbolism...
one eye ˆ tv
...for those with eyes to see...
one eye ˆ tv
...and ears to hear.
one eye ˆ tv

Tuesday, January 17th

leigh, lukas
On Tuesday I went to visit Leigh and meet Lukas for the first time. He is really cute and was smiling in his sleep when I met him. Haha.
baby ˆ best ˆ first time i met ˆ leigh ˆ lukas
lukas, me
Almost as soon as I'd gotten there, Leigh was like "Here you go" and handed me Lukas to me and just walked away to do stuff in the kitchen. LOL. It's really funny to meet a baby person for the first time. You can really feel a sense of what they're like even though they're brand new!
baby ˆ first time i met ˆ lukas ˆ me
lukas, me
THROW YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR FOR UNCLE BRIIIII-AN!
baby ˆ best ˆ first time i met ˆ lukas ˆ me
lukas
We were vibin. Nice to meet you, Lukas! Welcome!
baby ˆ first time i met ˆ lukas
Stopped by the OTAs closing dinner event on Tuesday...
flux capacity ˆ leagueapps ˆ work
...and then headed home for an early night and a Japanese Curry. Unnnnngh so good.
food ˆ japanese food

Wednesday, January 18th

Russian Baths at night...
russian baths
...and a re-upping of flower. With the lack of sunshine in the winter I end up resorting to other kinds of sensory pleasure.
weed

Friday, January 20th

amanda
Went to Vietnamese with Amanda in Chinatown.
chinatown ˆ chinese food ˆ food ˆ amanda

Saturday, January 21st

Listened to Manly Hall's lecture on the Warrior's Path (Tarot cards and the Tree of Life)
sacred geometry ˆ tarot ˆ tree of life

Tuesday, January 24th

Thursday, January 26th

On Thursday I flew down to Florida...

Friday, January 27th

dad
....to celebrate my dad's 70th birthday!
dad
dad, me
But there's a whole separate entry for this trip! Dads 70th Birthday
dad ˆ me

Monday, January 30th

Spent Monday evening watching conspiracy videos of other people who'd noticed that in True Detective Season 1 a flock of birds comes together briefly in the shape of a spiral-triangle. Which, according to the FBI, is a symbol that pedophiles use in order to recognize each other.
spiral triangle ˆ tv

Tuesday, January 31st

Always rough coming back from Florida to NYC in Jan.
me
Luckily I've got my hat.
hat ˆ me
Ended the month on the couch! Happy January 2017.