Girl Before Art

I scored a free ticket to the Matisse/Picasso exhibit at MoMA. There is something completely overwhelming about coming face to face with a piece of art that is reproduced ad nauseum. Because to see it, to come within an inch of it, makes me want to eat it. Cut it up and swallow it and … More Girl Before Art

Apr 19, 2003

Ticket to see Funky Meters – $35.00 Beers and wings – $22.50 Entrance to Tobacco Road – $12.00 Realizing I’m not the young whipper snapper I used to be – Torture

Apr 18, 2003

So it’s Good Friday. Not sure what that means to you religious folks, but what it means to me is a seat on the train, no one in the office, no phones ringing, non-stop web surfing without those pesky interruptions for “work” and leaving work early sans guilt to go shopping on 5th Avenue without … More Apr 18, 2003

Apr 9, 2003

I was stuck underground between subway stops due to “heavy smoke” at Lexington Avenue. After an extremely long wait, I started getting nervous and wondered if I would be burned alive or die from smoke inhalation first. All I could think of was: (1) Poor little Paquita and Larry Bird and Phish home alone for … More Apr 9, 2003

Apr 6, 2003

Have you seen The Pianist? I did on Saturday afternoon. If you haven’t, read no further. The movie was very good; but, when watching a movie in Queens, it’s inevitable that you will get frustrated by the inconsiderate bastard assholes that have the nerve to take up space on this Earth. Where’s Darwin when you … More Apr 6, 2003