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so i would have totally update earlier had my dad NOT been consumed by that wonderful thing i like to call, work ;D god it's good to be back....HAHAHAHAHAA, whatever
so yeah, i was in new york city last weekend and had a fucking BLAST! i got to kick it with my long time guy friend andy kehoe, my gal pal lauren gregg and even managed to run into mike fucking marcicano!! hahaha...seriously, of all the places, in all of new york, he was at the same fucking bar i was! IN-CREDIBLE! it was awesome seeing you mike...even if you will probably never read this in your entire life :D
when i arrived friday everything was fantastic, a little overcast, but all in all fantastic...the air was JUST chill and the breeze made everything seem right...as andy and i road the airtrain to the subway, we talked....we talked of the past, the future and all the drinking we were going to be doing :D lol...an hour and 15 minutes later, we were in brooklyn...it was my first time there, but i'd have to say that if i lived in new york, i would want to live there...CHOICE!
we hit up his place, i dropped off my bags...we headed over to the subway and shot over to mahanttan where we proceeded to search out the Pommes Frites (i saw this place on the food network and thought it looked delicious) once there i order this HUGE cone of fries accompanied by some hot chili sauce, mango chutney and this home made something or other :D it was good, but that many french fries on an empty stomach was not that great an idea :D after that we hit up this japanese toy store right next door and then started making our way uptown....by now it had started to sprinkle, which it continued to do for the entire day and night :\ but that didn't stop us, we hit up the theater and caught star wars III...that shit was pretty raw, and if I was darth vader, i would be pretty pissed off too....that guy went throught the shit ringer...and i don't know what the heck that is, but i know i sure as hell don't want to ever go through it......there were some parts here and there where i was like, "man, that shit was pretty gay", but all in all, i give it the double ;D
so after the movie we headed back to brooklyn for some grub...before we met up with lauren andy and i had some brews at some bar and then scooted over to Planet Thai ;D hahaha, it was sweet...lauren met us and we had dinner and then we out for more drinks...THEN, lauren too us to the barcade where i proceed to play, track and field, 1943, rampage, tapper, centipede, out run and more :D hahaha...and all the games were a QUARTER! RADICAL! a little after that lauren decided to call it a night and andy and i went to this OTHER bar that was pretty fun ;D people were having a good time, the music was funky and i totally saw this girl puke up, what looked like to me, every single ounce of fluid in her body onto the dance floor ;] good thing her friends were there, other wise i'd feel bad for laughing
after being drunk we walked home in the rain, andy lost his cell phone SOMEWHERE between his house and the bar, somebody called ME on it asking if someone lost it (me=shocked), so andy had to run ALL THE WAY back to the bar and get it...i on the other hand passed the fuck out in his room
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the next day we woke up and met miss lauren at enid's, where i had a most delicious bloody mary and some tasty breakfast foods :D after that we headed back to the Hat to check out a barry mcgee show...yeah, i said it, BARRY!....MCGEE! so fucking fresh!! borderline UNBELIEVEABLE! his paintings up clse are something to be marveled upon (in my eyes anyway)
after the show we heded over to kid robot to see my bud doug...i'm glad he was working ;D it was nice seeing him...he had to work late, and we weren't planning on staying in manhattan all night, so that was the last i saw of him....he did offer me his 30% discount though, and i used it to buy me a takashi murakami doll :D kiki is her name...she's so cute
next we walked to dumpling man, were i ate dumpling after dumpling after dumpling ;D i got myself a t-shirt and then we hit up the australian ice creme place...good god that was some good ice creme :D hahaha...after all that we walked to this art opening one of andy's friend was in...the work wasn't really my taste, but there were a couple there i liked....oh, and they had two of jeff soto's pieces and a couple of mr. biskup's painting, which were super rad :D after sitting there in the only air conditioned room in the joint, oh and after listing to some crazy ass guy argue with everyone about their political position, lauren discovered a sign which read: Stairs to Rooftop Deck", or something like that :D so naturally, we went :D and i have to tell ya, this was probably the highlight of the trip....holy crap is was beautiful! the sun was setting, the weather was perfect and the was a woman's detention center right accross the street...and stood there, and we watched them play dominos ;D hahaha...THEN, we decided to climb even higher up towards the water tower...it is there where we sat, watch the bright lights come to life and the big orange sun dip behind the horizon ;D damn it! i want to do it again...if i lived in new york, i would definitely need access to the roof
basically after that we headed back home, we had dinner with two of lauren friends at this awesome mexican place, i got my stuff from andy's and dropped it off at lauren's and then we headed out for some more drinktime! (lauren decided to stay home...and i don't blame her, we DID walk fucking five hundred thousand blocks that day :D so andy and i hit up the bar and it was pretty hoppin' (earlier we had started the night off right with some whiskey shots...to be honest, i don't know how i was left standing at the end of the night) but what a night it was...we drank, we laughed, we danced and we laughed ;D right as we were about to leave i run into an old friend of mine..mike marcicano (i went to college with him) i haven't seen this kid in i don't know HOW long and it was minid blowing to run into him....he's doing good, which was nice to hear, but i was so drunk i don't even really remember what i said to him...all i know is that andy had to go back to manhattan that night to stay at some girls house who had his hockey stuff because he had a game the next day :[ so he left me...he got into a cab and left me :[ so what did i do? i walked down the street and got myself some REAL BROOKLYN PIZZA! :D hahaha..two pieces to be exact...then i found my way back to lauren's where i proceeded to eat and then pass the fuck out ;D
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sunday morning i slept till about, 2? hahaha...i can't remember...i sat around a bit and then lauren decided it would be a good idea to get some breakfast...so we went to this little polish bakery where i got a pinapple smoothy, a bagel with creme cheese, chives and tomato and a croissant...THEN we walked to the park, sat under a tree and watched these people play softball ;D it was acually team enid's, that place we had breakfast at the day before...i'm guessing that different stores in the area for teams and they have a softball leauge ;D how cool is THAT?!?! hahaha...so afterwards we hit up American Apparel, where i was hoping to find some nice cozy things for erin, but to no avail :[ then we went back to lauren's, played some dr. mario and listened to this fucking INCREDIBLE record! it's Pac Man... something? and HOLY SHIT, AMAZING!!! hahaha...i can't even BEGIN to describe it..it's just something you have to hear, NO, NEED to hear to understand it...but trust me, once you do, you will only be left wanting more and more and more...after that she forced me to pack up all my junk and kicked me out of her house (i'm just kidding...it was time for me to head to the airport) ;D
she called me a car and sent me on my way...i got to the airport nice and early, spent most of that time stealing erin away from her sister by talking with her on the phone and then was, SWOSH!, off to tampa :] the flight was delayed about an hour in NY due to some international flights...we were like 15 in line, so we left an hour late...didn't bother me any...i still got home....i went to bed a little late, but i still got home ;D
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well, i'm pretty sure i left a bunch of stuff out, like how andy and i jumped these two guys for thier bikes and then spent and hour running from the cops, zipping in and out of traffic and bunny hopping little children...but who wants to hear about shit like that? :D
thanks for reading my novel of an entry (for those that made it all the way through....actually, dave grecco, this entry is dedicated to you :D hahaha...cuz i know you like em LOOOOOONG ;D
peace out,
j <--
so yeah, i was in new york city last weekend and had a fucking BLAST! i got to kick it with my long time guy friend andy kehoe, my gal pal lauren gregg and even managed to run into mike fucking marcicano!! hahaha...seriously, of all the places, in all of new york, he was at the same fucking bar i was! IN-CREDIBLE! it was awesome seeing you mike...even if you will probably never read this in your entire life :D
when i arrived friday everything was fantastic, a little overcast, but all in all fantastic...the air was JUST chill and the breeze made everything seem right...as andy and i road the airtrain to the subway, we talked....we talked of the past, the future and all the drinking we were going to be doing :D lol...an hour and 15 minutes later, we were in brooklyn...it was my first time there, but i'd have to say that if i lived in new york, i would want to live there...CHOICE!
we hit up his place, i dropped off my bags...we headed over to the subway and shot over to mahanttan where we proceeded to search out the Pommes Frites (i saw this place on the food network and thought it looked delicious) once there i order this HUGE cone of fries accompanied by some hot chili sauce, mango chutney and this home made something or other :D it was good, but that many french fries on an empty stomach was not that great an idea :D after that we hit up this japanese toy store right next door and then started making our way uptown....by now it had started to sprinkle, which it continued to do for the entire day and night :\ but that didn't stop us, we hit up the theater and caught star wars III...that shit was pretty raw, and if I was darth vader, i would be pretty pissed off too....that guy went throught the shit ringer...and i don't know what the heck that is, but i know i sure as hell don't want to ever go through it......there were some parts here and there where i was like, "man, that shit was pretty gay", but all in all, i give it the double ;D
so after the movie we headed back to brooklyn for some grub...before we met up with lauren andy and i had some brews at some bar and then scooted over to Planet Thai ;D hahaha, it was sweet...lauren met us and we had dinner and then we out for more drinks...THEN, lauren too us to the barcade where i proceed to play, track and field, 1943, rampage, tapper, centipede, out run and more :D hahaha...and all the games were a QUARTER! RADICAL! a little after that lauren decided to call it a night and andy and i went to this OTHER bar that was pretty fun ;D people were having a good time, the music was funky and i totally saw this girl puke up, what looked like to me, every single ounce of fluid in her body onto the dance floor ;] good thing her friends were there, other wise i'd feel bad for laughing
after being drunk we walked home in the rain, andy lost his cell phone SOMEWHERE between his house and the bar, somebody called ME on it asking if someone lost it (me=shocked), so andy had to run ALL THE WAY back to the bar and get it...i on the other hand passed the fuck out in his room
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the next day we woke up and met miss lauren at enid's, where i had a most delicious bloody mary and some tasty breakfast foods :D after that we headed back to the Hat to check out a barry mcgee show...yeah, i said it, BARRY!....MCGEE! so fucking fresh!! borderline UNBELIEVEABLE! his paintings up clse are something to be marveled upon (in my eyes anyway)
after the show we heded over to kid robot to see my bud doug...i'm glad he was working ;D it was nice seeing him...he had to work late, and we weren't planning on staying in manhattan all night, so that was the last i saw of him....he did offer me his 30% discount though, and i used it to buy me a takashi murakami doll :D kiki is her name...she's so cute
next we walked to dumpling man, were i ate dumpling after dumpling after dumpling ;D i got myself a t-shirt and then we hit up the australian ice creme place...good god that was some good ice creme :D hahaha...after all that we walked to this art opening one of andy's friend was in...the work wasn't really my taste, but there were a couple there i liked....oh, and they had two of jeff soto's pieces and a couple of mr. biskup's painting, which were super rad :D after sitting there in the only air conditioned room in the joint, oh and after listing to some crazy ass guy argue with everyone about their political position, lauren discovered a sign which read: Stairs to Rooftop Deck", or something like that :D so naturally, we went :D and i have to tell ya, this was probably the highlight of the trip....holy crap is was beautiful! the sun was setting, the weather was perfect and the was a woman's detention center right accross the street...and stood there, and we watched them play dominos ;D hahaha...THEN, we decided to climb even higher up towards the water tower...it is there where we sat, watch the bright lights come to life and the big orange sun dip behind the horizon ;D damn it! i want to do it again...if i lived in new york, i would definitely need access to the roof
basically after that we headed back home, we had dinner with two of lauren friends at this awesome mexican place, i got my stuff from andy's and dropped it off at lauren's and then we headed out for some more drinktime! (lauren decided to stay home...and i don't blame her, we DID walk fucking five hundred thousand blocks that day :D so andy and i hit up the bar and it was pretty hoppin' (earlier we had started the night off right with some whiskey shots...to be honest, i don't know how i was left standing at the end of the night) but what a night it was...we drank, we laughed, we danced and we laughed ;D right as we were about to leave i run into an old friend of mine..mike marcicano (i went to college with him) i haven't seen this kid in i don't know HOW long and it was minid blowing to run into him....he's doing good, which was nice to hear, but i was so drunk i don't even really remember what i said to him...all i know is that andy had to go back to manhattan that night to stay at some girls house who had his hockey stuff because he had a game the next day :[ so he left me...he got into a cab and left me :[ so what did i do? i walked down the street and got myself some REAL BROOKLYN PIZZA! :D hahaha..two pieces to be exact...then i found my way back to lauren's where i proceeded to eat and then pass the fuck out ;D
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sunday morning i slept till about, 2? hahaha...i can't remember...i sat around a bit and then lauren decided it would be a good idea to get some breakfast...so we went to this little polish bakery where i got a pinapple smoothy, a bagel with creme cheese, chives and tomato and a croissant...THEN we walked to the park, sat under a tree and watched these people play softball ;D it was acually team enid's, that place we had breakfast at the day before...i'm guessing that different stores in the area for teams and they have a softball leauge ;D how cool is THAT?!?! hahaha...so afterwards we hit up American Apparel, where i was hoping to find some nice cozy things for erin, but to no avail :[ then we went back to lauren's, played some dr. mario and listened to this fucking INCREDIBLE record! it's Pac Man... something? and HOLY SHIT, AMAZING!!! hahaha...i can't even BEGIN to describe it..it's just something you have to hear, NO, NEED to hear to understand it...but trust me, once you do, you will only be left wanting more and more and more...after that she forced me to pack up all my junk and kicked me out of her house (i'm just kidding...it was time for me to head to the airport) ;D
she called me a car and sent me on my way...i got to the airport nice and early, spent most of that time stealing erin away from her sister by talking with her on the phone and then was, SWOSH!, off to tampa :] the flight was delayed about an hour in NY due to some international flights...we were like 15 in line, so we left an hour late...didn't bother me any...i still got home....i went to bed a little late, but i still got home ;D
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well, i'm pretty sure i left a bunch of stuff out, like how andy and i jumped these two guys for thier bikes and then spent and hour running from the cops, zipping in and out of traffic and bunny hopping little children...but who wants to hear about shit like that? :D
thanks for reading my novel of an entry (for those that made it all the way through....actually, dave grecco, this entry is dedicated to you :D hahaha...cuz i know you like em LOOOOOONG ;D
peace out,
j <--