my life
August 19, 2009
July 31, 2009
Citi Field, Listing The Apt & Being Engaged.
Went to the first of two games against the Co Rockies this Thursday down at Citi Field. This was my second time there and my first time in normal people seats. That is to say not directly in front of Seinfeld's corporate box and up in the stands where you have to get your own food, people don't bring you beer and your seats are not padded. Much like everything else in life, those things are a nice perk but really don't effect the baseball going experience too much. The sun however did and it was HOT! Good times though, we won 7 - 0 but left during the 7th inning stretch because of the violent heat. It was some kind of kids day so there were tons of kids with the same color shirts on, all sitting in color coordinated sections. Pretty neat looking. And of course there was banana boy in the house:
So now it's a game.
The apartment is almost ready for pictures to be taken for the listings. Someone looked at it today as a matter of fact. Doing last minute details including resurfacing the sink cabinet and painting the bathroom and stuff like installing carpet trim and paining shelves and stuff. FUN!
I guess being engaged doesn't really feel like being engaged until I am out of Manhattan and we are living together. I do smile every time I see the ring though. It makes me feel good to know that not only is the search over but that I found someone like Jennie. She really is amazing. Anyway, I hope to have this apt sold in 3 months, that is my goal. I will price adjust in a couple of week if it does not get shown but as I stated it was shown today already and it's not even on the market yet. Wish me luck!
July 06, 2009
Jennie Said Yes!
I am a lucky guy.
On July 3rd I asked my girlfriend Jennie to marry me. I borrowed my mothers fancy Infinity for the afternoon for her to drive as she has always been a fan of that car. Of course this was a distraction and a way to get her to drive up this windy road near her house to a park we frequent that overlooks Manhattan.
There is a newly constructed gazebo up there and to my surprise there was nobody in it. We hung out for a good 40 minutes or so and watched some clouds roll in. This was her right before she had any clue of what was happening.
Notice the ring finger. :)
I said something to the effect of "I know you don't want to bring the car back just yet but maybe this will hold you over until the next time we can borrow it". I took the box out of my pocket and handed it to her but did not want to get down on one knee until she opened it, so she STILL didn't really know what was happening. I think she thought it was a joke gift or something because she opened the box then turned it upside down into her palm to get the ring box out! I was smiling but inside I was freaking out excited. Her handling of the box proved to me she had no idea what was happening so I am glad I waited to get down on one knee. Once she saw that it was a ring box that was inside the cardboard box she slowly started to figure it out and as soon as she opened it I got down on the knee and said a few words and asked her. She was as happy as I imagined and hoped her to be.
Here is a picture of literally 30 seconds after and 35 seconds after.
I am not too much of a mushy person but Jennie brings out the best in me. I have never met anyone kinder and will be proud and honored to call her my wife.
Okay enough of that...
Now make me some eggs bitch.
(I am so getting hurt for that one... and I don't even like eggs)
The next night we went to the Montclair fireworks, just me and her.
Rest of the photos below. Thanks for all the well wishes everyone! The text messages and voice mails and phone calls, online comments and e mails and all the other ways of communicating, have made us both smile. Drew, thanks for the telegraph.
*UPDATE*
My friend Andi informed me that other girls who read the blog want to see pictures of the ring, in an almost :"what is wrong with you " manor. I am sorry, I am new at this. :)
Here are a couple of shots of the ring.
July 02, 2009
Red Skies At Night.... Get Back To Work?
A short break from classicmedia.tv and a peek out the window revealed this beautiful sky. Ahhhh nature. Coming back from a trip the other day we were flying in a small commuter jet and the pilot took us around a giant storm, clouds 50, 60,000 feet in the air, then we settled in and coasted on top of a fluffy white cloud layer the whole way home. Was absolutely surreal and so is the stark comparison between the skyscrapers and the sky that I still to this day enjoy marveling at. When they reflect the sky they almost seem natural, like it is their natural way of defending themselves in the wild. Enough day dreaming, get back to work!
March 05, 2009
Flood Warning.... In My Building.
This drawing should tell the story.
December 15, 2008
Today Is The Day Of Baby G.
Today, in a little town, in a little state, was born a little man. He is baby G. Mother Jen is doing well. Don't know if the same can be said for father SteveO. More pictures to come because I was only at the hospital for the first part of the journey... but more importantly the world will remember today as the day of baby G.
December 09, 2008
November 02, 2008
I Remember... A Party...
Another Halloween has come and gone and another Halloween party was attended. It was in a new venue this year and I would call it a success. You had your appearances by Robert Palmer and his video chicks, Leather bikers drinking with banditos, even Ro The Plumber showed up despite his vicious schedule of late. It was total anarchy. There were even angels hanging out with Star Wars dudes! This bar even had Geisha Girls available which I promptly took advantage of.... I mean bought a drink.
Earlier in the evening, and a whole lot soberer, we hung out with the kids for a true Halloween night. The kids dressed as Pebbles and Bam Bam and Melody was their cave woman mommy. They were very cute but unfortunately I don't have a shot of all 3 of them together. The Professor was one of my favorite characters ever, "The Dude" from The Big Lebowski. (bowling bag included) Here are some pictures, enjoy.
October 21, 2008
Most Expensive Park Ever.
This weekend Jennie and I took the kids to Verona Park, which is a beautiful park that has all sorts of stuff going on. Giving Jennies Dad and Melody a few hours of sanity we swooped in and Rovered them over to get some lunch but they were antsy. Too much talk of the park plus Sean was getting tired of the hot dog song, which we spontaneously made up and are considering marketing. We are still negotiating terms. He wants 60%.
Anyway we go to the park and the kids have a blast on the jungle gym area. Check this out, they have padded floors on these things! I don't mean the sort of padding that comes in those gigantic puzzle pieces of recycles truck tires or something, I mean real honest to weaklings padding! You can jump up and down on it even, it';s kind of a ride on it's own but I suppose only to those who grew up with cement and rocks below out monkey bars. I have a huge scar on my forehead to prove it.
In the process of thoroughly enjoying the day I managed to loose my keys. No address or anything on there, apart from a sweet little Lego Darth Vader and 4 keys. I figure my doorman probably has a pair and after looking everywhere that night (including back tot he park) I figured I would have to rely on the extra set. The next day I arrive back in the city and it turns out the key is not the right one. I must have never brought down the new key when I moved in. Crap. Next thing I know there is a large Israeli man drilling a hole into my apartment door. All said and done it turned out so expensive I am embarrassed to even share specifics. Crap.
So these are not really pictures I would post because they are just personal phone pics but they are cute, and since it cost me a ridiculous amount of money to go to the FREE park YOU WILL LOOK AT THEM!
Sometimes I hate New York. Only sometimes.
October 16, 2008
To Be Two.
When you are two there is not much you have to do. You can eat some food, get in a bad mood or of course pee or poo. You can run around, but not yet all over town, take a nap on your back and be back up by two.
You can stain your slacks, put blocks in stacks, too little to realize what your life lacks so basically just relax. And then on that special day when all of these things are still true, your birthday party rolls around and you get cake too.
It must be great to be the age of two. I would want to relive it if years 12 to 18 I could skip though. All day I would ride my battery powered corvette round the yard, even if it's pink and my neighbors think I am a card. I have no school and no work to go to and life is not all that hard.
When you are two you can go through 10 coloring books all in blue, throw your shrimp across the room and out of view, or rub chocolate on your face cause everything in new.
Sean turned two last week and had a great big party. Enjoy the pics.
Click here for Seans 2nd Birthday Party on Picasa
