Chi City

Thanksgiving was great - got to fly home and see May and Michael. I think the highlight was when Michael was running down the streets of Chicago under a broken umbrella singing Souldja Boy - seriously, Michael??

Also, CONGRATS JEFF & CARRIE on their new baby boy! I am so sorry I didn't see you 2 last week but Christmas break for shizzle.

Also, my brother taught me the Soulja Boy dance last week - to put it lightly, it's FREAKIN' AWESOME. I suggest you all try to learn it, as it will make you infinitely more cool in places like Rizzo's. Instructional video below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLGLum5SyKQ

R&B's Wedding

Was in a wedding this past weekend, and I must say, it was one of the best weddings I've been to! The live band was so clutch. Miss these people a lot:
Really loved Renee's dress:
My date, Joe. He's had more boyfriends than me so I live vicariously through him.
Dre
Rangini, aka the Russian "Schluha":
Danielle
My entourage:
Table 7 was in the hizzouse.
Joe, thinking he found a chair...by this time of the day all coherent thought ceased to exist.
Party in the bridal suite.
Miss these girls.
Her last night as Renee Dann:
With Mr. Dann
Peace and love.

Peace out, Penn State!

Got to start this entry by saying a big congrats to the ILLINI for defeating Penn State on saturday. It's too bad I cannot express the same enthusiasm for the Bears. What are we going to do about Rex Grossman??

Anyway, lately I've been watching the new CW show, Gossip Girl. Friday night somehow I ended up hanging out with Matthew Settle, an actor from the show (he's the one on the left):

My friend Laura knows him and his wife. Nice guy, drinks tequila straight up and likes to 'technocrump.'

Also, it was Dave's birthday a few weeks ago...here's a picture of us at dinner, which was held at Pop Burger:
May - I hope you feel better!
Peace.

Korean Movie Star?

Laura's older brother is a film writer, and he just moved to NYC to live with this Korean Movie Star, Joonhunpark. No idea who he is, but there were like 25 girls at this party that recognized him on the streets of New York and were just invited in. I know no one who reads this is Korean but this is him: Here is me with my neighbor and new gay friend Kirk:

Peace and love.

Life without Doris & John

So lately I've been adjusting to life without Doris and Joan - they left for Japan and Thailand last week...guess this is a little taste of what the future might be like for me if they choose to go somewhere else a little more permanently...


So you may be asking yourself, what does Michelle do if Doris and John aren't around? Answer: Movies. Lots of 'em. Including:

Stardust is kinda princess-bride like, I really liked it. Superbad was pretty hilare.

How to work the U.S. Open

So Laura and I went to the U.S. Open last night with no tickets in our hands, just to try our luck and see if we could get in to see a good match. Here we are on the tennis grounds - it goes without saying that Lexus was the main sponser this year. They were taking free photographs for all the fans:



For $10 we ended up in the main stadium, 1 section up from court side seats to watch the biggest match of the day, some frenchman vs. the #6 ranked tennis player in the world, James Blake:

Basically, if you show up at the box office on the day of a match, tickets for the main stadium, where all the good players are, will be sold out. But you can purchase "grounds tickets," which, for $10 you can peruse the area and have access to the 2 smaller stadiums, Grand Stand and Louis Armstrong. Those courts will still feature pretty decent matches (last night we got a glimpse of Tommy Haas, the #10 player in the world.) But if you stand outside the exit of the main stadium, there is pretty much a 100% chance that someone leaving will give you their tickets. Why? Because half the seats in that stadium are bought out by big corporations that give tickets to their non-die-hard tennis fan employees. The ticketing agent even gave us tips on who to ask: I-banking type guys in suits and old people who are tired and look like they're ready to go home. Awesome.

Tennis Time

So I know I was little irate towards New York City in my last post, but this one is dedicated towards giving it severely mad props. Why? Well, my friends, the U.S. Open started this week at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, bringing along with it the paragon of beauty also known as Rafael Nadal (also know as my future husband):

If things were not to work out with Rafa, who is currently the #2 ranked tennis player in the world, my back up would be Novak Djokovic, the #3 ranked tennis player in the world:

I have tickets to the Quarter Finals next Thursday, thanks to my roommate's American Express card. Apparently she gets first dibbs on all these events b/c she has an AMEX.....which leads me to ask -

Do any of you guys have AMEX cards? And if so, what are the benefits?

GO RAFA!!

NYC Subway SNAPS

So yesterday, on my morning commute to work I had a pretty underserving encounter with a lady that kind of looked like this:

Or actually, more like this:

And yes, that is the hunchback of Notre Dame.

So I walk onto the crowded F train yesterday morning and stand in front of these 2 ladies that show striking similarities to the images above. I open up my AM New York and one of them says to me:

"Do you mind? That newspaper is right in our faces."

She went right on talking to her friend as I put the newspaper down. I kept debating in my mind whether I should say something back. Finally I turned to her and said:

"You know, you could've asked me more nicely and I would've put the paper down just the same."

To which she replied:

"Well maybe YOU need to learn some manners and know not to open that paper in front of our faces."

To which I replied:

"Do you TAKE this train everyday? It's crowded, this is just how it is."

To which she replied:

"EVERY GOD D*MN DAY!"

To which I SHOULD have replied:

"You need to stop being a bitter old lady. It's not helping the 5 bajillion wrinkles on your crusty forehead."

Instead I rolled my eyes and walked off the train.

UGH. If a city is to be judged by its people then New York has really sucked lately.

Hobbit-fied

My life has been hobbit-themed lately. I just had lunch next to Elijah Wood. He stopped by the HBO cafeteria. I was so tempted to yell out Frodo, but I kept my cool.

Happy Birthday, DLee!

So it's one big post for the birthday girl....=)

Nelson Blue was a great bar, it comes highly recommended. The New Zealand-themed bar was kind enough to play Doris' iPod, and let the birthday girl make her own shots at the end of the night. Thanks to those endearing Kiwis, we were able to rock out to the likes of New Order, Erasure, and Guns 'n Roses all night long.

Here is Michael's new bro-mance partner, Eric. Notice they are wearing the same outfit:






Can I be any more of a third wheel? Come on, people.


Some housewarming pictures...we got an Aussie, Honduran, and Spanish girl in the house.


It was a great weekend. May and Michael it was good to see you. Doris, Happy Birthday, you deserved every fun minute of it.

-Mich.

Post #2

Hello,

Ok I am super lame-o for not updating. My bad, and much apologies to all the people out there actually bored enough to read this.

Here are some pictures:

Picture at my apt from this past weekend. Notice my friend Tim's boobs.

These are from my recent vaca to San Francisco:

Here are some asian people I've met in New York:

Peace.

well since you guys all have one....

Doris, May, Michael, Jo, Dan, Jeff, Carrie, Rob & Saki -

This post goes out to you b/c you will be the only people ever to read this thing. Even though I am not:

*Recently married (Jo & Dan, May & Michael)
*Pregnant (Jeff & Carrie)
*In a new relationship (Robert & Saki)
*Interesting to read about (Doris)

...I am starting this anyway.

So, first post news:

*Doris & Joan came out to support my little brother Kevin in a 3 on 3 chinatown basketball tournament yesterday. Kev flew out for one day and his team was brutally slaughtered by the NYC Chinatown street ballers (think Chicago's "Chinatown Dragon" bball team, only they call themselves the "Rockits." Kevin's team, at least, had the best team name: The Schrute Bucks (named after the Dwight Schrute Bucks in The Office Season 3.) Anyway, many thanks to Doris and Joan.

*Jo, Dan, and Isaac are visiting me in NYC tonight and staying for 3 nights. Excited for that.

*Can't wait to see you guys for Doris' bday in nyc. Let's coordinate a dance to perform at her bday WHAT DO YOU THINK MICHAEL LEE??