• took arianna on a forever 21 shopping spree
• met adam for mexican with his giant kmart bags filled with goods for the homeless
• volunteered at the Bowery Mission to serve thanksgiving day dinner. sat at a table of men and spoke about odds and ends.
• went to see the Milk film in the east village
• watched pink floyd concert
• ate a whole pomegranate with adam
• cruised new york on biggest shopping day while liste...

• left arm mole
• crooked front tooth from previous chipped tooth
• over left eye scar from childhood
• birth mark on back of right leg
• scar from motorcycle tailpipe burn on right leg
• left leg mole removal scars
• 9 tattoos
• gallbladder removal surgery scars

• the listography books, of course
• what would a unicorn do folder
• custom bobbleheads from a photo
• replica of your pet!
• your portrait
• your kid's art into dolls
• personal dna analysis
• smallest letter in the world
• mobiles
• star registry
• OXFAM gifts
• custom photo gifts
• custom paint by numbers

here's my new stack of music that i super love

• Antony & The Johnsons (thanks salma)
• Lykke Li (thanks department store)
• Noah and The Whale (thanks andrea)
• Fela Kuti (everything)
• Peggy Honeywell (thanks cynthia)
• Fleet Foxes (thanks richard)
• Grand Archives (thanks richard)
• The Dodos
• Seabear
• Tabu Ley Rochereau (thanks npr)
• She & Him
• The Black Angels (thanks adam)

i sometimes meet people on the train. i'm going to try to start keeping a list of them...

• antenna man: the alien saxophonist seeking new dimensions after his space ship crashed. he'll play the sour notes until you give him money.
• half dominican/ half puerto rican man who just came from an audition to be an "extra" -trying to start his life over
• ming who creates portrait origami on the train platforms...

Kind of a morbid list today. Some of these artists are my favorites. I wonder what they'd be producing if still alive today. RIP.

• John Lennon murdered
• Eliott Smith dies with a knife in his heart
• Ian Curtis (Joy Division) hangs himself
• Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) found with a gunshot wound to the head
• Michael Hutchence found hanging from a door by a belt strangled to death
• Nick Drake dies of antidepressant ove...

Be near me When my light is low When the blood creeps And the nerves prick and tingle And the heart is sick And all the wheels of being slow Be near me When the sensuous frame Is wracked with pangs That conquer that... And time And manic scattering dust And life Of fury slinging flame Be near me When I fade away To point the term of human strife And the twilight Of eternal days And on the low dark...