Childhood wasteland

I used to bike there

Mostly alone

I can smell it

Humid vegetation and over baked remains of an abandoned strip mine

Still taste the red earth and

Senseless adrenaline of this sacred wasteland 

Hell that raged within, close

Trapped

Feel the demons pulsing, flexing 

Be still

Silent and alone once again

Alten James

He's here now. And two months old already. 

Father's Day

On the brink of daddyhood

icycoldwind
on a dark night
warm breath
the crystalline tear

opera webcast. the metropolis opera project's one act festival is being streamed live tonight at 8pm est. watch it!

Vermont. A- and i went to vermont this weekend for a little getaway. and now it's back to work...

close to five months since my last post. if anyone still checks this, you hopefully are also friends with me on facebook. updates are easier there from my iphone, so fb gets more posts.


most recent items of interest: alicia is in an opera this coming weekend. check out the metropolis opera project for details on il sogno.

i am running my third half marathon this sunday. the 'rents are coming to see both of us perform in our respective events.

and i got contacts to make running and playing sports clearer and safer for all.

Easter pictures from San Diego.

opera in a bar. had an early dinner yesterday at grape and grain in the east village before heading over to see some opera in a bar.

ryan has been watching whales.

Wii. held a little wii party last night. dave, robin, ben, sam, kristin (while waiting for their torontonian friends to arrive), and alicia (after rehearsal). of course, no wii party is complete without a few beverages, and last night was brooklyn brewery pilsner and rising moon from blue moon and then moved on to whisky. we cracked open the six isles whisky i got for my birthday. very tasty.

birthday bash. keep the youth alive. we partied until 4am. but boy, it's so much harder to do this when you're over thirty. but thanks so those that came out (or into town). hosted by sam and kristin next door, the whole thing was a surprise after a- and i went out to dinner at the dressler. and yes, much whisky was drunk.

steeler nation. super bowl champs again. number six. listen to the original steeler polka.

london. a- and i were in london last week for sam and kristin's wedding. we had a great time as evidenced by our lack of sleep. of course, that was partially due to the exceptionally firm mattress. pictures have been posted.

A photo from my iphone at the newport path station.

entrepreneurs. check out some of the work one of my old friends, richesh, has been working on for some time now.

movie update. so the last netflix movie we had was Barton Fink. not a movie for everyone, but may be of interest to anyone that has ever tried to reconcile art and industry.

on friday evening, we went out to see Rachel Getting Married. wow. incredibly well made and acted. not the sort of movie you want to watch if you're looking to be uplifted. but all the emotion in all its complexities came through very well.

election. voted this morning. my first time in a booth, other times have been absentee. i hope you voted too, and i hope you're just as excited about the results.

6 months. we celebrated our six month anniversary at Babbo, a mario batali restaurant. we each had the tasting menu which was great, with excellent wine pairings.

running. finished the half marathon, but not in style. from what i can tell, i need to stretch my iliotibial band. at mile 7, it started to hurt, at 10, it was all i could do to jog. by 11 i was walking, jogging, walking, jogging. a-, my parents, my sister, and some friends were all there to witness my slowest pace. but my dad encouraged me by jogging along with me for a quarter mile.

not to mention the course was brutal. the first 6 miles are almost all uphill. and who would have thought it would be in the mid 70s in october.

oh well, there's always next year. i think i may stay local for next year.