off the grid like tesla

it is a beautiful spring day in the city! i walked extra slowly on my way to the subway this morning,& barely played my morning what nasty objects can we spot on franklin avenue today game (i am starting to get bored of the same old things that used to shock me, like hair weaves, strollers & bags of white stuff. ah, the bk). the sky is clear & the sun is bright...like texas in december. i started to think of ways i could get out of working so i could run around the park instead, but then i remembered that my cage is better than most. it has big, thin windows & pays me so that i can live in the spacious (empty) apartment i never get to enjoy (the one next to the park that i never get to run around in). ok, pity party over, i actually like my job most of the time.
it does always surprise me how the temperature changes from brooklyn to manhattan everyday. those tall buildings are really good at blocking sunlight & creating wind tunnels. but it is beautiful & warm today, even in manhattan. i almost feel bad about writing that sarcastic remark a few posts back about not enjoying spring.....almost. almost because, today when i leave work, it will be winter again. but that is ok, because i wouldnt want to put punxsutawney phil out of a job.

yesterday there was a fire in the building next to my second-favorite nyc public library branch (fyi: the brooklyn library system is a great alternative because it is rarely crowded & has decent resources, probably due to the cities' consolidation & therefore a benefactor of the great generosity of this guy, three years later. side note: his dad, william, was pretty cool, too). no one was hurt, but it was a little frightening to watch. thick, black smoke was spewing out of the windows & firefighters were climbing up to the roof to get people out safely. good drama, but nothing big enough to stop the grocery on the first floor from selling (under-ripe) oranges.

in other news,
this happened today. and this, as well as this/this, this & this. oh, and this. and that is all im gonna say about it, because i have made a vow to not get too serious in this post. biting tongue....
so i am not gonna say anything. nothing. nope, dont even want to.