1. try vegetarianism for 30 days
2. stay a vegetarian for four more months
3. at the four month mark, start acknowledging the existence of meat again
4. spend an entire week talking and thinking about meat
5. at the week’s end, eat dinner out at the spaghetti warehouse
6. order angel hair pasta with homemade meatballs
6. eat the meatballs
7. eat the pasta
8. sleep for the rest of the weekend

i fall in love with the city more and more each day.

tonight i was walking through love park when i heard someone crooning ‘celebrate’ by kool and the gang at the top of their lungs. i turned my head with a grin starting to form on my face. the source of the disco revival turned out to be none other than a large black man crossing the street while playing an air-guitar with his golf umbrella. at that sight, my grin turned into a smile which then turned into a grin after i was done smiling.

in other news, the gate has finally been fixed to work with my downstairs key. however, it only works on one side. the other side of the lock in a streak of genius was not fixed, so now i need to reach my hand through the bars, insert my key, and turn the lock from the other side. i think i now fall into the elite club of people who have to unlock three doors to get into their apartment, one door to get onto the back deck, and no doors to climb down a rusty ladder to peek into their cute neighbor’s window. not that i have a cute neighbor. nor a ladder near her window. nor the lack of ethics to indulge in such adolescent antics.

if anyone else would like to join this elite club, my other downstairs neighbor is moving out soon. and as long as you don’t tape bread to my door, slip handwritten notes under my door, or give me wedgies every time we pass each other, we should get along just fine.

this video needs no setup. all you need to know is that it is awesome, completely nerdy, and inciting jealousy in thousands across the country.

was i right or was i right?