so i left

i died and the les made a dog portrait of me. it was pretty nice of them. then we take off on the jfk all the way home to ohio. theres turkey and family awaiting us. the time spent in the city was wonderful. i learned so much. one thing being its not really for me. it chewed me up and spit me out. made me a bit harder. i like being outside. from where i sit now i can say im happier. very happy in idaho. even though i never dreamed of that. but but, ill get to idaho later.

nightcrawler teleports, he doesn't crawl.

bam bam bam. i just went for walks at night. it was fun. i was spending more and more time alone and looking forward to thanks giving. i spent more time with dusty. just being with him was so much fun. im glad i stayed the last month. we drank hot chocolate and played a lot of atari. the vintage chill was running through my body again. dusty had a writer that types as well so i enjoyed time on that. his girlfriend is amazing too. we call her KK, shes from taiwan and we had much funs. like eating in a decked out bavarian restaurant. the place was covered in christmas decorations. its all about the mood. and i was in the mood to get home and spend time with the family. just like when i was a kid. i believe the term is nostalgia and i was feeling a lot of it.

nyc explorer

it rained some. so much for fall. i enjoyed the central park but i was missing the nature. i left the island a few times. once to long island to go to a haunted corn maze. sounds cheesy but it was a blast. the best part was trying to find matt because he ran through the whole thing then scaring matts wife miho. shes cute small and japanese! 

i enjoyed very much meeting so many different people from so many different places. i worked at the movie theater on union square, i was meeting people from all over the place. i loved talking with scandinavians because i got to speak norwegian to them. it always made my day. i try and learn as many languages as i can. even if its just hi and thank you. i got to meet a lot of the world in one city. 

i went on a lot of lonely walks. taking the train up to harlem and walking back down. i stopped in at saint johns cathedral. its huge! and central park. also huge. the architecture of the city is an amazing art alone. its very fun, fun indeed. 

i got to spend some time with folks from my work. new yorkers! they were super rad and nice to me. i was acting like such a nerd. i wanted to experience what all of the movies have been showing me since i was a kid. glamorous new york! i wanted to be eating at the dirty beat dives with the best food. living this new york hipster life. i come to find im not really cut out for it. i went with my friends to the mall in queens at ate bourbon chicken at the food court. it was wonderful. life is the same everywhere and anywhere. its still america. so i went back to the streets and took pictures of doors.

i created my own new york dream. i ate at veselkas, a twenty four seven ukrainian restaurant on ninth. they have the best chocolate custard and warm apple cider. i went there for comfort. also i become more of a fan of corporate mcdonalds and starbucks. theyre pretty cool and consistent. good comfort as well.

MET explorer

here i fell in love with some art. armour and weapons! how cool for artifacts. paintings galore! chuck close, warhol, monet so big and beautiful in all their glory and wonder. its an experience for sure. the met is a collection of wonderful things people have made since we landed on earth. i think theyre inspiring and grand. people can make some beautiful stuff. it was fun for me to grove to some music and enjoy history.

so i go to new york?

After all of that talk about the slow and simple i escape to the big apple. my brother is living there going to school at SVA. grad studies yadda yadda. he basically has a blast making art. i got to help. it was a blast. drawing on chalk boards. playing atari. making movies. hanging out with awesome foreign kids. thats art school for ya.

 my brothers name is dusty, he set me up with this amazing two month experience. 

i did a lot of viewing new york city with this character matt. we are at a ukrainian street festival on the street where i lived. i lived with my brothers friends mom on second street. i got to see a new york film festival viewing of che with said brothers friend, gary. that was also because of matt, also brothers friend but both are my friends now. these native new yorkers took care of me a lot and i was grateful. on to other adventures!

small towns and cow farms

i wish i wish . was life just a joy in the olden days? when everything was simple. i imagine myself running down to the little store, the weymouth pantry and getting some penny candies or something. buying mamma the bread and milk. then going down to the river bridge and play.

maybe catch a game of chess with some old men in the park.

my dad has a farm! its really fun to go there. once a tree had a bees hive in it. like on winnie the pooh. when he gets his head stuck in it and he his happy because theres tons of honey in it.

well there was this hive and the tree fell down in a big storm. so we pulled out all of the wax and ate some honey. there wasnt much left. the bees took it away we assumed. but it was the best honey ive ever had. the wax was pretty good too.

my mom is awesome.

we dont live on this farm so it makes it more special for me to visit.

slow and simple.

i think it would be wonderful to live on a farm in europe makin cheese from my own cows. gathering eggs from the chickens and baking bread from wheat that my neighbor just ground. fresh. its nice that way. how romantic. but why not?

 i want sheep too.

brownies are gooey!

this is summer lesson! i like old things. like typewriters and abandoned sheds. we used to play with this on all the time when we were little. we being my brother and local drunks. i guess i am a sucker for vintage. 

i also love trees and most things nature. i think i want to be a mountain man but i just dont have the right hookups or something. im more likely to become an artist. im fine with that too.

rivers and bridges are so much fun as well. all three of these things make up a huge part of my childhoood. i went on a few walks this summer to check them out and take pictures. i ended up playing like a looser kid. all alone.