26 August 2006

rainy days and mondays :: and cats

why is it that the first weekend in ages i have nothing to do comes around and it's raining? i guess that's just what happens. when i woke to the sounds of the rain beating against my air conditioner - i instantly thought it was the cats getting into crap under my bed.

between myself and my roommate we have 3 - 3 too many most days - but in all they are ok - as a matter of fact - bernie (the girl) - is sitting next to me kneading the bed. she's clearly the ring leader of the group - and the runt - she's the one that is always getting into things - creating chaos - and then denying she was involved by being 'cute' - purring so loudly she sounds like a boat - and doing that 'love me' nudge that cats do when they are trying to get attention. then we have grayson (he's mine) - grayson is a very large tuxedo cat - he's very beautiful - my friend brent found him in a trash can in harlem when he was 2 weeks old - he was the tiniest thing - i took him in - he never left (the cat not brent) - he's the lazy one - constantly asleep in the bathroom sink - on the table - couch - bed - etc. finally we have woodward - woodward is always mentioned last because we forget woodward is around most of the time - he's the hermit - and the lovable oaf of the group - he stays to himself in nick's (my roommate's) room - and comes out to eat - poop - and to wrestle with grayson.

see this is what rainy days on a saturday do to me - cause me to sit back and write about the 3 cats that live within our brooklyn apartment.

25 August 2006

rant :: grrr

ok so i've been trying to figure this whole 'blog' thing out today - with the help of my sidekick scott - we were able to secure the domain http://www.achimericalplan.com/ - yay for us. now it's a matter of tricking this bitch out for the masses to enjoy. god i wish i would have paid better attention when i was a web page programmer - i don't remember shit for html anymore.

24 August 2006

one word...

...wow! martha always seems to take my breath away. tonight was no exception. i have to say - if i weren't a gay man and i could give birth to babies - she'd be the person i'd want to have babies with! i met up with martha after the show - she signed my cd - in true jonathan fashion - i was a dork - thanked her for her music and called it a day. it's always those awkward situations when faced with celebrities that i feel like i'm 5 years old and facing my teacher with an assignment to be graded. my good friend ames captured the event on digital film. (pictured here)

as far as the rest of the night - joanna newsome - um - bjork with a harp - but not in a good bjork way. neko case - i could be a fan - if it weren't for her drunk former schoolmate beside me giving me a blow-by-blow - ok ok - so it was her birthday - and yeah - we all drink a little on our birthdays - but damn lady - i paid to hear neko sing - not the random nobody that used to know her.

beer - kielbasa - and ice cream sandwiches capped out the night. the rain came - but only for martha - which is kinda cool as ames pointed out - 'she's the stormy one' - but the clouds gave way to a pretty amazing night.

martha wainwright: when the day is short: video by ames


martha wainwright: bloody mother fucking asshole: video by ames

neko case at mccarren park

i'm heading to mccarren park pool in brooklyn for a concert tonight - martha wainwright (pictured here and who is infinitely more talented than her brother - yes that's right - rufus - the one and only - who i also love), joanna newsome, and neko case. taking along my friends ames and elizabeth. can't wait - loves me some martha - anyway - more on the outcome later - for now - gotta jet.

an introduction by me...

ok so i'm going to try it out - it seems like the thing to do - this whole 'blogging' thing - i mean what the hell - millions upon millions upon millions of people are doing it - why not me?

just a few things to get us started:

  1. accurate spelling won't happen - and - most likely we'll be playing games with tons of bad grammar too
  2. i'm not a writer and i have never ever ever claimed to being one
  3. i use a lot of '-'s so deal
  4. it's all nonsense - free flowing - no theme attached - so don't expect anything like that
  5. things like punctuation and capitalization - those should be options - kinda like stopping for pedestrians or pissing with the seat up

some things you may find here: rants - raves - this - and occasionally - that. from there - we can go anywhere.