Everyone's Gotta Learn Sometime

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:12:07 GMT

you know that rap song that goes "everyday I'm hustlin, everday hustlin..."? Well, that's how I feel in NYC. Everyone in this city is constantly trying to hustle their way into something better. Whether they're a waitress in a restaurant, a taxi driver, an actor, a fashion designer, it's one big hustle.

Anyways, some things I want to do while I'm in c-bus

- eat at happy greek
- eat at dragonfly
- ladies 80's
- on the same night as that, drinks at union station (thursday)
- a night at axis, I swear, it'll be fun
- campus house parties!!! crash em if we have to!
- the wexner center opening is of course a must

and, where is a good place to brunch at in C-bus? we'll have to do that.

What you must understand is that I'll be coming back with a lack of pressure and expectations in Columbus. I'll also be amazed that everything (especially alcohol) is half off. I'm expecting total inhibition and lots of drunken nights.

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:15:38 GMT

update via bulletin.

+ don't go out much anymore, spend most of my money on designer clothes rather than booze
- work is awful, bad boss, no windows in office, sit in front of computer all day. BUT, it pays the bills
- still living like a nomad, I don't even have a bed yet. Looking for something more permanent soon
- no dating whatsoever. I've met a handful of boys I like but nothing has come from it. I guess I'm just really bad.
- new york during the winter is sooooo depressing.
+ listening to all sorts of great music however, so I keep myself happy with pleasant listening
+ I'll be getting a nice fat pay check in the middle of the month so I'll probably use it for a new apartment and a new cologne. It's a great what to start a year, I think
- I'm wearing glasses again. For those of you that don't know I wore glasses all my life until my freshman year of college. But, I don't think they flatter me, really, so I may pick up some contact lenses.
- there have been moments where I think about moving back to columbus, it's just that all my friends are back in ohio. But then i think about having to have a car, and how boring it is, and ....yeah, not moving back, ever.
- definitely have become more impatient living in new york.
+ looking forward to going back to school. I decided on FIT's menswear program. I want to work for marc jacobs or lanvin some day.
+ I'm in a rut but I think some light shopping and some furniture will spruce my life up a bit. I can't want to go out for some drinks and feel like an adult.
+ coming to columbus may 8th. anyone want to keep me?

nostalgia

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:28:05 GMT

It's the music my parents danced to when they were my age. There's something about that I (well, I can't say I miss...) would like to experience for myself.

End of an Era

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:41:22 GMT

I was reading Jess's myspace goodbye and it had me thinking.

We're all coming to a new chapter in our lives. It's been a really good chapter to be honest. I grew up moving from one place to another with never much of a solid base of friends, high school was absolutely misreable. But I'm happy to say the past few years (my college years) were wonderful in it's own odd way. It was frustrating, depressing, and at times dangerous, but I went through it with a great group of people who I am happy to consider my friends.

The next week or so will be do or die for me and if I'm lucky (and things are looking good) then I'll be doing rather than dying. I'll keep you all posted.

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:21:25 GMT

The menswear team invited me out to drink with them later this week. I wonder if they'll have an opening any time soon...

Confessions

Sun, 05 Aug 2007 02:21:25 GMT

I have a secret to confess. I keep all the metal buttons they give you at the Met and bring them with me each time I go. I just put on whatever color it is that day and enter the galleries. I do this so I don't have to give the donation, even though I only give a dollar when I do.

:-(

lord knows it would be the first time

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 09:29:49 GMT

Nothing official, but I'm pretty sure I'm not coming back to Columbus. There's too much oppurtunity here in this city to leave. I just don't mean career wise either, but education, romance, friendship etc. It's been a long time since I felt alive and hopeful and I have here in NYC. We'll see how the next month or so plays out but I think I may be able to land a job of some kind. We'll see.

there's only a handful of people I would return to Ohio for. One is dead, three are moving elsewhere and getting along with their lives, and the last is fairly hopeless. I don't see much to come back for except misery and depression. NY really is "the city"

the beautiful fall

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 05:24:03 GMT

maison martin margiela

louis vuitton

yes, it's just karl strutting down the runway, but he looks good. Note the way his jeans fall over his boots, they elongate his legs. His tailored and sharp jacket makes it all bit chic no?

What to take from all this? Be aware of the shoulders, they're bold but it isn't the power shoulders of the 80's, they're more 40's. The coats are boxy but skim the body. The leg is long and lean. Gray, black, white, keep it simple, keep it in the line and shape. Don't be afraid to shop in an older women's section to get this look. They will have these kind of items but the'll aslo be better fitting and made of nice fabrics. Make it youthful by wearing a pair of good jeans (gray and black perhaps) and sexy boots/booties. Accessorize with gold and patent leather.

Pull My Pork

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 03:20:45 GMT

Ok, went to some weird jamaican/british house party yesterday and got freaked out. Eh

Ok, so, today there was some live music (free!) in williamsburg so I headed down there with Angel. Oh geez, all of the cute hipster boys drive me crazy! I can't control myself, the boys are all just so cute and you can't tell which ones are gay.

We met up with Alexis (hey girl!) and her boyfriend at the bushwick tavern where to my amazment they were serving FREE pulled pork sandwiches. Hells yeah. I did more gawking, chatted, and got a tip on a gay bar in Williamsburg, we shall see how that goes.

This week should be pretty easy, I think I have tues and weds off. This friday Joshua's band is playing at Pete's Candy Shop (or store?) in williamsburg so I'm looking forward to that. I've been partying and going out like crazy since I've been in NY and I feel it's time to wind down, develop relationships, and enjoy aspects of the city beyond its night life.

p.s. my e-mail is moogi14@hotmail.com

and

FEED ME

Thursdays

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:01:44 GMT

So last night was excellent. After work I had a date with this really nice man named Joshua. He's a musician, tall, skinny with shapley muscles, black hair, glasses, etc. I forgot the name of his band. We went to this gallery opening...

http://www.teenageunicorn.com/contents.html

...which was tiny and cramped and ok. And then we hurried out of the rain into a nice mexican Restaurant. We had sopa de polla and margaritas, they were pretty good. We talked a bit and then went to La Esquina, a bar that's in the belly of a basement kitchen of a different mexican restaurant on layfayette and prince (in or around there). We talked a good deal and then eventually parted ways. It was an excellent date, we got along very well and had an extended kiss goodnight.

Afterwards I met up with Angel who was on some company drinking party and taking full advantage of the sponsored open bar. We quickly got ourselves drunk and went to Hiro to see the dj Boysnoise. He was spinning a bunch of french electro= edbanger stuff. A lot of Oizo, a lot of Sebastian. It was good, in fact it was awesome. I danced so hard. SO HARD. `

Hell of a Town...

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:21:11 GMT

So it's been three weeks since I've been in NY, NY. What can I say? What can I say in a livejournal post? Too much has happened. Here's some bulletins...

-work at DKNY is fine, very educational, very nervous, very fun, very oddd
-i've been going out like it's my job and have gone to some interesting parties. a lot of drinking with the ad agency that does the Axe campaigns, they are crazzzy. They also do Levi's, Vaseline, and now Miller beer.
-saw matt dillon at barney's
-made good friends (already!)
-met cute boys and got some play (already!)
-tons of free live shows, tons of free booze
-williamsburg is cool but not that cool. It's like they took taco ninja on karaoke night and made a city out of it (and gave everyone high paying jobs)
-the city is HOT in the summer
-I've gotten really normalized to the variety of people you see everyday. I remember how I would make comments about how people were dressed or people who seemed weird, it seems so petty now. I only notice pretty people, you know what I mean? It's a good thing, really
-tons of beautiful puerto rican boys, OH MY GOD
-Uniqlo, Zara, and H&M have lost their charm. But I do suggest Zara for all you ladies, spend a little bit of money and you might actually come out well dressed.
-Alexis, at last we meet. Yes, too bad Angel is my new bestest friend, you lose. Kidding, let's hang out soon and I really want to meet Ryan!
-this is all only the beginning.

Balling

Thu, 31 May 2007 00:40:23 GMT

This was brought to my attention by Frank Mizrahi...

The Love Ball
Sunday June 17, 2007
Webster Hall 125 East 11thst New York, NY 10003
Doors open @ 12:00 (Noon)
FREE ADMISSION
Commentated by Jack & Selvyn Mizrahi
also see the flyers at myspace.com/poccloveball

I will be attending.

I'm outtie

Fri, 25 May 2007 16:08:04 GMT

I have my flight, 6:30am June 8th.

Oh man, what did I get myself into.

cross

Tue, 22 May 2007 03:53:17 GMT

So I got the new Justice album. Huge fucking dissapointment. Between this and Uffie (who makes an unholy contribution to the album) Ed Banger is OVER. Hopefully Oizo can put out something decent otherwise it's back to italo disco...

Bushwick...

Sun, 20 May 2007 22:17:44 GMT

...is where I will be staying for my duration in NYC. It's a neighborhood of Brooklyn and according to the internet it's the "next" neighborhood, the new Williamsburg. Whatever. My flatmate is this really nice guy named Radim, I met him on my last visit, he's very cute and very cool. Another woman will be living with us, she's French and is coming by way of Paris. Not sure what her deal is. When I talked to Radim on the phone he was so worried that there wouldn't be much space and that there were no organic grocery stores near the location. Living at OSU has at least kept me from being pussy about those kind of things. The rent won't be half bad either (3 people will share $1450 monthly).

So, I'm trying to make a list of places to eat during my stay. There are a ton of neo-Korean food places, the kind that serves spicy glazed fried chicken and other Koreanized American food. These are at the top of my list. Then you have fancy French restaurants, the kind that serves ox marrow on parsely on toast, my friend James will take care of that, he's offered his services as a culinary tour guide. And then there's everything else in the world to eat.

picture of dorian gray

Sat, 05 May 2007 07:22:24 GMT

So I went out to the gay club, that was a mistake. I was a little drunk off some wine and had drank a sparks before I went but I quickly sobered up much to my dismay. Everytime I go I quickly realize why I don't go, alcohol is usually what it takes to avoid this feeling. I felt a little discouraged when I ran into man who I have been crushing on over the past year. He is considerably older but it's really a non-issue (he looks considerably younger) and he's pretty smart. He had been in a relationship when I met him and recently I learned he's been single for about two months. But tonight he had a boy in tow. I was slightly upset but I went over to say hello anyways. This boy, older than me, was certainly not the sharpest tool in the shed or nearly all that goodlooking. But he was young and he was cute and that must have been enough for my crush. In retrospect I realize that the boy was being herded around, almost like a trophy. This is something common with older gay men. They court young boys and then show them off as prizes, a way to tout their vitality and artificial youth "Look, I can still tap that 20 year old ass, look!". I thought this man was above this. His boy was fairly stupid and although his skin is soft and his mind impressionable, I was hoping said man wanted something more, something that could hold a decent conversation.

He asked how I was and I told him I was tired, I told him I had been up until 4 working on a paper for my textile history seminar. I had sunk to his level of desperation "look, I'm smart AND young, look, I have interests!". I don't know if my display of studious activities will bait him. If it does than maybe I'll just become his new trophy. I'm not sure I would be dissapointed with that. If it doesn't then I'll blame it on his inability to appreciate a good thang when he sees it. I'm going to ask if he would like to go to the wexner center exhibit opening. Now I mean it when I say I am not an elitist, but if a man cannot appreciate or at least entetain the idea of viewing contemporary art... well, there you go. Maybe this is just a way to make myself feel better when I face rejection and maybe that's fine.

Wed, 02 May 2007 06:59:53 GMT

Over the past few days I've come to some very abrupt realizations about life.

- people are shit, they aren't always shit but it's better to assume they are before knowing otherwise. It's difficult because you don't realize they are shit until it's too late
- no regrets, this doesn't mean you should not regret the past. In means you should live in the present so you don't have to.
- you carry the burden of more parts than your own. What you do is not just about you because who you are the sum of all the people who have affected you.
- life is precious, and if you don't believe in god or an afterlife it is even more so
- I don't like people. I don't like any of you who are reading this. You are good and decent people so I am happy to know you, good and decent people are a rare treasure.
- distractions are healthy

check it

Tue, 01 May 2007 04:06:58 GMT

www.faggoting.blogspot.com

some light shed

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:05:35 GMT

She had crashed her car into an abandoned trailer and attemped to walk to a friend's house when she was struck by a 19 year old on his way delivering newspapers. She was wearing dark clothing and it was extremely dark outside, he had no way of seeing her.

It sounds as if she were drinking....oh carlee

Listen to the girl as she takes on half the world...

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:57:44 GMT

two days ago in the early morning one of my dearest friends Carlee Brown was struck by a car and killed.

I found this out from a coked up asshole at a bar who could only use the opportunity of telling me to drive his own narcissistic agenda.

Carlee was a girl who proved me to the world, she drove me, she was simple and simply beautiful. I'm in disbelief she is gone. It's a hard feeling when someone you've been counting on has been so harshly taken away. Of all the people in the world to go, of all the souls, of all the amazing people who have touched my life, why her?

She taught me how to live, truly. She taught me how to fight the hardest fights. She taught me what true beauty was. I had dreams of taking her with me to the top. I had dreams to endow her with the same grace she had given me. She had taken on half the world and had won. More than any other time I wish I believed in some god, something to offer some explanation. The harsh and brutal reality seeps in, and it fucking hurts. I'd like to think she's resting in heaven looking down on me, on us (and none of you know who "us" is). I'd like to think she was still here.

"life is a bitch, and then you die"

I realize only now how true that is. She didn't deserve this, not this way.

movies to watch and things to eat...

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:13:25 GMT

... before spring is out

movies: Alien, Muriels Wedding (jess, this is especially for you), more Miyazaki, Grindhouse

food: I'm going to have a korean style bbq next week I think. I'll see what I can do, it will be limited invitations.

and I really want something with shellfish, a clambake perhaps???

Reunited And It Feels So Good

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 22:50:47 GMT

I made it down to Cincinnati this weekend for my friend Chelsea's graduation party. I drove down with Leusa, Matthew Suedan came down from Chicago via bus. Chelsea's family had catering from city BBQ( I think that's what it is called?). My god, pulled pork! MY GOD. It was like butter. I got to meet her bf Jeff's parents as well. It was really nice being with all these people, sipping beer in the backyard, Jeff had made a samba/nouvelle vauge mix. The weather was amazing.

We went out to The Comet which was fun, a change of pace from all the C-bus hipsters I'm used to. I think I'll have to venture down to Cincinnatti soon before the summer is out. Chelsea's sister Naomi lives at a place called SkullLab, she had some funny stories. So, we'll see what happens.

are any of you as excited about this warm weather as I am!!??

Dear Republicans,

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:14:22 GMT

This is what you get for voting in Bush. The spilled American blood and that of many of the Iraqi's is on your hands. Our broken military is on your hands. Our down spiraling infrastructure is on your hands.

just sayin

please keep me mind, please keep me in...

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:43:43 GMT

It's like Lewis Carroll's Through The Looking Glass. It's like I'm trapped in some oddball world of jaberwocky's and living chess pieces, and lions & unicorns. But the thing is that it's MY world. And on the other side is something so common, so banal, but so....hmmm (let me think of the word)...........

I'm looking forward to this weekend, it couldn't possibly have come at a better time.

been around the world and I-yi-yi I can't find my baby...

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:04:37 GMT

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