8-9-2010

This creature has been homesteading on the window of the back door of my job for the past few weeks. Every day, I've been watching its web grow (and it think it's getting bigger too). It's been fun seeing all the gross things it catches on my way in and out of work. I think it deserves a name soon. I'm honestly very anxious that someone will "clean" its home away which would be a terrible tragedy.

8-8-2010

First we foraged for berries. I mean, lots and lots of berries. A grande sized cup of berries. Apparently, these are what your father smelt of according to the French.

Then it was more twins. So many twins that they needed a cherry picker to see them all. And more carnival food. Then a power lunch with friends.

P.s. David (pictured above) had a twin named Walter in a matching outfit, but I couldn't get a picture of them together because David was far too busy running around photographing everyone while Walter was sleeping.

8-7-2010

We woke up early to bike to the Twinsdays parade. The suburb I live in is internationally know for its weekend-long celebration of dividing zygotes. We've been going every year since we moved here to witness the pageantry, akward constumes, questionable racial sensitivity, and spectacle. Sometimes it seems a little creepy, but we always have a lot of fun and enjoy the carnival food. I experienced extreme camera lust. Then I got fancy to get dirty with my out of town friends. Anyone want to go to this?

Then I fixed Nicole's first flat tire so we could ride to fireworks. Followed by drinks and sleepover party with my friends, but I didn't take any pictures.

8-6-2010

...because unmarked cop cars and kevlar vests are necessary for ticketing yuppies in front of a restaurant when there are drug deals and robberies going on down the street.

8-5-2010

Continuing the theme of nail polish, Nicole and I went wandering around a mall today and found a store with an array of tester bottles. I almost wish she had more fingers.

8-4-2010

I got to escape my closet-office and work in the studio today with my co-workers Billy and Mark. It takes lots of people to make a nail polish commercial. Look it's a model. Needless to say, I remained classy and professional at all times around the cute girl.

After work, we went running and found a broken butterfly and took it home with us.

8-3-2010

Immediately post run mugshots.

8-2-2010

He has risen. He has risen indeed.*


*See 7-23-2010.

8-1-2010

Sundays mean brunch (preferably in the shade on a patio).

7-31-2010

I started the day with this and it just kept getting better from there. I hung out under a bridge with my friend Steve and the homie above. Then Victor tattooed Steve and Joel put stickers on my brother-in-law. Look how happy they both were. It was smiles all around. Really, my niece Lily was getting tattooed by Joel.

7-30-2010

I saw a Transformer coming home from work. Then it was off to the wonderland of Erie, PA to see friends like Joel and the skateboard show closing party.

7-29-2010

It's really kind of gross how frequently I eat at Melt, but tonight wasn't my fault I swear. We were down the street and Nicole really wanted to get takeout...like I would ever say no to that. As soon as we walked in, I quickly remembered that we had accidentally walked into their Project Runway viewing party and the place was even more crazy than normal. There were tons of complimentary mini cupcakes, skeezy dudes trying to holler at wannabe fashionistas, and lots of people watching the premiere of Valerie Mayen on Project Runway. We went to the same college and she graduated a year before I did. I guess she was at the restaurant but I didn't even try to track her down since I doubt she would have remembered me and I would have felt like a creeper. The mini cupcakes were definitely more interesting to Nicole than the show was.

This is a pretty accurate double exposure of what bedtime looks like.

7-28-2010

I'm pretty sure they're building a pagan temple in the parking lot behind my office.

7-27-2010

Nicole and I eat like children left home alone with no baby sitter...except we own the house. Speaking of the house, we finished the cabinet that Nicole was spraypainting this weekend and put it in the fancy room. I quickly filled it with shrines to my cameras (and by it, I mean both the cabinet specifially and the fancy room in general).