a very 'special' christmas

I know it's a bit early for Christmas but I found a photo this weekend while doing a bit of cleaning and I just had to share it with you.

Picture it: New Jersey, 1977. My mother picked me and my younger sister up from school on the last day before Christmas break. As a treat, she took us to the nearby bank so we could visit with Santa Claus. Actually, it was more like she had to do some banking and Santa was merely a temporary babysitter. Time spent on his lap kept us out of her hair and, more importantly, away from the counters where my sister and I were known to pull off successful snatch-and-grab jobs of entire stacks of deposit and withdrawal slips.

We were complete kleptos in this regard. We didn't give a hoot about the free lollipops offered. We were all about to the wealth of documents, pamphlets and forms (preferably with carbon sheets) at our disposal. They served as the perfect prop whenever we played bank at home. We were sticklers for realism and detail, you see.

But back to my original point... here's the photo from that day depicting me perched on Santa's lap holding onto the Christmas project I had made in school earlier that day...

Kindly look again and take notice of its shape. I was the only one in my class who ended up with a triangular wreath. I still don't remember what I did wrong. I'd like to say that I was being creative and going against the grain but that would be a lie. I was just a spaz. No wonder I almost failed geometry years later in high school. If this wasn't a cry for remedial help, I don't know what was.

if i had a photograph of you...

Two things...

1) Please check out Brooklyn Museum's Click! A Crowd-Curated Exhibition. My good friend Supah submitted a really compelling photograph. Here's more info about this really cool project:

Click! is an exhibition in three consecutive parts. It begins with an open call—artists are asked to electronically submit a work of photography that responds to the exhibition's theme, "Changing Faces of Brooklyn," along with an artist statement.

After the conclusion of the open call, an online forum opens for audience evaluation of all submissions; as in other juried exhibitions, all works will be anonymous. As part of the evaluation, each visitor answers a series of questions about his/her knowledge of art and perceived expertise.

Click! culminates in an exhibition at the Museum, where the artworks are installed according to their relative ranking from the juried process. Visitors will also be able to see how different groups within the crowd evaluated the same works of art. The results will be analyzed and discussed by experts in the fields of art, online communities, and crowd theory.

Please visit the Brooklyn Museum's site for more information.

2) A couple of my photos have been made it into the Schmap East Coast Guide:

:: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade:

:: Maryland Science Center:

Okay, I lied... three things...

3. My photos from last year's Dyke March are now featured on the NYC Dyke March website. There's a chance some of them might be published in Curve Magazine too. Not 100% sure about the latter but it's still nice to be considered. I'll brag, er, let you all know if they made the cut.

Thanks for listening.

reincarnation

I snapped this picture today during a bike ride in Prospect Park:

As I was reviewing the day's photos, something about the composition of the above seemed familiar to me. After inspecting it further, it occurred to me that the photo is a near carbon copy of a picture I took a few summers ago in Brighton Beach:

Striking similarities, no?

empathy

I took this photo in Prospect Park this afternoon.

More photos from my day in the park can be found here. I even shot a wee bit of shaky video at the Drummer's Grove if you're so inclined (and adequately doped up on Dramamine) to watch.

Sorry, no boob shots in this batch.

they feel the need, the need for speed[os]

A snippet from an email exchange between The Lovely Jess and me today...

Me: Here are the photos I took yesterday. I had to go rub one out after looking at these two hot pieces off ass.

Jess: AWESOME

Me: Admit it -- these two hotties have you all hot and bothered. Fess up now.

Jess: Totally. It's been me, the Magic Wand and that mental image for days.

For more images of these two babes and other hot bods, please visit my Brighton Beach Flickr set. Perhaps after viewing them, you too will be, um, inspired.

Never let it be said that I don't give you guys anything...

brighton beach memoirs

I went to Brighton Beach today. 'Twas a lovely outing despite the overcast sky and soaring temperatures. A quick dunk in the Atlantic cured the latter toute de suite, let me tell you.

Now I could give you an entire rundown of my afternoon by the sea but, well, I don't feel like it. Instead, I'll sum up the experience in just one word... Speedo. Behold!

Want more? Click here to further scorch your retinas, er, I mean, see more photos. Enjoy!