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perhaps the first of who knows how many- (1/?) surf vids been watching a lot of surf videos. just rented a garage studio at the beach with my homie and we've surfing and bumming around the beach and bay a ton over the last month and a half. personally i think surf lags behind the skate scene when it comes to making important videos. videos which convey more than just the sport itself. but i've…
monday, 20260330 to sunday, 20260405 ridgewood, ny fifth weeknotes. being written late (20260410) but as always better late than never this week was a bit of a blur in my mind. writing this toward the end of my third week at new job. and thinking about the second week feels like a lifetime away. I remember just feeling very anxious and uncertain. Like doing my best but not being sure if its enough…
monday, 20260323 to sunday, 20260329 ridgewood, ny fourth weeknotes we keep on going. really didn't want to sit down and write this before leaving for work but i'm going to give it minimum effort and see what spins out. a lot of working this week. first week on this new job. feeling out what it means to work at a startup. it is exciting and pretty fun. trying to hold the anxiety of not…
is after you've finished one job and are waiting to start another. nothing matters in this period. anything could happen. the structure enforced upon your life by your work has been lifted and now structureless you can do anything. mine was pretty normal. it was only 2 days long. over a weekend. last day at one job on friday, the next starting on monday. but it still felt weird. and i spent the…
monday, 20260316 to sunday, 20260322 ridgewood, ny third weeknotes !! number 3. this time monday morning. i want to keep it a bit higher level and shorter. ultimately it does not matter what i did day to day. and i don't like clinging to keeping that record or straining to remember the actuality of what hapened. this was my last week at my old job with the coffee company. it was a nice 9 easy…
monday, 20260309 to sunday, 20260315 ridgewood, ny second weeknotes. and i'm writing them on the following wednesday the 18th instead of sunday like i was intending. but that is ok. always late is better than never. in general another rollercoaster of a week. and a lot more emotions. spring has broken and me with it. i wrote some posts and it felt very good. some were enjoyable and short…
so i saw myself on my phone screen. i was filming myself skate. and i felt that jolt that i've felt many times. from seeing myself and feeling disconnected from that person. from feeling different in my body compared to what i see. and i thought that it was a hotness thing. like a self esteem thing. i remember in high school seeing my profile and feeling ugly for what i perceived as a weak jaw.…
most of my life I've felt this cloud following me around. an unknowable cloud full of the stuff i've forgotten. urgent or otherwise. could be an appointment, or an idea i had this morning, or brushing my teeth, or picking up onions on my way home from work, or doing my taxes, or my friend's birthday. and it brings me a lot of frustration. there's important things in there that i do not want to…
what goes down your drain? we all draw a line for ourselves. i do not have a whirling blender in my drain allowing for intrusive thoughts of mangled fingertips. so i try not to draw a careful line. primarily a factor of squishiness and tangle potential for me. down the drain cooked beans about 5% of the coffee grounds which are left after dumping my french press all liquids a rogue cooked noodle…
there are objects in your life. sometimes they give friction. sometimes your small voice speaks up. you know what they need. so change them. rip off the bandaid of sanctity which a product brings home from the factory and change it! it now becomes exactly yours. the only way that anything becomes ours. via its changes when it meets us. mostly these are small changes. sometimes these actions are…
monday, march 9th 2026 i watched this video over my coffee: The Greatest Debate in Design History | The NYC Subway Map and it has me reflecting on the old map that was recently replaced. the hertz map. it had such a big influence on my conception of the city. especially as someone who splits between cycling and the subway. the subway map had enough detail and context to be a useful mental image of…