I promised Alice I'd get her little girl into preschool, and I haven't had any luck. I ate a cheesecake, I took a nap, what more can one man do?

We're gassing up for Fourth of July weekend at 405. K has to work Saturday, so it's up to O and I to get things done. Probably a run to BJ's Wholesale to get meat and whatever else we plan to grill. It's completely B.Y.O.B, but we're still going to grab a few cases of Yuengling.

I realized today that I don't post a single photo on Flickr any more, I just wait for O and to see if I'm in any of them. He posted the Coney Island Mermaid Day Parade 09 photos... see above.

Went back to Bone Lick Park for brunch on Saturday with Jarrod and O and N (K went surfing in Long Beach). I'm starting to realize I'm either becoming a brunch snob (I can't take more watery mimosas, even if they are unlimited) but since TONY came out with the all inclusive brunch issues, I feel less bad.
Speaking of that, K and I walked around the neighborhood and ended up in Wombat on Grand. I had the duck hash, which was pretty badass, and she had the salt cod scramble. Apparently they have lobster like crazy there, so I'm going to get practice in before we take our vacation to Cape Cod.

Work is steady, work is good. I begged to go back to an 8-4 shift instead of 9-5. It's a lot better since I wake up early, I prefer to get off early. It's an adult dilemma, I know.

For her, all seven deadly sins!

Last night headed to a going away party for a friend at Washington Commons. A great bar with a decent backyard.

Had to cut everything short due to the beginning of my Dr. appointments in the city. Spent nearly two hours in an MRI tube that looked like something out of THX 1138 and then onto a series of CATscans. A fun morning!

Tomorrow K's brother is returning from basic training, so there is a thing down at Down The Hatch.

I'm always trying to brighten your Mondays!

Discomfort is very much part of my master plan.

This week flew by again.
K and I went and saw Apostle of Hustle and Brian Bonz at the Bowery Ballroom. Drank $1 beers and fell back in love with shoestring fries at Epsteins (corner of Allen and Stanton).
Thursday we went and saw The Hangover. Great. Great. Great. One person that's never really mentioned to be part of the whole pack of new comedians is Kim Jeong (the doctor in Knocked Up...Pineapple Express... Role Models)
Last night we went drinking on a ship, The Frying Pan. Awesome. The boat did pitch a bit early in the night though, but they have a DJ down in the quarters. Rock.
Brunch at Bone Lick Park in Greenwich. Turkey Sausage with Gravy Biscuits and unlimited Bloody Marys. I've had a lot better drinks at Teddy's (still singing the praises of that place) but the food was good.
Tomorrow we're doing a sunrise Coney Island trip to take photos, and then back to my old apartment in Kensington to wrap some things up and then the Big Apple BBQ Fest at Bryant Park.

He's gonna give away a thousand dollars! Someone's gonna get a thousand dollars! Who d'ya think's gonna get a thousand dollars?

I visit The Strand at least twice a week. My friend Samantha had always told me how she hated working there while at Borders, and I've never had the heart to tell her that it's the place where I get the majority of my books.

Tonight was Adriane Tomine and Seth as panel speakers as a precursor to the Museum of Cartoon and Comic Art Festival 2009.
This weekend brings a lot of backyard BBQ's including one from this lady, Ms. Emily Nemens. I'm told that I will learn Bocci Ball as well as the finer things of submitting articles to McSweeney's, which I still wait with bated breathe on notice.

Michael you would fall and turn the white snow red as strawberries

I'm insanely proud of myself for reading Less Than Zero in one day.
I re-read it because of, naturally, the correlation between novel and song of Elvis Costello. And Elvis Costello is having a show in NYC where in which there are no tickets: only a secret handshake and code word will allow you to get to see one of the greatest artist of our times.
The first time I heard Elvis Costello was Allison where I had left the bar with a friend who continually explained that she was named after the Elvis Costello song.
I've finally got everything moved into the loft in Bushwick, and am happy to say it's been great thus far. I like being back in north Brooklyn as opposed to south Brooklyn. I will miss Prospect Park being right outside my window, I will miss Park Slope, I'll miss being able to stop by Rocketship on the way home from work, but c'mon, it's Bushwick.

To take a point and turn it, Soju. I fell in love with Soju sometime before, and now have a steady supply of it in the fridge. Chum-Churum in fact. The potato based concoction has a lot of great history to it.

Registering for the Mermaid Parade. I think I may go as Neptune.