this ain't no mecca man.

mt.sherman, first fourteneer.

2009-10-05T12:15:00.000-04:00

conundrum.

2009-10-05T12:14:00.000-04:00

skips.

2009-10-05T12:12:00.000-04:00

october last year, oregon.

2009-10-05T12:11:00.001-04:00

X

2009-10-04T21:39:00.002-04:00

in love with fucking asparagus.

recipe as follows.

asparagus
parmesan
olive oil
salt
pepper

preheat oven to 450
while preheating
prep the above ingredients in a manner you see fit
cook for 15 minutes

add cashews if so desired

2009-02-03T23:20:00.001-05:00

x

2009-01-28T18:23:00.001-05:00

i will watch the devil wears prada everytime it's on tv

i love.

2009-01-22T23:29:00.001-05:00

house hounters on hgtv. i fucking love it.

shop graffiti.

2009-01-05T19:07:00.001-05:00

books read 2008.

2009-01-05T01:18:00.002-05:00

1/? the kept man- jami attenberg*
1/31 the dissident - nell freudenberger
2/26 the abstinence teacher - tom perotta
3/8 all this heavenly glory - elizabeth crane
3/13 among other things i've taken up smoking - aoibheann sweeney*
3/30 breath - tim winton*
4/30 kafka on the shore - haruki marukami
5/16 i was told there'd be cake - sloane crosley*
5/27 rock on - dan kennedy
5/31 a wolf at the table - augusten burroughs-
6/11 things i learned about my dad in therapy - heather armstrong-
6/19 the epicure's lament - kate christensen*
7/12 are you there vodka? it's me chelsea - chelsea handler*
7/25 when you are engulfed in flames - david sedaris*
8/5 kitchen confidential - anthony bourdain*
8/? the wonder spot - melissa banks*
8/26 the secret life of bees - sue monk kidd*
8/31 don't get too comfortable - david rakoff-
9/9 fast company - david gross
9/24 the silver lining playbook - matthew quick*
10/? paul has a summer job - michel rabagliati
10/21 the cheese monkeys - chip kid-
11/? the brief wondrous life of oscar wao - junot diaz*
12/15 my custom van -michael ian black
12/26 things the grandchildren should know - mark everett oliver*

*delightful, highly recommended
-sucks

ok.

2009-01-02T22:47:00.003-05:00

today we went to beaver creek and it was a total asshole parade.
annoyances include: parking on the street, wearing too many layers, frenchy douches, beginners, grumps(including myself), and traffic.

Dominica: 7

2007-03-11T13:12:00.000-04:00

view of the atlantic from our hotel room (Domcan) in Castle Bruce

panoramaramaramarama:

trafalgar falls

middleham falls

Domnica: 6

2007-03-11T13:10:00.000-04:00

bamboo treehouse, 3 rivers ecolodge

fort shirley, snake

looking for pirates

Dominica: 6

2007-03-11T13:06:00.000-04:00

Roseau Botanical Gardens

the path to middleham falls, and the stinking hole.

Dominica: 5

2007-03-10T09:30:00.000-05:00

canyoning

cannoning

canyon

main road

Dominica: 4.2 Middleham Falls

2007-03-10T09:25:00.000-05:00

Dominica: 4

2007-03-10T09:20:00.000-05:00

trafalgar falls

big dead bug used to torture chia

Dominica: 3.7 el lago de la aqua muy muy muy caliente

2007-03-08T18:51:00.000-05:00

dude.

almost done.

and done.
our clothes airing out at roxy's.

Dominica: 3.6 Boiling Lake

2007-03-08T18:48:00.000-05:00

rad.

oh, hello.

beads of sweat.

Dominica: 3.5 the lake that boils

2007-03-08T18:46:00.000-05:00

calvin!

coolest water faucet!

Dominica: 3.4 hey! more Boiling Lake

2007-03-08T18:42:00.000-05:00

this is John. he's a journalist for the BBC.

Dominica: 3.3 Boiling Lake continued

2007-03-08T18:40:00.000-05:00

VALLEY OF FUCKING DESOLATION

spores on my hand. i am now growing ferns out of there.

Dominica: 3.2 Boiling Lake continued

2007-03-08T18:37:00.000-05:00

Caribbean Sea.

(l-r) some guy, chia, calvin, chubby irish dudes

trail down to the valley of deslation

the valley of desolation, smoking.

Dominica: 3 Boiling Lake

2007-03-08T07:10:00.000-05:00

The trek to Boiling Lake took about 6 hours,including sitting in hot sulphur springs, getting mud facials, and eating lunch by the gigantic fucking Boiling Lake.

Francois Turquoise from Illionis vacations with the Quebecois in the Morne Trois Pitons.

hi. we're sweaty.

greenery.

Dominica: 2.3

2007-03-06T21:39:00.000-05:00

More Freshwater Lake, and some Boeri Lake.

Dominica: 2.2

2007-03-06T21:37:00.000-05:00

Freshwater Lake.

Dominica: 2

2007-03-06T21:32:00.000-05:00

all the trails were awesomely maintained.

So we sleep in the basement of Auntie's.
Totally weird, on pilly sheets, freaking out that I may get scabies.
Wake up early, decide to head to Roxy's Mountain Lodge a night early,
as staying at Auntie's wasn't quite an option.

We get to Roxy's. It's delightful.
We have a nice big room, with a nice big shower, and a nice big bed.
And a balcony.
A balcony that overlooks the mountains, a beatup old van, and a pile of lumber.
Decent enough.

After ham and cheese sandwiches (important fact) we hike around Freshwater and Boeri Lake.
Totally rad.

holy shit.

freshwater lake.

greenery.

oh, this will be much more greenery, my friend.

Dominica: 1

2007-03-06T21:26:00.000-05:00

the view from what should've been our cottage on night 1

Day one: arrive at Melville Hall Airport, Dominica at 3p.
pick up rental jeep.
drive to the opposite end of the island,
on the left side of the roadup and down mountains
on lanes of roads big enough for a car and a half.

arrive at cottage,
no one is there with our key.
awesome.
we drive around, kind of lost and freaking out.

note: driving around consists of this above stretch of road

as we are at the bottom of the island.
Roseau, the capital, is up and over one of the mountains
in the background.and it's getting dark.
so! we pick up a hitchiker (5th one of the day)
and give him our storyhe gets us a room at his "auntie's" place.
auntie being some random citizen of Soufriere.
it was definitely a place to stay but not relaxing and we were totally nervewracked.

another would be view from the cottage - Scott's Head

Chia's head.

on the font.

2007-02-14T15:05:00.000-05:00

so the new header is in this font called RAD. in theory i love this font, it's a dude and his skateboard. i don't love the execution quite as much. but it's up until the next time i deeply delve into the font reserve.

going to dominica next week. pictures will follow.

love,
sam

h.i.s.m.s.v: fucking around with the panorama mode, monument valley (az)

2006-09-30T10:34:00.000-04:00

h.i.s.m.s.v.: cedar breaks national monument (ut), righteous, yo

2006-09-30T10:33:00.000-04:00

h.i.s.m.s.v.: zion national park, hiking up to angel's landing, switchbacks, view

2006-09-30T10:28:00.000-04:00

the trail goes up the ridge to the left of this tree (above). you hold onto chains. it is 3 ft. wide with 1000 ft. drops on either side. the minute i got home, i google how many people fell or jumped off. the number was very small, but a boy scout did recently get blown off. c freaked out by that tree and forbade me from going up it. pansy.

h.i.s.m.s.v.: zion national park, exuding negativity, more of the narrows, standard beautiful hairdo

2006-09-30T10:26:00.000-04:00

h.i.s.m.s.v.: hiking the narrows, zion national park (ut)

2006-09-30T10:23:00.000-04:00

how i spent my summer vacation: amazing landscapes (drive from lake powell, az to kanab, ut during sunset)

2006-09-30T10:20:00.000-04:00

how i spent my summer vacation: antelope canyon, serenaded by a navajo playing only metallica and STP (awesome), finding religion

2006-09-26T22:35:00.000-04:00

how i spent my summer vacation: moki dugway, apparently i warped to level three in outrun, monument valley, squints

2006-09-26T22:30:00.000-04:00

how i spent my summer vacation: acting emo by the fire, getting sand in my eyes, worrying about thunder, and acting emo not by the fire (ut)

2006-09-26T22:24:00.000-04:00

how i spent my summer vacation: surrounded by canyons

2006-09-26T22:20:00.000-04:00

how i spent my summer vacation: kayaking lake powell (ut)

2006-09-26T22:18:00.000-04:00

how i spent my summer vacation: lava tubes (az), sunrise crater (az)

2006-09-26T22:15:00.000-04:00

unflattering closeups. niece and nephew edition.

2006-08-31T18:35:00.000-04:00

mt. washington, 8/21/06. views.

2006-08-28T18:33:00.000-04:00

mt. washington, 8/21/06. me pissing rainbows, chia playing leprechaun.

2006-08-28T18:31:00.000-04:00

mt. washington, 8/21/06. what you do at the top.

2006-08-28T06:29:00.000-04:00

mt. washington, 8/21/06. summiting.

2006-08-27T21:59:00.000-04:00

mt. washington, 8/21/06.

2006-08-27T18:23:00.000-04:00

governor's island, the destination of the canoe trip, 8/12/06.

2006-08-25T18:20:00.000-04:00

gownanus canal, canoe trip, 8/12/06.

2006-08-25T18:18:00.000-04:00

for chris and paul smith.

2006-08-11T20:08:00.000-04:00

mt. marcy: the photographer, the trail, chia, matt

2006-08-05T21:50:00.000-04:00

mt. marcy: matt and sam followed by the paparazzi.

2006-08-05T21:47:00.000-04:00

mt. marcy: summit, 4hrs of 8hrs in the rain, pb&j.

2006-07-29T22:17:00.000-04:00

triborough bridge. pulaski bridge. empire state building. sweaty spaghetti.

2006-07-11T21:33:00.000-04:00

italy wins. chubby italians celebrate.

2006-07-10T21:31:00.000-04:00

meatball says, "fucking zidane."

humped by hammington. scared by hairless cat.

2006-07-08T18:45:00.000-04:00

please meet my new lover, hammington.

the chia collection. part seven

2006-07-07T18:48:00.000-04:00

the chia collection. part six.

2006-07-04T18:36:00.000-04:00

chilean switchbacks.

2006-06-26T11:01:00.001-04:00

slightly terrifying.

williamsburg bridge.

2006-06-24T12:00:00.000-04:00

the chia collection. part five.

2006-06-23T10:08:00.000-04:00

bullying the jukebox.

2006-06-22T10:06:00.000-04:00

"because we rule.
all the songs we like are really cool."

the lost coast.

2006-06-21T09:45:00.000-04:00

the scariest hiking trip, ever.

says who?

2006-06-20T17:32:00.000-04:00

nj.

2006-06-19T10:38:00.000-04:00

ellie.

2006-06-18T12:44:00.000-04:00

this couldn't get cuter.

arctic monkeys. roseland. 6/14/06.

2006-06-17T19:13:00.000-04:00

decent. but meh.

the chia collection. part four.

2006-06-16T11:19:00.000-04:00

14th and irving.

2006-06-15T10:19:00.000-04:00

This corner smells like SO MUCH PISS.

i miss snowboarding.

2006-06-14T11:12:00.000-04:00

so much.

lower east side.

2006-06-13T11:17:00.000-04:00

pink mountaintops at southpaw.

2006-06-12T10:25:00.000-04:00

two of many pink mountaintops.
stephen mcbean and the lady who plays guitar as well as i do.

listen:
pink mountaintops - slaves

this is why they call me meatball*.

2006-06-11T10:32:00.000-04:00

* because i'm a fat lazy fuck.

some shitty pictures from gogol bordello.

2006-06-10T15:41:00.000-04:00

my camera sucks at concerts, but whatever.
the gogol bordello show (irving plaza) was the second best show of the week.
listen:
gogol bordello- start wearing purple

the chia collection. part three.

2006-06-09T10:19:00.000-04:00

and why wouldn't i be?

2006-06-08T11:11:00.000-04:00

stolen, bitches.

roosevelt island.

2006-06-07T16:04:00.000-04:00

roosevelt island is a land mass between queens and manhattan, in the east river.

we went to go find some indie acoustic bbq, but were waylayed by

a tugboat:

green grass!:

failed back walkover attempts
(please note that it was like 80 degrees out,
so i decide to dress for fall?!):

taking the elevator to the top of the parking
garage and riding down the ramps:

please note.

2006-06-06T15:07:00.000-04:00

FUCKING 666! Y'ALL!

jersey cookout. part two.

2006-06-05T15:41:00.000-04:00

unflattering closeups (alec, eddie, me, kielbasa):

this one's for mel b. - the new shins song. it's good, it sounds like any other shins song.

baby, we are all born to die.

2006-06-04T11:15:00.000-04:00

*distasteful ugly and cheap
that is how you make me feel (i say)
capitalism stole my virginity*

hey guys, wait up.

2006-06-03T11:09:00.000-04:00

i just got my fake id.

bouncing souls. night one 6/1/06.

2006-06-03T10:42:00.000-04:00

world inferno friendship society:

waltzing during wifs:

greg and pete
(greg looks like the high school science teacher that everyone likes):

and his name was lamar vannoy OI OI OI OI!!!:

the chia collection. part two.

2006-06-02T17:34:00.000-04:00

in honor of the past memorial day weekend i bring you:

band tees on vacation.

2006-05-31T17:44:00.000-04:00

cub country in guatemala 2005 (this picture rules the school):

H20 in guatemala:

converge in puerto rico (i know you can't tell, but trust me):

blood brothers in vermont (fuck this picture):

this is the remix, motherfucker.

2006-05-30T15:26:00.003-04:00

the kopicko remix:
matt <3's ice cream

"i actually really like..."
actually?
yes, actually.

new jersey cookout. part one.

2006-05-29T15:23:00.000-04:00

listen to this: the stranglers - peaches
(damn.)

blue skies:

everyone's a photographer:

gat:

big time happy fun:

i can't believe in the guns i can't believe in the view.

2006-05-28T09:13:00.000-04:00

foreshadowing:

live wolf parade - sons and daughers of hungry ghosts
"i ain't quite the beauty."

this song fucking rules.

coco-no!

2006-05-27T14:56:00.000-04:00

we went to puerto rico last year. it ruled. we camped on beaches.

we went to el yunque - the rainforest!

they had these drinks called COCO FRIO.
it came in a COCONUT!
i assumed that it would taste like a pina colada.
but, it turned out that it was warm coconut milk.
needless to say, i didn't enjoy it.

coco bowling.

please note: the puerto rican rainforest has
ample parking and car dealership flags.

el cancion del dia: jay-z - i just wanna love u

"i'm a hustler baby- i just want you to know,
it's ain't where i been, but where i'm about to go.
AND I JUST WANNA LOVE U"

yup!

the chia collection.

2006-05-26T14:49:00.000-04:00

FRIDAYS now mean that a piece of
the chia collection
will be posted.

this week's is the very first one:

and here's some cut chemist - storm feat. edan and mr. lif

blake.

2006-05-24T12:45:00.000-04:00

blake lives under my desk,
he's a gift from matt - my coworker
(who found him while reading teen cosmo):

right behind my strawberry cereal bars.

blake's favorite book is the dictionary.

yesterday when the phone guy came to hook me up,
i forgot that blake was there.
now i think i may be the office perv.
actually, i think i already was.

and here's a song for you, because i kinda like you:

boy meets girl - waiting for a star to fall

it's awful, but awesome. like me.
"trying to catch you heart is like trying to catch a star."
sometimes i think about singing this song to blake.

what's up with my heart when it skips a beat?

2006-05-23T19:04:00.000-04:00

i am in love with this song. it went from kinda liking it, to full blown love:
the coral - dreaming of you

right click, open link in new tab/ window or whatever, listen and read.

sunday night l & i attended the national. it was kickass.
doveman, though, was not kickass.
it was morissey, but worse. gah.
and we conveniently missed baby dayliner.

we were tripping balls, apparently, during the show:

here's a song by t he national - lit up.
"Cuz you're the low life of the party, bad blood
Bad blood for everybody
I'm in control and I believe "

break to monday night-
soccer at 138th and riverside.
we lost.
it was windy and sunny and pretty out:

then i flew downtown to meet k & nj to see
gnarls barkley and spank rock:

k and nj:

k and me:

gnarls:

and that's that.

i'm as cool as a rollergirl.

2006-05-22T15:50:00.000-04:00

so, at soccer i pretend i'm too cool for shinpads, when in reality -

i am too lazy to dig them out of the closet.

so this is what happens, on both legs (please ignore my hideous pants):

then later in the week, i try to be cool in front of the brooklyn museum (fyi, the wegman exhibit is kickass) by trying to jump a curb. i FAIL and fall, in front of 8 million people (or maybe 10?)

please note: there is a fuckin ramp, maybe 3 feet from the curb

needless to say, my legs have seen better days.

this bulldog is sad for my embarassment:

"big fat vag."

2006-05-21T11:59:00.001-04:00

hiya. here's the story of a tame saturday night.
(please note c has told me that "this is not one of my better posts." as if any of them are better.)

it got started by me making fish faces.

then i had an obscene frozen treat.

i then asked myself "where's the party at?",
luckily i found this sign. apparently i could go either direction.

we met up with l & x.
after a glass fernet branca. we decided to go hang out at the deli.
and check out the produce.

l was totally humping this lady, but my camera finger is slow.

we then moved on to FANNY, which in england means "big fat vag" according to x.
the food was rather vag-ilicous.

while waiting for our table, batman joined us.
his mom had to move the batmobile.

he also declared that he had been spiderman earlier that day.
check out this little dude's pose, badass:

intense makeout session:

salt and pepper (ever heard of it?):

this morning we woke up to a dead crow on the adjacent roof. this is apropro to nothing. just kinda gross:

val kilmer was here.

2006-05-20T10:17:00.000-04:00

and he's a shitty graffiti artist.

and this dude's all like "hey girlie, take my picture." "yeah, whatever."
consider yourself blogged polish man.

el trabajo.

2006-05-19T17:18:00.000-04:00

this is the flatiron building.

i work on the 20th floor. this is the elevator. it's super slow.

soccer in central park.

2006-05-18T17:43:00.000-04:00

no game last night, so we met up in sheep's meadow to get our soccer on. it went from our team "soccer's for punishment" to a mini- world cup. we had japanese, hungarian, british, turkish, and undisclosed.

it was great:sheep's meadow before the soccer attack.bikes were strewn about.

people in yellow shirts were totally bringing it.

there were people in jeans.

there were attempts at slugging.

and our fearless leader yelled from the sideline.

this will not blow your mind.

2006-05-17T20:53:00.000-04:00

i am unoriginal, apparently.

from the work blog. i sound like a pretentious douche with a tendency for head malfunctions.

the list of dog names.

2006-05-16T18:30:00.000-04:00

in no particular order:

but as of today the winners are: lamar vannoy, jerome, antoine, and mordechai...and vladi divac
steal these names and i'll slice you.

graffiti.

2006-05-15T19:41:00.000-04:00

taken around the neighborhood:

fuckin ribbon.

the garden.

2006-05-14T11:16:00.000-04:00

the little fire escape garden is kicking some ass and making me so happy. i am growing the following:
onions*
carrots*
peppers
flowers
strawberries
parsley
rosemary
catnip*
lavender
mint
*from seeds

here's what the garden looks like: