finally

There are certain moments in history where everyone remembers where they were when it happened/they learned about it. JFK assassination, MLK assassination, "I am not a crook," The Mets '86 World Series, and most recently (especially for my generation, 9-11. We were too young for the Berlin Wall, and contrary to popular belief, I think to anyone born after 1978 or so, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" really doesn't mean that much.
So until Tuesday, the most historical event we had was when the towers came down. I remember walking into my media class at college, and seeing it on TV around 8:45. Someone said two planes had crashed into the world trade center. We thought it meant they collided in mid-air and landed on the towers. Then we went into another room to see a demo from one of the video editing professors about this US celebration video he was working on.
Then I got home to my dorm around 11, and saw what had happened in the interim.

Newsweek had an article a couple week's back on this book that talks about how "dumb" my generation and others coming after are. How we look everything up on Google and Wikipedia, and don't remember anything. In fact, one of the main points of the book is to talk about how we don't even know why a 1960s restaurant bathroom would have a "Coloreds Only" sign, much less the meaning of the sign.
To which I can say (and left a comment affirming as much) I am proud to belong to a generation that doesn't know what it means, and maybe that's a good thing?

So now I think I'll always remember being at a Day's Inn outside Baltimore, with bulletproof glass on the lobby door and a hotel room door that looked like it may have been kicked in, watching the CNN Election Center and 'Magic Wall' and Wolf Blitzer announcing Obama would officially be the Democratic nominee.


Of course, the next day I saw a covered pick-up truck with "DEFEAT OBAMA THE SOCIALIST" written on the back window.
One step forward, six steps back.

I was told I have a man crush on Obama. It's not so much a man crush as it is admiration for someone who is finally getting the populace out to his rallies instead of watching the Tila Tequila marathon.

double bag

I like incredibly far-fetched scenarios, situations, and possibilities. For example, when we were first entering the current economic crisis, I pitched something spotlighting Church & Dwight, manufacturer of Arm & Hammer and other basic goods. Why Church & Dwight? Because they also make the Trojan condom. And I posited that if people were making less money, they would put off having children, and condom sales would improve.

These are the things I think about late at night. It made sense in my head.
Needless to say, this was rejected because I could not actually come up with any numerical data to prove this was true.
Aren't you glad to know the media is not completely based on some opinions?




I still believe this to be true, by the way.

what do i do when my love is away

I went with a friend and some of her friends to see 'Sex and the city.' Mock me if you must.

While I am not a fan of the show, and only saw my first episode a couple nights ago, I have to say there were a couple things about the movie I liked (I did not like the movie btw).

The fact that the show/movie takes place in New York is a plus. It just made me affirm how much I love it here. Not just for the things to do -- it is completely true you wind up with a few very close friends here who will become your surrogate family. In fact, there is a group of us who get together at least once a month for 'family dinner,' so that we at least have that where we are all together at once. Contrary to what you see on the show, it is quite difficult to get six schedules to all match up with a free night.

There have been quite a few times where I (or them) have needed support after a particularly bad day, experience, week, month, etc. and they come out in full force. I am not ashamed to admit I have called people and said, "I need you now," and not in the sexual sense.
If you want to perk yourself up with a tsunami hot dog at Criff Dogs, they will be there to share your cheese fries. Sex lives are known, along with sexual history (this is fun when many of your friends have been gay at some point in their lives). Certain subjects and events will never die and always be funny (Halloween 2006, I gave them permission to tell that story to my parents), and it is just comforting to know there is help in this jungle.
And it is a jungle. This town can be incredibly lonely. It was when I first moved here. But I managed to build something out of nothing, as many others have done and continue to do. And I fully offer my support to anyone who is beginning to build, is building, or has built some sort of life here.
Because, like the man says, I get by with a little help from my friends.

Anyway, the more I watched it, the more I identified with the show. Not the plot or anything like that, just the concept of a few friends in NYC helping each other get by. Maybe I'm getting nostalgic because my four year NYC anniversary is coming up in a week, but it was really refreshing to be watching something and not envy the people on screen, because it just felt like a Hollywood version of my life.
And isn't that what we all want?