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In a stint of creativity and angst, I created this last night: http://socialrecession.com/

In other news, I realized last night that I can go from idea to product in less then 4 hours… this includes registering the domain, setting up the webserver, mail, graphics, copy, and the actual HTML. The barrier to entry on the Internet is very low.

The irony ensued as Belle and Sebastian (a Scottish band) wished in Independence Day.

After that my Polish friends and I went down to South Shore to catch the fireworks.

Lots of people!

Poland!

… was the last thing I heard from the Swedish girl as she left my side at the Jose Gonzalez concert. She said something about having a messed up back and that she had go stretch out somewhere. Fair enough. I figured I had lost her, but she was just trying to be polite and lead me on (which is not all that polite). Then, around halfway through the set (about an hour later) she poked me. We chatted a bit more… but then I lost her again while everyone was exiting!! Oh well. Perhaps she was actually trying to avoid me.

ANYWAY, Jose Gonzalez is awesome.

Another blurry photo of a band you have not heard of

In other news… I went to the Statue of Liberty!

Google, Statue of Liberty, this sums up my summer

This was an adventure too. When I got there the line for tickets was about half a mile long, ending in the middle of Castle Clinton National Monument. Being an avid national park cancellation collector, I asked the guard if I could go into Castle Clinton to get my stamp and she let me through. Once inside, the lines for Statue of Liberty were much shorter. After about 10min of standing in line I was able to get a ticket. Then, after standing in that line, it was time to go stand in the line for the ferry. This time I walked straight to the end of the line and waited patiently… then I realized I was in the back of the ticket line!! It had wrapped all the way around the building. So, I asked where to go and was pointed in the correct direction. I walked right up to the gated area where the ferry bag checks started and was through in no time… however, right before I entered I looked back… it seems that I accidentally cut in front of about a 1000 people! I seriously did not mean to, but it happened.

Look! We get treated like cattle at the auction!

I was very impressed with the capitilization of the monuments.

Other then seeing the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, my favorite part was seeing the National Park Ranger on a segway.

Lets talk about goofy looking

Along with Liberty and Ellis Island, I also saw Grants tomb. They literally have him in a big black stone coffin. Sort of reminded me of Ho Chi Minh, except you could not see him.

So, yeah, that was Monday.

I deleted a few of my blogs by accident :(. Thought I was deleting spam, did not think about it enough I guess.