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Bedouin Soundclash @ Knitting Factory Sunday, February 24th

I just confirmed with management at The Knitting Factory here in NYC that I’ll have a photo pass to shoot Bedouin Soundclash on Sunday. This is incredibly exciting for me not only because BS is one of my favorite bands, but because this is my first time with a photo pass!

You can be sure there will be photos on here!

Finally got my Internet

After 10 days of living here, I finally got my Internet from Time Warner hooked up. When I booked my appointment with them, I was surprised that the soonest I could get someone out would be in 10 days! I guess that’s what happens when you live in a city of 8 million people… First thing I did was go to speedtest.net and check my upload and download speeds. Here are the results:

Fast enough for me!

Caught in the Rain

Woke up late, helped Nathaniel (my mom’s boyfriend) move for most of the afternoon… Then we went to a late dinner at First Wok on 3rd Ave, which was nice. They wanted to hang around and have old-people talk so I decided to walk home by myself. It was kinda drizzling but I didn’t mind. It’s a nice refreshment after the last couple warm days. By the time I got to about 94th and Park Ave, it was pouring. Thank goodness I live right there!

Here are some pictures I took today. This is the view from Nathaniel’s terrace. I apologize for the quality, they’re from my cellphone. In the next couple days I’ll post the shots I took with my D80…

A Man Named Dolphin

I was walking west on Washington Place in Greenwich Village, when I saw a very interesting looking man sitting on a railing. As I walked past him, I noticed that he had very long dreadlocks, as well as a very long beard. I thought to myself “Man, he sure would make one interesting subject for a photo!”. I stopped on the corner and thought to myself how I could get a photo of him. I thought and I thought, then finally I mustered up the courage to walk up to him and ask him. This is how the conversation went:

Me: Hey, can I take your photo?
Him: Who are you working for?
Me: Nobody, I’m a student. I need a photo for class.
Him: What school? NYU?
Me: Um… Yeah, NYU.
Him: I need ten dollars if you take my photo, I work Secret Service for the Whitehouse!
Me: Okay… Let me go get some change, I only have bigger bills…

At that point I run up the street to a little store and buy a water, and get a couple fives back. So I came back and started snapping away. He gazed around while humming, and didn’t seem to be bothered at all. I shut off my camera and thanked him. He quickly urged me to turn my camera back on so I could take some photos of his hair. He lifted it in the air, and started singing what sounded like “I want to know…” in an Indian sort of way. After I finished taking photos, I thanked him again and told him his hair was beautiful. I asked him what his name was, and told me “Dolphin, like the animal”. What an interesting name for an interesting person. I asked him what country he was from, and he told me he was from Peru, where he was a soccer player. Now he is Secret Service for the Whitehouse. Here are the photos I took:

My Subway Fiasco

Earlier this evening I took the subway over to my sister’s apartment in Woodside to help her move some stuff to her new place. I figured this would be a no-brainer, right? According to hopstop.com, I take the 6 down to Grand Central, then take the 7 up to 52^nd St. No problemo! Well, I had no idea that there were local trains and express trains (remember, I’m a NYC noob!). I apparently hopped on an express train, which brought me way the heck up to Flushing! I cannot describe in words the confusion that took place when I tried to describe to my sister where I was. So I went back underground and caught the local train back to 52^nd.

I’m sure I’ll get the subway thing sooner or later…