8/23/08 - Adventures as usual

Having a good weekend so far.
I hung out Friday night walking through the village before heading up to Chelsea and hanging with my friends at Gymbar. There is nothing like watching slow motion replays of the Olympics while listening to house music. Talked with Steve about writing, Talked to Smoky about DJing, Talked to Ben about how the week has been and looking forward to next weekend (Labor Day), and even chatted with DJ Demarko as he played his set in the Locker Room. After meeting up with Dwayne we headed out and over to G Lounge. Once there and after getting drinks from Marcelo we said hello to Russ and the Jimmy who were already in attendance and chatted with some new friends before heading over to Splash. Once inside we danced a bit and got our drinks from Garrett and danced some more before meeting up with Russ and the Jimmy at Mickey Ds at 3:50 am. The food was sub par but we were able to get a taxi ride home. Despite my smart-alec taxi driver we arrived back in Bklyn safely and I got some well deserved rest.

After waking up in the morning I went to check my phone for messages. No phone. I asked Russ to call my phone but alas it went unheard. I immediately stopped calling and went online to sign up for the Family Locator on the phone company website. Thank goodness the GPS in my phone was locatable and I was able to see on the map where my phone was. In Queens.

This meant a road trip out to the edge of Long Island City right next to the 59th Street bridge unfortunately I was not using GPS so instead of turning off of the Blvd when I was supposed to we took the long way by way of the 59th Street bridge to Manhattan, then back to Queens again before turning off onto the local warehouse streets, finding 21st Ave and the right cross street and then finding the SUV taxi's all parked in a nice row on the street the GPS had pin-pointed for me. We looked at a few Taxis and then I had Russ call my phone and one of the Nice taxi drivers heard my phone ringing and handed it to me. Lucky Me.

Now that I had my phone back we had to use the Navigator on my Instinct phone to find the highway entrance to the BQE so we could head back to Brooklyn. Was able to call ahead for pickup at the delivery breakfast bagel place. Back at home newly united with my phone I texted all my friends and tried to figure out if I would head to the beach but ended up just staying home, watching the Olympics, barbered the hair, showered and late in the afternoon headed over to Wendy's for Lunch. On the way back home we almost ran over some chickenhead who did not look both ways before crossing. We had to stop short and I dropped my french fries on the floor. Stupid chicken. Anyway the Double was very good and the leftover fries good too. I was able to sit back on my couch and take a nice afternoon nap. I am ready for Saturday night.

8/13/08 - You Keep On Going

What can I say,
I've been distracted,
Not been posting
Working,
Waiting for something to Happen,
Looking forward to more fun, more friends, more interesting times.

I guess I should say that I am looking enjoying my summer so far.
Got over a summer cold and ear infection
(no thanks to the doctor, thank goodness for friends with antibiotics)
got lost in the middle of Brooklyn once again on the way home but
with the warmer summer was able to get the Google Maps on my phone to tell me my position and walk home from the Q train.

The Summer is not over and there are plenty of fun times ahead.

Its all good.

Thank you Friends. :)

6/27/08-6/29/08 - Weekend of Pride - In Quotes..

And now something different.

I tried to be there when I needed to be and have fun at the same time.

In the end I outlasted all but the final party and that was only because it was just too much and the music was horrible (Why JP why?, I do not want to hear Pride-A Deeper Love at 6am in the morning ever again.)

Quotes:

- "You know I am hating you right now.. But if you bought that drink for me I'll take it."


- Even the gayest party, can be hijacked by One Drunk Girl..

- I love it when drunk bitches are escorted out of the place by on point Security..

- "I gotta, I gotta Pocketful of Sunshine," I got stuff and I know that It's all mine.."




Special Thanks to:

Gym
Splash

5/23-5/26 - Too much.. Is Never Enough.

I was planning on taking it easy, Just doing the Saturday Alegria thing. But instead ended up having 3 days of drinking and overthinking.

Friday - At work, Wendy's on the way home, then Gym bar, then Ty's, then Hangar, then Splash till 3:15am.

Saturday Night - arrival at Alegria at Webster Hall,
Proceeded to have security drama as they make me check the chain from my wallet, and the lights (the small ones and not the big ones ?). I saw all of my friends, both upstairs and down and upstairs again (too many stairs) and though the music was good and the stage entertainment was good, the place was too hot and some people were rude in their highness (pushy and hitting bystanders for no reason other than they thought they finally got the beat and could dance). I stayed until 6:50 just 1 hr longer than Russ and the Jimmy. The attitude at the door ruined my mood. I had fun but it was not worth it. (and $90 for Pride weekend is definitely not on my list of worth it).

Sunday - The Eagle for a hangout on the roofdeck, and the crowd was great. The place was nice and crowded from the moment we made our way up to the third level and the bartenders were nice and the crowd was fun and funny. I stayed there for a few hours then when I got my friend texts I did a quick run downtown to meet friends at Hiro (which was ridiculously crowded) and then meet at G lounge (ridiculously crowded). So after a bathroom break at Gym bar a hello to the DJ and then saying goodnight to Maurice who decided to head back home, Dwayne and I headed over to Splash. DJ Billy Carroll had the room pumping to a healthy crowd that had as many people upstairs as a good Saturday Night. I danced some on the dancefloor and even at the front bar with a tall blond girl who was with her friends and then at 3:10am following the sounds of Janet Jackson and "Feedback" I did the two hands lit dance on the box and finally I felt I had the high point my weekend needed. Anyway left the club at 3:45 and finally headed home.

Monday - Delivery breakfast (again) and then headed into the city to meet friends in the park. Towel in the grass at Stuy town, plenty of sunblock and hung out with Gary, Nathan and the girls. Sunblock was applied and we left at 4pm to go get something for dinner. A pickup order at Dallas BBQ and then it was home to watch "Apocalypto" on Blu-Ray. After that it was time to nap and then Baskin and Robbins ice cream. Still dehydrated, but getting better. ; )

Quotes:

"I am so tired of playing 'Fat Girlfriend*', I need some me time, where its about me and not about being fat girlfriend."

"I like having my own bartender, I remember to treat them nice and they treat me nice. It's like the 'Circle of Vodka'.



*Fat Girlfriend - The frumpy friend that hangs out with the girl that gets all of the attention.

4/13 - It's all in How you Look At It..

I thought I was going to hang out with my friends..
I arrived at the club at 12:15 alone.

There was street level drama at my arrival; some drunken harridan was seething in the street as she was denied entry. I ignored her and made my way inside.

I actually was charged to enter the club that I have not had to pay for entry to since Britney Spears made an appearance. I was in a sour mood considering my course for the evening. Thinking I may turn hedgehog and defend my personality from any and all interlopers I figured I would at least enjoy the music. DJ Manny Lehman was good to start with. With predictable hits from last year to begin with just after midnight with segue right into new hits of this Spring (Janet Jackson, Madonna). Steph was the first to say hello but she was also the first to leave as she was feeling under the weather and left before 1am. I did get to hang with Rick and Shawn for a bit but did not want to be just hanger-on to their party night. However, we all banded together to defend our drinks from the newest iteration of "the guy that steals your drink when you are not looking". Alcoholic is what I called him. When your need to drink surpasses your capacity to pay for your own drinks then you have a rather severe problem.

Some of my friends were out of town, some of my friends were taking the evening off, but as I walked outside to get some fresh air and a Gatorade (they don't sell them at Splash anymore) and who was I to spot on the end of the long line up the block but Ricky. I plucked him from the line and we went to pizzeria to get my drink and then headed back to the club. Back on the right side of the block we said hello to NickG as well as Ben who was just arriving with his two friends as well. I would not let any of them wait on that straggling line so we headed back to the entrance and the 5 of us all got inside the doors only to wait on the drama of the ID girl kicking someone out. After waiting our turn it was on and inside the club to reconvene on the dance floor. The club was full, both upstairs and down, and much high b!tch drama was in attendance.

From drunk people to high people to people who needed that party as much as I needed to dance, I guess it really does take all kinds of people to make a night.

I even had someone cut in front of me after waiting on line for the urinal. However once I was inside the cubicle right next to that person (glass wall between the stalls) I could see he had cut me off not to pee like I needed to but rather to take his next hit from some contraption he fumbled out of his pocket. Again, people have all kinds of problems, but thankfully they are not mine. I pulled Ricky from the crowded bathroom and we danced next to the downstairs bar to Flo-Rida and "Low" for a verse before heading back upstairs.

Before the night was over I did dance on the box at the front. Of course it was to Suzanne Palmer and the Offer Nissim remix of "Fascinated". Nick G even teased me by putting a dollar in my pants while I danced. The old adage of "Take Your problems to the dancefloor" held true and I was able to enjoy my last drink of the eve at 3:55am before finally calling it a night at 4:30am. I walked Ricky over to 8th avenue so he could head uptown on the blue line and I caught a taxi heading downtown.

The way home was simple and as quick as I expected.

Honestly I view the night to be far more successful than it was even meant to be.
I have been having issues lately with thinking negative thoughts and letting negative issues in my life get to me personally. I know I have tried to live according to my own rules "Be a force for good" and "Be the Best at what I can do". But I was finding myself going further and further down a tunnel of deep thought that did not seem to have an obvious end.

Anyway, I woke up with a fresh sense of integration, personally in my own life, to reflect that I needed to really practice what I preach. So I can say that I am happier today than I was yesterday. And am looking forward to the Spring now with a renewed sense that I am doing what I want to do, for the right reasons, and I will definitely have fun doing it.

Let's see what the new day brings.

4/12/08 - A Saturday Spent..

I am actually posting about.. Today.
Yes, not a recap, not a funny thing I saw on the net
but what I did today.

I really do other things besides hang out on the weekends
but it is the weekend today,
and the weekdays all seem the same.

Anyway I did not go out last night (what.. Really?) and actually woke up at the pit of the morning and went to work to get in by 8am (that's crazy talk, I know).

Anyway I worked until 3 this afternoon and then got caught in the crazy commute that is trying to escape from NJ on the weekend. I will never move to NJ because the mass transit on the weekend is hellified. When I finally made it back to the city I had to do retail therapy and shop at Century 21 before I felt a little better (That PATH train was crowded and full of tourists).
My caffeine buzz from that last bottle of "5 Hour Energy" was wearing off and I had to fight to stay awake on the train.

But at least I am going out tonight.

See all of my friends at Splash.
Another good time to be had I am sure..