Well I guess I am in the midst of the holiday season, though I can hardly believe it is no longer fall since it's been abour 50 degrees here everyday. And I know that can't be a good sign but I really don't miss the cold. The past few weeks have been a bit dull. I've been doing a lot of reading, which is keeping me somewhat sane. Had a holiday ( Read more... )

Went upstate to some spottily populated area of New York this weekend with a couple of pals from work to build fires and yap and play rummicube. It was delightful. We ate pie and explored and yesterday we went horseback riding. Now I haven't been horseback riding since I was about 6 at Rockinghorse Ranch and it was snowing and everytime the ( Read more... )

Ben visited this weekend from Texas so there was much shimmie shake to be had. Went out for some dancing at Southpaw and got nice and sweaty. Got brunch at Grace's favorite diner. Work's been kind of a struggle lately but I taught a Dia de los Muertos workshop this weekend, which was pretty satisfying. Also satisfying is the fact that I got ( Read more... )

Had a bit of a surreal morning. Saw a bunny rabbit on a roof, drove home from upstate under backlit clouds, saw randomly lit signs. I had a good weekend tromping around a sculpture park with my pal. I'm reading the feminine mystique and it's pretty illuminating. I'm ill-prepared for the coming workweek.

Despite a parking ticket and endless tours at work, I've finally managed to get motivated. I've been reading loads and I've embarked on a new goal of reading the dictionary and learning as many new words as possible. So far I've gotten through "a ( Read more... )

I haven't written in a while because I've been a genuinely boring person. Work is getting me down. My feelings of general dissatisfaction have grown. Things I've tried to do to make myself feel better: paint my apartment, explore new places around town, go to CT to visit Grace, wander. Went to the beach a couple of times and that was satisfying ( Read more... )

An update on the outrageous behavior of my crunk ass neighbors. They park their cars backwards in front of their house/driveway, making my poor ol Pontiac's exit in the morning a veritable obstacle course. They spend weeks building a shed/bomb shelter in their backyard and then additional weeks painting it. With what you ask? Not normal brushes ( Read more... )

Things I've done lately involve an open house at the New School, watching an Elvis impersonator get humped by a random woman at my company party, attempting (and failing) to climb boulders at a rock gym, absolutely schooling some obnoxious boys at skee ball. I've been really busy and I've had a lot of fun, but lately I've been feeling unsettled ( Read more... )

Birthday fun, very good. Lots of hilarity and my friends getting boozed on Friday, culminating with a dude getting out of my pal's car at a red light and doing a dance to "Sexy Back" around the hood of the vehicle. Myself and everyone else-- peeing themselves with laughter. P.S. we were in FREEPORT for this portion of the excursion. Which ( Read more... )

To make up for last weekend's beat nonsense, this Labor day was truly fantastic. Multiple nights of dancing with Grace at various locales, including one that had a 'free hotdog with any drink' special and a whirlie twirl deep fry machine. Also, breakfast AND dinner at restraunts that featured waitresses wearing hotpants. Amazing. Grace and I ( Read more... )