SUNDAY, 08.26.01 had a really nice weekend... my friend sam from back home in texas has been here in new york for about a week... he'll leave tomorrow... last night sam, sparky, dana, terry and i met up at pete's candy store in brooklyn... it's some bar where a crazy southern man (who happens to be crazy about barbecue) holds a 5 dollar bbq on sunday nights (or something like that)... we missed the bbq so dana and terry split off... sam, sparky and i went into the city to see my friends michael and karen perform at the gaslight... we then went over to florent to eat and play with our cameras... dorkitude??? you tell me...

THURSDAY, 08.22.01 didn't write yesterday cause i was sitting on a sidewalk all day... yup, that's right... and i spent tuesday night there, too... i was waiting in line for tickets to public theater's central park production of chekov's the seagull... but first things first... i went out with daniel (ultrasparky.org) to a designer's collaborative dinner and drinks thing... it ended up being mostly for print designers but i still had fun... got a lot of paper samples, too... hehehe... after that, i went to line up for tickets... got there around 9:00pm (number 99 in a line where number 100 is the cutoff!!!) and daniel waited in line with me for an hour or so... so sweet... and quickly made friends with the kids around me... so much fun!!! we were up all night and around 2:00am things really started getting crazy... robin and i started making ear pieces (write for more details) out of my brand new paper samples... we handed them out to the others on the line, confusing and upsetting some of the sensitive ones... robin also kept us entertained by harassing cab drivers at the traffic light... so funny... the next day, i went to my favorite store kmart and bought a set of toy musical instruments... we started a marching band to entertain the line and were again not taken comically... those people were so boring... but the play was alright... not superb by any means, but it was neat to see meryl streep and kevin kline and the such on stage... and oh my god, natalie portman kicks ass!!! yes, i said that...

MONDAY, 08.20.01 i don't know if they're at all related but yesterday i bought a snapple iced tea for the first time and after a few sips, my mouth got all tingly and my top lip broke out in fever blisters... i mean, this all happened within a few minutes of drinking this syrupy stuff... i never get cold sores so i can't imagine that it could be that... hmmm... can someone have a reaction like this to snapple???
vicki asked me to so tomorrow night i am going to wait in line for tickets to shakespeare in the park... i've never camped out for tickets so i'm excited. but i can't find anyone willing to sit with me... what are you doing tomorrow night???

SUNDAY, 08.19.01 beautiful, huh??? i was lucky enough to spend the last few days with these boys from californy... brent and edsel... if that doesn't sound like some wallstreet power company i don't know what does. well, today we said farewell as they headed back to the west coast. brent works for nestle and i think he needs to give me the hook up... have you had that white chocolate hot cocoa thang??? oh my shiva... i love white chocolate... (brent is gonna see this when he gets home) ......... i love white chocolate... (hehehe)...

SATURDAY, 08.18.01 so i've obviously been very busy lately... it's funny how so much time can pass and then when you think back on it, you realize that not a damn thing happened... well, i mean, a few good things happened since the last entry, but not a whole lot. let's see... so, i worked all week with nothing exciting to report... last night i met up with my friend mark who was in town for the day. mark, myself, and his friends from california went out for a few too many drinks at a few too many bars... regret... hangover... ick... i mean, the wonderful time i had last night with these fellas is, i guess, worth all the headaches today, right??? and i think i'm seeing them again tonight at my friend rick's show... my friend sam is also in town from texas... he's here to work the gift show and will end up sticking around for a few extra days... oh, okay... why not... here is that slam that's been going around...

I have: nothing to do
I see: my computer
I need: a new computer
I find: a needle
I want: tea
I have: not
I wish: i may
I love: "to hate you"
I hate: not having enough work or having too much
I miss: warren
I fear: water!
I feel: too hot
I hear: that ringing
I smell: oops
I crave: a chocolate milk shake
I search: but never find
I wonder: who wrote that book
I regret: sorry

When was the last time you...
Smiled: just now
Laughed: last night
Cried: yesterday
Bought something: about 10 minutes ago
Danced: last night
Were sarcastic: me?
Kissed someone: last night
Talked to an ex: last night
Watched your favorite movie: too long ago
Had a nightmare: sunday night

Last book you read: portrait of a young man drowning - charles perry
Last movie you saw: ghost world
Last song you heard: amado mio - pink martini
Last thing you had to drink: water
Last time you showered: about half an hour ago
Last thing you ate: cinnamon toast crunch

Smoke: *sigh* yes
Do drugs: not for three years as of august 13th
Have sex: will travel
Sleep with stuffed animals: sometimes
Live in the moment: i forget
Had a dream that keeps coming back: several
Play an instrument: trumpet, but not for a while
Believe there is life on other planets: nanoo nanoo
Remember your first love: yes
Still love him/her: yes (r.i.p.)
Read the newspaper: sometimes
Have any gay or lesbian friends: hehehe
Believe in miracles: "love's a miracle"
Believe it's possible to remain faithful forever: i believe it
Consider yourself tolerant of others: most of the time
Consider love a mistake: sometimes
Like the taste of alcohol: very specific kinds
Have a favorite candy: twix
Believe in astrology: my astrologist does
Believe in God: oh jesus, i hate this question...
Believe in magic: i've seen it
Pray: nope
Go to church: nope
Have any pets: two kitties and a soft shell crab
Talk to strangers who IM you: only those with profiles
Wear hats: and ruin my hair!?
Have any piercings: only three left
Have any tattoos: six
Hate yourself: this morning i do
Have an obsession: your gift with any $45.00 purchase
Have a secret crush: i don't like secrets...
Collect anything: spoons and recipes
Have a best friend: i miss him
Wish on stars: stars? here?
Like your handwriting: everyone else does, so yeah, i guess...
Have any bad habits: *sigh* smoking... i know! i know!
Care about looks: duh
Believe in witches: i've seen them
Believe in Satan: i made HIM do it...
Believe in ghosts: i've got 'em in my own house right now!

WEDNESDAY, 08.15.01 so this is pretty neat --- ripped from the pages of UltraSparky.org (an online journal maintained by mr. daniel rhatigan) this week:
Wednesday, August 15, 2001 Check this out: I'm out having a burrito, and while my dinner companion is off in the bathroom, the waiter passes me a note:(image)

So if course I look, and there's this ridiculously cute guy waving at me. Huh? Isn't this the sort of cruel prank that led to that horrible prom in Carrie? When I go over to investigate, it turns out to be this guy (all embarrassed by this, making me feel much less threatened) who's followed the site for a long time and recognized me. We'd written back and forth a couple of times, but never actually crossed paths before, and he wanted to say "Howdy." It was actually very sweet, but we were both then forced to explain to our dinner companions how he knew how I was.

Do you have any idea how horrible it is to explain the whole blog micro-phenomenon to someone who knows nothing of it? There's no way to avoid complete dorkitude. Humiliating.

what mr. sparky didn't mention is that, even after such a long time with no correspondence, he asks, "what's your name?" and i reply, "dan'l..." and he says, get this, "are you dan'l (last name)?" i was blown away. i don't have any idea why that would be the first last name he would think of, much less pronounce correctly! anyway, we were supposed to have tea years ago and never did... hrmph... i'm taking him to dinner soon for his birthday... he deserves it for being such a doll...

MONDAY, 08.13.01 been awful busy lately with boring crap but thought i would write in with this... last night i got mugged. nice, huh??? it happened on fulton st. here in my hood. these guys said they had a gun and that i needed to give them all of my money. well, i had none. which made them mad. so they took me to an atm machine to withdraw. well, i had none. lucky i never deposited my work check from friday. so they got even more mad. long long story short, i'm fine. not hurt at all and they didn't really get much and it all lasted for about 20 minutes and they still have not been captured by the nypd.

FRIDAY, 08.03.01 there is a reason i haven't written in over a week: nothin' happened all week... i mean, nothin'!!! i worked then i went home then i slept then i went to work again the next day... all friggin' week long... the only reason i'm writing today is because i went shopping... i bought kani a real authentic terrarium... i figured that since he has lived this long that i might as well get him something bigger than a bowl to live in... i even got him some rocks and fake plants to climb around on (see picture)... i think he loves it... hey, have you seen hedwig yet??? go see it!!! i'm tellin' you... now!!!