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13:21:31 01.08.03

ok, i have dogtown and z-boys on pause right now. it was only supposed to be while i went to the bathroom, but then the computer seduced me. so i hate too many chips two days
ago and i ate too many chips of a different kind last night. what is my problem. i had my first park slope chip shop experience last night and i can't come to grips with how i've managed to make it to 2003 without their fried goodness. all you a salt and battery types don't know what you're missing. the chip shop is cheaper (your fish comes with chips!) and better and you feel less harried.

a few observations from yesterday.
1. crossing guard at the corner of vanderbilt and lafayette. points to a little man getting out of school. "excuse me, is something wrong with your jacket? is the zipper broken?" the boy smiles a sheepish grin and zips it up. love it.
2. waiting for the L train at union square. i lean over the tracks to see if a train is coming and the man next to me mumbles, "it's coming." ok, uh thanks. so then the train comes and we both get on and there's this guy sitting on one side kinda in the middle of a space meant for 2 or 3 people so no one can sit to his left or right. i silently curse at him and take a seat further down, smushed next to a pole and someone wearing a gigantic parka. but then the guy sees a chinese lady with her little kid and a stroller and goes out of his way to get their attention to give them the space. fuck, nice guy. i am an asshole, right? and then the man from the platform who told me the train is coming sees this (he's sitting on the opposite side) and starts mumbling about "two fucking gooks" and how he can't believe the guy gave up his seat for them. so yes, i AM an asshole who makes rash, unfair judgements about people i don't even know only to get my comeuppance moments later. new york is tiring.

oh and if you are curious to know what movies i saw in the year 2002 (plus one in 2003), you can read mu list on marc's page, along with others, including some dude who saw like over a hundred movies. sheesh. the movie list has sparked my list making bug, so if you want to know what i read in 2002, click here and if you want to know what baseball games i attended, click here! you'll need flash for both.

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20:26:17 01.06.03

whoo, happy 2003! i am currently nursing a bugger of a headache which came courtesy of a sledding incident turned bad. dan and i went up to dorset, vt, to visit his
friend jeremy and his new little person sebastian. while riding a donut tube, i hit a jump, fell off and landed on my head. ouch. i nearly got into a fight at port authority waiting
for the bus to come, but luckily, i was too distraught to really care. we got pulled out of an already disorganized line to get our bags checked (meaning they opened them and
smushed them to check for weapons of mass destruction) and when we went back on line, these two girls said about me (loudly), but not to me, "Oh no, now she don't be
thinking she be cutting into line there." (or something to that effect). luckily the girl standing in front of us came to my defense. then there was the awful woman barking at her
children to stay at one place while she panicked while trying to find tickets. port authority is fun. i ate too many chips today.

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--past reading--

december 2002
november - n/a
october 2002
september 2002
august - n/a
july - n/a
june 2002
may 2002



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