The Last 68 Hours

posted on may 26, 2003, tag: entertainment

Friday night at around 8:00PM, Shawn, Katia and I walked to Enid's in Greenpoint. We drank for about two hours. Then we walked across the park to the Turkey's Nest. We drank for about two hours. Then we went to Palace Fried Chicken and ordered, and we all walked home while eating greasy [fantastic!] chicken.

Saturday we slept in until 2:00PM, lounged around for several hours, and then hopped on the L train to Bedford to stop at a fish market and grocery store, where we got ingredients to make Tuna Ceviche and Chicken with Peanut Sauce. Long story short, several hours later, the Tuna Ceviche turned out like shit and I ended up eating Chicken with Skippy on top (you must try this, it's great). After that nightmare, we journeyed into the city and saw Bruce Almighty with Shawn and then stopped by Ben & Jerry's to get ice cream (I got a chocolate shake of which I had 1/3—the rest was used by Katia to "stop the hiccups"). The movie was funny, and even thought the ending was cheesy, it was minimal and there were some really, really hilarious parts (specifically one with Steven Carell (of "The Daily Show" fame), who I really enjoy). If you like Jim Carrey, it's worth it.

Sunday we slept in until 1:30PM. Then we made pancakes (Aunt Jamima's Mix) and then ventured into the city midday to visit the Guggenheim, which ended up being a bad idea since it was Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend and it was packed with all sorts of people. So we walked down to the Met and took a stroll through some of their exhibitions before heading back down to Union Square where we stopped at Petco to get some large things of cat food and then to Barnes & Noble and finally the Virgin Megastore where we purchased—sadly—Twister on DVD (long story short—we were having an awkward craving to watch it and the local video store here doesn't have it on DVD). We traveled home and watched the movie.

Today we slept in until 1:00PM. Then we made eggs and bacon, and I went into the city to buy a bicycle (at Toys 'R' Us no less). It's a Murray, in case you're curious, and even though that's a great coincidence, it is not, however, the reason I bought it. And for those of you who associate TRU with childrens' bikes—while you might be right in your association, I promise I didn't buy one. This is a bike for big people. I'm big. Then Katia and I rode around for a few hours all over Greenpoint. A few minutes ago we ate Sushi we ordered from a place nearby we had never tried (it was good).

And now I'm writing this. In case you were curious what I did this weekend.