Project 365: Day 88

Ah. The last day in BHouse. :-/

Project 365: Day 87

Mad Men has been David and my obsession so far this summer. We counldn't manage to coordinate the watching of the last two episodes, so we watched them on our own. It was intense. And today was Mad Men Day. (Oh yes, also my last day at the library!! Bwahahahahaha!)

There's a feature on the AMC site where you can make a mad-men double of yourself. Of course, you can add cigarettes or drinks to your hands, and dress yourself in fabulous clothes, circa 1961.

Project 365: Day 86

My lovely ex-wife planned a lovely little get together at Richters to sort of celebrate and sort of mourn my immanent departure from New Haven. It was fun; half-price half-yards all around!!

Also, Bill took this AMAZING photo, which might be my favorite ever:

Project 365: Day 85

Tuesday night, we had a little pizza party at BHouse, my last big get-together in New Haven. As you can see, it was a great time all around. :-)

Project 365: Day 84

Ok, I apologize for the not-amazing quality of this photo. But it was not that easy to manage with any kind of decency. And, to top it off, it doesn't look anywhere near as bad now as it did this morning or last night. But that lower back sunburn is bad, and made sleeping a pretty tricky proposition. Not as difficult as this photo, though.

Project 365: Day 83

The crew, about to split up on Sunday morning. Happy birthday, Chris!

Project 365: Day 82

The swanky beach at Westhampton Dunes. I didn't get a shot of the bajillion dollar houses there, but let me tell you that I had no idea that there were people that rich.

Project 365: Day 81

A few of us ventured out to Long Island for Hudson's birthday, which meant taking the ferry from Bridgeport. Scenic Bridgeport above, scenic Port Jefferson below. Honestly, the thing that struck me most about Port Jefferson was the degree to which it was not Bridgeport.

Hurray!

I got my camera back just now, and it works! It only took 5 weeks to get it repaired. But it was a whole lot cheaper than buying a new camera, so that's good. That means that I'll start taking photos again today. Expect them to be up Monday or so, since I'll be out on Long Island for the weekend.

woo, sort of

Good news: my camera was finally shipped.
Bad news: I still don't have it.

Temporary photo-project hiatus

It is with great pain that I have to say that I am putting the Project 365 on a temporary hiatus. My nice camera is still in the shop (grr! They told me I'd have it by now! It's been there over a month!) I had been using my old camera, an ancient early digital. But it progressed from being a bit slow and clunky to eating batteries faster than Barry Bonds takes steroids to (also like Barry Bonds) being utterly uncooperative and a total jerk. It doesn't turn on much now, even with fresh batteries, and freezes like old operating systems when it bothers to turn on.
Thus, until my real camera comes back, I can not sustain a picture a day. Several days would have already have to be "cheats"; since AJ went back to Ithaca with his normally functioning camera, it's been very hard to make photos happen. I'll resume my day count when I have a working camera again, so you will still get 365 days of photos. (I know how worried you all were!)
You haven't missed much-- a few more dull photos of the library or my books, or of the near constant rain or thick clouds of fruit flies that have moved into BHouse. I'll be calling the camera place tomorrow and demanding my camera back, or that they replace it if they don't feel like sending it back to me.
Love,
Katie

Project 365: Day 80

Please notice the factory, the metro-north train and the baseball all in the same photo. Hurray for Bridgeport!

Project 365: Day 79

 

I made a pretty sweet dinner on Sunday-- homemade, hand-breaded chicken parmigian with homemade sauce! We also had a really incredible bottle of 2005 Italian chianti that I'd been saving for a special occasion, and it was fantastic. 

 

The cooking adventures of Sunday morning were somewhat less successful, though-- I mis-measured everything in the pancakes, adding 2/3 of a cup when I thought I was adding a half cup. The didn't turn out that badly, but AJ thought they made better masks than breakfast foods.

Project 365: Day 78

Look! It's me, standing behind a totally sweet (and not at all to-scale) sand-castle model of the Giza Plateau! Alan, Gonzo, AJ and I went to the Milford beach, which was hosting a sand-castle competition, and this was of course my favorite entry. The one below was almost certainly the best sculpture there, though-- some of these people had truly impressive talent.

After that, we went to the free Sister Hazel concert on the Green, which was pretty great. AJ sort of fell asleep in my lap, while Alan, Marcus and Taylor danced and the drunk lady behind them tried to join in.

Project 365: Day 77

BHouse spends another thrilling Friday night, this time bluebooking.

Project 365: Day 76

 

Ah, The Hill. What a thriving part of New Haven! I had to go down to the Hill Health Center to get a vaccination for Hopkins, because no one else would see me. It took three-plus hours in which I got bounched from nurse to nurse and never actually saw a doctor. It was a vivid illustration of the miriad ways our health care system needs reforming. But of course, this was the highlight of the whole trip:

So wonderfuly expressive!

Project 365: Day 75

Yale: Under Construction at all times.

Project 365: Day 74

Harry Potter Premiere!

Project 365: Day 73

A slight cheat; a few minutes before midnight waiting for the metronorth at Harlem-125th coming back from Chicago.

Project 365: Day 72