10/27-10/28 - Oh what a web we weave, on the day of webs.

Saturday



Breakfast delivered. Check

Final Adjustments to Wings for Saturday Night. Check.

Car in Bklyn. Nope.



So we had to take a car service into the city so that we could retrieve the car.

On the way over I stopped in at J&R and bought batteries for one of my finger lights. Uses 3 batteries and is very bright. Then we walked down to Rector street and picked up the Murano. A quick stop for lunch at Wendy's and it was all good. Of course we were stopped by some lady on the street asking for money but unlike the other people around we are not tourists and we knew better.



Back in Brooklyn I chilled out for most of the afternoon and actually fell asleep on the couch before waking up to do the quick clean up and then dress up (as a SWAT officer) and head over to Smith Street and have dinner at Apt. We met Seema and had a nice dinner (grilled chicken on thin bread for me) and then head on over to the end of Court Street near Red Hook and the SoFo bar. The place was small but the people were friendly and we were able to start drinking. Pretty soon I got the call from my sister that they were both on their way and needed directions. After I walked outside and looked at the highway I was able to tell them which exit to get off and they got there shortly after. Shaunn in black playboy Bunny suit with ears and tail and Jan in witch outfit with thigh high boots along with Shameek in her greek mini-dress and gold slippers. The girls took pictures had a drink and then headed out to their party in the city.

We stayed a little longer, finished up our drinks and then we headed out ourselves. We dropped Seema off in her neighborhood and then headed home for my final costume change. Off with the black SWAT and on with all white for the ghetto Angel (by Nike). White headband, White dri-weave shirt, white basketball shorts (with white fanny pack under the shirt). With the Columbia coat and black pullover pants I was ready to head out. Until I realized I had forgotten to bring the wings and had to go back upstairs, put the wings in a bag and brought them with. Over the car service and it was then on to Alegria.

The ride over was OK except for the limo that stopped in the middle of the street in front of Marquee to let out the passengers 2 lanes from the curb. Once I got to 28th street I headed down the block waited on the line (15 minutes) and was ushered onto the ticket holders line and made my way inside. The pat down took a moment as I had to empty so many pockets and then the ticket guy forgot me and thought he had not ripped my ticket in half (I yelled at him) and then I was inside. Over to coatcheck where I said hi to Chris and then changed all my gear to head inside. I forgot the light on my head first but then found it on the floor before I left coatcheck. Once downstairs I ran into Dion and Dale and then Andrei before heading onto the main floor. The main floor was a mad house with large muscular men dancing and moving to quickly through the crowd to be able to move out of the way. I managed however to spin and dodge well enough to make my way to the bar and get my drinks. I then made my way to the dancefloor and said hello to Pat, Steve and Joon along with the rest of the crew. The music was great with a great mix of classic Rosabel mix hits along with current beats. From "Love Revolution" to "Make It Last". The crowd was too big to keep still for too long so I delved through the crush to get drinks and just to move around. I finally shed my wings (in the trash) and shirt (on my waist) around 4:30am and then ran into Rob and Tres and Maurice and Martha. We hung out and danced and watched the performance by Amuka (Sheila Brody) singing 3 songs including "Appreciate Me". Back to the music and more dancing until I found myself on the stairs and watching the costume contest. While the crowd danced to "Put your Hands Up" we watched the group of costumes get moved down to the final three (who all seemed to have wings) and then finally the smallest of the wings but best costume won in the end. I stayed dancing with my friends until around 8:45 when I knew I had to head home and rest my self for the rest of the weekend.

10/26 - H'Ween Weekend - Fun and In between scenes..

Friday I could not leave work fast enough but still had to do some shopping (those angel wings were not going to buy themselves, ha!). So I headed over to the ghetto mall off of Flatbush and I found out that the GHETTO MALL IS CLOSED. Well Fulton Street Mall is still there but the Albee Square Mall and especially the Toys R Us is now gone. I walked around the whole space and saw all the doors gated and the security guard in the building watching television. I was totally lost for a second and then I walked down the street and found this store called, I think "Cookies" where they had kids halloween costumes. Now I was not planning on buying full size I hat that stupid person wings that got in the way I was going to trim them for my own use anyway so I actually found a $5 dollar pair of wings that I knew would work out once I sized them the way I wanted (cut in half and pointed down and using the arm straps connected as a necklace. But I'm getting ahead of myself. On Friday I got back home threw the bags into the room and ate my italian dinner and got myself ready to go out. We headed over to Steven's place downtown and met up with the Jimmy and Steven and helped Steven with his PC while the guys played backgammon. Finally they were torn away from the game and the four of us piled into Steven's Explorer and headed uptown. We did a driveby of the Ritz but the crowd wasn't what we ALL wanted so we headed towards Krash at Stereo but could not find parking. Right after a truly emotional blow-up in the car regarding parking and back seat driving we all stepped out of the vehicle and went to our neutral corners. The entry to the club was uneventful (even though I did manage to lose one of my lights) but once inside the party looked fun yet sadly empty of the raucous crowd I was used to on Saturdays. People were having fun but the place only had like 130 people dancing and so despite the crowd having fun the place closed at 2am. Krash is closed once again. But at least I got to see it once before it was gone. I said goodnight to Jenny and the rest of the crowd and we headed out to the car and over to Splash. Once inside I hung up my coat and danced downstairs and up. DJ for the eve was Brett Heinrichsen and we stayed and enjoyed ourselves until it was time to leave (around 3:15am) We were able to get a taxi pretty easily and headed back to BK.

Pretty normal for a Friday but it was just the first day of the weekend.

10/26 - And You Know This...

I know it has taken me a while but I think I will have to post even more than before because I am going to have to change the direction of the blog just slightly.

Still me.

Still having fun.

But a little more of the stream of consciousness "how I happen to be doing" than I have before.

I have kind of kept the blog as a removed 3rd person except when I needed to say what happened to myself but I guess I have to let people know that I have a regular life (until I become a world famous author, or songwriter or producer/remixer/DJ) and that some things in my regular life have to sustain my weekends. Both financially and nutritionally and definitely getting enough sleep. I try to do all of these things and still make it through my life as it is to make it to the fun parts. The parts I like to write about. I have gotten so busy and so focused on so many things daily in terms of getting to the gym, working out and working at my job, and shopping, (for myself and my home and the stuff that just comes up) There never seems to be enough time but I think I will get better at my time management as I have more to say. I will try to make sure that I take my thumb drive with me so I can write away from home and import the data. But we will see.

What Is going on with me some times.

10/5 - 10/9 - Journey to Canada and Blue and Black Again

10/5 - We left a little late in the afternoon but on the road and heading out of the city. We listened to Niagara Falls and Angel Falls CDs (Pre Party and Peak Hour) Stopped at Mickey D's at a rest stop, cracked jokes, and we got into the city of Quebec around 11:20pm. We checked into the hotel, cleaned up, changed clothes and Rob and I headed over to the first event. The event was more bears in leather than Rob was used to and as soon as Tres and Mo arrived they all decided to head over to the afterhours spot and I stayed at the Leather Ball with Joe and Chris. The music was good (David Knapp and Tracy Young) and I stayed and danced and hung out at the party until around 4:30 and then the three of us headed out into the street in our leather and after stopping for a soda at the pizza place we headed back down Rue Catherine to Circus. We got into the club, checked our clothes and I met up with the others and danced in the club until after 6am. Dancing in my leather shorts and collar in the middle of the mixed club was interesting but I did get tired of the glowstick kids and the thug wannabes walking in from the Hip-Hop Room. I had a good time though and walked Chris and Joe back over to the Leather party before heading back to my hotel room.

10/6 - I woke up and cleaned up and headed out to the supermarket. Of course the day got colder from the day before and I needed my jacket but I did go to the IGA and pick up soda, snacks and food and kept it all in the fridge in my room. I texted the boys but they had left their phones in the car so they did not get the msgs until later. They came over around dinner time and we all headed over to Chinatown and actually had dinner at a non chinese but still asian place where the food was very good. After dinner we headed back to our rooms and chilled out a bit before cleaning up, dressing and heading over to the boys room before we all headed back over to Medley and the Military Ball. The music was good (and the fire show was GREAT, spinning wands of fire and a fire blower on stage) and we stayed and danced until around 5am when we decided to head over to the afterhours and see what was up. Once there the crowd outside and the thought of the having to go through another security and coat check made us decide to go back to the Military ball. We got back in quickly and danced at the club until 7am in the morning when the place started to empty out.

10/7 - Mo came over and we walked down to the village and had Brunch. Egg and cheese croissants and some yogurt afterwards. We stopped at the pharmacy and I picked up gum and Roboxet before we headed back to the hotel. I watched music videos and then anime videos on my mac before was late enough to eat dinner and get ready to heat out. We did not know how the line was going to be but it was in fact raining when we headed out so we got the valet to get a taxi for us and then headed over to the Stadum. At least I knew where the place was as the driver looped us around an extra block before we got near enough to the stadium to head inside. There was no line for the VIP ticket window pickup for Mo and we then all headed inside to coatcheck, security check and then to the main dance floor on the stadium floor.

I walked us over to the VIP and found out they did not have their own bathroom so we had to wait on line in front of the row of pottys but thankfully we were lit up so we could see if the places were clear or not. After that we headed inside the VIP and walked up onto the stage to see Antoine Clamaran hitting the peak of his DJ set and we got a few drinks and then danced in the VIP area before heading outside and seeing what the crowd was up to. I headed through the people standing near the stage and saw the show up close and even saw a dancer that looked like Seema. I returned to the VIP to listen to power source # 3 (Electric party theme) DJ Peter Rauhofer who started out wth a very high energy set that had us up and dancing, he even played his mix of Rihanna "Don't Stop the Music". As there seemed to be something wrong with the stage setup his set was extended for an extra 20 minutes and we danced some more before the next show started. The next show was great, with the music from the opera scene of "The Fifth Element" and a set of queens and a strength act that we had never seen before. The performer did extended poses holding himself perpendicular to the floor from the pole anchored into the floor but then did a clock-walk around with his feet on the air and holding himself from the pole in a complete circle. After that amazing set DJ Mark Anthony came online and we danced some more dealt with the high dancers who had returned from dancing on the stage and were now in the VIP. (We could tell from the silver headphones they had worn on stage). After that DJ set we stayed for DJ D-Formation who was interesting but since the music was really an after-hours set I was just dancing on fumes hoping for something better. Finally I decided to head out at 11am and said goodnight to the boys and headed out to the train. I got to the subway and took the ride back to Berri-Uqam station before heading to the ATM and then back to my hotel. The main event was over and I was so wound up I read a paragraph or two in the novel (Talyn-by Holly Lisle) I brought before going to sleep.

10/7 - I woke up around 6 and had lunch and then a while later I had dinner (thank you Michelena your italian dinners are the best) before watching some more television (Dralion by Cirque) and then cleaned up and got ready to head out once again. Around 11:30 I headed over to get the boys and hung out until they got ready and we all headed out for the final night. Monday night and the hip-hop room wasn't open but there was plenty of space to dance and we proceeded to do just that. Once DJ Peter Rauhofer came on however I had to put plugs in my ears so I wouldn't lose my hearing dancing near the speakers but I did enjoy myself and we all stayed at the club until around 5am and we said goodnight to Joe and headed back to the hotel. Said goodnight to the guys and I went to bed.

10/8 - I set my phone to wake me up at 10:40 and proceeded to do just that. Already clothes packed from the night before I just had to get dressed, and all of the bathroom and computer stuff packed. Once done I headed over to the boys room and waited while they got ready. We then checked out of the hotel and headed back home. A slight detour to the south end of the city looking for a Starbucks and then onto the highway but we got stuck in traffic (for no reason we could figure out) for almost an hour before finally picking up speed and heading back to the US. We stopped at the duty free and then made it through customs before heading back to the US and the rainy roads. Thankfully it stopped raining when we got out of the car. It stopped raining long enough for us to get our chicken at Arby's and then once we got back on the road and around the bend we drove right into the teeth of the storm and had to go the rest of the way in the rain. The only bad moments were passing a truck that threw water onto our windshield and missing the exit for the Major Deegan and going instead down the Bronx River Highway. It was dark and dreary but we made it back through the Bronx and into Queens where we got off of the first exit and drove Mo back to his hood. Then we returned to BK and I was finally home. Said goodnight to the guys got my stuff out of the trunk and made my way upstairs. The weekend adventure was over.

But the guys said they would do it again and I enjoyed so it just may happen. Hot times, good friends, interesting things to see and do. Until next time..
Keep it hot.

9/13 - 9/16 - The Winds of Change, But Some Things Stay the Same

Thursday after work and the Basketball draft and sign-up at Gym. I took the PATH train to 14th Street and then walked over from 6th Ave to 8th and up to the bar. Once inside the packed bar I found Mike, Benny and Russ as well as plenty of regular bar patrons and got my drink on. Talked to a few friends, met Angelica and Nessa as well as discussing classic Disco and 80s Dance music. We stayed at the bar until around 9:30 and then headed over to Bleeker street and we got us some Pizza at Joe's. Once I was back home I brought out my newly purchased PS3 game Heavenly Sword. The Game is beautiful. Still getting used to it but I stayed up till after 3am kicking butt and taking names.

Friday
After work it was dinner party with Tres and Rob and a large contingent of our club going posse. I met Russ and the rest of our friends at Sticky Rice in Soho and had a great steak dinner and then stayed to take pictures with all of our friends. We finally said our first good night at 10:30pm and I headed cross town and uptown only stopping at a neighborhood bodega to buy some gum. I had the time to kill so I walked rather than grab a taxi over to Splash and arrived around 11:30 and got my first drink on and danced with the crowd. DJ Billy Carroll was on the main floor throwing out some tunes but the DJ that was downstairs along with my friend Garrett had me returning multiple times to drink and to dance. I stayed down there to dance to the Jody DB mix of "Don't Stop The Music" by Rihanna. I hung out with Shawn and Rick along with Rob, Tres, Eddie and the rest of the usual guys we hang with until we split into the groups that were going and staying. We were invited up into the VIP so we went, Andre and our new friends who the 5 of us had the room all to ourselves. The group of us made use of the chairs, the view and even the private bathroom but we got the spook-out after Andre decided to borrow the laser to shine over the dancefloor.

The light guy appeared (the guy with the perpetual scowl, glasses, not cleanshaven) shortly after and demanded to know why we were shining the laser, stating it was illegal and that we must NEVER bring the laser to the club again. I told him I would not and had no idea he was so militant over the idea (especially since it is not illegal). It would be illegal if I was shining a laser at a police officer, planes overhead or the driver of a moving vehicle but since none of those hold true in a club and my laser is not powerful enough to melt plastic or blind anyone, he was just blowing smoke like his smoke machine. I told him what he wanted to hear and he let us be and went back to doing the lights. He is no Liz Liguori or Mitch Amtrak, but I won't be crossing him again anytime soon.

We went on with the night and were invited out to NJ to see the new house by Andre's friend. We said goodnight to one of our group and to Rick and Sean and I retrieved my bag from the coatcheck and we headed out to Jersey. The ride was long but the house was beautiful. After watching some TV and finding out that DirecTV gets real porn sent into the house we all retired to our separate bedrooms (I got the room with no porn and the smallest bed) and went to sleep.

The next morning Andre made us breakfast of scrambled eggs and we watched Chevy Chase and "Vacation" and "Christmas Vacation" before heading back towards NYC and getting dropped off at the PATH station. Andre, his new friend and I headed back to 34th street in NY and after we all said goodbye I headed over to Wendy's picked up my late afternoon Lunch and headed home on the MTA. The rest of the evening I chilled out and waited for the evening to progress before cleaning up and getting ready to head out at 11pm. The Jimmy had already arrived and Russ, The Jimmy and I piled into the Land Cruiser (nice taxi) and headed into the city. A nice ride later we were at the club and ready have some fun.

After the usual security check and hello to the cashier, we were happy we had worn long sleeve shirts because it took a while for the warmth to get in the place and since the opening DJ was not going to mix for a pretty light dancefloor it was up to DJ Peter Rauhofer to handle the opening moments until 1:15pm. DJ Ralphi Rosario took over the decks and gave us some energetic beats and we split our time between bartender Javier and the dancefloor. Everyone asked about Rob and Tres but of course they made a great entrance after the place was starting to get packed before 1am.

This is the usual schedule of a Saturday party night at Club Stereo. Unless it is a holiday and a special performer the place rarely gets full before 12:30am (too bad for the tourists and the places that get full and close at 2am) and is fully hopping at 1:00am when the party really gets underway. The problem with the place though is that it is out of the way and people cannot walk there from other places downtown. When the party was at Roxy people used to come over from miles around. Now up at 34th street we have to really invest in this one place for the night unless we want to go to some afterhours someplace else. I enjoy my night out but appreciate a good sight line as much or more than the next guy.

On this night we stayed until almost 5am. This was after I thought the guys left and then I had to go through security again to find them and pull them outside. We wandered into Mickey D's and ate some chicken tenders and some cheeseburgers and then because the guys took too long to come out of the club we had to flag down a taxi (we miss you Land Rover) and headed back to BK. Another fun night and a good night sleep.

Sunday woke up, made sure all was well at home and slept some more until it was time for delivery breakfast and then we piled into the Murano and headed over to the Basketball tryouts that had been signed up for on Thursday and I watched the car while Russ ran into gym and went the tryouts. I gave the random Soho residents a thumbs up (stylish streetwear) or thumbs down (tight jeans and a muffin top on one side, nasty) and sung along with the newest R&B and newest Pop CD in the car. Before I fell asleep Russ returned but we had to navigate through traffic downtown getting over the B'way before we finally crossed Canal street and headed back to BK. We stopped off at Fairway and picked up our freshly Roasted chicken for dinner and then it was a nice evening at home watching TV (Curb Your Enthusiasm) before finishing up my newest Dance CD (Angel Falls - The Fall Line) and finally heading to bed.

The weekend is closed out but we still have the last weekend of the summer ahead of us. And the entire fall to go. Much travel ahead and many weekends to go through because we got's so much left to do. Looking forward to it. Why? Because We do it well! :oP

8-29-07 - As we Labor on...

I went out.
The Jimmy wanted to start the weekend early so Russ and I headed out on a Thursday (THURSDAY!) and headed uptown and ended up at The Ritz. I was pleasantly surprised with the number of people in attendance both downstairs and up. Early start at 10PM but the taxi up and plenty of hanging out before heading back downtown to Splash around midnight. The club was plenty packed for college night and we even hung out for the first time in the weekend with Rob and Tres. However before 2am it was time to head out (work tomorrow) and get another taxi back to BK. Nice.

I was there.
Friday rolled around with a late start for me (lost jewelry and lost glasses) but that was not enough to halt the going out. Rode into the city and walked into Splash and said hello to Rick and Shawn and met Reichen Lehmkuhl and walked away with autograph and and picture of him with his significant other. Maurice, Rob and Tres showed up shortly and we danced to DJ Alex Lauterstein before deciding to head over to Mr. Black. After getting my last drink at the bar before 4am I proceeded to drink that drink and danced with the guys until 5:15am. Thats when the music stopped, the lights came on and the Boys in Blue made their appearance. Everyone had to stay still and wait to be let outside in groups of five. After a pat down the catch and release was over and we headed back to the car and went home a little earlier than planned. Wow.

I went with it.
After shopping in NJ in the afternoon and a short rest at home it was into the Murano and over to the upper west side to hang with the Buddies softball team. Everyone was happy with the day of games and team was in a festive mood with plenty of current events and game plays to discuss. When it was all over around 10pm we headed outside said goodnight to the Jimmy, Chris, Mike and Ben before Russ and I headed over to Jackson Hole for a burger. He ate the burger, I watched. After the meal Russ dropped me off at Club Stereo at 11:20 and I proceeded to wait outside of the club on line for 1 hour and 15 minutes as the music was tested and Maya arrived and did sound checks as we waited outside in the September wind. When they finally let us inside the music was going (from a CD) and the place slowly filled up (filtered through security checkpoint) and we slowly warmed up to the party and said hello to Javier (and Jeannie!) and partied with Tres, Rob, Joon, Andrei, Pat, Steve, Tommy and Duane. The music got better around 1:30am when DJ Peter Rauhofer took to the decks live as we danced in front of the temporary stage that was never used. Splitting my time between upstairs and downstairs I never used the lights but did plenty of laser when the time was right before we finally winded down said our goodnights and I headed out with Duane to 34th street to the Bodega where he picked up a Sprite and I picked up a taxi and headed back to BK. Cool.