A Day in the Life

6:05 AM : Awake in Brooklyn to a clear, just rained on summer morning. 

6:32 AM : Got on the L at graham and took it one stop to lorimer, transferred to the G ending up in court square QUEENS. Listened to Common's 1994 album "Resurrection" along the way.

7AM : Begin work in studio B at Silvercup. The shooting crew is in before us (at 6 AM).

1PM : Lunch in the "looks like it landed on earth from the moon" Citibank building(which, along with a fake representation of Silvercup, and so many other NYC spots, is in Grand Theft Auto IV. That shit is crazy.)

2PM: Back to work at Silvercup before the crew went to location. I took a ride with our rigging truck over the Queensboro bridge listening to Biggie Smalls ('One More Chance') and the Rolling Stones('Beast of Burden') on the radio. We made a right on 3rd avenue Uptown to the Ralph Lauren Showroom on 73rd and Madison(along the way our driver pulled the ill tight maneuver on 72nd, kids got skills). We parked outside and waited for the store to close. While waiting I had a long discussion with one of the electricians who happens to have some "extremely republican views"(as he says people view it). A smart man who while I disagree with understood that I was not of a particular political label and did not judge me based on our disagreements. This guy has some crazy real War Stories. His whole family is historically in the American Military. 

The store closed and it was our turn to prepare the set, right before I went in I told him he's gonna love me when he sees my Lennon glasses (AH I DON'T HAVE THEM BACK YET).

He calls himself a Patriot. He hates communism and fascists. He knows a ton of shit about History. I respect a man who knows history. America! Fuck yeah. 

sidenote:

ON TV and in the Mainstream Media these political distinctions and divisions are incited by companies who make channels like Fox News. 

It's ALL negativity. There is no positive to news that is influenced by an outside agenda or biased towards any certain group of people.  I personally am not too worried about it because the average person is getting too smart to be held back by bullshit! There are too many individual points of view for people to accept any one report as absolute truth.  

When the customers leave we come in with lights, stands, flags, bags, gels(my specialty), wires and bags and set everything up for the crew coming in tomorrow morning (at 6 AM). Some will be there at 5. I have to be there at 6:30.

8PM: Finished with our work in the showroom I walk(listening to A.Keys "Songs in a Minor") to the 68th street 6 train downtown . On the platform is an older man playing his violin (Very well!) with a piano score playing through a speaker. On to the 6 and I stayed with A.Keys but switched it over to her newest album "As I Am" with the song 'Where do We Go from Here'. Got off at 42nd street to catch the 5 express and next stop was 14 street, Union Square.

Back to the L where I started almost 14 hours ago. At my usual spot on the platform was a man painting and oh I should have taken a picture but it was great. 

Home finally at 9 PM and damn it's already late. I smoked my last cigarette outside and actually heard a guy walking by with a girl ask her "so... do you know anything about music?". Seriously, what? Two other girls stopped out front and discussed some relationship problem and went on their way. A man, his girlfriend or wife and their beautiful pitbull went by. I finished my cigarette and went inside. Still laughing about the question.

I'm listening to the new Nas album 

It's dope, and I'm trying not to be concerned about my iMac being disfunctional.

Monday, July 14th

Today was a long day. Off to a long shower. 

Peace & LOVE

t

Generation Kill?

NYtimes Story

"The attack was the worst of several reported on Sunday in Afghanistan"

I bet a sunday afternoon in afghanistan would look beautiful were it not for the bombs and smoke

The article also says it is the deadliest year in afghanistan for US soldiers since the war began in 2001. Nearly 700 afghan civilians have been killed since the beginning of this year.

and this is coming out on HBO tonight. 

Are we Generation Kill? I don't think so. I'll have to watch it. 

I think there's too many people like me who say 

PEACE

t

Spirit of '76

Independence. My grandfather was born July 4th, 1927. He worked as a mechanic for Pan-Am airways  mostly at JFK for 38 years and then he drove limos. I remember I was in 3rd grade and he picked us up from school in the what I now know as the Frank White lincoln stretch with the wing on the hood. He's the man. 

America is it's individuals, my grandfather, myself, and every one of us is what America is. The individual. To be individual, to be one, to be independent, is to be free. 

I hope everyone is enjoying their Sunday afternoon of this weekend and drivin' slow homeys

peace&love

t