Ela Mentions the Blog

August 1, 2010
Darwin’s Albums of 2010 (so far, in no order)

Corinne Baily Rae – The Sea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO7KrgALE2k

Beach House – Teen Dream
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITOAtVwF5Wc

Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fp73J6VjII

Black Keys – Brothers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBAHyK8N8fw

Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZyCOvrGEoI

Dessa – A Badly Broken Code
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eQL3BrRqM8

The Like – Release Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IBPbCjY8aA

The Morning Benders – Big Echo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jaBxDBMCUY

Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STwVx6ynYjk

August 4, 2010
This is what Ela said about the blog:
“today i was out. with belanos. we ate currywurst for the first time of my life. it was awesome. then we bought beer. though we are not even 21 yet. it was an exciting mission. but we succeded. wow what an experience. i came home at 2ish. at home i recognized that i smell. so i took a shower for like 10 minutes. im fresh again. yeeehaaaa.”
Not sure what to say about it, but it’s pretty spot on and hilarious.
Either way, she’s still all scared and worried about the US and coming here in two weeks. She’ll deal with adapting with the culture and everything, but I can understand being homesick for family and friends and stuff. I keep telling her to stop bitching.

August 5, 2010
I have work then go food shopping for some salad mix, Crystal Light, frozen chicken breast, Kashi Go Lean Crunchy (soooo crunchy and healthy to boot, suggested), and a salad from the salad bar. Boy, I guess you’re really on a diet when a salad tastes like a treat. Peppers, brocolli, balsamic (no oil), cucumber, cherry tomatoes, and loads of egg whites from hard boiled eggs. I would prefer chicken if they had it… Anyway, shit’s so good.
I get home, I chillax for a bit. Then time for pull-ups and biceps.
Erdem calls me about dinner. Convo goes like.
H: You wanna get dinner?
D: Sure, where?
H: Wings.
D: Naw, I’m good. Thanks though.
H: Can you help us find wings?
D: Like what? Harbor? Hooters?
H: No, look it up, WINGS!
D: I don’t know what you want. Bars like Donovans have wings. Lemme look… I mean, Korean fried chicken?
H: No, that’s expensive, WINGS!
D: Hasan, you don’t understand, there’s no such thing. I just gave you options for wings.
H: Find WINGS! WINGS WINGS WINGS!
D: This is ridiculous, I need to go.
H: Oh cmon! Help us find WINGS! WINGS WINGS!
D: Bye Hasan…
I’m glad he’s still his ridiculous self. It’s all pretty harmless and stupid, but it still reminds me of how much of a waste planning stuff with him can be. All it is is excuse after excuse. Sometimes the excuses are pretty fucking great.
Example, how about we go into the city? Nope, Hasan’s been there, done that. By the way guys, if you kids weren’t aware, from ages 19-20, Mr. Erdem was the son of an UAE oil tycoon. He tore up New York City, spending over $100,000 in certain nights. Man’s a legend. Not even, man is myth.

August 6, 2010
I have a Yelp event to go to and I head in a bit late. I get into the city by 8ish and I take a cab to Lucky Strike lanes. It’s from 7-9, but I should still be able to hit some of it up. I go to the place and the guy in the front asks if I’m there for the event and I say Yes. He’s not a Yelp person checking names, just a regular bouncer checking IDs.
I go to the bar and the place is way empty. I ask the bartender what the Yelp event specials are. She has no idea what I’m talking about. I go to the lanes and they’re a few parties of people playing pool and bowling. It’s like absolutely dead. I leave and it’s only 8:20. I head downtown and wait around at Kim’s Music Store and grab a Subway sandwich while waiting for people to head in.
We meet up with Stefan and Avi. Then come Miah, Alon, and Kenny. We move to Doc Holidays. After that, we meet Atron and go to Sophies. We actually meet the main character from The Pacific and Rubicon. Avi spots him. It’s pretty awesome running into a celebrity. It seems like people have that happen in LA, but it’s much rare in NYC.

August 8, 2010
I go on Yelp to look up the review of the event. Yes, the site even has reviews for events it throws. I look at the pictures and it seems like it was a mighty poppin’ situation. Buckets of UFO beer, little gourmet snacks, free knick knacks, free t-shirts, loads of people bowling and posing for pictures. I’m thinking to myself…. What? It wasn’t like that at all.
Lameboat, I should’ve showed up on time. It turns out that the lanes have a lounge attached to building. You have to go to the end of the bar and go through a certain area to get to it. Great… The bouncer didn’t know to direct me to the attached other part of their establishment. The bartender had no clue what was happening that night. Meh, guess next time I should really find out what the deal is before assuming that the event was “dead.”