celeb sightings

The following celebrities I have seen out and about in NYC

julie andrews
james marsden
arin lauder
al roker
katie couric
spencer breslin
claire danes
katherin moenig
laurel holloman
woody allen
soon yi
iggy pop
eli wallach
joan rivers
joy behar
matthew broderick
sara j. parker
idina menzel
penn badgley
melina kadakaredees
baby daddy from scissor sisters
howard stern
john mcenroe
della reese
kevin kline
phoebe cates
donald sutherland
lindsey lohan
jake gyllenhall
keri russel
heath ledger
michelle williams
rachel dratch
amy poehler
rob riggle
conan o brian
joan allen
brooke shields
heather matarazzo
matt besser
guy from 3rd rock
billy ? (used to be involved with Mary louise parker)

the comatose party

This weekend i went to a birthday party . The identity of this birthday girl will remain anonymous as it was an extremely painful comatose party. At one point my gf who was sitting next to me who i have deemed "the nicest person in the world" on the couch whispered "make this stop...please". We left 5 minutes later. This issue was this: a bunch of people who didnt want to make small talk fused with not alot of food and only a few of us drinking (ok only me and another friend who also didnt really want to be there were drinking). I even brought my guitar! nada. zip. i'm sure i made an ass out of myself...but i don't care. enough said

death in the family

I am sad to announce that Kris"topher"son Asher Davidson-Williams has died from unknown causes. His mothers loved every minute spent with him and his mother-chriss will feel guilt til' the day she dies that she wasn't with him during his final moments with mother-sara on a couch in park slope brooklyn

the potato peeler man

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/nyregion/03ades.html?_r=2


He will be missed. I saw him a week or so ago selling peelers outside of Shoe Mania in Union Square (usually I would see him on the outskirts of the greenmarket near Barnes and Noble). He always made me smile. My condolences.

The end and the beginning

I ended the cleanse on Saturday afternoon. It didnt feel right to start eating again...a very strange feeling, however I knew i would need a bit more fuel to help move a friend from one apartment to another. Instaneously, I was bombarded by choice again.The master cleanse cuts down the number of choices I had to make each day. Everyday i make 10000000 decisions on when to eat, what to eat, where to eat, what not to eat, when to eat again etc. etc. Knowing what I was limited to was freeing. It reminded me of being a mormon. When I was a practicing mormon i knew what my "restrictions were". I didn't drink alcohol or have sex, I went to church each sunday, family home evenings on Monday nights and institute class on Wednesdays. My speech was cleaner---free from the dozens of swear words i have since filled my vocabulary with. In a word I felt "Free".Life was easier seemingly. The master cleanse freed me temporarily of food habits.

Sunday, I helped move my friend "A" from her apartment into a Uhaul van and into a into a new apartment. Despite their being no furniture or large items to move...the process was still exhausting. In return for me being such a good friend, "A" gave me one of her acoustic guitars. I am very psyched to start learning. There are a few songs I reall y want to play. The Puddle of mud song "she fucking hates me", Cat Stevens "wild world" and "father and son" and that Greenday song we always played around the campfire "Time of your life". Mastering these songs are my guitar goals. I plucked around on the instrument this morning in the wonderment of the apartment i'm housesitting in. I sat on a small cushy sheepskin chair facing a big mac laptop with beginner guitar instructions. So far I am not so good. Its a lot harder then it looks!!!!

Tonight i'm cooking for my GF. I've decided on a light organic angelhair pasta with mushrooms and garlic, spinach salad and sorbet for dessert. The place i'm staying at has a large fireplace and a 42 inch flat screen tv...a respite from my motel 6-ish existance.

day 4

Feeling energized...still.

the master cleanse day 3

i have made it to day 3...i feel great. I thought it would be hell. I anticipated tears, heartache and failing to get past day 1. I was wrong....which is wonderful. I feel semi-energized and almost euphoric. I dont feel hungry--although I think constantly about my future eating habits and what i'll have when i'm done with the cleanse.

I start my day with a saltwater purge. Which entails drinking 2 teaspoons of saltwater in a quart of warm water. I drink the lemonade, maple syrup and cayenne pepper concoction several times daily and at night i drink a detox tea (that has lots of chinese herbs in it).

I've noticed how many times a day I think about food and how often i eat out of habit vs. necessity.

good times