Greg has informed me that there will be meteor showers tonight. Scientists have stated that tonight will be the best day of the year to watch meteors and the beautiful trails they create. Meteor watching is a patient sport and requires a decent amount of attention. If you do not have these abilities, please conduct yourself with caution, you may injure yourself.

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At 7pm in the back room at Teddy's Bar & Grill (corner North 8th and Berry in Williamsburg), Transportation Alternatives is showing their film, "Contested Streets." It's about how other cities are dealing with traffic and re-making their streets and public places into spaces that better serve the needs of their citizens.

Also, this is the first night of Teddy's toy drive. PLEASE bring an unwrapped toy, which will be given to local children of formerly-homeless families.

After the exhibition I went to Admerasia's holiday party. Lets hope that everyone forgets what happened last night by Monday.

Why is there always limbo at Asian parties? Thank god there was no karaoke

Sally's wife Michael

Michael; Sally

All the girls love Michael

Designated dancers

Sally hiding

Now $#%& is hiding [sorry I forgot your name again]

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Evening makeout sess

Fucking rockstars

I don't like that, thank you very much

$#%& and me

Even Suzie is dancing

The only picture of me and Michael the whole night, and thats how it turned out. I guess the camera couldn't handle the combination

Friday, Radin and I went to check out the blockbuster at the Guggeneheim; Spanish Painting from El Greco to Picasso: Time, Truth, and History. It displayed great masters from the 16th century to the modernists of the 20th century. The reason I call it a blockbuster is because of the line-up, which include Velasquez, El Greco, Picasso, Miro, Goya, Ribera, and many more.

During the exhibition Greg and I pontificated on the reason why the Spanish masters would draw still lifes. Greg with his expert knowledge of art, reasoned that maybe they just wanted to paint vases and dying produce, contrary to the contrived explanation of immortality and profound fascination of death.

Anyways, the best way to the do the exhibition is top down, because everything at the bottom is not really worth seeing, and the cubist items are all crap, especially some of the Picassos. The real reason to see the exhibition is to see some of the rare Spanish master's at work, although some of the paintings are second rate. Although, the overall theme was nonsense and there were not many correlations between the traditional painters to the modernists it is worth seeing the exhibition.

Picasso's interpretation of Zubaran's study of skulls

Miro and his exquisite detail to forms and line

For some reason I took a lot of pictures of Picasso, I guess I really am a modernist, although I really do feel that the 16th century work was the pinnacle of the exhibition.