• Harissa deviled eggs
  • Guacamole
feb 2 2024 ∞
feb 2 2024 +
  • 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 +
  • Turkey
  • Gravy
  • Mashed Potatoes
  • Stuffing
  • Green bean casserole
  • Biscuits
  • Cranberry Sauce
nov 13 2022 ∞
nov 13 2022 +
  • Canon EOS RP
  • Canon TS E 24mm F/3.5
  • Godox AD200 pocket flash
  • Profoto Magnum reflector
nov 6 2022 ∞
nov 6 2022 +
  • Ponziani Opening
  • Stafford Gambit
  • Halloween Gambit
    • e4 - e5
    • nf3 - nc6
    • nc3 - nf6
    • nxe5?!
  • Englund Gambit
    • d4 - e5
oct 13 2022 ∞
oct 13 2022 +
  • Trip to Delaware?
  • Knoebels?
  • Winter trip somewhere warm?
  • FIX RECORD PLAYER
  • Christmas / Thanksgiving?
sep 18 2022 ∞
mar 5 2023 +
  • Amazon Printer
    • buy printer from Amazon to print return slip
  • Dog Training in Public
    • Whistle and click/snap fingers when people see me with Pickle so it looks like I know what I'm doing
  • Apartment neighbor pulls back eyelids to imitate Chinese landlord
  • The government shut down Pokémon Go servers to prevent people from coming together and being happy (what if people still played Pokémon go rant)
  • Strip Clubs
    • Feel like one car with multiple parking spots that I don't want to pay for
  • new barber takes a shit while i wait in chair for haircut
aug 26 2022 ∞
apr 2 2023 +
  • 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 +
  • S.M. has VP title and seems to do much less work, cannot use MW, and does not understand international shipping
  • Abandoned old "commission scheme" in favor of higher salary and expected more PTO, but has essentially remained the same over past year
  • Not invited to become involved in high-level company strategy or operations--no clear advancement track
  • No authority over warehouse or trucking crews; calls from foremen go to Dan or Luis and not to me (the manager of the jobs)
  • Outdated software; MW isn't cloud based and not easy to WFH
  • Standard business practice is biz dev to account manager; I do biz dev (account acquisition), account management, storage management, invoicing, warehouse requests, liaise with third party vendors, etc.
jun 7 2022 ∞
aug 14 2022 +
  • Devil Rays Rainbow jersey / tee, but New York / Yankees
  • Cardinals jersey / tee, but pigeons and Yankees
  • Fake website for Matt's Sweet Treats
    • Sell to local coffee shops and markets
      • Pistachio blondies, strawberry cheesecake bars, plum cobbler bars, Cranberry-Orange Scones
may 28 2022 ∞
oct 17 2022 +
  • Dentist appointment
  • Haircut
  • Transit Museum (apply)
  • Read: IWW - Palestine - DFW - Dostoevsky - etc.
  • Write: On the quandary of salary WFH vs hourly in person work and egalitarianism
  • CENOTE SWIMMING IN MEXICO
may 26 2022 ∞
may 26 2022 +
  • Guests
    • ?
  • Flowers
  • City Hall & Marriage License
  • Invitations
  • Photography
  • Wedding Fun for Guests
    • Photo booth?
  • Wedding Food
    • Drinks (open bar?)
    • Snacks
    • Entrees?
    • CAKE!
  • Wedding Venues
    • ?
may 15 2022 ∞
aug 6 2022 +
  • 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 +
  • Event planner / event coordinator
  • Pattern maker / selling textiles
  • Logistics for large company, e.g. Amazon, Wal-Mart
  • A B tester for tech
  • Work in HR? Tech project management? Account management?
  • Sell photography (art & commercial + headshots)
may 10 2022 ∞
jun 23 2022 +
  • Emmy Squared Pizza
  • Defonte's Sandwich Shop
  • Birds of a Feather
  • St. Anselm (again)
  • S&P Lunch
  • Chrissy’s Pizza
  • Super Burrito (again)
  • Bonnie's
  • Wenwen
  • Bernie's
  • Emmett's on Grove (again)
  • Bamonte's (again)
aug 9 2023 ∞
aug 9 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 +
  • Chicken madeira
  • Shrimp fra diavolo
  • Salisbury steak
  • crab rangoon egg rolls
  • ground sausage mustard kale pasta
  • coconut curry chicken
  • chicken tikka masala
  • braised short ribs
  • Chicken Provençal with green beans and French bread
  • Fajitas
feb 5 2023 ∞
mar 25 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 +
  • Meetings
  • Goals
  • Attitude
  • Example of Museum Director / Hospital Director
  • Overworked Account Manager / Salesman at Moving Company
oct 17 2022 ∞
oct 17 2022 +
  • Fall/Winter 2022
  • Winter 2023
  • Spring (April - June) 2023
  • Summer 2023
oct 1 2022 ∞
oct 1 2022 +
  • 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 +
  • Roll-N-Roaster
  • Randazzo's Clam Bar (Emmons Ave)
  • L&B Spumoni Gardens
  • Bamonte's
  • Brooklyn Hots
  • Dog Day Afternoon
jun 23 2022 ∞
mar 5 2023 +
  • Salmon (doenjang)
    • Rice
    • Avocado
  • Spaghetti Carbonara
  • Huli Huli Chicken
  • Cheese Buldak
    • Chicken thighs, mozzarella, ginger, gochugaru & gochujang
  • Paprikash
    • Rice
    • Paprika, canned tomatoes, chicken
  • Zucchini with ricotta and red sauce
may 26 2022 ∞
jun 11 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 +
  • Understanding Data
  • Identifying and Building Relationships
  • Understanding Needs of Clients
  • Managing Others / Things I've Learned from Bosses
  • Difficult or Challenging Clients
nov 9 2022 ∞
nov 9 2022 +
  • Call duck as a pet
oct 23 2022 ∞
oct 23 2022 +
  • 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
  • Honoré Sharrer
  • Winold Reiss
  • ESPO
oct 2 2022 ∞
dec 23 2022 +
  • Pickleinbrooklyn -- Pickle2022
sep 11 2022 ∞
sep 18 2022 +
  • TMG
  • Alex G
  • Hop Along
aug 18 2022 ∞
aug 20 2022 +
  • BG Bunge Limited - $98
  • WMT Walmart - $130
  • Costco - $540
  • Cal-Maine (eggs) CALM - $51
  • Walt Disney - $113
  • HIMS - $7
  • LMND Lemonade - $31
  • TSLA Tesla - $859
  • BUY MICROSOFT, AMAZON
  • VOO
  • QQQ
  • Zim
  • AMD
  • BRK-B
  • VOO
  • QQQ
  • XOM (Exxon)
  • VZ (Verizon)
  • ED (ConEd)
aug 11 2022 ∞
nov 11 2022 +
  • Watermelon with Aleppo pepper
  • Mangonada (Mexican drink: mango with Tajín and chamoy, aka chamangos
  • Bacon wrapped shrimp jalapeño poppers
jul 23 2022 ∞
jul 23 2022 +
  • Milton Glaser 1985 Catskills poster
  • Steven Weinberg original fish watercolor
jun 23 2022 ∞
sep 18 2022 +
  • Knives
    • Two Chef Knives
  • Pots, Pans, Etc.
    • 12" nonstick skillet w/ lid
    • 9" nonstick round cake pans
    • loaf pans
  • Utensils
jun 3 2022 ∞
jun 3 2022 +
  • N64
    • Pokemon Snap
    • GoldenEye 007
  • Computer
    • Liquidators
may 26 2022 ∞
may 26 2022 +
  • No time for reading or reflection
  • No time for skateboarding
  • No time to make food not thawed or frozen at night
  • Exhausted by 7pm
  • Friends all tired w/ different schedules + locations
  • Depressing & no time to think about or pursue goals
  • Commodification of hobbies and passions
  • Haircuts, medical appointments, laundry, grocery shopping = luxury
may 24 2022 ∞
may 24 2022 +
  • Mac Knife Professional 8 Inch Hollow
  • Food processor and/or blender
  • Bedframe and new mattress
  • Extra bookcase
  • Under bed shag rug, living room rug, dining room rug
  • Stylus and speakers for record player
  • Sideboard and chairs for kitchen / dining room
  • Serving platter
  • Stockpot All-Clad 16 qt
may 15 2022 ∞
aug 28 2022 +
  • Oblivion - David Foster Wallace
  • Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
may 13 2022 ∞
may 13 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 +