Ultimate Doom

No I'm not talking about the biggest stock market point drop in history (there I go again always being in the center of the action), my hard drive crashed!

Yes, my trusty computer, which has been by my side constantly for over three years now, has bought it. Everything else works (I'm using a ubuntu live CD in case anyone wants to know how I'm typing this), but I loose that copy of SimCity 4 I've been playing for over three years, and I loose my resume and work samples, and I loose my videos of Peter Kay, Ricky Gervais, those Jaguar ads, etc.

The only thing I don't loose is my music. So at least it wasn't everything. But it was more than enough to go into mourning.

A Bronx Tale

I went to The Bronx on saturday night. Yeah, night! Boy was it an adventure.

When you get off the train, you are greeted by both the old and the new Yankee Stadiums right next door to each other. I have to admit, I am furiously against tearing down old stadiums, but the new Yankee Stadium is very, very impressive. Unlike the rubbish new English football grounds, this one actually resembles the old stadium, and says 'Yankee Stadium" in engraved gold letters. And seeing them both together is certainly a treat.

The rest of the Bronx is ghetto. Really ghetto. I was joking with some of the bums in the liquor store, but truth be told, it has been a long time since Hallandale. The party was great though, and their apartment overlooked the stadiums and you could see manhattan as well.

Coming back on the train, it was completely packed with all sorts of weird people. A lady kept jokingly putting her hand over my mouth when I would yawn, and this really odd chap got on with his kids and said rather strange things to them. A load of other stuff happened too. We kept joking this train was going to turn into a club like in that Fabolous video.

Cooling Off

It seems like someone threw a switch mid-week as the temperature went from 'nice but humid' to 'cold' in about two days. I suppose I'll save on cooling costs, and it's nice to sleep when its cold, as opposed to when it's warm and muggy.

I finally saw something I only thought happened in commercials the other day. I was walking to work past a construction site and an attractive woman was walking towards me and smiling, and then I found out why. The construction workers were making noises and suggestive remarks towards her. I didn't think that happened in real life!

Mullett Shoes!

You heard it hear first!

I was at a Fashion Week party the other day and I was talking to a desinger about how guys always have a hard time getting into clubs because of shoes, and I suggested 'Mullet Shoes' Business up front (looks like a nice pair of shoes), party out back (they're backless). So when you see them on your street, know who they came from!

I balanced out the effect of going to a 'fashion' party by going to watch Southampton play today at Nevada Smiths. They lost of course, but that's not the point.

Art Museum

I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art today, as I felt that I haven't done enough "cultural" things here in New York. It was very big, but they did have quite a few famous painting, including a few Rembrant and Van Gough painting that just about everyone in the world has seen. And continuing my theme of seeing the picture of Washington on the $1 bill at the library, they had Franklin's portrait from the $100 bill.

Oh and way to go Murray! They've set up a special viewing station to watch the tennis in Madison Square Park, so I will definatly be watching tomorrow!

GossipGirl Is Rubbish!

I watched the series premire of 'GossipGirl' the other day, simply becuase of the fantasic adds all over town. They're pictures of the show's hot, young stars in "compomising positions" with quotes from reviews saying things like "Every parent's worst nightmare!" and "ming-blowingly innapropriate!".

Well the show is absolute crap. It's a poor man's version of 'The OC'. And as for being edgy and scandalous well... Skins makes it look like 'Teletubbies'. Hell, that trailer alone is far worse than anything I've seen on American telly. But what let's 'Skins' get away with it, is that it's a damn good show!