I asked… 

… and less than a week later, I got.

This is the power of YouTube. This is why I believe.  And you only WISH you’d thought of it first. Admit it.

Saying good bye is hard.
 

Also have like 10 DVDs to get rid of but they’re not quite eBay-safe. If only it were acceptable to regift gay porn, throwing it all away just seems so wrong.

LittleBigChris: gal i did something shameful… but i’m not ashamed. and i’d like you to tell me if i should be… or be proud.
GalJ: uh oh. what did you do?
LittleBigChris: saw this adorable little red vintage jacket @ Forever21 but they are sold out totally. company wide.
LittleBigChris: i asked YouTubers to find it for me.
GalJ: oh my god. i think that’s hilarious. and brilliant!
LittleBigChris: it’s on the way to my hotel via fedex right now
GalJ: are you KIDDING me?
LittleBigChris: so.. pride. right?
GalJ: absolutely
LittleBigChris: dude i have almost 800 subscribers, i knew SOMEONE would find it for me
GalJ: shoot, while you’re at it, get someone to find you a pair of christian louboutin tiger decollete pumps in an 8.5 (they run small)
LittleBigChris: see this is why i love you

Nick and I had a late brunch @ TOAST in Morningside Heights this eveing. I’m curious: if you sleep in till 2pm and don’t go out to eat till 5pm, and you only order breakfast food… is it still considered brunch? Maybe a fashionably late brunch? High fashion brunch, then.

The restaurant was actually kind of empty tonight, really warm and lots of candles. Had steak & eggs with iced tea. Went to MondoKims afterward, bought a region-free DVD player, came home and took a nap, had PB&J for dinner. It was a lovely day of slacking and affection. Tomorrow we do the movies.

This is what days off are like sometimes, and I absolutely love them.

Went to see 27 Dresses tonight after work. The movie was cute and I love Katherine Heigl but come on, was her bad hair supposed to make me believe she was really a wallflower? I basically just went to look at James Marsden. Sweet Lord, that man is pretty. Those eyes, those cheekbones, those lips… Sometimes God gives with both hands.

And then of course there’s that whole thing. James, if you’re reading this: the safety word is “Purple”. You bring the cuffs, I’ll bring the paddle. CALL ME.

So it’s been a nice week.

I spent most of Wednesday running around the city shopping and pampering myself. Got that facial @ Prive and then went to that outdoor market @ Spring & Wooster where I bought 3 Beebop & Wally fleece pullovers. They’re really warm and I can’t wait to start wearing them. I hate wearing winter coats, so bulky and annoying; you can never get comfortable in them on the train. Bought my mom a couple of cute asian jackets from Pearl River Mart, kind of a belated birthday/Christmas gift. Stopped in @ The Powder Room and had Ash gimme the same cut he gave Nick last week (it really looks good). Went back to Circuit City and returned that 500GB external drive I bought (I’m gonna wait for Time Capsule to come out), got a cheap printer instead.

Thursday was pretty lowkey, just went to Target and then had dinner with my old roommate BJ (who is hot as ever). We went to Garden Cafe on 207th and got all caught up on things, been so out of touch the last couple years. He’s got a totally different job now, lives in the Westchester surburbs, and is getting married this summer. I’m really happy for him and all these changes in his life: it’s INSANE to think about, especially when so much of our friendship was us in this apartment, fighting over dirty dishes and just being brokeass struggling actors.

Today has been mellow and lazy. Nick and I grabbed breakfast this morning before he went to work, and I spent most of the day running errands and window shopping. It’s been a lovely 3 days off. I work tomorrow morning, all day Sunday, and then I have 3 more days off. I plan to sleep in, have lots of sex with Nick, and do what I dream, dammit. Just like Bastian. The Childlike Empress would be proud.

Yes, this is what I do when I’m left to my own devices. You’d think if I was going to have so much free time on my hands, Life would balance things out and at least deposit some shame in my game. Yet I have none. Seriously.

I just bought a $179 wireless router for my iMac, then dropped another $129 on a 500GB external hard drive so that I can back up my iMac using the bullshit Time Machine feature that doesn’t work right on Leopard (the new Mac OS). Today Apple just introduced their new $299 wireless router that is ALSO a 500GB external drive specifically designed to work with Leopard. It’s exactly what I needed… last week and $300 ago.

I hate Steve Jobs.

That said, I’m totally buying it when it comes out next month.

Been sickly since Monday. Stuffysneezycongestedgroggy kind of sick. My instake for the last few days has been mostly just orange-tangerine juice, Sprite, and chicken soup… oh and a peanut butter & banana sandwhich (which was not a good idea). It wasn’t till Nick made me a warm hearty meal last night that I felt any better, maybe some soul food was just what I needed.

We had steak chunks and spicy potatoes, and we watched How To Make An American Quilt– which I forgot I even had. II forgot how how much I liked the movie, such an amazing cast. I also forgot how much I hate Winona Ryder’s character. Here she is giving the cold shoulder to her adorable carpenter boyfriend who is totally hot and in love with her (am I the only one who would cut a bitch to lay naked in bed with Dermot Mulroney yesterday today and forever?) so her selfish ass can lay around her grandma’s house, smoking weed all summer and shagging a townie.. a muscular one, okay, but still. Am I the only one who thinks Jonathon Schaech looks strange and eel-like?

I have the next 3 days off. Supposed to go get a facial tomorrow @ Prive. The alleged snow may keep me uptown in bed though. I think I still need a full day of slacking before I’ll be back up to speed.