the more i look back at the timeline of my photos....i realize the middle of the year is a big blur due to a huge headache.  everyday was just a complete battle with a tooth nerve head ache....it messed with my whole body.  no energy.  pain.  aching.  hard to sleep.  not enough sleep.  too much sleep.  can't concentrate.  i just drank to ease the pain and i think the antibiotics was making me lose hair.   i think a lot happened during those months....we started revnoations....we moved out.  we finished renovating.   we moved back in.  we had a few hot pot nights.  amanda's parents came to visit...frank got married..we went to an oyster farm dinner...not in that order... but there was one moment...in connecticut...where i bit down on a piece of zuppardi's apizza and my tooth just went bezerk.  from that moment...i was out of commission for the entire drive..the entire trip.  i really don't remember anything but a haze. 









how long do your jeans last for??

5 months...

massimo dutti...



my sneakers last 6 months....

i can't shake this bad luck thing.  every two weeks something comes up.  things you just can't control.  things that you didn't do anything wrong...things you couldn't have done better...things you couldn't have prevented.  things that make you say....why me??  to the point where you can't even do something nice for someone else....a  completely selfless act...and not even that works out....the more they add up....and the more they get compounded....it was a trivial moment...but it just became a trigger....sigh







let it be known....this would be the first birthday in probably over a decade or maybe two decades i've spent legitimately sober.  inclusive of the day before and after and the surrounding holiday parties.  i'll say it again...since my teeth pulling...i've turned a new leaf....JUST LIKE the KNICKS.  THE KNICKS ARE BACK!  an amazing overtime birthday WIN enjoyed with chicken fingers and beers...only in 'muurriicaa...


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living in the countryside seclusion feels like a super hero who can't control his powers amongst civilians and is better off isolated in nature...living off the fat of the land...reading books by the fire and having a glass of wine.