| Things Picked Up This Year |
[30 Aug 2009|09:47am] |
On Free Furniture
If you go to Broadway and Leonard St on certain weekday mornings the neighboring offices pile on all sorts of furniture on the side street. You have to get there early because there used to be a line of people waiting to get first pick, and also because around 10 or 11am the garbage authority hauls it all away. I didn't understand it the first time I saw it, but then M told me the free furniture was all stained with the blood of the newly laid-off. waa.
On ~Free Food
Most neighborhood grocery stores but best if you go to the big Chinese-owned groceries in Queens in the afternoon, you can get hefty sized bags full of mixed vegetables for $1 a bag because they had not been sold past their date. Potatoes, onions, squash, best to stay away from the leafy ones.
On ~Free Bread
Make it. It's so easy.
On Free Fruit
I haven't done this yet, but I have taken apples off a neighbor's tree. The times wrote about http://www.neighborhoodfruit.com/ which is a neighborhood fruit harvest planned with permission and simply to share local produce. Sweet. I haven't been interested enough to look for it's NYC sister but I have a feeling it's out there.
local steals.
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[16 Jul 2009|01:24am] |
Yeah, I'm mostly intrigued because King Khan in some photos looks like he could be from the Kapoor dynasty circa 1960.
King Khan & The Shrines - Land of the Freak
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[13 Jul 2009|04:13pm] |
im a fan of this company: http://www.sabotazusa.com/store/
natural pigment spray paint.
although i don't know about being hyped about their "rape yellow".
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[13 Jul 2009|10:33am] |
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will anyone reading this journal be in dhaka this summer?
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[01 Jul 2009|11:41am] |
example of alpona
ok!
contemplating two murals for the new house. the first one will be alpona style and semi permanent. my sister is phenomenal at line drawings and she needs to put some confidence behind her art muscles. she's starting art high school next year. a la FAME, but much more emo.
the second one, i was hoping to invite people over and, have a bbq, and color it together. i would just have to make the outline and under painting.
or i can just do it myself and call it a retreat in my backyard.
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[25 Jun 2009|11:56pm] |
after shirking all responsibilities for yet another day, i have these gems to share:
samurai obama . awkward
not quite guerrilla gardening in india.
and last but not least, Chennai Pride March 09, posted mostly for the novelty of linking to The Fellowship. or you can ponder the various Folds or transgressive nature of pride in india.
night.
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[24 Jun 2009|11:13pm] |
ooooo.
the back of our new house has a face. all construction all the time for the next week so i was only in the backyard today. good jogging route. the old owners left us two cute bikes.
being in limbo has its upsides. like i don't have to wake up early and can roll out of bed in my favorite flannel shirt, that yes, i've been wearing for two days.
we have a motha-frucking apple tree! that beats the boysenberry or whatever berry tree we've had in the past. the fruit guts literally stain your clothing because there were so many on the ground.
I made my own noodles today. which is mind boggling for me, because I kneeded dough. it came out pretty okay. really obese noodles though. i'm okay with that.
i'ma move to tumblr completely soon.
http://bocaa.tumblr.com/
I need tumblr friends. i like reading people.
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[20 Jun 2009|01:22am] |
hey. it's good not to drink.
i went to central park summer stage tonight. weird, i know...
came home pretty early and all of a sudden I fouund a song by the Baldpoint Pens called Calcutta. I haven't deciphered it because it's one of those mumbling indie songs. but presumably, it's about someone saying peace out to his bengali girlfriend. i think i'll listen to their album while i fall asleep tonight.
starting to read Saul Bellow short stories. long over due i know!
no one uses livejournal anymore huh. i can't seem to leave though.
some boysonberries I picked around my block. we have apples too. i'm not so down for eating other fauna than berries and apples though.
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[15 Jun 2009|10:44pm] |
nope. can't leave it alone. since ken lloyd performed in the US last week, I'm getting flooded with teen angst. I pretty much loved him and nick carter in tandem. conflicted, no?
this is ken much later. but he's in a blond wig and dress, so i must.
nick carter for reference:
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[01 Jun 2009|11:42pm] |
since i refuse to go to the gym, i must in turn refuse to eat out anymore.
fuck it all!!!
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[05 May 2009|10:43pm] |
i still grit my teeth when i watch the local news.
what ever happened to T BOON PICKINS? without any reflection at all, I say he's the anonymous university donor. this year he discovered the feminist agenda and has become a recent convert.
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[23 Apr 2009|02:30pm] |
bah. woke up at 6am, there was this important funder visit. the subway breaks. literally, stuck underground for an hour and a half. i completely miss my appointment. have a big breakfast in long island city, decide i want to live not there but by the 7 line, then went to the botanical gardens.
find out later that i was on the clock until 1pm today, and that i just missed work completely. my job is so laid back they dont even care.
flowers for your amusement, i'm still annoyed.
the queens botanical gardens suck, by the way
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| dilettantism |
[09 Mar 2009|09:18pm] |
image dump.
things i've been looking at on the internet recently.
Li Wei. i'm still buzzing from the ny asian art expo, which was months ago. shoot, i wish there had been some more south asian representation.
( more! image healthy )
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[24 Feb 2009|08:46pm] |
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not portland... ONTARIO
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[11 Feb 2009|08:09pm] |
also, it was only a matter of time wasn't it.
GAHH!!!! ...
Revolutionary Love for Revolutionary Singles
Saturday, February 14
7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
The Brecht Forum
451 West Street (Between Bank and Bethune)
212-242-4201
brechtforum.org
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[10 Feb 2009|12:48am] |
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Portland, Oregon
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[30 Jan 2009|10:19pm] |
Yo son, Duncan Steele just got elected as the GOP head. Rachel Maddow had Melissa Harris-Lacewell from Princeton (ew) in a really funny segment on him. She was like dude, even racist whites in america don't want to feel like racist whites. Duncan Steele makes them feel better. i mean more or less. teehee
so this woman is publishing a book called Sister Citizen: A Text For Colored Girls Who've Considered Politics When Being Strong Wasn't Enough.
HahaHAHAHAHA. i shouldn't be laughing. aw. i'll publish a book on literary criticism called mmm, midnight's women: interpretations of small things with white teeth.
nah, that didn't work.
why is i in love with this. i want to squeeze off their heads like pimples. the tall girl reminds me of my friends kate. shh.
also, as a side note about slightly inaccessible music like the above. My favorite erkin koray song is in a videogame commercial now. what what what?
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