I was having a chat with my friend Tim the other day and he reminded me how much I miss certain things. It's difficult to see how many things are amiss in my hectic life these days but there the are... staring at me in the face. Sometimes I feel like I'm standing in motion. Here are 50 things that popped into my head.

1. 29 cent Hamburger days at McDonald's.
2. Realizating how convenient and great cell phones were.
3. Playing ultimate frisbee at 11:30pm on the intramural tennis courts.
4. Quincy Market in Boston.
5. Eating dinner, twice and never looking back.
6. Scoffing at all-nighters.
7. Study halls pre and post lunch period.
8. Mario Golf
9. Friday morning's at Cracker Barrel
10. Discovering the joys of Altoids for the first time.
11. First crushes
12. Firework wars
13. Riding bikes with my friends around in the neighborhood.
14. Instant Messaging just for fun.
15. Dave Matthew's Band "Under the Table And Dreaming"
16. Not knowing what cholestorol and blood pressure are.
17. Power Wheels
18. First car
19. Listening to Dave Matthew's Band in my first car.
20. Parking lot chats
21. Penny poker
22. Christmas mornings
23. Every crush after the first.
24. Being crushed on.
25. Performing "Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls" in front of an audience and the audience liking it...
26. First kiss
27. Every first kiss with someone thereafter.
28. Summer reading lists
29. Complaining about finals.
30. Walking to class... Hawaiian style.
31. Listening to Puff Daddy in a sweltering dorm room in Cambridge.
32. Tasting a White Russian for the first time.
33. Falling asleep to Chris Rice.
34. Goldeneye
35. My first laptop.
36. Realizing how much I love coffee.
37. Saturday morning cartoons - not the crap on TV now.
38. Middle school dances - and being nervous beyond comprehension.
39. Spring Break
40. Sneaking unauthorized air conditioners into an un-airconditioned dorm room.
41. Smoky's cafeteria. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.
42. Playing the game Mafia.
43. Road trips
44. YMCA summer camp
45. Unnecessary bass coming from the subwoofer in the trunk of my first car.
46. Graduating from mousse to hair gel.
47. Revolution
48. Finding my locker at the beginning of each school year.
49. When I thought the Food Court at West Town Mall was cool...
50. Field day.

I'm late to a movie... gotta run.

Some of you might think this inappropriate - I just think it's another fine example of something that gets funnier the more you watch it:

Two things:
1) I lived in Southern Wales for a while.
2) Since discovering the joys of text I've found myself guilty of doing this several times.

Click on the picture to read what I'm talking about.

This is quite ingenius. Take a gander...

Earlier, I was walking by my TV when I noticed something peculiar playing on my tv...



Why the hell is Cruel Intentions on ABC Family?? And even more, why the hell am I watching ABC Family??

Enter the people...


A typical scene at my parent's home. Father doing his routing post work-day stock trading - attempting to take down the Smith & Barney's of the world


The requisite Central Park park bench snapshot while taking a stroll with my friend Diane. I promise I'm not from NYC...

... there's more coming, but I have to go take care of a couple of errands while this caffeine kick is still in full effect. Not to mention my left hand is shaking uncontrollably.

I'm at Panera Bread being either scorned by old women who are assuming I wear shorts to church, children who think my laptop is their only source of entertainment as mothers shove seemingly healthy salads into their mouths, or semi-pro white collars who are reminded by my "working" that tomorrow in indeed Monday.

That was an obnoxiously awesome run-on sentence. I love it.

Anyway, I thought I'd spend a few minutes and post some pictures from my iPhoto album. I'm about 800 pictures behind on midweekpost but I'll try and catch up a few today. Barry Manilow's "I Write The Songs" is somehow inspiring me. Wait, that songs about to end... now it's Randy Newman.

I consider myself a novateur (novice + amateur) photographer. That said, here are my week attempts at imitating the likes of Ansel Adams and Anne Leibovitz.


View from the new Time Warner towers, looking out on Central Park. I am adamant that all pictures of NYC should be taken in B&W.


The view from an upstairs cafe' I ate at while in NYC.


Everyone loves Guinness. If you don't now then you will... I guarantee it



And Some color...


Again, at my parent's abode. They have a rare night blooming cactus flower, Cereus, that blooms once a year. Here's a shot before it blooms.


As dusk sets, the flower begins to bulge.


At around 10pm the flower goes into full bloom. It will wither by dawn.


A different take on citronella torches.


Dessert at the Bon Appetit' cafe in Flushing, NY.