Month: October 2009

My meeting out in Queens was okay. It was not what I dreaded it might be. This week is insanely busy though. I like having more space around each thing I have to do, but this week it’s going to be rushing from one thing to the next, although most of the things are fun so I shouldn’t complain. Today I’m having lunch with an old friend and then I’m going to Grace Church to meet with their archivist, and going through archives is pretty much my favorite thing to do in all the word.

I took this driving back into the city from Queens.

This is the first and absolute time I’m going to do this, I’ve decided. The family member of a murder victim asked me to attend a meeting with the detective working on the case and I agreed. It’s not that I don’t like to help, I do, but so often it ends up being a no win situation for all involved.

I took this picture of the inside of an old subway car in Red Hook, Brooklyn. I was going to say abandoned, but that’s not quite correct. It was abandoned initially, but now it remains on purpose. It could be hauled away but people like it there.

Dan Aykroyd’s father Peter Aykroyd has written a book called The History of Ghosts, for which Dan provided the introduction. They’re both giving a presentation at the 92nd Street Y next Sunday and I’m going to introduce them! Then after their presentation I’m going to ask them some questions and then moderate an audience Q&A after that.

Today is dedicated to getting ready. I’ll be finishing up my introduction and then I’ll come up with questions. That part should be pretty easy. I’ve been answering and asking questions about this subject since March.

Here’s a picture of a house one block over on Perry. I’m positive I photographed this same house last year at Halloween. They do a good job of dressing up their place for the holiday. I mean, look at this!

The picture was taken by Marianne Petit, and that’s Kate Swann, Red Burns, me and Sharleen Smith.

We are so PRETTY! Now I have to feed the cats and run off to Long Island for a dinner with friends from my high school days!!

I love going to the movies during the day. It really is one of my favorite things. It’s that playing-hooky feeling, which I’m sure I’ve mentioned before.

Yesterday I saw Zombieland with my friend Jonathan. The place was empty when I first got there so I took some pictures. The theatre had a little bit of a Cinema Paradiso feel to it which made me even happier to be there. A small handful of people showed up in addition to Jonathan, and we all had a great time. I highly, highly, highly, recommend this movie. It is so much fun.

Man, I love how this picture came out. The chairs almost look like ghost chairs.

Oh. The heat is coming on. I love when the heat first comes on every year. I’m not sure what it is, but it’s a nostalgia rush, to simpler times I guess. Maybe with a little bit of back to school, holidays are on the horizon feelings in there somewhere?

But right now my radiators are hiss, hiss, hissing away.