Saint Peter's Church

At the corner of Lexington and 54th street, hiding amongst all the skyscrapers is this small building pictured here. The reason I find this building interesting is that it happens to be a church. Usually all centers of organized religion are designed to impress. Their architecture reflects them being full of themselves. This building on the other hand is hiding under a Citigroup building. One would almost miss it if one was walking by, or just consider it a useless annex to the building next to it. If God wasn't dead he would be impressed. And the other lesson here is simple; pay attention to everything around you. Or as cliched as it sounds, stop and smell the roses.

MBF-P03 Astray Blue Frame Second L

Here is one of my most favorite gundams. The Astray Blue that makes appearances in the Gundam Astray manga. Those wanting to know more can check out the section at MAHQ here. Of course there is always wiki. I built this 1/100 over five or six months ago. I chose a darker blue instead of the original lighter scheme and went with some custom decals. If you want to see some more pics leave a comment and I will take some more and paste them here.

Union Square Park

Union Square is probably my favorite place in NYC. It is bound by 14^th Street, Union Square East, 17^th Street, and Union Square West. Important thoroughfares which lead away from the square are Broadway, leading both north and south; Fourth Avenue, leading southeast to the Bowery; and Park Avenue South, leading north to Grand Central Terminal. The park is a second home to all kinds of radicals and radical wannabes. It is also home to the Farmers Market, held Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays between 8 AM and 6 PM for six months every year. One can find all kinds of people in and around the square. Personally the square has served as a kind of meeting place for me and my friends. We usually converge on the square before we head out for a night in the city. Another interesting thing is that there is a Barnes & Noble located on 16^th street. I like the selection they have there. Also close by are Greenwich Village, University Place and MacDougal Street, The Forbidden Planet, and some of my favorite eating spots. Those wanting to know more about the park should check the wiki here and the NYC parks webpage here.

Venom Revealed !!!

The most anticipated thing amongst the Spider-fan community has been about the look Venom will have in the movie. I wont say much but let you guys take a peek.

The Empire State Building

First on the list of things in NYC that intrigue me is the Empire State Building. The building is the tallest building in Manhattan and once was the tallest building in the world. What I really like about the building is that unlike most of the skyscrapers in the city, the Empire State has a masonry facade which makes it stand out from the crowd. Also the giant spire on the top gives the building an extremely distinctive look. Those interested in learning more can click here to get to the wiki page. The picture on the side was taken from the roof of a nearby building (about 25 stories tall). That is this picture is missing the bottom 25% of the building. Lets see what I can find tomorrow. I do have a game plan but it mostly involves wandering the streets. Who knows, maybe by loosing myself, will I finally end up finding myself.

Sony Cyber-Shot DSC 600

I had been planning on getting a digital camera for a while; how else am I going to take pictures of my gundams. Anyway, long story short, I finally picked up a Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-600 and a 512MB memory stick today. This kicks of my new New York project. For the next two weeks I hope to upload a picture everyday of something in the city that I Find interesting. Also I will post a review of how the camera performs very soon. Hopefully I didn't buy a really expensive paperweight.

Gundam Astray Gold Amatu

The Astray Gundams have been on of my favorites for the unique head and body design. I own both the red and blue in 1/100 and have been hoping for Bandai to do the Gold Amatu Mina for a while now. So imagine my surprise when rumor started circulating that they were working on a 1/100 gold. The beauty was displayed at the Tokyo hobby show (or some other convention) a while back and I have been counting days till its release. Well today I finally got my hands on one and I am as happy as a (insert your favorite expression). I will hopefully posts pics of what I have and how it turns out finished, but it looks like an awfully cool gundam.

Bull-shitting 110

Ten years from now when they teach bull-shitting to marketing majors Steve Jobs will get the first chapter in course books. I have to give the guy credit; I, for one, am completely amazed by his ability to get away with things. When introducing the Shuffle he talked on about how screens were so last year and it was time to enjoy life at random. That was before he gave us all cool color screens on our iPods and Nanos. Now jobs goes on and says that he expects cool iPod owners to go buy a new iPod every year. "you keep on innovating, you keep on making better stuff. And if you always want the latest and greatest, then you have to buy a new iPod at least once a year". The guy is just a marketing god. Who else would have the guts to belittle Intel for years before he moves to the platform for its superior technology. I am really looking forward to what must-have features they introduce with the next-gen iPod rumored to be announced on August 7th at WWDC06.

Baqwas Blog

Some of my friends are trying to blog their nonsensical thoughts. I will also try to post there every now and then but it you like the weird give these guys a try. They can be found over at Baqwas Blog

They won

Who Would Have guessed; i for one was hoping and praying. but WooHoo the Italians pulled it off. They won it!!!