"Everything is pretty fucked up down here"

On my way to Florida. Just talked to my swedish friends at the hostel down there, who said that there is still no power after the hurricane, but weather should be good so at least I can chill by the pool :)

I will probably be offline until the power comes back, so no blog updates for the next couple of days or so.

Last night in the city

It will be a sad goodbye with this place when I am leaving tomorrow at noon. This city is so fascinating, yet so scary. So beautiful, yet so dirty. So fantastic, yet so sad. It has everything, from the best of the best to the worst of the worst. There is no way you can not be amazed by this manmade wonder.

Tonight I walked the Brooklyn Bridge at midnight, then going to a spot I found on Google Earth (=super geek) with an amazing view of the skyline. I got a few shots of the skyline and the bridges before it got too cold and I took a cab home.

Thanks to Adam and Christian for letting me experience New York City again.

Lower Manhattan skyline with the Statue of Liberty to the left.

The Brooklyn Bridge.

100% chance of rain

Weather forecast for today said there was a 100% chance of rain all day. 100%? I mean, not even 99%? It did rain about 99% though, so they could have spared me that depression.

Have not been doing much because of the weather. It has been super cold as well. Bought myself an iPod Nano because I was so sad over the weather.

One of the things I wanted to take some photos of here was the Chrysler building. Have been looking at it since I came, wondering how to get the right angle. This night when I was sitting at home I decided to take a walk down Lexington Avenue towards the building and see what I could capture. Following are some of the shots I got.

Decided not to put my usual comments on this time, as I think the photos speak well for themselves, describing the mood of the city this rainy night.

Winter is coming!

It's starting to get a lot colder here and this evening it has been raining a lot as well.

Yesterday I was at the NAGA turnament all day. I'm not a good competitor, lost one by tactic (wrestler took me down once then did nothing the rest of the "fight") and one by fatigue (tapout due to dehydration wtf?!). Who cares, I had a great day with all of the guys from the gym.

Today I walked a little out on Brooklyn Bridge then decided to come back when I had some warmer clothes on and it would be dark so I could really enjoy the skyline. It is an amazing piece of history. Build in 1875 with so many men dying from decompression sickness. Wanted to go there and shoot some photos tonight but it is raining a lot so I will stay indoors and hope to be able to do it tomorrow instead.

Was training in the gym today, really good workout. Rolled with almost everybody and had a great time. I must conclude, that I fight 100 times better in the gym than in competitions. Which doesn't matter at all ofcourse, as I train for the sake of training, not to win anything.

Ryan doing good in the competition.

The Brooklyn Bridge.