i sort of just upgraded mt, and then neglected to take it for a spin until now. i have however since tweaked the design and layout to a point that i’m fairly happy with. it’s a ‘variation’ on what the old journal used to look like, which i suppose is moot considering i didn’t even keep copies of the old layout files. oops. anyhoo…its purty enough for me at this point. the ajax script was a wee annoying to incorporate when combined with how the archive pages are stored (had a hiccup in the coding for a few days)…but even that’s sorted out. go me! and i say that with the knowledge that my web skills are pretty shit these days, compared to my more outgoing days in the distant past.
GENERIC JOURNAL ENTRY
huh, and i noticed that while i was posting up my journal entries for prague, i didn’t even bother to log into my journal my social shenanigans. so in turn, i have to dial the journal all the way back to the beginning of october. gar.
WILLIAMSBURG!
well…sometime in the not-so-distant past, i made it a point to hang out in williamsburg with kayako. it was a dinner meet-up, with neither really deciding where to go til i made it a point to say “i’m down for anywhere really…even your neighborhood…hint hint“. i just felt the need to get out of manhattan and away from my usual watering holes that weekend. so we ended up at dumont burger…i think it was. it was good stuff, tho at that point i was feeling a little under the weather (sickness possibly). we hung out later at k’s place mixing fancy drinks and then imbibing the aforementioned fancy drinks.
i met my family for brunch the next morning so i could give my niece her gift i got in prague. she sort of tossed it aside and then sat on it. adorable. on the bright side tho, she calls me uncle now and is growing up frighteningly fast. ohny was that weekend too, but i wasn’t feeling so hot and ended up holing away in my apartment the rest of the weekend (sorry margie!)
FRIED CHICKEN HUNTING
the following weekend was a group trip with hosan and company to congee village to check out their chinese version of fried chicken…called garlic chicken. that was all kinds of awesome. sadly, that was the highlight of that weekend, as i spent the rest of it staring at my apartment ceiling. k, big stretches of time doing nothing…super. oh here we go…we had our second dinner with building-mates at el paso on 104th. it was good eating…drinking too. we’ve been trying to do it every other month, but this is obviously easier said than done. still fun tho to eat around the neighborhood, because god knows i wouldn’t bother if left to my own devices. the following friday was also dinner at max and patsy’s. we were expecting frightening scottish fare, but instead got pretty rockin’ lasagna. thumbs up. and finally…yesterday was a small get-together with cornell aap alumns in dumbo at rebar. that was fun…and a first. they got some feedback from us about what to do and what not to do. do’s included short surveys, more meet-ups (preferably with liquor), and more often…because its too easy to lose touch with people. don’ts included long surveys…and no liquor. or something. yea. k…this post took too long, blah. stupid fancy formatting.
this weekend is a photoshoot for a yoga studio. at 7:30 in the morning. yea, it’ll suck massive.