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mtv video music awards

mtv is gearing up for their annual video music awards tonight at radio city music hall. i work at rockefeller plaza - so i've been getting the bird's eye take on the action all week - as well as hearing the thumps and rehearsals - makes for a great working environment with hip-hop blasting through the windows. the mtv folks have completely taken over the plaza downstairs including the today show's outdoor studio.

the view from my office faces out towards 50th street. when i look down - i see the gateway of the red carpet. notice the guards making sure all is secure. i did notice a horse pulled wagon a few minutes ago dropping someone off and lots of interesting things going on. there's also been a random queen's guardsman walking around - where am i - london - hell no this is new york - what the fuck?

the chaos continues on into tents that stretch across the other side of the plaza to 51st street and then there are holding tents that go up and down the radio city music hall building on 50th street. looks like it'll be a grand event.


here's the sea of people in yellow screaming on top of their lungs for whoever may be walking by - yes - you can hear them all the way up on the 14th floor - lucky us! they are changing 'jay-z' as i am typing - yee haw!

this is the view of the today show's stage - now transformed into something that looks like a nightclub complete with a red carpet runway.

up close and personal of the stage. looks completely different than when al, anne, and matt are up there doing their morning thing.

setting up the event - it must be hard work. thank god it's not raining anymore and it's actually cool outside. the stage looks cool. too bad i'll miss it tonight. i'm sure it'll be on re-runs for the next month.

heart break

my heart broke a little today. you see - i've had this crush. and not one of those stupid school girl crushes you get in the 4th grade in math class to little freddy freckle face over there - i mean a crush stemming from a connection that is rarely felt in life.

i feel that it's only fair to give you some of the back story here. back in late-june - my roommate and i went to london to partake in europride festivities with our friends michael and jeremy who had recently relocated there from bermuda. perhaps i was tossing out the otp (out of town personality) - but the boys were quite friendly. one in particular was this boy i met in clapham at a bar called two brewers. there - back on the dance floor was a very cute guy. cute guy and i played the eye catch ballet for hours.

i'm shy - what can i say - it takes a lot for me to actually go up and say hi to anyone.

after what seemed like 4 weeks in the bar - said boy finally pulled me aside to talk. we hit it off. it was discovered that we were both strangers in a strange land - meaning i was from the us and he was from a far off african country in the south (get my drift.) night of bliss followed by 2 more nights out and about - he was charming - knew how to say all of the correct things at just the right time - and man oh man was he ever dashing. my heart still flutters when i think about it all.

for the first time in a very long while - i felt a connection. i don't know if it was a fluke but it was there. and as most holiday romances are - usually they end as soon as you land in your home destination. not this one - daily conversations via email, im, and text message were to follow. we've developed quite a friendship - which really is the best part about it. realistically we know the distance would be an issue and to actually date would be next to impossible not to mention very very expensive.

today - the bomb was dropped. he has entered a relationship. i'm happy for him on this - i always wish people happiness in life - especially if i'm not the one that can personally provide that. his relationship - however - is with his female flatmate. what???

i always knew he lived outside the lines of labels but this did take me for a loop. we still have our friendship - which we will keep - and he'll always have a special place in my heart - and yes - i'm sure occasionally it'll flutter when i think back on those 3 marvelous days together in london - the boys from out of town.

miss him.

send a heart attack to the one you love

for all of you guys and gals out there who can't get enough bacon - here's a club for you - the bacon of the month club - the name alone scares the hell out of me! to think - you can get meat delievered to your door once a month - not just any meat - the worst kind for you - bacon! come on fat americans - get off your ass and fry up a heart attack. don't get me wrong - i do love a good piece of bacon every now and then - but i do try to go the turkey bacon route these days. wow - bacon. what will they think of next? scrapple?

actual date?

i believe so!

i just wanted to share the good news that i had a guy take me out on a date tonight. completely out of the blue. paid for a very nice dinner and we had a fantastic time talking and getting to know each other better. this was date two - and quite frankly - they never usually get to this stage - so that was a plus.

we ate at this place on smith street in brooklyn - to a place called chance (short for china and france.) fantastic food - great decor - definitely a recommendation.

well - now we'll work on date three and see where we go from there.

oh yeah - it smells like burnt waffles in my apartment - but the smell is coming from outside - crazy - just thought i'd throw that in there.

sleepy time.