MAY 2004 - 2004-05-02 9:01 AM
may in the boken. its all sortsa nice n'pretty.
may in the boken. its all sortsa nice n'pretty.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-02 9:14 AM
allrighty.
friday was the day of the big game. we were sposda arrive at the field in central park by around 5:15. i think we left the office at 5:15. mistake.
we weren't overly certain as to how to get to the park area. i mean, yeah, it was in central park, and thats pretty well known, and jonathan lives in manhattan and my apartment is only a few miles from the park... still not something we do regularly. or...ever.
now, a map. if i could make the informercial-like "ping" noise, i would. but i can't. so, i ask that when you view the picture below this text, you make the noise for me.
friday was the day of the big game. we were sposda arrive at the field in central park by around 5:15. i think we left the office at 5:15. mistake.
we weren't overly certain as to how to get to the park area. i mean, yeah, it was in central park, and thats pretty well known, and jonathan lives in manhattan and my apartment is only a few miles from the park... still not something we do regularly. or...ever.
now, a map. if i could make the informercial-like "ping" noise, i would. but i can't. so, i ask that when you view the picture below this text, you make the noise for me.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-02 9:20 AM
in the lower left, y'have yer hoboken, also known as, but not identified as, roboken.
the mighty hudson river separates my apartment from the center of manhattan. to the right, about where it says "w 23rd st" is my office. rigth by that lil green blob.
that green blob is actually the huge madison park that i eat my lunch at. surrounded by the flatiron building, the met life tower and beautiful views of the empire state building. but, on the map, its justa green blob of happiness. ... and the happiness is only assumed.
climbing to the upper right is the huge green blob. thats central park. its, like, 5 or 6 square miles of beautiful non-citiness. parks, trees, fields, rivers, lakes, grass, flowers... its beautiful. i've been there a few times before, but never have i been responsible for getting myself there.
actually, that wasn't too bad. we took two subways up the 60 some-odd streets and arrived at the park by 6:05 -- just 5 minutes after the game began. shouldn't have been a problem, cuz we knew we weren't starting.
but that wasn't the problem.
the mighty hudson river separates my apartment from the center of manhattan. to the right, about where it says "w 23rd st" is my office. rigth by that lil green blob.
that green blob is actually the huge madison park that i eat my lunch at. surrounded by the flatiron building, the met life tower and beautiful views of the empire state building. but, on the map, its justa green blob of happiness. ... and the happiness is only assumed.
climbing to the upper right is the huge green blob. thats central park. its, like, 5 or 6 square miles of beautiful non-citiness. parks, trees, fields, rivers, lakes, grass, flowers... its beautiful. i've been there a few times before, but never have i been responsible for getting myself there.
actually, that wasn't too bad. we took two subways up the 60 some-odd streets and arrived at the park by 6:05 -- just 5 minutes after the game began. shouldn't have been a problem, cuz we knew we weren't starting.
but that wasn't the problem.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-02 9:24 AM
the problem, of course, is that the park is a 5 or 6 square mile park, as said. and our team was playing ... somewhere.
we knew it was in the north west area, which is dubbed "the north meadow" but... that was about it. there were 16, count'em, 16 baseball fields in that area, alone. and we walked around all of them. all of them. possibly more than once.
we couldn't really tell at some points. the maps were misleading and inaccurate. the fields were distant. no one looked familiar. we walked around for just over an hour, and were no closer to anything than when we started. in fact, it was quite possible we were simply walking around in gigantic circles. nothing was making sense.
we knew it was in the north west area, which is dubbed "the north meadow" but... that was about it. there were 16, count'em, 16 baseball fields in that area, alone. and we walked around all of them. all of them. possibly more than once.
we couldn't really tell at some points. the maps were misleading and inaccurate. the fields were distant. no one looked familiar. we walked around for just over an hour, and were no closer to anything than when we started. in fact, it was quite possible we were simply walking around in gigantic circles. nothing was making sense.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-02 9:27 AM
it wasn't so bad. i mean, we spent most of the time making fun of ourselves and bull shitting about other stuff. jonathan and i get along really, really fucking well. we're disturbingly similar, which makes conversation very nice.
i think the main differences are that he's much more established, and i'm much more insane. mental problems are highly underrated.
anyway, roughly 90 minutes after arriving at the park, we found the game. ... which was 2 outs away from ending, with our first loss.
the team members that we knew mocked us. some others also admitted to getting horribly lost. but even as they told their freakish tales of woe, we couldn't help but note that they found the game 20-30 minutes before we did.
le sigh.
but, everyone was cool. seemed like they were having a ball. and, actually, their uniforms were really nice. hopefully, we'll get some of those soon. the coach guy, who is the office HR guy that originally interviewed me in feb (he's good people) told us both we'd play in the next game.
score! ... hopefully, we can find it!
i think the main differences are that he's much more established, and i'm much more insane. mental problems are highly underrated.
anyway, roughly 90 minutes after arriving at the park, we found the game. ... which was 2 outs away from ending, with our first loss.
the team members that we knew mocked us. some others also admitted to getting horribly lost. but even as they told their freakish tales of woe, we couldn't help but note that they found the game 20-30 minutes before we did.
le sigh.
but, everyone was cool. seemed like they were having a ball. and, actually, their uniforms were really nice. hopefully, we'll get some of those soon. the coach guy, who is the office HR guy that originally interviewed me in feb (he's good people) told us both we'd play in the next game.
score! ... hopefully, we can find it!
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-02 9:30 AM
as the baboons that we were, we waited for a grouping of others to disperse, so that we could follow them out. we knew we couldn't do it on our own.
so, we picked one group and just carried on after them. ... which turned out to NOT be heading in the direction of a subway or train, but rather, a bar!
... a bar in sweat pants? sure, what the fuck. its not like i'm all smooth in my dirty ass jeans (ass jeans?)
so, we went in. place was called "dive bar" somewhere in the 100 numbered streets. 101? i dunno. whatever. it was a cool little place with a pool table and some tvs and a back area where we could all sit and drink and laugh at ... me.
so, we picked one group and just carried on after them. ... which turned out to NOT be heading in the direction of a subway or train, but rather, a bar!
... a bar in sweat pants? sure, what the fuck. its not like i'm all smooth in my dirty ass jeans (ass jeans?)
so, we went in. place was called "dive bar" somewhere in the 100 numbered streets. 101? i dunno. whatever. it was a cool little place with a pool table and some tvs and a back area where we could all sit and drink and laugh at ... me.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-03 5:43 PM
ahh. nothing like leaving an incomplete thought hang for a few days.
party on, wayne.
party on, rob.
the company drink off was actually really really fun. nothin like alcohol to make meeting colleagues easier. and nothin like using an intro phrase over and over. nothin like it.
mostly, jonathan and i just sorta stood to the side, cuz we're the ostrasized web people. we're sorta like gremlins on the scale of humans. shunned, pleasantly, under bridges and such.
the main group, identified as "people", were happily mingling with one another. we did our best to fit in, too. they kept ordering huge rounds of beer pitchers and, well, we kept stealing them back to our lair, and finishing them. we easily took 6 or 7 of the pitchers, with like 4 rounds in each of them. then, we'd plop the empty pitcher back on their table and silently steal another full one.
plus, every so often, the regular folk would feel bad for us, and note that our pitcher was now empty, so they'd fill up our cups with some of theirs -- not knowing we had just stolen all of it.
noice!
party on, wayne.
party on, rob.
the company drink off was actually really really fun. nothin like alcohol to make meeting colleagues easier. and nothin like using an intro phrase over and over. nothin like it.
mostly, jonathan and i just sorta stood to the side, cuz we're the ostrasized web people. we're sorta like gremlins on the scale of humans. shunned, pleasantly, under bridges and such.
the main group, identified as "people", were happily mingling with one another. we did our best to fit in, too. they kept ordering huge rounds of beer pitchers and, well, we kept stealing them back to our lair, and finishing them. we easily took 6 or 7 of the pitchers, with like 4 rounds in each of them. then, we'd plop the empty pitcher back on their table and silently steal another full one.
plus, every so often, the regular folk would feel bad for us, and note that our pitcher was now empty, so they'd fill up our cups with some of theirs -- not knowing we had just stolen all of it.
noice!
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-03 5:53 PM
actually, it was really really fun. i got to meet a lot of the new people on the field and especially at the bar. well, not that they were new, that was my job.
everyone was really friendly, especially the wimmins. jonathan and i get along damn near perfectly, so it was cool just to hang out and discuss random shit that we both have in common, as the oddly interesting gorks that we are.
good times, i tells ya. good, drunken times.
by 10:30 or so, a lightning quick 3 hours later, we were starting to head off in our different directions for the evening. jonathan and i took a cab back to the office where i got on the path and headed back to hoboken.
i made a mad dash up the 15 blocks cuz i had 6,000 beers in me that were trying to get out. got to my apartment, met up with my lex, we ordered some chinese food, drunk a lil in the apartment, and just hung out for a few more hours before callin it a night.
good day.
everyone was really friendly, especially the wimmins. jonathan and i get along damn near perfectly, so it was cool just to hang out and discuss random shit that we both have in common, as the oddly interesting gorks that we are.
good times, i tells ya. good, drunken times.
by 10:30 or so, a lightning quick 3 hours later, we were starting to head off in our different directions for the evening. jonathan and i took a cab back to the office where i got on the path and headed back to hoboken.
i made a mad dash up the 15 blocks cuz i had 6,000 beers in me that were trying to get out. got to my apartment, met up with my lex, we ordered some chinese food, drunk a lil in the apartment, and just hung out for a few more hours before callin it a night.
good day.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-03 7:33 PM
friday closes. a new day begins. i shall call it "saturday."
on said saturday, it was beautiful outside. so, i forced alexis outdoors and we enjoyed the wonderful natureness of the town. we drank outside, we ate outside, we walked around the entire place outside. gee-yorgeous. prolly high 70s. and the yankees won. and lex is all sortsa hot. and the food was good.
another good day to apply to my resume. we even got to sit in the park for a bit, cuz ... well, it was that nice. and walking all around, y'get to see the thousands of frickin hot chicks that just wander from place to place, in their lil ass pieces of clothing.
makes a boy smile
on said saturday, it was beautiful outside. so, i forced alexis outdoors and we enjoyed the wonderful natureness of the town. we drank outside, we ate outside, we walked around the entire place outside. gee-yorgeous. prolly high 70s. and the yankees won. and lex is all sortsa hot. and the food was good.
another good day to apply to my resume. we even got to sit in the park for a bit, cuz ... well, it was that nice. and walking all around, y'get to see the thousands of frickin hot chicks that just wander from place to place, in their lil ass pieces of clothing.
makes a boy smile
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-03 10:38 PM
saturday night, lex and i went n'saw walking tall, the movie with the rock as the actor. the.
truthfully, it was actually pretty good. simple, and brief, but good lil plot, good lil story, n'some fun fighting scenes. he ainta bad actor. then again, its not like he was playing an entirely different character than his wwe persona. i mean, he's not deniro, ...but he's not bad.
got back to the pad at like 1. drank a bit. hung a bit. then actually started doing my laundry at like 2 am. i just really, really needed to. i was entirely out of clothing, and recycling outfits. ...for like the 4th time.
that aint right.
truthfully, it was actually pretty good. simple, and brief, but good lil plot, good lil story, n'some fun fighting scenes. he ainta bad actor. then again, its not like he was playing an entirely different character than his wwe persona. i mean, he's not deniro, ...but he's not bad.
got back to the pad at like 1. drank a bit. hung a bit. then actually started doing my laundry at like 2 am. i just really, really needed to. i was entirely out of clothing, and recycling outfits. ...for like the 4th time.
that aint right.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-03 10:54 PM
sunday was sposda be the festival. i was sposda get some great outdoor food. there was sposda be tons of scantily clad hot wimmins around me.
the forecast wasn't all that promising, but i was awake at 11, thats pre-noon, and the sun was all sortsa shining n'purdy.
people were outside, walkin the streets. my windows were letting in warm, fresh outdoor air. the sun was baking the people, who were wearin short sleeves n'shirts n'sun glasses... today was a good fair day.
sposda be.
fair: postponed.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-03 10:57 PM
turd muffins.
lil early morn rain scared'em away. so now i havta wait 2 more weeks for festival fun. and i hate them.
so, instead, lex and i walked around the town again, which sounds like annoying stuff, but it really wasn't. sure, it wasn't a festival, but it was still beautiful outside, and i was scoring with a hot chick. thatsa bonus.
we got good outdoor food and stopped for margaritas and i looked at apartments and we got good excercise... got lotsa stuff done, all while enjoying the weather. boy howdy.
even sat at the park for a bit, right by artie lange, of howard stern fame. he lives like 2 blocks from me and i see him all the time. i'm still way too weirded out by the "whoa, you're actually famous" thing to talk to him, but he seems real cool with everyone that's not a big punk, like myself.
lil early morn rain scared'em away. so now i havta wait 2 more weeks for festival fun. and i hate them.
so, instead, lex and i walked around the town again, which sounds like annoying stuff, but it really wasn't. sure, it wasn't a festival, but it was still beautiful outside, and i was scoring with a hot chick. thatsa bonus.
we got good outdoor food and stopped for margaritas and i looked at apartments and we got good excercise... got lotsa stuff done, all while enjoying the weather. boy howdy.
even sat at the park for a bit, right by artie lange, of howard stern fame. he lives like 2 blocks from me and i see him all the time. i'm still way too weirded out by the "whoa, you're actually famous" thing to talk to him, but he seems real cool with everyone that's not a big punk, like myself.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-04 6:11 PM
so, that was the weekend. great weather. good times.
then monday shows up, and its a shit bag of a day. oddly freezing. rainy. dreary. nasty. no fun. and there's work, so's i gotta wake up early.
bastards.
but, the day at work is never really all that bad. work is work, sure, but... this place is still real cool. i still have a good time here, and i'm in like my 10th week!
i actually became an official employee yesterday. got to sign all the forms and what not, about getting medical coverage or insurance incase i'm dismembered.
if there's on thing i specifically don't want, its to be dismembered. i both enjoy and need all my members.
then monday shows up, and its a shit bag of a day. oddly freezing. rainy. dreary. nasty. no fun. and there's work, so's i gotta wake up early.
bastards.
but, the day at work is never really all that bad. work is work, sure, but... this place is still real cool. i still have a good time here, and i'm in like my 10th week!
i actually became an official employee yesterday. got to sign all the forms and what not, about getting medical coverage or insurance incase i'm dismembered.
if there's on thing i specifically don't want, its to be dismembered. i both enjoy and need all my members.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-04 6:18 PM
so the work day went by, and now i had t'go home. but before i actually got to my apartment, i had an appointment with a realtor to see some new place thats on the market.
met the guy, and he goes thru his whole deal. having dealt with an idiot realtor before, anything would be better. and this guy was clearly 'anything.'
he starts off by telling me he just got his first offer on the place that morning. holy shit!! thats so coincidental!! cuz yesterday, when we talked on the phone, you said you got the first offer on the place that morning. the offers must be flyin in!
while its true the hoboken real estate market is insanity, places can be sold in a week's time... that doesn't mean every place is gone that quickly. and the realtors still wanna make it seem more desperate than it is.
plus, i'm in a good situation for shopping around -- i have a place already, so i'm not really desperate. i don't have to jump when they say so. i'm smooth.
met the guy, and he goes thru his whole deal. having dealt with an idiot realtor before, anything would be better. and this guy was clearly 'anything.'
he starts off by telling me he just got his first offer on the place that morning. holy shit!! thats so coincidental!! cuz yesterday, when we talked on the phone, you said you got the first offer on the place that morning. the offers must be flyin in!
while its true the hoboken real estate market is insanity, places can be sold in a week's time... that doesn't mean every place is gone that quickly. and the realtors still wanna make it seem more desperate than it is.
plus, i'm in a good situation for shopping around -- i have a place already, so i'm not really desperate. i don't have to jump when they say so. i'm smooth.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-04 6:29 PM
all that said, this one place is actually pretty damn nice.
i mean, there are bad parts. for starters, its a bit pricey. but ill hope to work around that. secondly, its a 5th floor walk up. not much of a stretch from my current 4th floor walk up, but... whatever.
the other aspect is that the kitchen is tiny. now, not that i need a huge kitchen or anything. im not even sure what the fuck to do with the one i have. but i can not express clearly enough how tiny the kitchen is. i could easily state its smaller than a bathroom with a straight face. why? cuz it is, mother fucker, pay attention.
but other than that... i dig it.
its closer to the path train i take to manhattan daily. its in a good part of town. my building wont stink of india or mexico, let alone their deadly combination.
its bigger than my current place, and way more open. its a duplex, so the bedroom is up a flight of those curly stairs. the wood paneling floor is that cool light color. the windows are nice, its gotta view of the empire state building...
and most importantly, its gotta 100 sq foot private deck, on which i can barbq, lay out, score with hot chicks, or pretend to score with hot chicks!
lets take the tour
i mean, there are bad parts. for starters, its a bit pricey. but ill hope to work around that. secondly, its a 5th floor walk up. not much of a stretch from my current 4th floor walk up, but... whatever.
the other aspect is that the kitchen is tiny. now, not that i need a huge kitchen or anything. im not even sure what the fuck to do with the one i have. but i can not express clearly enough how tiny the kitchen is. i could easily state its smaller than a bathroom with a straight face. why? cuz it is, mother fucker, pay attention.
but other than that... i dig it.
its closer to the path train i take to manhattan daily. its in a good part of town. my building wont stink of india or mexico, let alone their deadly combination.
its bigger than my current place, and way more open. its a duplex, so the bedroom is up a flight of those curly stairs. the wood paneling floor is that cool light color. the windows are nice, its gotta view of the empire state building...
and most importantly, its gotta 100 sq foot private deck, on which i can barbq, lay out, score with hot chicks, or pretend to score with hot chicks!
lets take the tour
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-04 6:33 PM
allow me to aid you with these virtual reality, 3d renderings i made last night.
first, the downstairs:
now, the upstairs:
first, the downstairs:
- the lower left is where you walk in the front door
- that black blob is a lil closet
- the pink area is the kitchen (!!!) -- just a lil bigger than the closet in my current bedroom, no joke
- the red things are couches
- the green/yellow thing is the real big downstairs (duh) windows
now, the upstairs:
- ok, the blue thing is the top of the stairs
- the red thing on the left is the bed
- the two lil black boxes on top are 2 closets
- the black rectangle in th emiddle is like this lil balcony where you can see the downstairs
- the sideways H on the bottom is the door to the outside
- and the green is the outside deck
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-04 10:53 PM
im feeling a change coming on.
a big one.
nothing externally. not the potential new apartment or the new job i'm loving. i'm feeling some form of evolution. a robolution.
not sure what direction it'll take me. but it should be pretty dramatic.
i'm getting 'angry eyes'
a big one.
nothing externally. not the potential new apartment or the new job i'm loving. i'm feeling some form of evolution. a robolution.
not sure what direction it'll take me. but it should be pretty dramatic.
i'm getting 'angry eyes'
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-05 5:11 PM
rob kamphausen pictures presents...
"wednesday"
"wednesday"
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-06 5:14 PM
holy crap i'm tired. almost illegally tired. i almost slept thru work today. which, might i add, is one of the freakiest and scariest things you can do, despite it sounding so wonderful and relaxing.its true.
alarm goes off at 8. i musta just turned it off, cuz the next time i saw was 9:05, 10 minutes before i'm sposda leave. so, forget working out. forget sleeping in the shower. i brushed my teeth and washed my hair at the same time, put on an outfit that was already on the ground, and rolled with everything out the door. even forgot my chain and some mail i was sposda drop off.
right now, i'm just nasty feeling. like that groggy, sticky "why am i up" kinda feeling, where yer eyes're all stuck together and your face is itchy and your hands are dry... nasty.
y'know, where y'just sorta wanna run thru one of those old time front-lawn sprinkler systems, just to get the mornin gunk off of ya?
y'know?
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-06 10:59 PM
super frickin nice outside. mebbe mid 70s. tomorrow is sposda be in that same range. the range of deliciousness. golden deliciousness. ooh, even magical delicious!
but inside... inside is raging turmoil. destruction. poverty. why? cuz of frickin realtors, who are buttwipes. big butt wipes.
*wonchinonin*
thats some sorta lightning noise from a NES game, "karnov" that, for whatever reason, i felt was apt to properly illustrate my frustration with realtors.
but inside... inside is raging turmoil. destruction. poverty. why? cuz of frickin realtors, who are buttwipes. big butt wipes.
*wonchinonin*
thats some sorta lightning noise from a NES game, "karnov" that, for whatever reason, i felt was apt to properly illustrate my frustration with realtors.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-06 11:04 PM
so, whutsa deal with these realtors?
i'm trying to get a good idea of how much i should spend on the above mentioned apartment. the "really nice, but not that nice" place.
i gave the guy an idea of how much i was willing to go. he responded by saying the buyer is looking for roughly 50 grand more.
50 grand! with all the ca-chings and $ symobls and such.
thats a pretty big difference, and one i'm not really willing to cross. and, the annoying part is, who can tell if the realtor is lying or not? i mean, he says that the guy already has an offer on the house. ... but if he does, why doesn't the seller take that? ...especially if the other offer is higher than my own?
if the place is so great, why is it still on the market? why is there only one other bid on it, that i have to beat?
seriously, boyo, wtf?
so, instead of just trying to buy something, i have to haggle with this third party, who is only in the game for his own commission (read: the more he sells the apartment for, the more money he makes as a bonus).
so, i'm in a quagmire right now.
quagmire: a shit hole. word of the day, brought to you by the elevator tv screen this morning.
i'm trying to get a good idea of how much i should spend on the above mentioned apartment. the "really nice, but not that nice" place.
i gave the guy an idea of how much i was willing to go. he responded by saying the buyer is looking for roughly 50 grand more.
50 grand! with all the ca-chings and $ symobls and such.
thats a pretty big difference, and one i'm not really willing to cross. and, the annoying part is, who can tell if the realtor is lying or not? i mean, he says that the guy already has an offer on the house. ... but if he does, why doesn't the seller take that? ...especially if the other offer is higher than my own?
if the place is so great, why is it still on the market? why is there only one other bid on it, that i have to beat?
seriously, boyo, wtf?
so, instead of just trying to buy something, i have to haggle with this third party, who is only in the game for his own commission (read: the more he sells the apartment for, the more money he makes as a bonus).
so, i'm in a quagmire right now.
quagmire: a shit hole. word of the day, brought to you by the elevator tv screen this morning.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-07 6:25 PM
Quote:
BARRY NAMMS emailed:
hey Rob, how did the softball game go???
oh shit, i didn't even talk about the softball game on wednesday. fuckin retard. fucktard. hmm... sounds familiar.
anyway, if it weren't for you barry, i'd have never rememembered. em. ... which actually is a bold faced lie. y'know why? cuz i'm so goddamn lame, i'm sore!
...sore from what??
the pre-game warm up throw!!
i'm so pathetically out of shape, and its been such a long time since i've played any sort of baseball, or even done any sort of baseball activity, that the pre-game warm up catch i had has made me sore for 2 straigth days. oddly, in my thighs and lower back.
and i'm clueless as to how and/or why. yet, sadly, i'm somehow aware its related to my retardidia.
so how did the actual game go? nice n'comfy from the bench! we lost again, but it was still fun. i've yet to play, just cuz i rank last in the corporate ladder, and there are 48 players on the team. so, my rotation probably wont come up until early 2006.
stupid coach buttercrud!
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-07 6:30 PM
no post-game drinking this time, despite it being cinco de mayo. a few people went out, but, i don't really know most of them well enough. my only real contact is jonathan, and he was goin elsewhere that night.
plus, there was, at the time, the possibility that lex and her sis were comin to hoboken for some city drinkin, so i didn't wanna miss'em.
turned out they didn't show, but oh well.
plus, there was, at the time, the possibility that lex and her sis were comin to hoboken for some city drinkin, so i didn't wanna miss'em.
turned out they didn't show, but oh well.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-07 6:36 PM
friends'ses last show was last night. NBC really hypes up those finales, boyo. there's so much build up, with all those "access hollywood" type shows promoting the finales all week, the channel itself promoting the show with all the sad music for an entire year, all the pre-show shows, with years of hilites and memorable momments.
i remember the two former biggies. seinfeld, i was a sophomore in college, eating chicken fingers.
cheers, before that. frickin high school. freshman! 1993. long ass time ago.
good ole cheers.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-09 3:31 AM
friday. 2 pm.
lunch hits. jonathan and i stare at girls in the park, whilst dining on a feast of taco bell.
my glorious return to taco bell has been wonderful. the reunion is blissful, but im afraid the heat will eventually burn out, as with any affair. poor taco bell.
lunch hits. jonathan and i stare at girls in the park, whilst dining on a feast of taco bell.
my glorious return to taco bell has been wonderful. the reunion is blissful, but im afraid the heat will eventually burn out, as with any affair. poor taco bell.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-09 3:39 AM
friday. 6. or roughly 6:30. im out the door. the office. whatever. i say good bye to the hot chicks, who acknowledge me with the "why the fuck are you talking to me" face. points for rob? no.
whatever.
i path train to the boken. i meet up with two of my own hot girls, the alexis and the laquanda. we all go to oddfellows, where there is to be much drinking.
later joined by cati, and the typical friday night repeats in good fashion. 8 drinks in, i recomend hitting another place. cati sez she knows people're going to this new area, so we check it out.
bar is called 4thirty, or somethin gitchy like that. i dunno what gitchy means, either.
i can't be beautiful and smart.
whatever.
i path train to the boken. i meet up with two of my own hot girls, the alexis and the laquanda. we all go to oddfellows, where there is to be much drinking.
later joined by cati, and the typical friday night repeats in good fashion. 8 drinks in, i recomend hitting another place. cati sez she knows people're going to this new area, so we check it out.
bar is called 4thirty, or somethin gitchy like that. i dunno what gitchy means, either.
i can't be beautiful and smart.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-09 6:13 AM
we're there. we drink. whatever. nice view of manhattan across the river. cool lil place, though its got 'cool lil place' pricing (high)
oh well.
night ended shortly after, like 1 or so. couldn't really do much cuz i had so much shit to do the next day (today). and early. and, boy howdy, do i love early.
one day, imma meet that boy howdy and kill him. kill him dead. like raid.
oh well.
night ended shortly after, like 1 or so. couldn't really do much cuz i had so much shit to do the next day (today). and early. and, boy howdy, do i love early.
one day, imma meet that boy howdy and kill him. kill him dead. like raid.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-09 8:41 PM
saturday starts up. ...with an alarm. who the fuck decided saturday was sooo nice, that it needed alarmts attached to it? not i, says the rob.
alarm goes off at 8, and man duzzat hurt. i'm in the shower, doin my sleep thing. i get out, i get dressed, then i'm in the car on the way to the church where my lil sister is getting pinned. its this lil graduation-like ceremony for nursing majors that takes place 2 days before graduation but does not take the place of going to graduaion.
on the way, i get kamphausen'd. getting kamphausen'd means that you're family thinks you're retarded, so they try every possible way to contact you, to find out where, exactly, you are. "are you there yet?" "where are you?" "why did you go that way?"
i getta call from 2 sisters, and 2 parents. all four are separate calls, and all four take place in a 14 minute span.
kamphausen'd.
thankfully, i heard and knew about none of'em, cuz i was blasting jams in new logan, while doing 90 on the parkway.
alarm goes off at 8, and man duzzat hurt. i'm in the shower, doin my sleep thing. i get out, i get dressed, then i'm in the car on the way to the church where my lil sister is getting pinned. its this lil graduation-like ceremony for nursing majors that takes place 2 days before graduation but does not take the place of going to graduaion.
on the way, i get kamphausen'd. getting kamphausen'd means that you're family thinks you're retarded, so they try every possible way to contact you, to find out where, exactly, you are. "are you there yet?" "where are you?" "why did you go that way?"
i getta call from 2 sisters, and 2 parents. all four are separate calls, and all four take place in a 14 minute span.
kamphausen'd.
thankfully, i heard and knew about none of'em, cuz i was blasting jams in new logan, while doing 90 on the parkway.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-11 3:50 AM
i continue to work my way towards the lil church, which is located in the heart of newark, known for its kind souls, delicous food, and its starring role in the murder capital of america lists of the past 3 decades.
this true.
regardless, this 'lil church' was actually a huge and beautifully constructed mamma jamma. the whole thing was all sortsa gotchic and fantastic.
i love gothic designs. that whole arcetectural movement is so goddamn fascinating to me. the intracacies of the building are endless, and the details are almost too beautiful to adequately describe. its just so nice!
anyway, the mass was... long. the pinning ceremony was, unfortunately, just as long and tedious and boring as a graduation yet, delightfully, didn't qualify as one, and thus, had to be repeated in a few days, anyway.
i spent much of it playing games on my cell phone.
but when it was laura's turn to be announced, i made sure the church knew i was in the big man's house.
no way was i not gonna yell n'scream and cause a ruckus. church be damned!
... i know i will!
this true.
regardless, this 'lil church' was actually a huge and beautifully constructed mamma jamma. the whole thing was all sortsa gotchic and fantastic.
i love gothic designs. that whole arcetectural movement is so goddamn fascinating to me. the intracacies of the building are endless, and the details are almost too beautiful to adequately describe. its just so nice!
anyway, the mass was... long. the pinning ceremony was, unfortunately, just as long and tedious and boring as a graduation yet, delightfully, didn't qualify as one, and thus, had to be repeated in a few days, anyway.
i spent much of it playing games on my cell phone.
but when it was laura's turn to be announced, i made sure the church knew i was in the big man's house.
no way was i not gonna yell n'scream and cause a ruckus. church be damned!
... i know i will!
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-11 4:56 AM
now... the pinning ceremony was kinda boring. i mean, the church was cool, and seeing family n'all was fun, but... it was early on a weekend, and i was really tired.
i needed something to really perk me up. and, damnit, cocaine is just too expensive.
so, what could possibly help?
thats right, bitch. the weinermobile, live and in person. a car designed for sexual reference, but embarassingly only representing a hot dog. regardless, it'd make the coolest fucking autobot ever. and was on its way to making me much happier than i was, cuz i couldn't stop laughing when i saw it.
but... admittedly, it wasn't enough.
despite all its amazing effort, the weinermobile wasn't funny enough to aide me in getting over the fact that i wasted a much-needed saturday morning on going to a boring church festival.
so... if the weinermobile couldn't shake the grumpiness... what could?
that's right, bitches.
two weinermobiles.
i needed something to really perk me up. and, damnit, cocaine is just too expensive.
so, what could possibly help?
thats right, bitch. the weinermobile, live and in person. a car designed for sexual reference, but embarassingly only representing a hot dog. regardless, it'd make the coolest fucking autobot ever. and was on its way to making me much happier than i was, cuz i couldn't stop laughing when i saw it.
but... admittedly, it wasn't enough.
despite all its amazing effort, the weinermobile wasn't funny enough to aide me in getting over the fact that i wasted a much-needed saturday morning on going to a boring church festival.
so... if the weinermobile couldn't shake the grumpiness... what could?
that's right, bitches.
two weinermobiles.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-11 7:44 PM
man, i'm so far behind. that was saturday morning and close to the afternoon.
for the rest of the afternoon, i met up with my lex. it was still somewhat nice outside, though gettin a bit chillier, so we walked around and enjoyed ourselves as best we could. didn't have much time, tho, cuz this chica had to go out with a buncha her friends for dinner.
ever'one ditches the rob
for the rest of the afternoon, i met up with my lex. it was still somewhat nice outside, though gettin a bit chillier, so we walked around and enjoyed ourselves as best we could. didn't have much time, tho, cuz this chica had to go out with a buncha her friends for dinner.
ever'one ditches the rob
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-11 9:37 PM
by 7pm, she was out, and i was lonesome. but, thats ok. i got t'get a lot done, like bills and working out. went for a whole buncha walks around the town by myself to snap some photos and generally enjoy myself.
not that many hotties were out, prolly cuz 1) it was chillier than expected and 2) cuz i was stalking them. but, whatcha gonna do. thats my saturday.
not that many hotties were out, prolly cuz 1) it was chillier than expected and 2) cuz i was stalking them. but, whatcha gonna do. thats my saturday.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-11 9:40 PM
sunday hits. the mother's day and champagne at sunset (volume 5) combo spectacular!
beautiful outside, peaking mid 70s, and lotsa sun. lex and i took a quick walk around town, just to get our bearings. the hot wimmins were back, and i did my stalking, but we weren't in hoboken to stay. just touring.
moments later, we were in the car, on our way to lex's house to wish her family their mother's day happiness. then, new logan took us back to our alma matter, so's we could steal a whole buncha free booze and free food.
my parents were there with my graduating sister, but... i already saw them the day before, and would see'em again the next day. sunday was about me, damnit! me!
we met up with scottie p, who hadn't been able to hang out for sucha long period of time, cuz he is in law school. he wants to become mayor or something -- not unlike the struggling black mayor in back to the future, mayor goldie brown!
beautiful outside, peaking mid 70s, and lotsa sun. lex and i took a quick walk around town, just to get our bearings. the hot wimmins were back, and i did my stalking, but we weren't in hoboken to stay. just touring.
moments later, we were in the car, on our way to lex's house to wish her family their mother's day happiness. then, new logan took us back to our alma matter, so's we could steal a whole buncha free booze and free food.
my parents were there with my graduating sister, but... i already saw them the day before, and would see'em again the next day. sunday was about me, damnit! me!
we met up with scottie p, who hadn't been able to hang out for sucha long period of time, cuz he is in law school. he wants to become mayor or something -- not unlike the struggling black mayor in back to the future, mayor goldie brown!
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-11 9:47 PM
the booze was stylin. the company and conversations were flowin. but the food... man did the food suck.
every year, or at least the first four times we went to this seniors-only event, they had some great frickin finger food. chicken fingers, lil sammidges, egg rolls... lil stuff like that. we weren't expecting anything different, but boy did we get it.
what were the options?
pretzels, crackers, or cheese cubes.
thats it. sucked with much horribleness.
oh, i ate it. i stole huge shares, so's i could wash it down with the huge theft pot of champagne we took.
.... but i didn't like it.
every year, or at least the first four times we went to this seniors-only event, they had some great frickin finger food. chicken fingers, lil sammidges, egg rolls... lil stuff like that. we weren't expecting anything different, but boy did we get it.
what were the options?
pretzels, crackers, or cheese cubes.
thats it. sucked with much horribleness.
oh, i ate it. i stole huge shares, so's i could wash it down with the huge theft pot of champagne we took.
.... but i didn't like it.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-12 1:00 AM
we hung out for a bit, which was always fun. scottie, lex, and myself are really the only ones who've made, or tried to make, the annual theft-a-thon. danielle makes appearances sometimes, but hasn't in a while -- mostly because SHU lovily started planning these days on mother's day, which fucks around with everyone's schedule.
whatever.
took a few pics of the campus since i already had my camera out. lex got all sad cuz she's not goin there anymore. i honestly don't feel an ounce different.
hell, i don't feel different than the 7th grade rob, let alone the college rob. i'm still an awkward lil outsider. fuckit. imma legend!
before not too long, we headed back to the boken, grabbed a nice outdoor meal at city bistro, then back to the apartment to close out the day.
why? cuz i had graduation part 50 the next morning. criminy.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-12 8:02 AM
wake up on monday early. walk to car. distant. get in. pick up older sis. drive to the meadowlands. pass giants stadium. enter parking lot for continental airlines arena.
i'm amazed they didn't charge for parking. the night before, each of these same spots were $15 for the nets playoff game.
get in the building, and boom, everything sorta looks familiar from 4 years back. .... and three years, for you ghostdogians...
definitely a lot weirder being on the audience side.
graduation ceremony goes by purdy quickly. almost seems quicker than the nursing pinning ceremony. that was 2 hours. this was pushin 3+
maurince dubois of NBC did his speech and gotta free doctorate. nice.
some time, and many digital pics later, my lil sis is a gradumation girl, and all celebrate and whatever. we meet outside, take more pics, do the hugs things... real nice n'good stuff. laura has a good group of friends, so i'm really happy for her. plus, she's a good kid enna good student, so i'm proud of her.
and thats my niceness quota for may.
family goes to eat at a nearby restaurant overlooking the manhattan skyline, then we all part ways to close off a beautiful monday.
i'm amazed they didn't charge for parking. the night before, each of these same spots were $15 for the nets playoff game.
get in the building, and boom, everything sorta looks familiar from 4 years back. .... and three years, for you ghostdogians...
definitely a lot weirder being on the audience side.
graduation ceremony goes by purdy quickly. almost seems quicker than the nursing pinning ceremony. that was 2 hours. this was pushin 3+
maurince dubois of NBC did his speech and gotta free doctorate. nice.
some time, and many digital pics later, my lil sis is a gradumation girl, and all celebrate and whatever. we meet outside, take more pics, do the hugs things... real nice n'good stuff. laura has a good group of friends, so i'm really happy for her. plus, she's a good kid enna good student, so i'm proud of her.
and thats my niceness quota for may.
family goes to eat at a nearby restaurant overlooking the manhattan skyline, then we all part ways to close off a beautiful monday.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-12 8:04 AM
i go for a walk when i get home. 90 minutes. just tryin to catch the sun while i can, enjoy the beautiful weather inna beautiful town.
i just tour all around, not really paying attention to whose looking at me ,and who i wanna stab in the throat, or about the throat, or anything like that. in fact, the whole day, i was refreshingly stab-free. i had to take note of that in my blog!
monday ends with me essentially passing out towards the evening. too many fucking ceremonies and not enough gettnig to sleep lateamonies.
i just tour all around, not really paying attention to whose looking at me ,and who i wanna stab in the throat, or about the throat, or anything like that. in fact, the whole day, i was refreshingly stab-free. i had to take note of that in my blog!
monday ends with me essentially passing out towards the evening. too many fucking ceremonies and not enough gettnig to sleep lateamonies.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-12 8:09 AM
tuesday. at work. temp hits 80 again.
jonathan's last day in the office, cuz he gets to go to e3, and see all the cool new video game stuff -- lotsa which is comin out already, and i'm purdy jealous cuz the shit looks so cool n'fun.
we go out to taco bell for lunch n'sit in the park for an hour, just bull shitting and looking at boobies.
the guy who sits between us at work is quitting on friday, which is pretty weird. i don't really know the guy, but i know he's gotta strained relationship with everyone.
odd, i STILL think working there is, like, the coolest thing ever. i'm never upset to go to work, and i typically have a great time there. i don't mind stayin a few minutes later, i love the other employees, everyone is nice, i joined a softball team, i go out drinkin with them... to me, the place is cool as hell. yet, to others, its a death trap.
weird paradoxes. mebbe he'd love the shit hole i used t'work at?
anyway, tuesday night. thunderstormed a bit. vision is gettin a lil blurry, so imma bout t'pass out.
and how, sez i.
jonathan's last day in the office, cuz he gets to go to e3, and see all the cool new video game stuff -- lotsa which is comin out already, and i'm purdy jealous cuz the shit looks so cool n'fun.
we go out to taco bell for lunch n'sit in the park for an hour, just bull shitting and looking at boobies.
the guy who sits between us at work is quitting on friday, which is pretty weird. i don't really know the guy, but i know he's gotta strained relationship with everyone.
odd, i STILL think working there is, like, the coolest thing ever. i'm never upset to go to work, and i typically have a great time there. i don't mind stayin a few minutes later, i love the other employees, everyone is nice, i joined a softball team, i go out drinkin with them... to me, the place is cool as hell. yet, to others, its a death trap.
weird paradoxes. mebbe he'd love the shit hole i used t'work at?
anyway, tuesday night. thunderstormed a bit. vision is gettin a lil blurry, so imma bout t'pass out.
and how, sez i.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-12 6:57 PM
well, i think i finally got my front page thing squared away. now i just gotta start directing more traffic in that direction.
lifted weights this morning, so i feel pretty good. i'd really like to bulk up, but we all know that aint gonna happen. all that i've ever noticed is that i get tired, my body hurts, and i sweat profusely. that rock solidness they show on tv? thats not real.
i'm all phausen, baby. this is where its at.
lifted weights this morning, so i feel pretty good. i'd really like to bulk up, but we all know that aint gonna happen. all that i've ever noticed is that i get tired, my body hurts, and i sweat profusely. that rock solidness they show on tv? thats not real.
i'm all phausen, baby. this is where its at.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-12 10:57 PM
just got back from lunch. went to the local comic book shop to explore various amounts of nerdiness. the shop is on the second floor of a walk-up building, so all the overweight comic book shoppers are always outta breath while roaming the store. i think thats pretty funny, in the saddest way possible.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-13 5:11 PM
aw skeet skeet!
thursday! balls hot outside! that nasty, humid, sticky kinda day. didn't do my work out this morning. feelin bad about it. also, tried to mentally organize my day on the way to the train, to force some excercise time.
not gonna happen.
thursday! balls hot outside! that nasty, humid, sticky kinda day. didn't do my work out this morning. feelin bad about it. also, tried to mentally organize my day on the way to the train, to force some excercise time.
not gonna happen.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-13 11:59 PM
holy crap, today is busy so far. lotsa random shit to do. plus, i got calls from randy, scottie, pachtman, lex, laundry to do, food to eat, dad to meet...aww... skeet skeet. i know, thats twice, but it rhymed.
i'm also going front page crazy ... and liking it!
much better than the banner graphic style of old.
oh, and my nuts hurt.
i'm also going front page crazy ... and liking it!
much better than the banner graphic style of old.
oh, and my nuts hurt.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-14 7:10 AM
rockon!
beavis and butthead are on latenights, on mtv 2.
score!
FIRE! FIRE!!
beavis and butthead are on latenights, on mtv 2.
score!
FIRE! FIRE!!
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-14 6:17 PM
so, yesterday, i finish out my day at work. towards the end of the day, i was really tired and, actually, my throat kinda hurt for some odd reason. justa long day.
take the train, walk my blocks, then i gotta make some phone calls. then i gotta go to the grocery store, cuz i don't have any food. then i gotta stop at the lil quickie mart cuz i need stamps to mail some bills. all this while i'm hungry, tired, and in full knowledge that i gotta clean my apartment, work out, watch tv, and do my laundry. and its already 7.
i go to the store, i get my on-the-way errands done, then i walk up my four flights....
and am totally caught off guard!
take the train, walk my blocks, then i gotta make some phone calls. then i gotta go to the grocery store, cuz i don't have any food. then i gotta stop at the lil quickie mart cuz i need stamps to mail some bills. all this while i'm hungry, tired, and in full knowledge that i gotta clean my apartment, work out, watch tv, and do my laundry. and its already 7.
i go to the store, i get my on-the-way errands done, then i walk up my four flights....
and am totally caught off guard!
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-14 7:09 PM
turns out, my lex was there!
she got there right after work, just to help me do a whole buncha shit that i didn't wanna do! she cleaned my apartment, vacuumed my bedroom, mopped my floors, bought groceries, made me dinner, and prepared food i could eat next week
now thats a good girl!
frickin huge surprise. i had no idea she was gonna be there. AND a frickin huge help -- all that horrible, little shit just adds up after awhile, and i hate doing it. i just hate giving up the time to do it. but since she did it for me, i could just relax the whole night.
super, super good deal
she got there right after work, just to help me do a whole buncha shit that i didn't wanna do! she cleaned my apartment, vacuumed my bedroom, mopped my floors, bought groceries, made me dinner, and prepared food i could eat next week
now thats a good girl!
frickin huge surprise. i had no idea she was gonna be there. AND a frickin huge help -- all that horrible, little shit just adds up after awhile, and i hate doing it. i just hate giving up the time to do it. but since she did it for me, i could just relax the whole night.
super, super good deal
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-14 11:01 PM
finally brought my camera to work so's i could take a buncha pictures during my lunch break of all the places i go. the parks, madison square, the surrouding buildings, n'stuff. that way, i can put a face on my outtings -- despite buildings and parks and sidewalks not actually having faces.
i also got my first real pay check today
complete with removal of benefit costs!
but at least its a bit more money. that should keep me happy for a period of time. cuz money can't buy everything, its true. but what it can't buy... i can't use!
i also got my first real pay check today
complete with removal of benefit costs!
but at least its a bit more money. that should keep me happy for a period of time. cuz money can't buy everything, its true. but what it can't buy... i can't use!
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-17 7:04 PM
oh yeah, blogging. i do this!
so, uh... what exactly happened this weekend?
took the train home on friday. 'twas a long day. instantly met up with my lex. then scottie declared he was bout t'get off the train, too. so scottie was there. and then laquanda. then cati and lina said they were nearby. nice lil party. outside. about to get hit by public busses.
silly busses.
we went to black bear. watched yankee game. got caught up on one another's bull shit. drank. a bit. stayed til... 10? then went to my apartment. drank more.
scottie and i ended up staying awake until 4 am or so, just bull shitting about entirely random topics. for example, the original backstory of the tv series, "knight rider." or, perhaps, the life-long career acheivements of police academy's noise-making cop, michael winslow.
yes, we were drinking.
so, uh... what exactly happened this weekend?
took the train home on friday. 'twas a long day. instantly met up with my lex. then scottie declared he was bout t'get off the train, too. so scottie was there. and then laquanda. then cati and lina said they were nearby. nice lil party. outside. about to get hit by public busses.
silly busses.
we went to black bear. watched yankee game. got caught up on one another's bull shit. drank. a bit. stayed til... 10? then went to my apartment. drank more.
scottie and i ended up staying awake until 4 am or so, just bull shitting about entirely random topics. for example, the original backstory of the tv series, "knight rider." or, perhaps, the life-long career acheivements of police academy's noise-making cop, michael winslow.
yes, we were drinking.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-17 7:19 PM
i passed out a lil after 4 am. scottie prolly left like 10 am the next morning. not that i would know, mind you, cuz i was way passed out. til like 12 or 1 or something. ...which, now that i think about it, isn't even that long of a sleep for me, and thats prolly why i'm still so tired. bastard...sleep!
once i did wake up, however, and then realized how beautiful it was outside, i knew that i needed to be out there. and i was going to bring alexis with me. ...despite her never wanting to go outside and, rather, wanting to destroy me.
i carried on.
we hung outside. we did the 8 miles of walking. we enjoyed the sun. we ate at precious, who still has the best frickin chinese food i've ever tasted. and outdoor eating absolutely rules. in fact, it r0x0rs. it r0x0rs a lot. i loves me some outdoor, chicken n'brocolli.
once i did wake up, however, and then realized how beautiful it was outside, i knew that i needed to be out there. and i was going to bring alexis with me. ...despite her never wanting to go outside and, rather, wanting to destroy me.
i carried on.
we hung outside. we did the 8 miles of walking. we enjoyed the sun. we ate at precious, who still has the best frickin chinese food i've ever tasted. and outdoor eating absolutely rules. in fact, it r0x0rs. it r0x0rs a lot. i loves me some outdoor, chicken n'brocolli.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-17 10:30 PM
after a whole day of hangin out in the great outdoors with my beautiful woman, we decided to attend the first summer blockbuster, 'troy.' it didn't start untiil 10, but because it was the opening weekend, and the hype was all huge, we got to the theater all early, just incase it was packed.
turns out, the hype wasn't as big as i expected. .... and it turns out that was for a good reason.
the movie ended at 1 am, and we spent the whole ride home talking about how disappointed we were with it. and poor lex, she was super hyped to see it. never remember her being happy to see a movie.
im certain it had nothing to do with the near-naked shots of brad pitt, too. i mean, with my hulking mass always around, why would she even need to look around? to laugh? to better pity brad, whose physique pales to my own?
poor fellow.
turns out, the hype wasn't as big as i expected. .... and it turns out that was for a good reason.
the movie ended at 1 am, and we spent the whole ride home talking about how disappointed we were with it. and poor lex, she was super hyped to see it. never remember her being happy to see a movie.
im certain it had nothing to do with the near-naked shots of brad pitt, too. i mean, with my hulking mass always around, why would she even need to look around? to laugh? to better pity brad, whose physique pales to my own?
poor fellow.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-18 6:11 PM
saturday ends. sunday begins.
sunday was finally the day of the big arts and music festival. no more crappy cop out "rain delays" or whatever the fuck. this time, its for real!
beautiful weather outside. i don my button down shirt, sandals, and khaki shorts, fulfilling the hoboken stereotype. lex just gets all sortsa sexy in some sorta... shirt... thing. fashion, i don't know. but hot chicks? my specialty.
we hit the streets and run with it! i get 48,000 phone calls from people, but i can't hear any of them, cuz there're 82 million slower, louder people in front of me, draining all the noise and phone-answering will power.
eventually, tho, not only do i get my steak sammidge on the street, i meet up with laquanda. and roxy. and scottie. and my three sisters. and their friends. all separately!
sunday was finally the day of the big arts and music festival. no more crappy cop out "rain delays" or whatever the fuck. this time, its for real!
beautiful weather outside. i don my button down shirt, sandals, and khaki shorts, fulfilling the hoboken stereotype. lex just gets all sortsa sexy in some sorta... shirt... thing. fashion, i don't know. but hot chicks? my specialty.
we hit the streets and run with it! i get 48,000 phone calls from people, but i can't hear any of them, cuz there're 82 million slower, louder people in front of me, draining all the noise and phone-answering will power.
eventually, tho, not only do i get my steak sammidge on the street, i meet up with laquanda. and roxy. and scottie. and my three sisters. and their friends. all separately!
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-18 6:18 PM
each of these individuals get their allotted "rob time." i mingle amongst all of them as equally as possible. don't want anyone getting jealous.
few hours pass, the sun starts kickin in full blast, so some of us move to the water, to relax by the hudson. the others head home or wherever their non-rob areas of life are.
at the water, we sit. for a long ass time. and talk. and make fun of strangers. and, i'd later find out, cook in the sun. i have a sunburn on the top of my head, cuz i cut my hair so short now. fantastic.
amazingly, tho, i did get some color! my face and arms were somewhat tan. i evolved past white. probably not to dominican or even puerto rican. colombian, maybe. or fairer brazilian is possible. somewhere in that vicinity.
went to dinner at houlihans, or however you spell that place thats just like fridays and ruby tuesdays and applebees... then, went to the apartment, watched sopranos, and the end.
few hours pass, the sun starts kickin in full blast, so some of us move to the water, to relax by the hudson. the others head home or wherever their non-rob areas of life are.
at the water, we sit. for a long ass time. and talk. and make fun of strangers. and, i'd later find out, cook in the sun. i have a sunburn on the top of my head, cuz i cut my hair so short now. fantastic.
amazingly, tho, i did get some color! my face and arms were somewhat tan. i evolved past white. probably not to dominican or even puerto rican. colombian, maybe. or fairer brazilian is possible. somewhere in that vicinity.
went to dinner at houlihans, or however you spell that place thats just like fridays and ruby tuesdays and applebees... then, went to the apartment, watched sopranos, and the end.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-18 6:22 PM
yesterday, the work week began. jonathan returned to the office. i found myself hoping he'd one day change his name to something that didn't make me sound so effeminite when referencing him. like... tom. tom returned to the office. much better. or, grand master b. like bud bundy. whatever.
anyway.
got some work done. day went by pretty fast. then i got home and cleaned my apartment a bit.
pachtman is comin up sometime this week. mebbe thursday. so, i'm inviting some randolph high school folk to come and hang out. perhaps beat one another up or order a dozen pizzas. something like that.
anyway.
got some work done. day went by pretty fast. then i got home and cleaned my apartment a bit.
pachtman is comin up sometime this week. mebbe thursday. so, i'm inviting some randolph high school folk to come and hang out. perhaps beat one another up or order a dozen pizzas. something like that.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-19 6:42 AM
what were the skies like when you were young?
mentioned some pics hizzah, and well... i finally gotta round to smackin'em up to be blogged. so... here we go. virtual tour n'stuff.
the park is 1/2 a block from my office building. its called "madison square park" and its located between 5th and madison ave on the avenue side and between 23rd and 26th on the street side.
here's one of the little entrance cornerstones:
thats william h. seward. plaque says "governor. us senator. secretary of state"
madison square park is the spot where the statue of liberty's right hand and torch stood for years while they were trying to raise funds for the entire statue, and its pedestal.
the park is not the home of the famed sporting arena, madison square garden. at least, not anymore.
the current MSG is about 10 blocks away, above penn station. however, the park was the home of the original (and second) madison square gardens.
aside from that, its really, simply, just a big, beautiful park, with amazing scenery on every side. here's the empire state building, thru the trees.
mentioned some pics hizzah, and well... i finally gotta round to smackin'em up to be blogged. so... here we go. virtual tour n'stuff.
the park is 1/2 a block from my office building. its called "madison square park" and its located between 5th and madison ave on the avenue side and between 23rd and 26th on the street side.
here's one of the little entrance cornerstones:
thats william h. seward. plaque says "governor. us senator. secretary of state"
madison square park is the spot where the statue of liberty's right hand and torch stood for years while they were trying to raise funds for the entire statue, and its pedestal.
the park is not the home of the famed sporting arena, madison square garden. at least, not anymore.
the current MSG is about 10 blocks away, above penn station. however, the park was the home of the original (and second) madison square gardens.
aside from that, its really, simply, just a big, beautiful park, with amazing scenery on every side. here's the empire state building, thru the trees.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-19 6:59 AM
so, now you've seen the empire state building from the park. here's another shot of it:
and turning completely around in the same spot, you get the most famous shot from the park:
thats the "flatiron building" famous cuz of its awkward design.
"why the fuck did they design it like that, professor rob?"
first off, its doctor rob. i didn't go to 8 additional years of fake school to be addressed as "professor"
anywho, to answer your question.... the building is oddly shaped because of its unique position. all of the streets in manhattan are in grid fashion. all of them, except that crazy broadway, which cuts through every road, diagonally.
see that one, arrogant mother fucker of a street, just slicing its rude ass through everything else? in this pic, it looks to be the only road going straight up and down (its right in the center).
one of the other famous intersectional results is, of course, times square -- the worlds' home to new years parties. the flatiron building is the result of this, the most extreme of the odd intersections, between east 23rd and where broadway meets 5th avenue
beautiful lookin building. bouta hundurd years old now.
and turning completely around in the same spot, you get the most famous shot from the park:
thats the "flatiron building" famous cuz of its awkward design.
"why the fuck did they design it like that, professor rob?"
first off, its doctor rob. i didn't go to 8 additional years of fake school to be addressed as "professor"
anywho, to answer your question.... the building is oddly shaped because of its unique position. all of the streets in manhattan are in grid fashion. all of them, except that crazy broadway, which cuts through every road, diagonally.
see that one, arrogant mother fucker of a street, just slicing its rude ass through everything else? in this pic, it looks to be the only road going straight up and down (its right in the center).
one of the other famous intersectional results is, of course, times square -- the worlds' home to new years parties. the flatiron building is the result of this, the most extreme of the odd intersections, between east 23rd and where broadway meets 5th avenue
beautiful lookin building. bouta hundurd years old now.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-19 7:30 AM
these are the other famous buildings surrounding the massive park, located on madison avenue, on the east side of the park.
these buildings are the only part of the park that i can see from hoboken. note the hilited area:
i'll break'em down a bit, so's you can see more detail:
the golden-crested building on the left is the new york life building. the rectangular, black building is the new york merchandise mart.
the right side of the pic features the metlife tower, with the nice lil clock, soaring above madison square park. this tower is just as beautiful during the evening as it is in daylight -- adorned with a beautifully lit top, ala the empire state building.
the left side has the shorter, stumpier, kamphausenier building, known as the metropolitan life insurance building.
amazingly, this was supposed to be the tallest building in the world! originally conceived 80 stories taller than the much prettier metlife tower, and eclipsing the empire state building in height. however, because of the great depression, they fell way short, and abandoned their short-lived quest to build the huge tower.
and thats my lunch!
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-19 5:53 PM
huh. thats a nice lil tour there.
exhausted this mo'nin. didn't sleep well. no real reason. and im frickin hungry. have been for the past day or so. also no real reason. just one of those things where all i can think about is eating delicious cheesesteaks, or something.
gotta hold off on food binging until tomorrow, though. thats when meatopia begins!
exhausted this mo'nin. didn't sleep well. no real reason. and im frickin hungry. have been for the past day or so. also no real reason. just one of those things where all i can think about is eating delicious cheesesteaks, or something.
gotta hold off on food binging until tomorrow, though. thats when meatopia begins!
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-19 11:11 PM
just beasted a mcdonalds salad for lunch. they're pretty good. not bad. .... but not great. rarely filling or satisfying. what i could go for right now is, like... 5 or 10 ice cream sundaes. mmm....
talked to brandon during my break. he's prolly out for the pachtman festival tomorrow night. randy is in. morgan is a maybe. jack said he'd try, which typically means no. he has to wait and see if anything better comes along.
criminy, says i.
talked to brandon during my break. he's prolly out for the pachtman festival tomorrow night. randy is in. morgan is a maybe. jack said he'd try, which typically means no. he has to wait and see if anything better comes along.
criminy, says i.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-20 6:13 PM
and it all comes down to thursday.
pachtman is in. in theory. i just gave him the driving directions to hoboken, and they are somewhat confusing, admittedly. especially if its your first time. lets hope he pulls through.
weather is nice outside. and we have an uptown meeting today. which, of course, means i have to dress up in nerdily gear, khakis and buttons, however... it also means i could get outta work a tad earlier than normal, thus extending my hang time with pacthman and company.
hopefully, anyway.
pachtman is in. in theory. i just gave him the driving directions to hoboken, and they are somewhat confusing, admittedly. especially if its your first time. lets hope he pulls through.
weather is nice outside. and we have an uptown meeting today. which, of course, means i have to dress up in nerdily gear, khakis and buttons, however... it also means i could get outta work a tad earlier than normal, thus extending my hang time with pacthman and company.
hopefully, anyway.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-21 5:18 PM
holy crappiness, i'm sreepy!
lemme splain:
yesterday was frickin awesome.
jonathan and i got outta work early, cuz we had an uptown meeting (most of which was taken up by the discussion of our favorite movies). so, i'm in my apartment by 6, instead of just leaving work.
by 6:30, i'm hangin out with the pachtman, and pacthmania is runnin wild! we start off with the standard catch up bull shit over some beers, then head out to benny tudino's for some food... and beers.
shortly after, we're met with randy chang and jack tsai, and the old school, randolph reunion, classic jamboree begins with hardcore fashion.
everything sorta instantly falls into place, and its 10 years ago. frickin fun people, hangin out, makin fun of each other, laughing our asses off, and having a blast for the very sake of havin a blast.
man, do i miss the fuck outta that.
lemme splain:
yesterday was frickin awesome.
jonathan and i got outta work early, cuz we had an uptown meeting (most of which was taken up by the discussion of our favorite movies). so, i'm in my apartment by 6, instead of just leaving work.
by 6:30, i'm hangin out with the pachtman, and pacthmania is runnin wild! we start off with the standard catch up bull shit over some beers, then head out to benny tudino's for some food... and beers.
shortly after, we're met with randy chang and jack tsai, and the old school, randolph reunion, classic jamboree begins with hardcore fashion.
everything sorta instantly falls into place, and its 10 years ago. frickin fun people, hangin out, makin fun of each other, laughing our asses off, and having a blast for the very sake of havin a blast.
man, do i miss the fuck outta that.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-21 9:47 PM
we ate benny's.
we went back to my apartment and watched the nets suck.
we played video games. for hours! all while downing many beers and sodas and eating doritos and other tasty, bad for you snacks.
at like midnight, we went to the diner and got some food. i had a single bite of my western omelette, and then i remembered i wasn't hungry at all. absolutely not hungry. so i took it home like a big punk.
most of the night, tho, we all just talked and bull sh...at. i had a frickin ball. so cool to hang out again. i really wish pachtman would stick around on the east coast.
we went back to my apartment and watched the nets suck.
we played video games. for hours! all while downing many beers and sodas and eating doritos and other tasty, bad for you snacks.
at like midnight, we went to the diner and got some food. i had a single bite of my western omelette, and then i remembered i wasn't hungry at all. absolutely not hungry. so i took it home like a big punk.
most of the night, tho, we all just talked and bull sh...at. i had a frickin ball. so cool to hang out again. i really wish pachtman would stick around on the east coast.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-21 9:56 PM
after the diner, randy took off, and jack, scott and i went back to play more video games. we passed on super smash bros, past on mario kart and went straight for multiplayer monkey punching in super monkey ball
played for a long ass time, up until pachtman said he had t'leave, round 2 am. jack was gonna crash at my place.
so, pachtman walks out, and jack and i just start bull shitting about other stuff. catchin up s'more n'all. ...then pachtman calls me cuz the garage he parked on, apparently, closes at a certain point, not allowing him to get his car.
...which is pretty fucked up. but, hey, that meant he got to come back and hang out s'more!
so he came right back, and we played s'more video games!
played for a long ass time, up until pachtman said he had t'leave, round 2 am. jack was gonna crash at my place.
so, pachtman walks out, and jack and i just start bull shitting about other stuff. catchin up s'more n'all. ...then pachtman calls me cuz the garage he parked on, apparently, closes at a certain point, not allowing him to get his car.
...which is pretty fucked up. but, hey, that meant he got to come back and hang out s'more!
so he came right back, and we played s'more video games!
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-21 9:59 PM
and then, the talking. and the discussions. and the stories. and laughing. and just bein stupid. and recounting all of jack's car accidents, and when pachtman threw up wendy's nachos, and all stupid shit that only we'd find funny, but we love it all the same.
...and we talked until the sun came up. literally.
at 5:30 am, we called it a night. jack and i both had to wake up at 8, for work. ...whoops!
passed out at a little after 6. alarm goes off less than 2 hours later. shower quick, wash my face a thousand times. i'm all, like, sore and emotional and angry and annoyed and groggy cuz im so beat. sleeping was probably the wrong move with only that little nap.
jack and i left, pachtman was gonna hang out for a bit, then take off later on.
said the goodbyes. gotta buncha pics the night before, like a woman. doesn't matter.
now, i'm all sortsa fuckin retarded tired.
whatever, it was fuckin worth it. i'd do it again in a heartbeat.
...and we talked until the sun came up. literally.
at 5:30 am, we called it a night. jack and i both had to wake up at 8, for work. ...whoops!
passed out at a little after 6. alarm goes off less than 2 hours later. shower quick, wash my face a thousand times. i'm all, like, sore and emotional and angry and annoyed and groggy cuz im so beat. sleeping was probably the wrong move with only that little nap.
jack and i left, pachtman was gonna hang out for a bit, then take off later on.
said the goodbyes. gotta buncha pics the night before, like a woman. doesn't matter.
now, i'm all sortsa fuckin retarded tired.
whatever, it was fuckin worth it. i'd do it again in a heartbeat.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-23 3:04 AM
finally, work ended friday, and i was off to the boken.
met up with one darling alexis, and we boozed out by the black bear beersteraunt. many drinks and some decent food, all in the company of the sun and fresh air, on their sidewalk seating. beautiful day and we's takin advantage of it.
i was still completely igzausted from the night before, so i knew i couldn't do much of anything friday night. we pretty much just hung out in my apartment after dinner, eatin italian ices and drinkin s'more drinks. ooh, how i loves them rum'n'cokes.
met up with one darling alexis, and we boozed out by the black bear beersteraunt. many drinks and some decent food, all in the company of the sun and fresh air, on their sidewalk seating. beautiful day and we's takin advantage of it.
i was still completely igzausted from the night before, so i knew i couldn't do much of anything friday night. we pretty much just hung out in my apartment after dinner, eatin italian ices and drinkin s'more drinks. ooh, how i loves them rum'n'cokes.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-24 6:12 PM
saturday was a nice lil "with lex" day. hung out in the city all day, relaxin in the sun n'such. gotta nice lunch, sat in the park... the weather has been friggin perfect lately. mid 80s, sunny, warm. even better, since it was sposda rain all day.
saw shrek 2 that night. wasn't bad.
at least there were no dog children in the audience.
saw shrek 2 that night. wasn't bad.
at least there were no dog children in the audience.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-24 6:15 PM
sunday, went home to the dolph for a bit. hadn't been there in a while. ... . i dont think. well, there was easter, i guess. apparently, i don't relaly think much, at all. it gets in the way of stuff.
seriously, how can i be sexist and racist and just down right mean if i start thinking all the time? it wouldn't be me. it wouldn't be rob. and who wants to read the blog of some regular, nice guy? thats fucking boring.
... and what that has to do with going home is complicated... thus, i wont explain. cuz, thats think-worthy.
anywho...
i was home. with lex. hung with fam. ate a barbq. then... went back to hoboken. thats... thats actually prety much it.
i mean, i liked it, n;everything. it was really nice n'fun and i always enjoy the time with the fam and with the alexis. i'm not speaking in a negative tone, nor am i typing in one.
ill get out of this thought, yet.
watch!
seriously, how can i be sexist and racist and just down right mean if i start thinking all the time? it wouldn't be me. it wouldn't be rob. and who wants to read the blog of some regular, nice guy? thats fucking boring.
... and what that has to do with going home is complicated... thus, i wont explain. cuz, thats think-worthy.
anywho...
i was home. with lex. hung with fam. ate a barbq. then... went back to hoboken. thats... thats actually prety much it.
i mean, i liked it, n;everything. it was really nice n'fun and i always enjoy the time with the fam and with the alexis. i'm not speaking in a negative tone, nor am i typing in one.
ill get out of this thought, yet.
watch!
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-24 10:54 PM
just took a nice lil walk around for lunch. didnt have time to eat anything, though. there was a large gathering of attractive chicks eating ice cream cones in the park.
there was nothing i could do.
there was nothing i could do.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-25 5:24 PM
so i'm no good with uncomfortable situations.
its all sortsa hot n'kinda sweaty n'sticky outside today. thus, by the time i'm off the train and on the manhattan side, i'm less pretty than normal.
plus, calculate in the fact that this is justa bad morning, where i over slept in bed, then over slept in the shower! didn't get to work out, nose is all stuffy from allergies or a cold i gave myself via an air conditioner... whatever... i'm a real mess as it is, but add on all these variable exponents, and you get an idea of where i'm headed.
so, i take my disgusting mess into my office building and hop on the elevator only to be accompanied by some really hot girl that happens to work in my office.
sure, i'm all smooth and don juanish and handsome normally... but the awkward factor had kicked up new notches this morning, and the failure table was set with glee.
uncomfortable silences are the death of me.
its all sortsa hot n'kinda sweaty n'sticky outside today. thus, by the time i'm off the train and on the manhattan side, i'm less pretty than normal.
plus, calculate in the fact that this is justa bad morning, where i over slept in bed, then over slept in the shower! didn't get to work out, nose is all stuffy from allergies or a cold i gave myself via an air conditioner... whatever... i'm a real mess as it is, but add on all these variable exponents, and you get an idea of where i'm headed.
so, i take my disgusting mess into my office building and hop on the elevator only to be accompanied by some really hot girl that happens to work in my office.
sure, i'm all smooth and don juanish and handsome normally... but the awkward factor had kicked up new notches this morning, and the failure table was set with glee.
uncomfortable silences are the death of me.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-25 9:45 PM
Quote:
Sue Meidler emailed:
I can't stop reading your web log. I just thought you should know.
i don't know if thats, like, an insult or a compliment. or the raving madness of a stalker. or the whining adoration of a fan. in fact, dear, sue, i don't know much about you, at all.
so, i decided to create an origin and background for you. i hope you don't mind.
first off, you're beautiful. thats you, to the right. and, i must say, i'm flattered that a gorgeous girl like yourself wants to contact me.
i mean, sure, i can't blame you. i'm, the rob, after all.
you hail from argentina and are currently living in southern california. you spent most of your life in brazil, where you rose to prominence as "miss brazil."
you have an extreme desire to meet and/or touch me, and will strive at nothing short of doing so.
since discovering my blog 2 years ago, you've devoted your life to meeting me. every paycheck you earn as miss brazil, or other various modeling positions, is forwarded to a fund you've entitled "be with rob."
you spend hours playing video games, watching tv, reading comics, and other such nerderies in hopes of appealing to me all the more upon our inevitable meet.
i admire your persistance.
sue, be not afraid. i assure you there are 2 or maybe 3 others out there like you. 3...000. million. 3,000 million. otherwise known as 3 billion. there are 3 billion others out there, with your stalker like fanatacism.
i'm the taste of a new generation.
generation r.
but, don't worry, sue, i'm here for you. and i'll be ready upon your arrival, dear sweet miss brazil.
until then,
robert
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-26 6:26 PM
wednesday. rainy! actually cold out. cold for this time o' year, anyway. 60s or so. miserablfyin.
i think i must be sick. my throat is dry and my face is nastier than normal. plus, i feel exhausted. can't even really concentrate on anything.
i kid you not, i've been typing this blog entry for 18 days now.
i think i must be sick. my throat is dry and my face is nastier than normal. plus, i feel exhausted. can't even really concentrate on anything.
i kid you not, i've been typing this blog entry for 18 days now.
Re: MAY 2004 - 2004-05-26 9:33 PM
i revisited that one apartment last night -- the one i detailed here. this time, i went with my pop, cuz he's a lot smarter and more objective than myself.
i still really liked the joint, but i'm no closer to getting it -- mostly cuz of the assholian artistry of the realtor. he's adamant about the seller already rejecting two ridiculously high offers, that if they actually existed, the seller would be retarded to reject. thus, his plan is to make me think i have to offer more.
but i dont wanna.
why he wouldn't just recommend the other two "bidders" to pay the few extra thousand, i dunno. my offer is like 50,000 off, so i dunno why he'd think i'm closer to it than they are. ... that is, if they existed.
jerk nuts.
anyway, it was fun to see it with my pop, and then afterward, we just hung out and watched the yankee game in my apartment, whilst dining on the finest cheesesteaks that jake had to offer.
and the yanks won! hizzah, says i. hizzah.
i still really liked the joint, but i'm no closer to getting it -- mostly cuz of the assholian artistry of the realtor. he's adamant about the seller already rejecting two ridiculously high offers, that if they actually existed, the seller would be retarded to reject. thus, his plan is to make me think i have to offer more.
but i dont wanna.
why he wouldn't just recommend the other two "bidders" to pay the few extra thousand, i dunno. my offer is like 50,000 off, so i dunno why he'd think i'm closer to it than they are. ... that is, if they existed.
jerk nuts.
anyway, it was fun to see it with my pop, and then afterward, we just hung out and watched the yankee game in my apartment, whilst dining on the finest cheesesteaks that jake had to offer.
and the yanks won! hizzah, says i. hizzah.