This isn't the only example of New York being an expensive city, but it's a pretty good one.
Leanne and I got crafty today and made this cover for our ugly bare overhead light.

Nathan Noodles.

Ha ha, hoooo, oh man, a wash for your vegetables? First off, have you ever heard of water? Second, seven bucks? Fuck you!

We didn't buy this one, too big.

I have an interview on Tuesday that I'm very excited about although I don't think it will be full-time to start off with. I did a job for the Guild yesterday and tore my hands up pretty bad, but it was good money. Leanne now has a work space so we're moving her in tomorrow which will be rad for her. It's a huge space and she's going to get some great work done there. Also, it looks like she'll be in Portland soon to see you guys, I'm jealous. I went to a really cool masterclass yesterday where a Pulitzer Prize winning composer commented on student's work at MSM. It made me think more seriously about getting a masters in composition. It's of course tempting right now as I'm not working and the economy is bad, but I don't think I'm ready for it, if I ever will be. Academia has its pros, but also its cons. Thinking off all my friends in Portland, let's talk on the phone once in a while eh?

Candy Land

Leanne and the organizers of the epilepsy benefit.
Paul Shaffer from Letterman.

Candy stairs!

Purple Chocolate Fountain!!

Free candy and cupcakes!!!

This week we attended Purple Day, which benefits epilepsy. Leanne was one of the guests of honor and I went along for the free food (of course). Afterwards we all had to attend the diabetes benefit (Leanne's joke).

Week Eight

We walked across the Brooklyn Bridge again yesterday and ended up in historic Tribeca. I really like the building in the background. We visited the Sasha Wolf Gallery and I stood in the same spot that Frederic Douglas arrived in New York on more than 150 years ago.
These are for the children of white trash, Leanne and I agreed.

And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free, and I do do do da dee dum, hmmm hmm oh ...and I proudly stand up next to you...something something else. God Bless the U! S! A! FUCK YEAH!!!

This is near the library and the park. I walk by it a lot and wanted to share it with you. Neat eh? Commemorates the end of the civil war and the victorious north.

I have a second interview for a position as an executive assistant tomorrow, so wish me luck. I just saw on Yahoo that more than 700 people applied for a custodial arts position in, I want to say, Iowa. Yikes. I'm really looking forward to working again. I'm also working on a website that will have my music, art, comics and everything all in one place, including my new, yet to be announced comic project. So, stay tuned.

We were waiting for our train, it was very late, and got excited when we heard it coming, but it was the garbage train!

Leanne hid these babies in the box of cereal and surprised me.
Monkey was being very cute the other night and let us take a million pictures of her.

We found the real Brooklyn Library and it's full of good books! I was so excited! Lots of music to read! Exclamation point!

The first Tapatio sighting since moving here. She's in love.
We're going to eat this exclusively from now on.
I think you can use this to talk to people in the future.
The baddest Keytar player in NYC! He had these kids dancing like mad all around him. They were chanting "Big Mac, big mac, big mac".
1-877-bunion-1...call today

Video of Leanne's show

A surprise visit at 1:26

Friday we woke up early and rushed to the tents at Bryant Park to watch the Project Runway season 6 finale. Leanne forget the invitation and was worried we might not get in, and I was like "you won this fucking thing last time, shit" and of course they ushered us to the front where we ran into Jerell and Koto and even our friend Alex. Tom and Lorenzo of Rungay fame were present as were most the cast of last season and earlier seasons as well. It was great to see everybody! Kenley looked very pretty and I talked to her and her fiance for a bit. The funniest thing was running into my friend Courtney from Portland who was working the event.

The show itself only consisted of the three finalists and the first two were not so inspiring in my opinion. The last, however, was phenomenal. Very science fiction, very tough. Hands down the new winner of PR. Afterwards we all went out to brunch at the Roosevelt Hotel as guests of the very lovely Laura of Blogging Project Runway notoriety. Then Leanne and I headed over to the space to clean with Ana, who was amazing throughout this whole process. It's such a rare thing to meet somebody so helpful and accommodating in a new city right away. Leanne had an interview in the newly cleaned space and then we went home and slept for a long time, woke up and ate Indian food, and then slept again.

Yesterday we cleaned the apartment and then headed out to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. Our plan was to catch the exhibit at Barbara Gladstone gallery, but we missed it in the end. The day was clear and not too cold and it was a first for both of us to walk into Manhattan. We poked around a little in Soho and then popped into a diner to get a beer. As we're waiting for it to come, who should appear but my friend Courtney again, who was working there! What are the odds of that? She is rad and we are going to an Oscar party with her tonight.

We were walking around some more, waiting to connect with Jerell, when on a dark street near NYU a man walking in front of us suddenly started smashing car windows with bricks he had in a bag. We ran away. We were scared.

Last night we kicked it with Jerell who is crazy funny, he had us in near tears. We danced at a club for a minute and got home at 3am which is a first for us in our new city. I was proud.

the big day

Oh my, where to start. So last night was the big show and it went really, really well. The initial press is great and Leanne is very happy and will, I'm sure, want to bloggy about it so I won't steal her thunder. I can only tell you about the events as I saw them through my own two eyes, red and puffy from lack of sleep. The whole day was spent getting last minute details in order; finding last minute model replacements, ordering wine, buying table clothes, cups, an upright steamer, picking up the vinyls signs, etc. John V. met me and helped with everything. We set up the sound and the pedestals and Nathan W. ran the whole makeup/hair department very well. In no time at all it was 6:30 and we had a half-hour to wrap everything up, which didn't quite happen. I went outside to see how the crowd was coming along and there were maybe fifty people waiting patiently to get inside. It was very cold last night and I hated not opening right at seven, but I wasn't really designated as "the man in charge" although I started taking on those responsibilities as time drew nearer to opening. I would have been fine kicking asses too, you guys know my dadittude loves to surface whenever possible. So most people were great, but one girl, who I won't name, was not. She was very rude and condescending and was pissed off even before 7:00 came around that she wasn't inside, but I was pretty nice to her and told her it was out of my hands.

We opened at maybe 15 after and people seemed immediately impressed with her clothing. My music was playing in the background and I heard some nice comments about that as well. Twice it was accidentally turned off by people rummaging for their bags and knocking the hidden receiver behind the curtain. My fault for putting it there.

It's so nice to have it done with and it was also very fun to experience. Next time will be so very, very different. This was all very hurried and we're both excited to spend months instead of weeks on the next project. I'm especially excited for Leanne, as to date she's not presented anything that she's not been rushed to complete. She will blow people's socks off, I know it!