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Unlocked Doors
Posted in Daily Pictures on January 26, 2014 by VergeTonight, instead of blogging from my hotel room, while listening to Howard Stern by the light of my rock, sipping a martini, I’m stuck at the compound. Tonight is a special kind of night. And it’s kind of an initiation, or hazing, for me at my first ever Super Bowl.
Every one else on my three compounds has cleared out. There’s only me left. Until who knows when, but I’m told not past 6 am, so that’s nice. I’ve gone around to every trailer, unlocked every door, unlocked every storage cabinet, every bathroom.
And now I wait. They’ll be here eventually. They’ll leave nothing unturned. And at some point, I’ll get the go ahead that I can finally go home. After the noise of helicopters and barking dogs, I’ll get to go back and sleep.
Until then, just sitting here with my two laptops, watching the grammys and doodling, and trying not to bother anyone. Hope that works out.
The Last Few Days
Posted in Daily Pictures on January 26, 2014 by Verge
another snow storm
the light towers have been going through testing
this is a place I found about 2 miles from my hotel. Has a ton of vegetarian food. Found it on Happy Cow. Cool little place that has a nice bar and a great selection of craft brews. couldn’t have scored any better, except that I was there alone.
a present for myself
we had to move a satellite dish
luckily, it made it safely.
Two Days Ago
Posted in Daily Pictures with tags Super Bowl XLVIII on January 24, 2014 by VergeDidn’t blog last night. Instead, Monika came to East Rutherford to visit for the night. The first few nights we were here, all living in hotels, we went out together everynight, and so I had some friends to unwind with. Then that stopped. It was a relief to have Monika here to keep me company, and she brought extra supplies that I had needed, or forgotten, or just wanted, like a new plant for my hotel room. I had grown to miss a lot of things in the past week, my wife and my plants among them. I told her too late that my hotel actually allows pets, and would have liked to have seen Banksy as well. Eno freaks when he travels. Poe, I don’t even want to go go in to. Oh well.
Compound(ed) Storm
Posted in Daily Pictures, Reflections on January 22, 2014 by Verge
In life, most times, you really don’t get a forecast of what’s about to hit you. And there’s no prediction of how bad it will be, or how long it will last. And digging out of the unexpected, and making things passable again, can take a long time. But, you’ll always clear the lot, and get back to the way things were before the storm arrived. And then you can finally sit down, totally worn out from the journey, relax, and have a martini.
Super Bowl Broadcast Compound Day…5
Posted in Daily Pictures on January 20, 2014 by VergeWe started today with a beautiful sunrise over Manhattan. And ended the day accomplished, but worried about the next few days, when some of the forecasts predict 6+ inches of snow.
this is a shot around noon of our compex, from my friend who happened to be flying over it. If you look closely, in the top left of the picture, the white double wide trailer to the left of the cirlce, is my office.
to the left of the stadium is the Empire State Building
and to the right, Freedom Tower 1
wide angle with both famous buildings as bookends
panoramama
the Manhattan skyline is just amazing
a 360 degree or more of our moring
over the turnpike
helicopters, badges, dogs, state troopers, snipers…this shit is safe
catering started today…
…and was actually pretty damn vegetarian friendly
the evenings grow long
this is how many trailers we have to unlock, and re lock, every morning and night.
On The Verge of Tears 