Friday, February 18, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
love, as described by a teenage boy
I just finished reading David Nicholls’ novel called A Question of Attraction and found this passage particularly relevant on this Valentine's Day. The narrator is an 18 year old boy home from university for the Christmas holiday and talking about his visit with his best friends from childhood...
"On the way to the bar, I think for a moment about heading for the door and walking out. I love Spence and Tone, Spencer especially, and I think it's mutual, though g-d knows we'd never actually use the L-word, not sober anyway. But for my 18th birthday Spencer and Tone tied me naked to the end of southland pier and force-fed me laxatives, so it's a love that expresses itself in unconventional ways."
Happy Valentine's Day to all - I hope everyone gets to experience a love that expresses itself in unconventional ways (sans laxative).
"On the way to the bar, I think for a moment about heading for the door and walking out. I love Spence and Tone, Spencer especially, and I think it's mutual, though g-d knows we'd never actually use the L-word, not sober anyway. But for my 18th birthday Spencer and Tone tied me naked to the end of southland pier and force-fed me laxatives, so it's a love that expresses itself in unconventional ways."
Happy Valentine's Day to all - I hope everyone gets to experience a love that expresses itself in unconventional ways (sans laxative).
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
someone sleep talks
3am - the apartment is quiet and everyone is sleeping...
seth: i am going to buy you a chocolate pig.
me: zzzzzzzzzzz, what?
seth: i am getting you a chocolate pig
me: why thank you, i would love a chocolate pig
seth: but it has to be dark chocolate
me: i would prefer that, dark chocolate is my favorite
seth: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
sadly, no dark chocolate pig appeared this morning, but i still have hope.
seth: i am going to buy you a chocolate pig.
me: zzzzzzzzzzz, what?
seth: i am getting you a chocolate pig
me: why thank you, i would love a chocolate pig
seth: but it has to be dark chocolate
me: i would prefer that, dark chocolate is my favorite
seth: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
sadly, no dark chocolate pig appeared this morning, but i still have hope.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
why commuting causes ulcers
Monday, February 7, 2011
music love
i have been non-stop listening to the playlists on i listen to everything since yesterday. i find myself falling in love with the awesome girl that runs this site and am dangerously close to wearing out the shazam app on my iphone. an excellent way to make a monday go by fast.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
this is the way to eat in style
last night we grabbed our passports and headed to williamsburg (brooklyn, that is) for dinner with our favorite newly engaged friends, fil and manu (yay, congrats!!!!). our destination was zenkichi, a japanese place on 6th street. the theme of the place must have been hidden treasure because not only was there no sign (all four of us walked past it without realizing) but the interior is laid out like a maze of secluded booths, each one tucked behind a curtain. privacy is apparently quite important so inside the booth we found a button you can use to call a waiter. i had to use all of my control not to push that thing all night.
after settling in, manu and i decided to order the omakase menu (8 courses chosen by the chef) and fil and seth picked out a number of a la carte dishes. then we completely ignored who ordered what and tasted everything on the table (my favorite way to eat). among other things, we ate jelly fish (first time for me, i found the texture a little odd but the flavor quite mild), delicious monk fish livers, excellent yellow tail sashimi, an interesting sea food chowder served in a large shell and topped with uni and bechamel sauce, tasty little lamb chops and homemade chocolate truffles filled with whiskey. seth and manu each ordered a sake tasting and fil and i stuck with beer (who saw that coming?). apparently sapporo is my new favorite beer (prompting me to order more than one and seth to ask me to renew our vows). all in all, dinner was great and as manu so eloquently put it, i probably wouldn't run back but i would definitely recommend that others try it.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
happiness is...
1. hearing that all new jersey transit trains are canceled, showing up to penn station on the off chance that a train will be running and catching the one train that left the station all morning.
2. walking to work and managing not to fall despite only walking on either ice or in knee deep puddles.
3. getting to work with my hair still looking awesome despite rain and ice.
4. knowing that i will not lose faith that the lamb guy will end his feud with the shwarma guys at pick a pita on eighth avenue so that seth can finally get his lamb shwarma on tuesdays or thursday and bring one home to me.
i am starting to think my definition of happiness is being warped by snow and extreme weather.
2. walking to work and managing not to fall despite only walking on either ice or in knee deep puddles.
3. getting to work with my hair still looking awesome despite rain and ice.
4. knowing that i will not lose faith that the lamb guy will end his feud with the shwarma guys at pick a pita on eighth avenue so that seth can finally get his lamb shwarma on tuesdays or thursday and bring one home to me.
i am starting to think my definition of happiness is being warped by snow and extreme weather.
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