Show Time

Today I got my butt kicked by my trainer. Then I met up with Stephen to go to the Architectural Digest Home Show. We saw a lot of nice stuff...high end kitchens, different interpretations of the dining room, art, and a pretty cool home theater demonstration. My favorites were the fixtures by Lefroy Brooks. After, I came home and Marcus and I watched "The Sandlot", which is a movie I really like. It's cute, and it's about a group of boys growing up in a small town. Marcus cooked this great dinner that he's made before: lox over squash cakes with carrots on the side. I tried to tame my persistent urge to eat chocolate today multiple times...I won the battle, but it is never easy...

Home Sick

I called in sick today...I haven't been able to breathe reliably through my nose for the past 5 days, which is really uncomfortable. I'm starting to feel better. Well, I read something that made me a little sad...Hachiko, this dog that was alive in the 1930's in Tokyo, who met his owner at a train station every day when he came home from work. One day Hachiko showed up to the station and his owner never showed up. Apparently the dog continued to wait for his owner every day until he passed away! How heartbreaking! Augh. I can't believe what I saw on TV about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. It's unbelievable how devastating the damage seems to be. On a much lighter note, see the photo? It's from Japan...I love the Japanese and I love Japan. The other day I helped my little sister Caroline move some stuff into her new Westchester apartment. It's a nice place. We were rocking out in the U-haul truck, of course.

St. Pattie's In Hoboken

Marcus and I hung out with my friend from work Stefanie this past Saturday. She lives in Hoboken, and this past Saturday Hoboken held its annual St. Pattie's Day Parade and subsequent debauchery. It was good fun, and we haven't seen that many drunk people on the street in a while. We went to Maxwell's, then ended up at a good ol' diner. I tried the Montecristo sandwich, something I had wanted to do for a while. I'm glad I did, but it's not something I think I'm going to want to eat again anytime soon. It was good, but not my thing, you know? So yesterday Marcus and I watched "The Game" on TV...it was entertaining, kind of like a practical joke gone way too far that it's not even remotely even funny anymore...and like you'd need therapy after. Then we watched the first episode of the shameless, loosely plotted Starz series, "Spartacus". It was like a soap opera, but a bigger budget: with more graphic and more unnecessary sex scenes, and over the top special effects. It was kinda funny for that reason. Today I'm going to Norma's to eat brunch with Terry-a, and later today I'm going to see my friend Jennifer, who's almost done with medical school. My cousin Norrel's in town, but unfortunately because of schedule conflicts, we can't see each other which sucks! Oh ya, in the spirit of the unfortunate exposure Charlie Sheen has been getting lately, Jimmy Fallon made a really funny spoof commercial starring as Charlie Sheen.