li sky

clouds over random ball field in coram. its the middle of a residential neighborhood and theres a shitty unpaved parking lot, but right there it looks like big sky country instead of a really really densely populated island.

sunset at the medford target. which is right next to the medford walmart and the medford sams club. but ignoring the gigantic lights... its quite pretty

coram diner. not really the sky. but just shiny awesomeness. and $17 baked mac and cheese topped with fish cakes [amaaazing] also included a piece of spinach pie/spanikopita, greek salad, matzo ball soup, bread basket, and the teeny tiniest glass of rose EVER.

water glass is typical 8 oz.

la ropa

after 7 hours at the outlet mall last weekend, i cleaned out my closet. we recently received notice in the mail that big brothers big sisters of long island was going around collecting clothing..im guessing to sell to support their programs. im not actually sure now. maybe to donate to the kids? hm welp its all over now. i purged about 15 pairs of shoes, maybe 10 pairs of pants, and large macy's bags full of shirts, sweaters, and dresses.

within our house [my sister also cleaned her closet], we redistributed some clothes among the roommates and my best friend, but in total we had about 5 garbage bags full of clothes and miscellaneous household items. blah blah i have too much stuff, need to stop buying clothes, yea ive heard it all before. multiple times.

• necklace: random new zealand gift shop
• shirt: ny & co [on sale for $5!]
  
• sweater: ny & co
  

i just thought my hair looked really good here [even though i look scary and emo], thanks to my mad hair-chopping skills and my new hair drying technique taught by kt.

• shirt: forever 21 [thrifted from leah's closet]
• necklace: kenneth cole
• pants: h&m
• hott armband: blood donation [the lady specifically matched it to my shirt!]
  

some memorial park...

at the corner of old field rd, main st, and n country rd in setauket, there is a small park dedicated to someone. i read the description on a small commemorative plaque, and have absolutely no idea who its for. trying to find the name of a park when you cant remember the dedicatee... well its a wee bit tough.

mucho algae. or perhaps algaeissimo?

this didnt turn out quite as id pictured. but it is very green...

setauket post office

another stone bridge

deceptively blue water [its the same algae filled gunk]

my mom read me the story a tree grows in brooklyn when i was little. this has nothing to do with it and even reading the description i cant remember anything from the book. but a tree grows in setauket...

the end.

work clothes

everyone at work says i dress up too much. perhaps they just dress down too much... i wore this to sit at my desk for an hour, tape down a traffic counter, and then drive around the town for 4 hours checking "no trucks" signs. wee. but it was ridiculously comfortable and if you are doing nothing all day, you may as well be completely unrestricted by your clothes.

• sweater: new york & co
  
• dress: banana republic [clearance]
• leggings: somewhere in new zealand
• shoes: chinese laundry
  

this outfit however, was chosen for a possible meeting day. fortunately, i didnt have to go as it turned out to be mass chaos and confused lawyers.

• shirt: calvin klein
• skirt: target
• shoes: kenneth cole
  

driving hazards

dear long island:

i dont care that you have never been off the island except to fly your xenophobic ass to disney or on a cruise. you still should know basic rules of the road. just in case you dont... here are 10 helpful hints:

1. the left lane is the fast lane. when you drive at or below the speed limit in the left lane and 5 cars pass you on the right, IT IS A HINT TO PULL THE FUCK OVER INTO THE OTHER LANE.

2. the "no hand-held cellphone while driving" law in new york also applies to texting. if you drive off the road while texting at 65mph, no one is going to rescue you.

3. a red light means stop. it does not mean downshift and gun it through the light [thats a yellow], it does not mean honk at the person ahead of you who stopped, and it does not mean stop, wait until you get bored, and go anyway.

4. the shoulder is for emergencies. this does not include passing stopped traffic and then cutting back in again 10 cars later. it also does not include driving with your right signal on as if preparing to turn, and then cutting off an entire line of traffic when you accelerate ahead of them. if you do either of these moves, new yorkers have a legal right to shoot on sight. [not really]

5. slowing down for no reason is a good way to cause massive traffic backup and road rage. slamming on the brakes to gawk at an accident will also cause another collision, and you being a new yorker, will then sue the person behind you for following too close and will feign horrible neck pains.

6. merging is not a contact sport. neither is it a competition to see who has the biggest penis. IT. IS. NOT. YOU. do not rev the engine as someone is trying to merge from a ramp in evening traffic.

7. emergency lights [fire truck, police car, ambulance] mean something is happening. someones life may be in danger. GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE FUCKING WAY. in order to accomplish this simple task, you must not speed around the other people who are pulling over, or stop directly adjacent to another vehicle as the emergency vehicle cannot pass by.

8. you are not important. the other 75,000 cars on the road are also trying to get somewhere.

9. the lever just behind your steering wheel is called a blinker. in other countries it is called an "indicator" or a "signal". it alerts cars around you as to your intentions and shows you are not a complete douche.

10. no matter how much you spent restoring your car or buying it new, burning rubber from a stop light is not cool. you look like an absolute imbecile and you probably are swerving around trying not to fishtail.

thanks for continuously renewing my lack of faith in humanity. see you tonight on the roads!

love,
liz