late august blehs

ah…the Late August Blehs. hot, humid, thunderstorms, traffic, dead skunk smells, sweat. i hate this time of year. its like summer's over ripe and ready to rot.

haven't posted pictures or much else lately 'cause i got the LABs. however, this past weekend i decided to treat myself nice for a change and spent the past few days doing just that.

i went to two movies over the weekend, Duece Bigalow: European Gigalow, and The 40 Year Old Virgin. both films are very funny. Bigelow's chuckles come from that low end humor area--lots of it here, but Schneider is great, and his character, at heart, is a sweetie. The Virgin movie was just as funny, but sans most toilet jokes. its not mean-spirited and the title character is not as nerdy as you'd think, his ideals on sex and love are surprisingly pure. this movie's ending is over the top, unexpected, and just fucking funny.

yesterday i left work early and met my friend in Chinatown NYC for dinner. had some trouble with the bus and subway--ended up getting off the backed up bus at the javits center instead of port authority, then found myself on a "V" train that was rerouted to the "C' train tracks and had a mini NYC subway odyssey trying to get to Canal Street.

we went to our favorite restaurant there, Hep Kee--its underground, but has the BEST food--makes the usual chinese take out look like shit. i had chinese broccoli in oyster sauce, she had singapore angelhair curried lo mein, and we split some mussels in black bean pepper sauce. delicious. then we got some bubble tea for dessert. i love the tapioca balls.

we walked around Chinatown and Tribeca then took the Path out. very nice evening, and a nice delayed ending to a restful and peaceful weekend [for once]. of course today things are back to the Late August Blehs, but at least i had a good weekend.