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[Jul. 13th, 2009|06:04 pm] |
Brooklyn Bridge over Tobacco Warehouse in the Empire Ferry State Park.
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This Saturday I took my new 4x5 Cambo rail camera out for a test drive. It came with a polaroid back which thank god takes the smaller size of polaroid film which is merely $1/shot as opposed to the full sized 4x5 film which costs $3/shot. This was my first time out with a view camera which meant I was gonna fuck up and those fuckups cost money.
Like putting the front element on backwards and wondering why the camera wouldn't focus ($0). Or forgetting that polaroids are positives, not negatives so if they're overexposed you give it less light, not more light ($5). Being reminded that people are total dicks ($2). Make sure the dark slide is in place before you pull the polaroid back out of the camera ($2).
So a minor victory as I was expecting to blow $20 worth of film for naught but I came in at $9 totally wasted and $7 of additional footage that was pretty eh. The above was the one standout.
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In other news I'm sore as shit from carrying a bunch of hunks of glass and metal around on my back all afternoon. Later Saturday night I went out to a nerd party at NYCResistor and had my first sazerac since visiting New Orleans in... 1997? Prepared by a robot. Yay. Sunday I did laundry, slept, and stared listlessly at the computer for a while despite plans to go out to some Bastille day thingie in Brooklyn.
Go me. Rock the personal excitement.
I also discovered that my COBRA coverage will expire at the end of the month so I have to get on the plans offered by the Freelancers Union as I have no idea when I'll get coverage again. They have a moderately suckass plan for $250 or so a month, not too much more than the $187 I was paying for COBRA.
The situation with my current lease has been settled with me and the roommate vacating the apartment by Sept 1. I should start looking for a place soonish. I'm not sure how hard I want to look for a place in Brooklyn. Don't have to think about it for another week or two if I don't want to. |
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| children of earth AKA kiddie huffing |
[Jul. 11th, 2009|08:27 am] |
Thanks RTD. You've finally done it you miserable piece of shit.
At no point in this whole thing did you treat the children as any more than the property and/or a tool of the adults, and I mean all of them. |
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[Jul. 11th, 2009|01:32 am] |
You're never alone if you know where your monkey's at. |
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[Jul. 10th, 2009|04:43 pm] |
I just want to go home already.
I was up until 2:30 last night when I had a sudden panic attack when I remember that Carrie needed me to look after her cats while she was off visiting granny in North Carolina. I couldn't remember if it was this weekend or this week (hadn't heard from her as she's been insanely busy) so the thought of her two cats staring at a dusty food bowl that has been empty since Monday filled me with dismay (she's leaving tomorrow so her cats have been quite content this week).
Then my cat woke me up at 6:40 this morning to announce that something in her lifestyle was inadequate and needed my immediate attention. I have yet to uncover what the nature of the hole in her life that drove her to climb up onto my shoulder (a keen feat for a cat of her girth) and start howling into my ear. Perhaps its merely a spiritual crisis as kitty is 12 years old and increasingly contemplative. I'm so pleased she's chosen to discuss these concerns with me.
Especially after 4 hours of sleep.
I want whatever wine is left in the house, something for dinner that's bad for me, and a lot of mindless internet entertainment.
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I have acquired a Cambo 4x5 view camera.
I have no idea how to operate this beast but I have a book, a polaroid back, and a burning desire to learn. This could be an interesting. It could suck, but I'm hoping for interesting.
I'll have to shoot polaroids until I get the hang of things and when I'm feeling up to shooting negatives I'll just contact print and scan. Contact prints you can do in the bathroom with a piece of glass and a 15 watt bulb. |
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| On Manifestos |
[Jul. 9th, 2009|02:32 pm] |
I've seen a bit of noise about the Generation M Manifesto (GMM) that came out of Harvard's official blog space.
I don't necessarily disagree with the content and thrust of the manifesto but along with others I find that its a little hard to swallow coming from a sanctioned Harvard blogspace which is a URL dripping with institutionalized privilege. The context is bad and it confuses the messaging. This is the web, its easy to recontextualize.
The thing that really gets on my nerves about these sorts of things is that they brush over history. The GMM is essentially an anti-establishment, sorta-anti-capitalist, anti-accumulated-wealth, pro-authenticity, pro-community, semi-socialistic message. Communities with these goals have popped up in the American landscape before, usually attached to a religious revival. Think of the Shakers who are just one of the more successful and better known examples of these kinds of movements. Look at the history of unions, especially in coal mining communities. In more modern times we have intentional communities which seek to reverse the socially corrosive aspects of suburbanization. In 2000 a book was released by two sociologists called "The Cultural Creatives" which described an extremely large class if individuals who subscribed to many of the beliefs that are outlined in the GMM.
Ignoring these historical examples makes it looks like someone's going after a book deal, not providing the basis and a direction for a social movement. I find it extremely cynical to not acknowledge that you're just the latest traveler down the same road. The road changes, these are new circumstances, but the road came from somewhere as much as it has somewhere to go. |
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| snapfuck LaHood! |
[Jul. 9th, 2009|06:44 am] |
it just occurred to me that our current Secretary of Transportation has actually ATTENDED A SUIT & TIE GUY BAND GIG.
One World Coffee & Cargo, late 1999. either the month before or the month after the infamous "drummer in a box" show.
fucking insane. |
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| Attention New Yorkers |
[Jul. 8th, 2009|05:31 pm] |
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It's that time of year again... where I invite you to fight crime with me! If you are even curious about doing this, go for an interview. SAVI staff is great about helping you figure out if this is something you can do. I've been doing it for 4 years now and I LOVE IT. It's good for the soul. xo - Ducky
Dear Friend,
I am writing to you on behalf of the Mount Sinai Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention Program (SAVI) in hope that you or someone you know might be interested in becoming a Volunteer Emergency Advocate for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. The Advocate is on call once a month in Manhattan or Queens to accompany people who have been recently sexually assaulted or domestically abused through their stay in the Emergency Room, so that they don’t have to face the difficult decisions, emotions and follow-up procedures alone.
The work the Advocate does is invaluable, and SAVI Advocates alone helped more than 500 survivors in New York City Emergency Rooms last year-that’s almost 2 survivors a day!
New York still needs your help! Rape and Domestic Violence are still a huge problem in our communities-but through SAVI, it is possible to make a difference.
If you are interested in becoming a Volunteer Rape Crisis and Domestic Violence Emergency Room Advocate, please review the dates and information below, and then call the SAVI office at (212) 423-2140 or (718) 736-1288.
To get more information about SAVI you can visit the website at www.mssm.edu/SAVI
Please help us spread the word and pass this email to all in your address book!
We are trying to spread the word using all different types of media. (i.e. radio, tv, newspaper, etc) If there is any way that you can help please email/call me.
Thank you,
Angela Cummings
SAVI Outreach and Training Coordinator
212-423-2149
angela.cummings@mssm.edu
Information:
SAVI Volunteer ER Advocates help support survivors of rape, domestic violence and incest who come into the Emergency Rooms of the following hospitals: (In Manhattan) Mount Sinai, Metropolitan, Lenox Hill, Harlem, and North General; (in Queens) Elmhurst, Queens Hospital, and Mount Sinai of Queens.
Applicants must live in Queens or Manhattan and undergo an interview and 40-hour training provided by SAVI. No previous experience is needed and you must be at least 21 years old.
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