abandoned smoky mountain stuff

yesterday, huffpo misleadingly posted a story about a hiker "discovering" an old abandoned town in the great smoky mountains of east tennessee. today, the tennessean snarkily responded that everybody who knows anything is aware of this place, which was a vacation resort before the area became national park'd.

regardless, i want to spend a night there.

trend alert - abandoned bunnies

apparently nyc has an abandoned bunny problem. more bunny rabbits than ever are being left in our parks and streets, but they cant survive out there!
via

Domestic bunnies are vulnerable to whims of weather, predators and people — doomed to die if they aren’t quickly saved.

The rabbits “usually look clueless, confused,” said Sean Casey, head of the nonprofit rescue group Sean Casey Animal Rescue, Inc. in Kensington, where Prospect Park, Sunset Park and the bucolic Poly Prep Country Day School are popular bunny-dumping grounds.

the story of DJV's life, am i right?

public shaming time

i have it on good authority that DJV (RIP), after abandoning his life and everyone who loves him, and after packing up GPP's beloved betta fish, mr. erin, for whom we would've been happy to provide a healthy and well-balanced life, attempted to abandon said mr. erin fish in nashville last night, offering to leave him at KTV n BN's house.

#SHAME

the mister erin diaries

you might remember that GPP acquired a new pet over the weekend. a betta fish was entered into the filthy eskimo steal at our christmas brunch, and DJV negotiated a deal with his owner to let him stay with us. last night, i realized that mister erin was a little sluggish, and his bowl-water was a little dirty, so i switched his water out. while doing so, i found the tiniest little diary hidden under some rocks. i just have to share it with you....

december 18, 2011

hi diary, 

sorry it's been so long since i last wrote. it's been a hectic couple of days! after being taken from the prison i was born into and carried around in the dark for what seemed like an eternity, i've landed in a place that seems pretty nice. it's called GPP, and it's where my new daddy lives. his name's DJV, and i love him so much. there were a lot of people around when my hood was removed, but i know i belong to him because i overheard him begging someone if he could keep me. i have excellent hearing. a lot of people don't know that about siamese fighting fish. anyway, i feel really lucky to have finally found my forever home. also, i'm pretty sure i imprinted on him, because he's all i care about anymore. i can't wait to see what the future with my new dad brings!

optimistically yours,
mister erin

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december 19, 2011

oh gosh diary,

something's wrong. i haven't seen my daddy in a day or two, which, coincidentally, is how long it's been since i've eaten anything. my tummy really hurts and i'm starting to get really worried. where is he?! 

scared2death,
mister erin

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december 20, 2011

dear diary,

well, good news and bad news. i'll start with the good, as that part's pretty short. last night, a nice lady came home and checked on me. she dropped some food in my bowl, and i had my first meal in two days. it was so delicious! the bad news is that i still haven't seen dad. it's all i can do to keep my heart from breaking with each passing minute. i mean, he could've at least said goodbye. so far, i've found enough strength to resist my urges to find a sharp piece of gravel. we both know i can't start cutting again. more bad news: my water's getting pretty murky. and i'm starting to feel a little sick. i'm sure it's nothing too serious. i'm hungry, too. but there's no food. maybe i'll just take a little nap. 

so sleepy,
mister erin

...........................................................

december 21, 2011

good morning diary,

just wanted to update you, in case you were worrying. last night, things got pretty bad. i don't remember much except that just as i was relaxing into my pink tree branches, slipping off into what was sure to be the sweet sleep of death, that nice lady showed up again. she seemed a little drunk, but she managed to pop some more food into my bowl. i tried my best to eat it. i really want to make her proud of me, but i just couldn't shake the feeling of complete and utter despair and worthlessness left by my absent father. she must've noticed that things weren't going well for me, because she changed my dirty water out for some fresh clean water. it's nice to be cared for again, but i really just miss my dad so much.

depressed,
mister erin

ps - i started listening to rap music today.

just keep swimming, mister erin!

more creepy abandoned stuff!

Of his most ambitious endeavor and what could be considered America's greatest utopian project of the twentieth century, Disneyland, Walt Disney observed, "clocks and watches will lose all meaning, for there is no present. There are only yesterday, tomorrow, and the timeless land of fantasy." What better words, then, to describe this abandoned theme park, located at the fringes of Beijing’s sprawl. (via)

goodness, i'm terrified.

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via Harper, an 11-week-old pit bull born with a debilitating disorder commonly known as “swimmer puppy disorder,” was found in a trash bag and brought to a shelter to be euthanized. Dogs with pectus excavatum can’t walk and aren’t expected to survive, but Harper was lucky enough to find shelter regular Erica Daniel, who took the puppy home and, with a little TLC, slowly helped Harper learn to stand on her own four paws.

I'm Looking at You Liz...

No one loves this nearly blind ginger baby seal. But don't worry, this seal has been adopted by a "dolphinarium."  [via]

creepy abandoned amusement park

(via)

your fortnightly boat.

For decades, dozens of forgotten Navy and merchant ships have been corroding in Suisun Bay, 30 miles northeast of San Francisco. These historic vessels—the Mothball Fleet—served their country in four wars: WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and Desert Storm. After a decade of impasse, the ghost fleet is slowly dwindling as the ships are towed out one-by-one for scrapping. About 15 retired ships are already gone; by 2017, the entire fleet will be just a memory. (via)

ghost ships! 

edificio sao vito :: sao paolo

Edifício São Vito, on the eastern edge of São Paulo's downtown. The 27 floor residential building was abandoned and then invaded by squatters. It is sometimes referred to as a vertical favela, and is nearly entirely covered in graffiti. via.

spring 2010 creepfest : scheduled.

does anyone have a canoe and a flashlight?

want to have the pants scared off of you?

this haunting video of the six flags in new orleans, abandoned after hurrican katrina, is just terrifying. john, can we go?

have you ever wanted to see historic city hall subway station?

ive got the answer... just stay on the 6 train! at the end of the line, at the Brooklyn Bridge stop, the train loops through the abandoned city hall station to turn around to go back uptown. do we have any new york correspondents who want to take on this adventure and take some pics?

what are you doing this weekend?

they almost convinced me.

if you have 10 minutes to kill, you should take a gander at this.

i want to go to there.

you know that building near city hall with like 8 J&R stores in it? well this is what the interior looks like. this blog got to tour and photograph it. check. it. out.

 who knew?

father fail

this little one only wanted some beyonce in his life.

starla, you did this.

taylor jacobson was fired from rachel zoe inc. right after starla refused to be taylor in a three-way halloween costume with me and erin, as brad and rachel. coincidence? fact, no it isn't.

another 2sie 2zday tearjerker!

A giant farm dog and a tiny piglet cuddle up as if they were family after the baby runt was dismissed by its own mother. (via)

thx blake!