at ctm just now, katie and i shared a bagel & a realization. we both want to have our cake and eat it too. only, she'd wants to have her cake and then eat it too, and i want to eat my cake and then have it too ( Read more... )

i told myself, "be brave! just relax, open up invisible man, distract yourself, and you'll take a nap as soon as you get home."

not quite!

"I guess one's college is really a kind of mother and father . . . a sacred matter."

youuuu guyyysssss.....

"studying" "physics" with claudy & david at starbucks, i check for voice mail (I DO IT SOMETIMES YOU GUYS) and it's my mom's voice telling me to check out page E39 in the new york times ( Read more... )

ElPadrino3: like, i picture billy joel's world as being a really maudlin gay musical, where everyone has their watches on chains and talks like characters from 'guys and dolls'

well...

+ the cutest boy, ever (!) (thanks, honey)
+ dinner at [one of] my favorite restaurant[s] (and no, not just 'cause it's got a funny name! big wong, big wang...)
+ the darling-est venue in town (and namesake of hunter's only knitting (and crocheting!) club, the knitting factory!)+ cat power. there are no words ( Read more... )

i got my report card today (too bad you didn't, Katie, BROOKLYN RULES!!!) and my grades went up in every subject except for spanish & english, which remained the same.
best subject: english (i loooove dr. scharff!)
worst subject: math ( Read more... )

every time i peek to see if my hamster's awake to pick it up, it's sound asleep. this phenomenon makes me think that sleep is the hamster equivalent of "no, sorry, i have to wash my hair tonight."

this morning was one of those mornings when i had to run to catch the subway... and you kids know i hate running... anyway there was an ad in my subway ( Read more... )

it's the subway's 100th birthday.
it's the first appearance of the beatles on the ed sullivan show's 40th anniversary.

...AND IT'S MY BIRTHDAY.

my birthday present from noelle and lizzie is making me both a bit nervous & a bit thirsty. and it is so sweet!the birthday countdown began on monday when TJ looked over his shoulder at me and said, "guess what sunday is?" (i'm almost seventeen... one more year 'til i indulge in all the porn, cigarettes & lotto tickets i've been denying myself ( Read more... )

Cat Power

February 15th and 16th [@ the Knitting Factory]

Cat Powers Chan (pronounced "Shawn") Marshall exists on a plane somewhat different than yours or mine, as anybody who has heard her sing knows. Her voice is unlike anyone youve heard before, combining raw intimacy with a gruff, chalky confidence, and while any attempt to interpret her ( Read more... )