Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea.
There are seven sister boats of Switchback Sea.
Althea is the steam boat built by Kinetic Steam Works from the Bay Area. A crew of KSW people came out and will be with us throughout the journey. I can't wait to learn about steam!!
Maria is next to Althea in the photo below. She is operated with a GASIFIER, and is supposed to run on stuff like coffee grinds and eggshells. Right now it still is powered by gasoline but that will be fixed soon! This is the boat that will host the majority of the performance, written by Lisa D'Amour. Alas I do not have a solo part but I will be singing my heart out in the group songs!
This is Alice. She is unbearably beautiful. I will grace you with photo's of her insides soon! I'm tempted to travel on this boat but am weary because of the lack of shade. I have a feeling though, that I will get to crew all the boats...
Speaking of crew - that's me. Deck hand. Today is filled with knot learning and water safety training and other important stuff. We even had a lecture on the history of the Hudson River. And amazingly - it is - mostly - safe to swim in these days!! (except after a rain storm or near sewage treatment plants of course)
Althea is the steam boat built by Kinetic Steam Works from the Bay Area. A crew of KSW people came out and will be with us throughout the journey. I can't wait to learn about steam!!
Maria is next to Althea in the photo below. She is operated with a GASIFIER, and is supposed to run on stuff like coffee grinds and eggshells. Right now it still is powered by gasoline but that will be fixed soon! This is the boat that will host the majority of the performance, written by Lisa D'Amour. Alas I do not have a solo part but I will be singing my heart out in the group songs!
This is Alice. She is unbearably beautiful. I will grace you with photo's of her insides soon! I'm tempted to travel on this boat but am weary because of the lack of shade. I have a feeling though, that I will get to crew all the boats...
Speaking of crew - that's me. Deck hand. Today is filled with knot learning and water safety training and other important stuff. We even had a lecture on the history of the Hudson River. And amazingly - it is - mostly - safe to swim in these days!! (except after a rain storm or near sewage treatment plants of course)
Amira's new bag!
Whipped this sucker up for Miss Amira right before I left for Troy. It is now home to Ruffy (as in Ruf Ruf dog bark), as you can see.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Best way to get to school!
Nestled in Bed-Stuy is my Fook Hing favorite chinese take out sign ever.
I wasn't planning on selling any of these right away but...
Shawn saw this one and really really really wanted it and who can really say no to Shawn? So now it's his wallet.New York, New York!
One of my housemates rode his motorcycle from LA to NY where we hung out together and ate free pizza with every drink at a bar in Brooklyn. Now he's on his way motorcycling back to LA! and I'm running off to the Hudson River... with a sprained wrist... I fell last night and smashed my hand.. it is stiff and sore and painful and I'm hoping that it gets better within the next couple days... Arnica all the way baby.
Friday, August 01, 2008
found this photo in my friends flickr..
It's a scan of a spoke card I made for C.R.A.N.K. Mob a few months ago. The spoke card is made from printed and hand painted paper and laminated in .5mm with an iron.
sc_crank_mob.jpg
Originally uploaded by ingipet
Thanks for the scan, Ingipet and Barleye!
sc_crank_mob.jpg
Originally uploaded by ingipet
Thanks for the scan, Ingipet and Barleye!
