I'm So Tired!

I woke up late today...at 8:45AM. That's late for me. It's my day off, so at least I have that going for me. This past weekend was a good one. Yesterday Marcus and I ate brunch at Elmo in Chelsea. The place is pretty laid back and even though it's in Chelsea, there's no attitude. Food-wise, it's above average and reliable, nothing absolutely spectacular, but good. Our waiter was the happiest, sweetest guy ever, too! I wish he was a friend of mine! I want to go back! Ha ha ha. Then we went to Lazzoni, a furniture store, because we're planning on buying a new couch with a chaise. We found the model we want...then we went up to Michael's, the arts and crafts store to frame a vintage poster we just got. I had a 70% coupon off and it was still really pricey! Damn, framing is no joke! We also watched "The Door in the Floor" on TV and I really liked it. It was the story of a very dysfunctional family, and a teenage boy who's hired to work for the dad in the family for the summer. Then we also watched the shameless and really amusing "Waiting...". It's the epitome of the behind the scenes at a T.G.I. Friday's type restaurant. Oh, and on Saturday night we watched "Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer". It's a documentary about Spitzer's escort service scandal and how it destroyed his political career. It was really good, I'd recommend it, and it may enlighten you on the shadiness of politics.

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.

Oh Whatta Week

I feel like I didn't go to work much this past week...it was a pleasant change of pace. I had jury duty downtown, and I got out with no trials served after the two day minimum. So I'm glad it's over. But it was nice waking up a little later and getting home by 3:30 PM...in time for Oprah! Well, the past weekend I got my butt kicked by my trainer, and then I went to Stephen's place and met his new cat Cappuccino. A cutie and very high energy...he is going to get neutered so in the meantime I'm calling him the Arnold Schwarzenegger of cats because I can't believe this guy's reflexes and energy level! Then that night Marcus and I headed over to meet our newly born god child, Liam. It was great to see his parents, (our friends) and to meet him! Then the next day we headed to my parents' house to hang out and see my sister Caroline's new digs, a one bedroom apartment. It's a really nice, pre-war co-op. So that's exciting. Today I went to the gym and watched two really good flicks. First was "Transamerica". I liked it! And I saw a favorite of mine (I've seen it tons of times before), "The Mosquito Coast". Grr...don't want to go to work tomorrow...

Law And Order

Geez today was exhausting...I was selected for jury duty and I sat around all day...the morning was a drag, then we took lunch, and then of course I had the post-prandial food coma...as did my other possible fellow jurors. It was painful! And I have to go back tomorrow! It was so funny how exhausted I was considering how little I did. We recently watched "The Queen". I enjoyed it a lot, even though I wasn't expecting to. Marcus and I also watched that old Tom Cruise movie "Cocktail" on TV this past Sunday. Holy cheesy. It was great...

Movies Galore

The past few days things have been busy. Marcus came back from Switzerland and had a very good time skiing in Zermatt, specifically on the Matterhorn. He brought home obscenely incredible Swiss chocolate...it's so good, I've asked him to bring the majority to work and store them there and bring them home in stages so I don't devour all of it at once, since I already started. The past few days we've been watching a LOT of movies. We ended up getting someone else's Netflix movie...so I figured why not watch it before I put it back in the mail? (I didn't think it was really evil...) It was "Heist" starring Gene Hackman. We liked it, more or less. It's so funny, I can spot a David Mamet film anywhere! During the entire movie, I was saying "is this a Mamet movie?" because of the dialogue...and voila---finally at the credits, I saw it was! Then we also watched "Every Day" on Demand...it was entertaining enough. We also watched "Brooklyn's Finest" on TV...very disturbing, but a good flick. Then today I went to see my trainer and I had a great workout. Then I watched "Never Let Me Go" on Demand...a great, but seriously depressing movie. Damn.