"NEW YORK CITY, I LOVE YOU"

the boys and i went out adventuring in the city again today. it was nice to finally leave the area immediately surrounding times square. this time, we hit a little cafe near nyu for a bite before stopping in washington square park. while there, we caught an act by a trio of street performers -- tick, tack, and the puerto rican kid -- who were not only quite hilarious, but were also able to cold-rock the break dance. it was quite entertaining. we don't see anything like that in orange county.

then raymond and i walked around the streets immediately surrounding nyu. the area is so beautiful... i've never even considered graduate school before, but damn.. it would be so amazing to go to film school there. options, options...

we shopped a bit as well. i picked up the yeah yeah yeahs record from tower. though i don't have television at home, i've been travelling quite a bit, and for some reason i end up watching more mtv than i'd care to admit. i'd seen the "maps" video a few times, and for some reason, it always intrigued me. i'm currently listening to the record, and it's not disappointing, actually. and for 8.99, it wouldn't have been much of a loss anyway. we also hit a few clothing stores... i probably would have picked up a few things; for example, a goddamn sweater would be nice. the windchill here is absolutely ridiculous. raymond scored a pretty nice leather wristband for ten bills.

he then suggested that we check out kim's video, a fantastic little store that had a bootlegged dvd featuring "the office" christmas specials... i almost picked it up, but it looked a little bit too ghetto; some dudes were selling bootlegs in the subway as well ("kill bill" and the jesus movie were among the mix) but back to kim's... they had a ton of great stuff. i saw a used copy of "viva l'amour" for less than ten bucks. "the hole" was like fifteen -- i almost replaced my missing copy. i did pick up tsai ming liang's "rebels of the neon god" -- a film i've been meaning to pick up for some time. in addition, i grabbed a crazy takashi miike import titled "the bird people in china"... i'd never heard of it before, but the artwork looked sweet. it seems the imdb peeps enjoy it, so hopefully i did well.

finally, we ran into a small videogame store, and boy... it made me really realize what a sore state the california scene is in. i walked in the door and was greeted by their used console selection... they had everything. i'm not even gonna start listing things off. if you wanted it, it was there. i'm not saying the store was cheap. it really wasn't. but the selection was fantastic. it was as if i had walked through a portal and ended up in akihabara. i had already spent so much money on media that i evacuated as quickly as possible.

but between kim's, this game store, and the beauty of the nyu area, i decided that i simply have to move to nyc sometime in my young life. soon. so sure, sf for awhile. but i need to get back out to this place. soon. it's incredible. did i mention the women? no? i absolutely adore their style. lovely.

i've got one more thing to mention: see "morvern callar" if you get the chance. it's directed by lynne ramsay who's also responsible for "ratcatcher". both films are expertly shot and the former has a pretty nice little soundtrack as well. there's a boards of canada track playing atop the dvd's menu. what more can you ask for. i couldn't help but think that the film looked as if dawn had shot it... that's a good thing obviously. anyways, yeah check it out if you get the chance.

tomorrow is wrestlemania. whoopie. until next time... Posted by ryan at March 13, 2004 07:34 PM