My friend Kevin just sent me this scathing article from the Washington Post about the program I unceremoniously left. I knew that leaving was a good idea for me personally. I had no idea of the level of discontent.
January 25, 2009
twink party
So first blog post back. Its been a month back and I’ve entered into chartered territory but unchartered for approximately 5 to 6 years. There is beer pong and screeches abound. I’ve discovered the lost over 24 crowd. And they have the same blank expressions. It is mostly a experience of quiet observation.
January 25, 2009
I’ve heard about this happening
But it seems to happen more often to me. Thank god I decided to leave the apartment early this morning. I had a nice long jaunt to jfk airport this
Morning after exiting the metro and then hopping on the shuttle I mysteriously could not find the terminal for my airline.. No worries just check my ticket information… LGA… Why do those letters offend me? OMG I’m at the wrong airport!!! So now I’m taking probably a 30-40 dollar joyride to la guardia. And will be booking it when my cabbie lands. At least he’s breaking almost all laws of safety and physics for my benefit.
January 25, 2009
after dinner mints
So this was kind of a curious thing. I was exiting a mens room in the meatpacking district, and find one of those table that usually have a few mints and maybe some toothpicks. Look at this fully stocked array. Mouthwash 10 varieties of gum, 3 of fragrances, lotion, blowpops, even cigarettes I guess for the casual smoker? I’m actually surprises it didn’t include perscription drugs.
New York is starting to irritate me more and more each day. LOL.
January 24, 2009
coming home
Exhausted tired ashamed bewildered confused and poor (I’m taking donations). These are the trials of my existence at this point: the only thing that keeps me a goin is that I finally get to return home to Lawrence. Buddy can you ever forgive me?
January 23, 2009
one NYC export
I’m not really sure why I decided to do friend profiles. But here goes, phillip and kevin have both taken me in for the weekend. Throughout college we were sort of the 3 musketeers. Being both rivaling friends and friendly rivals. Phillip is the crazy bombastic one. The one who lives to shock, he is the movie equivalent to aristocrats. But I see him and kevin as the ones I’ll still be planning trips with 10 or 20 years down the road.
January 23, 2009
late night NYC
My friend and I have known each other since teens, since then we have gained wrinkles and lost hair… Maturing is a strange thing. It manifests itself in different ways. Clancy has become sort of the ultimate scene-ster of manhattan. Keeping up appearances at only the best clubs and hanging out with the coolest people. I wasn’t quite sure what the think about it all. I think that people evolve even in Kansas too.
January 22, 2009
how do you judge a city
This city site of many things. Cultural phenomena, movies, books, and a broad cross section of humanity. I still recoil at the dirt filth and sadness here. Do I ignore what I cannot and just jaunt past it to the nearest chic restaurant? Drop names of celebritiy encounters and ignore the deep darkness that in presentation seems nearly 3rd world? I think that you have to get numb to it all.. Much like my fingers right now. If you are in the west village.. Try ’snice if you come in the next 30 minutes… Share a table with me!!
January 22, 2009
gramercy park
I’m here at the fabulous and opulant gramercy park hotel. I find that a hotel with100 million dollars of art work is gratuitous but if you have the means why not. No plans today… Any thoughts? Leave them in my comments LOL.
January 22, 2009
good bye DC hello NYC
So I can’t write much just waiting for Clancy O’Connor to pick up a script. I left lovely DC in the care of Shannon Portillo and have entered big hairy NYC. We decided to rent a car and make the trek by way of rental car. My fellow travelers gave a big sigh of relief at the sight of the soaring skyscrapers. I felt anxiety and tension. I know someone like me should take to New York City like a fish in water but I find that I have some unexplainable hesitation. Is it shallow to crave green space and safety and fear filth foul smells and buildings that seem to want to swallow you whole? I know that this city has some amazing things to offer, if I can just drop some kava root and find my center and go for it. I mean it’s like a big secret that some one hasn’t let me in on.
Also I did something to my Achilles tendon and it’s twice the size of the other one. Turns out I’m not invinsible after all.
Plans for tomorrow…. No plans… Go explore!!
