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July 31, 2004 12:57 AMmainstream mediaToday was a day that slackers dream about, I think. I got up and took a bike ride in the park, and then got a call to go see the new Cheech & Chong movie, "Nelson & David", uh, I mean "Harold & Kumar" with Sony (cough BMG) friends, two of whom closely resemble tha lead actors. It was a hoot. Lots and lots of silly silly fun.
Afterwards, we went to Beard Papa, which might be the thing to replace my Krispy Kreme obsession, but we'll have to see. Seems like perfect stoner food... hmmm. :) I came home to spend some quality time with elly, including a walk to our favorite coffee shop, where we planned many logistical items with the aid of the Treo calendar. Then, to top off the slacker day, I got a taco, got on the subway, and headed back to Manhattan to see Spiderman 2. It was the perfect summer blockbuster. I loved it. I am satisfied, planning travels, and generally starting to think about what to do about my life in the shorter term. good stuff. July 29, 2004 07:35 PMMeadowWe took a long walk around the park, heading for the Botanical Garden, but ended up in a really nice little meadow/hill. Blanket lying never had it so good July 26, 2004 01:20 AMrevelationEven though I'm happily unemployed, I haven't been sleeping much. At first, it was Yoko waking us up with her morning hunger meows, and sometimes it was late night parties, but I think there may be another reason. Every evening when I'm wandering the house, or geeking, or watching Annie with elly & egg, I just can't wait for it to be tomorrow! Every night, I just want it to be morning so that I can drink coffee, read the Times, and see what the day has to offer. I think this means that I love my life! July 22, 2004 06:15 PMnew hairToday has been extraordinarily nice. Long slow sleep, easy getting up with lots of couch chatting time, relaxing, making breakfast, doing dishes, talking to Dad on a bike ride, geeking. elly & I walked to my new favorite cafe, as mentioned yesterday, and then to my old favorite cafe for a new super-secret, not-on-the-menu sandwich. We talked a lot, and enjoyed the beautiful day, and connected yet again. *swoon*. We're off to the Concerts for Kerry series, but first: elly did crazy things to her hair, and I want to show you all!
July 21, 2004 04:31 PMA lot has happenedHello. I haven't written in a week where so incredibly much has happened. Highlights: Quit job. Nice people came to party with me. Home, decompressing. Cat life. Nice time with the ladies. Trying to figure out life. Last Thursday, I got to go to one of the fanciest dinners I've ever had, at Lever House. It was tasty, though I suspect the meat dishes were more yummy for them than my fairly basic risotto. The waitress had glass conch piercings and fun short bleached blonde hair. The highlights of the meal were the three bottles of Stag's Leap, and the AMAZING Deborah Snyder deserts. I'm not much of a foodie, but damn it was good. I learned a few lessons about life over that meal: one lesson from each of the two women there. Then, Friday was my last day at work. Crazy as it may seem, I had meetings all day! hahah. Not transition, you're leaving meetings, but normal business meetings! I had a 10am, 11am, 1pm, 2pm, 2:30pm! Hahaha. How absurd. The crazy thing is that I was intellectually present during that time! However, all that aside, the best part is how I went out in style. Forgive me for indulging myself, but what the hell! *grin*. I went to work in my brand new suit (I'm a fashion whore from Fred Segal!) and green trainers (Cholo gets props for those!). (I looked a lot like I did when we went to Harlene's Wedding), and managed to expense a few bottles of champagne for my morning meeting! heeehee. There's this meeting that I ran for about a year, where a whole bunch of developement managers all get together and discuss current projects, and I thought it would be appropriate to toast myself. Good fun had by all, and we even had flutes to drink from! The day went quickly, but then as evening fell, and we meandered over to a Swanky rooftop bar, as graciously arranged in advance by a pal at work. I was hopeful that a handful of people would show up, but it ended up being a real party! I was so honored and surprised by the attendance. Maybe it was the bottle service, but I don't care. heh. Fancy people from work came, hungover pals from work, and there were even hangers-on! Most flatteringly were my pals from Brooklyn who made the big trek in to be with me as I said goodbye to the midtown, corporate world. I was on cloud 9. We drank fancy drinks, hung out and generally had a great time. There were other things happening there that I probably shouldn't talk about, but damn, I've never actually *seen* it happen before! There was lots of smoking, and chilling on the balcony:
The weekend brought the new moon, the Siren Festival out at Coney Island, bad movies and lots of much needed downtime. Yesterday was a flury of activity with trips to the Post Office, Salvation Army, and the co-op. Today, I've written a review of a local independent coffee shop called Cafe Regular (located on 11th Street), ran minor errands, done sinks full of dishes, tended to the house, and just generally decompressed. Also, elly bleached her hair pink and blonde, but I can't show you any of the pictures that I took :). Suffice to say I'm quite pleased. July 14, 2004 08:42 AMviva la france!Yo, its Bastille Day today. Let's all eat cake and topple the ruling class, or something. July 12, 2004 06:33 PMall the thingshello gentle reader. It is my last monday at work. It is raining in that vaguely depressing way, where it's not quite warm enough to be a hot summer rain, but not actually cold enough to qualify as gloomy. I forgot my umbrella at home, but wore a nice BRIGHT orange jacket that my dad gave me, keeping me mostly dry. But I've dried out and am eating a tasty salad now, so that's good. My weekend was as good as it could possibly have been, and as bad as it could have possibly have been all at once. Personal vs work lives. elly came home to me on Saturday morning, which was phenomenal, and meant that there was lots of loving time in bed and around the house. I am particularily happy that Yoko came home too. There was about a 5 minute period when I thought she might stay in SF, but she came along, quickly becoming the most well travelled cat that I know. I got up early to buy her food this morning. yay. I never thought I'd love a cat so. Work kind of sucked, with Friday (10pm -> 2am) and Saturday (10pm -> 3:30am, then 6:30am again) nights totally ruined, but it also served to remind me why I'm quitting my job. I'm pleased. It was a nice reinforcement. I also went to go see Randy and hang out, and talk art. I'm in love with her stuff, and feel a particular connection to her & the Broome street studio because of the big fire that happened there last year, and my subsequent intervention. I'm considering buying a BIG piece of art, but I've never done it before, and I'm scared. Anyone got any advice? July 10, 2004 01:02 PMThis is not my life!Things are pretty damn good. The woman that I love traveled for a while, and then came to me in a demonstration of pure romanticism. I love her so much. The sun is out, and the trees are swaying, and we'll be wandering SoHo together soon. Last night I was still hungover from the day before, and starting a work thing at 10pm. elly and I sat in chat during that time. Here's the excerpt that I love: /m le come to me. So, in the order of about 9 hours, we went from elly being in San Francisco, doing her thing there, to her being home with me, in my arms in Brooklyn. That's romance. That's love. That's the pure, unadulterated, raw connection that I've longed for. This is not my beautiful life!
And to top it all off, I'm starting to get goosebumps about going home again soon. July 08, 2004 04:13 PMwork peopleHahaha. I have fun pals at work. They are nice. There's more drinks planned for tonight, and an email went out to people about it. subject line? "kerry selects fross as funning mate" so dry, so ironic. good stuff. July 08, 2004 10:42 AMGood day!I am happy with the world today. There's an older, long grey haired woman in the seventh avenue F stop playing her guitar and singing soulfully to accompany this writing. I'm slightly hungover, but its that warmth, with only some of the room-spinning action. I'm wearing comfortable clothes; to hell with those Midtown bitches and their (Shoreham) fancy bars. Bret sent me some new shirts, incuding today's which is the word "Knowledge" in the shape of a gun. Get it? Knowledge is power? I'm also wearing fun shoes & socks that elly helped me buy while on SF travel adventure. I'm so grateful for all the people in my world: old friends, new ones, even family! and being lucky enough to have fallen in love with a wonderful woman. I'm hungover because some nice work people threw a sushi dinner drinking party last night. It was sort of a going away for me, but also just a nice UWS evening. Home is nice, filled with egg & nick, but sad because elly & yoko are far away. It amazes me in so many ways, all the feelings that have happened in the last year. I have so much hope and sense of possibility for the future! Wish us luck, won't you? Ps: I wrote this on my treo, aren't I cool? Or at least a big dork? Pps: there is a woman on the subway reading the new stephen king tome aloud to herself. New York is weird and great. July 05, 2004 08:12 PMweekend updateSo much happened this weekend. I haven't updated in so long. I stayed in New York City for the 4th of July long weekend. It was eerily quiet in town, but very nice nonetheless. I like being out on the streets when no one else is, but it being sunny and nice out. It reminds me of a Tuesday morning that elly & I wandered the streets of SoHo, unseasonably warm sometime in April or May. We sat on stoops and looked at amazing dresses, drinking coffee, and finding happiness not being at work, and just being together. I loved her so much at that time, and it's only gotten better. Over the course of the weekend, I thought back to previous 4ths. (a side note about holidays: they serve as such good markers of time for me; it's not important that I do the Right Thing, like go to see fireworks, so much as holidays serve as increments.) Last year, I was celebrating Greg & Amy's wedding, and two years ago, I was at the cottage, preparing to move to New York, with all the hope in the world for a job & life here. Now, all that has changed, but I really don't view it as any loss of hope, but as an experience that has broadened my horizons, and helped me to start to try and figure out this thing called life. but I digress. enough about that. what happened this weekend? Friday Saturday Sunday We took a green Lincoln (no not that Green Lincoln!!) to JFK, where there we stood in long Jet Blue lines, but were helped my a nice attendant who got elly onto a flight leaving one hour earlier, and with lots of empty seats for her & yoko! yay :) :) I think that my sadness around her departure is really more than I care to write here, but I am filled with hope & love for her return. I had AirTran adventure back to Brooklyn, my first attempt to brave the MTA from an NYC area airport. it took a long time, mostly comprised of waiting for the A train. (it was Sunday night, I suppose):
The A-train was amazing. it was all that I hope for in an NYC subway ride. Total insanity. There were a bunch (20?) of Dominican kids on the train with a boombox. They all wore the uniform of the day, which seems to be long shorts (mostly denim), and 4XXL oversized BRIGHT white teeshirts down to their knees. I got all the dirty looks, and sizing up that I could dream of (scrawny white guy with a too-tight black teeshirt on). They played Bhangra, riddims, soulful R&B, all sorts of crazy shit, but the best part was that it was LOUD, and the kids were INTO it! They were all screaming, and yelling, and dancing and it was great! such excitement! I watched their energy fade as the train started to go underground, out of the sunset filled skies, and into the depths. I hope they had fun at whatever 4th of July party they were going to! When I got back to Brooklyn, I scurried on my bike (yay hokey spokes!!) over to Peter & Shelly's, to hang out and watch the fireworks from the roof. It was good fun. Nice people, tasty deviled eggs, and good to chill with peeps who Get It. Monday I hope there's much more sleep in my future. Signing off for now. July 04, 2004 03:50 AM |
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