Flaming cocktails

Flaming cocktails… Last night I dreamt that I was in the garden of a british mansion house where people were having tea and croissants. I was there to fight in a mixed martial arts tournament against a fat lady with an axe. 

Pride and the greasy yummy snack

On the corner of 145th street, by the ACBD line, is a Caribbean food shop that sells, for $1, three of these snacks which I’ve only ever had in Madagascar before - an oily, sour and slightly sweet treat… a nostalgic taste. 

Today, from the other side of the US, I ponder pride, which has two such distinct meanings! It can be an rooted in admiration, or it can be rooted in insecurity and the need to protect one's ego. I find it a bit strange how the word has adopted these two, so different, meanings… except I see that the psychology blends smoothly and looks very similar from the outside as at times... I’m wondering, there must be a question that we can ask that divides the two meanings naturally… but I haven't found it yet. 

New York skyline.

Spending time looking at this beautiful new york skyline this evening.

Former member of the alien water heater gang

Former member of the alien water heater gang, chilling by the bins. Ripped from his engine-buddy aboard the Serene, he now has only the x-dilgepump for company.

a bicycle wheel and an armchair

There is something I find special about a bicycle wheel and an armchair in a pile of rubbish, just hanging out. I smile at it on my way downtown to pick up my bicycle and work some.

Hong Kong chic

Hong Kong makes New York feel kind of rural. There's an amazing amount of messy concrete chic.