Ouxu, Cye (both visiting from Holland) and Boom have never been around for a proper bk photobooth session. Today, all three visited me at the studio where I had everything set and ready to go. No way was i going to miss this opportunity.
Just a few photos from a couple bars and Jennifer's temparary apartment in Manhattan.
People in this set: Mari Sheibly, Sonya Fridman, Justin Goode, Marcia Howard, Jennifer Jenkins, Shavaughn (I met her tonight and found out she went school with my freshman year roommate, Mahlon Harmon, in Oakland. Christian Grand-Fields, Ouxu Cheng Me.
Most of you know what the inside of our office looks so today I decided to take my camera outside and shoot some things to and from lunch.
Miho was one of the first portraits i posted on this blog. For some reason i get about 100 spam comments a day on that post, it's hard to battle. She is in the states for a friend's wedding in LA. She says they married (and already had a baby) because of me. Ha! not so sure that is the case, but it is cool anyway. He met his wife the night she gathered a bunch of friends and all went out for karaoke for my visit.
thanks for stopping by the office, miho.
Our big sister made her way up from Maryland to bklyn for the Labor day weekend. I was quite happy that she was cool with just chillin on the stoop for hours on end.
Caitlin Barrett
Aaron Blazey
Brandon King
I figured we deserve a slightly different tone in our photos:
Knee injury update:Still don't know what is wrong. MRI in a few weeks, orthopeadic surgen shortly after. Limping, crutches, and taxi rides till further notice.
This is not a proper introduction of our new office mate, Caitlin. Something better will follow.
me. me. me.
i need to see some friends so i can put up photos of them.
I tried to tell myself it was still possible - "b, you can just get a emergency exit seat take lots of drugs and when you get to AU just chill out in the outback while the crew runs around with the koala bears". But the fact that i still can't put pressure after the weekend and just two days before the flight makes that just a ridiculous idea. I'm sure i would only do more damage to my knee. sigh, i'm salty. I promised Q i would come see her when she left 6 months ago.
Maybe we can catch up by going to Portland together in the fall?
Now lets hope the $90 i spent on trip insurance pays off since there is absolutly no refunds or exchanges for my ticket.
Mari happened upon a nice little portrait project titled The Balcony Project. It may be the best way to save money and hang with friends ever. People come over to her place with a bottle of wine/liquour and they sit and talk, one on one, while she takes a few snaps of them. She gets to stay home catch up with old friends, get to know new ones a bit better all while drinking for free. This is my portrait from friday night:
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About Mari's influence:
Mari inspired us to not forget that we are moving to NYC. See, Blazey and I made plans to move to new york after a year of being roommates in columbus (2004) but within the first 6 months things got comfortable and we were less focused on getting out. Well, Mari comes along and starts talking about New York this and New York That. Just about the same time I head to the city with Fitch for a video project and immediately remember that Blazey and I have no choice, we have to go. Seeing mari pick up and go made it easier for us to realize we can do it as well.
Once mari was here she became the most valubal reasourse we had. We chatted on line all the time. Blazey and I's first visit to nyc together was a random last minute friday afternoon decision to drive up with a friend from cleveland (photo gallery of the trip). That was the trip that got us both back on board and 3 months later we packed up and headed east. The rest is history documented on flickr.
More random things about mari and moving to nyc
Photo gallery of our first trip to nyc to visit mari (i used to be far less discerning of photos i put online)
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from 3rd Ave in Columbus
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To 344 Greene Ave in Brooklyn. Mari and Q helping us out.
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Nearly fell off my Vespa this morning. I was getting in the left hand lane when i hit one of those painted white lines in the road. The road was a bit and those paint lines are extremely slippery which led me to lose control of my bike. I prevented hitting the ground extending my leg to the pavement (bad idea). At the time i felt like it was broken. I sat on the side of the road in the largest amount of pain i've had in a long while. After about 5 minutes then i got the idea to call someone. Blazey or 911? 911 or Blazey? Blazey would freak out so i called 911 instead. I spoke with someone for about 8 seconds and just told them never mind and hung up. I think it was because i could move my leg and feet so i figured it wasn't broken therefor not emergency enough for 911.
Some fellas finally asked if i needed anything but i told them i was good and proceeded to get back on my bike and head down flushing to the office. I wasn't sure if i was going to the hospital or to work still. A few blocks down i realized i had to go to the emergency room ASAP and i would need my insurance card, which i didn't have. Now i pull over and call Blazey tell him to find out our insurane and meet me in front of the office in 5 mins.
Blazey meets me for the hand off of the bike and insurance info and i head to the hospital. I find out nothing is broken just maybe a tear or something.
I'm just hoping i'm good by wednesday.
ps: mom, they didn't give me powerful pills so don't worry. but i do have a bunch left over from my back so maybe you should...
Here is another auto stitched panorama of the view from our office window. Vouyers anyone? (you'll have to go inside the post to veiw it. i'ts kinda tall)
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I picked up a couple pairs of kicks in Chicago this weekend. These here are yet another pair of chucks i shot while riding to work. I was going for this pair of all silver hi-tops at a place in Hyde Park called Akira but I was a bit too late and they were completely out of my size. ps. i need some serious programing help with my blog. i have a new idea brewing but i can't seem to make it work.
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The Exchange 009 | No Sleep Til Brooklyn. New mix up on Muxtape & also available for download at Zshare.
Panama | Brooklyn Zoo - Ol Dirty Bastard Cye | Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers - Chubb Rock, OC, Jeru The Damaja OJ | Jockin' Jay-Z (Dope Boy Fresh) - Jay-Z Eyejammy | We Live In Brooklyn, Baby - Roy Ayers Ouxu | BK Anthem - Foxy Brown Jen | Brooklyn Sky - Digable Planets BK | Brooklyn - Mos Def Sam | Murda, Murda - Jay-Z feat. Memphis Bleek & Geda K Liz | Hello Brooklyn - Jay-Z feat. Lil Wayne George | The Boogie Man Song - Mos Def Marcia | The Stoop - Little Jackie
My third choice (yeah, eyejammy beat me to the Roy Ayers track) would have been this classic big and pac live track:
[audio:http://wordbk.com/audio/wherebrooklynat.mp3]
post script: If you move to harlem jen, i'm deleting this and banning you from any further stoop sessions unless, of course, you provide gallons of boom juice
I visited long time friend Silvia this weekend in Chicago. She and I met while in design school at Ohio State.
She was wrapping a gift when I arrived. I thought It was a flash light till further inspection.
On my way to work this morning I thought about a few places I want/need to visit before the year is up and i came up with this little map:
1. Maine I've only had lobster a hand full of times in my life. It started two years ago with surf and turf in up state new york and since then i've been on a mission to eat the best possible lobster i can. I feel like maine is the only place i can make this happen.
2. Portland It seems like portland is getting cooler and cooler by the day. So many people i know have been or are going or have said amazing things about the city. I'm curious. The only problem is I don't know anyone there. I should find befriend some folks on flickr. If anyone wants to go, holler at me.
3. Houston, TX Little Cuz and best from back in the day live here. I need to see them asap (by asap i mean as soon as it isn't hot)
4. The OC My boy spence is moving out there this week and I think a trip to cali with blazey could be fun.
Thats all for this year I think.
That is a long time. Q. Why do we call Snipper Snipper?
I don't know. That is just what we've always called him.
Answer via Ma:
I don't know why he has the nick-name Snipper but that is what his father called him. I thought Snipper was a good affectionate name for you kids to call him since you and Ebony already called someone daddy.
Jen | Hip-Hop - Dead Prez Panama | Kryptonite (I'm On It) - Purple Ribbon All-Stars BK | Lifted - John Legend feat. J. Ivy Sam | Heard It All Before - Sunshine Anderson George | Don't See Us - The Roots Liz | Orange County Girl - Gwen Stefani Eyejammy | Everyday (Rudebwoy) - Kardinal Offishall feat. Ray Robinson Marcia | I'll Bet You - Jackson 5 OJ | How to Survive in South Central - Ice Cube Cye | Geen Verschil - U-Niq feat. Feis & Yootha Ouxu | Insomnia - Pete Philly & Perquisite
Last week's mix was all about biggie which got me thinking how it's interesting how Big is essentially a local artist where i live now. Which led to wondering who came from the backyards and hoods of my fellow exchange mixtape contributers?
Jen: Florida Panama: Atlanta Me: Springfield, Ohio Sam: North Carolina (i had to look that up on wiki) George 2.0: Philly Liz: Cali Eyejammy: ( ? I was expecting to get hip to some dope toronto/fillipino cat, ha) Marcia: Gary, Indiana OJ: I'm going going back back to cali cali Cye: Netherlands (right?) Ouxu: Haarlem, Netherlands
My next choice was Roger Troutman aka the origial T-Pain. (he used the talk box, the thing that snoop is singing through in his Sexual Eruption video)
Angel is the owner of the corner store right below my apartmnet
He's been growing out his beard for a few months now. I asked him about it last night and he mentioned he was cutting it off today. I ran upstairs grabbed my camera and took a few shots.
Taken about a year before
Marcia | Player's Anthem - Junior Mafia feat. The Notorious B.I.G. Panama | Dead Wrong - The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Eminem Cye | Warning - The Notorious B.I.G. Liz | B Side - Da Brat feat. The Notorious B.I.G. Ouxu | Big Poppa - The Notorious B.I.G. OJ | Unbelievable - The Notorious B.I.G. Jen | It's All About the Benjamins - Puff Daddy feat. The Notorious B.I.G., Lil' Kim & The Lox Sam | Who's On the Microphone - Gang Starr feat. The Notorious B.I.G. Me | Lean Back (Remix) - The Notorious B.I.G. Eyejammy | The What - The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Method Man Kate | Juicy - The Notorious B.I.G.
Ok, I'm excited about this mix cause it's all about bedstuy brooklyn. (okay, maybe not all about my hood but it's biggie and biggie is from 'round the way so...) I picked the remix to Lean Back for a couple reasons:
1. I figured someone would have taken one of these tracks: I Got a Story to Tell, Suicidle Thoughts, and Big Poppa the JD remix which is my all time favorite Big track. I want to post them all for you to listen but I'm at the airport and the connecgtion is hella slow.
2. I love the part "WHERE BROOKLYN AT? WHERE BROOKLYN AT?"
3. I didn't think may folks have heard this mix. I could be wrong but...
4. I think that is all. Enjoy.
