It's been awhile since I last posted, one month to be exact. I had been so good about posting more often but I got lazy over the past month. Hopefully, I can get back in the saddle and do a better job this month,. Anyway, here are some quick updates on what I've been up to.

- MLS season has started and I've been having a blast spending my weekends watching soccer on TV and at Giant's Stadium. It's a horrible place to watch a game but I have to support my local team. Next year will be a vast improvement once the new stadium is complete, it's going to be a world class facility and also much easier (and cheaper) to get to.

- The weather is getting nicer so I've started exploring the NYC food scene again. I've recently ventured out to Queens for some amazing Thai food at a place called Zabb. I've also finally ventured further south into Brooklyn and visited Sunset Park.

Sunset Park is home to New York City's third largest Chinese population and a pretty large Mexican population as well. It's out of the way so you're not going to find any tourists there but what you will find is some amazing food. I've started scratching the surface of the Mexican offerings there and so far things are looking muy bueno. I'll report back when I've tried more.

Here's a map of much of my food related exploration that I have planned for the summer.

- I've started running with Lee, usually about three miles every other day. Unfortunately, that's been put on hold because the nice weather has convinced all the trees in the city that it might be a good idea to try to fertilize my face with their pollen.

I've gone to get acupuncture again and it helped a little, I have a second appointment tomorrow. Usually after a couple sessions I feel much better so hopefully I can get back out there this weekend. I've gotten into the running groove so I'm actually enjoying it (which is rare). I'm hoping this minor setback doesn't ruin everything.

- Another potential obstacle to my getting back out into the park is the release of Grand Theft Auto IV. I've never been a fan of the series but having it set in such a realistically rendered version of New York is just too much fun to pass up. I'm about 15% through with the game and am doing my best to be a good citizen, only stealing cars when I need them and not killing anyone who doesn't deserve it.

- Finally, Flickr has introduced more detailed statistics for your photos. This has allowed me to find out what sites have borrowed some of my photos, here are some good examples:

Alex Playing Beer Pong - This is on a site about "Extreme Ping Pong."

My photo of the Eiffel Tower - From a post at Colour Lovers entitled "Landmark Color: The Eiffel Tower's True Hues".

One of my lunches at SXSW - Taco Journalism's "Tacos of SXSW" post.

Vadim playing videogames - A spanish language blog post about videogames.

Edit: In addition to a happy May Day, happy RSS Awareness Day as well!