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November 7, 2008
I go with Evan to grab some food. We go to the big liquor store near NYU where he gets me two handles because they’re so cheap. I get one that’s cherry Georgi, which turns out to be disgusting.
I find out that Evan’s busy and doesn’t want to go to the bar party and we’re invited too. Derrick, who was Gianfranco’s friend that visited Prague, is having a shindig. I was invited through Facebook. I’m gonna be seeing lots of people that I haven’t seen in a while like Gianfranco.
I get there past 12:00, the thing starts at 11:00. There’s a lot of drifting around for me. I say Hi to a lot of people, but it’s mostly short convos and awkwardly floating around. Gianfranco eventually comes and I take a shot with him. Someone else buys me a shot and I buy two beers through the night. By the end of the night, I’m pretty shitfaced.
In the end, it’s really great seeing people again, but I don’t feel I established links well enough, so I’m not really optimistic that I might be seeing these people again or hanging out with them. It’s quite a hit to be seeing all the people from Prague.
I end up leaving by 2:20 and get KFC on the walk back. Hopefully tomorrow is fun.

November 17, 2008
It was a slow weekend since no one was around. Didn’t really do anything, though a lot of time on Stickam speaking to Nikki, who again I’ve been speaking to more than anyone else I know.
At least I’ve been reading about of a lot Constitutional Law stuff like the cases dealing with Guantanamo, free speech for class, and religion clauses for a paper.
I have an ALCU meeting, which is the second to last. I speak to some random people about the Politics classes and there’s just some food next time, that’s about it. Hopefully I’ll become better involved next semester.
I find out that I get into the NYU Law Shadowing program. I get to speak to a NYU Law (Top 5 law school in the country) student and attend one of his classes. It’s an amazing opportunity.

November 21, 2008
So it turns out that the first year Con. Law class that I get to go too is pretty cool. I spent hours before it reading Roe and Griswold. The professor is a great lecturer. Doesn’t stumble when speaking, prepared, and quick. I don’t know if that’s a good thing, but I like fast speakers.
The class actually turns out to be a lot like my Civil Liberties class. She gives a lecture on the thinking of the Court when deciding the case and allows people to give their opinions. From their opinions and how many people are taking notes/paying attention, it seems that I would really hold my own if I was in that class. Then again, I can’t really dig on them because they got into the school, something that I will not be doing…
Anyway speaking about that, I’ve had a great fire this semester of reading cases along with what my class asks for. Here’s some stuff that I’ve just spent hours and hours reading. And listening through podcasts.

Free Exercise Clause
Establishment Clause
Eminent Domain
Free Speech
Incorporation
Administrative law, Chevron deference, legislative veto
Lochner era, striking down of it
Substantive due process, Roe, Griswold, Carhart
Gitmo cases, Boumedeine, Rasul, Hamdi, Hamdan (watching ALCU movie)
Campain Reform/Spending
4th Amendment, exclusionary rule
Judicial jurisprudence

Evan said earlier that we should be doing stuff tonight. Lets see if that happens.
We end up going to the bar near us. We know the bartender and he makes up a deal of two Miller High Life for $5. I take that while Evan goes four gin and tonics deep. We then take a cab to Still, a popular NYU place. The place is poppin’ and loaded with people.
I get another beer since I’m taking it not too harshly. However, Evan gets two gin and tonics. I try to get him to work the shit and he actually shmoozes it up a bit with a really cute asian girl. However, he doesn’t follow it up and he loses her to another guy. I try to get him to wing with me otherwise, but that doesn’t work out since he ends up superdrunk. We go to Karthik’s place, stand around for a bit, he’s drunk, we leave, we get food, take a cab back, and end of night.
Although the game wasn’t thrown down hard, we were out and Evan finally got drunk. A great night in context.

November 30, 2008
Lots of people want to go to Dino, but there are issues. It’s an over an hour trip for me. It’s a long subway ride from 1st Ave to 131st. There’s also walking. They also don’t have ressies, so what’s that! I don’t really trust the fact that they might not get in or it will be an hour wait or something.
Turns out that they do get in, but they don’t do anything for the night, what a good plan for the night….
At 2:30ish, I go to this place I found on Sunny and Annie’s from Yelp. This is the review I wrote.
I just walked back from Sunny and Annie’s. It’s by far the best I’ve had in the East Village. I walk in and ask for the Monalisa. The guy throws in a breaded chicken cutlet in the microwave. The Korean guy that runs the place shouts at the people in the bathroom that they shouldn’t be using it and how he spent $700 in fixing it.
The guy flattened my roll and I’m confused why he’s doing it. It’s toasted. Then loads of roasted peppers are thrown on. Then at least 4-5 leaves of fresh basil. Then multiple slices of fresh mozzarella. If you guys care of about food, yes, FRESH mozzarella is put on. Then a load of balsamic. Then on with the cutlet. It costs $5.50.
I walk away eating it and I might’ve ejaculated in my pants. The sandwich is so big that it makes sense that the roll was flattened. After eating it, I realized in my bag that there’s a pickle in aluminum foil. A nice finishing to the best sandwich I’ve had. Go there, it’s so good.

December 1, 2008
The day is slow. I do a Psych study that is really boring and annoying. I just stare a boring screen and get shocked. It doesn’t hurt, but it’s annoying to sit there still for 30 minutes. So annoying.
Anyway, Stickam update.
I’ve been speaking to Corinne actually a lot. She calls me during her work breaks and we speak on AIM a lot during the weekend. She’s been recently going live, so I spend a lot of time there. She’s apparently coming to NYC in January.
It’s strange that so many people have disappeared off of Stickam. Then again, I guess people have lives.

December 5, 2008
It’s Boris’ birthday and I start drinking at night. We only go out at 12:00. Before that, I go to the Russain liquor store to pick up a bottle of JD because Evan thinks we should get a gift for him.
It’s at an apartment very close to us. It’s a pretty busy party, but Boris leave immediately and we go outside to stand around with Karthik, who’s pretty drunk. We stand around like idiots for a while and I tell Evan, we gotta move and do something. We have to either go back into the party or follow people who are leaving for a bar. Instead, we stand around for a while and try following the people.
We end up losing them and it turns to be a cock fest of a few drunk doods. Karthik’s drunk and wanders off. The other doods end up losing themselves or whatever. A waste of a party.

December 12, 2008
I’m invited on Facebook to this bar thing because Jenn, one of the girls I knew from Prague is moving back to LA. This again is like the thing I was invited too with Derek and Gianfranco. It’s going to be Prague people that I haven’t seen or talked to, but what am I going to do? Stay in and be a weirdo instead of going out and try to feel shit out?
Evan and I go to Five Guys for a bit. While I only needed 1 handle, I forgot to tell him. He got me two and there’s only 1 week of school left. Also, the night before, Brian was at Evan’s. He apparently also watches Pick Up and we have a paralleled conversation over it. It’s interesting because he’s used it to success and he’s also watch the episodes like me. We speak a lot about it and exchange ideas about it.
I pregame really hard and also find out that Evan isn’t coming with me. Socially anxiety is a killer and pregaming really hard does a good work on that. When I get there, I grab a beer. I see a lot of the peoples and they’re pretty darn nice to me. Charlotte is pretty and for some reason playing with my hair and stuff. Liz and I speak about Gossip Girl for a while. I hang with Allyse and her brother, Brendan for most of the night with his two cops friends. They joke that they have to get me more Irish and get a double shot of Jameson. I was already really shitfaced when I got there. The beer pushes me, the double shot really shoves me. I need a break and go outside for a “cig.” Instead, I’m super drunk and go over to the pizza and grab a drunk slice.
I get back and all inhibitions are dropped by then. They’ve ordered by another double shot and I take it. I’m so shitfaced that even the bartender notices by giving me a glass of water. That’s fuckin so embarrassing. We then go outside for a bit and the bouncer tells Brendan that I can’t go back in. I was planning to leave anyway because I was so drunk. I end up shamefully leaving and having to take someone’s number so I text when I get home safely.