Welcome to lostinjersey

Longtime readers know that my old site didn’t look that great and suffered from a lot of bad links and broken photos. I have now moved my site here and it is now blog based to make for easier interaction. I have rewritten a lot of the material and updated it as warranted. I have made every effort to make sure that all links work and all photos appear. if any of them don’t, please contact me. I have posted all emails that I received previously as comments on the appropriate page, and appreciate all comments and feedback left by you, the reader. I have 3 years of updates to add to the site. I kind of fell off the map once I bought my house, but I will be back out exploring and posting new material as often as possible.

If you’d like, you can friend me on the following sites…

Facebook: under the name Lostin Jersey. Note that’s two seperate words
Livejournal: lostinjersey all one word
Myspace: lostinjersey all one word

need something notarized? I can help

More accurately, my wife can help. She is a licensed notary (and if you are in real estate, she’s a closer and a licensed title producer too). My wife primarily works in northern jersey, so if you need something notarized, check out her webpage, and you’ll find her contact info there.

100,000 hits in 8 months

I just hit 100,000 page views since the site converted to a blog in march 2009. I’ve averaged 400 hits/day, which is on par w/what the cheetos website gets. Thanks for all your interest. I’m going to be adding a lot of new content shortly. Unfortunately my life is crazy on a daily basis so it’s been hard to get my site to where it needs to be., Keep checking back and thanks for your interest.

Wildlife biologist looks for the jersey devil…

ok… he’s actually looking for a giant weasel… called a fisher…

for sale: Canon PIXMA MX860 AllInOne inkjet printer

I’ve tried a few times to sell this on ebay to no avail, so I’m trying some more basic ways to sell this. The item is brand new… however… the box was opened and the ink cartridges were installed. it was connected to a pc but never used. my circumstances changed and I no longer needed it. So I’m offering it for sale. It’s $130 free S&H. it retailed for $200, so I think this is quite a good deal. Below is an item description from Canon. If interested, I take paypal, or a check once it clears. Money order is also ok. Local delivery is an option, and I’ll probably knock something off in that case.

Get ready for the power you’ll need to bring your home office to the next level. This wireless wonder lets you print from any room in your home and boasts incredible 9600 x 2400 maximum color dpi with 1pl and a 5 individual ink tank system. A built-in, fully integrated 35-sheet Auto Document Feeder means fast copying or scanning of your originals so you can tend to other tasks while the printer is at work. Its built-in Auto Duplex Printing prints two-sided documents without having to manually flip the pages. Additionally, various security features like password-protected PDF’s means you can feel safe about the creation and distribution of your most confidential files. A Super G3 High-speed Fax along with networkable Ethernet means every aspect of your business can run as efficiently as possible. Thanks to Dual Color Gamut Processing Technology your copies will maintain the integrity of the original while you produce remarkable scans with 4800 dpi. With computer-less printing capabilities via compatible memory cards, PictBridge and optional Bluetooth can easily be viewed and edited directly on the 2.5″ LCD. Its versatile feature set also makes for a top-of-the-line photo lab so all of your printing needs are met in one machine that can virtually fit anywhere, whether you’re on a PC or Mac.

Features

Maximum 4800 x 1200 color dpi with microscopic droplets as small as 2 picoliters.
Fast printing up to 30 ppm black /20 ppm color and a photo lab quality, borderless
4″ x 6″ photo in approx. 46 seconds.
Rapid document copying & scanning with 30-sheet ADF.
Super G3 High-Speed fax with 40 coded speed dials, storing up to 100 incoming pages.
Faithful photo and document reprint quality with advanced copy technology.

I won 1st runner up in the Asbury park Halloween parade

My costume was homemade, I went as a suicidal president of the NY Mets fan club. I mean seriously, 2 last second scollapses and then this year we’re eliminated in early September? All that money for what? I’d kill myself if I were the president. I got a lot of thumbs up and smiles from folks. Wanna see? then go check out the
Flickr pix and step by step details of how I did the makeup and made noose.

See the low budget zombie movie Colin: its your last chance!

The low budget zombie flick Colin, reportedly made for less then $50 had a very limited release in the states earlier this year, and has come and gone. But there’s still one last chance to see it! it will be playing today at 6pm at the showroom in Asbury Park, which will be followed right afterwards by the Asbury park Halloween parade. naturally there will be a zombie contingent.

directions to the showroom can be found here.

My photographs are getting more exposure

I recently was contacted by Slam Magazine, a German music magazine. They want my pic of Joey Ramone’s grave. I also had a pic of the SOL used by Schmapp.com. In addition I was recently contacted by an art magazine to use a photo of the cars covered in concrete (now dismantled) for an article on the artist who created it.

I really need to get my photos out there in a way that interested parties can find them. So far I have not been paid, only given credit as the photographer. That’s fine for now, but it would be nice if I could actually get paid….

NJ Zombiewalk 10/09

1500 people?!?! Are you freaking kidding me? The ZW was 10x better then last year. You know you’re reaching critical mass with an event like this when you the costume get more inventive and more funny.

Here are a few of my favorite outfits.

zipper face

man and his pet zombie, Harry

I found Waldo…

Gold digger

scariest guy at the walk

Zom-bee

Phone guy

Best screamer there

not quite dead yet

The priest and the nun

ME!

You also know you’ve getting somewhere when the participants aren’t just the typical fans of the genre. We saw lots of kids and lots of families out there. Most of the kids were cute, and some were creepy (that’s a compliment).

There was rain threatening all day but it only sprinkled maybe 15 minutes mid day. otherwise the weather was overcast and cool, perfect fall weather. I decided I wanted a picture of zombies rushing the bloodmobile so in groups of 2s and 3s I invite everyone who was already made up. I went to the hotel across the street and they graciously let me thru one of the rooms to the 3rd floor balcony where I documented it. Then, unexpectedly the zombies saw us and rushed us, but we were safe on the 3rd floor. All we needed was “an alive inside” sign to hang off the balcony. (mental note, must do that next year)

All the photos are here

Feeding Harry

While at the NJ Zombiewalk 2 weeks ago I ran into a man with a zombie on a leash. Turns out they had made a short movie, which is on youtube in 3 parts. I discussed the movie w/them and had a nice conversation and he gave me a copy of the movie on dvd. Haven’t watched it yet but basically it’s about a man who has a pet zombie. Got a few pics of Harry before he broke free from his owner and attacked me.

All my photos of the ZW are up on flickr already, but here’s the shots I have of Harry.

I should also mention that there is is a screening of the film at the Loop Lounge in Passaic on 10/22 at 10pm. The movie will also be shown at the Village East Cinema at 10PM on 10/29, at the NY International Film Fest. http://www.nyfilmvideo.com/

6 mos, 62K visitors

Thanks to everyone for making this site so popular, I’m avg’g over 10,000 hits a month. For reference, Cheetos.com gets about 16,000 hits a month.

and to think I haven’t even finished moving over all the old material, or posting all the new material that I never had a chance to post to the old site!

jaguars just over the NY border?

Big cat sitings in Palisades NY? Really? And not cougar or bobcat, we’re talking Jaguar or black panther, those sleek sexy big black cats. Odds are it’s mis-identification since those cats do not live anywhere but south american and asia, still….

I found by watching this weeks episode of Monsterquest.