Even in the beginning, when we were told to go home for two weeks, I knew that the timeframe could be more like several months. I had no idea it would be as long as it continues to be, but I knew that we needed a long-term plan. Iris and I started going on mandatory walks around the neighborhood to put some structure in the day and commit to some healthy habit-building to combat the chaos. Our little video that we released this week is now a strange love letter to our neighborhood, and the things that gave us hope or made us laugh on those little walks. We went past these bike racks everyday for a month, each time adding a little bit more to the bit until...well...see for yourself:
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It was the Fall of 2000, “Blue (Da Ba Dee)” had been stuck in my head for at least three straight months, and I wanted more. I was about to celebrate my 13th birthday, and little did I know that my mom was about to give me one of the best gifts I’d ever receive, a valuable lesson that she would continue giving me well into my adult life. A lesson about how to give the perfect gift. At that age, I didn’t think that was a lesson to be taught. The perfect gift was obvious; I’d asked for an Eiffel 65 CD, so of course that was what my mom had picked up, right? Imagine my surprise when I opened this:
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