2009 Hath Erupted

So, how did I spend New Year's? Well, I worked New Year's Eve until 8, when the store shut. My friends were all going to New Orleans to party at The Parade, but they left at 4, so I didn't get to go. I really didn't have the money to blow on booze, drugs and anonymous sex with hot boys, so I guess that worked out OK ... umm ...

Got home and fixed dinner. I bought a bottle of cheap spumante for the occasion. I watched an Almodovar film (I forget which one) until I got sleepy and went to bed about 10:30. Pretty exciting, huh?

Well, at precisely 12 o'clock, 2009 erupted outside my window. There is a perfectly awful straight boy (who isn't even cute) who lives behind me and to the East, in a walk-up like mine. He and his friends are loud and obnoxious (as only college students whose parents pay for everything can be). They had previously shattered the trellis on his landing in order to gain access to the roof of the adjacent shed, so that they could dance around on it in an inebriated condition, and, having gained such access, used it on New Year's as a launch pad for a formidable arsenal of fireworks, most of which went right past my bedroom window. They also screamed and yelled and threw bottles and things, by way of celebration. That was how I knew it was 2009.

So, I woke up and had some spumante and got a text from my friends, who were partying in NO, and, about 2 AM, went back to sleep, because, of course, I had to work in the morning.

New Year's at the store was like Christmas: horrible. People with hangovers came in to buy more inebriates and food: lots of cabbage, meat and black-eye peas (traditional New Year's food in South Louisiana). I went home afterwards and then went by and saw a few friends and had some egg nog and hung out. Not exactly a momentous change of year. Then I slept a whole lot, because I have worked every holiday of the holiday season, and, frankly, I am glad it's over with. If I can celebrate anything, it's goodbye to 2008, which, I have to say, was the worst ever fucking year in my life. So, that's good. Also, ONLY 15 MORE DAYS AND COUNTING! After that, 'W' passes into the oubliette of history. Goodbye and good riddance. May he rot in Crawford, Texas, which I hope, will keep him, lest he slither again into the public arena and afflict the nation again with his cancerous presence.

I need to blog more. I have been lazy, lately, since I actually have a place to live and I am comfortable and stuff. I am sorry. I am trying to find a cute young guy to punish me for this and other transgressions. I'll certainly post the results of my search, if they are fruitful. Pun intended. Oh, that's another one, isn't it? Hmm. Better add that to the list.

My Phone is Way Kewl!

Well, it was raining for a good part of yesterday, so it was good that I decided to have Hotel Night. Stayed over at La Quinta again (I really like La Quinta), and I got a couple of things I don't get very often: a good wank and a nap. Took a shower and then I had to work 6-12, and then I went back to the hotel and ate a frozen meal (it was Savoie"s Crab and shrimp stew, which is pretty good) and drank cheap Chardonnay (God, am I always drinking cheap Chardonnay, or what?) and watched Adult Swim and tried to figure out my new phone. I mostly played with my phone, because there wasn't any good stuff on AS (no Moral Orel or Squidbillies or Venture Brothers). I hooked it up to my computer and downloaded the software I needed to connect the two. Now, I can manage A/V content on my phone from my laptop. My phone is Bluetooth, too, so if I add a BT adapter to my laptop, I can talk back and forth without a cable: totally kewl! My new phone rocks!

So, I had Saturday off, and I went and had dinner with Travis and Fernando. They went to New Orleans Friday night and hung out with friends and went to The Parade and other places. We wached videos and listened to music and somewhere in there Travis got mad at me and told me to leave, and it was raining, and so I went to the Possum Hilton (Chris seems to have moved on), but then I felt sad and I called him and said "can I please come back inside?" and he said okay, and so I slept on the floor inside again (yay!).

Got up about 6 or so and spent the next several hours online from my phone. I turned on the GPS system and tested it by asking it for directions to Travis' place and it told me to walk East about 10 feet, which I thought was pretty awesome. One of the cool things about this is that, no matter where I am, if I am on network, I can call for help and GPS will tell the authorities where I am. The downside is that I will have to temporarily shelve my plans for global terrorism, now that I can be tracked so easily.

So, we went and did washing, and stopped by the store, and I washed my sleeping bag (which really did need a wash!) and took a shower, and now I am at CC's again. Just figured out how to upload and download images from my phone to my laptop. Way kewl. I still haven't figured out quite how to upload YouTube yet, but that is definitely in the cards.

Tomorrow, I will go and rent 525, and (hopefully) get other stuff paid (like utilities). Asked Travis if he would mind dragging me around a bit and he said no, so (God willing) I should be nice and comfortable tomorrow night. That's about it for now. Sorry it's so boring. Once I get everything kind of squared away, things will get more organised. Should have pictures and video too, soon.