me — i keep a diary

June 27, 2003

grant ↗+

Sunburnt Face, meet my friend Patchy Sunburnt Neck.

June 27, 2003

Look! It's the ARMY OF DUDES. Can seven guys get into a nightclub on Friday night with only one female?

June 27, 2003

After a shower and a nap, we headed out later on in the evening to meet up with Chris Apostalou for dinner at Lovely Day...

June 27, 2003

Here's us teasing Colin about his nicknamed being changed from "Big Daddy" to "P.Dinky." (The entire story will be explained in a diary entry that probably won't be allowed to be realeased until the year 2030 *sigh*).

June 27, 2003

Subway ride home...

June 27, 2003

...and me with my beach hair.

June 27, 2003

Yay, beach friends!

June 27, 2003

Hey, look! They named a grocery store after us! (*wink, wink*)

June 27, 2003

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Here's a pic of me trying to put my face in between Sarah's bizzoobies and nuzzle them in time to the music. Needless to say, she resisted. Shortly after this pic, we wrapped up the dance party and headed back downtown to the Hole to try to catch last call (at this point it was 8:30am for Charlene, who was still on London time, so she and Grant headed home).

June 25, 2003

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Hey buddy, what is that? A roll of dimes in your pocket or....awwww, man! Gross.

June 25, 2003

strangers ↗+

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Me with two Sarahs.

June 25, 2003

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Upstairs was waaaay too crowded so we headed downstairs where there was room to represent on the dancefloor.

June 25, 2003

dance ↗+

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Dancing with multiple cameras. Sarah, me and Grant.

June 25, 2003

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My buddy Morgan is a fancy club promoter and he invited us to the private opening of some fancy new club called Manna Hatta (I think) on the corner of Bowery and 3rd St (the place that has the bright, blue neon "Restaurant" sign). Here's me and Charlene.

June 25, 2003

charlene ↗+

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If any of you fellas out there are scratching your heads about us always going to The Hole (which is primarily a gay bar); here's your answer: the drinks are cheaper than the women! Here's me with karaoke superstar, Natalka.

June 25, 2003

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Charlene, Emma, Grant, Tara and me.

June 25, 2003

On Saturday afternoon, our dad woke us up and informed us that our street was having a block party. Check me hitting up the root beer keg. Aw, yeah.

June 21, 2003

party ↗+

Saturday evening we went to the Stafford Diner for some authentic Jersey Diner grub. Bonus points to me for having a shirt with an NJ logo on it.

June 21, 2003

brett ↗+

Sunday morning we got up early and set out on our mission: move the goddamned shed. Mom was complaining that the placement of the new shed was blocking her view of the water from the porch and wanted it moved to that it was parallel to the house (instead of perpendicular). Here's me manning the jack.

June 21, 2003

shed ↗+

Here's me preparing to make the winning catch.

June 21, 2003

water balloon ↗+

...who shit the bed on the next toss by throwing short to my dad (the balloon exploded on his foot). Check me out laughing at him while he gives my brother the ol' stink eye.

June 21, 2003

Me and dad prepping for the big 'tater race. (The object is to cross the finish line first. If your pototo falls off your spoon, you're immediately disqualified.)

June 21, 2003

dad ↗+
spoon ↗+

The face of a treat-addict.

June 21, 2003

Snickers Ice Cream bar National Lampoon's European Vacation style.

June 21, 2003

ice cream ↗+

Vegas sucks. Everything there is designed to disorient you so that you get stuck in places and spend more money. Seriously, our plan to "pop in and check out" the Caesar's mall complex-thingy turned into a 3 1/2 hour "quest for the exit." At least I got to be Lego-Tutankhamen, that sorta made up for it.

June 15, 2003

lego ↗+

After our delicious, Rain-Foresty dinner digested a bit (which took longer than usual in the 110°F heat) we went over to New York, NY (it's a hotel)...

June 15, 2003

Right after Louis and I posed with this gondolier in the background, Louis took me on a gondola ride. He sang me a song and then after we got back on land took me up to his room and made sweet, sweet love to me while...oh, wait! What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas! Shhhhh!

June 15, 2003

louis kanganis ↗+

Can I tell you that "Dumb and Dumberer" is the worst movie I have ever seen in my entire life. THE WORST. We left the theater after just 30 minutes...it was utterly unwatchable. Blech

June 15, 2003

thumbs down ↗+

and rode the roller coaster! (The sign said no cameras, but my camera's really small so I thought I'd be able to sneak it on. The coaster started off and figuring I was safe, I snapped this pic - but one of the guys that worked there was on to me and was running along side the coaster, and totally snagged me and nabbed my camera).

June 15, 2003

I spent most of Monday in meetings for work. Tara spend most of Monday getting incredibly sunburnt at the hotel pool. Ouchie. After meeting up, we set out on the strip to explore some more.

June 15, 2003

Here's me with Michael Jordan! He was just standing around fully-dressed in his uniform! Can you believe that?

June 15, 2003

wax ↗+

Here's Tara and me at the Taqueria. Why bother with Italy when you can kill two birds with one stone and eat "athentic" Mexican food right next to the canals of Venice? Vegas, baby. Vegas. They've got it all figured out.

June 15, 2003

excited ↗+

Early Sunday morning Tara and I caught our Vegas-bound flight outta JFK.

fishing with pappi part 2

June 15, 2003

Amy and I made an immediate beeline for the backseat...because, you know, that's where are the cool kids sit.

random rhs reunion

June 12, 2003

amy a ↗+
bus ↗+

Amy and I met up in Manhattan and took the NR out to Park Slope. Turns out that Southpaw, the venue PJ's gig was at, was right around the corner from the apartment Amy and I were roomies at when I first moved to NYC in January of 2000. Here's us posing with the freaky Zulu Lady statue right outside of our former subway sto

random rhs reunion

June 12, 2003

After catching up inside for a bit, we headed out to see Peter's band's tour bus...

random rhs reunion

June 12, 2003

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Brett was the big winner. Me and my dad both caught NOTHING! NADA! ZIP! ZILCH! (Actually, my dad at least caught two fucked-up fish that just didn't count in the contest so he threw them back. I was the only one that didn't catch a god-damned thing. Bah.) Arrrrgh, matey! Better luck next time!

June 9, 2003

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Tireder.

fishing with pappi part 2

June 9, 2003

hat ↗+
tired ↗+

Me, Kristie and Candy.

June, 2003

I met up with Colin and his friend Jen at Pianos. And then we went to Nolita Tavern for some karaoke action. I love how both Colin and Fatty are always making faces behind their date's backs. Hahaha).

June, 2003

colin ↗+

Out of the blue on Monday I got an email that my cousin Kristie was going to be in town on business (she works at an ad agency in Arizona(?). So we headed over to Fez to some, uh, what else? Karaoke! Here's me and Kristi

June, 2003

kristi ↗+

Christ, was there anybody there that doesn't have a webpage? Hi, we're huge losers. From L to R: Jonathan "Little Brother of Dennis" Crowley (orangeride.com), Dens back there in the green (another gratuitous teendrama.com plug) and Randy (hifiny.com). I'm not sure who that guy is back there in the upper left, but I'll betcha dollars to doughnuts he's at least got a text-blog.

June, 2003

Me and Mike Tully (aka - "The Squizzler").

June, 2003

mike tully ↗+

Tara, a girl that had a crush on Tara and more of my armpit hair.

June, 2003

tara ↗+

We stayed at The Hole and had a few beers in Rachal's honor. (Check out my gratuitous armpit hair shot. Ew.)

June, 2003

Walking home from an uneventful Monday night out, I stopped by Bowery Ballroom (2 blocks from my house) to check out the roster list of upcoming shows. When I got there I realized that Ted Leo and the Pharmacists were playing that night! Not only were there tix available, Ted was going on in 15 minutes. I walked in, caught a rad show, and ran into Ric Ocasek on the way out! Holy shit, Just what I needed! (ba-dum-dum-CHA! Thank you. I'll be here all week! Try the meatloaf. And remember, please tip your waitress.)

June, 2003

Me and Jamye Waxman (who testified on behalf of my American citizenship, thank you very much).

June, 2003

....could make a stupider face with it on.

May 29, 2003

Hey lover of "Pietro,"

May 29, 2003

I put the hat on, the shades on and then I did the robot. Top that! Top that! Top that-th-th-that, th-that, that!

May 29, 2003

Yay, Roxbury High School! Wooooo! After this pic was snapped, the three of us headed down to Iggy's Keltic Lounge (where Grant and I guest bartended) in the LES and met up with Bev's boyfriend Matt (for some reason I didn't take any pics of the four of us. Me not taking pictures? Unheard of!)

May 29, 2003

Ummm....yeah.

May 29, 2003

bite ↗+
drunk ↗+

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Right when we walked into Jimi, I heard someone yell my name. I was like, I'm in fucking Asbury Park, NJ...who the fuck knows my name? I turn around to see Max, Chris Silk and Christina Alessi, three people I went to high school with. Apparently, Ween was playing a show at the Stone Pony the next night and they were staying at a hotel around the corner with a bunch of people. Randomness.

May 26, 2003

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Watch those lil' fingers, Sweetpea!

May 26, 2003

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My mom with my Uncle Walt.

May 26, 2003

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Me with my cousins Chris and Steve Battjer.

May 26, 2003

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Saturday morning, we woke up early, hopped the Amtrak train and headed out into dirty Jerz.

May 26, 2003

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Our instructor, Danny.

motorcycle lessons

May 22, 2003

danny ↗+

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Me and the other guy scheduled to take the test that day.

motorcycle lessons

May 22, 2003

strangers ↗+

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He was digging my green sparkly helmet

motorcycle lessons

May 22, 2003

helmet ↗+

C'mon in a get yer noodie pic taken! Don't worry, it's art!

May 21, 2003

Me and Lorelei (I love this photo).

May 21, 2003

lorelei ↗+

Matty, Emma, Brian Chambers, Mark Bibbins (aka - The Notorious B.I.B.), Nina and me.

May 21, 2003

Brian C. (former resident of 105 Bowery) and Vic and me (current residents of 105 Bowery).

May 21, 2003

Emma feigning sobriety while I give my best Jodeci face (which usually means that I'm drunk).

May 21, 2003

emma ↗+

Josh, Grant and myself with Jess and her "two friends." (Dennis Crowley said it best in a recent email: "this may be one of the best photos ever snapped with a digicam.")

May 21, 2003

GUN SHOW! After this pic of Nina and I was taken, Josh looked at it and said to Grant, "Whoa, gross. I can't belive you used to hump Brian's sister."

May 21, 2003

Lo, Grant, Emma (pulling her patented "I'm pretty drunk" face) and me.

May 21, 2003

When was the last time you saw four natural blonds together? Me and Nina with Sarah & Jack D.

May 21, 2003

May 21, 2003

nina ↗+

So, with the party jumping, Andrew Einhorn, Spencer Tunick and I were ready to put our scheming minds into action. Spencer is an artist famous for getting thousands of people to get naked and lie down in public spaces. (Homeboy even had a fancy documentary called Naked States made about him. Ta-dow!)

At some point earlier in the night I asked Spencer (thinking I'd all shock him and shit), "If I can get a bunch of people to get naked, will you do one of your installations in my room?" Without missing a beat, Spence pulled a stack of postcards with his work on them and said "Hand these out and tell everyone that participates that they'll get a print of the shot. We'll shoot at midnight."

May 21, 2003

Me with Xio, Mari and Pris (note the stack of "Sign up to pose" cards in my hand). Tee-hee-hee.

May 21, 2003

Andrew hands me back my cam. (If you look left of me you'll see I left in one nipple for all you pervs. Sweet!)

May 21, 2003

"Hey Slim! What did you do with our friend?"

May 21, 2003

Just in case you're wondering why Vin's making that face it's because Grant kept holding his arm up next to Vin's and being like "Look, I'm darker than you! I'm supposed to be white and you're supposed to be the brown one, but I'm browner! Me!"

May 21, 2003

Grrrrrr-reat foookin' Scott! It's Jack foookin' Wrrrrr-right, innit?

May 21, 2003

Me, Grant and my roommie, Victoria.

May 21, 2003

Sarah knows how to pinch a titty - that's fer sure.

May 21, 2003

Bwa-haha.

May 19, 2003

Complete with mad Twister scramble during the instrumental break...

May 19, 2003

Me, Grant and Herman.

May 19, 2003

And for the big finale of the night, Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody!"

May 19, 2003

What, you don't believe me? See those two smoking hot, blonde hula girls? Yeah, that's right! They got so hot and bothered by my karaoke jam that right after i was done singing they took me in the bathroom and I totally got down with both of them! So who's gay now, huh? Huh?

May 19, 2003

Wait, what's that I gotta have again?

May 19, 2003

karaoke ↗+

Yo, you can diss and say that karaoke's gay and all. But you clearly have no idea what you're talking about because karaoke makes chicks totally hot and then they want to do you.

May 19, 2003

..."Baby's Got Back!"

May 19, 2003

She's got eyes of the bluest skies...

May 19, 2003

You know what baby's got...

May 19, 2003

Duet with a stranger.

May 19, 2003

Usually as the night gets going, impromptu dance parties break out...

May 19, 2003

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Me popping a bottle of bubbly while gazing lovingly Rob Kemp, Rob Kemp, the bassist from Arlene's Heavy Metal Karaoke band!)

May 13, 2003

champagne ↗+

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Nothing sets the stage for a lil' ear nuzzling like a few bottle of free champagne. Hoo-ah!

May 13, 2003

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I met up with Sarah at Spin's fancy offices.

May 13, 2003

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...doing my impression of a mime "taking on a huge dick." (See how I'm using my left hand to play with the giant plums? All you ladies out there take note!)