All My Excuses

Next on the agenda, getting out to do some shit. Once again I am wasting my time away in the dorm rather than taking advantage of this whole big city that I have at my disposal. But I've got a good excuse this time, really. It's too humid for me to venture outside without immediately feeling like I was salvaged from the bottom of the ocean and from beneath from skanky seaweed covered treasure chest (which is really the analogy for New York, skanky, seaweed-covered, yet still a treasure chest.) AND - the free $20 Metrocard Kenny gave me is now a free $0 Metrocard, so that inhibits my travel even moreso. (Note to Kenny if you're reading this, please snake me another Metrocard!)

So I feel pretty guilty for not calling people or making plans, I really need to do that. Class has gotten in the way a little bit, and homework as well, even more of an obstacle, my inherent lazyness. My Dramatic and Visual Writing prof. wants us to go out and see some kind of art at least once a week. Now I'm taking this seriously enough to consider it an assignment, but it seemed like a good suggestion either way. I feel pathetic that when people ask me what I've been doing in New York, for fun or otherwise, my answer is usually "not much." Realistically, I better start getting out for my own enjoyment, because pretty soon, Sight and Sound Film will be kicking my ass all over the place, so now is the time to go to museums, and zoos, and just explore basically. Exploring is my favorite option because it's free, for the most part, and that's another one of my excuses: I have no income and am living the life of a poor college student. Feel free to donate to the "Buy-Alison-a-Life Fund," operators are standing by. And to be fair, I have been job-searching very actively, so actively it's borderline desperate. Alright, it's desperate. It's a step in the right direction at least.

This entry had pretty much no direction or point or anything silly like that. It's pretty much my way of explaining and perhaps apologizing for my absence (that is, if you missed me at all.) So, I'll try not to be so scarce.

Tit-le?

Ah city livin'.

Today I prevailed in the ancient art of egg saladry when I made lunch WITHOUT an egg slicer. I used good old-fashioned elbow grease and ingenuity to make some of the most delicious sandwiches that were eaten this week by anyone, anywhere. More delicious than any sandwich containing a Granny Smith apple, that's for sure. Oh Granny Smith, when will you learn? Your tart and delicious fruit belongs in pies and strudels, not between roasted turkey and cheddar cheese.

Following here will be the list of movies I mean to see in the next two months. Of course, I won't see hardly any of them. Why? Because movie tickets cost $9, and that's WITH the discount. I can see very clearly why fewer Americans are going to the movies, and I don't blame them. Sure, it may end with the ironic demise of the very industry I mean to become a part of, but hey, nine goddamn dollars?! It is ridiculous. So anyway, here is the list of movies I most likely can't afford to see, but it's good to have goals, right? So what if they're not "ambitious" or "credible"... psh...

Already OUT
- Pretty Persuasion
- The Baxter

Sept. 16th '05
- Thumbsucker
- Corpse Bride
- Everything is Illuminated
- Shopgirl

Dec. 2nd '05
-Aeon Flux

Dec. 9th '05
- Chronicles of Narnia
Who wants to hang out at the movies on September 16th?