Thank you Boyz to Men

Hello 2nd grade with the Boyz to Men, ha ha.  I have one of their songs on my computer and couldn’t pass up the opportunity to remember what it was like to listen to when I was younger, yes, than I already am. 

Today was interesting, well so was yesterday.  Today I got out of the house a little earlier than the day before.  I think part of the reason it’s been taking me a little longer to get out of the house is a little bit of anxiety or nervousness but also I have been staying up so late.  I had hoped that by leaving Oly on Thursday night and getting into NYC at 6 AM the next day that I would sleep on the plane and sort of be on East Coast time.  It didn’t work.  I stayed up the other night until 4 AM mostlybecause it’s so freakin’ hot.  

I am getting used to the heat, slowly.  I have a little rag to bring with me to keep from dripping on the floor or other people’s shoes.  It’s not really that bad, but it keeps me cooler.  I do however, seriously folks, need to go shopping.  I can only convert so many already short pants into long shorts.  I got a new skirt and realized after the fact that it’s light grey color was a little see through, good for swimsuit but not undies at work or out and about.  

I feel like I need to catch up with some cool clothes.  So hello 2nd job.  Don’t get me wrong, hours nor pay are an issue with Grumpy at all.  But in the spirit of doing new things and responsibly affording things that I’ve always thought about and wanted to try I think that I might pick something up, like a part time busser position.  That way I can hopefully move up to serving at some point.  How lovely would that be?  I think that I would be a good server.  

Speaking of shopping I got lost in Soho yesterday and it was great!  I didn’t have anywhere to be and just wandered around for too long looking for Mott street to go say hello to Gimme!.  I did finally get there and was pleasantly surprised to see Jenni B, Allen and please forgive me for forgetting the other lovely guy there with a cool bike hat on.  Sorry!  But man, one of these days I want too many shoes, a rad wardrobe and lots of lovely purses!  

I am having trouble finding a place that I like to move.  As I mentioned before I have to move out sooner than I had expected and I am stressing a little.  There are two places that pretty much sound like they are interested, both are in Brooklyn one of them is pretty sketchy at night and the other one, not too much.  I should probably go with the $700 one by Utica but it’s a little further out than I would prefer.  I am trying to stick to the mentality that if I am going to get mugged to get over it and accept whatever, because seeing tomorrow and not getting raped is a good thing.  And rarely, as I understand it, would anything escalate so much unless I am an asshole and super resistant or whatever.  And as outlandish as it may be being raped is totally I think one of my biggest fears.  And on a lighter note I looked at a place of the Graham stop from the L train into Brooklyn that was pretty alright.  I have a private entrance to my own walk-in closet in East Williamsburg.   I hope that one goes through because with utilities it will be just under $650 a month with everything included, which is crazy unheard of!  But I’ll find out tomorrow…. fingers crossed!

Let’s see what else.  Um I was a minority the other day, I walked into a super old and famous Jazz Bar/ Eatery called Soloman’s …Soloman’s Porch and there was me and a server that were white.  It was totally rad!  I love the Northwest but it doesn’t even come close to the diversity here in NYC.  I think that that is something that I want my kid growing up with.  I also want to raise my kid in a bilingual household.  Yay for France!

I have started a little moleskin journal for my expenses, thoughts through out the day and places I am eating.  The things that are included in the food one so far are: name, location and how I got there, what I ordered, impression, service, prices of what I got, and what my total was along with anything else that left an impression.  

I want to go to France, if I can afford it, in February or March of 2009.  Oh yeah, and if can afford french lessons prior to then as well!  

I am pretty terrible right now with tags and categories with my blogs.  I am sure it will make more sense later.  

Oh yes and Oliver and Janae are coming next week and I have a day off when Oliver, and Janae?, and I can go for an extensive coffee tour.  I have to get my act together for that, I ripped my other map… 

Um… Oh yeah at some museum, the… American Museum of Natural History.  I am thinking of going tomorrow, I wish they had some real ones there.  I miss riding horses.  I was totally a wrangler kid, but have moved onto Levi’s.  

Sorry one more thing, that storm when I got soaked in Greenpoint, it was so bad that lightening struck 4 planes and they shut down one of the airports!