abandoned library

This just makes me sick.

I'm not sure who the Russian is who actually took the pictures or where they were taken, but the photo is from the Livejournal of Глеб (jst_ru) via Gawker. There are more photos.

nostalgia

Yesterday was my going-away luncheon at work. Everyone seemed genuinely sad that I was leaving. People outside of work seem sad that I'm leaving too; this is all very strange to me. Leaving New York feels sort of like leaving SCC, leaving home, but this time I'm actually sad.



This is from a shoe store in the financial district. I want to go back to this store next time I'm in the city; eventually the scaffolding will be gone, and I'll be able to get a clear shot.

I can't believe that a month from now, I won't live in the city anymore. To those of you who live in the city, I'm warning you now--there's a better than average chance that I'll spontaneously start crying between now and the end of the month. Try not to get freaked out.

i don't get it

i don't get it
Originally uploaded by marinatina.

I would talk about the candy-bar-flavored milk, but it makes me too sad. It's just... you try to figure out why it exists, but that just makes your head hurt, and you have to give up. It's like when I watched Wife Swap at the laundromat because the TV was on and loud and what else were we going to do? They had a "goth" family (totally they were into psychobilly and not at all goth) and it was so clearly scripted because everyone kept saying the same phrases over and over--"mainstream is bad" and the mom "has an obsession with death"--and part of me was so angry at how the "goth" family was represented because they reminded me of a lot of my friends, but then i realize that I was watching fucking Wife Swap which is inherently evil and really instead of thinking about it too much I should just try to pretend like it never happened, just like I should pretend that candy-bar-flavored milk doesn't exist.

i don't get it
Originally uploaded by marinatina.

(Okay, I will just say this--"It tastes just like a 3 musketeers bar!" is not a phrase that should in any way be associated with milk, and also, why would you want a liquid 3 musketeers bar? Why wouldn't you just buy a fucking 3 musketeers bar? All right, I'm done.)


In other news, there is no other news. My goal for October is to do something besides going to work and going to sleep.