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Best of 2001

December 31, 2001 at 8:00 am

best free trips: “business trip” to portland and san francisco, interview trip to san francisco
favorite movie: memento, ghost world, the tao of steve
favorite bar: deluxe cafe/b-side lounge
best sandwich: the pressed cuban sandwich at chez henri
best sketchy restaurant: shalimar in san francisco
best new CD: weezer the green album, pete yorn, musicforthemorningafter

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the strokes is this it?

best moment that i hope i will never experience again: my car getting totalled
best addition to my garage: my new car
best book: neal stephenson cryptonomicon, michel chabon the amazing adventures of kavalier and clay
best end to a pointless eating practice: saxe’s end of vegetarianism, my end to the ban on red meat and pork
best physical feat: saxe and lamb finishing the california ironman
best tv show” mtv cribs
best addition to the excersize regiment: yes, yoga, dammit. bring it.

December 17, 2001 at 8:00 am

another week of good eating
an unexpected meal at chez henri on thursday. i really just wanted a cuban sandwich, but who am i to turn down a good meal?
secret stealth dates
the holiday cocktails party in cambridge. pictures soon to come
i finally compiled all of my mp3’s into one place. i have over 2100 of them. i think i have a prolem
i will be spending new years playing golf, drinking beers, and eating mexican food in phoenix.
random search term used to find my page from a random person, always followed by a arandom email: Chanumas.
yin followed an afternoon of dim sum with a trip to blue ribbon BBQ yesterday. he spent the majority of his waking hours eating. but he only got the duo platter instead of the usual trio, so i knew he wasn’t up to his full eating capacity
seeing my high school junior prom date at a party this weekend. that was weird
i bought a stack of 100 blank cd’s for $25. it will probably last me a month or 2 at the most.

December 11, 2001 at 8:00 am

new pics!. not surprisingly, they look like all of my other pics.
saxe celebrating his 3 year anniversary of being a vegetarian with a big fat steak. finally.
“aren’t you going to walk me to the door to see if my car is still…” SLAM! whoops.
east ocean city on friday night with jon and carolyn and crew
seeing jamie for the first time in 2 years, and a successful night for tom
i am finally permanently moved down to norwood, in my own office, with my own computer, and my own phone.
my car making it through its first snow
the first night of chanukah at the carpenter’s, and me making my first latkes.
saxe celebrating chanukah, playing dreidel, making latkes, and using the word “goyim”. holy christ.
finally buying swingers on DVD
oh yeah, morpheus is really good for software too

December 3, 2001 at 8:00 am

it was in the high-60’s on december 1, walking around the upper west side in just jeans and a t-shirt
a successful party at 330 w. 86th. and somehow, no complaints from the neighbors.
some random person found my page using a search for “rugburns”
yes, there was an olive oil tasting at our apartment for 60+ people. and i got to keep all the leftovers of really expensive and really excellent stuff.
i’ve been working out of temporary office for 3+ weeks now. i finally went up to my old office, filled a box, and hauled my own crap down to my new office. still no computer though. and no phone. but at least i have my larry legend poster up.
a girl interested in butler, despite the fact that within 10 minutes of meeting him told me that he was most annoying person she’s ever met, and really didn’t like him.
another downloading frenzy: john mayer room for squares, oasis familiar to millions, beck midnite vultures, jimmy eat world bleed american, and a couple others
the sight of brett and doug bumping bellies while dancing to britney
the wall of chicken breasts and tuna steaks in our freezer. you literally can’t get anything out without creating an avalance of frozen protein