• What have I learned from skateboarding?
    • Interacting and making friends with people with diverse hobbies, careers, life stories, and backgrounds outside of skateboarding
    • DIY ethic to improvise/build spots and question traditional uses of public spaces
    • Questioning authority and thinking for one's self vis a vis "NO SKATEBOARDING" -- why? Who is it harming? What is it harming? Why is it not allowed? Why does it make non-skaters angry?
    • Skate business culture -- not subscribing to traditional media guidelines or mainstream corporate culture -- focus on egalitarianism and true creativity rather than censorship for the sake of losing profits if someone is offended -- friendship over exploitation for status
    • Elephant in the room -- post early 2000s ...
jul 3 2023 ∞
jul 3 2023 +
  • FICTION
    • Oblivion by
    • Liberation Day by
    • The Illustrated Man by
    • Rabbit, Run by
    • Swamplandia by
    • Harlem Shuffle by
    • The World Doesn't Require You by
    • Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
    • Devil House by John Darnielle
    • Demons by Dostoevsky
  • NON-FICTION
    • Journey to the Edge of Reason: the Life of Kurt Godel by Stephen Budiansky
    • The Great French Revolution by Peter Kropotkin
    • How to Hide an Empire by
    • The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by
    • Washington Bullets by
    • White Malice by
mar 5 2023 ∞
mar 5 2023 +
  • Meatloaf
    • mashed potatoes
  • Fish & Chips
feb 5 2023 ∞
feb 5 2023 +
  • Ponziani Opening
  • Stafford Gambit
  • Halloween Gambit
    • e4 - e5
    • nf3 - nc6
    • nc3 - nf6
    • nxe5?!
  • Englund Gambit
    • d4 - e5
oct 13 2022 ∞
oct 13 2022 +
  • Governors Island with dog
  • NEW HAVEN OVERNIGHT TRIP
  • Met Museum and dinner at UES piano restaurant (?)
  • NY Aquarium
  • Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
aug 11 2022 ∞
sep 11 2022 +
  • Vegetables
    • Carrots
    • Celery
    • Onions
    • Garlic
    • Broccoli
    • Tomatoes
    • Bell peppers
    • Asparagus
    • Squash (blossoms), Zucchini, Cucumbers
  • Herbs, etc.
    • Parsley
    • Cilantro
    • Sage
    • Thyme
    • Chives
    • Basil
    • Rosemary
    • Blueberries
jun 25 2022 ∞
aug 3 2023 +
  • Twenty Six Chinese Restaurants
  • Daytime Long Exposures (DE farms, DE beaches)
  • Skatespots with no skaters or people
  • Midtown East from night to dawn (snow)
  • Various scenes from Red Roof Inns
    • NON-PHOTOGRAPHY
      • Curb sculpture (two curbs stacked, waxed, chipped, with rebar)
      • Painting -- coke machine at end of motel hallway
      • PAYSTUB COLLAGE (sell at face value?)
      • Painting -- tennis balls (spraypaint) on tennis courts (blue, green, red clay, green grass)
  • . LASAGNA PAINTING
  • charcoal -- buildings, people (CT in flames)
  • Double exposures of churches and houses o...
may 13 2022 ∞
aug 2 2023 +
  • Lemon Posset (served in hollowed out lemon skins)
may 6 2023 ∞
may 6 2023 +
  • Men, 2022, directed by Alex Garland
  • Annihilation, 2018, directed by Alex Garland
  • Glitch: The Rise & Fall of HQ Trivia
apr 15 2023 ∞
apr 15 2023 +
  • Visit Met Museum
  • Day Trip to New Haven, CT
  • Puerto Rico (or warm/tropical) vacation
  • PA Knoebels and hike Ricketts Glen State Park
  • DE beaches and Chesapeake Maritime museum
  • Pittsburgh in September for baseball and funicular (Horseshoe curve in Altoona?)
  • Upstate NY + Cooperstown and Yellow Deli
  • Date to Astoria beer garden
  • Bathhouse spa date on Driggs
  • Key West
nov 14 2022 ∞
may 6 2023 +
  • Sound of steam radiator turning on
    • Warm bed with down blanket and pillows
      • Sound of freight train horn in the distance
      • Snow slowly starting to fall
  • Cars outside running with exhaust pipes billowing
  • Time of year between Halloween and Thanksgiving/Christmas
  • Coffee or tea brewing
  • PLOT FOR SETTING?
nov 9 2022 ∞
mar 5 2023 +
  • What is the conflict that needs to be resolved?
  • What themes must be explored?
  • Who are the characters?
  • What is the setting like?
  • What is the "B" Story or Subplot?
  • Interesting or Unusual or Surreal Themes?
  • TIPS FOR WRITING
sep 9 2022 ∞
sep 9 2022 +
  • FOYER / ENTRY
    • Wind-chime for porch (wooden)
  • DINING
  • KITCHEN
aug 11 2022 ∞
oct 1 2022 +
  • Create fake restaurant: website, logo, menu, etc.
jul 23 2022 ∞
jul 23 2022 +
  • An Argument to Abolish Constitution
    • History of social contract theory and English law + gov
    • American Revolution and Articles of Confederation
    • How and Why Constitution was Written and Its Evolution
    • In context of 21st Century Society How is It Relevant
    • Who Does Jurisprudence Benefit?
    • Examples of Revolutions Elsewhere and Their Constitutions
    • Ways to Move Forward Post Abolition
jul 6 2022 ∞
jul 6 2022 +
  • Regular (2x / day +) Freight Trains in Town
  • Walking distance to well-stocked grocery store
  • Variety of restaurants
  • Skatepark
  • Beach access
  • Front porch and backyard garden
  • In-unit washer and dryer
  • Public park and green space
may 22 2022 ∞
may 22 2022 +
  • Coffered ceiling
  • Plasterwork ceiling
  • Pressed tin ceiling
  • Bold color painted wood floor
  • Black and white tile floor
  • Matching wallpaper and rug
  • Wallpapered powder room
  • Wainscoting
  • White farmhouse kitchen sink
  • Stainless steel kitchen appliances
  • Deep leather sofa
  • Flat file
  • Bookcase wall
  • Shag rug under bed
  • Front porch / wraparound porch
  • Wall of glass overlooking garden / deck
  • Paintings/art: Paul Wackers, Casey Bolding
  • Framed antique map
  • Heywood Wakefield sideboard
  • Cathedral ceiling with skylights
may 13 2022 ∞
aug 19 2022 +
  • Hello, Bookstore
  • A Ghost Story
  • On the Count of Three
may 7 2022 ∞
jul 26 2022 +
  • Skate Witches (1986)
  • The Net (2003)
  • Deathbowl to Downtown
  • The Student Nurses (1970)
  • Hannah Takes the Stairs
  • Funny Ha Ha
oct 5 2023 ∞
oct 5 2023 +
  • Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame and Ithaca
  • Pittsburgh
  • Knoebels
  • Rehoboth
jun 27 2023 ∞
jun 27 2023 +
  • Historic Churches
apr 15 2023 ∞
apr 15 2023 +
  • The Trade Desk
  • Cloudflare
  • Snowflake
  • Booking dot com
  • Hello Fresh
feb 14 2023 ∞
feb 14 2023 +
  • New trash and recycling cans
  • New rugs for living room and kitchen (4' x 6')
  • Cabinet for linens and pantry items to replace old bookcase
  • New bed frame
  • New mattress
  • Kitchen chairs
  • TRY ON AND SHOP FOR NEW JEANS
  • mirrored nightstand / dresser
feb 5 2023 ∞
mar 14 2023 +
  • Benny Lam (photographer) Hong Kong coffin cubicles
  • Roger Minick (photographer) National Parks tourists
  • Steven Ahlgren (photographer) 1990s office workers
  • Jan Banning (photographer) Pictures of bureaucratic offices
  • Alex Schaefer (painter) banks in flames
  • Bill Traylor
  • Gabriele Galimberti - photographer of various people projects
  • Paul Wackers
  • Casey Bolding
  • Ian de Beer
  • Mia Chaplin
  • Tala Madani
  • March Avery
  • HonorĂ© Sharrer
  • Winold Reiss
  • ESPO
oct 2 2022 ∞
dec 23 2022 +
  • Pickleinbrooklyn -- Pickle2022
sep 11 2022 ∞
sep 18 2022 +
  • Governor's Island
  • Met Museum
  • Yankee's games
  • Coney Island/Nathan's/Wonder Wheel/Cyclone
  • Knoebels & Ricketts Glen State Park & Jim Thorpe
  • Ohiopyle State Park, PA; Pittsburgh; Fallingwater
  • Rehoboth Beach & Delaware State Fair
  • Aquarium!
  • Brooklyn Hots garbage plate
  • BBQ
  • Green-Wood
  • June 18 Mermaid Parade
  • Bannerman Castle
  • Pelham Bay Park split rock
  • Van Cortlandt Park - Grand Central pillars
  • Staten Island Ferry
  • Harpers Ferry, WV
may 9 2022 ∞
mar 18 2023 +