timberrrrrr

so today i saw a tree turn into woodchips. and it only took those guys 15 minutes to do it. they started hacking the tree with their chainsaws after my second bite of sandwich. by the time i finished eating, they were feeding the last piece of wood into the huge ass chipper. think about the time it took that tree (about 2o-25 feet high) to grow. yeah, i know....whoa! i don't call myself an environmentalist but i do think that forests and wildlife should be protected and that natural resources should be conserved. i don't go to capitol hill to protest nor write to my representative about this issue. i'm very passive although i don't think that makes me a bad person. i try to "save" the environment in my own way in my own time. little things: recycling once in a while, turn off lights when not in use, turn off faucet while brushing teeth, roll windows down when driving.

by the way, i was observing people's reaction to this. it's like rubber-necking during a car accident. everyone's looking, maybe shaking their heads, but no one's stopping....just slowing down. then it passes and it's back to normal life speed.

nyc in the springtime

sunny washington square


rockefeller center


ooooh...aaaah....lights! we are such tourists.

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someone cracked

we've been joking about it for years: how easily the a-school could burst into flames with all the flammable materials (glue, stain, spray adhesive, rubber cement, etc) and the paper products and wood cluttering the place. how someone so frustrated during charrette could easily torch something just to get out of a deadline. well, folks, i read online that a few days ago there was a fire in the a-school. it's nothing major. someone forgot to put their cigarette out completely before throwing it on the mulch. smart. none of the buildings were damaged. classes were disrupted for approximately two hours. the red fire trucks are gone. back to work.

when i was in school, we never had a fire but we did have a bomb threat or two, power outtages and server breakdowns. server breakdowns are the funniest because they were during charrette when everyone needed the computers, and resulted in impromptu partying complete with booze. it was technology's way of telling to take a break.