Misc.

In an homage to my favorite Daily Photo blogs, I thought I'd post this picture. It's the Flushing Avenue Station of the J train and directly behind the platform is the hulking form of Woodhull Hospital. The hospital is ugly, distopian and, by all accounts, provides inadequate medical care. I think the architect must have been watching Kubrick movies and drinking chocolate milk the night before he began designing it.
Anyway if you like cityscapes check out Paris, London and Venice. There must be 35 in all, but those are my favorite.
On Friday, I went to see Lonesome Jim. It was opening night and Steve Buscemi, who directed, answered questions afterwards. It was a quasi-Catcher in the Rye story about a likeable loser who hits rock bottom only to learn not to look for his heart's desire any farther than his own backyard. Despite it's cliche ridden plot and minimalist production, the acting was low-key and charming. My biggest complaint is that it's entirely forgetable