three things

found moneys

beginning in late 2001 i began to find money on the ground with a somewhat startling frequency. after a while i started stamping the bills with the date i found them, and kept it all together in a box under my bed. here is a list of dates and denominations (as far as i can remember they have all been found in the boston area, unless otherwise noted):

2001
$5 december 21, 2001.
$1 december 31, 2001.

2002
$1 january 04, 2002
$5 january 09, 2002
$1 feb ruary 06, 2002
$1 february 08, 2002
$1 february 17, 2002
$1 april 05, 2002
$20 april 22, 2002
$20 may 19, 2002
$20 june 02, 2002
$5 june 14, 2002
$5 september 08, 2002
$80 nov 15, 2002
$5 december 05, 2002
$1 december 09, 2002

2003
$1 march 17, 2003
$1 october 02, 2003

2004
$1 february 19, 2004
$1 march 06, 2004
$1 april 09, 2004
$1 apr 10, 2004
$1 may 13, 2004
$1 july 15, 2004
$1 july 24, 2004
$13 september 08, 2004
$5 november 18, 2004
$1 november 22, 2004
$10 december 06, 2004

unfortunately i've misplaced the records for january 2005 - july 2006.

2006 & 2007
$2 august 12, 2006 (nyc)
$1 september 01, 2006 (nyc)
$10 december 02, 2006 (richmond)
$1 january 03, 2007 (nyc)
$1 october 13, 2007 (richmond)
$5 october 14, 2007 (richmond)
$1 december 17, 2007 (richmond)
$1 december 23, 2007 (boston)

2009
$20 may 15, 2009 (nyc)

ten minutes, late at night

may 02, 2006

R.I.P. Baxter L. Francis

Baxter L. Francis died yesterday morning while on an annual hunting trip with his two sons and elderly father. He is said to have been feeling "really really good" that morning but died suddenly when his heart stopped working during a hunt a few miles from his summer cabin in Maine.

Francis, who was 43, is best known as the inventor of the cell phone ringtone that goes: doo deee dede deee dooahhh dooo dooahhh dooo.

12.07.06

when you are in a new city, everywhere you go you see people from home, except their faces are chubbier or their bellies are smaller, they are taller and more tired, walk faster but talk slower. some of them are happier than ever to see you, but most of them don't recognize you when you are yawning on the train or drinking in a bar or falling asleep sitting behind a desk.

today a group of mentally retarded adults came into the gallery where i work, they were accompanied by two chaperones. one of the chaperones sat on a bench at the far end of the gallery. this guy is almost my gym teacher from junior high. outside the gallery it's winter. he is wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt and a black puffy vest. he has on black dress pants and black dress shoes but he isn't wearing socks, i can tell because his pants are a little too short...

the gym teacher always picked me for skins during capture the flag or basketball. in fact all the chubby boys were picked for the skins team.

...on the way out, one of the members of the group turned to me all wide eyed and said "this is THE place to beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee".

transportation

fruit

may 23, 2006. nearing 8pm.