- Below were all 2008
- 8/17 Woke up, talked to mom, did some surfing on the net, got tired of sitting aroudn at home so we biked to the pool for Aesop Rock. Watched him and El P and this other dude. Got tired of that went to Taco Truck for tacos then back home to make dinner, work or surf the net. Found a potential business on way home too. Talked to Ying, Eric and parents on the phone.
- 8/16 Woke up, had breakfast and lounged around. Talked to Helen on the phone and via video ichat!! Next went to Central Park for Summerstage with Battles and Black Dice. Met up w/ Lindsay from work. Later dying for something to drink we went to the store and got a bunch of crap. Said bye to Linds and Mit and I went to meet up with Cliff and Levy at Cliff's house. Had yummy dinner, played Mafia a bunch of times and then went to a house party not too far away and ate red velvet cake, watched olympics, talked to people then went to the roof to drink more and smoke hooka (mmm mint flavor is good!), had enough fun and then went home, met some random Jersey guy who has the same Nike's Mitya has but doesn't wear and I call "hippie" sneakers, home! sleep!
- 8/15 Biked to have brunch with Laurea where we tried to go to Moto but it was closed so ended up at Dumont, went home, went to East Village and LES to meet/find potential businesses, came home chilled, went to dirty projectors at south street seaport (they are awesome!) then went home and watched American History X. Talked to Eric on the phone.
- 8/14 Woke up "early" to print out resume and presentations for interview. Went to 2 interviews. Went to old work, UM, to pick up crap left with Stephanie in her cube cuz I couldn't carry it all and found out someone found pot in my old cube, uggggh. Went home, relaxed, was grumpy cuz of rain and didn't want to go to Lindsay's going away back in the city, but forced myself to go. Had lots of fun after getting out of my bad mood. Ate Pizza w/ Tom Z in his hood then went home.
- 8/10
- 8/9 At the beach for our "birthdays"
- 8/8 All points west with Caroline, Oan and other ppl. So fun. Mitya and I got caught in the rain. Ran around to different stages etc. Girl Talk, Underworld, Grizzly Bear and Radiohead were the best acts. So fun again!
- 8/7 Hung over... rode bikes, did research, chilllled.
- 8/6 My going away at Pine Tree Lodge, met up with folks, alexis was first and then only two dif rep companies (LAME) came, apparently everyone was working super late (double Lame), stef came late and ying didn't come at all cuz they were WORKING. LAME! Anyway, stil had a lot of fun. Mitya met up, we all played the hunting game, then near end of night, Tom Z. tried to stick up for mitch and I against this little old man who called us F****Ts and had a knife and told Tom he was gonna cut him in half. they guy ended up apologizing and then called us Rats. HA! We took bus to E. Village and had more drinks then went home.
- 8/5 CHILLIN ??
- 8/4 last day of work for me!! Worked, packed a bunch of shit, did my exit interview, and then brought some crap home where Ying was there with Mitya. Left with Ying to meet up with Stephanie at Finlandia Vodka event... ate lots of h'douvres and yummy mango vodka drinks, met biz markie and took pics w/ him and met Malan from Project Runway, haha and took pics w/ him. Stephanie told him that I was his biggest fan when I didn't want to take a pic w/ him and that I was shy. I didn't know she said this and she forced me to take one w/ him and I asked him, "what's your name again?". Got me a new kleenex holder and soap dispenser too! haha, ended up at mc'ds where we had some nuggets and fries, then took a cab home.
- 7/23-8/4 ?
- 7/22 First day back at work and I told them I'm putting my two weeks in!
- 7/21 Landed in NY. We came home to a Lucas Free Apt, kind of crazy! Went to Jarvis Cocker at Music Hall of Williamsburg. He's an amazing performer. SOOOO awesome. I love him!
- 7/9-7/21 In SF. Did lots of stuff. Better to look at pics but to sum it up a tad... hung out a bunch with Eric. Celebrated Mitya's, my brother, my and Brandon's birthdays. Laughlin had a BBQ where Laurea and David were also in town for, saw Matmos, went to a day rave, went swimming at Lauren's house, my parents blessed our house, my parents met both Mitya (3x) and Eric, they liked them both, I walked the dog a couple of times, I hung out with my mom a bit, went to butterfly conservatory 2x (1x w/ friends and 1x with family), I did e and got shrooms and dank, had a crazy time that last night of my birthday w/ eric and mitya and that was after adrienne's party, and and wow I did a lot. I love my family and my friends!
- 7/7 2nd interview w/ T, then drinks with Sheila at her boyfriend's bar where I got the most wasted I've been since like 2006?? Was sitting on floor at subway station. Neighbor had to help me into my house and then I hung out by the toilet till 3 Am. Mitya tried to drag me to bed but somehow I ended up back at toilet.
- 7/4 July 4th! Sonic Youth with Oan, Caroline, Alexis, Alex and Mitya. Pizza dinner with CGC. WB w/ CGC then went to Bianca's rooftop party where it rained and we watched fireworks, then went home...
- 7/2-7/3 ?
- 7/1 worked I think, then went to Kode9 and dubwar with Alexis, Mitya and Anya. Ate bagels afterwards...
- 6/30 ?
- 6/29 Work then interview w/ T.
- 6/24-... Have not updated in A LONG ASS TIME - back tracking after this point.
- 6/23 work, lunch outside w/ alexis, complaining all day at work, cardio pilates at soho location, home - talked to tonya for an hour on the phone, hung out w/ mitya drinking beer, listening to music, talking about work, uploaded pics to mccann contest, sleep.
- 6/22 Rode bike to Laurea's, went to dimsum with david, laurea, karen, john, john, leah, and ying who was over an hour late... she showed up when we were all finished so I walked w/ her while everyone else went to get ice cream from the CT factory. She got duck and wonton noodle soup but got it to go. I walked to train while on phone with eric. Got my bike, rode home, met w/ Mitya, cleaned the house just a little then went w/ him to meet up w/ Anya at The Yard
- 6/21 Mermaid Parade - decided to bring my shark costume, mitya and i went and i got dressed up, it was fun. A cop let us into the parade and we danced and hung out w/ all the other crazies. Much better than being a bystander. I still need to update pics. At the end I ran into co-workers
- 6/20 Summer Friday! Interview in the Morning. Went well, I think, I hope! Then went home where I chilled out for awhile. Went to a dental appointment then met up with Mitch at the Water Taxi Beach. Hung out there for a couple of hours till we went back home so he could shower. We then went to the Whitney for the Prefuse 73 free concert. Anya was waiting at near the front of hte line, score! Later Alexis, David and Laurea met up. Prefuse creates awesome music but the performance was kind of lame bc it was a lot of pre recorded stuff. Some contemporary classical people played too, Acme. It was entertaining to watch their facial expressions and heads bob. This other guy played the bongos and he was good, but all of it just wasn't for me...
- 6/19
- 6/18 Worked
- 6/17 Work, Mani/Pedi in the morn, then later on the team went to Femme Gems where I created a necklace but rushed to leave early to get to the sigur ros show at Moma. Mitya and Alexis were already there. We went in, saw the amazing Olafur exhibit, then the show which got me emotional. Yeah I cried, but other factors had to do that I was upset about something else and it was a full moon!
- 6/16 What did I do all day? Then rented a car at night...
- 6/15 ?
- 6/14
- 6/13
- 6/12
- 6/11 Worked all day then went to Blue Ribbon Sushi w/ my team and some reps. That was fun. Talked to Eric's mom on the phone by accident... haha but it was kind. I called and thought it was Eric putting on some weird voice and accent and was like WHO THE HELL IS THIS. and she was like YOU CALLED ME. So I said, I'm looking for Eric. She says AARON IS DEAD (eric's step dad). And I'm all NOT AARON. ERIC! Then I realized it was his mom. We had a laugh. Then I talked to Eric. Walked a ways to the train so that we could chit chat. Went home and hung out w/ mitch!
- 6/10 Worked, David's bday rode bikes in almost approaching storm, drank sochu and at japanese food, drank other stuff, talked to ppl...
- 6/09
- 6/08
- 6/07 Woke up kind of late, we talked to Mitya's friend who was kind of freaked out - she's in the worst jail in NY on a weekend! Eventually, ran errands. I went to 555 soul sample sale with Ying then Big Apple BBQ where we were late, so someone bought the food for us (thank you!)
- 6/06 Mitya's friend came into town (her first time in America). I was tired... they came over, we went out, it was cliff's bday but we never met up. Played with chalk I got from Museum Mile day while we walked to this Stussy party. Just his friend, Anna and I were drawing on the sidewalk and some random walls... she wrote something tiny and got arrested right outside the bar. We argued w/ police and all this shit went down. They had like 3 cop cars. mitya and after what seemed like an hour, went to the precinct and got her stuff. a couple cops assured us she'd be out soon - the shithead cop told us Monday. Oh yeah I got a ticket for disorderly conduct too... I told the cops they were fuckign retarded (aholes)... so yeah went to Savalas for Beers (bc we wantd to feel better about the sitch), the bartender gave us the finger and told us he would remember us and we were assholes bc we didnt give him a tip. we put our beers down after a sip each and left. we rode our bikes there a to get her out at 6am to talk to the Sargeant who determined whether she'd be going downtown to Central booking. Instead of talking to us, he decided to send her there right then. A HOLE. Went home and we both had difficulties sleeping.
- 6/05 Worked - saw dj vadim w/ mitya at Halcyon, went to top of random loft rooftop, explored, dinner somewhere, then home.
- 6/04 Worked, then Yoga.
- 6/03 worked, then went w/ Alexis and met up w/ Laurea, Felicity, AO and Mitya. Got in trouble by a cop for drawing a penis w/ sidewalk chalk. Everyone was drawing on road. Tried to tell him it was a cat. Alexis drew boobs, I told him they were eggs. Went to the Met to see Jeff Koons again. Then smoked a J, then scared some lady by taking her pic, then went to Guggenheim where Cai Guo Qiang was still up! yay. Next we all went to Chinatown for Dinner (met up w D. yee) at Noodletown. After pork, soup, rice, and duck we headed to LES for some drinks at Dark Room then the Delancey Rooftop. Said gbye to F and AO as it was their last night. Took a cab home.
- 6/02 went to work late... met up with Mitya, was gonna go do taste of times square but went to Minka instead... then went home
- 6/01 Prepared and then PARTIEd! @ My BBQ! Which was pretty fun... most ppl who said they would come did... with exception of maybe 6? blah. Still, acting nuts, eating food, drinking, being belligerent. YA KNOW.
- 5/31 Shopping with Nastaya and Adrienne, Pizza at Lombardis w/ Brandon and Mitya added to group, watched movies, stayed in!
- 5/30 Rented a Car, the Park Costco, Coney Island, out in LES with various people.
- 5/29 Adrienne came into town, Nastaya came into town, Cheri and Ann came into town. Played host, went out. Mitya forgot his ID, tried to sneak through the window. Bad idea! I jumped on top of a gallon of Lard, got on trouble. Felcity video taped it.
- 5/28
- 5/27
- 5/26 Woke up at 5am, like wtf! Cuz I guess we passed out so early night before... hung out in bed then went and got breakfast at like 7ish. Rode bikes for 2 hours at 9am in Bushwick and aroudn Williamsburg taking pics and went to homedepot no luck, hung out at home on computers and with jason and lucas a little (sadie is sick and diahrhead in Pucas' room-gross). Took a nap at 2:30. I woke up at 4:30. Talked to Eric and Jeremy. Mitya still sleeping. Ok now it's like 8. No one helped me like they said they would, flakes. I hate everyone right now. when I tell ppl i will do something, I might be late or lazy but I do it. Talked to Lauren and Eric...
- 5/25 Got up semi early. Left the house for breakfast and Coney Island around 12:30. Long trip down - took pics, ate hot dogs, Coney Island is friggin crazy btw, rode Wonder Wheel and almost died but loved it on the Cyclone (2nd time on the ride but felt like the first). Exhausted at around 4 had to make it to Nick's BBQ off of Bedford. Glad we went, had fun - beers, a little food and lots of laughter (YAY), passed out drunk and stoned at 10pm. So pissed we missed the Telphon Tel Aviv show that was $5 at Shitting Factory. Grrr, woke up at 12 trying to go but nixed that idea.
- 5/24 yay got out of work at 1pm! (more like 1:30 but that's ok), gorgeous day- met up w/Ying at Shake Shack. Waited 1 hour in line - 1st 20 min by myself cuz she was late as usual! Then went to a sample sale where I got 2 ties for Mitya which he didnt like - whatever $5 for a donna karen tie!? and $35 for a cool Paul Smith one. Then went to Sephora and ShoeArama. Next hit up the gym. Then at 8 had to walk Mike's Dog, Kennedy. Finally met up w/ Mitya at my house where we drank with Jason and Lucas. Stayed in tonight.
- 5/22 worked, took a break w/ Alexis and went to Philip Lim Sample sale which sucked so we made ourselves feel better by buying Pink Berry, went to gym, then did laundry, hung out w/ roommates watching so you think you can dance, talked to Anna Corley who I never talk to anymore, Adrienne, and Mitya fell asleep when he was supposed to come over. stayed up late surfing the net.
- 5/21 not very eventful except submitted a proposal to water taxi beach! OH and it was Asia Pacific Heritage month. Tea and dessert tasting - was over the top stereotyping. Nice. I loved the Oriental Music...after work, met up w/ ying at fornarina sample sale that sucked, jill stuart and apple store visits, rain rain, went home and met up w/ mitya, went to 3rd ward saw exhibit there and he picked up deck for art show (found an awesome free cabinet we carried home), walked dog to mexican food, watched videos online, sleepy time semi early.
- 5/20 worked and and cant rem.... went to Mitya's house
- 5/19 worked it's monday wah, but lauren's bday! went to gym then home.
- 5/18 Sunday - can't rem cuz i'm back tracking. Oh yeah, I WENT TO WORK! Booo. Worked till like 8 (mitya came too), then went home.
- 5/17 Went to the Moma for Jeff Koons Exhibit
- 5/16 worked, went with alexis during lunch to Jodi Arnold/Mint sample sale, beautiful day so we walked to get some beard papa desserts (ok alexis wanted it and i ended up wanting one of hers, hehe)... later was supposed to go to improv everywhere but storm deterred me, had tickets to webster hall for GBH anniversary w/ good djs and was going w/ mitya and bianca but no one wanted to go cuz it was raining, watched videos with mitya all night.
- 5/15 Cant rem cuz im back tracking but went to sample sales with ying then went to typhoon lounge to eat, met up w/ Mitya later at my house.
- 5/14 got to work late (cuz someone went into tunnels) L train didnt go into Manhattan, walked to J train, BOO got to work 1.25 hour late. Worked worked, Daily Candy VIP Sample Sale for Rebecca Minkoff then Stoli Party for Flavorpill with David Prince
- 5/13 Worked then met Ying for Catherine Malandrino VIP sample Sale, ate red mango, went to urban outfitters played with toys there, then she walked me 20 blocks to Penn Station where I met Mitya at Post Office, he and I went home, then sleep
- 5/12 Parents took me to airport, sat on plane in middle seat - ass hurting - met this girl from CT who was touring the w. coast, plane delayed 1 hour, got to NY, went to Mitya's house then went to my house together
- 5/11 woke up late, went w/ dad and bro to funeral gathering for family friend that passed on Friday, ate lots of food, saw ppl havent seen in awhile, went home and then went w/ mom and bro's fiance + dad and bro to thai restaurant for mother's day dinner, went home, hung out, went to bed.
- 5/10 flew home - landed SF at 2, bro picked me up, got into argument w/ him, surprised parents, ate thai food, walked dog w/ mom, dinner w/ parents (more thai food!), then arranged to meet friends in (picked up Ady and Eric) took them to bar in SF (son, felicity, kyle, nicole, cheri, lauren, gloriane, gloriane's sister met up) then some of us went to eat at pork store, dropped off A and E then went home.
- 5/9 worked, went to Mitya's - hung out watched movies
- 5/8 worked then watched what happened in vegas with Ying and Steph for IGN private screening (ate food) then went to alana (name?) hotel/bar for drinks, cigars and silly picture taking
- 5/7worked and prolly hung out w/ mitch (cant rem)
- 5/6 worked and prolly hung out w/ mitch (cant rem)
- 5/5 Hung out w/ Mitya - went to Moma for Graffiti Research Lab movie/talk/party, saw exhibit design for elastic mind then went to eat pho in korea town.
- 5/4 hung out all day in Fohi w/ Mitch... got in tif and missed alexis' party went to harlem w/ ying and keith (after eating at typhoon lounge w/ them), lame party (jeremy invited us to it) and got stoned went to Mc'Ds. Took train home.
- 5/3 After getting home at 4 AM, woke up at 8:30 am...took my ring off... chatted w/ Mitch about the events of the day/night before... then took a train to FoHi. Had breakfast and now on the computer writing updating my lists! Went out w/ Ying and Keith. Missed Alexis' party cuz Mitya didn't finish is art stuff (got into a small tiff - well I was just mad, not him) and met Y and K at Typhoon - Again!! - Keith is crazy and yelling a bunch and making fun of ppl at the restaurant, i got in trouble for drinking whiskey and coke at the table and sharing with those two, we walked to the 2/3 train and went up to harlem for a party. got there and it sucked, met jeremy and a couple of his friends w/ no personalities, this guy told keith to do chin ups what the hell... we took 2 tamles and a few drinks, after smoking in the hall, went to McDonalds for fries and nuggets. Decided not to take the bus and took the train. Ying fell asleep on her way home. Keith was flirting w/ girls while i was w/ him, he cray... I went home, Mitya was there fast asleep.
- 5/2... Big Day! to be wed... Woke up, ironed clothes, put them in a bag, went back to Bloomies and got my make up done again, ahha, didn't feel like doing it myself... Mitch went to Chinatown and got some rings. He then came back to meet me. We walked to 1 Centre street and then changed in the restroom of the building. I looked cute! haha...Ying and Gloriane my witnesses were late. I got mad at Laurea for not being able to make it. She told me off (somewhat rightfully later, stress somewhat hah). Mitya forgot the money order so had to run and get one. I waited alone.. then everyone came in at once! G made me a bouquet and a thing for Mitya. We all waited in line together. Ying got in trouble for taking a pic in the office even tho there was a blatant sign that said no pics. Finally took pics int he chapel then got called in for the ceremony. The lady marry us was a bitch... I'm a naturally silly person so I was laughing and telling jokes... she was unhappy about this and said she'd attribute my behavior to nerves, not stupidity (bitch)... Everyone else was acting just as retarded! We then got our certificate... outside took loads of pics and walked half way to the BK bridge takign more pics. Cute married couples get a lot of attention. AHHA... after awhile of that took a cab to Golden Unicorn for Dim Sum. M was weirded out by the decor and carts. HAHA. I ate a chicken foot for the 2nd time in my life. It was more delcious than the first. Gloriane's friend also met up. Then we all went home. Took a looooong nap. Cancelled dinner plans but made drink plans. At 11 left the house, met up with L & D at Niagara. They got a chicalicious gift card and awesome TIna Turner card! HA Had drinks and then went to Typhoon lounge where we had a private room. Ying was next to arrive.. then Gloriane and her friend Cindy. Cliff and his friend Marco wandered in next. Last and late were Christine and Kristin. We had loads of yummy sake and food. Gloriane got us a surprise cake ... we thought they turned off the lgiths on us... ahhaa. It was a cute room where we could sit on pillows, so fun. So we got a wedding song and had to blow out candles... ha. Next went to Duet for Karoake w/ Glory's friends. It was really funnnnnn. And that ended the night.
- 5/1 Went to work - slammed with work.... managed to leave at 6. Went to Barney's and couldn't find a dress. Met up w/ Ying at Reiss and found a dress! Next hit up this Hong Kong party, had a beer and looked at crappy over priced jewelry, then went to Bloomies, bought Mitya's clothes - they called my bank bc my credit card wasn't going thru, argh... then got my make up done with Ying at the Nars Counter, bought two pairs of heels and then went home where Mitch was waiting. Ying went to Karaoke with her friends.
- 4/30 Woke up later than I wanted. Got to work at 9:20, walked from Bryant Park F Train....day isn't over yet. Worked worked. Met mitya at my house to go shopping for a dress. Had to pick up my credit card that was expedited to me first.... then everything was closed so went to macy's and filene's. Found nada. Went home and hung out on our computers. Should have gone to Get Smart with Ying and Stephanie cuz we had free tickets and the night ended up being a wash.
- 4/29 Got to work late, 10:30 AM but stayed till 1am working on a project... went to Mitya's house to sleep. Talked to Eric, Adrienne and my mom&dad- forgot to wish my parents a Happy Anniversary, doh.
- 4/28 worked all day, chatted with mostly Ying, Alexis and a little to Mitya and Lauren, saw a concert at work with Stephanie that Christine put on - Ingrid Michaelson, then was chained to the desk, needing to pee and having no food - ate left over breakfast, left work after 8PM. Still have so much to do.
- 4/27 woke up, drank mimosas, mitya put together these free speakers we got off craigslist, listened to music loudly (hopefully getting my neighbors - the band - back), went to soho to find outfits for Friday - didnt find anythign but Mitch did, talked to Lucas, bought mexican, i ate left over Thai, sat online, went to meet up w/ Gloriane, Ying and Jeremy at the place G is staying, smoked out and then saw Harold and Kumar, came back home where Mitya had just watched a movie, passed out, had a funny time waking up and going back to sleep.
- 4/26 - woke up around 12 - slept separately from mitya (he cant take my snoring w/ allergies), he woke me up and wanted to sleep in the bed, i started snoring, i decided to go to the couch, he went to work, i did laundry, talked to Eric for awhile, at 4pm met up w/ mitya at the subway stop to go to the water taxi beach for potential mural, met up w/ big stomach man named harry who also wore big coke bottle glasses - water taxi beach is kind of ghetto - reconsidering doing art there unless we can do it all - improving it - not sure yet, will still provide a proposal, went home and just chilled, cleaned the house, watched south park, fell asleep
- 4/25 - Gel Day 2, woke up late, supposed to be there at 7. Arrived 7:20 - started volunteering, allergies bad, listened to speakers, met some peeps, then tried to met up w/ retard lady w my wallet, waited for one hour at library in bryant park, she didnt show, finished up gel conference - listened more speakers, drank wine, ate h'ordeouvres, wandered home, met up w/ Mitya, hung out - ate thai food, took a nap, supposed to meet up w/ Ying, Lauren and Gloriane (in town), didn't get out to bar till 1AM (got off wrong stop on subway, took cab), hung out 1 hour w/ G, didn't want to go to a house w/ her 3 guy friends and her, took a cab home (gave the guy a fat tip cuz he didnt want to drive to BK) - weird Arabic guy who kept talking to me.
- 4/24 - day off for Gel - chased around some stupid lady who found my wallet but never met up with her, "carrie", went to apple store to find info, volunteered for Gel - Did a sound walk where I led around 5 blind folded ppl around Central Park, went home (mitya waiting) napped and woke up late at 9 - got to Gel party near times square at a former zipper factory, took cab home w/ L&D, walked rest of way home, dropped wine and got harrassed by disgustos, got mad at L&D, cried and cried on mitya's shoulder till asleep.
apr 27 2008 ∞
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