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Apr. 3rd, 2006 04:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
offbalanceThe good news is that I found away to keep myself from constantly looking at LJ during work. The bad news, is that the solution is MySpace. . Yes, yes. I've caved. It's as additive and silly as I originally thought. It's Friendster on crack. And I love it. Some of you have gotten friend requests from me already, otherwise
I had a pretty kick-ass weekend. After Friday's fun, I met up with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
vbpal on Saturday and we headed into the city. First up was the Young Designer's Market, so I could find a present for whtegrlwthehair's birthday. I was also going to meet up with Carly there so she and I could have a look around together, but she was running a little late. Evan and I were kind of hungry, so we ambled around while we were waiting for her in search of sustenance. We ended up going to Vietnam Bahn Mi So No. 1 on Spring and Broome, which wound up being some of the best money I spent all day. $4 netted me a bottle of water and a HUGE sandwich (pork, some cold cuts, cilantro, sauces) on toasted french bread. I was skeptical at first, but it wound up being absolutely wonderful. After meeting up with Carly and getting caught in the rain (in that order), we hit the market. A couple of hours later Carly had bought a few things and I'd gotten Catherine a great shirt for her birthday.
Then Evan and I headed to the Big Apple Comic-Con, which wasn't so great. I wasn't impressed, it wasn't organized well and the selection of vendors and products wasn't so hot. Evan, a comic-con vet, was really disappointed. I was only annoyed about the $15 admission fee. There was a bizarre collection of celebrities there, ranging from the expected (Peter Mayhew, George Romero, porn stars, Corin Nemic from one of the Stargates) to the random (Jane Wiedlin from the Go-Gos had a table. Why?)
After picking up a couple of Neil Gaiman graphic novels, I headed into the ladies' restroom. While in there I started talking to an older woman. She laughed that I'd heard her talking to herself, but I told her that nowadays, you never know who's crazy and who's on the phone. She thought that was really funny, and then started talking to me about how "Otherworldly" cons are and how marvelous it was to be there. I talked to her a bit more, but when the "crazy" light started blinking, I beat a hasty retreat.
Turns out, I was talking to this woman. Her co-star has gone on to large-scale stardom and Scientology. She's signing pictures at a con. I'd be a bit barmy myself, were that me.
Then Evan made me an awesome dinner, we met up with his girlfriend Michelle and headed to BAM for Thank You For Smoking, which may be the best film I've seen so far this year. Easily. It was the glorious kind of smart funny that you don't get to see often enough nowadays. It's pretty dark, but I haven't laughed out loud this much at a movie since I saw The 40-Year-Old Virgin. I walked out of the theater happy, and feeling as though I'd made a great investment. It was totally worth my $10.
I might as well post this, it's been sitting in Semagic since lunch. *sigh*
I had a pretty kick-ass weekend. After Friday's fun, I met up with
vbpal on Saturday and we headed into the city. First up was the Young Designer's Market, so I could find a present for whtegrlwthehair's birthday. I was also going to meet up with Carly there so she and I could have a look around together, but she was running a little late. Evan and I were kind of hungry, so we ambled around while we were waiting for her in search of sustenance. We ended up going to Vietnam Bahn Mi So No. 1 on Spring and Broome, which wound up being some of the best money I spent all day. $4 netted me a bottle of water and a HUGE sandwich (pork, some cold cuts, cilantro, sauces) on toasted french bread. I was skeptical at first, but it wound up being absolutely wonderful. After meeting up with Carly and getting caught in the rain (in that order), we hit the market. A couple of hours later Carly had bought a few things and I'd gotten Catherine a great shirt for her birthday. Then Evan and I headed to the Big Apple Comic-Con, which wasn't so great. I wasn't impressed, it wasn't organized well and the selection of vendors and products wasn't so hot. Evan, a comic-con vet, was really disappointed. I was only annoyed about the $15 admission fee. There was a bizarre collection of celebrities there, ranging from the expected (Peter Mayhew, George Romero, porn stars, Corin Nemic from one of the Stargates) to the random (Jane Wiedlin from the Go-Gos had a table. Why?)
After picking up a couple of Neil Gaiman graphic novels, I headed into the ladies' restroom. While in there I started talking to an older woman. She laughed that I'd heard her talking to herself, but I told her that nowadays, you never know who's crazy and who's on the phone. She thought that was really funny, and then started talking to me about how "Otherworldly" cons are and how marvelous it was to be there. I talked to her a bit more, but when the "crazy" light started blinking, I beat a hasty retreat.
Turns out, I was talking to this woman. Her co-star has gone on to large-scale stardom and Scientology. She's signing pictures at a con. I'd be a bit barmy myself, were that me.
Then Evan made me an awesome dinner, we met up with his girlfriend Michelle and headed to BAM for Thank You For Smoking, which may be the best film I've seen so far this year. Easily. It was the glorious kind of smart funny that you don't get to see often enough nowadays. It's pretty dark, but I haven't laughed out loud this much at a movie since I saw The 40-Year-Old Virgin. I walked out of the theater happy, and feeling as though I'd made a great investment. It was totally worth my $10.
I might as well post this, it's been sitting in Semagic since lunch. *sigh*
