words to live by..

..for the next couple of weeks at least.

i still can't decide whether or not i should be offended by this plate, but it's true nonetheless. gotta get back on the grind, so i can get my tan on.. in a bathing suit! dun dun dun.

stairmaster, i hope we meet again.. soon.

FINALLY.

finally.

i got it right.

or as right as i could hope for.

and i didn't even have to embarrass myself to get this shot.

all i know now is that the 50mm f/1.4 lens will never fail you.

so without further ado, may i present to you my lovely corner at RBC NYC. it's not one of the cutest cafes in new york, but you could never tell from this picture. i love love love all of their espresso-based drinks here carefully brewed on their infamous Slayer machine, but i craving something cold this particular afternoon. i couldn't bring myself to get one of their non-coffee drinks seeing as i was at RBC. it's like going to levain bakery and not getting a cookie. you just don't do it. so i settled for a cold brew.. or iced coffee as 99.9% of the world refers as it to. in retrospect, a latte would probably have been a better aesthetic choice, but whatever, i'm just happy i got the shot right. on FILM, no less.

checklist at trendy tribeca cafe? moleskine, double check. (film) dslr, check. thick plastic frame glasses, check. holier-than-thou attitude, ALWAYS check. sebastian tellier blasting through monster turbine pro headphones, check. fringe bangs, can finally check this one off (see below)! i think i had an american apparel v-neck on then too.. check.

it's not rocco's best picture as he definitely looks a little cracked out, but i look ok. i forgot photo booth's ability to make everyone look good, and the fact that these bangs shaved 10 years off my face doesn't hurt.

and i finally started a flickr! it should be easier to manage than a blog, and i thought it was about time that i stop creepin' around there..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracyang/ 

when tracy met photoshop..

ok, not my first foray into photoshop, but the first time that i've spent an extended period of time in there for a while. i've been trying to cure my levels/curves/color balance addiction, but stressful monday means too much in photoshop. hopefully these are the you-can-tell-i-post-processed-in-photoshop-but-it-was-totally-intentional kind of look. i know i could've been more concise with that, but wordiness is my thing. anyway, i'm getting nervous my paragraph is getting too long as i am prone to more grammar/spelling errors the more i write. so that's it for now. fyi, i can speak/write properly.. my typing is just horrendous, haha.

scenes from dc | union square greenmarket | cappuccino from la colombe torrefaction

more from brunch at untitled at the whitney.

gonna get my developed film from this sunday tomorrow which means hours of spot healing brush time in photoshop. i.am.excited.

my colorful sunday.

all digital! in color!

one of the wonderful things about the dslr is the instant gratification that you get from being able to see your picture milliseconds after your shutter goes off. even better, you get to fix it if/when you fuck up. it helps me a lot. anyway, picture-heavy post because i am pooped from today (sorry, none of my lame commentary). i tried to make up for the fact that i did nothing yesterday.

untitled at the whitney.
top: huckleberry pancakes. loved these more than clinton st's. blasphemous..?
bottom right corner = heaven in the form of sea-salt honey pie from four & twenty blackbirds.

central park.
upper right corner: notes on my film pics, haha.
bottom right corner: muddy puddles where my flats sunk in.

cortado at cafe grumpy.

left: PB&J macaron from bouchon. favorite.macaron.ever.
right: tulip bouquet because i complained that i was going to have a bad day.

tadaaa.. no pics of rocco.. shocking i know. waiting for wednesday. disney on thursday!

still a film newbie.

shitty weather outside means tonight's going to be a CSI:NY night. my least favorite CSI, but they always have good music, e.g. they have DJ shadow playing while they track some prints in the sand.....? i don't know, it make no sense sometimes.

there is probably a reason why my f100 came with an instruction manual (and instructions from the agent  at b&h to read the instruction manual), but regardless, i still haven't touched it. proooobably would really help my pics, but oh well, still kinda like these. grainy but i guess it's kind of part of their charm? haha just trying to make up for the fact that i can't use this camera properly. so until i actually read the manual, i guess y'all will just have to deal with my "intentionally" grainy/blurry pics!

jar of sunshine on film / dc landscape / trinity church juxtaposed.

i should probably spend tonight reading the manual since i'm not doing anything.. but that fact usually precludes any chance of productivity. only goal for tonight? finishing off my smoothie and mint chocolate chip ice cream, and finally listening to the thom yorke/four tet/burial collab (guaranteed to be legittt)!

feeelin' laaaazy..

feelin' lazy and feverish, so just a quick update. some random scenes from this past weekend.. although not really indicative of my weekend at all. haha, oh well.

top 10 reasons i know i love my puppy.

1. i probably say "i wuv you wacco" at least 20 times a day. yes, in a baby voice. you know how it is. i think any girl that's ever accosted rocco in the street (and there have been many) reverts to the highest voice in their vocal range.
2. i don't get jealous by the other girls that give him attention, butonlybecausehelovesmethemost.
3. i'm okay with the fact that he left a shit stain on my pillow. true story, it happened when i came back from work today.
4. i skip the gym to be back that much earlier to be with my puppy. seriously. huuuge sacrifice. a sacrifice i've been willing to make consistently for the past two months.
5. for the most part, i always share my food with him. i couldn't say that about anyone/anything else in my life.. ever.
6. i make up excuses for the ('love') bites/scratches he gives me.. "what happened to your arm?" "oh, i walked into the door." "oh, again?" sad part is that the latter scenario is also entirely plausible and probably half true any given morning. if you didn't get the former part of this joke, then you are a good person or i make lame jokes.
7. he would be the first thing i grab from the apartment in case of an emergency. blackberry and macbook are second and third, respectively. yup, i would take him before my bb!
8. because he loves me! :)
9. and how do you not love the cutest puppy in the world?
10. umm i'm sure there's more.. buttt he's on my macbook and ready to play!