a history of me

Today was pretty goddamn great. I woke up early to take care of my workout routine right away. For some reason my weight loss has stalled after losing a quick twelve pounds. Everyone's telling me not to worry and it's apparently very normal. I'm definitely making a difference whether I can see it or not: today I wore a pair of shorts that was too tight earlier in the summer. Now they fit much better.

The workout came early because I had plans this afternoon with Hyde. Because every previous meeting had involved drinking (and more), I thought it would be nice to spend some time together without any intoxicants. We met for lunch at Ariyoshi. Their lunch menu is totally different than their dinner menu. Frankly, it's a much better deal; our meals were huge and they came with free tea!

We spent the bulk of the afternoon over at the MoMA and we had a great time. We began in the new sculpture garden then went up to the fifth floor and worked our way down. Hyde knows a lot about art and artists, certainly much more than I do. It made for lots of insightful conversation. I found some works by Vasily Kandinsky particularly fascinating and nightmarish despite their vibrant colors. As usual, there were some odd finds in the museum. The "design" section featured some very average household objects like Post-it notes and an iPod. Not surprisingly, most of these objects were "gifts of the manufacturer." I can just picture that phone-call:

MoMA: Can we feature your product for free in our exhibit space, providing you with years of free advertising to our paying customers?
Corporate Douchebag: Umm, sure, I think we can make that happen.

We had planned on splitting around dinnertime because Hyde had plans with her sister. When her sister bailed, I was invited to join Hyde for her evening plans downtown. We went down to the Village, had a nice Italian dinner (no, I didn't eat pasta), and caught a double-feature at the Film Forum. They're featuring a series of classic Paramount motion pictures this month that pre-dated the Hays Code. We saw A Farewell to Arms and Morocco, both starring Gary Cooper. He was goddamn huge, man! I don't know if they intentionally filmed him next to short actors or what, but he towered over every other character in those films (especially the women).

I've kinda got something else on my mind right now, but I need to think about it a lot more before I blurt it out here. Let's just say that today ruled and I was sorry to see the evening end. Hyde is awesome!