if i could be two places at one time, i'd be with you/tomorrow + today, beside you all the way

Big week! Dave flew in on Friday. We immediately came home (the train/bus ride to LaGuardia is too damn long) and proceeded to hang out. Had pizza with the flatmates and watched RED EYE, which I really liked and wanted them all to see. So we watched it! And, well... I really liked it.

Saturday Dave & I took a ride to Cypress Hills Cemetary (I almost got him killed by jumping into the A train while the doors were closing and felt like a horrible brother) to find Jackie Robinson's grave. Which we did... 2.5 hours later. Still, cool cemetary. Not cool? The J train. Pretty sure that during the rest of my time here, I won't be riding the J anywhere. It makes me really nervous. Anyway- after Cypress Hills, we went to Midtown, specifically to Cozy's for burgers & fries. Then hit Forbidden Planet (for the first time, it ROCKS and I proudly didn't spend any money) and visited my work. Then down to Academy Records, where Dave found a couple of dvds. Back home to make chili and watch The Corpse Bride!

Sunday was awesome as we went to see Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, which I was a little wary about. I thought it would be fun and knew that Dave would be psyched to see Jonathan Pryce. I was really surprised that it kicked ass. It was soooo hysterical and Norbert Leo Butz? Kicked ass. Plus, my beloved Sherie Rene Scott- yes, I saw Jamie & Cathy from LAST 5 YEARS. It was really great- and while it was of course not as jawdropping as Sweeney Todd, it was fantastic on a whole other level. So much fun. I was a stage door geek and got Jonathan Pryce & Gregory Jbara to sign my playbill. Woo-hoo!! Afterwards, we went to the Diner for dinner, came home and had game night!

Monday was a rain day, so we stayed home, watched dvds and hung out.

Tuesday we hit Central Park (Strawberry Fields; Cleopatra's Needle; Bethesda Fountain, of course) and had a giant movie night with the flatmates, Gilliane + the Red Haired Goddess. Magnficent Seven. It kicked ass! (ok we may have also watched some of American Idol for the bad singers... I love that shit)

Yesterday, back to the airport, back to Miami for Dave and back home for me. super bummed, but feeling a little better knowing that I've got a plan and that sooner or later I'll be back with my family. I guess that all this comes down to the old saying "Home is where the heart is." My heart is definitely with my family- and for all the great things this city has to offer, it doesn't have what's most important to me.

ok enough introspection. time to get up and do laundry. grrr.
-rick


listening to: Bill Burr/Emotionally Unavailable
bookbag: um. that comic book book. haven't read it in like, a week.
dvd player: Mary Tyler Moore Show: Season 3
title quote: "If" by Bread. Although I was clearly quoting Dolly Parton's version of it.
celebrity sightings: 2 *Pryce & Jbara at the stage door
YTD Sightings-5
what i wish i would have said: "I'd like a ticket to Miami, please."