p s e u d o r e a l

Better Than Real Because It's Not.


Sunday May 22nd 2005, 10:40 am
Filed under: General

Central Park.

 

 exiting the tunnel

We entered the city via the Midtown Tunnel.

 

 red and white baloons

The day started out sunny.
Today was a holiday, but I don’t know what.

 

 ha ha. pete's ass!

Pete told me not to take photos of his ass.
So of course I did.

 

 the horniest man alive

As we passed through the park, Pete molested the cat.
Video of him climbing down the hill in his rollerblades would have been even more amusing.

 

 i'll bet he gets lots of dates, right?

No visit to the city is complete without encountering an alien.

 

 saturday traffic

When it was time to leave, there wasn’t much traffic.

 

 this thing almost fell down

We passed by the CitiGroup Building. It would have fallen down in high winds had the architect not realized this when construction was nearing completion.

 

 darkening skies

By the time we got out of there, it was not so nice a day anymore.

 

 more citi

And then we passed the other Citi building. One wasn’t enough.
(actually I think it used to be the Traveller’s Building before the buyout)

 


Monday February 28th 2005, 6:36 am
Filed under: General

I have been working myself to the point of breakage.   I chose a most unlikely circuit-breaker.  I would go photograph Christo & Jean-Claude’s The Gates at Central Park.  Needless to say,  I went on the very last day, very nearly at the last minute.

 So, let me be the first to say, I don’t get Christo

 

 

I do know a lot of orange fabric when I see it.

 I wandered around, tense, and taking all manner of photos that I presumed wouldn’t come out very well.  In fact I did lose at least one shot to a failing disc in my camera.

  
 

 After I settled down, I decided to try and take the pictures less taken.  I present what I hope is one of the odder collections of The Gates photographs.

  
 
 

Favorite line of the day "I’m so sorry my mother missed this, she was supposed to come out on the day it snowed.  Oh,… she was going to accessorize!"

 ugh.

 This woman did.

Oh, and I’ve gotten my camera back since I last posted in here.

More of teh gates in teh gallery.


Sunday December 28th 2003, 1:20 pm
Filed under: General

After nearly two weeks of feeling like total crap, I decided to accept an invitation to go into the city yesterday. I’m glad I did. It was a springlike day. Pete paid for everything. YAY.

59th Street Bridge heading in
59th Street Bridge heading in

kidney-boy
Pete’s kidney stones didn’t act up too much.

forced smile
I don’t do the impromptu smile thing well

lawn and skyscrapers
It really is a huge park

back to the pickup truck
Eventually though, it was time to go home