June 29, 2009
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emails are down again and i have posts up for the next two days so i'm just kind of treading water right now. i looked out the window and it was sunny - for once - after a month of shitty rain ruining moments. i want to go out and play!
this weekend was fun - we met a year ago saturday! - so zach and i went out to prospect park to hang out and meet up with emma after far too long. he killed me in scrabble - TWO! BINGOS (bingoes?) - and we headed back to astoria after ominous rain clouds started following us. it seemed like a good idea to eat dinner out, so we got off the train at second avenue and ran eight blocks toward mulberry in the pouring rain. flip-flops were a poor choice, natalia. discouraged and disgruntled, we jumped on the r at prince and endured the "oh shiiiiit"s from fellow subway passengers once they saw our soggy rumps. fuck all of you, thank you very much. $5 chicken and broccoli, a $10 bottle of wine and warming back up on the couch made everything much better.
aleksander texted me yesterday saying "billy mays died." and i did not believe him. i asked for more specificity and he said "he got hit on the head by plane stuff," which, even for him, is too random to be made up. i saw it online later that day and i'm still sort of in disbelief. one of my coworkers met him two weeks ago and said he was fine - a really nice guy - and i don't really believe it. i was sort of surprised at how sad i was, too. this is someone i've never met who hawks overpriced Pledge...and yet...here i am watching tribute videos on youtube.
talked to our dad on gchat today and he proposed renting a car and coming up for the weekend this weekend! AHHHHHH! i'm very excited to show everyone around everywhere and am wondering if they'll arrive early enough for zands to meet luc.
OH, speaking of lucien, gillian sent me an email saying "we miss you" and wanted to go out to dinner and catch up and i had mussels for the first time. i was surprised at how i did not dislike them. frog legs are a different story. i think my palette is expanding, but not that far. come on. anyway, i met lucien's cousin and he was very nice. a total reformed nerd, though - you could tell he had undergone a beauty and the geekesque makeover but when i made 4chan references, he dished 'em back with pure delight. that'll do.
what else? i don't know. things are slow here, as usual. i'm looking forward to a short week and then the faaaaaaaaaam.
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