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| Saturday, August 19th, 2006 | | 6:47 pm |
| | Sunday, May 28th, 2006 | | 2:20 pm |
Well, I have been a very bad and lazy boy and haven't updated my journal in a while. Nothing new, necasarrily, but things are going quite well. Work is great! I never thought that I would like the whole 9 to 5 thing, but honestly.....this job ROCKS! I'm taking on more and more responsibility everyday and I feel very comfortable and confident in my position now. Our apartment is coming together quite nicely, but we're STILL waiting for our new Mother fu**ing bed. *sigh* I love the location of the new place because we have a fantastic view of the city skyline from our bedroom windows and a view of South Philly from our kitchen/bathroon windows. Very nice indeed. I haven't written in a long time due to lack of time and energy. Working 9 to 5 now is great, or....well, it WOULD be great if I wasn't still working the box office at the Wilma Thursday nights, and ALL DAY Saturdays and Sundays. The wilma has been really good to me, and I didn't just want to up and quit, so I agreed to stay on part time until our season ends. The extra paycheck that I get every week is fantastic, but MAN......this is taxing. One more weekend to go and I am FREE!!!!! :-D On that note, if anyone would like to see either one of our 2 plays that are currently running, let me know and I'll get you in. :-) We're doing Caryl Churchill's Cloud 9 and A Number. I recently saw A Number and thought that it was really cool, in a creepy Hanibal Lector kind of way. Speaking of things to see, there are some up and coming concerts that I really want to go to: Ministry and the Revolting Cocks, The Buzzcocks, and Echo and the Bunnymen. Anyone interested?? On that note, I, robbynewwave, do solemnly swear to update my journal on a (semi) regular basis. *getting ready for the crowds at intermission* | | Sunday, April 30th, 2006 | | 10:04 am |
Fine. I'll jump on the bandwagon........ If you comment... 1. I'll respond with something random I like about you. 2. I'll tell you what song/movie reminds me of you. 3. I'll name something we should do together. 4. I'll say something that only makes sense to you and me (or just me). 5. I'll tell you my first/clearest memory of you. 6. I'll leave you a quote that is somehow appropriate to you. 7. I'll ask you something that I've always wondered about you. 8. If I do this for you, you must post this on your journal so you can do the same for other people. | | Monday, April 24th, 2006 | | 12:22 pm |
And we're in!
Man, I feel like I haven't updated this in AGES. Between having a new job, moving into a new apartment, and other miscelaneous distractions, I can barely find the time to THINK, let alond write about all that's been going on. But alas, I have some down time at work...................... Work at Urban is going incredibly well. I love my job, I adore my co workers, and I am actually HAPPY walking to work every day. This is a remarkable change for me, as in the past (when I worked for a certain Arts organization)I wished every day that a bus would hit me and kill me so that I wouldn't have to go into the office. Glad that part of my life is over. This weekend was really great. Friday night's Sex Dwarf Wig Party was fantastic (as many of you on here can definitely attest to). I have a TON of pictures, all of which are pretty awesome, so I'll post a link to them shortly. The pictures pretty much speak for themeselves, so I'm not even going to TRY and write about it. ;-) Saturday, Sal and I woke up early to get a rental car and drive to North Jersey for my neice's christening/baby naming ceremony. Sophia is now 6 months old and she is THE CUTEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN!!! Seriously, I almost cried when I saw her. She's just amazing. The ceremnoy was at my brother-in-law's parent's house and it was lovely. Both a preist and a Rabbi were there, as my family is catholic and my brother-in-law is Jewish. After that, there was a nice reception with (thank god) some much needed champagne, as my mother (a.k.a. deamon from hell) was there disapproving of whatever little knit-piccky thing she could. All in all though, it was a very nice day with both families. We drove back to the city in the worst rainstorm ever. Poor Sal was a trooper. He drove, I bitched about the rain, and two and a half hours later, we made it home. Since we had the car, we did some grocery shopping and took a little detour to Target. Can I just say that I LOVE the rugs at Target! Our apartment is looking more and more like a home each day. :-) Speaking of our new fab pad, I can honestly say that this is the first time in a VERY long time that I've actually felt happy. Like content happy. Like that good fuzzy "you know you're supposed to be here in your life right now" happy. I haven't felt that in YEARS. Not since .....well, quite frankly, I don't know if I've ever felt like this. Interesting............ My nightmares have also stopped. Completely stopped. Not a one in two weeks. I'm not quite sure if I wrote about them in previous postings, but I was having this reoccurring dream where i was .......and you might think this is stupid, but.......I was being terrorized by a cat. I would wake up SCREAMING because I dreampt that I was being attacked by a mean vicious cat. It would dig its claws into me, rip my skin until I was a shredded bloody mess, and I would wake up horrified. Its gotta mean something, i guess. Anyway, (hopefully) they're gone from my life. Sunday I pulled a shift at the Wilma, came home, had "Sunday afternoon drinks" with Sal, did laundry, then bought some rabbit ears for our TV. We snuggled on the couch and watched Desparate Housewives.....was anyone else kind of weirded out that it was a "new" episode, but a total recap of the season so far? Interesting..... Oh, and we ended the night with a nice hot bath. bittermonkey, you're LUSH bath stuff is REALLY coming in handy. :-D Oh, and thanks, by the way, for your drunken message....HHHHHAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! !! Keep 'em comin' girl! ;-) Back to work for me. oh, lunchtime..........WooHoo!!! :-D | | Friday, April 7th, 2006 | | 9:59 am |
We scrubbed.......
Last night Sal and I went to the new pad to clean. We got there around 7:30 and stayed until.....MIDNIGHT! I did the bedroom and living room, Sal did HALF of the kitchen. Now, in looking at the kitchen, it seemed to be relatively clean. But underneath all of the surfaces (meaning under the stove top, inside the cabinets, etc.) it was FILTHY! He had his work cut out for him. Top that off with the fact that both of us were tired from working all day, and it was one crabby cranky night. The apartment is really great, though. It's big, hard wood floors, and we have an AWESOME view of the skyline. :-D I cannot WAIT to get out of the drafty shithole that we're in now! Who will pay the $850 that the landlord is asking for my tiny little dingy studio with no light and a teeny tiny bathroom and stove that doesn't work? Hopefully NO ONE! Tonight asshole pigfucker (Sal's Dad) is helping HIM (yes, I will NOT be there as he HATES me) to move some of our stuff with his truck. At least the worthless piece of shit is good for something. LOL It's a gloomy boring day at work for me, so I see many surveys coming my way. Current Mood:  cranky | | Thursday, April 6th, 2006 | | 12:00 pm |
The Joys of Sales Auditing
........I just sat on a mother 'Effing STAPLE! OOOOUUUUUUUCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHH! That is all. Current Mood: cranky | | Wednesday, April 5th, 2006 | | 9:26 am |
The latest
Well, .........we did it! We signed our lease and we have our keys to the new pad at Broad and South! *claps hands together wildly* I feel bad that I've been neglecting my LiveJournal friends as of late because I have been so busy preparing for our move. Tonight and tomorrow night, we're going to clean clean CLEAN the new place so that we can start moving in on Friday. Unfortunately, Sal's DAD is going to "help." Now, some of you might remember Sal's Dad from an earlier post of mine (the South Philly Wake). This guy is THE BIGGEST pig-fucking asshole in the entire world. BUT, he's got a free truck, and hey....if its free, its for me! So busy busy busy. Work is also busy, as we have just finished out the month of March and have to "close" all of our Store's accounts and what-not. Even the weekend was uneventful. Friday night, nadda. Saturday we went out and about walking around the city and I made my first purchase at Urban Outfitters with my new 40% off discount card! :-D I got a REALLY cute flashy bracelet and a Smiths T-shirt. Saturday night we watched the movie Crash. And let me tell you, mouserobot, I totally agree with you. It was THE MOST heinous of movies. BULLSHIT! Best picture, my asshole! Dumb dumb dumb dumb. It was overdone, it hadd no feeling in it, and it wasn't touching or telling in the least bit. I HATED it. Moving on............................... Sunday we woke up early and hit Steller coffee at 20th and Walnut, where we met a VERY nice couple who we discovered were in the same situation as us. They also lived on our block (key words here are USED to). It seems as though everyone on the 2100 block of Walnut Street is leaving their cozy little nests because the landlords are raising the rents like CRAZY and no one can afford them. Eh.....bigger and better places are out there anyway. We also went to the dog park at 23rd and Spruce that day. WHAT an awesome place! The park that was once called the "Judy Garland Park" and infamously known for its gays who "hooked up" there is now gorgeous and under EXTREME construction. The houses surrounding the park are all now luxury condos! Amazing. Bland and boring, but still amazing how much building is going on there. And the dog park....awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!! We stood around and watched/played with COUNTLESS amounts of puppies for like 4 hours! Sal of course wanted to go after an hour, but not me. I was hooked like an addict on chrystal meth! SOOOOOO adorable! Seriously, if someone wants to have a lovely afternoon in the park, go to the Schukill River Park at 23rd and spruce and hang out with the dogs. Its WONDERFUL! :-D That night was spackle night. We took all of the paintings/pictues off the walls and spackled the holes. So now our apartment kind of looks like shit. But eh......the moving process is underway and I am VERY excited about the new possibilities! Up and coming.........the Zombie Pub Crawl on Easter Sunday. This will be the highlight of my month, along with moving. I think I'll be a Zombie Jesus. Any thoughts? ;-) Current Mood: busy | | Wednesday, March 29th, 2006 | | 5:44 pm |
We FINALY found a place!
Yup, that's right boys and girls...........Sal and I found an apartment!!!! Its right off of Broad street, ON SOUTH STREET!!! :-D It is a very spacious place, so I see many dinner parties, Stitch N' Bitches, and gatherings in our future. :-D Ah, new job, new pad, ..............life is good. *wipes sweat from forhead* Current Mood:  excited | | Monday, March 27th, 2006 | | 10:23 am |
Weekend update
This weekend came and went, really. Thursday evening, Sal's little sister Rosary came into town from Reno. Thursday, we didn't do too much. They were out all day (I was at work all day). They went to see the Body Worlds exhibit at the Franklin Institute, they went to the art museum, etc. I got home from work and went to the Bike Stop for happy hour/open mic night because 2 of my very talented friends were playing there. My old co cowrker Joel was there too.....WHAT a hilarious guy! I had SUCH a blast talking to him!! After a few drinks and some VERY good music, we left and Joel walked me home (as he lives in my neighborhood). That was that. Friday was fun. I got up for work (and tried not to wake little sister). Sal and she had a wonderful day of galavanting through the city, having lunch in China Town, and finally making it home to see me. Even though I worked all day, I wanted to go OUT! The (heinous) 12th Air Command was having its 100th anniversary party. So what, right? Its a heinous gay bar that I couldn't care less about. Except......Houston Bernard was performing. Houston Bernard is like the gay version of Peaches (crazy furry pussied electro-clash bitch from Canada). http://www.houstonbernard.com/ I actually wanted to see him perform, as I had heard that he was inSANE on stage. We went in, found out that he wasn't going to perform for like another hour, so we left and decided to go to another bar. As we walked outside, there he was: Houston himself standing around with his gaggle of gay boys. I looked at him, he looked at me, I gave a little coy smile because we SORT of know each other (he is a myspace friend and I was supposed to be in one of his music videos). He said "ROBBY!! Where are you going? Im performing really soon and I want you to be one of my slutty dancers! You can strip on stage and be one of my pole dancers, and..." He went on and on and on in his coked-up cracked-out banter, moving in closer and closer to me (pissing Sal off more and more). Finally, Sal GRABBED me (as he ALMOST punched this guy in the head) and we walked away and made our way to Tavern on Camac. I know that I wrote about this before, but MAN........it is THE place to be on a Friday night! AGAIN, there was a goddamn LINE at the door to get up to the dancefloor. We made it in, got a drink and danced and danced!! It was a BLAST!!!! Crowd, good. Drinks, good. Music, good. :-D I SOOOO have to bring more of my friends dancing there one weekend......you guys would LOVE it! Anyway, we got back to 12th Air, as I really did want to see this asshole perform. We walked into the upstairs dancefloor at 12th Air, watched Houston perform one number, I got really bored, then we left. That was that. I've seen enough cracked-up, cranked-out fucktards in my lifetime to know that they're really not that exciting to watch. Saturday, Sal and his sister went to NYC. I wanted to go DESparately, but my mom was coming back from DC to 30th street station and I had to pick her up and take her to the bus station that day. *sigh* My boyfriend is galavanting around Manhatten and I have to pick my deamon-from-hell mother up at the train station. BBBBAAAHHHHH But whatever. The day came and went. After Mother Satan left for the day, I treated myself to a little R&R. I gave myself a facial, a little pidicure, had some wine, and watched Nip/Tuck. It was a WONDERFUL night with myself. :-D And Sunday......we went to Govinda's on Broad and South for a vegan lunch. A.K.A. I ate "shrip FLAVORED" battered Tofu, and you know what? It wasn't half bad. Actually, it was quite yummy. Then we came back to the apartment and it was time for Sal to take Rosary to the airport to send her on her way. An hour later I get a call........"Um, Robby? How would you feel about having a visitor for one more night?" They gave her seat away. They were late for the flight. *sigh* So they trecked back to the apartment, then sal and I got ready for.............. RICHARD BUTLER at the World Cafe Live!!! Can I just say a HUGE thank you to Robert Drake for all of the pampering that we and our party got. Sal and myself met Liz and the divine miss Jimmi out side of the venue. A few minutes later, babyraven (and her friend, but I cant remember her name) , mouserobot, and rhiann31 showed up and we all sat down to have dinner. After the weekend long vegan fest that I was subjected to, I ordered a big ol' bacon cheesburger!! MMMMMMMMMMMM After dinner we made our way downstairs to the actual venue, sat down in our "reserved" table right in the center of the place and waited for the show to start. and waited.....and waited.......and waited....... Finally, the opening act came on. Now, when you're excited to see someone like Richard Butler perform (in case some of you live in a bubble, he is the lead singer of the Psychidelic Furs)you don't want your opening act to sound like an angst-ridden, wrist-cutting, emo girl. Well, she was. Granted, she had a beautiful voice, "this song was written for all of you who have had your heart ripped open, fried up, and served back to you on a plate" was not the kind of thing you wanted to hear when you're in a really good and excited mood. (Im exaggerating, but you get my drift). But eh.......I guess she was just doin' her thing........ She finally shut up and presumably got off stage to kill herself, then the stage was set up for Richard. It was himself, a guitarist, and a keyboard/synthesizer guy. REALLY awesome!!! They did some newer stuff, but mostly they played all FURS stuff!!! :-D Richard looked totally cute and he sounded pretty good too. All in all, I thought the performance was great, and it was SOOOOO good to spend some time with the people that I was with .....I LOVE YOU GUYS!!! although, honeylove was NOT in attendance, even though she was SUPPOSED to be. Chrissy, what happened to you? You were M.I.A.? Now its back to number crunching and account handling for me. I have a meeting tonight because (apparently) I am on the board of the Philly Gay Calendar?? http://www.phillygaycalendar.com/Whatever. But if any of you guys want your events advertised on the site, its free and I can get them up for you. :-D Just let me know !! | | Tuesday, March 14th, 2006 | | 7:52 pm |
It has begun.....
Yes, my life in the "corporate" world has begun. Well sorta corporate. My position in the Urban Outfitters office is AWESOME! Not only do I work with an amazing bunch of people who ALL want me to succeed, but I get to dress like I'm going out to a CLUB everyday!!!! eeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!! My job is pretty normal which, in my opinion, is refreshing for me. I am an accounts manager (a.k.a. finance/figure guy) for a listing of about .....mmmm.....like 35 stores across the country. Its pretty interesting, I guess. "Putting out small fires" if you will. But the vibe in the office........AMAZING! Everybody is nice and actually HAPPY to be there and they welcomed me into their work family with open arms. :-D Its only day 2, so I'm not going to praise it TOO much (not yet at least), but so far, so good!! AND AND AND........get this.........I was invited to my first SAMPLE SALE on Friday morning!!!! Everything is ONE DOLLAR!!!!!!!! *claps hands together wildly* And I get to preview everything before it hits the shelves!!! Maybe I'll find something for Sex Dwarf this Friday, as I have NO CLUE what to wear for a Day-glo event. *sigh* Also, movie update......I FINALLY SAW GREY GARDENS.....Holy mother 'effin' SHIT! wow. That's all I can say. WOW! INSANE!!!! "I think this is the perfect costume for today" .........FABULOUS!!! Also rented the latest Dawn of the Dead.....AWESOME!!!! All I have to say is DEAMON BABY!!!! Awesome. Period. Annd finally, a 1980's CLASSIC psudo-lebian movie called Times Square. HHHHHAAAAAhahahahahahahaha Everybody shoud see this because it is HELLA funny and campy and cheesy (but in the good 80's kind of way). KNITTING NEWS: -finishing a cabled tri-colored scarf for my friend Liam - finishing a "travelinng vine" lace knitting pattern in camel 100% (Russian??) wool APAREMENT NEWS: .........none. We saw like four already, but alas.......12th and Spruce was a closet, and all of the others had something wrong with them too. There WAS a basement apartment right on jackiemanni's block, but......a basement? *feh* The re-run of America;s Next Top Model is on (yes, I am THAT gay) so I'm signinng off for now. Cheers!! Current Mood: accomplished | | Thursday, March 9th, 2006 | | 11:36 am |
Adventures in Apartment Hunting
*sigh* Sal and I woke up early today (and very hopeful) to look at three apartments. We walked over to the realtor's office, got the keys and looked forward to seeing what's out there. .............. Apartmment #1. It was right on St. Alban's Place. Nice area and the apartment was actually pretty cool. It was a BI-level. One HUGE room with a kitchen and bay window down below, upstairs a cute bedroom area with lots of closet space. "Not bad" we thought as we made our way to apartment #2 at 23rd and Fitzwater. Can I just say that "charming" and "cozy" are just bullshit euphamisms for "dated," "crackhouse," and "you really don't wanna move here." We walked into a broken front door, the hallway smelled SOOOO bad, there was a SCREAMING baby in the apartment on the second floor, and the place that we looked at ............it was big, I'll give it that much. It was the third floor of the building. One HUGE living room, a decent sized bedroom, and then came the bathroom: No light, DIGUSTING carpeted floors that looked like they were peeling off of the floor, and plumbing that looked like it hadn't been updated since 1954. Annd the kitchen..........GROSSER-than GROSS-GROSS. I didn't even want to TOUCH anything it was so bad. Stained appliances that looked like they all needed to be replaced, dirty dirty DIRTY floors that also needed to be replaced.........*sigh* I left there feeling like I needed to take 100 showers. Apartment #3 was at 15th and Bainbbridge. Good location, right? Well, that's about all it DID have going for it. First, the front door was broken. Second, the staircase leading up to (what would be) our apartment was falling apart. the rugs were HEINOUS. We finally get up to the apartmennt. We walked in, and it was basically one HUGE kitchen area with DROP ceilings (heinous) and two TEENY TINY little rooms that they call "bedrooms" i.e. you would need a BARBIE sized bed to be able to fit it into such a small room. The bathroom was also DISGUSTING and there was a hole in the floor under the bathroom sink. No. NO NO NO NO NO. So our search continues. Im going to look through the South Philly Review to see if anything catches my eye. I think that's our best bet. Because let me tell you......the things that they call ""One bedrooms" and "two bedrooms" in center city are BULLSHIT! Complete BULLSHIT! Current Mood: aggravated | | Wednesday, March 8th, 2006 | | 5:01 pm |
Thinking about the Sisters
So I'm thinking about going to see the Sisters of Mercy tonight at the Electric Factory. I'm REALLY excited, but I'm just not quite sure if I'll make it or not. I have been out ALL DAY aparment hunting. Sal and I have a dozen of appointments to see places tomorrow, so I might not be able to make it. Combine that with the fact that the season finale of Project Runway is on, and I just bought a six pack of beer and some food to cook....... it night have to be a night in. So, Monday morning bright and early, I start as the Assistant Accounts Auditor for Urban Outfitters!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! I am SOOOO excited! So the next few months will be VERY tough. As I am a creature of habit, with changinng jobs, MOVING, etc. I will be a mess until the summer. *sigh* So if anybody sees a haggard, stumbling little gay boy who is talking to himself and looks like he hasn't slept in days, just grab me, HUG me, and tell me that everything will work out for the best. ............it WILL work out for the best................RIGHT???!!!! *sigh* I locked down the good job (actually good 2 jobs, as I will be 9 to 5 at Urban, and working weekends at the Wilma Theater), a WONDERFUL partner, now we just need to find a great place to live and all will be right with the world. Well, .......all will be right with MY world, anyway. LOL Ok, now Im just complaining. I'm cranky because I've been out all day having meetings with countless amounts of realtors ad setting up appointments to look at places. Time for me to take a nap and decide whether or not I want to go to the show tonight............ Current Mood:  anxious | | Sunday, March 5th, 2006 | | 7:40 pm |
My color
Nabbed from bittermonkey  Yellows are motivated by fun. They are inviting and embrace life as a party which they're hosting. They love playful interaction and can be extremely sociable and persuasive. They seek instant gratification. YELLOWS need to be adored and praised. While YELLOWS are carefree, they are quite sensitive and highly alert to others motives to control them. YELLOWS carry within themselves the gift of a good heart. YELLOWS need to look good socially, and friendships command a high priority in their lives. YELLOWS are happy, highly verbal, easily bored, and crave adventure. They can never sit still for long. They choose friends who, like themselves, refuse to allow lifes boring details stifle their curiosity. They embrace each day in the present tense. YELLOWS are charismatic, spontaneous, positive, and can be irresponsible, obnoxious, and forgetful. When you deal with a YELLOW praise and adore them, take a positive, upbeat approach, and promote creative and fun activities for and with them. What Color Are You? brought to you by Quizilla Current Mood: awake | | Friday, March 3rd, 2006 | | 10:49 pm |
I've been a busy boy......
I know that I haven't written in a long time, but alas, I have been VERY busy, as well as mentally exhausted. Looking for a new place to live is on my brian, as was my week of interviews that never seemed to pan out.......... until now.......... That's right, ladies and gentlemen, you are now reading the lournal of the new Assistant Accounts Manager for Urban Outfitters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got the job!!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! Now, granted, I HATE Urban Outfitters in the fact that I think that everything is WAY too expensive and its kind of cheap stuff and what-not. But hey.....a boy's gotta work, AND I gat a 40% off discount card for myself and my partner!!!! :-D Not too shabby, huh? ;-) So, this will be a 9 to 5 gig, which is what I was looking for. AND, get this (abinka, you'll be able to sympathize) I will also work the weekends at the Wilma!! They're keeping me on!! So I guess a boy CAN have his cake and eat it too!! This is a VERY happy developement!! I have been feeling BAD about myself (i.e. worthless because no one would hire me). Now, I feel as though my karma was just *waiting* for this position. And it happened in the most mysterious way too.......... My friend Lexi (girl who I went to college with) emailed me asking me to send her my resume. Without even thinking twice about it, I did. Within one day, I had an interview scheduled, the next day I sat through a RIGOROUS four hour interview, the the following day, I'm HIRED! I didn't even know what POSITION it was....LOL!! Ah, all is right with the world. JUST IN CASE, angela_la_la send me your resume in case I give up working at the theater all together, so that my boss can have it. :-) Current Mood: accomplished | | Wednesday, March 1st, 2006 | | 12:45 pm |
Wish me luck
I have an interview with a wonderful company today. *nerves setting in* Wish me luck!!! I am going to TRY and get down to South Philly today after my interview to try and look for available apartments. Wish me luck!!! I am TRYING to stay sane through all of this change (even though I am a creature of habit)......Wish me luck!!!! Current Mood: nervous | | Sunday, February 26th, 2006 | | 9:59 pm |
To all of my South Philly Friends.........
..........the landlord already rented it. YESTURDAY, right after we saw the place. *sigh* It hasn't even been 24 hours and he fucking rented the affordable one bedroom at Broad and Tasker. *hangs head in shame* If ANYone notices signs, etc. for apartments, let me know!! Current Mood:  disappointed | | 9:06 pm |
On a brighter note
Friday night: a.k.a. my night out with the girls.....and Sal and Duck. abinka wrote me and said that she wanted to go out with a bunch of us on Friday, so I was ALL ABOUT it! I had already agreed to volunteer at the front door of PURE for my friend Steve's "Be Bad- Melt the Ice" party, so we met up there. Abinka and her friends Candice (GORGEOUS lesbian) and Duck (ADORABLE straight boy) arrived around 10-ish. We got them in for free ;-) and it was off to the bar for $2 drinks!! We hung out for a bit and talked....and talked and talked. LOL we ended up going DOWNstairs into the "Pink Lounge" for more drinks. We snuggled up on a swanky couch, and then my friend Renee showed up!! eeeeeee!!! Turns out, Renee is VERY good friends with Candice. I swear to god, sometimes I cannot BELIEVE how small this city is, since all of my friends seem to know all of my other friends. We finished out rounds, then it was off to Tavern on Camac (Piano bar on Camac Street). Tavern was .......PACKED!!!!! Like, we couldn't check our coats because it was so full-packed. We went into the piano area, got more drinks, talked a bit more, listened to some HEINOUS interpretations of various songs, then I said "Hey....let's go upstairs and DANCE!" It was ON! Well, I'm not sure if anybody knows this, but...... It seems as though overnight, Tavern on Camac (which was once just another gay dive bar) is THE hip place to be on the weekends these days. We WAITED IN LINE before a huge bouncer to even GET INTO the tiny dance floor area. Finally, we made our ways inside, and it was packed tighter than a penis in a virgin's vagtina! No joke. I saw SOOOOO many of my friends who normally wouldn't be caught DEAD in a bar like this dancing their ASSES off. I tried to get everybody on the dancefloor, but alas, Candice and Renee went back downstairs. So Sal, abinka, Duck and myself TRIED to move, but.......it was just too damn packed. We all went back down stairs, where the guy playing the piano was allowing the drunk patrons to sing a song or two....... .....As our ears bled on through the night, we had a few more drinks, then abinka, Duck, Candice and Renee decided to call it quits and take off, leaving Sal and myself to remain and cause some havock on the dancefloor. ;-) We went BACK up stairs (yes....back to the vagina). My friend Tim was dunkety-drunk-drunk, and slurred into my ear "Here Robby.....finish my drink" ......SCORE!!! It was a jack and coke! WooHoo!!! Free drink #1 for Robby! Then we saw our friend George, THE SWEETEST man on the PLANET!!! Seriously, if any of my single gay friends are looking for a companion, he is GREAT!! The other *thing* that I noticed was the MUSIC. It was......different. It wasn't the usual "gay anthem" bullshit that you hear out at all of the rest of the bars. It was....good. Dare I say it, "cool?" I mean, it was no Sex Dwarf, but we DID manage to dance to a little Billy Idol, Cyndy Lauper, and the likes. Which made me think to myself...."Is EVERYBODY on the same New Wave 80's bandwagon?" Interesting........ All in all, I think everyone enjoyed their romps through the gayboehood and I hope to do it again soon. :-D Current Mood: STILL anxious | | Saturday, February 25th, 2006 | | 9:00 pm |
And the search continues.....
jackiemanni......remember her? ;-) Well she emailed me the other day about an apartment that she saw for rent in her neighborhood. It is RIGHT on the corner of Broad and Tasker. Right across the street from the infamous Dolphin bar (which I LOVE). There is a laundramat, dry cleaners, bus/subway stop, and convenient store right on the corner. It is a second floor one bedroon apartment, and the rent is only....well, let's say its very affordable. It is nice and bright, nice living room, nice kitchen, nice bathroon, nice bedroonm. My stipulations? One closet. That's it. We are bearly surviving with the three colsets that we currently have. And the bedroom is big enough, but not big enough to put dressers/"fake" closet things from Ikea in it. Also, (no offense to all of my South Philly residents) but.....its South Philly. lol I know, I know, "so what," right? Well, the walk down Broad Street was....."eh." I dont know what the hell my problem is. Its not like its New Jersey, for Christ's sake. But it IS the first apartment that we looked at, and I just think that we should see a few more before we take it, you know? But the signs are there. The landlord's name is SAL, the tenants seem pretty cool and low key, and Jackie recommended it. We'd also be on the same block as Jackie AND abinka (well, ALMOST). *head-ache setting in* Any advice??? Current Mood: anxious | | Tuesday, February 21st, 2006 | | 2:33 pm |
| | 1:18 pm |
Its waiting thats the WORST
Patience is a virtue that seemed to have skipped over me when I was born. As I have written in the past, Sal and I have to move within the next 2 months. We're looking at places, and it seems as though we'll be fine. We're finding things in our price range, and we'll be able to do it. But right now, all we can do is LOOK ......and wait. We're in that "in between" stage where you know that you're going to have to move soon, but you can't do anything about it yet because you still have a bit of time left on your current lease. This does NOT make me happy. Its like I'm allowing this "change" to take over my life or something. Quite frankly, I feel a little bit like a chump for taking this apartment two years ago. It was SO affordable. Then my realtor sold the building, a new landlord came in, and BOOM....."Starting April 30th, the rent that you pay for your dinky little apartment with closet doors falling off, paint chipping, a broken stove, disgusting carpeting, drafty windows, and a tiny bathroom will SKYROCKET into the $800's." *sigh* I'm sure it will be perfect for some waelthy grad student or someone like that. *sorry, just had to vent* Anyway, here I sit. Waiting. In a way, I'm happy about it: This will officially be Sal's and my first apartment together, which makes me smile. But the whole process......looking, down payments, packing, unpacking, bribing people to help, etc. is SUCH a pain in the ass! I just want it to be DONE with. Over. Finished. But until April, we're in limbo land. On a brighter note, I have officially finished knitting my huge feather and fan lacey shawl thing and its GORGEOUS!! I'll try and post pictures soon. I have also finished my first "shrug." It is baby blue Alpaca wool (a.k.a. the softest yarn in the WORLD) and the pattern that I used is a lacey traveling vine pattern. It is AWESOME! I'm realizing that nothing is really scary with knitting. If you can read, follow directions, and (worse case cenario) ask someone for help, you can knit/make ANYTHING! Time for me to start my day. I know, I know.....its almost 2 in the afternoon. But Mondays and Tuesdays are my Saturdays and Sundays. :-D Now THAT makes me happy! Current Mood: annoyed |
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