let me start off by saying i have a simple commute, which makes me all the more impressed that i manage to encounter a full range of bike shenanigans over the course of it, hell, within the first five blocks. of particular entertainment is the crossing of mcguinness and driggs (google map).
today had me arriving 3rd or 4th to the intersection, sitting behind a bike rider or two, trackstanded in front of, etc. when the light turned green, it was like birds scattering. a thing of beauty, idiotic beauty.
further study: bike snob nyc (the indignity of commuting by bicycle posts are genius)
monday, i mentioned the laptop sharks that circle brooklyn coffee shops with free wifi (my co-doodler victor lost a leg in the table feeding frenzy). friend and reader dbtron’s commented: “I need to see a drawing of a laptop shark attacking Victor. Like, RIGHT NOW.”
my spike drawing from last week is now available as a print, laptop sticker, iphone sticker or t-shirt. below is a highly detailed rendering of what it all looks like. (okay, okay, here’s the real one)
i have a love/hate relationship with second stop cafe. the place is a laptop zoo and the music selection often leaves much to be desired (sucks), but the coffee is easy to refill, there are plenty of interesting things to draw, and the muffins are solid. this morning i sat in the back-room where the guy running the kitchen played different music (better) and arrived early enough to get a table prior to arrival of the macbook masses. if you plan on going to second stop i recommend these courses of action, unless you have a laptop.
exit note: upon leaving, it took all of 30 seconds before the empty table had been attacked by two laptops. in the words of drawing companion victor who lost a leg, “it’s shark week at second stop.”
thursday monster
really not a monster at all, more a misunderstood bird . . . in jeans . . . with hairy feet.