Last night went to Barcade, near Doobie’s place in Brooklyn. Awesome place. Classic arcade games and fancy microbrew beer. I love Galaga but I’m not very good.
Then drinks at The Magician in the LES to help Wendi, Sara and Trinity drown their sorrows. They all got laid off within the last couple weeks. Bummer man.
Posted January 8, 2009 | ∞ | File under: nyc, personal, video games
Dear Mice,
Do not come into the cupboard below our kitchen sink. We don’t want you in there. I know we put catfood down there, but we thought we had sealed it and wrapped it up well. You may have thought you were welcome to sneak through that little hole where the pipe comes through whenever you wanted, but you’re not. You’re most definitely not welcome anywhere near our apartment. You’re gross.
If you come into our cupboard you will die. You will die just as four mice died this weekend. We killed them and we won’t hesitate to kill you.
Seriously,
Mouse Killer
p.s. With the new movie about a cute and brave little mouse named Despereaux coming out, you may be inspired to be brave yourself and come into the cupboard. Just try it, Despereaux.
Well, I’m free and clear of getting anyone presents this year. Bah humbug! My family has agreed this year is not good for any of us to be buying xmas gifts. B and I are trying to save money, so we’ll save the money we would have used toward gifts. And we don’t want or need any gifts from anyone ourselves. It’s calming to know we’re skipping gifts this year.
Posted December 2, 2008 | ∞ | File under: personal, xmas is for jeebus
Drop dead tired but unable to sleep in the Charlotte, NC airport waiting hours for our connecting flight to St. Thomas.
Last night Doobie and I went for Benny’s Burritos — mm, margaritas — and to the UCB theatre to see the Dave Hill Explosion. I had read about it on Brooklyn Vegan, it sounded interesting, and it was only $5. But we really didn’t know what it was going to be or what to expect. After the show, we still didn’t really know what it was.
Appearing in the show were Doug Gillard (Guided by Voices, etc.), Moby, and Walter Schreifels (Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand, etc.). There was some comedy(?), pet tricks, bad jokes, videos, a smoke machine, music (Walter Schreifels performed a Gorilla Biscuits song acoustically), some berating of one another and I guess, like, interviewing, kind of? It was weird. But for $5, it was, um, an experience.
We watched some of the Red Sox-Rays game at Jake’s afterward. In the elevator on my way to work, a guy I work with said, “I was so drunk watching the Red Sox lose last night.” A girl next to us said, “They won.” I died laughing.
Update: Pictures at Brooklyn Vegan.
I woke up at 7 am this morning this morning to go to the gym. As we agreed yesterday, instead of expressing incredulity, Becky said, “Good job, B!” The gym was empty in the morning, and it was awesome. All the machines and weights I wanted to use were available and I had a good workout. I went home played with George for a minute, got ready for work and was at my desk before 9 am. I’m feeling good. This is a momentous day for me.
After Rebecca and I slept in until noon today, I walked down to German restaurant Lederhosen in the West Village today for a big beer and bratwurst. Gooood. It’s drizzling and overcast today and the West Village is beautiful. Rebecca and I are going to walk back down there before we go to UCB tonight for Jesse’s last show.
I will be out of the office this afternoon on a pub crawl in the West Village with my new team at work. Team building is easier when you’re tipsy.
Next day update: Jerry Yang, CEO, showed up to hang out for a little while. Was very cool.
Posted September 24, 2008 | ∞ | File under: nyc, personal, work
NFL kicked off in full force on Sunday. Doobie and I ate some chips and dip and watched a few games. I had the laptop open tuned to my fantasy league’s stat tracker so I could check in on how my fantasy players were doing.
Stephen Jackson got tackled as soon as he touched the ball. Ocho Cinco did next to nothing. Calvin Johnson did better than expected. Kellen Winslow did his job. Ryan Grant and Derek Anderson were ok but should have been better. My kicker kicked it well, but my defense should have smashed more helmets. I didn’t do too horribly, but I’m in a head-to-head league and the guy I was up against absolutely killed it with McNabb and Michael Turner. Murdered me.
I hope to do better this week. I have Reggie Bush on my bench and he was great on Sunday, but a friend at work told me don’t start him, he can’t be trusted. Ha. If I start him, he’ll go quiet, and if I don’t he will continue to perform really well — that’s how it works. I think he’ll sit this week, because as it is, my starters are favored to win the matchup this week. I want to win!
Posted September 9, 2008 | ∞ | File under: football, personal
