i started feeling crappy about 3 nights ago and i stupidly went into work for 2 days and went on with my various appointments today, and i feel worse than ever. who gets sick in the summertime? this blows! my throat hurts so bad i can hardly swallow. all i've eaten in the last 3 days is 3 little bowls of soup. i guess getting sick is the best diet around.
i've also maintained a fever, chills and horrible body aches. it's really hot today, but if i turn of my A/C i can't stand the chills. i hate this. woe is me!
i'm desperate to get better before i get on a plane on monday. i'm so sick of sitting in my bed though, i can hardly stand it! thank god for my wi-fi! hold good thoughts for good health to come soon!
Friday, July 30, 2004
Wednesday, July 28, 2004
trite TV BS
one reality show i actually want to be on is the amazing race. i know, reality tv is ridiculous, the concepts are way out of hand, and it's on every channel every night of the week. but come on people, you have to admit that the idea behind the amazing race is really good. you and one other person (best friend, significant other, or relative) are a team racing around the world for a chance to win a million bucks! sounds pretty great to me. sure you have to do some crazy stuff, but of course they're not going to make earning a cool mil very easy.
the most fascinating part of the show is not the awesome places they get to go, but the socialogical aspects of the two people forming each team. they have to travel together for ungodly hours (like from argentina to russia after a 20 hour bus ride!), they have to perform scary tasks (like hangliding off of a mountain), and the most intersting challenge is when they have to pick one team member to do something awful (like eat a huge bowl of caviar!). the person that gets picked to perform the challenge always gets pissed at the one who doesn't... creating a rift in the team. the only thing the other person can do is cheer on their teammate (and thank god they didn't have to do it). it's good shit.
if i were to do the show, my ideal teammate would be wanna. she and i have traveled many times together and we do it well. regardless, we are always blessed with good fortune no matter where we are, even if we're penniless with no place to stay, something amazing will happen. we can become friends with complete strangers in a matter of minutes. i have an incredible sense of direction, she speaks a ton of languages and is used to foreign countries and we're both familiar with long flights. only problem, she doesn't have a US passport dammit (yes, i actually went online to get the entry form). oh well, i'll just have to wait til she gets hitched to an american boy.
the most fascinating part of the show is not the awesome places they get to go, but the socialogical aspects of the two people forming each team. they have to travel together for ungodly hours (like from argentina to russia after a 20 hour bus ride!), they have to perform scary tasks (like hangliding off of a mountain), and the most intersting challenge is when they have to pick one team member to do something awful (like eat a huge bowl of caviar!). the person that gets picked to perform the challenge always gets pissed at the one who doesn't... creating a rift in the team. the only thing the other person can do is cheer on their teammate (and thank god they didn't have to do it). it's good shit.
if i were to do the show, my ideal teammate would be wanna. she and i have traveled many times together and we do it well. regardless, we are always blessed with good fortune no matter where we are, even if we're penniless with no place to stay, something amazing will happen. we can become friends with complete strangers in a matter of minutes. i have an incredible sense of direction, she speaks a ton of languages and is used to foreign countries and we're both familiar with long flights. only problem, she doesn't have a US passport dammit (yes, i actually went online to get the entry form). oh well, i'll just have to wait til she gets hitched to an american boy.
Monday, July 26, 2004
stair sledding
as i took a break from the dance area at the soul music summit in the park last night, i happened upon some young dare devils. i watched an 8 year old girl shimmy her whole body into a plastic crate and take off down a huge flight of steep stone stairs! she was stair sledding... a concept i'd never dreamed of. leave it to a totally urban upbringing to make kids smart enough and crazy enough to come up with the idea.
when i asked the most daring girl what it was like she simply stated "it's fun, but it really hurts your butt!" i couldn't imagine. the strange thing was there were about 7 kids there either going down in the crates or just watching and cheering on their friends, but there were no parents to be found. i was worried the kids would fall out of the crates and break their necks or chip their teeth. but man, were they having some great unsupervised fun. i got to thinking "shit, am i gonna be that lame mom who won't let their kids do daring stuff?" i don't want to be that lady. but i sure as hell don't want to pay for extra doctor bills. i'm torn. guess i'll just have to wait and see...
here are some photos i snapped of the crazies (how cute are they???):
when i asked the most daring girl what it was like she simply stated "it's fun, but it really hurts your butt!" i couldn't imagine. the strange thing was there were about 7 kids there either going down in the crates or just watching and cheering on their friends, but there were no parents to be found. i was worried the kids would fall out of the crates and break their necks or chip their teeth. but man, were they having some great unsupervised fun. i got to thinking "shit, am i gonna be that lame mom who won't let their kids do daring stuff?" i don't want to be that lady. but i sure as hell don't want to pay for extra doctor bills. i'm torn. guess i'll just have to wait and see...
here are some photos i snapped of the crazies (how cute are they???):
Thursday, July 22, 2004
cleaning house
i decided after my summer of fun, i needed to take a small break. i'm in the midst of a week-long cleanse. just a quickie to get the system back on track. eating only fruits and veggies, supplemented with vitamins to clean out the toxins and cleanse the bowels. and yes, it's working. no drinking either which i think is doing the most good. i don't feel as sluggish and i have been the past few weeks. also been chilling at home for the most-part. doing work and vegging out a bit. it's nice. i'm feeling rejuvenated. i needed it. especially before the west coast driving trip. i'm expecting plenty of crappy eating along highway 1. getting excited to get out of the city though, that's for sure!
Monday, July 19, 2004
suckers!!!
muh ha ha ha...
so i suppose i can finally let the cat out of the bag. the "oh so secret" project i've been working on for months was for a show that aired on the scifi channel last night. you see, i was hired to create a fan site that was going to be a part of the show, the burried secret of m. night shyamalan. the "documentary" was supposed to follow mr. night and get a closer look at his filmmaking process, but the doc director dug too deep and discovered night's big secret. a publicity stunt was conjured from the beginning saying that night got upset about what they found about his life and was going to sue scifi for airing the show. but under the contract, scifi had legal authority to air the show anyway, which they did last night.
so not only was the website included in the show, it was simultaneously used for marketing the show. very clever! i was pretty impressed when i checked the web stats last week, seeing we had 3000 unique users. i thought that was pretty good for a fan site of someone not too too many people are even familiar with. but when i checked the stats today, there were 12,000 new users just from last night alone!!! people actually watched the show and looked for the site from the show! amazing how that works!
next when i checked the actual site this morning, the chat room was absolutely flooded with users. we kinda set that up as a fake chat not expecting people to actually use it. but low and behold, they were in there, all of them talking about the validity of the show. the site was super sloooow, like friendster's golden days. too many people! amazing.
and the forum discussions... HA! talk of life after death, ghosts, even aliens. friggin scifi freaks. i love it! nice that all the hard work is actually paying off.
so i suppose i can finally let the cat out of the bag. the "oh so secret" project i've been working on for months was for a show that aired on the scifi channel last night. you see, i was hired to create a fan site that was going to be a part of the show, the burried secret of m. night shyamalan. the "documentary" was supposed to follow mr. night and get a closer look at his filmmaking process, but the doc director dug too deep and discovered night's big secret. a publicity stunt was conjured from the beginning saying that night got upset about what they found about his life and was going to sue scifi for airing the show. but under the contract, scifi had legal authority to air the show anyway, which they did last night.
so not only was the website included in the show, it was simultaneously used for marketing the show. very clever! i was pretty impressed when i checked the web stats last week, seeing we had 3000 unique users. i thought that was pretty good for a fan site of someone not too too many people are even familiar with. but when i checked the stats today, there were 12,000 new users just from last night alone!!! people actually watched the show and looked for the site from the show! amazing how that works!
next when i checked the actual site this morning, the chat room was absolutely flooded with users. we kinda set that up as a fake chat not expecting people to actually use it. but low and behold, they were in there, all of them talking about the validity of the show. the site was super sloooow, like friendster's golden days. too many people! amazing.
and the forum discussions... HA! talk of life after death, ghosts, even aliens. friggin scifi freaks. i love it! nice that all the hard work is actually paying off.
Friday, July 16, 2004
too much fun
this week has been a little too much for pushing-30 meggie. oh yes. last night i tried to remember the last time i just chilled at home with a spliff, and i couldn't. i've been on a constant going out, drinking binge and it finally got to me last night. i need to mellow out on the beverage consumption.
it's been a never-ending booze fest ever since last friday, when my friend greg rolled through town, telling me to meet him at some bar. yeah, the bartender happened to be a friend who happened to love giving us shots of random shit. that was followed by wine at dinner, followed by sake and beer later. ew! i almost declined the invitation to philly the next day because of my ridiculous hangover that morning. but no. i get to philly and what do we do? DRINK! lots of fantastic really expensive wine.
then comes monday and the prince concert! oh, it was soooooo good! i heart prince. but i start off meeting bob for beer before the show. we assumed beer at MSG would be over $10 for a little cup of bud. but to our surprise, it was only $6.50 for a medium sized cup of imported beer. not that bad. so we decided to double fist it. oh god!
next night... met a friend who worked at APT who hooked us up with free drinks all night. at this point, i'm just asking myself "why?" wednesday night, was vicki's show. more beer, more beer, more beer! AND last night, before going to the outdoor screening of "the general" in prospect park, my friend fernando and i pounded 2 giant sapporos because they wouldn't let us in with booze. disgusting.
i feel gross and i had to unbutton my "loose" pants yesterday. this madness has got to stop!
the good news though: i was introduced to a brooklyn "delivery" dude last night with the serious goods... great quality and quantity for a great price. no more drinking for me!!!!
it's been a never-ending booze fest ever since last friday, when my friend greg rolled through town, telling me to meet him at some bar. yeah, the bartender happened to be a friend who happened to love giving us shots of random shit. that was followed by wine at dinner, followed by sake and beer later. ew! i almost declined the invitation to philly the next day because of my ridiculous hangover that morning. but no. i get to philly and what do we do? DRINK! lots of fantastic really expensive wine.
then comes monday and the prince concert! oh, it was soooooo good! i heart prince. but i start off meeting bob for beer before the show. we assumed beer at MSG would be over $10 for a little cup of bud. but to our surprise, it was only $6.50 for a medium sized cup of imported beer. not that bad. so we decided to double fist it. oh god!
next night... met a friend who worked at APT who hooked us up with free drinks all night. at this point, i'm just asking myself "why?" wednesday night, was vicki's show. more beer, more beer, more beer! AND last night, before going to the outdoor screening of "the general" in prospect park, my friend fernando and i pounded 2 giant sapporos because they wouldn't let us in with booze. disgusting.
i feel gross and i had to unbutton my "loose" pants yesterday. this madness has got to stop!
the good news though: i was introduced to a brooklyn "delivery" dude last night with the serious goods... great quality and quantity for a great price. no more drinking for me!!!!
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
The white girl shuffle
After two fort greene park free music festivities the past couple of days, I’ve come to discover that I am no longer the girl in the crowd that looks good grooving to the funky beat. On the contrary, in Brooklyn, among some of the best dancers I’ve ever seen, I’m really just plain average. In LA, during the height of my club-going days, I actually think I was pretty good. People around me would give me props on the butt shaking skills and I honestly felt like I could keep up with the best of them on the dance floor. Well, in NY, those days are over.
Sunday was the soul music summit in the park. I got there pretty late, but the crowd was happening. The dance floor area was packed, little circles of insanely beautiful black men and women completely lost in the music, their bodies freely flowing into some of the most fantastic dance moves I’ve ever witnessed. I was amazed and in awe. Their energy alone was intimidating, not to mention how easy they made it look. I couldn’t even begin to keep up with this crowd. I thought maybe I was just tired that night, or I wasn’t really feeling the music, but come on…. in a crowd that full of life, it’d be hard not to get lost in it.
This happened again last night for the free wunmi/rich medina show. More gorgeous Brooklyn folks getting down and looking fantastic. I got into it a couple times last night, but I just felt like had to try, instead of just letting it flow, you know? UGH! Regardless, the music and the energy and the spirit made me feel damn good. I’ll get over my own white girl shit soon enough. Just an adjustment phase. And like a certain some one mentioned, we’ll still look good in a crowd of white folks. HA!!
Sunday was the soul music summit in the park. I got there pretty late, but the crowd was happening. The dance floor area was packed, little circles of insanely beautiful black men and women completely lost in the music, their bodies freely flowing into some of the most fantastic dance moves I’ve ever witnessed. I was amazed and in awe. Their energy alone was intimidating, not to mention how easy they made it look. I couldn’t even begin to keep up with this crowd. I thought maybe I was just tired that night, or I wasn’t really feeling the music, but come on…. in a crowd that full of life, it’d be hard not to get lost in it.
This happened again last night for the free wunmi/rich medina show. More gorgeous Brooklyn folks getting down and looking fantastic. I got into it a couple times last night, but I just felt like had to try, instead of just letting it flow, you know? UGH! Regardless, the music and the energy and the spirit made me feel damn good. I’ll get over my own white girl shit soon enough. Just an adjustment phase. And like a certain some one mentioned, we’ll still look good in a crowd of white folks. HA!!
Tuesday, July 13, 2004
the royal treatment
dang. i say dang.
did i get TREATED this weekend! woo-hoo!
it was the screening/end of the big production for the project i've been stealthly working on for the past few months and there was a PAR-TAY at mr. night shyamalan's farm. actually, it's called THE farm. that kills me.
anyway, this is his work place... a giant estate outside of philadelphia in an ultra posh neighborhood. acres of rolling green hills, an enormous pond swarming with canadian geese, weeping willows, the biggest tree swing you've ever seen, a fantastic farmhouse mansion (which act as his offices), and an old barn converted into state of the art editing suites and the nicest screening room you've ever seen. we're talking FAN-CY! we got treated to booze and hors d'oeurves made by night's personal chef. then off to the screening of the project which was long, but cool to see on the big screen. my name in credits and all. pretty neat. then dessert, more wine and the tree swing, which was my favorite part.
lots of nice people to chat with and a surprise visitor which made me very happy to see!
and that wasn't it... after the shindig, we were treated AGAIN to eating at the nicest restaurant in philly. a table of about 14 or 15 of us drinking the finest wines i know i've ever had. and they just kept coming. 3 whites and 3 reds. and the FOOD! i kept saying in my tipsyness "now this is living!" i was just plain giddy from the poshness of it all.
and THAT wasn't it either... we were then treated to fantastic hotel room with one of the biggest comfiest beds ever. i was pleasantly drunk, took a bath in the nice tub and stumbled off to a perfect night's sleep with my boyfriend. AND woke up with no hangover what-so-ever. the beauty of drinking the good stuff.
i'm at the point in my life where i say that money doesn't matter for living happily, but shit, when you get a taste of that kind of royal treatment, sometimes, i want to be rich really really bad.
did i get TREATED this weekend! woo-hoo!
it was the screening/end of the big production for the project i've been stealthly working on for the past few months and there was a PAR-TAY at mr. night shyamalan's farm. actually, it's called THE farm. that kills me.
anyway, this is his work place... a giant estate outside of philadelphia in an ultra posh neighborhood. acres of rolling green hills, an enormous pond swarming with canadian geese, weeping willows, the biggest tree swing you've ever seen, a fantastic farmhouse mansion (which act as his offices), and an old barn converted into state of the art editing suites and the nicest screening room you've ever seen. we're talking FAN-CY! we got treated to booze and hors d'oeurves made by night's personal chef. then off to the screening of the project which was long, but cool to see on the big screen. my name in credits and all. pretty neat. then dessert, more wine and the tree swing, which was my favorite part.
lots of nice people to chat with and a surprise visitor which made me very happy to see!
and that wasn't it... after the shindig, we were treated AGAIN to eating at the nicest restaurant in philly. a table of about 14 or 15 of us drinking the finest wines i know i've ever had. and they just kept coming. 3 whites and 3 reds. and the FOOD! i kept saying in my tipsyness "now this is living!" i was just plain giddy from the poshness of it all.
and THAT wasn't it either... we were then treated to fantastic hotel room with one of the biggest comfiest beds ever. i was pleasantly drunk, took a bath in the nice tub and stumbled off to a perfect night's sleep with my boyfriend. AND woke up with no hangover what-so-ever. the beauty of drinking the good stuff.
i'm at the point in my life where i say that money doesn't matter for living happily, but shit, when you get a taste of that kind of royal treatment, sometimes, i want to be rich really really bad.
Thursday, July 08, 2004
down dog in the hood
i found the perfect place for yoga in the neighborhood tonight. i've been putting off going to a class for ages, but my mom sent along my old yoga mat in the last shipment from san diego, so i had no excuses. i searched around online and found this place. a dance center, minutes from my house. not only do they have yoga classes, they also have african, afro-caribbean, and modern... all classes i'm down to take. and the best part: classes are a measly $11 for an hour and a half! the one yoga class i took before in the city was $16. a big difference!
AND the class was great. only 6 of us, all from the neighborhood, with very individually focussed attention. i've never had that in yoga classes before. i'm usually sticking my butt in my neighbor's face while the teacher hardly notices me. a nice change. i'm gonna make myself keep it up. loving the new fort greene discoveries!
AND the class was great. only 6 of us, all from the neighborhood, with very individually focussed attention. i've never had that in yoga classes before. i'm usually sticking my butt in my neighbor's face while the teacher hardly notices me. a nice change. i'm gonna make myself keep it up. loving the new fort greene discoveries!
Tuesday, July 06, 2004
101 posts!
hey, this is my 101st post to this here blog since october of last year. it's been fun letting you all in on parts of the happenings in of my life. thanks for reading along! i've been able to keep my old blogger friend (the O.B.--that's "original blogger"--person responsible for me starting this) up to date, have met an awesome new blogger friend who reads and comments regularly, even inspired my computer-phobic friend to start her own blog, and of course (the purpose of this blog) had my contingent in LA, NY, london, etc., keep abreast of the latest goings-on. more to come, so stay tuned... (and keep up the comments so i know your reading!)
Saturday, July 03, 2004
off to PS1
finally. i've been hearing about these PS1 summer time events for some time now and i finally get to go today.
i'm affraid it's going to be too packed with too many scenesters, but fuck it. i wanna go.
plus, i have 2 friends from LA in town and alex is making special brownies. guess you can't really go wrong.
AND peanut butter wolf and madlib! AND i just saw in time out... more drawings from my favorite artist from the whitney biennial exhibit: ernesto caivano. nice.
ok, i'm excited.
i'm affraid it's going to be too packed with too many scenesters, but fuck it. i wanna go.
plus, i have 2 friends from LA in town and alex is making special brownies. guess you can't really go wrong.
AND peanut butter wolf and madlib! AND i just saw in time out... more drawings from my favorite artist from the whitney biennial exhibit: ernesto caivano. nice.
ok, i'm excited.
Thursday, July 01, 2004
city escape
yesterday i went up to westchester county to stay with vicki at her parent's empty house in pound ridge. the town is so cute and east-coast-quaint and the houses were pretty damn snazzy, in that upper crust colonial sort of way. i loved it.
it was so nice to escape the city for a day/night. we wandered around the little shops in town, ate sandwiches from the deli in the town square and later sipped wine on the giant deck over looking tons of bright green trees during golden hour. the sunset was spectacular and the moon rise was even better. i forget how nice it is to get out of the city. it wasn't like that in LA. just hop in the car and you're at the beach or mountains in minutes. here, it's a bit more of a chore, BUT i think it makes you appreciate getting out that much more.
it was so nice to escape the city for a day/night. we wandered around the little shops in town, ate sandwiches from the deli in the town square and later sipped wine on the giant deck over looking tons of bright green trees during golden hour. the sunset was spectacular and the moon rise was even better. i forget how nice it is to get out of the city. it wasn't like that in LA. just hop in the car and you're at the beach or mountains in minutes. here, it's a bit more of a chore, BUT i think it makes you appreciate getting out that much more.
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