i'm still alive

it's true. sorry everyone...just been busy eating and sleeping and trying out new roommates and such...

what a drag...

but here's something to cheer me up:

come out and skate with me!!!

anyhoo, i'll be in minot in 20 days. how about you?

we have a winner

ok, the guessing is over suckas...

first, before i reveal our winner, let me just say that i am feeling a LOT better about my purchase now that i hear what most of you think that a small tub of cottage cheese should cost. i mean $5.99? that would be $.75 per ounce! now, i like cottage cheese and all, but $5.99? i am not totally crazy kari.

anyways, the price for 8 ounces was in fact $2.50. now, when i got up to the register and they rang it up, i thought, "holy sweet jesus. i can't believe that i am about to spend that much on this crappy little container of cottage cheese." in the end though, my craving was too powerful and soon i was enjoying the strange dairy goodness.

that means that our winning guess of $1.50 belongs to none other than that former texan, former queens resident:

Alese.

now, given that she also sassed me while giving her answer, i almost want to disqualify her. since it is nearing the holiday season, however, i am feeling charitable (even though she was A DOLLAR OFF). so, Alese, you win! look for your prize shortly.

the rest of you, keep checking back. i think that there will be more contests coming soon.

cottage cheese quiz-off

THE DEADLINE FOR GUESSES IS TODAY (11/17) AT 5:00pm EASTERN TIME.



alright. i want you to guys to guess how much this tub of cottage cheese cost me.

details:

8 oz. of cottage cheese (1% milkfat)
purchased from the deli across the street from my office on 48th street.
i bought it to go along with my soup for lunch.

whoever guesses the closest without going over wins. the winner gets a prize. the prize will be mailed to you. i don't know what it is yet, but hey, it's a free prize in the mail! everyone loves prizes.

good luck to all!!

R.I.P.O.D.B.
goddamn, i'll miss you Dirt Dog. and Joe Bananas. and you too Osirus. and Dirt McGirt.

but most of all, i'll miss you Big Baby Jesus.

shit.

i spent sunday morning listening to Ol' Dirty while walking to my studio. he has got the funniest, most nasty lines ever. there are just so many layers and overdubs of voices that i STILL hear new things almost every time that i listen. yesterday i discovered:

"Bed Stuy, the most dirtiest place ta bah (be)"

i remember when steve klein bought 'Nigga Please' at best buy in fargo and we listened to it on the way home. we were both laughing so hard that we were crying. and then later on i remember bringing it with on a cross country skiing trip with brian gunderson and steve. if i remember correctly, it was the first time that brian had heard it. (is that right gunz?) i was concerned that he might not like it due to it's full-on nastiness. but i should have known better though as pretty much the rest of the trip consisted of brian's rendition of, "give me a lil' of that cracka jack, you ain't carmel coated cracka jack..".

i don't know what was funnier...hearing that or watching steve cross country ski.

ah well, go listen to that album and think of Ol' Dirty smiling down on us all...

WEDDING PRESENT RIDES AGAIN!!!

i have always wanted to see this band play. and i don't even care at all that the lineup isn't the same.
eide, i see some UK dates on there for you. i fully expect you to attend.

marathon man

last sunday was the nyc marathon.

before i moved here, i couldn't give a crap about marathons. watching them on television is about as much fun as staring at a rock.

then one day i watched the hordes of runners stream through my neighborhood and i was amazed at how badass it was. there is just something truly remarkable about seeing all of these people, most of whom don't look like athletes, trying to complete the monumental task of running 26 miles. to make it even better, thousands of people line the streets and cheer on these strangers. it's like a city-wide block party, with folks sitting on their stoops and rooftops drinking beer and bbq-ing.

the best part for me is that the race literally runs through my neighborhood so i don't have to go very far in order to watch it.


here's one of the many bands that set up along the way to play for the runners. readers, meet the 'shankbone mystic project'...probably THE worst named band on the planet. oh well, they were trying...

every year i make it a point to watch pretty much the entire race, from the leaders to the stragglers. this year, like an idiot, i was too slow getting out of my house. i missed the women leaders. crap.


here are the men though. it's almost like these guys are sprinting. it's INSANE. and this is at about mile 12...



i watched from bedford avenue in williamsburg this year (actually every year). look at all of these goddamn people! and they just keep coming forever. it's insane. after looking at the runners for a while and seeing their names on their shirts and screaming, "GO DANIEL!!" and then immediately finding the next name and yelling that, i start to get motion sickness. it is so nuts. i guess it's like staring at a river. except that this river is made up of sweaty people.



after about two hours, i decided to head to my studio to work for the rest of the day. along the way, i crossed one of the hydrating stations where the runners get there gatorade or water or whatever.


look at all of those cups! jesus.


here's a closeup.

anyhoo, if you ever get a chance to watch one of these things, you should. it's the best. and if you ever actually run in one, you are my hero. hey todd didn't you run a half marathon earlier this year? keep on truckin'....(god that was awful. sorry!)

the pressure is off for a few years (i think)

last week, i went on a trip. here's manhattan.


i landed in south bend, indiana. why?


for my little sister's wedding, that's why. aww....



it was a really, incredibly beautiful event with lots of folks that i hadn't seen in a loooong time and lots of drinking and eating and drinking. the weather was great too. oh, and it was fantastic to get out of nyc for four days.


here's my cousing christopher. he will probably try to wrestle you if you go out to the bars with him.


and here's the whole kulig side of the family. pretty great to have them all in one place again...

anyways, i now officially have a brother-in-law. it's pretty awesome.

apparently we live in the most stupid country in the world


this city is very sad today.

this site puts it pretty well i think.

crap, i don't know what to think any more actually...

LET'S GET IT ON!

i woke up early this morning hoping to beat some of the expected loooong lines at the polls. the weather outside here was beautiful and perfectly fall-like. here's me on my walk to the school where i was to vote...

i got to the school at around 8 o'clock. i must have beaten the crowds because there was no line at all when i got there. there were maybe 6 voters in the whole room, which i think is usually used as a lunchroom. anyways, into the booth i went...

i was happy that they were still using the oldass machines from the 30's or whenever. they are so cool. and indestructible looking. my great grandparents probably voted on machines like these.

so, at long last, here's the big moment for anthony:


there wasn't much more to vote on here...pretty much just the president and a senator and a few judges.



and then it was time for the final pull of the lever...

voting 2004 completed!

by the time i came out of the booth, the lines were starting to form with a steady stream of folks coming in. it's such a cool thing. you could just feel the excitement/optimism in the air.


another cool thing is being in a grade school hallway again. i can't remember the last time i have been in one.

after i left the school, i had plenty of time to get to work so i decided to go for a walk in my neighborhood for a while because it was so nice out. eventually i made into the city and to rockefeller center. wait, i mean "democracy plaza". apparently it's been renamed by NBC. it's so funny.


there are big electoral vote counters and a fake washington memorial and all sorts of insane stuff. and of course media folks everywhere....


now i am at work checking and re-checking news sites and polls and i can see how today is going to be the most unproductive day ever. i just hope to be able to go out tonight and have many celebratory victory drinks. my fingers are crossed....

i hope all of you out there are going to step into the booths today as well.

you probably are.