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Stopped at some huge indoor market and got snacks and freshly baked donuts...
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Tuesday was my last day in town. We got up early and rented bikes!
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We made it back to our cars in around four hours (walking downhill is much easier) and then drove into Pemberton for a late lunch.
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I tried to do my best impression of Grant's toe-touching DLR kick and came-up short.
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Woke up before 7am, excited to be the middle of the nature with no more rain!
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...before it started again and kept up all night. We hung out for a bit in the evening...
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We got our tents up and managed to get inside shortly before the pouring rain started.
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With the campsite almost in our sight, the pouring rain finally overtook us. We had to scramble up really steep hillside to find a tree large enough to provide any shelter.
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I made it out there, JUST barely! Realizing that Matt had made something tricky look easy.
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Photo to prove to future generations that I saw a real glacier.
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All set for the mountain.
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OK, READY FOR THE WILDERNESS!
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On Thursday morning I grabbed Maddy, hopped in a cab up FDR...
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Vin always likes to take my camera away from me and use it to take a picture of me. Haha.
the august roundup
August, 2013
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Later that afternoon we walked down to Chinatown.
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Thursday was my 37th birthday! Spent the early afternoon working around the apartment and then jumped rope for an hour.
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37! Birthday-aging documentation
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2-pac. Haha.
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...to spend the afternoon....
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...and then went over to the Bowery Hotel to meet up with Caiti...
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Oink oink!
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More of my health self-portraits trying to document the effects of all my juicing and rope jumping.
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On Monday afternoon, I said farewell to Brett and Amy...
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Dumplings and an afternoon drinky-drink!
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Brett snapped this pic of my sun-snoozing with my best-bud at 4pm after a long day of walking around in the heat.
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Astra insisted I try them on, just so I could "see how they feel."
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We went to the park across the street and chowed down! Just because it's one-hundred degrees doesn't mean you shouldn't eat piping hot, extra-spicy food!
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On Tuesday afternoon I biked down to Chinatown to meet up with Davo and his friend Jen at a bakery. After picking out delicious goodies, we went next store to Magic Jewelry to get our photos of our "auras" taken with the Guy Coggins-designed AuraCam6000.
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Here's a close-up of my photo. After your picture develops, the woman there explains how the colors that appear in your photo relate to the things that you been thinking about and doing. I came and total skeptic and left dying to read more about how this thing works (I ended up visiting the house of the inventor when I was out in the Bay Area a few months later - but he was away at a conference!)
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From Brian's website page about Reiki First Degree:

The Reiki process is a simple method of hands-on healing as developed by Mikao Usui, a monk from Kyoto, Japan. After training, Reiki energy flows through the body to the hands of the Reiki healer and into the cells of the person being treated. The energy is used to normalize body functions. It helps to reestablish balance and harmony on the physical, emotional, and spiritual planes so that the natural function is restored. Reiki differs from other healing methods in that a specific attunement process is used to prepare students for the flow of healing energy. This protects them from either transmitting or absorbing any negative energetic patterns.

This is a 16 hours class taught over two days. The class is divided into four sections of about four hours. In each section of the class, students will receive an attunement from the instructor, increasing their access to the Reiki energy and boosting their power level. By the fourth and final attunement, the student will have permanent, life-long access to Reiki, as well as all the knowledge and skills to use it successfully on themselves and others.

(It's 2015 and I still regularly practice reiki on myself and others. If you're interested in a session, email me. Skeptics welcome, no belief required!
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Here are pictures Brian took of our class of five.
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I was feeling all gunked-up inside after getting divorced and after trying a variety of things, someone suggested I try reiki. I wasn't very optimistic about it, but decided to give it a shot. I booked a session with Brian and was really amazed at his ability to rid my body of the feeling of "stuckness" I was holding. After a few really interesting sessions, he encouraged me to take his "first degree" reiki class.
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Such buddies.
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Friday night drinks with Davo and Kim.
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...before heading out late-night to meet up with Kim. On the way home, we randomly ran into Jon, who was into town from LA for one night!
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It's ok to post undie mirror selfies as long as you wait a few years, right? Good, cuz here's post-jumprope fitness photo. (I was never able to stick with running long enough for it to change my physique. Jumping rope is trickier to learn than running, but definitely changed my body much more quickly than running.)
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I even managed to convince Vin to come and hang out, but he ran away when the girls had a few drinks in them and started getting fresh with their hands. (PS - Whenever you see me smoking in a photo, there's a 100% chance I'm drunk).
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Haha.
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Just one of the gals.
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2am tipsy self-portrait: holding myself up against a wall. Haha.
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Upright bike posture!
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Later that evening Fatty came over for a visit...
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...and we went for a bike ride down East River Park.
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Let's hear it for jumping rope. 4-packs away from a 6-pack!
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Spent the evening cleaning up my apartment (which means taking all the stuff lying around everywhere and putting it up on shelves).
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Hahaha.
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I showed Grant my jar of Indian Clay I'd bought and he wanted to try it out.
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Our life is basically Peep Show but with two of Jeremy.
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Dear Ladies of the internets, I has a new hair-do!
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Took Maddy for a walk and snapped a few selfies of my new haircut so I could update the photos on my online dating profile.
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Family beach picture.
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...leads to this!
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Ta-da! New hair-do.
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Every 10 years or so...
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...and then adjourned to The Wayland, a new bar in my hood, for a drink. RIP, Banjo Jim's.
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My body seems to be responding well to all the additional nutrients! Because otherwise my diet consists of...
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MIssion accomplished!
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Boo!
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Sith Lord needs a toothbrush that does a better job on the gum-line.
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Even better on my face. Smurfy!
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This was my attempt at Incredible Hulk but came out looking more like Amazing Jaundice.
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Later that afternoon I got a new camera! First thing I do to get a feel for a new camera is take a picture of my myself!
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You take mine.
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I've been seeking out side-rooms at parties for quiet man-chats with this dude since 1996! Haha.
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On Sunday evening I met up with Vin and we went out to Bushwick to go to a house party BBQ at Lauren's house!
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I think my expression gives you a pretty good idea what kale juice tastes like. Sadness. Terrible, terrible sadness.
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Self portrait with jumprope and juice-stache.
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I spent most of Wednesday spring cleaning my apartment. I caught sight of myself sweeping and drinking a beer pantless and decided it was a toastable moment. Living the dream.
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Portrait of a dog-walker.
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...is when I completely covered it with a garbage bag...
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Me and squinty, in our matching winter jackets,...
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Later that night I met up with Penelope and we went out for drinks.
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Took this photo of my new scarf to send to my mom proof that I'm actually wearing an article of clothing she bought me...
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Tee-hee-hee.
the february roundup
February, 2013
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So hard to know it and not smash it with love.
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I hanged the amazing Japanese schoolgirl group illustration I bought from Vin in my kitchen.
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When I dropped off my stuff to shower, I noticed that I managed to get a little bit of sun!
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...morning sunshine!
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Called my dad from a beach side payphone to wish him a happy birthday!
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By the afternoon I was feeling better...
belize part 2
January 24, 2013
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I woke up at 7:30am to the sound of rain pouring down on my room's corrugated metal roof. It rained non-stop all morning and I felt grumpy and trapped on an island in a shitty room.
belize part 2
January 24, 2013
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You can see the tops of pyramids of the Temple I site in the background.
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Nerding out so hard.
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Back at the hotel later that evening I went through my nightly ritual of...
belize: part 1
January 18, 2013
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Woke up at 10:30 starving and hit the town in search of something to eat.
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Obligatory "pretend you're falling over the edge" photo.
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Such an amazing place to visit.
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The car drove me a bit up the road on the other side of the river...
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Percy decorated my jacket with a leaf to demonstrate it's sticky, velcro-like surface.
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Hotel self-portrait before bed-time. "Well, here you are in Belize."
belize: part 1
January 18, 2013
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The smile of a man who's been in a New York winter for too long.
belize: part 1
January 18, 2013
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The oracle has spoken! Guess I'm going to Belize!
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Found this collage I gave to Meredith one year for her birthday. This is the kind of thing that's so hard for me to ever get rid of (even though we never hung it up when we were together).
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Me and a couch full of New Year's babes. (Mer's face is priceless).
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Amanda came over to my place around 9pm. We headed out together to catch a cab over to Ellen & Han's brand new apartment in the West Village.
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Last selfie of the year.
new year's eve
December 31, 2012
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Thanks for coming to visit! Happy December 2012 (glad the world didn't end....yet!)