THURSDAY | 10.31.02 | 1:58pm | recipe for great blog

him : because you're insane?
me : no YOU are...
him : no YOU ARE MOTHERFUCKER.
me : um
me : nope
him : haha. what are you wearing tonight?
me : nothing
me : you???
him : chris is going to BEAT YOU if you don't have a costume.
me : who the hell is this!?!?!?!?
him : HA! hi. it's choire.
me : i knew it!!!
him : superfreak!
him : seriously, biznatch. what are you wearing tonight?
me : my BF and i are wearing matching cheerleader uniforms (you'd know that if you read my site, you ass...)
him : oh bitch i ain't got no time to read BLOGS.
him : tee hee.
me : or write one, it seems...
me : lazy ass
him : ha ha. i will being reading again next week, back when i have one.
me : mmmhmmm
me : what are you wearing, MoFo???
him : shit. i need some sort of holster. do you think i can make one out of my belt?
him : umm, i'm going as a space prostitute from the future?
him : and i need some sort of JACKET? because a tanktop and short shorts and a helmet thing don't really keep you warm when it's 45 degrees?
me : you're gonna die
me : space prostitutes from the future ALWAYS die at halloween parades
him : HA HA HA
him : well i have a lot of bubblewrap? so i think i'm going to make a giant... thing out of it?
him : i have a lot of silver glitter.
me : how much bubble wrap do you have???
me : you know what i've always wanted to see made out of bubble wrap??? think back to madonna's "vogue" performance at the MTV VMAs years back... the whole victorian get-up... with the powdered wigs... i've always wanted to do a bubble wrap version of that...
him : i have hundreds of feet of bubble wrap. ooo that would be so purty!
me : all you need is a bunch of bubble wrap and a bunch of clear packing tape... you can be ANYTHING!!!
him : it's true. that was my backup plan all along. BUBBLE WRAP
me : can't go wrong!!!
him : i'm going to freeze to death AND get fagbashed.
me : but what memories they'll be!!!
me : (for the rest of us)
him : and photos i hope. i have to find a way to get my camera in there.
me : oh yeah
me : you know what would be hot???
me : if you were able to take POV photos while you're getting fagbashed!!!
him : LOL
him : that would be GREAT blog

THURSDAY | 10.31.02 | 12:15pm | happy scary day

pa·per-mâ·ché (pa'per me sha', -ma-), n., a substance made of pulped paper or paper pulp mixed with glue and other materials or layers of paper glued and pressed together, molded when moist to form various articles, and becoming hard and strong when dry. Also, papier-mâché. [< F: lit., chewed paper]

-Syn. DISASTER

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i guess it's on to Plan B... oh shit!!! i don't have a Plan B...

WEDNESDAY | 10.30.02 | 11:36pm | i'm tired

i spent the evening with scott helping him get his halloween costume together... it was fun and carefree until he and i became obsessed with finding cone-shaped products to fashion as makeshift megaphones for the cheerleader costumes that brian and i will be wearing... yeah, it would be much easier to just buy megaphones, you're thinking, but i've realized in the last few days that you can't find everything you need in new york city... nope, we didn't find anything so i will be up all night paper mâchéing my little heart out...

TUESDAY | 10.29.02 | 11:00am | "i leave and heave a sigh and say goodbye..."

richard and jonno are leaving today...

MONDAY | 10.28.02 | 1:31pm | "i kissed a girl... and i might do it again..."

some people are really up in arms about me kissing a girl... what's the big deal??? it's almost like kissing a boy except, as one put it, their mouths are smaller... (honey, i don't know how true that really is... i've kissed some tiny little motherfuckin' no-lipped man-mouths in my day...) and hey, it was fun!!!

people are also getting really excited about a road trip in an r.v. that's supposed to happen in late february (i guess) to mardi gras in new orleans... hmmmm... i guess if we find an r.v. it will be easy... i've worked for bunim-murray... i know how shit like that works... as long as i don't have to be the p.a. on the trip i'll be smilin'...

SUNDAY | 10.27.02 | 11:54am | "i can't get no sleep"...

i have a problem... it doesn't matter what time i get home... what time i go to sleep... my body wakes me up every day at 10am and can't get back... there are days that i have to be at work at 10am which means that i have to wake up around 8:30am and that totally ruins me - even if i get a full eight hours... this morning i woke up at 9am and i was SHOCKED until i remembered that last night i got to spend an extra hour, pretty much thanks to this, with a bunch of kids worth spending an extra hour with... it was a blast... i finally got to meet a girl i've been dreaming of meeting AND i made out with a girl for the first time in something like seven years... got home at around 3:30 (which would really be 4:30) and got to bed about an half hour later... and, well, here i am...

SATURDAY | 10.26.02 | 6:04pm | so much to do... or not...

i was really worried last night that this would be a difficult weekend because brian's out of town and i'm not working and i'd have to find ways to keep myself busy... i was wrong... it's been pretty nice so far... went out last night and got a little drunk (thanks to a generous bartender and a new friend)... woke up this morning bright and early ready to hit the big city... i spent the day shopping for halloween costumes (again responsible for brian's as well)... we're gonna be fucking cute!!! jonno and richard are here which is very exciting and i'll be going out with them tonight... looks like things are shaping up to be quite lovely...

oh, receiving this seemingly earnest email from a stranger today really made me smile...

Hello,
If you are a Time Traveler I am going to need the following:

1. A modified mind warping Dimensional Warp Generator # 52 4350a series wrist watch with memory adapter.

2. Reliable carbon based, or silicon based time transducing capacitor.

I need a reliable source!! Please only reply if you are reliable.

FRIDAY | 10.25.02 | 2:33am | "keep your eyes on my bum-bum-bum-bum-bum..."

is it worth it, let me work it
i put my thing down, flip it and reverse it...

THURSDAY | 10.24.02 | 1:49am | i'm the proud parent of...

well, at least that's sorta how i feel right now... tonight i went to a reception honoring chad, his firm and their design which won an invited competition to redesign the elevated acre of public area extending out from the third floor of a downtown building that overlooks the east river and brooklyn esplanade. their redesign renderings are spectacular... it's too bad that you can't see the whole falafel (like pictures of the current site)... the selects that i have don't do justice to the work that went into their proposal or the changes that will take place... it's going to be pretty amazing... of course chad's going out of town tomorrow and had to go to sleep before we could officially celebrate, but i'm perfectly fine with that... i'm sure that we'll have the chance when he gets home... (hurry up... have a good trip and congratulations again, sweetie...)

MONDAY | 10.21.02 | 9:03pm | "tina!!! clean up this mess!!!"

welcome to the latest installment of "exciting purchases made by dan'l"...

when i first stepped into what would one day become my new apartment the first thing i noticed was the beautiful floor... it was about two in the afternoon and sunlight was pouring into the living room through windows facing the hudson river... the floors - a patchwork of hardwood tiles buffed and varnished to a brilliant shine... it was glorious to see the late springtime sunlight reflecting off of those floors that would eventually become a major selling point in our decision to rent the apartment... a month later there would be a little intimate housewarming... of course, in famous new york tradition, the party would become much larger than anticipated and would include the arrival of people you've never even met before... those people would (of course) scuff, drop food, spill beer, and put cigarettes out on the beautiful floors you once took so much pride in... you wouldn't notice the real damage until the next day when the sun returned... you'd cry a little... die a little... and then you'd just go out and buy some cleaners and fix it...

i remembered once seeing a television commercial for a certain new wave mop (actually, they're not mops, they're "cleaning systems") and how, when compared to a competitor's "mopping system" it was hailed as a near miracle in household cleaning... i thought i'd check it out so i headed to the store... when i finally found them they were displayed next to that very competitor... the miracle mop replacer, or whatever the fuck it was called, was about $40... a little more than i expected... the competitor's - $24... i don't know about you, but cheap sells me... i mean, i read the packaging for both and both seemed to be about the same thing (except that the lower priced system didn't require batteries) so i totally bought the cheap one... i brought it home and busted it out... it was a very pleasant experience... now, maybe the more expensive one would have done a better job... maybe it would have gone a little deeper into the grooves of my bathroom ceramic tiles or maybe the cleaning agent was in a nicer bottle, but you know... i don't give a fuck... the thing i bought is really nifty... but, as my mom always said, "it's not how well it works when you buy it - it's how well it works a year after you buy it"... well, perhaps i'll be posting something about that in the future... in the meantime, i'm gonna clean my fuckin' floors...

MONDAY | 10.21.02 | 5:46am | "it's murder on the dance floor"

there are several things that i dislike about the subway system here in new york, but the one thing that i really hate is 4am... impossible...

went out to cheez whiz tonight and had a blast... sammy jo turned it out, as usual, and i danced my "breath-taking ass" off (zach, if you're reading this, i just want to thank you for stroking my ego so)... i've said it before and i'll say it again, sammy jo is the best dj in new york city... i love him to pieces and i'm really going to miss the cheez whiz party (only two left) because it's my one sure-fire dose of him... oh, i'm tired... this breath-taking ass is going to bed...

SUNDAY | 10.20.02 | 5:06am | *yawn*

that was one hell of an 11-hour housewarming party... sheesh... but thanks to all my kids who came... i love you, you know i do...

FRIDAY | 10.18.02 | 10:54pm | stuck

there's no left or right turn... can't go forward and don't want to go in reverse... the floor only seems about thirty inches away from the ceiling which is twelve inches thick... yeah... i don't know where to go...

WEDNESDAY | 10.16.02 | 7:03pm | the good ol' days...

a chat i just had with a friend:

him : and then are you dancing tues night?
me : oh, hell no...
him : oh ok
him : are you done with that racket?
me : yeah, no more happy endings for me...
me : but i'm starting back at F&B tomorrow...
him : from weiners to weiners
me : there ya go...
me : except...
me : THESE are weiners that i don't mind munching on...
him : you can bite them too
me : AND swallow...
him : lol
me : *grin*

that's right, i'm going back to the dogs... *sigh* someone help me please... OH... and it's true that i will not be working on tuesdays at happy endings, but i will be dancing this friday at the final night of john street (if you don't live here - it's the dirty nasty dance party i've been working at) (if you DO live here and didn't know that - where have you been???)

TUESDAY | 10.15.02 | 1:40am | currently listening to...

say goodbye • dave matthews band

so here we are tonight,
you and me together
the storm outside, the fire is bright
and in your eyes i see
what's on my mind
you've got me wild
turned around inside
and then desire, see, is creeping
up heavy inside here
and know you feel the same way i do
now let's make this an evening
lovers for a night, lovers for tonight
stay here with me, love, tonight
just for an evening
when we make
our passion pictures
you and me twist up
secret creatures
and we'll stay here
tomorrow go back to being friends

go back to being friends
but tonight let's be lovers,
we kiss and sweat
we'll turn this better thing
to the best of all we can offer
just a rogue kiss
tangled tongues and lips,
see me this way
i'm turning and turning for you
oh, just tonight
float away here with me
an evening just wait and see
but tomorrow go back to my man
you're back to your world
and we're back to being friends
wait and see me,
tonight let's do this thing
all we are is wasting hours
until the sun comes up it's all ours
on our way here
tomorrow go back to being friends

go back to being friends
tonight let's be lovers, say you will
and hear me call, soft-spoken whispering love
a thing or two i have to say here
tonight let's go all the way then
love i'll see you,
just for this evening
let's strip down, trip out at this
one evening starts with a kiss
run away
and tomorrow
back to being friends

lovers...love...lovers
just for tonight, one night...love you
and tomorrow say goodbye

MONDAY | 10.14.02 | 5:42am | digital - it's the new black...

well, i guess it's not so new, but it is in my house... we just bought a new dvd/vhs combo today (even in spite of some warnings) and we're going dvd crazy already!!! i can tell it's going to be very addictive... now, i can't necessarily afford to buy everything i want, so if any of you out there are trying to think of the perfect housewarming gift, well, okay so that's just shameless... i'm sorry...

SATURDAY | 10.12.02 | 3:11pm | i'm not dead...

here is a generic notice to everyone i know:

please don't be offended if i don't answer emails as quickly as i used to... i'm having to check my email from AOL's website which is annoying as fuck and it's a real bitch to respond and wait, wait, wait for anything to get sent... ugh... i'm also a bit preoccupied with this whole apartment fiasco (which, may i say, is turning out splendidly)... i've saved up $300 toward my new computer fund... ugh... only about $8,000,000 to go!!! (or a thousand)... i'm still a dancer for money... ugh... i'm supposed to go back to work for F&B next week... ugh... i'm still looking for a real job... i have a cornucopia of talents and would be a valuable asset to any kind of company... if you hear of anything anything anything please please please pass it my way... i'm in...

FRIDAY | 10.11.02 | 9:04pm | "that's just the way it is"

i just got off the phone with someone i've been spending time with lately... we're talking about this guy that he really likes...

"i'm still so in love with him... we go out for lunch or drinks or whatever and i just want to hook up with him so much but we never do... i guess that's the way it is..."

yeah... i know exactly how you feel...

THURSDAY | 10.10.02 | 5:39pm | troy

goodnight, sweetheart... i'm going to miss you and the way you made me laugh...

THURSDAY | 10.10.02 | 12:46am | i knew it

i saw red dragon tonight and i have four things to say: