Sarah and I got super crafty and actually finished our costumes this year. I tried to be a Marshall amp last year, but I waited until the day of to actually start working on my costume. I ran out of spray paint before I could finish the costume and the local art supply store closed two minutes before I got to there door. They were unwilling to help me, so last year I was one of the lame people who didn’t have a costume.…
»I always admired and appreciated the nuggets of wisdom that my grandmother would share with me as a child. There was one things she used to say, thought, that has only begun to really make sense to me now. “I wonder what ever happened to shame?”, she would ask. “People have forgotten hot to be ashamed and they have almost forgotten how to be embarrassed.” She’d often talk about how the world had changed and people no longer believed in shame.…
»Acne. Punching walls. Looks stupid, accomplishes nothing. Actually, let’s just say it is stupid. Caring what people think about my outfit. Yesterday, someone complimented my Robert Johnson t-shirt and I couldn’t stop smiling for half an hour. Drinking on an empty stomach. It’s the same old recipe for disaster. “How did I get so drunk last night? Oh yeah, I had a pack of skittles for dinner.…
»I went up on my roof to try and learn “Here Comes The Sun” by The Beatles. While I was up there, one of my neighbors came up to fly his awesome little electric helicopter. I so want one of these, but I’m going to maintain a healthy disinterest for financial reasons. The last thing I need is another expensive hobby.…
»After a four or five year hiatus, I’ve gotten the tattoo bug big time in 2009. Today I got another piece from Guy Ursitti at Daredevil Tattoo: I grew up on Long Island, but my heart has always been in the city. As a child, my grandmother Nancy and I made frequent trips into the city on the LIRR. I distinctly remember her disdainfully mocking the type of Long Islanders who were proud to never venture into the city.…
»I have a hard time with animate objects, so I shower my love on things that give me pleasure without asking for anything in return. Quite often those things have to do with producing or re-producing sound. My grandmother Nancy always spoiled me, even when some of those expenditures weren’t the most financially prudent. I don’t remember when or where we bought these speakers, but I do know that from the day I got them they have been a pair of loyal friends.…
»So, I’ve decided to give screen printing another try. I’ve tried and failed to make a screen once before, but I’ve become a much more patient fellow in the intervening years. I have a lot of ideas for t-shirt designs and I’d also like to be able to make some cheap shirts for 45AD. Anyway, it’s always seemed like a cool project. As an aside, the last manual labor type job I had was about 11 or 12 years ago working in the shipping department for a t-shirt factory over in Dumbo.…
»I’d like to cook more often, but I wind up eating out more often than not. Being a vegetarian from the age of 15, I’m most comfortable ordering from vegetarian or vegan establishments. I do eat food from normal restaurants, but I’m always paranoid about the random inclusion of meat ingredients in things like sauces or even salads. You’d be surprised how often I’ve been told that an item is vegetarian only to find out that it contains chicken or fish.…
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