richmond

chance + candycane

making our way around the bends

stopping traffic

the piles

james river on the way to belle isle

Slaughterrama - the idea

well, Richmond, VA happened this weekend. Just when i thought about giving up on the chance that i might get off work, find money, and convince my friend to take me with him, well, it all happened. After packing up 4 mopeds in the truck, we left. As soon as we hit richmond city limits we took off our clothes and drank beer. For some crazy reason, after being stolen and broken for (a longtime) my moped worked and carried me through the 4 days i was there. I really wish that i could remember all of the romantic feelings that i felt while riding my moped but, i do have to say that i enjoyed all the rides but i was also very scared on the long ride which was about 30 miles around richmond; mopeds were falling apart and there was about 150 of us on riding pretty close together with a huge 2 stroke cloud above us the whole time. After the WHY'DYOUBREAKYOURMOPED? ride we went to slaughterrama, where everybody was wasted and getting naked, then 821, then a party, then mimosas, then here i am, back to the normal life. you know, my computer, the work i'm not doing, the same bothering, grown up thoughts happening. richmond happened and its over, but i know 20 more names than i did before, and have a few stories to tell.

oh yeah

thanks d.,

i finally got these pictures in of my birthday and some impromptu show that i went to with my friend deiedra. my birthday was amazing, the big 21 came with ease.
today is a busy day of me getting everything together so i can make my way down south to richmond, va for a moped rally. getting the day off, skipping school(pending), eating fake meatballs, seeing people i know get arrested for protesting, has made today packed, i can't wait.

barleywine

this weekend started off pretty strong and ended great. the middle part got a little hazy. i missed the slits and chance djing, but i did get over 15 hours of sleep. oh and i found out that there is an online community called stylemob. it seems like a good idea but it also seems as though it could be real weird at times, i like weird sometimes. tonight i had a lovely dinner with my interesting friends, who always have an interesting flow to all of their conversations. happy easter......

the girl on the right is going to be me this summer.

first day

these are the days that i have been waiting for so long. the sun found my window and is making shapes in my room. everytime, there is something new to see, that is, when the sun appears. finally, color is back and it seems so bright and new.

test

this is where i'm at right now, not doing what needs to be done. i'm running out of time...

weekover

my camera ran out of batteries so there were not pictures to be taken, but I did have enough time to search the internet and like always, find something that absolutely makes me feel so thankful that people have good eyes that show them amazing things in the world. danske took these Polaroids, a now soon to possibly decline, medium.these are some of my favorites,which are definitely dreamy. after a weekend of internet t.v.,i think i'm ready for a new week, why not.

clark park

today is beautiful outside so i decided that today could be a good day to fix my flat tire on my moped. i went for a walk in clark park and found these cute birds. the guy named "duck" told me to buy the elephants because they were good luck. instead i took a picture of them and then gathered my birds and bought a whoopie pie...
hopefully tonight will bring some good photos.

laundry

work, followed by lovely stuffed shells with panko, then laundry, which always makes me so excited about going to bed. New pj's and underwear and clean sheets that make me feel really excited about being in bed when i wake up, i don't know if that is a good or a bad thing. this semi- unfinished quilt cover, also makes my bed so inviting... wait, i wasn't trying to send invitations to anybody, wait.. what?

distance

this photographer, yosigo, makes me miss my home and my old life, the life of a constant spring break, white wine, and few worries. well i can't really say "old". but these photos do also bring so many feelings of stillness and distance.
today is the after math of wine drinking in rittenhouse and drinking white russians on a banana seat bike. im lucky that i can take naps at my job and eat good filling food. after getting down on the fact that time not only moves people closer but also very far apart, i thought, "progression? maybe" i mean, why do people move to and from so much - new expectations, transitions, priorities, but there are still people who started off with you and are still around in the end. It's strange to think about...

style wars

while eating dinner, i watched style wars, an 80's graffiti and hip-hop documentary. its hard to believe that they could have enough time to tag subway cars the way they did
you should watch it if you haven't.
the kids in new york seem so much more with it than any kids i know from anywhere...

rhodes

this weekend brought a birthday to the city and also some gust of wind that almost sealed the fate of my already broken moped. with mr. martinos, losing an hour, savory vegan cake, i think the weekend was successful.

old friends

i have been realizing that time has been passing by faster and faster, i no longer dream of the weekend, instead, it is already here and i don't know if i'm ready for it yet. before i knew that time has been on rabbit speed, my old friends almost drifted out of my immediate memory. this is for the two people who i have loved so much and also been so far away from. florida memories could never be so nostalgic without the county bars and old friends.

lines

so, these lucky people have managed to find a piece of land to build themselves a little home of their own. Maybe they managed to not pay $200,000 for their minimal feet of earth. for the kind of prices their asking for, it seems like people in philadelphia feel as though their soil is laced with gold that yields an unlimited amount of money trees, but nevertheless, i decided that i'm going to document the progression of this house, so lets see how it goes.

style

looking good

spring breaking

today was amazing outside. the day started off with a call from my best friend ian who prompted a meeting at the coffee shop, where i met the cutest pair of dogs; although they look pretty small, that is their adult size. Chance found us and we worked on mopeds. as always i manage to get mine to work, but with no surprise, i got a flat tire on the way to get spark plugs. nevertheless, a good day and many photos to show

oh yeah, the painting was placed in the tree by someone having a good time, i guess.



remember looking at the sun and feeling like you were getting high. i wouldn't recommend starting at the sun, but remember taking it like a challenge? a challenge to see how long you could stare at it...the forbidden burning flame... man, being young is daring..

night time

tonight got crazy and i think im through, tomorrow will be a day that i can wear shorts and work on mopeds with friends, chance and ian, maybe my other friends champagne and orange juice will show...

well...

people look real good......
i can't help myself

the latter the sartorialist

draw

just some stuff i like

yuta watanabe

weekends

this weekend i went to a new friends house to enjoy the pennslyvania country air and find a new view to day dream about while i'm dodging broken windows and light pollution. the most amazing flea market is located out in this lush land. i did manage to find some old silver bridges with some fake teeth still intact, along with many other interesting inexpensive oldies. my friends metthea and rhodes live with their amazingly sweet parents in an old 200 year old farm house on some acres of land, absolutely beautiful.

but most of all, this boat house is amazing, i mean why not?

pig barn, humanized

polaroid kid

first things to go.. my friend brodie takes these amazing photos that remind me of all the times i'm missing. traveling around on boats and trains....
fun little details...

look

Ridin' Dirty Face.com

first

today while deciding to not do my obligations and maybe contemplate going to sleep at 8:00, something told me to start something new. Recently I have found myself searching the internet and many other places and corralling all my interest into a pile of messy bookmarks. Sort of like a time line of my ever changing mind, this should be a new insight into my attractions. With my changing interest and ongoing, most simply complicated life, documenting these new experiences, which day to day, keep me amused, intrigued, excitable, could be interesting.