p s e u d o r e a l

Better Than Real Because It's Not.


Tuesday August 31st 2010, 1:33 pm
Filed under: General

(August 3) I find myself now, back in Port Jefferson, with just one room, and most of my belongings in boxes in Ronkonkoma. I’m not entirely clear when either of those things is going to change. I don’t remember Port Jefferson being full of douchebags, but people yell dumb shit at me from cars constantly. “Hey asshole, I’m in a car!” Apparently they criminalized walking and cycling while I was in Brooklyn. Who knew?

stony hill rd.
At first it seemed as if time had been rolled back five years. But alas, no Billy.

ghosts from the past
I have strong memories of blading down Stony Hill Road backward, with Billy. Just as Billy is no more, so are my days of backward-blading.


Monday July 26th 2010, 3:36 am
Filed under: General

(June 26) Viza and I went to a presentation at the Marriott Marquis, and then afterward to cleanse ourselves of Times Square, we walked over to the High Line. I like the park, but it seems to me the view is more interesting than the park itself. I’m not sure if that’s what they intended or not.

overgrown
You can still (barely) see the tracks

the original air train
In 2010, it’s hard to imagine locomotives several stories overhead

teh viza
Mr. Trains

sailing down the hudson
New Jersey. You don’t want to go there. Nobody does.

even the sun can't bear to look directly at jersey

meat packing district
I wonder what it costs to live in those apartments

apparently the stop sign here is optional
While we were there, I counted dozens of cars, mostly cabs, running the stop sign.

and the hotel actually encourages flashers
The ExhibitionistStandard Hotel is built above the High Line and offers parkgoers a free peep show.


Tuesday March 09th 2010, 12:09 am
Filed under: General

One last trip into the city in January on the 21st, and hung out with Viza.

sheepshead bay
I saw no sheepsheads. I saw no sheeps. I thought sheeps wasn’t a word. I was wrong.


Wednesday September 09th 2009, 12:00 am
Filed under: General

(August 14) And finally… the footbridge.

bruckner footbridge
The approach

amtraks
Amtrak rolls like that here.

under and over the highways
Looking ahead

nuts and bolts
The stuff bridges are made of

bruckner traffic
This bridge crosses just about everything except the water.
Had it been further back, it would have crossed that as well.

uninspired graffitti
Looking back

bridge stairs
And down the other side. I found these steps particularly difficult to climb because of their layout.

this message brought to you by the robots of puerto rico
Nobody expects robots in the Bronx.

catching rays
The outside of the Hunts Point Ave. 6 Station.

fancy subway exterior hides the crappy interior
They should have spent more money on the inside of the station instead of the outside.

hoe ave.
Who you callin a hoe?


Monday July 13th 2009, 11:11 pm
Filed under: General

(June 13) Park Slope. I see gay people!

pride flag
People were supposed to throw change into the flag.

we'll see about that
Love triumphs over all?

so very many politicians
I see politicians!

but who knows where that bear has been
*hugs*

cheer ny
I saw acrobatics!

fire flags
I wish I could remember who these guys were.

brooklyn waits for no one
The city wastes no time cleaning up. Traffic was right behind the street sweepers.