MoMa Day

Went to the Moma this weekend. Probably one of my favorite places in the city.

Things we saw:

Picasso Sculptures




Jackson Pollocks.



More Picassos.



Warhols.



A lint masterpiece...



Weird awesome fun pop art made of stick figures.






And the Dali exhibition which was sick.





Did you know Dali did a collaboration with Walt Disney where he made an 8-minute short film that was Fantasia-esque? It was a project that kind of fell apart, but in recent years it's been finalized and fully-animated and it was pretty freakin' awesome.

Imagine a moving Dali painting with a hot hottie supermodel princess...that turns into a dandelion. Worth the trip if the only thing you see is the film.

Yay China!

Megoon just sent me a little e-card:

I actually used to look like this (and not because we all look same).

Shake It!

Now if she does it like this, will you do it like that?
Now if she touches like this, will you touch her like that right back**?
Now if she moves like this, will you move her like that?
Come on, shake, shake...shake, shake, a-shake it!



Gosh I love that video.

** - Thanks KG

Epic Hoochie Celebration

The Noguchi's Hoochies kicked ass on Friday. Won 13-1.



I was wearing my sweet new uniform. (I don't actually play. I just show up occassionally and sit and clap softly.)



We kicked off the victory celebration with a game of Kings.






Mark ended up losing.



Flip-cup followed...







Oh and I met my new teammate Kathleen, who accidentally stumbled on this blog several months ago when she was doing a google search for "Party Bus NYC" and realized she knew everyone.

(She begged not to be featured.)

Hi Kathleen!



Eventually an iPod got hooked up.



And the dance party started.



And Mark poured beer on everyone.



Killer track of the evening:

Metrostation - "Shake It"





Who needs a bar or dance club when you have Hoochies and a living room?







We are ridiculous.

The Rent Lottery!

I mean...you knew we were going to win, right?

There's just no way we weren't going to.

Life is too perfect. Things just work out.

God bless the sweet baby jesus.



I met KG at the theater at 5:30 to line up for the daily ticket lottery.

Each day they award two front-row seats to 17 people for the cheapo price of $20 a ticket.



The show ends its twelve-year run in September. As such, hundreds of people showed up trying to win the tickets.

I gave $2 to the homeless man outside the theater in exchange for instant karma.

We filled out our cards...



And at 6pm they started calling out the names of the winners.

We waited...and waited...

...and with only two names remaining to be called...we won.




With two hours before showtime, we celebrated with Italian food.




Finally...it was showtime.

Our seats were ridiculous.



Seriously, we were so close that the actors continually showered us with spit as they sang.








The show was INCREDIBLE.

I'd seen the movie. And I loved it. But the live show is exponentially better and blew me away.

Tracie Thoms, who plays Joanne in the movie, played the same role onstage tonight. The girl who played Mimi had the sickest body I have ever seen. And every single singer, down to even the minor background characters, had an incredible voice.

It. Was. So. Good.

Watching Rent on the heels of Spring Awakening made me realize what a totally uninspired turdfest the latter show is.

KG left the theater skipping and singing.



As I pranced out of the theater into Times Square, I pretty much felt as good as you possibly can about life.

NYC is so awesome.

I have to live here soon.