rainy night, sunny day, rainy day
editor's note: i completely wrote this last week but didn't upload the pictures until today. events referenced herein refer to the dates 5/16-5/18.

on friday, flooey and i braved the weather to participate in the latest improv everywhere mission, which turned out to involve getting soaked to the skin standing on the brooklyn bridge. it was a cool idea but i think it needs to be restaged on a nicer evening. (the idea was a wave of camera flashes that started at one end of the bridge and went across to the other.) i was psyched about it at first, but some kind of organizational problem happened and we were all just standing out there for ages. eventually we ducked out, because i was losing the ability to keep my camera dry, and didn't want to risk ruining it.

the best part of the evening was when we finally, finally made our way home, peeled out of our soaking-wet clothing, and curled up under a blanket with cups of hot chocolate, listening to the rain still pattering away outside. yum.

yesterday was actually beautiful, and luckily we were up and out of the house fairly early, meeting up with squishyent for a viewing of yet another unsuitable apartment. so we breakfasted on crepes and then brainstormed what ovenchar should happen on such a lovely day.

we wound up taking the tram out to Roosevelt Island, where we were able to see the ruins of the old smallpox hospital (which i've heard is supposed to be haunted), a tiny lighthouse, and the building that once was the insane asylum.

we spent the afternoon wandering around, then made our way back to Manhattan and treated ourselves to pizza at Patsy's, which i swear is the best damn pizza in New York, if not the world.

today was, once again, cold and rainy, but i ventured out just long enough to hit the grocery store (via the street fair that, for whatever reason, was happening on Amsterdam) and spent the afternoon baking another experimental vegan dessert recipe. i haven't had much luck with these so far (and if anyone has a good recipe for vegan chocolate chip cookies, or vegan brownies, i want to know about it), but today i made pumpkin oatmeal cookies, and they are completely delicious.

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