Busy, Busy, Busy

I am clearly not living up to my promise to blog more and I apologize for that. I have been out and about plus I usually just watch something on the laptop when I am at the apartment. I am listening to the Xavier game currently so I figure now is the best time to blog.

Let's see...I left off on Wednesday, November 5th. That Thursday I went to DKNY and BH's to watch The Office and 30 Rock. Since I don't have a TV I have to go over there on Thursday's to get my fill. Before we watched Must See TV the three of us went running at McCarren Park. When we were finished I made some black beans and rice for all of us to enjoy.

Friday night I can't remember what I did at all. I have been racking my brain, but can't come up with anything at all. I probably just staying in because I had to get up early the next morning to help Goose with his movie. I got up at 7:15 to meet Goose and TB and head to Central Park for the first shot of the day. The movie lasted all day, well, till 7 pm or so. The day started out nice, but quickly turned and rained buckets all over us. It started pouring when we were in China Town for the second shot of the day and continued for pretty much the rest of the day. It was so bad that the third shot had to be canceled and we all headed to DKNY and BH's for some inside shots a little early. I was soaking wet by the time we got there, and I felt like I had just gotten off of White Water Canyon at Kings Island. I could have rung out my socks that's how wet my feet were.

After we finished shooting some of us, TB, Goose, CB Radio, BH, DKNY and myself, headed out for some dinner in Williamsburg. I had to borrow a pair of BH's shoes to go out since my were still wet as could be. We got some Chinese food with drinks before we all headed home for some much needed rest before getting up again on Sunday.

Sunday TB and I met CB Radio and Goose at a street corner in Williamsburg. It was a shot that involved some crap being sold on the street corner. We all couldn't believe how many people walked by to look at everything at our "sale". It seemed pretty obvious to us that we were shooting a movie, what with a camera and all, but that didn't stop people from looking to see if there was anything for them to buy. As is the saying, "one man's junk is another man's treasure", and a plethora of people took that to heart.

After the street sale we only had a short jaunt to McCarren Park and then another street corner between Williamsburg and the park. It was a little chilly, but I can't complain, it wasn't raining. Everyone then headed back to CB Radio and Goose's place for some yummy mulligatawny and of course more shooting. We ended up finishing up around 7 or so with the days shooting. I just had a beer at CB and Goose's place along with TB before heading home.

Monday was a regular, boring day with nothing fun to report. Tuesday I went to go see The Sea and Cake with the gang at Music Hall of Williamsburg. This was supposedly a funny thing to everyone but myself. Really I think Ando just wished he could have gone. The show wasn't bad.....but, it was a little too long for me. They didn't leave me wanting more. And they played four songs for an encore. What ever happened to the one, two songs at the most, encore? I feel like pretty soon it is going to be a 10 song encore, which you might as well just call another set. Ok, I am done with my rant.

On Wednesday night I did some laundry, which again left no time for me to blog. Can you tell that I have many busy nights with not much time to get a blog in? I was dreading doing laundry, but it really wasn't too bad. I even walked up three blocks to the nicer laundry mat. There is one right on the corner of my street, but it small and always crowded when I pass it. We'll see if the walk lasts in the dead of winter.

I am now back to Thursday night, which means TV at someone else's pad. This time Mateo and Coriander had BH, DKNY and myself over. We had some cheese, fruit and wine for dinner. It was a nice European dinner night. Who's place will I go to this week to watch The Office and 30 Rock? You'll have to stay tuned to find out.

Friday night was the tip of Xavier Basketball. I went out with Mateo, Coriander, BH and DKNY to an art opening in Williamsburg. It was called "my other robot is a donut". It had a robot in every painting and Mateo loves robots, so we all went. After the opening we headed to a bar in Manhattan, 34th between 2nd and 3rd Ave., that shows Xavier games. It was really loud in the bar because it was DJ night or something as well. It is nice to know that I can find Xavier basketball on Fox Sports Ohio here in NYC.

After that bar we headed back to Williamsburg for some foamies at the Turkey's Nest and the rest of the UC vs. Lousiville football game. It was much much quieter and bearable at the Turkey's Nest than XII Bar in Manhattan.

I didn't have to get up really early on Saturday to help with the movie; I finally got to sleep in one morning. I met at Goose and CB's for a short day of shooting. It was just doing some quick shots inside their apartment and then going around the corner for some outside shots. The rain held out long enough for us to get all the outside shots in that day. It was so nice out when we first got out there, but by the time we finished up it was getting ready to rain and cooled off quite a bit.

That evening I went to Carroll Gardens with BH and DKNY to meet up with Ice, Joel, Buxton, and Alli at a bar/restaurant. The restaurant had tons of whiskey, bourbon and scotch to choose from. I had a nice whiskey, that Buxton recommended, it was drinkable and cheap, neat. After dinner we went to another bar, the Zombie Hut, just down the street. Joel bought me a Frozen Zombie, which he was hoping I wouldn't mix up first. The frozen zombie has 151 sitting at the bottom with frozen mango mix on the top. Joel wanted me to take a sip out of the straw ans get all 151 in my first sip. It didn't work though, since I was already stirring and Buxton ruined the surprise for me as well. It I still got mostly 151 in my first sip though, it takes a lot of stirring to combine the two ingredients. After the bar I hung out for a little bit at BH and DKNY's with a wine top off. I had every intention of going home early Saturday night, but that didn't happen.

Sunday was another early morning of movie shooting all day. This time I had to get up at 7 am and didn't finish up shooting till 7 pm. It was an inside shoot all day though. Sunday was the last day of shooting till December 6th. We get a couple of weeks off before having to make up the rain outs. Mateo is going to have his work cut out for him to get this movie finished and edited before Christmas.

I have been busy, busy, busy; there is no baby on the way to make me even busier.