Living the life yesterday of a leisurely "ladies-who-lunch" was soooo good! I was not made to work, to have any ambition. For real, sugar daddies and mommas, give me a call me I'm available to bring you your martini at the end of your long professional make-a-lot-of-money workday while you shower me with gifts of plastic and cash (because all the other gifts I can get with aforementioned plastic and cash).

Hi Josh, for complaining about lack of daily content.

Just as Carrie (and the writers for / creator of her character) believes that her "one true love" could possibly be New York City (versus her ex-fiance and ex-Mr. Big), I think I feel the same way. I love New York City.

I feel proud to be with it. It's my "impress" factor. It makes me look good (at least in my mind) that I can say I live in New York City.

It's a great relationship. It gives me my space, yet it's always there. It's always interesting, offers me plenty of options. I give back...via taxes on my restaurant bills and bar tabs. And via income tax too. Alright, so it's not the most selfless and altruistic way to respond. But I've always been the less giving one in any relationship.

Not that it's a perfect relationship, by any means. It has hurt me, scared me, challenged and confused me. But the experience is uniquely ours. Despite all those things, it has also enlightened me, surprised me, challenged (it can be a good thing sometimes) and excited me.

Do I really like it this much? Would I feel this way about any other city I live in where I'm making money and have friends, and have time to enjoy both? Maybe. But I'm here now. And for now, I love New York.

A friend of a friend works at MSD Capital. That's the personal investing arm of Michael Dell. The man set up a company essentially to manage his billions and billions of dollars by investing it like how a mutual fund is run. Anyway, I went to the web page and read the bios of some of its principals. I ran across all these MIT PhD's in econometrics and game theory, Wharton School MBA's, Harvard College applied math BA's. Then I go to the "Michael Dell" page and I read "Mr. Dell attended The University of Texas." I thought, "HA!" The man didn't even graduate from college and he has PhD's managing his personal portfolio. How ironic (is that the right word?). I mean, what do those people think about that? I'm sure none of the fifty-odd people who work at MSD will ever have enough money to set up a company just to manage his/her personal stash o' money. But they're smart people who went to college and got their multiple degrees just to work for a college drop-out.

Anyone see this show on MTV called "Taildaters"? Two couples (the episode I watched had guy-girl and guy-guy) go on their respective dates. Two friends of each person of each couple (4 friends per couple) watch this date happen on TV at some location. And they discuss what happens, comments on their friend's quirks/turn-offs/turn-ons/etc. They also have text-pagers that allow them to page their friend on the date to do something, to ask something, to make a move, to tell a joke. And in the end, each couple decides if it works out or not.

Thoughts:
First of all, blind dates: NEVER
Have your friends watch you on a date? Hmm..good and bad.
* good - collective wisdom on dating and relationships (if I choose my friends wisely)
* bad - possible performance anxiety (again, depending on choice of friends)

I'm tempted to have the intern that works for me transfer all my telephone numbers from my old cell phone to my new one. But I guess that's not very meaningful work, though it'd mean a lot to me!

Top 3 Ideal Future Wife Jobs (in no particular order):

** art gallery/museum curator/director
** public relations executive
** warrior princess

Celebrity Sightings (in when-I-saw-them order):

Bjork - Union Square
David Duchovny - 5 Ave / 60 st
Ellen Degeneres - SoHo/JCrew men's dept
Deborah Gibson - Union Square
Ice-T - CoffeeHouse / Union Square
Puff Daddy - Rockefeller Center
George Pataki - fundraiser @ Inwood
Tiger Woods - Kapalua golf course, Maui
Josh Chang - (seeing if you're paying attention; seeing you're the only one who read my drivel)
Russell Wong - Union Square subway 4/5
Ralph Lauren - West Village (White Horse Tavern)
Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins - "The Elephant Man" Broadway play - Royale Theater
Alec Baldwin - Starbucks 86/Columbus
Kate & Andy Spade - Wollensky's Grill / 49 & 3rd
Conan O'Brien - 68 Street & Broadway

I SWEAR this is NOT me, but it's funny though, no?

from WashingtonPost advice column (last question):

Dear Carolyn:

I am a successful man with a good personality. I take care of myself both spiritually and physically (i.e. go to church, the gym). I think I'm an all- around good guy. Lately, however, I've been considering having cosmetic surgery to augment my physical appearance. Would that be a turnoff to women to learn that I was vain enough to do this?

-- Adonis

Carolyn: Yes.


Is that true?

Why Georgia by John Mayer

I am driving up 85 in the
Kind of morning that lasts all afternoon
just stuck inside the gloom
4 more exits to my apartment but
I am tempted to keep the car in drive
And leave it all behind

Cause I wonder sometimes
About the outcome
Of a still verdictless life

Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Why Georgia, why?

I rent a room and I fill the spaces with
Wood in places to make it feel like home
But all I feel's alone
It might be a quarter life crisis
Or just the stirring in my soul

Either way I wonder sometimes
About the outcome
Of a still verdictless life

Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Why Georgia, why?

So what, so I've got a smile on
But it's hiding the quiet superstitions in my head
Don't believe me
When I say I've got it down

Everybody is just a stranger but
That's the danger in going my own way
I guess it's the price I have to pay
Still "everything happens for a reason"
Is no reason not to ask myself

If I am living it right
Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Why Georgia, why?

Excerpt from email forward I got:

"Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar."
* Drew Carey

"Why does Sea World have a seafood restaurant? I'm halfway through my fish burger and I realize, Oh my Goodness. I could be eating a slow learner."
* Lynda Montgomery

"When I die, I want to die like my grandmother who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."
* Author Unknown

Last night, I hung out at 36 East 67 Street. That would be between Park and Madison Avenues. That would be the 5-floor townhouse with a huge foyer, an elevator (never did see or use the stairs), closets so big they're literally rooms unto themselves where you have to walk out into the hallways to get to them, home theater (where I watched Black Hawk Down in surround sound with a projector from the ceiling pointing to a drop down screen while I lounged in one of 6 leather recliners), countless bedrooms twice the size of my current living room (aka Roy's room plus dining area), roof deck with wireless access point nearby for people to bring their laptops and surf, hallways filled with original art.

Just another evening hanging out with my socialite friends. It's actually on the market if you're interested.