It isn't often that I get much out of abstract art, but I found Look, See a little while ago and it blows me away every time I check in on it. These html drawings are so gorgeous in their simplicity. They're so expertly crafted to utilize and break out of the limitations of html tables. I seriously get really excited when I look at the site. I wish I could make these.
All my friends had to go to work, so I went to the Natural History Museum to check my bags and get out of the cold.
When I was little I called it the dinosaur museum.
At night I went to the anti-hootenanny at the Sidewalk Cafe. There were some hits and some misses - this guy took Bob Dylan's "Talkin World War III Blues" and changed the lyrics so it was about the internet.
I generally prefer doing everyday things with people I'm visiting - rather than doing touristy stuff. In Manhattan, the Trader Joe's gets so busy on Sundays that the line wraps around the inside of the store. I drew a diagram:
When I got to TJ's apartment in Brooklyn he showed me this video and I laughed so hard that I cried. I'm laughing right now just thinking about it.
Pete's Candy Store is a weird venue - they pretty much just let you use their back room.
Brett, Laurel, and Jennifer took me to see the Christmas crowds in Manhattan and did some shopping.
I used to think I'd never get over Nora Jane.
I played at Goodbye Blue Monday in Brooklyn. Jason and Melanie, Josh and Nick, and Nora and Jordan - old Richmond friends - came to see me. The last band handed out crayons and paper so we sat around drawing crazy things like a huge air freshener toppling over on a cottage in the dust bowl.
Actually I used to drop the "h" all the time in high school because I had to for Spanish class and I just left it out in rest of the world, too. If I were in Richmond, I'd scan one of my old high school IDs where my name is spelled without the "h" to prove it.
