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April 2009

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MINOR VICTORY

I’m rewarding it with a cupcake. 

Apr 30, 2009
Apr 30, 200914 notes
Office update:

Cafe Orwell > The Archive

Apr 30, 2009

jgh:

sarazucker:

so, i just got fired. bye.

I’m sorry.

Reblogging for solidarity. Welcome to the party. 

Apr 30, 20099 notes
FUNEMPLOYMENT: Day 4

*Good Idea/Bad Idea Edition*

GOOD IDEAS:

Everything Bagels

Multiple cups of coffee

Working at Archive [I think I’ve finally found my office]

BAD IDEAS: 

Entertaining feelings of worthlessness for more than five minutes

My outfit today is certainly a bad idea - someone else’s oversize flannel, someone else’s hoodie, too-tight dirty pants, half-size too big neon blue alligator skin ballet flats [what, they were free]

Apr 30, 2009
Listen

Andew Bird - Masterfade

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Apr 29, 2009
Out of the entire English language, the word I hate most is

“MARKETABLE”

Apr 29, 20094 notes
"Office" Search: Coffee Shop Reviews Thus Far

B Cup [212 Ave. B btwn 12th and 13th, Manhattan] - nice space, good air circulation as long as you don’t sit way in the back, the wireless kind of lags, but it’s free. Price of small black coffee: $1.75

The Fall Cafe [307 Smith St., Bklyn] - EXCELLENT coffee, free wireless, but often very crowded and hot.  Also, not enough outlets to go around.  

Tea Lounge [254 Court St., Bklyn]  - huge selection of teas and good coffee, free relatively fast wireless and food, but no air-conditioning whatsoever.  I had to peel myself off of the couch when I left.  Blech. 

Next on the list: Archive 

Apr 29, 2009
FUNEMPLOYMENT: Day 3

I’ve fallen into somewhat of a groove.  Find a coffee shop, set up my little space, troll around the internet, send a few emails.  My soundtrack: Belle and Sebastian, Andrew Bird, Radiohead, Fleet Foxes.  

I had lunch with a fellow un-employee today, and it was really great to connect with someone who is also trying to reassemble their mixed up tangrams into a recognizable shape.  

Been discussing ideas a lot with my dad.  It’s funny how my unemployment has really improved our relationship by leaps and bounds.  It was  broken for a long time, and if fixing that is the only thing I get out of this period of life-shuffling, it’s probably worth it. 

Apr 29, 2009

Old buildings were made for summertime.  My room is so cool and dark and quiet.  My fortress of unemployed solitude. 

Apr 29, 20093 notes
Walking Cliche

I’m sitting in a coffee shop in Carroll Gardens, drinking iced coffee with soy milk, listening to Belle & Sebastian, alternating between sketching, applying for jobs, and complaining about my life on the internet. 

Apr 28, 2009
Listen

Drive By Truckers - My Sweet Annette

Apr 28, 2009
Apr 27, 200910 notes
Apr 27, 2009
FUNEMPLOYMENT: Day 1

Crossed most of my to-do’s off of my list… sent out a ton of emails. Made blueberry pancakes, helped paint a chalkboard wall.  Applied for a job at a major studio. Still on the hunt for an “office” [read: cafe with free wireless] where I can do my “work”.  

 It’s going to be really hard to not get completely depressed.  

Apr 27, 20095 notes
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Play
Apr 25, 2009
DAY.

Wake Up. 

Shower. 

Park. 

10 minutes of frisbee. 

Talk about books. 

Park nap. 

Brunch [+2 Bloody Marys]

Post-brunch park nap. 

Return to apt, make fun of videos on Spanish music channel, drink mason jar of water. 

BBQ. 

Sneak back into park under cover of darkness, lay in grass and watch stars come out. 

Apr 25, 20094 notes
Something tells me I'm going to be good at this unemployed thing.

Paul: Want to meet at 6:30?

Casey: yeah. I’ll shower, and possibly change out of cut-offs. 

Apr 24, 20092 notes
Hi, I just got laid off.

can I be in the club now?

Apr 24, 2009
Apr 24, 20097 notes
#art
disclaimer: not depressed, just curious.

Is emotional self-sufficiency possible?  Is every person programmed to seek validation in others?

Apr 23, 20099 notes
I just sent my dad my new 'life plan'. The following exchange ensued:

Dad: Wow… we need to talk.  Call me tonight?

Casey: Is it that bad of a plan?

Dad: It’s right up there.

Apr 22, 20095 notes

Where is an out-of-the-way, quiet place to hang out and draw and drink a GOOD cup of coffee [preferably somewhere off the F or G trains, either in Manhattan or Brooklyn]?

Apr 22, 2009
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Apr 21, 2009
#weekdaze
Apr 20, 20096 notes

Matt B: …I’m moving back up May 1, but I’m going to be sleeping in my van from the 27th until then

Casey: Eff the van, stay on my couch, you bimbo!

Matt B:aww, thanks, Dr. Steve!

Casey: For your health.

Apr 20, 2009
Apr 20, 20094 notes
BEING POOR IS AWESOME!

Who needs to afford prescription medications anyway?

Apr 20, 20097 notes
Apr 20, 2009
Apr 20, 20098 notes
Listen

Sufjan Stevens - Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois

Somewhat of an oldie, but it’s been my soundtrack to this beauty queen of a weekend. 

Apr 19, 20096 notes
Sunday

Today felt like a sorely needed vacation.  I have some truly amazing people in my life right now.  

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Apr 18, 20092 notes
Saturday

  • Scored a wild boar tooth pendant from Brooklyn Flea this morning.  Currently wearing it along with my stamped brass ‘C’ pendant
  • Got myself a picnic lunch from the greenmarket in Grand Army Plaza - goat cheese, rosemary and sundried tomato flatbread and an apple.  
  • Read BANNOCK, BEANS AND BLACK TEA in the park, took a nap in the grass, and watched some hipsters play whiffle ball
  • Later on, I’m heading to Whiskey’s for some home-made dirt cake.  EFF YES. 
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Apr 17, 200940 notes
Friday Afternoon Consciousness-stream.

I’ve been slacking on making posts [apologies] so here is a rundown of some of the more important thoughts going through my brain today:

  • I can’t drink black coffee in the afternoons anymore.  It tears up my guts.  It used to be a point of pride for me that I could pound a cup of joe like a truck driver at any hour of the day.  But these days, I do so and the body revolts.
  • I miss having class outside on days like this.  I wish I could go back to college as the person I am now, and appreciate it.
  • I fought so hard against liking Sufjan Stevens for so long.  But Illinoise is really, really good.
  • It is beautiful here in New York today.  But despite the weather, this city is closing in on me.  I’m really hurting for some blue sky and open pastures.

That’s it.

Apr 17, 2009
  • ryan: i'm so hungry.
  • ryan: what do i want to eat?
  • Casey: bacon
  • ryan: you're right!
  • Casey: what do i win?
  • ryan: bacon
  • Casey: YESSSSS!
Apr 16, 20092 notes
Apr 16, 200962 notes
Brooklyn Flea opens this Saturday! → brownstoner.com

rockuboff:

I’m very excited for Kumquat Cupcakery, McClure’s Pickles, People’s Popsicles as well as some vintage clothing and records. Woo! Perfect way to spend a day on the nicest Saturday of the month :)

My favorite Saturday activity.  Can’t wait!

Apr 16, 20098 notes
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I’m always amazed at the speed at which Important Things replace other, defunct Important Things.

My life so far has been a continuous motion blur of new, this instead of that, letting it go and bringing it in.  And although I hate it, I love it.  Stagnancy kills.  The last thing we want on our hands is a dead shark.

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