The Computer is BACK!

October 7, 2009
I try to get some snoozing going even though my alarm clock is set for 12:05 because I only have a 6:20 class tonight. Right before my alarm for 12:45 rings, I get a call from Corinne and catch up with her. I then procrastinate a load while watching Top Chef All Stars while working on a bowl of Special K Protein Plus with skim milk. I finally picking myself up to go to campus by 2:30 because I have my board meeting for the ACLU club.
After the meeting, I sit around in the library. I then get a call from Tekserve that my Macbook is finally done! Huzzah!!! Yess!! Jubilation! Yes!!
Part of this might be the angry email that I sent out and they responded that they would expedite the process and contact me today. At least it was with the final product. Then again, they had to replace the whole keyboard, trackpad, top cover thing. That’s another $140 and they didn’t even ask for permission, but what the fuck. Worst $400+ mistake ever made, but what the hell, it’s over and it will NOT happen again. This was a fuckin’ horrible experience.
I run to take the bus to 23rd. I then go all the way west to Tekserve. I grab a ticket and pay for the top cover. Then I decide that I need to get to my 6:20 class. It’s 6:10 and I need to get from 23rd and 6th to 4th and Broadway. That’s quite a while, but it only takes me 20 minutes getting there. I speed walk like a crazy person with people giving me weird looks, but at least I get to class only 10 minutes late, but sweaty as a fat man.
After class, it’s nice to go home and have my laptop. At night, I go with Evan to Karthik’s apartment and we watch South Park. We both take mad shots of tequila and I get a bit buzzed/drunk and then walk back with Evan pretty early.

October 8, 2009
I wake up and run over to Spanish class while eating two rice cakes. During Spanish, I make sure that I participate with ask some awesome questions. A lot of my classes are something like 20% attendance and participation. Think of it this way, “raise your hand, get +1 bonus points on your next test (even if you’re wrong), maybe another point if you get something right or say something very smart.” The math actually works pretty well like that.
I get back home and catch up with Corinne. Apparently she forgot my birthday and was really disappointed that she did so and that I didn’t mention it. Apparently she’s free next weekend and will drop by New York. Gonna be awesome.
I then go to the supermarket. Six pack of Sierra Nevada Anniversary Ale. Some rice cakes for breakfast. Some Wheat Thins and hummus. Baby carrots. Chicken breast and other ingredients for my cooking. Some diet soda for my drinking.
I get home and have a beer while cooking. Cook some brown rice. Dice up chicken breast and season with salt, pepper, spicy seasoning, and Szechuan hot pepper sauce. Cook that over oil. Remove chicken. Then cook garlic and mirepoix (French for onion, celery, and carrots) with some oil. It deglazes the pot really well of the seasoning and chicken remnants. After cooking that a bit, then add spinach. Throw in chicken. It turns out a bit too spicy, but I water a bit down. It’ll stay for a week. Good stuff. Brown rice, veg, and low fat chicken breast (shit literally has no fat). Done deal.
After slacking off a bit, I go to class. Afterwards, I go to the warehouse liquor story near NYU and grab a plastic handle of whiskey. At night, I sit around writing the blog and random stuff. I find out from Candace that they’re hanging out in Time Square at a bar. At 11:00ish, I head out to there. I get there and Chris Q, Candace, Theresa, and some others are there. It’s $6 beers there, which sucks. I only have 2. I end up singing It’s Not Unusual by Tom Jones. There’s singing, hanging out, and just good times. They try to get me to do the Single Ladies again, but I’m not drunk enough for that and I half ass it.
People are pretty darn drunk and we walk over to the 53rd and 6th Halal cart. It’s the “best” halal in the city. We hang out there sitting around for too long, while Candace had a bit too much and I hang with Theresa for most of the night. I end up getting by 4:00ish, not before shooting a call over to Bolanos and buying a 99 cent Arizona from the store.

October 9, 2009
I wake up to immediately walk over to this Thai place near me. It’s recommended from Yelp and I’m so hungry because I didn’t eat before I went to sleep last night. I get a lot of work done so that my weekend won’t be as bad. I don’t really do much for the day other than sitting at the computer and stuff.
At night, Josh and Jonah had dinner and whatnot and I end up meeting with them late. We go to Superdive, one of my new fav places for its college town atmosphere. We hang there for a bit until Josh says he wants to go and we leave. It’s a pretty chill night and fun to get out at least.

October 10, 2009
I nerd it up during the day and make a bit of money out of it.
Scott’s supposed to be coming into the city today. I try to coordinate things with Evan, but they go there immediately after pregaming at Evan’s and I have to go myself and meet them there.
I guess it’s not too bad because I pregame on Stickam and hang with Ela. We’ve been speaking a decent amount these days. Pregaming with some fun pop music, it’s good.
It’s a real bitch to get there because it’s in Chelsea on the West Side. This place better be darn with it because I have to take the 6 train down and then the L going west. It’s really annoying to find and it’s actually “in” a parking garage. I get there and turns out that Alon and Avi are in too. Wow, that’s pretty cool. Kerri and Jonah are there. Evan is darn drunk already. The place is pretty empty and I’m not really sure why we went all the way to the west side for this.
It’s on the water, but still, we’re the only ones outside. And it’s a bit chilly. And it’s empty there pretty much with no people or even ladies. It’s a weird system to get a beer and I need to use Scott’s paper thing to get a beer. I pregamed pretty well so I get darn drunk. We end up leaving because Avi says that we should go to Pomme Frites, that’s a good idea. That place sucked and I don’t know why we went all the way out there for that BS. It’s so annoying taking so many trains, so we take a cab. With four people, it’s def worth it. It saves so much time and turns out to cost cheaper than the MTA a lot of the time.
We get out there and then see that the line is so ridiculous there. I bring Avi over to Crif Dogs because he’s never been there. The other guys find their own food or something. I mention PDT, which I still really want to go to. Avi needs to use the bathroom and we actually walk into this really awesome restaurant. Turns out that it’s called the Yaffa Café. Awesome décor.
We meet up with the guys and stand around for a bit. Then we part ways because they have to go back to Great Neck and catch that 3:19. I hang out with Jonah while he grabs some Crif Dogs. I’m a super good boy and don’t eat any of that late night food. This diet thing is sick yo. I’m killing this shit. I get back home, drink loads of water, and go to sleep by 4-5:00.