reason #589 why i love new york

i just saw the rolling stones play a free concert down the street from my house. i can die saying i saw a rolling stones concert. heck yeah!

so i was walking to my final law school exam (i kicked ass, btw), and i heard music. it was 9am and there was a sound check rocking through the lincoln center. i didn't have time to stop but when i emerged three hours later there were tons of "Rolling Stones" banners hanging all over the place and a crowd was starting to congregate. it was mostly business people on lunch and there weren't all that many people there, considering the last time they went on tour 60,000 seat arenas were selling out in minutes. i called a friend who works at NYC Ballet who looked it all up. they were having a press conference to talk about this summer's tour and they played four songs. Mick was looking skinny in a lavender long sleeved shirt. Keith was wearing a neon yellow scarf. why, keith, why? My best friend from college went to orlando bloom's new movie premiere (said hello to him, in the bathroom no less, but then he got pee shy. hee!) and orlando was also wearing a scarf. bah.

so yes, a free stones concert on a sunny 78 degree perfect day in manhattan. you all must come and join me! this city does not disapoint.

i also did not fail that exam. i got a B- which, i'd normally be upset about, but today i celebrate!

on a sad note, i have a fish. i'm not one for fish but my mom got it for me. its one of those self sustaining systems. you have a plant that grows in water, stick it in a vase, put beta fish in, it lives off whatever grows off the roots. it's impossible to kill these things. but i think mine is sick. i just changed his water and he's been strange and floaty since. still alive, but bouyant, which for a fish, is not good. i sprinted to a pet store to pick up some stuff to stick in his water. am hoping he'll make it, but things are grim. his name is hobbes. when i bought him and tried to put him in the vase, things were looking good. i was slowly tipping the water into the vase. slowly..slowly...and then all the water came rushing out, the balance tipped and the fish flew out the bag, over the vase, and onto the stove. he landed in that groove that the metal grates sit over. i had just cleaned it so no gross crumbs or anythin, thank god. so he sat there and flapped. my roommate, S, and i looked at each other wide-eyed. in a split-second i grabbed him up and tossed him in the water. we held our breath as we waited to see if he'd swim. and swim, he did. phew! S is british, and those burners on the stove are called hobbes over in england, so we had a name.

so i have another 15 pages of a paper to write by thursday but my goal is to finish by wednesday night. chug chug chugging along. this is the home stretch people! huzzah!

and also, please note the link in my list for Superhero Andy, fka Intern Andy. he's back, i missed him. i think that deserves another huzzah. HUZZAH!!!