Dec 4,11 - 2 Weeks, 2 Weekends, 2 Nights of Fun

Friday on the 3rd I came home from work and messed with the PC and watched DVR programming, I was not in the mood to run out into the rain (for once) and so I was just focusing on spending one night out (Sat Nite). Russ was at an office holiday party so I ate delivery chinese (pepper steak) at work before coming home. The house was quiet and I was happy to just watch TV and play Advance Wars on my Nintendo DS. The night went by quickly and I did not stay up all that late (3:00am).

Awoke the next day and ate cereal (Trix and 1% Farmland Dairies Milk) before getting dressed up and heading out to the gym. After the workout Russ and I walked back up the street and watched DVDs and movies until dinnertime. The delivery of chicken Ceasar salad was very welcome and we rested up and waited to get out at the appointed time.

We left the house around 11:20 and made it into the city and parked right at our favorite spot. When we went to turn into the parking spot of of 23rd onto 10th ave we had a car right behind us so could not back into the spot. We went straight on 23rd but the car behind us turned and went the wrong way down the one way street. (Crazy). But we did not linger long enough to see if the driver caused an accident but quickly made the 3 right turns back onto 10th and found our parking spot. We tried to save a spot behind us for the Jimmy but another driver found that he could fit behind us if we moved up so the Jimmy parked elsewhere. I headed in ahead of Russ while he waited to meet up later. Once inside I made my way through the crowd and looked up at the booth at guest DJ Offer Nissim. Offer made sure the crowd was into it right away and as the energy built in the crowd she was right up there clapping hands and dancing with the crowd. I made a couple of appearances on speakers starting out on the speaker across from the DJ booth in the asian section and I had a great start to the eve accept for a strange interlude with a guy on the speaker. He had stepped down off of the speaker when I first began dancing but I was waiting just a little bit longer to step down myself and he returns to the speaker and tells me that he "let" me have the speaker to myself and now wanted the speaker to himself again. I told him I would not stop him from dancing but I wasn't about to leave yet and despite his continuing to stand in my face and make demands I calmly drank my bottle water and let him yell in my ear before telling him to go ahead and dance. I stood at the back of the speaker for a bit but when he saw I did not get down he left himself and he went to another speaker closer to the back. I only stayed on the speaker for another few minutes myself before heading to the back to get another drink from barman Barker. Later on I was dancing on the speaker next to the stage and the speaker stalker looked past the decorations to see if the speaker was occupied (it was) and he moved on. The occasion of the eve was Tony Moran's birthday and the place eventually got very packed and we continued dancing all the way to the peak, the signature sound of Offer Nissim and "The First Time". I danced on the stage for that one and after first DJ set was over we saw the stage performance of Kim English. I don't remember the song she sang, it was good but then we were into the second part of the night with DJ Tony Moran. The music stayed high energy and the crowd was still packed into the place as we continued to hang out until 4am. We made it home safely and I went to sleep to await the next day.

After delivery breakfast Sunday was spent watching DVDs and DVR programming until we headed out to KFC and picked up dinner (no baked chicken avail, just fried chicken strips) It was good and we spent the rest of the night watching Football and Fox programming and then the season finale of "Curb". The weekend was all is well that ends well and the following week was something to look forward to.

Friday the 9th I decided to not go out because it was cold and rainy and just stayed indoors watching DVR progamming and playing Animal Crossing DS. It was cold and rainy and despite a party invite from Dante to visit a bar on 23rd Street I stayed in where it was warm and dry.

Saturday was the day Russ was finally over his old laptop and decided he was in the market for a new one. We popped the new Pop CD in the player and took the ride into the city. We were able to find a parking space just 3 blocks up from the gym and that is where we made our first stop. I had to buy another lock as I had forgotten mine again. After picking one up at Duane Reade I met up with Russ in the gym and we went our separate ways to different workouts. When I still had two more machines to go we met again and he headed off to J&R Computer to pick up some stylus for his Palm before the new laptop purchase. We met up again in front of all of the laptops and looked them all over before deciding on another VAIO. While Russ was waiting for it to come upstairs from storage I picked up some more Printer Ink cartridges for my disc printer and dealt with the inconsiderate cashier (she was making some random phone call before her co-worker told her to get off the phone and deal with her customers) and then I headed out of the store on our way to have a nice lunch at Wendy's. The grilled chicken and side salad was great as usual and then it was back over to the car. We put the bags inside and then made our way back to BK. The afternoon was spent resting up watching Mr and Mrs Smith on DVD before it was late enough for delivery dinner. The chicken caesar salad from Friends was great as always and I was all set and ready after cutting my hair and cleaning up in preparation to go out. The new powder blue Akademics shirt on and all of the accoutrements in place and after the arrival of the Jimmy at 10:30 we were all set to leave just after 11pm.

The ride into the city was quick and despite some traffic at the Brooklyn Bridge and across Chambers street to the West Side we made it up to 20th St. on the West side and found a nice spot before heading back down the block and making our way into the
Roxy. After saying hello to the door staff and getting our IDs scanned in the machine before heading the cashier and then coat check. Once inside I headed to the back and said hello to Barker and Matt and my first bottle of water and then headed back to the front to give a gift CD (Pop to the Beat) to Cathy and then heading back to the back bar to get my first round of drinks. After hanging out and listening to the beats of DJ Paulo I was moved after a bit to make an appearance on the speaker in the asian section and this time I did not have to argue with anyone and after a while even pulled people from the dancefloor onto the speaker and danced for a bit more before heading back to the back bar to hang with the guys. Later on we were joined by Fitz, Chris and Donnie who had been hanging in the city for a while after the BASL Christmas party. DJ Paulo kept the beat moving and I made a stage appearance right in front of the booth as the light guy and the DJ conspired to whip the crowd into a frenzy and keep the crowd into the party deep into the night. We ended up staying at the party all the way to 4:30am and riding home in the Jimmys car as he was staying in Manhattan. We headed outside with Donnie and then said our final goodnights before heading back to BK. We stopped at Mickey Ds and got breakfast before heading back home and after a quick nosh we called it a night.

Sunday was spent just hanging out until late in the afternoon, having a bowl of chicken ramen noodles for lunch and watching football. Before it got too late we headed out to Pathmark and picked up fixings for dinner and replenished the house stock of bread, milk, juice and the fixings for dinner. We headed back home and I cooked a nice dinner of baked herb chicken, mac and cheese and stove top stuffing. We spent the rest of the night watching more football, the Simpsons and some HD cable programming. We left briefly to pick up my brother at the bus stop on 86th street as he was going to meet my sister at my house because they both needed Metrocards to continue to go to work in the coming weeks (that is if we don't suffer a transit strike). Russ turned into bed early but The siblings stayed watching TV, playing Mario Kart on our DS and then watching DVR programming before leaving just before 12am. I watched a few cartoons on the Toon network before turning in myself and calling the weekend over. Another fun time the final 2 day weekend I will have for the next 3 weeks (color me happy as a full pig). Until the next time.