Sleepyhead

I'm off to bed

I don't mean to seem like I care about material things like a social status

It's supposed to snow sometime tonight and I can't for the life of me understand why we've been getting such a shit ton of the white stuff lately. Yes I know I live in New York, but I've been here for three years and haven't seen this much snow. I guess I should be grateful that it's not a blizzard every time but still. It's kind of nuisance.

I'm thinking about getting a tripod for my camera. I want one so that I can take "What I Wore Today" pics like Nubby. And maybe even post them to Wardrobe Remix. I'm still debating. I might want to buy another pair of UNIQLO jeans instead.

When we were shopping with Micky on Sunday, we went into UNIQLO (he was looking for a blue vest or tie). When Pinky was in town last year, we went to UNIQLO and I remember her telling me that she really liked their stuff. I couldn't remember if she said that the sizes ran big or small, so when I found a pair of skinny jeans I really liked, I picked up the two sizes I teeter between. The smaller size fit incredibly well and I'm certain that I'm going to have to get this jean in every non offensive color they make it in (I got wine this time around).

UNIQLO is a Japanese company and the SoHo store in New York is actually the only one in the US (well at least according to their website anyway). The true test of the jeans will come when I finally wear them (which could be months, who knows) but if they look as good walking down the street after a long ass day as they did standing in that dressing room, I am sold.

I really tried to stay up and watch The Walkmen on Conan last night but I think I knocked out sometime around 12:30. No worries though! Thanks to the wonders of the technology, I was able to watch their performance on the NBC website. "In the New Year" was epic!

This is what was going on in the office two Fridays ago. It was awesome.

Why does EVERYONE have to do a cover of "Love Song"? I mean, I know it's like the best known Cure song, but it isn't the most romantic. Check out "Halo." Now that's some romantic shit.



Michael K is on a roll. EVERY post he made today had me dying on the floor. It's not unusual for me to chuckle at all of his celebrity commentary but for some reason today I found them especially funny. I really liked this one:

As some of you know, Fox is going to fuck with the legendary TV experience that is Absoultely Fabulous. Why, you ask? Because that's what we do in America. We take TV shows from other countries and try to find ways to get them canceled in record time. Although, Kath & Kim is still breathing and I'm not sure why. I'll have to ask Satan that during our weekly conference call

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In other news, Grace keeps playing the new Animal Collective in the office. And I can't get enough of this song.

This will be a better year

Long time no talk, huh? I've been busy doing everything and nothing. That's how it seems to go sometimes. This post will be full of randomness so hold on.

First off, Happy New Year! We all have a fresh new start. And if your 2008 was as shitty as mine, you need it! We've got a fantastic new president who will hopefully not only fix the problems we have but make us seem a little more human to people in other parts of the world. We care. We know. We see what's going on. And we want change too.


I spent New Years Eve in White Plains at the Lazy Boy Bar with my cousins, eating wings and listening to songs on the jukebox. A DJ played later on in the night, much to my disappointment. I made Jeazette look in her bag for a solid 5 minutes for 50 cents so that I could play "The Sound Of Settling." Sad to say that I never got the chance to sing "Bah Bah. Bah Bah."

I saw The Wrestler and Slumdog Millionaire in the past month. Both were great. I was happy to see Mickey Rourke take home the best actor trophy at the Golden Globes and very happy for Slumdog for taking home every award they were nominated for. A lot of great movies have come out lately and that's kind of rare.

Jeazette's birthday was this week so we went out for dinner on Saturday. She picked a Thai place in White Plains called Reka's. It was phenominal! I had spring rolls and the chicken pad thai (I usually go for the chicken pad thai if I've never been to the restaurant before. If you mess that up, everything else will taste like poo most likely.) Also had fried ice cream for dessert. When we got home that night, Jeazette and I watched Funny Games with Naomi Watts and Michael Pitt. I'd wanted to see it for a while. Totally twisted and a bit unsatisfying I have to admit. But totally creepy in the "this could totally happen in real life" way which isn't often the case with horror/thriller movies. So at the very least, I appreciate that. Also, I've had a crush on Michael Pitt since Murder by Numbers. Holla at ya girl Napoleon!

There seem to be a lot of birthdays this month. Why is that? Kind of weird. My aunt, uncle, and two of my cousins all have birthdays this month. Not to mention my grandmother and several friends. Anyone else been buying a bunch of birthday cards this month? My wallet is empty.

Yesterday, Adhalia, Jeazette and I went into the city to hang out with Micky. We had lunch at this really nice cafe on 9th and 30th (or was it 29th?) in Chelsea. Can't for the life of me remember what it's called but the food was great (I had a burger with fries) and if you order something on the brunch menu, you get drinks to go with it (we all got mimosas). Then we hit up a few stores on Broadway before going back to Micky's and hanging out for a bit. We listened to his Santogold station on Pandora and I was surprised that I had most of the records that were being played (Lily Allen, The Cure, Metric, Yeah Yeah Yeahs).

Well, I think that's all I have for major updates in my little world.. So here's a little housekeeping.

The Walkmen are on Conan tonight. Watch it. Don't know what song they'll play, but it's sure to be awesome.

The Duke Spirit is playing Music Hall of Williamsburg on the 16th. I'm pretty sure I'll be going. I know that I'll have a good time and it's always fun going to a venue that I've never been to before. They're also playing at Maxwell's in Hoboken. Small venue and I'd love to see them there. But can you take the Path to Maxwell's? And how late does it run? I'll have to investigate. The band is holding a contest where the winner gets to go to a show of their choice and annouce them on stage. All you have to do is make a YouTube video. Get the deets here.

COYH have a new video for their song "Turn Cold." They're gonna be on tour with Ra Ra Riot soon. Tour dates here.



The Harlem Shakes record comes out in March. Listen to "Strictly Game" on their MySpace. It's my new anthem.

Ok, I think that's all I got for now. I'll try to be a better updater.