current selection | groove armada – chicago
feelin’ | okily

i suppose ive spent enough of the shits and giggles fund now…and ive come away with nothing particularly useful. woo! i went up to midtown yesterday to try my hand at a little snooty snooty since i actually once used to frequent the shops north of the 50’s. ah…a whole different lifetime. as im walking up past 43rd street, i notice light screens and a crowd of people with cameras on the sidewalk, which usually means theyre shooting something. i stroll over and take a look. there wasnt much of a set or anything, but i did see johnny depp in his usual scruffy gig and gilligan hat, so i dont think it was for a movie. mebbe an interview. <shrug> i then swung by rockefeller center to see if i didnt already miss the murakami exhibit (i did) so i instead went to kinokuniya. they had a fresh new samurai fiction in their little dvd area, so i snatched it up since i hadnt seen it offered at kims video in a while. actually…i found out later that they just stocked it too…the copy i bought wasnt an import, but was actually an official american version. go fig. afterwards i went to the sony design center to see if there were any new toys i could possibly buy. there obviously were, but they were just a weeee out of my budget. bollocks. i continued northwards to niketown (suck) and then fao schwartz (where the hell are their transformers?) and then headed home afterwards.

there was a house party at domingo’s that nite, so i met up with marisol, dora, and betty and we headed down ave c. the party was already kicking when we got there…the only alcohol and mixers left were pepsi, oj, and cachaca (brazilian rum…oh shit). so our choice of drinks was cachaca + pepsi/oj…oochies. the party was full of people we knew, and some that you look at and make that “ive seen you before” look, but you really have no idea when or where. i left at 1:15 to meet jane and her friends up in k-town for some late snacking. we went to gam mee ok for some yum ox-tail soup to sober up. well, to sober me up anyway…whew.

today was supposed to be dim sum with jess…but that was shat on by the time 2pm rolled by and there was no call. so i popped in the way home (a korean dvd jane lent me the nite b4) and made myself some chili dogs. yum. i get a msg by 3:30 from jess and we finally meet up at her new apt in chinatown. holy shit is it a dump (no offense)…but its pretty coo b/c its a true loft. former sweat shop, buildable space, etc. and how many 1500 sf lofts can you really find in manhattan for such a good price? after a bit of a tour, we headed out to go shopping. we dropped by zakka first, where i picked up a hajime katoki art book (sweet), and then we headed northwards, hitting up random stores looking for shoes. after we went thru crate+barrel, jess and her bf headed off and i came back home, where now im intent on cooking myself a big fat dinner of i dont know what. woo.

current selection | monty python in the background

i jus got the happy check from my last freelance work…woo! a few more freelance jobs and i jus might be able to finish paying off my cc debts. heres to hoping. but in the meantime, i met up with sally, anna, and annas bf sean for a little celebrating at yakiniku west after work today. i suppose it doubled as dinner too. tempura squid, spicy tuna rolls, and 3 plates of short ribs…..yummm….

as for the paycheck….to be completely honest, ive already spent a good portion of the money that i had set aside for what i generally refer to as “shits and giggles.” things categorized under “shits and giggles” have thus far included the following:

shits and giggles list

> the aforementioned light saber (u kno it rocks!)
> the aforementioned fix figuration gundam zeta plus 0017
> 3 dvds…versus, matrix reloaded, and monty python and the holy grail

and maybe tomorrow ill actually go and use the remainder of my “shits and giggles” fund for things a bit more pragmatic…like new shoes.

current selection | fantastic plastic machine – pura saudade (optiganally mix)
feelin’ | meh

what is it with wednesdays and how it aggregates all the random incohesive bits of note? so akira and his bikes been moved into the living room to make way for the badboy zeta plus 0017b on my window sill. the thing is massive…and um…pretty unstable. so in this regard im thankful i never caved in and bought the dendrobium. it prolly wouldve taken up half my room, leaving me with a nice area to sleep standing up.

ive made it a bit of a habit now to drink milk before i go to bed…and ive been getting the best sleep ive had in years. which is a bit bad in the morning since its also been getting harder to wake up from said cushy-wooshy sleep. ive also been able to remember dreams better actually (tho theyre still as mundane as ever)…go fig. i dreamt last nite that ags was here visiting, and we were cruising around in a convertible. it looks like spring or fall…and ags has dirty blonde and curly hair. eh? for some reason, we accidentally turn into caldwell high school (near my hometown in nj), and as we’re turning the car around she runs into a person she recognizes from her childhood (?!). ok then. anyhoo, i can surprisingly remember visual details, like the driveway leading up to the high school and what the girl looked like. its still boring, dont get me wrong. im moving my dreamcatcher tonite…mebbe it jus needs new scenery. i miss my crazy harry potter dreams…