Been awhile

I haven't had a chance to post for a bit. I was deprived of internet service by the evil outsourced vultures at verizon. It took over 2 weeks to resolve a simple reconnection problem. I've also been busy in the real world as well. I was visited by a few friends from back home and I had a great time and completely exhausted every sightseeing oppurtunity the city has to offer.

My home-slice Ben was here to interview for some design jobs in the hopes of moving out here himself. He surprised me on his first day with a duo of tattoos on his wrists. He got 2 circles of seemingly incoherent letters around his carpals. One of the wrists has all the initials of his family and the other is all his close friends (including me!) How cool is that, eh?! I've been immortalized! I was touched by the fact that I was even added.

Also visiting were 2 girls I know from high school, Lauren & Alicia. I have to admit that we haven't really stayed in touch since the old days and I was a little unsure how much we would still have in common, but it was really great having them here and reconnecting. It brought back memories of house parties and drinking 40's on staircases.

Tourist highlights of their week here include:

Pizza at Difara's and burgers at Corner Bistro
Coney Island people watching and a foodie tour through little russia
Daytime drinking and fish & chips at Pacific Standard
Wandering all through NY from prospect park to central park. Taking pictures and chillin'

But I am slightly relieved to have the house to myself again. A little peace and quiet and a day without walking 10 miles are good things. I also have mufuckin' finals to start worrying about so it's about time my sweaty ass buckled down and opened a notebook.

Speaking of sweaty, I think it must have literally been hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk today. It was a disgusting 95 degrees out! But with humidity i'd wager that it definetely was over a hundred. What the fuck, man! It was 70 and rainy like a week ago!! I hate this place and it's defineable seasonal changes. Where's my east bay perpetual 75 degrees at? I miss that like no other.

Aaaanyways, Here's some things i've recently discovered that you should get into...

thehoodinternet.com (the best mash-up architects i've ever heard)
sordomusic.com (a gigantic database of free albums collected from all over the interwebs)

The new Death Cab, Al Green and Santogold albums.






Iron Man. That movie was the equivalent of having your back scratched in just the right spot by your really nice girlfriend. All the while knowing that you're totally about to do it with her. Actually...wait...that's more like what the new Al Green album is like :)

Wow, I think i'm delirious from this blasted HEAT...

Your lesson for today is,
Appreciate and keep in touch with your old friends. Don't get mad when they leave a big pile of body gunk in the shower. They might just get a tattoo of you one day.

Listen to good music and stay out of the sun.
Buy lemonade from kids on the street even if you don't want it.
Call your brother just to say hi.