People who insist on using the word “everyday” as a noun instead of an adjective. Please stop. All of you. Immediately.
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Two weeks after getting laid off I finally had a chance to get out of town and relax for a bit, such opportunity happening to coincide with both Father’s Day and the celebration of my cousin’s wife’s birthday, so on Friday bailed on NYC to DC for the weekend. Given that severance will, in fact, run out in a few months, and that I don’t have too many demands on my time these days, I decided to do the economical thing and hop the bus to DC rather than take a train or fly. I must say, having done the Chinatown bus thing on a few occasions, that BoltBus is far superior — the free wireless works fine, there are AC outlets at a number of the seats, both buses (on the trip down and the trip back) were way cleaner than any of the Chinatown buses I’d ever encountered, and apparently BoltBus doesn’t stop in Baltimore on its NY/DC route. I didn’t book either leg far enough in advance to score the $1 fares that they offer from time to time, but still… Not a bad way to travel if you’ve got the time.
The weekend was pretty chill. This was probably the first time I’d hit DC in a few years and actually spent all of my time hanging out with family and not trekking into the city to go out drinking. Monday aside I got a chance to run twice each day, which was good. Dad and new wife are good. Aunt and uncle are well, as is grandmother. Cousin and wife are also doing well, and their son’s become quite the talker. Nothing bad to report.
The trip back yesterday was a bit of a pain in the ass once we hit Lincoln Tunnel traffic, which took an hour and a half to plow through, making me a bit late for my scheduled cocktail engagement with a fellow departed colleague. Had a few drinks before meeting up with a friend to hit the Nightlife Preservation Community launch party at M2. I normally avoid that place like the plague, but the ever-gracious Steve Lewis got us right past the door, the drinks were free, and the lineup was pretty badassed… Martinez Brothers, Louie Vega, Q-Tip, Funkmaster Flex, Junior Vasquez, etc. I hadn’t caught the Martinez Brothers before but was pleasantly surprised to to hear them drop both “French Kiss” and “Night of the Jaguar”. Good stuff. Definitely had a few too many drinks, though, as my White Castle –> street taco –> Dunkin’ Donuts –> ice cream run on the way home evidenced.
Back to the gym…
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Ouch. [New York Post via Bitter Lawyer]
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As of this coming Friday I’ll have been living in NYC for four years, and while May is one of my favorite times to be in the city, I’m knocking off this year and heading to L.A. for a long weekend to see some friends, hit a pool party or two, and enjoy my first three consecutive vacation days since — no kidding — November of 2007.
Happy Memorial Day to all.
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So this morning I’m sifting through the “upcoming shows” email that I get from the Highline Ballroom, and as I’m archiving the message the last listing my eyes scroll across for a split second is one that I’m pretty sure reads “Air Sex [something or other]“. Having assumed at first that this was just another hipster band I wouldn’t be inclined to go check out, I’d decided to move on to the rest of my in-box, but it dawned on me that this could be — oh, god — a ridiculous spin on the whole “air guitar” phenomenon.
Initially I thought this may be the kind of sophomoric, College Humor-style gag that may in fact turn out to be mildly entertaining. Then I pondered the possibility for about two more seconds and realized that it probably wouldn’t be, and would likely come across an unappealing and boring mix of frat-retarded and rather pathetic.
It strikes me that this would have been way, way funnier before the universal availability of porn.
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