Loosy Goosy Writing Roosty

I'm in crunch time for a proposal. Gotta write, gotta write. The lives of millions of people depend on me to successfully write about seeds and breeds and trees (oh my). Ok, maybe not millions, but there are a few. Of course, I've hit a wall. So I thought I would write something that has absolutely nothing to do with biodiversity, or seed saving, or cultural traditions to try to get my brain all creative again.

So what should I talk about - who knows, right now I'm feeling so fried it just feels good to get my fingers typing. I guess I could talk about how excited I am for the family reunion - you know, that one i'm not going to cause i have to work. Yup, that one.

Well even though I'll miss the actual Pool Party part of the reunion, I am going to enjoy some zepploe at the St. Ann's Feast with my cousins. As a child we used to go to so many italian festivals, cause really, there were plenty. But the St. Ann's Feast was always cool cause it involved a trip - Hoboken was SO far away from where I grew up (note the sarcasm for those who don't know where I grew up). And zeppole - oh how I love thee.

After I've eaten, drank and wheel of chanced my way through the streets of Hoboken, the family will rest up for our trip to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. An ongoing sucker for anything historic, I've lived in Jersey my whole life, and other than a school trip that I an BARELY remember, I've never been to the SoL. Mind you, I see it every day on my commute (love that ferry), but as a child it was closed, or there were renovations or something but I never went. Then i was too cool. Now I'm totally cool, but it will be even cooler to check out the family history.

So, let's see if this brain dump can get my fingers typing again for money. Thanks for the mental check off!

July 28th.....

Is the busiest day of the year. Why are all the cool things happening on the same day.....

What I could be doing:
Eating BBQ'd chicken, fruit salad and playing with Tucker while spending quality time with Tucker's owners who I haven't spent any quality time with in about 8 months.

Spending the day with 93 of the Pizza Clan at a family reunion. Cousins, aunts and uncles that I haven't seen in 10 years, all of us in one place swimming in the pool, eating fresh mozzerella and letting the new generation rock together.

Going to Chicago to the Crossroads Blues Festival and seeing my dream guitar god of a man on stage with some other really cool people. (Ok, maybe I wouldn't be doing this - but I'd like to)

What I am doing:
Working. (Granted, it's in a cool place and with cool people, but)

You figure out how I feel.

Yay, Friday the 13th...

A few thank you's from the weekend.

Thank you to the very nice gentleman who told me I had a flat tire, and then blocked traffic so I could exit off the Major Deegan and figure it all out.

Thank you to the nice man at the Tire Repair Shop who walked the half block to the gas station, put air in my tire and then helped me manuever by stopping traffic so I could cross the road and drive the wrong way to get into the repair shop. And thanks for replacing my tire in under 30 minutes so I was still able to make dinner.

Thank you to my parents and J's parents for a nice dinner, breakfast and time to just chill out - and for doing it all in Poughkeepsie, NY even though J only had about an hour to spend with them.

Thank you to the gas station attendent for being so nice and letting J leave his car there when it died.

Thank you to the guy from Brandel's Towing who helped get J's car started again and reccomended the good repair shop.

Ah, happy friday the 13th.

Photo Friday: Gray

grey nyc, originally uploaded by gfiorillo.

Commutting sometimes has it's perks. One snowy day the ferry gave me this shot of lower Manhattan.

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