Ni hao

Not to be taken as a sign of me lacking maturity (which I do, lol) but greatest thing that I could possibly wake up to today: Ni Hao Kai-Lan. It's one of those 'Dora the Explorer'-type shows, but the protagonist (if the title wasn't enough of a giveaway), is a little Chinese girl. HA! I called it, Chinese, both as a people and a language are going to be very prominent in the near future, hence the appearance of this show on Nick Jr.

She's oober cute too, as are her little animal friends. And she has a fairly chill grandpa, whom she communicates with in English, and in some remedial Chinese.


I need more of this around me

Precious Metal

So, Suzanne took me with her to Manhattan for a record release party being held at Crash Mansion (LES). On our way there, we ran into Paulie-bag-of-donuts, of all places on a subway car. It's always a random encounter, but they definitely make things interesting. We all made our way downtown, and met up with the band. That's the ticket in, know the drummer and the bassist. Great place, and appropriate for this release party for KHZ: a metal band. Possibly the most beautiful metal band i've ever seen, both in performance ability and in appearance. As far as lead singers go, Raiana is possibly the most attractive face i've seen in metal. The gentlemen of the band were quite handsome also.

They're worth checking out, and their second album is noteworthy: Disconnected. It's worth looking into.

their myspace (check it): KHZ

CP

Well this weekend was all about getting in touch with the "old me," not the psychopath who was suffering through personal issues, but rather the one who's all about the music. Following the trend started about a month ago at Paganfest, I'm back on the music scene, more present than ever. Yesterday was the opening show for Summer Stage @ Central Park, which proved to be one of the best experiences by far.

It was an innocently sunny Saturday that involved being Manhattan-bound. Out of impatience and desire, rather than taking the subway right from Penn., I headed over to Herald Sq., which implies a visit to Koryodong (that amazing cafe that sells the ice pops that I'm all about. Yes, I finally managed to take the name down).

Shot up north and headed towards Central Park to meet up with Kat to go to the show. Who was playing? Born Ruffians, A-trak, Kid Sister, & Vampire Weekend. How collegiate. Andrew WK served as host, commencing the show. Born Ruffians came on and were quite good, a surprise to those of us who showed up exclusively for VW or Kid Sis. And then the rain came, slowly at first... and then heavy, and then heavier. It turned into Woodstock though, since nobody was phased by the impending severity of the storm. I'm there with Kat and co, sans sneakers ou t-shirt getting pounded on by blankets of water.

And it kept pouring delaying the show, as Kid Sister was too drunk to not worry about her weave. So the crowd gets antsy and after 40 minutes of excessive rain A-trak comes out to mix it up, great DJ, though he came with an ego since he's worked with the likes of Kanye.

Kid Sister comes out, drunk as shit but rearing to go (Thanks Maria for the pic). In typical Kat+Roo tradition, some one made sure to acknowledge the fact that we were more persistant than the rest of the crowd, jamming harder in the rain.

Kid Sis got off, and VW got on stage, to be met with a crowd as persistent and wild as the tempest that has been hovering over the area all afternoon. They were amazing, Playing the majority of their current album and introducing a couple of other song they've been working on. The rain came had halfway through their set, but they kept going and it was such a hydrated event. The end of their set welcomed Andrew WK and his guitar to play a Tom Petty song... sigh... it was such a quencher, not just the downpour but the show.

On a different note... managed to make it uptown, et je le vois finalment. je suis resté avec lui durant la nuit parce qu'il était malade. Made it home on time to be the good son that I am, and celebrate Papa's Day!!!

I'm going to learn tonight how to play Metal Gear Solid4, correctly. We'll see how that goes.

BFFers

...Just flipping through some random things. Came across this:
I like that an actual children's book has been published in regards to these two unlikely pals... Owen (the baby hippo) and Mzee (the tortoise). Owen and Mzee: The true story of a remarkable friendship became a big hit; a retelling how exactly these guys ended up in the same enclosure and getting to become he friends they did. To think that something awful like a tsunami would lead to something so heart-warming. Mind you I have nerves of steel and even this touched me.

"The right person is still going to think the sun shines out of your ass."

Et il est ou?

Probablement ce mon faut, mais je le verrai bientôt. I got to, it's one of the few things at this moment that's kinda working out. It's also one of the few guys who has yet to disappoint me despite my own trend to become just that, a disappointment.

Si tu le lis, maintenes dans l'esprit que j'ai me sens obliger a te voir, particulairment parce que je bien regardes la possibilites entre nous.

Gotta hit uptown up very soon

Gotta love the verb être.

2x

Random conclusion that came to mind during a 5 mile run today: I gotta be better than everyone else just to be normal. haha. It's what I've got to do to be taken seriously by the rest of the world. It's not me being self-conscious, it's an awareness of the difficulty of what it means to be gay.

Gotta be tougher, smarter, funnier, and a whole lot of other things, to be received just as well as my straight male peers. Hm... It's not a challenge or anything, but it's something that i noticed as I'm running, observing the little children by the local elementary school. Those were some rough years for me... and had I known what I basically figured out on my own +10 years later, I think it would have been an easier transition from middle school to high school. Bleh.

Speaking of memory lane, random ghosts from the past presented themselves this week. Received a message from a former best-friend of mine. It was a pretty serious falling out, hence why contact between us has been limited at my part despite her persistence to keep in touch. I couldn't deal with her then and I don't think it would be good to start that up again.

Sigh....

I've come to love electropop music once again. Je l'aime de nouveau. Random song that proves this point:



Lalala-love it.