May 22, 2008

May 22, 2008

First of all, weather.com is stupid. I try to plan the BBQ for the past few days and it keeps saying that there might be rain. I look outside multiple times and it’s the complete opposite, clear skies and sunny.

I guess at least Friday is 100% good weather, though we’ll see how bad people are and if it actually ends up happening.

Speaking about how bad people are. So Miah, Spamps, and I have draft packs from a while ago and should have enough to do a 4 man draft. I ask Miah about them and he tells me which packs he has. I then look and find mine.

I ask Spamps about his packs with the prospect of maybe drafting yesterday. He tells me which ones he has and says they’re “next to him.” That night, I confirm with Miah, Spamps, and Hasan that we will be doing the draft and that Spamps’ usual dinner plans won’t interrupt things because Miah slows down the draft a bit.

Now comes the next day, I get a complete 180% for him. He now tells me that he might have to eat at home… Okay…

He then tells me that he needs to find the packs and basically lied out of laziness that he actually had them. He gives me a BS excuse about “I said they were next to me, in the cabinet, I didn’t actually look for or see them at all.” That’s playing with words, when you say something is next to you, that means you have it basically in your hands and its there. He should’ve just said he didn’t have them, had to look for them, and shouldn’t have agreed to the plans last night.

I try to needle him into finding them or finding out whether he has to eat at home, but I think laziness sets in again for him. This is also with the fact that we can have other plans going on with basketball, which Aaron has been suggesting. Sigh…

May 23, 2008

Hasan surprisingly calls me early before 2:00. He said the day before not to call him until 4:30 because of his unique sleep schedule. We planned for the BBQ today.

I try to gather people and getting Miah and Spamps together and moving is rough. Miah for some reason isn’t picking up and responding, so Spamps and I have to wait a while and get to his house past 3:30. We spend a long time picking up all the random things for the BBQ.

We then go to Waldbaum’s to meet Hasan and Aaron. Hasan says no one wants to do the BBQ and we call Alon, who’s back. We buy hot dogs, burgers, drinks, chips, and a $12 watermelon. It’s not a bad deal at $6/person since we had 8 people with Tomer and Kenny coming along too. I take money from two people, but end up paying $10. Whatever.

We get to Kings Point Park and have a good BBQ. Eating burgers is good.

We get to DnD parking lot at 8-9:00 after the BBQ. We get a call from Stefan. He speaks to Aaron about going to Arthur’s and Aaron departs for that gathering. The rest of us go to Spamps’ basement to play Wii Smash.

I play it for a lot, but stop after a while and look for something else to do. Miah and I surf 4chan for a long time. Aaron calls at 1:30 saying that things at Arthur’s is ending. I meet with him and we go to Wendy’s for a burger. When we get back, everyone is leaving Spamps’.

We decide to go to Astoria with Hasan, Miah, Aaron, and I. We find out that “Warehouse” stopped serving hookah at the time. We go to another place and the service is horrible. It takes a long time to get an order in. We wait past 5 minutes for our simple hookahs and when we ask about it, it turns out that the waitress forgot our order… At 3:00 when the place is pretty empty.

We end up leaving. I get Aaron to buy me a Molson XXX. I work on that in the parking lot. Miah gets dropped off and the rest of us three smoke a blunt. I get super high and get back by 4:30 and immediately pass out.

May 19, 2008

So fucking CNF tries to IM me and say something. Fucking asshole thinks he’s better than me and the shit I said ain’t true. Aaron tries to do the same and he is in the same boat. They should learn better and work at the true ways of how I work.

No, that isn’t true. Apparently my “controversy” causes better readership of the blog. Maybe I should keep up with it?

Anyway, true story of things. CNF IMed me about it. We decide that we should just speak about it and it’ll easily come to a decent conclusion because we’re somewhat reasonable peoples. There’s no reason why there shouldn’t be discourse between us over it. He’s been a good man for me/the group.

After getting back into cooking through mostly Top Chef and Ramsay’s shows (Kitchen Nightmares and such), I find that summer is a good time to reinvigorate my interest in cooking. It’s been something that I’ve been into since a kid when I watched all these cooking shows.

I cook for the fam for the day. Brunch:

Scrambled eggs a la Gordon Ramsay (YouTube for how he does it)

Sautéed mushrooms

Bacon

Toast

Dinner:

Burger (it had an egg, garlic powder, minced garlic, A1, hot sauce, salt, pepper) with fresh mozzarella and grilled onions and mushrooms

Latkes/home fries (weird attempt at latkes that I’ve tried for the first time)

For the night, Hasan, Aaron, Bolanos, Miah, and I go to Astoria for the third night in less than a week. We play a $5 poker game where Aaron wins and Bolanos gets second.

We then play Chinese Poker with keeping score based on place and number of games played (loser gets knocked for the fifth player to play). I end up getting last and Hasan gets first. The rest is a bit confusing to distinguish.

We go to Kennedy Fried Chicken for the second time in three nights. We then end the night past 3:00, which is really late compared to the nights we’ve had. Then again, I’ve started to wake up earlier because I’m sleeping earlier. I’ve been trying to keep myself off of sleep because I’m going to try to work at the doctor’s house and getting 9 hours a day isn’t going to work.

CNF Summer

alias871: Hey
moonchild0078h: hi
alias871: so you gonna be back tonight?
moonchild0078h: no
moonchild0078h: probably not this weekend either
alias871: Why's not?
moonchild0078h: because i don't want to
alias871: ?
moonchild0078h: why should i?
alias871: Oh, just thought you'd like to enjoy the summer with friends back
moonchild0078h: I'd rather say in brooklyn and come out when I need to
moonchild0078h: It's not like we're going to be hanging out every night this summer.
alias871: Oh sorry forgot, I'll leave ya to the fap and cry
moonchild0078h: uhm no
alias871: Denial ain't just a riva
moonchild0078h: more like i have an exam to study for and applications to fill out that i can't afford spending that much time with friends this summer
alias871: Oh, when's your retest?
moonchild0078h: August
moonchild0078h: and I have over 12 applications to do
moonchild0078h: so next time think before you make your preemptive smart ass comments
alias871: Actually seems like something that should take a week and the month before the test, but what do I know

May 14, 2008

May 14, 2008

Hasan randomly calls me around 2:00 and decides that he wants to hang. Spamps jumps along for the ride and it turns out that Miah still isn’t in because of his essay. Spamps spoke to him and he has had one of the greatest lines ever, “I’m losing interest in it.”

I don’t know about you guys, but school isn’t something that really necessitates interest. Granted, that’s why we choose majors and such, but most classes really aren’t interesting. Also, tests and papers have nothing to do with preference. They are simply part of a class, like how taking showers is part of life.

You can’t “lose interest” in taking showers. The same goes for writing a final paper that you didn’t finish while school was in session and you were lucky enough to get an extension into the break. Fucking hell.

Anyway, we go to DnD and chill in the car for a long while. Fun times catching up. Turns out that Spamps is going for an internship for a semester next Spring in LA. I mention how it can be a “Darwin in Prague” Part 2 with “Spamps in LA.” I recommend him writing a blog about it.

Hasan and Spamps seem to have the view that it was stupid and useless. Then again, these men aren’t story tellers like me. I pride myself on story telling and it’s one of the finest parts of conversation, though gossip is sometimes up there.

Spamps says that all stories should simply be remembered and that’s it. I tell him that this allows you to forget a lot and especially all the important details that make a fine story. Whatever, he can lose out on the fine memories he may have if he doesn’t keep a blog going.

We then go to the H Mart, which is finally built next to Starbucks. We walk through it and talk about the possibilities if we want to do a BBQ during the summer. Spamps is then dropped off while Hasan and I go to the Port Washington BBQ place for dinner.

We then pick up Spamps. Miah is still missing. We decide to go to Astoria because we have nothing to do. We hang out there for a while playing Scrabble and end up leaving the earliest ever, 11:20 or so because we decided to go so early and did everything so early.

I go to the new “In n Out” or whatever thing that is new at Middle Neck and Northern. The place is crazy. A 2 liter fountain drink is .99! Every single cup is the same price. They also have my staple of $2 for 2 hot dogs from 7/11. I grab all that and we hang around for a while.

Things die down so Hasan drops us off at 1:00.

May 13, 2008

May 13, 2008

The day before, I get back home from NYU. I moved back after my final and I had most of my stuff moved already over the weekend.

I get back and try to contact people on AIM, but it’s a no go. People aren’t really responding and Spamps is sick. I guess I end my look there. Only Spamps, Miah, and Hasan are back and I’m skeptical they want to do stuff, so I let it go and do my usual staying on the computer watching TV and stuff.

The next day, it turns out that Spamps is better. I try to IM Miah throughout the day and he isn’t responding. At night, I try calling him, but he still isn’t around.

I speak to Spamps and Hasan at night. I’ve barely hung out for the past at least month, so I’m cool to do anything from even the simplest of sitting at a DnD and chilling and catching up.

Hasan turns that down for some excuse, so I guess I’ll try to get something going for tomorrow. Miah is finally on and I find out that he actually was home and just ignoring my IM and calls. Spamps did say he had to do an essay.

Miah says that he had “nothing” to say to me, just ignored everything. I responded that it was really douchey and he easily couldn’t given a: “Oh, you’re back eh? That’s cool. Well anyway, I have a paper to write even though I’m home. Sucks right? Well, I guess I won’t be around, but I’ll def be around tomorrow or something. Sorry I’m not around.”

He accepts that he could’ve done this, but I still don’t think he sees what he did. Anyway, so hopefully he’ll be done with his paper tomorrow and I’ll try to get something going.

Speaking about papers, he had all of today and even said he would need some of tomorrow for it. Unless it’s a 20 page thesis or some bullshit, papers don’t take an huge amount of time. I spend almost that much time studying for a final.

You just have to buckle down and not get hit by disruptions. I’ve forced myself to do that and I can do a page in 20-30 minutes. I even did two pages for Aaron’s paper and I’m getting a favor for that. I did do a favor (a page) for Reigler and he says he owns me one. Wonder if that’ll come up.

story

I don’t really have an in into the night until I randomly go upstairs at 10:00ish. Allyse and Brendan are there. I go back to the room to pre-game and Liz walks in and asks Dillon if he’s going to Cross Club. It’s awkward that I’m completely ignored since I’m in the room.

Eventually, I walk outside for a cigarette and a public urination until people come out. Dillon and Alex take the lead and take the metro before us. It’s only Brendan, Allyse, Jen, Charlotte, and I. I guess Jarra not coming out gets rid of some tension.

The girls are pissed that Dillon and Alex go ahead of us and take the metro before us. The two assume that they were taking the last metro and that we’d just be screwed or something. We eventually get there because they didn’t take the last metro. When we get off the metro, Allyse remembers that she owes me $10 for the cab and pays me. It turns out there is a $4.50 cover charge for certain areas at Cross Club, so we avoid those areas. The place is a fuckin’ labyrinth. We get drinks at the bar. I get a shot and a beer. Brendan keeps telling me to work at this random girl that literally sitting right next to us. She offers me a piece of gum, but that’s about it. She’s quiet and she’s probably Czech. For some reason, she’s wearing a visor and is holding a teddy bear…

I see this girl that standing by herself. People are sitting down and talking and stuff, and I randomly walk away to speak to this girl. Her name is Jade and she has a sandwich on her for some reason, but she doesn’t speak English. It’s the first random try to talk to a girl here in Prague. The conversation ends quickly and I walk back to the table with no game from the hunt. People ask me about it, but I tell them that she didn’t speak English.

Suddenly, the night becomes “Darwin, you have to hook up or have sex with a girl tonight.” Uh, yeah, just awkward. We see a couple of girls and Brendan becomes my wingman as we walk towards them standing near the bar. I speak to the two girls and they’re American. The shorter blonde one is from Kansas City and the taller brunette one goes to New Paltz, she’s like a towering 5’8 compared to me. I chat with mostly with Joanna, the brunette. Brendan keeps whispering shit to me and tells me to buy her a beer and I do. It’s only $1, so what the fuck. It’s weird that he’s floating around and keeps tapping me to ask whatever random questions.

I keep finding out random shit about her like her major, about her tattoo, and what the shit. I then buy her and her friend another round of beers. They decide to go to the dance area, which needs pay. The problem is that I have to go through the labyrinth and find the place where you get a stamp and get to go to wherever. I run around and pay for it because Brendan insists that I follow the bitches. I do it and eventually find them.

When I find them and tell them that I had to get a stamp. They’re speaking to this random Czech guy that’s a tattoo artist and her friend wants a tattoo. It’s not good that I don’t remember her name. I had it for a while since I’ve been trying hard to remember names, but I forgot. I dance around a bit with her until the two girls head to the bathroom. I wait for almost ten minutes until I find the group again. This time, Dillon is with them, but Alex is nowhere to be found. Brendan tells me to look for them again and I do so.

I go through the maze and find the area again and see them. I tell Joanna that I’m about to leave and ask for her number. She tells me that her number is messed up, so I give her mine. She actually takes it and calls me, so I have her number. I tell her that I’ll call her sometime. It’s like 3:00 now.

I return back to the table with the group and Brendan starts telling me to scream out random comments. For some reason, people find the comments hilarious. I laugh too because it’s so random. Brendan keeps it up and keeps getting me shouting random things like, “TITS!”

We eventually leave and Jake is with us. He lives in another community, but he’s still coming back to our dorm and I tell him that he can sleep in Gianfranco’s bed since he’s gone for the weekend.

The tram eventually comes and it’s a quite a long ride. We eventually get off at an area where it still takes at least 20 minutes to walk back. On the way, Brendan gets a sausage and bun for himself, Allyse, and me. It is literally ten times better than a New York hot dog. After I’m done with 2/3s of it, I see Charlotte waiting for us ahead holding her arms by her waist like Superman. It looks ridiculous so I replicate her. During that, I drop my sausage and I’m left with only the bun. I’m such a fuckin’ idiot and get some deserving ridicule.

The walking separates people and Brendan, Jen, and I become a group. Brendan keeps talking about the lessons that I learned tonight about the girls. I try to play it off because it’s just random conversation and stuff, but he makes it a big deal. I shrug and awkwardly try shrug off his insistence, but he keeps asking.

Eventually, we get back and I go my room. Brendan and Dillon randomly take the elevator downstairs. Allyse comes in with Jake asks where they are. She explains the situation that she wants to hook up with Jake (which is really awkward since he’s right there), Brendan wants to hook up with Jen, and Dillon wants to hook up with Charlotte. I guess it’s a bit weird that I’m the odd man out.

Eventually, everyone comes in the room and chills. Charlotte says that she’s coming to make some tea and if people want some. Jake asks for some green tea. Charlotte says that it’s black, but that she might able to steal from green.

Allyse heavily reprimands her for it because of all the stealing that’s been going on. I also accept some black tea. When Dillon and Charlotte come back with tea, Allyse, Jake, Brendan, and Jen are off to their shit… You know how it’s done.

Brendan eventually comes back and goes to sleep on Gianfranco’s bed. It’s like 6:00 at this point and Dillon hasn’t returned to the room by the time I sleep.

Story

May 5, 2008

May 5, 2008

On Saturday, it was CNF’s birthday so I went into Brooklyn to meet up with him and Stefan to go to a BBQ joint called Smoke Joint. We walk there and meet Josh there. I get a beef sandwich. I also get beans, but there’s so much meat that I wouldn’t call it a bean dish.

Michael calls and bitches about how CNF should’ve waited so he could join in on the meal. Michael’s phone died, that’s his fault. He missed the dinner, that’s too bad. Who the fuck cares anyway? Does he really think it’s that cool to sit and eat with Josh, Stefan, CNF and I?

I tell CNF to ask if he wants something brought back. If he feels he’s missing our company, we’re returning to the apartment. If he’s missing the food, we can bring it back. He refuses the food, what an idiot.

To make him feel better and to pull a silly joke, we go to get him a cheesecake and candles even though it’s CNF’s b-day. When we get back, he then sees that Stefan hasn’t brought back enough leftovers for Michael and bitches about it even though it’s 2/5 of his ribs and almost all his Mac n’ cheese. So this is after he said he didn’t want anything brought back… Yeah…

Josh decides to go back because he’s real tired. Stefan gets a handle of Georgi for me because what’s better than drinking. No one takes part because they’re weirdos. Michael later walks out to and sees the bottle. Multiple times he mentions how classless he thinks it is. Fuck him, it’s cheap, it gets ya drunk. Why doesn’t he buy me a “nice” bottle of something.

He then asks for beer since there’s liquor there. CNF says he was thinking about going to get some, but Michael then says it’s fine. Right… Jonah later joins us after coming back from a $125+ meal at a new swaggy restaurant called Momofuku Ko. It’s almost impossible to get the reservations through their site though he was lucky and went with his brother.

I get drunk while we’re sitting around watching TV. Jonah and I end up heading back around 1:00 or something and I pass out.

Can’t wait for the semester to end already.

This stuff is always fun.

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Great new Busta.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTFbaE2WYFo

This is why I like Howard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExvaO-AIgOI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u517W62rpU

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