(Should I even acknowledge that it's been almost a year since the last LJ entry I posted? Nah, just jump right in.)

Three weeks from tonight will be my wedding to cricketnyc. Tonight, she is out at her sleepover bachelorette party with her girls; that means for me, tonight is the final meal I will ever prepare for myself as a bachelor ( Read more... )

On Saturday night I went out to see a live performance by Beatallica, the mashup band that takes Beatles songs and metals them up with riffs and lyrics from Metallica songs: "And Justice For All My Loving" and "The Thing That Should Not Let It Be." They tore it up ( Read more... )

Saturday 11/7: packed for roadtrip to Montreal, headed out early afternoon. Stopped at Albany to visit Jackie; had some quality puppy time, a good chicken sandwich, a good beer (Saranac Maple Porter), and a good night's sleep ( Read more... )

Last night I went to a metal concert where one headlining band performed their concept album about a paraplegic who astral-projects himself back in time and meets Rasputin, and the other headlining band was a fictional cartoon. Then things got weird ( Read more... )

A grey and rainy day in New York City. Happy Patriot Day9/11 kind of snuck up on me this year. For better or for worse (I'm thinking better), the media coverage seems less obsessive than in years past. The story is buried behind coverage of Fashion Week and the race for city comptroller ( Read more... )

The Halo Effect is real, you guys ( Read more... )

President Obama's motorcade drove down 54th St, right past my office building, a few minutes ago.

The squeeing of the collected pedestrians was almost deafening.

Woo hoo, I'm getting an iPhone*!

(* 3G[S], 16GB, black)

And thanks to eligibility for a corporate discount through my employer, I'm going to be saving a whole seven dollars per month off the normal service price!

That's $7 more I can blow on stupid iPhone apps every month!

Parking on several blocks around my office has been closed off to accommodate filming of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice". I figure this gives me about an 80% chance of NOT being run over by a sports car before the week is through ( Read more... )

You've all seen this by now, right?

Amazing on every level.

I think I liked it better than the Watchmen movie itself.