this is sort of brett’s post… but i had the camera.  maybe you’ll get two versions of the same event… if he would ever update his blog.

the paddywagon has been repainted!  Here you can see the primer job (and brett’s nice christmas lights).  The new colors (with a nearly-nude).  as well as the inspiration for the coloring of the bike.

any suggestions for new names?

as lunch rolled around i felt the slight twinge of a caffeine headache.   This combined with the frigid climate of the office and the sleepiness of having nothing to do, i decided to purchase some coffee.

But, where to go?  my last wawa cup was burnt and bitter.  The deli has Buck’s County, but who knows how long it has been there.  I finally decided on mugshots… the organic/hippy/hipster/trendy/possibly evil  coffee shop down the street.

I ordered a coffee and a bagel with hummus.  I had no idea real people ate bagels with hummus, i thought it was just me.  Reluctantly i choose a salt bagel (other choices were onion, blueberry, and cinamon raisin… all of which i thought would be a poor combination with hummus).  It was a delicious decision.  While slightly too salty at times, the warm toasted bagel matched the garlicy hummus quite nicely.

i must say,  mugshots has won my affection with a hummus bagel.  (The coffee was good too).

i ate my sandwich on a stoop watching a man do a very nice paint job on the sills and sashes of new double hung windows.  They were being painted a shocking blue, that worked well with the weathered brick of the building.

i applaud the color selection.

i then traveled back to the boring, meat-locker-temperature building that is the blue design office.  But if that lunch wasn’t nice, what is?

Since i’m working so much at the pool, i started to read more.  I just finished the complete short stories of ernest hemingway, which i started two terms ago for my literature class.  He’s a great writer, but he often depresses me.  Nothing like removing oneself from a book induced fog, to watch people swim laps.

his style is especially effective when he describes the spanish civil war.  there is something creepy and appropriate about his simple sentences and omitted thoughts/words/phrases.  I also often wonder if his character nick, is really him.  or at least very similar to him.

i’m also, almost done brett’s the short stories book by kurt vonnegut.  these are really excellent too.   I really enjoy short stories.

i’ve had very little to say recently…

maybe later i’ll post unflattering picture of the crin brett diego  italian market trip.

as it is too hot for hot oatmeal and i am still too poor for cereal.  we bring you BREAKFAST MUFFINS

1.  preheat to 450

2.  soak 1 cup instant oats in 1 cup milk for 15 minutes (not really necessary as i’ve found out)

3.  mix one egg + 1/4 cup of veggie oil + splash of vanillia

3.  mix this with the oats

4.  add 1/4 cup of sugar (or more if you like sweet things) + 2 tsp baking powder + cinamon + pinch of salt

5.  add one cup of flour.

6.  mix and then spoon into cupcake liners or a greased pan (i was worried… but i had no trouble getting these guys out of my non stick pan with a touch of oil)

7.  cook until you can stick in a fork and it comes out clean.

Great for mornings when you work the 6:20 am shift at the gym.

variations encoraged.  Bannanas?  nuts?  brown sugar?  molassas?  raisins?  chocolate chips?

evan and i brainstormed about how mario the dragon would really fly.

chester wanted to get wasted and the rest of us wanted to hang out… but no one else was in the city.

so we drank beers & stuff and played hearts.  Dan shot the moon.  Chester left before the camera came out and dan was too drunk to take a picture of me.   Aren’t we fun?

I went sailing with my parents.  We were risky and decided to go into the “sandhole” a local spot for people to anchor, swim, eat, and beach their boats to clean them.  We made it in only touching once and almost got in a fight with a long island douche bag on the way out.  But other than that it was a great experience.

Then i met up with janine, melissa, and reed.  We went to seacliff beach to see some fire works, listen to some music, and hang out.  It was great.  coolest people ever.  We finished the whole night by stuffing our faces at broadway diner.

We look so sunkissed and beachy!

on my way home for the 4th……………  more later

my passive agressive note.  :)