Megan and I made it back, somehow! NYC was an adventure indeed. I'm not going to enumerate all of the highlights, but I will list a few things that were just fantastic.

First, Harlem was the only place I've ever been in my life (since having dreads) where people didn't stare at my hair as I walked down the street. In fact, it seemed like people couldn't have been less interested in me. Awesome. (And speaking of hair, NYC definitely had a dearth of dreadlocks compared to the west coast, where little nappy headed people were running rampant.)

I ate some of the best Japanese food (Udon and veggie sushi) that I've had since I lived in Tokyo. I rode in a limo. I heard Jim Jones' song "We Fly High" playing from a car window on 138th street in Harlem (I think this is probably comparable to the feeling one gets praying to Allah in Mecca). Ballin! I rode some subways, rode some cabs, ate Mexican and went to many bars. I listened to country music and rap. I met a barber named Fig. I met his pitbull named Tyson. I had one of those take-your-breath-away moments at the MoMA.

I also had some wonderful travel delays with Megan in O'Hare aiport. Blizzard and deicing and standby were the words of the day. I'm still surprised the two of us didn't kill one another. But now I'm home, and it's nice.

brett at 09:40 AM on February 26, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (3)

Sorry about the lack of blogging lately, friends. I've been incredibly busy with the tangled web of study materials required to pass the GRE test. I took some practice exams, memorized some words and relearned some formulas, but I'm still not out of the woods. D-day is March 31st.

In the meantime, however, I'm off to New York. I'll be leaving Lincoln for Omaha tonight. Ryan, Megan and I are planning on getting dinner and partying, then flying out at 6 a.m. tomorrow. Should be a blast. I'm not planning on blogging but I may post some pictures to flickr.

Also, Fat Tuesday was neat. I walked out of my apartment this morning to a giant puddle of puke directly in front of my doorstep. As I walked down the block, I noticed two more large, bubbling vomit pies in front of George's Grill. Ahh, good stuff.

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brett at 09:42 AM on February 15, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Finally, Iraq In Fragments will be showing in Lincoln.

Tomorrow night I'll be going to see it at the Ross. This will probably be one of the best documentaries of the year, and judging by the reviews, a tear-jerker, too.

brett at 09:22 AM on February 15, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (1)

So I haven't been blogging lately, mostly because I've been more or less buried in books for the past few weeks.

Yep. Home stretch, right now. This math is killing me.

brett at 09:04 AM on February 15, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (0)

I just came across this photo, a photo I had no idea existed:

Sam has to be one of the greatest people in the world. She's definitely on the short list.

Update: I have a discovery number 2 that I'd like to report: Eric Burling is now a vegetarian, or at least has been one for about a week. Here's hoping he can keep it up, especially in the face of his roommates and their ridiculous taunting (for those who don't know, it is not 'gay' to abstain from eating meat).

brett at 12:41 PM on February 07, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (4)

So my external hard drive with over 200 gigs of music on it just crashed and seems to be unrecoverable.

This really sucks.

brett at 09:22 AM on February 05, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (4)

I've reascended to the Scrabble throne with two consecutive victories.

As Ryan said, it's only a matter of time before we buy a timer. Uh oh.

brett at 08:32 AM on February 02, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (0)