Annette

My great-grandmother. Isn't she cute? Married Jack (my Anester Twin) on September 15, 1930.

Just saying

It's New YEAR'S Day not New YEARS Day. Ugghhhhh

I lulz New York!

Me in Grand Central with the photo my grandfather took of rhinos in Africa in 1971. I found it in his closet and asked if I could steal it. He said yes and I am so glad he did because it is now one of my favorite things. And it has so much lulz potential because it is such a very random object to have on one's person!

Happy new year to you all. I love you. My resolution is to stop worrying and love the bomb.

If you want to tell me your resolution I wouldn't be opposed to it.

Ancestor Win

Slides!

Last night my grandparents came over and we put a sheet over the television and they fired up their old projector! We watched three carousels of photos from their trips to Alaska, Africa, and the Colorado. They're coming again tonight with more photos.

It was so much fun to watch and it made me so sad to remember that these machines are basically extinct. You just can't match the color of those photos today.

Also lately I've been scanning my grandparents' old photos. I've learned a lot about my family and I will be able to post them soon. I've scanned over 200 images so far.

Merry Christmas

Aloha

I just watched the documentary, "Step Into Liquid" and I had a mini epiphany that I know I've had before and that isn't really entirely remarkable. But.

I've been existential crisis-ing a lot lately and I haven't been exactly sure why. I mean, it's a number of things, but the main one, or the overarching theme of the whole crisis, I know now, is a sense of directionless-ness. I watch this movie and no one in it seems to have that and it's because they've all got surfing. They have one thing that they want to do every day and that will make them happy no matter what. So that's what I want: passion as a guiding force.

I don't know if I've found it yet or I still have some more searching to do but I know that's the key to everything good in the world. And it's not too late, I'm sure. I'll find it.

NAUTICAL

One of the reasons I love coming to Florida is that we've got several wonderful nautical things in close proximity. My love of nautical things originated, I think, during my first viewing of The Life Aquatic, approximately two summers ago.

Since then I have personally acquired a captain's hat, a fake pipe, and a peacoat with anchor buttons that I like to think could belong to a captain. I value all of those things dearly, but the really good stuff is here in Florida, waiting most of the year for me to come back and appreciate them.

The Galileo Thermometer. It sits proudly in my room. Yes, I know it looks like a phallus, but, well, fuck you, it's awesome:



The magic conch. In a perfect world, I would be able to blow it and summon all the creatures of the sea to my aid. But, alas, we do not live in a perfect world. It's Caleb's actually, not mine.



This super awesome porthole-like clock hangs in my grandfather's workshop. I really really want it.



Something we've owned for a while that I only discovered recently is this ship in a bottle. By the way, ships are usually assembled outside the bottle then placed inside.



So those are all the nautical things currently in my life. Of course I would love some more, including a Breitling watch, a giant globe, a dive helmet, a giant telescope, a porthole, and an hourglass.

And I will get them all, eventually. Perhaps when I get my own ship and sail across the world. That will be the day.

Okay to be perfectly honest I think I look like Rahm Emanuel in this pic. Let me know what you think.

SLEDDING

There's me braving the TUNDRA in the vast wilderness of...the Mahopac Golf Course. It was really fun and I wish you were there.

By the way those are my grandfather's gloves and I love them dearly.