Wonderful & Sad...
some days you feel a little bit of both
-h.workman
I love the rain, and I love the kind of day it brings. the day started with me going to an aquarium with my best friend and some of her friends was more excited just to go to Coney Island. Living here all these years I've never stepped foot in there. I've seen so many great photographs of place and I've always wanted to go. It was close to what I imagined though I never really got to see the place in its glory. We sort of just pass by it on the way to the aquarium.

The aquarium was rather nice. took some picture despite the fact that I forgot to charge the battery. We must've stayed there forever that I couldn't make it back to Flushing in time to meet a friend. Thank god we got a ride back.

We got back around 5:15pm. Not bad. I called Kevin, he was still in the theaters, okay. So that give me to get the my pay-check. then the trouble comes. okay, it's okay...they said I can just send the money to my dad. Not big biggie. After that I sat in the office with Lindz, feeling a little dazed.

Then comes the rain. It came hard and till now it's still going. I had to share a tiny umbrella with Lindz because she forgot to bring mine (even thought i called her this morning reminding her) On the way next door to the Hiton Hotel she kept on screaming (from the hard rain) in my ear. The guys on the street just looked and laughed, and I laughed too. Then from the Hotel I had to share umbrella with her again to the Resturant for Francis birthday, we just laughed the whole way. She really does the darnest things.

Once we're in the resturant, I found out that my cell phone wouldn't stop vibrating, must because from the rain. Darn. I turned the phone off and it was still vibrating. Finally had to take the battery out.

When the food started coming in. The waitress brought to our table a plate of fish which none of us ordered. This stirred up a whole comtemplation wondering if we should just eat it if it was a mistake. I didn't think we should, but Lindz and Tim already helped themselves to few bits. Kind of hard to return it now. Finally it turns out the guy from the table behind us knows the birthday girl and ordered it for us. How nice of him. But this wasn't it, he ended up paying for the whole bill. (there was 12 of us)

on the way out of resturant, me and mel shared an umbrella to the subway station, and Lindz stole one in the bucket that didn't belong to her.

i walked home in the pouring rain but the phone stopped vibrating.

lately i've been addicting to the yahoo towers game. I started 3 or maybe 4 summers ago, and I've stopped. It really takes up your time. I keep thinking "just one more game, one more game till i win again" Now I know how the gambling addicts feel. Good thing this is not for money. It's espeically dangerous when your best friend is addicted with you and two of you would stay up god knows when playing.

while playing i keep thinking how much this game is like life. I know, I know...life is like a game. blah blah... but this one espeically. Just when you think you're doing good, you're attacked and all of sudden you're a mess and all you can do at that point is try to stay calm, keep going...keep finding loopholes, because you never know, at the last split second where it looks like it's all over, pieces fall, you're back. wow, what a feeling. What a thrill to walk away from chaos and come out the winner. I guess that's what gets me addicted.

Stage @ CBGBs 

Stage @ CBGBs.  

cindy, grant lee phillips, kevin the drummer, and john doe @ North Six 

grant lee phillips, joe doe, and David the bass player in the dark. 

even before my first day at the job I'm already missing my old life. I feel like I never have enough time, even in summer. I guess I underestimate the time wasted commuting. One thing I miss about Ithaca is that everywhere I go is walking distance. No standing around waiting for the train in plateforms that smell, no standing in crowded space, it's so time consuming, plus it's so expensive. This is the service that I paid $2 for?

Yesterday I spend my day sitting by McD manning the petition table. Next to the table was two guys playing New Age music that sounded nice for the first 30 mins but later it just got old, they only have 3 songs. Then there was the homeless couple asking for cigrettes. (yes people actually gave away cigrettes) Then there was this guy hitting on us, no wait, he was hitting on me, my friend just left me there when he started acting really creepy. Great thanks, lindsay, it's not like i can leave my station to get away from him. Creepy guy starting asking me personal guestions and I had to tell him to leave. But he wouldn't so i just ignored him, he just sat there looking at me. Ugh.finally he gave up and left.

after that I decided going back to petitioning with a list. it was so much better today.(that and I only worked 2 hours). the usual petitioning with Carol. I must say, we make a great team! we got 8 signatures in 2 hours! (all ligimate ones too!)

I very much enjoyed the two grant lee phillips shows, so glad that I got to see him twice. Just wish I could have someone to go with, everyone is pretty much unavaible.
now looking foward to another Stage + 3 Martha Wainwright, then the long awaited joseph Arthur show in the Hamptons...i have a notepad that keep track of all this. hopefully more to come. Still crossing my finger for a Slean show in NY.

anyhoo, today I went to Flushing for a movie. I hate that place but somehow i always find myself there. Gorcery shopping, movies, food, meeting friends, and now a job. That's right i finally score myself a job. Speaking of job, I went to a Cafe shop that's hiring and was told that I couldn't be hired because i wasn't Christian. I guess the 'smart' thing would be to lie and tell them I am Christian, it's not like I have a religion anyways. I just can't believe i've been rejected for a job for my lack of religion. well to be fair the Cafe was a Christian themed.

campagning brings back some good and bad memories. I never liked the drama, it seems like this year is no different. But more friends working with me this time, hopefully that'll help me avoid the annoying ones.

some people are going nowhere
and others are just passing time till they go there too
-h.workman


status: going nowhere.

i was just organzing some of the streaming videos I ripped off and I realize I have so many goodies that can keep me entertained if there was some disaster where I must stay in the basement for days.

last night was the stage show. Kim and Carol cancelled last minute (well carol just didn't show up) but that's okay, it's just nice to see another show and this time at the lengendary CBGBs.

We stayed after Stage finished their set because...well the lead singer of Steller Tuesday is just so unconventionally and delicioius attractive.(it was a good set as well) I can definitly add him to my "you, me, here now and I don't object" list, and espeically here at CGBGs. haha...I kid I kid.

for the past few days now. I've been seeing the same old homeless lady on the J train a few more times than comfort. It seems to me she walks from one train car to another dragging her suit case. I said she's homeless but i can be wrong, she never once begged for money, nor is she ever sitting. She's always making her way to one train car to another. Thursday I rode J train 4 times and saw her 3 times. How is that I keep getting on the same train as her? The 3rd time, she looked at me, as though she recognized me. It's a little werid.

A new start. Last one was just getting long and dreadful. I don't know even why I'm starting a new one for. There's really no purpose. It's just that sometimes I get the urge to write.

okay let's see new concerts line up:
stage, grant lee phillilps, Rachel Yamagata, and Joseph Arthur.
and there are others more to come. we're doing good. and hopefully I will remember to bring my camera.


So my best friend Annie has gone MIA. Speculations are that she's mad at us. But I do have my doubts. She would at least pick up the phone even if she's mad. Who knows.