BE CAREFUL!

Our friend Sarah H. got hit by a car in Greenpoint yesterday. A guy did a left turn into her and knocked her down; he didn't even look. He was going to drive away but luckily there were two undercover narcotics officers on a stakeout nearby (?!) and they came to help. She is OK, but she is pissed off!

GAD! Now her halloween costume seems so IRONIC.

Greggy Hanukkah present

A sweater and a special pin to wear with it:



























I think he likes it!

Note: he is wearing them here.

Tom

Every year we get a Christmas card from our super, Tom, and we give him a few bucks. He is the self-proclaimed "Mayor of the Block."

I see him outside every morning. Every time he sees me walking to work instead of riding he says, "No bike today?" and cackles hysterically.

He is the strangest person; I can't even explain. It is impossible.

Nothing on the envelope, just "2 F 69" (we live in apartment 2 at 69 Sutton Street):



Nice card:



He has forgotten our names apparently:



But we know he loves us!

Found!

First-aid kit box. Awesome.





Soon Greg and I will have new desks in our new office. I think I can use this for my desk stuff: pens and pencils, post-its, whiteout, etc.—it is nice and big.

Gotta scrub it first.

Early Hanukkah celebration

First game of dreidel (for both of 'em):




Learning how to spin:





Cleaning us all out!! And giggling maniacally:



































Darn beginner's luck.

Oh well. We ate the walnuts after he went to bed.

One little squirrel gets its breakfast

Pictures by Sarah H. Way to go Sarah!

I just bought this book for my niece and nephews...

...and I am pretty darn happy about it.

















I wish it would snow. (I also want a snowsuit like that.)

UPDATE:
I got what I asked for in Montreal on the weekend. (The snow, not the snowsuit.)

Across the street

Last week:



Aw. I hope they found their cats.

Now:



*snort*

BREAKING NEWS!

Thanks to Ron Nurwisah, web editor at the National Post in Toronto, I have become aware of a case of urgent need in our community this holiday season.

Also: cutest baby skorl you ever did see.

Goldarnit!

Apparently there was a cardinal and squirrel party on our fire escape right after I left for work.
:(

Well, I found a few things on the way home

This bowl!





These herb-grower/seed things:



This, err, volumizing tonic:



































And, this lil goat:



It was all just sitting there in the bowl on the sidewalk by my bike! I had to take it.

The jury is out...

...on this mirror.



Yes, it has koalas silkscreened on it.

I found it down the street a couple months ago on trash day.

(Hmmm. Kinda wish I had moved the Sriracha before taking the pic.)

I am a dork

This little fellow is named Crazylegs.



He belonged to my mom and her siblings when they were little. Now he lives at my grandma's.

Here he is...um...going for a walk.



Doot de doot de do.

Hee hee heeeeee!

Look at this

My nephew Joshua just turned 5. When you take his picture he assumes a special stance:



Here he is with his sister, Sabrina. My cousin Catherine (above) took the pic.



































I think he is being a fairytale prince. (See Sabrina? That is Rebecca, age 3.)

Things to remember

Glamor. No, glamour. Confusing for a former Canadian.

Check it out

This is a very interesting old (1998) book about tree planting in Canada.



A representative spread:



Wait—something looks...familiar. Greg? Gregory...Reynolds? Is that you?



































Here he is again, in the "cook shack" (facing the camera, in the background with his foot out):

What are these cardinals doing?

They are both standing with their wings hanging—but why?

Weekend tattoo

Greg and Rebecca meeting in the "soul" tunnel. Dang.

I bought a red ribbon

Now the bowtie is complete!

Do you like to laugh?

Um, you have to like comics too. Really bad, old ones.

Garfield Minus Garfield
The Comics Curmudgeon
This Week in Milford
Mary Worth and Me
The Secret Life of Mark Trail

Strange.

When we moved into our apartment, our super gave us our keys on this keychain.

Mr. Gregory Marvin Reynolds

His new website—where you may view these and other masterworks:



iPod.



Untitled 27–faithless lovebirb. 

Dynavent Gas Furnace friend!

Across the street from our house.

A very odd bag

As we walked home from the L train last night, Sarah H. and I stumbled across a large, abandoned paper bag on the sidewalk, filled with an assortment of items:

Two silk-covered cushions in a plastic shopping bag

A cream-colored silk-and-cashmere women's cardigan, size large (lightly worn)

A brand-new black-and-white print dress from Ann Taylor, with the tags still on it (apparently it was going for $79)



































Three packages of large Dixie cups

A pair of brown-and-blue women's Pumas (size 40), brand new in the box.


















We left the cushions but took the other stuff. Sarah has a new dress, I have a new sweater (it's a bit big, but still...), and one of us (as yet undetermined) has a new pair of sneakers. And I guess the Dixie cups are mine since I did bring them home with me...

Andrew's diamond

He found this incredible plexiglass (I think?) diamond in the garbage and customized it with a Sweet Icicle Light I got for a couple bucks at the staff sale at work. Pretty rad!

Bike decoration

Greggy has some special ornaments on his bike.



Hee hee...!

Speaking of our desk...

...check out this amazing chair. Found it down the street, gave it a coat of white paint. (I am sitting on it right now!)



































It really is a very nice old wooden desk chair—probably oak, in perfect condition: springs, casters, carved wood.

Prints by Greg

He is off work this week and has been spending a lot of time at the studio.

Happy Thanksgiving holy crap our desk fell off the wall!

The weight bent the screws and the two-by-four came out of the wall. (In the pics below it is propped up by a piece of wood.)

Our living room is a disaster, compounded by the fact that we drank two bottles of wine in it last night in the middle of the mess.



We probably had 300 pounds on the back of the desk: very heavy black oak shelves (found on the street) (you can see them below in the doorway at the back of the pic) filled with art books; two computers, a scanner printer, files galore, art supplies... I am not really surprised it finally gave out. Yep and now that stuff is strewn all over the room.





Greg heroically saved my new computer.

I have been busy

Check out this tower of power:



































Now you must admire them individually.































































I need about 40 more squares. It is going to be a very nice blanket.