we went to jo’s nye party, which came out of nowhere when we decided to come out here for the holiday, and it actually ended up quite a little turn out, with about 50-60 people showing up throughout the night. and just before the year ended, someone ended up making a marriage proposal to fulfill their resolution (she said yes). very exciting! see? there is hope for all of your january health club-joiners.
originally, we were going to stay in jo and suj’s apartment on the fold out couch, but instead we only spent the first night there, having found a studio to sublet for the rest of the week on the vacation rentals section of ny craigslist. thank goodness, too, because that allowed us to go home and go to bed, without having to wait until the party broke up (never) or the bollywood movies to end (also never). it’s actually really nice, a studio with a loft bed, bare brick wall, and even washer and dryer, over in the now fashionable meatpacking district. just across town from jo on the L, so pretty convenient as well. it was also extra cheap ($75/day) because we had to look after a cat named dill, who is very sweet as well, and in fact i’m glad to have a cat around.
new year’s day evening we ended up only energetic enough for a movie, and tragically saw tom cruise’s the last samurai, which absolutely should be avoided at all costs. ok, there was one good fight scene with the ninjas, but everything else was pretty horrible. the script was terrible, the dialogue was terrible, the concept was terrible, and it was two hours and twenty minutes too long. it did, however, have the asian orlando bloom in it, who also did some hair tossing while shooting arrows as well. i could say some more denigrating things about this movie, but that would require me to try and recall some of it, and instead i’ve been trying to erase it from my memory.
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