52 Projects

Fall To Spring

Wiimbledon!

That's right -- Wiimbledon, not Wimbledon. Wiimbledon is a Wii tennis tournament, and the first one of 2008 kicks off on Saturday, June 7, at Barcade in Brooklyn. The next one is scheduled for June 21st in San Francisco. The guys behind Wiimbledon, Steve Bryant and Lane Buschel, will be going cross-country in a "Wiinnebago" to get to that tournament, and are planning additional tournaments along the way. More details can be found wiimbledon.net.

The Wizard of Ass -- Video For Chuck Palahniuk's New Book Snuff

More on the book, which is coming out on May 20, at chuckpalahniuk.net. You can also read this nice write up on Chuck and his books at SuicideGirls.

To Check Out, May 7, 2008

The Workbook Project.

Sarah France.

Bake & Destroy (found via Chelsea Creature).

Sternlab.

Claire Pentecost.

The Bryant Park Project Blog.

Gordon, Wearing His Red Jacket, Slips on the Subway and Gets Blogged

NewmanLives, 1:12 pm:
...Saw some huckleberry, some failed hipster insurance salesman, wipe out and fall on his ass while he was getting off the subway... He totally deserved it, what with that ridiculous red jacket he was wearing... The image of this guy falling -- his eyes coming out of his head, his leg's just peeling out from under him and his arms flailing about -- has provided me with a good laugh every time I think of it. I mean, you should have seen the look on this guy's face. I am bursting with laughter right now as I write this...

BrooklynBerryBoy_84, 1:15 pm:
I don't know what made me do it, but today, on the subway, I tripped some guy, just this random guy wearing a red jacket. My foot just jutted out like someone else was controlling it, and this guy went a tumbling. I think he was too embarrassed to look back. I just kept my eyes in my book and hoped to God I didn't get caught. Damn! What a rush!

Healing_Goddess_Angela, 1:21 pm:
No one helps anyone in this city. You can't count on anyone. You could be dying in the street and people passing by won't even notice because they're more worried about getting to wherever it is they're going. I saw some poor guy wearing a red jacket slip and fall on the subway today. No one reached out a hand to even help this guy. I mean, no one even asked if he was okay. They were all just laughing inside. I know it. This is a cruel city. Cruel, cruel, cruel city.

24_7_WriterNow, 1:23 pm:
As you all know, I have been struggling, really pull-my-hair-out struggling with the opening for my novel. But there is good news: The struggle is over. I saw this guy trip on the subway, and he was wearing a red jacket, just like my main character Suede does. So I was like, BOOM, that's how I'm going to open my novel. It's just perfect...

StanzasRMe_Gazing, 1:27 pm:
Today's poem was inspired by a gentleman that I saw take a tumble on the subway. It's entitled: "The Fall of the Red Jacket."

Streets echoing man cries
moons fly
skies aflame
man falls
shame, shame, shame
red jacket embrace
so that we face
yet another day
rise, rise, rise.

HoorayForHollywood_inNY, 1:36 pm:
I totally have to rewrite what I THOUGHT was a very innovative chase scene through the subway cars. I saw some guy in a red jacket fall down today, and, well, it just made me realize that if I'm going to keep my characters true to the city life feel that I'm going for, I just can't use what I have. Margie said she liked that scene. So did Bill. This just confirms that I need to be showing my scenes to other people. Margie and Bill don't know shit.

Originally published at Pindeldyboz.

Videos That Hilariously Show Web Interactions Translated Into Real Life Contact

Tree, May 4, 2008

More Tree Project photos here.

To Check Out, May 2, 2008

BookLust.

More Ways to Waste Time (found via Sweet Sassafras).

Book Review of Magic Pattern Vol. 1 and 2 at Sweet Sassafras.

Thanks a lot to Midtown Lunch for this one -- McDonald's Attempts to Bring Chick-Fil-A to Manhattan. (Of course I had to run out and try one).

Fork New York (found via Midtown Lunch).

Naturally Carolicious.

Craft and Found.

For The Love of Light -- A Tribute to the Art of Polaroid.

'Roid Week 2008

Damn, I missed it! How did that happen? And I have easy access to a scanner again. Damn! Anyway, you can check out all the cool submissions here.

Kim From Cube News on The Rumor Mill

Matt Taibbi's The Great Derangement

Asian Tapas at Kuma Inn -- Delish

Excellent food, great restaurant. Could not stop eating, even though I was totally full. Highly recommended. More info on Kuma Inn, which is located in NYC's Lower East Side, at Yelp.

To Check Out, April 30, 2008

Chelsea Creature.

Love Surface Design.

Film Is Not Dead It Just Smells Funny.

Average Jane Crafter.

62cherry.

Notebookism.

CF52 -- Weekly Illustrations by Craig Fraizer.

Like A Rollling Stone Book Party

Great launch party at Arlene's Grocery in NYC's Lower East Side last week for Steve Kurutz's Like A Rolling Stone, a book about the strange life of a tribute band. The Rolling Stones tribute band The Stoney Rollers rocked the house. More pictures of the event can be seen at Maryanne Ventrice's Flickr page.

Sites To Check Out, April 29, 2008

Moonlight Ambulette.

Counterbalance.

Bead Porn Flickr Group.

La Fovea (found via Moonlight Ambulette).

If Anyone Asks.

Sunday Choices

Even though I stayed up late, I still got up pretty early this Sunday morning. We didn't even go out on Saturday night, but I bought a whole bunch of songs off of iTunes, such as "People Like Us" by the Talking Heads and "You Are The Everything" by R.E.M., and then I made a Playlist of even more songs, and the next thing I knew, I was blasting this music and doing some writing / reminiscing about these songs / livingroom grooving, and yes, of course, drinking some beers (5? 8? Who knows.), and damn did it get late. Then, looking for something to watch on TV, I went thru the list of shows we have saved on our DVR, saw that we had recorded Sixteen Candles (even though we own the DVD), and started to watch the movie, and I'm sorry, but if you grew up in the 80s and you are now old, old, old, there is just no way you can STOP watching this movie once it starts, especially if it's late and you've been drinking and don't have to get up early the next day.

But I got up early anyway (Choice #1), and I sensed that maybe I should try to get some more sleep, but fuck it, let's pretend I've still got that energy that I used to where I just didn't need that much sleep. I made coffee, flipped on the computer and did some writing. I'm working on transitions between chapters in my novel. It's like putting together a puzzle, and you're not even sure if you've got the right pieces for the finished puzzle on the box (Yep, it's that much of a mess... Not a good sign).

The plan was to see Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay at 11 a.m. But the wife woke up and suggested we catch a later show. I wanted to stick to the plan. I was dying to see the movie, and I also worried that if we saw a later show, I would just sit around and watch the Sunday morning news shows ("Obama is most probably going to win the nomination, Hillary has no way to mathematically surpass his numbers, but Hillary is a real fighter, blah blah undecided superdelegates this, blah blah blah, superdelegates that, blah blah blah"), then go see the movie in the middle of the day, and then not do anything else. So I lobbied hard for sticking with the plan (Choice #2), and boom, we were out the door to see the continuing adventures of good ol' Harold and Kumar. Hilarious stuff. I am already awaiting their next adventure with bated breath.

After we got home, I did some more writing. I started to feel really tired. I could barely keep my eyes open. I felt a very strong urge to take a nap. This would most likely mean that I would not go for a run, even though I've committed myself to running on both days of the weekend. Oh, but how glorious a nap would be, I thought to myself. But I shutdown the computer, laced up the shoes, and went for a run (Choice #3). My God was I running slow at first. My legs felt like cement blocks.

But before long, I hit my stride. I shook that tiredness right off. I left it behind. And with every step, I seemed to pick up steam.

Part of it was witnessing the emergence of the beautiful green leaves in the trees.

Stumbling upon the energizing, uplifting jam sound celebration that is the Hungry March Band helped me pick up the pace even more.

And of course, seeing more stunning proof of Spring really opened up my eyes.

Lessons (re)learned on Sunday choices: Get up early. Stick with the plan. Don't nap.