oof. i just got back from having dinner with my parents and i am so full. we went to that really yummy indian place on university just south of union square - i think it’s called cafe spice, or something. the food is absolutely delicious. and i have enough leftovers in my fridge to feed me for days. heh.

so yeah, they’re here. i met them at penn station at like seven, we got them check into their hotel, and then walked over to the restaurant. i guess the plan tomorrow is that they’re coming over here relatively early and we’re going to walk down to coney island so they can check it out. we might hit the met later or something. they go home monday morning. so far it’s going pretty well; parental visitations are always kind of awkward but it could definitely be worse. i guess we’ll see what the rest of the weekend brings.

tomorrow night i’m going to the batcave probably; i think snarf and strict9 and gundam are too. the usuals. it should be fun. i should bring my parents, heh.

i am going to pass out from overdosing on naan and basmati rice, now. hooray.

i just got home from hanging out with snarf; we went to see memento, which was every bit as weird and cool as tycho and rich said it would be. we saw it at angelika, too, which as movie theatres go is a pretty snazzy one. after the movie we were going to go to generation records, but by the time we got there it was closed, so we headed to bleecker bob’s instead. bleecker bob himself is, for the record, an asshole. it’s interesting: the last time i was at angelika was when i saw princess mononoke with chrissy and cliff way back in the fall of 99, right after i moved here, and we also went to bleecker bob’s that night.

anyway, after bleecker bob’s we headed to reggio for coffee. that is still probably my favorite coffee place in the city; there might be a better one, but i haven’t found it. they make the best mocha i’ve ever had, and the cafe itself is really exquisite. so all in all i had mad fun. i just got home and i’m halfway through a large dunkin hazelnut, so i doubt i’m going to sleep anytime soon. hooray! i might do some cleaning or something; my parents have changed their plans and won’t be here till the weekend, but it wouldn’t hurt to make a dent in the colossal mess that is my apartment.

hit the batcave last night for the first time in a while, and i actually had a lot more fun than i’ve had at a club in ages. gundam came over beforehand and we got started on the evening’s drankin’ while playing some tony hawk 2; a uniquely satisfying combination to say the least. then we ordered chinese and watched the matrix for the millionth time. spencer and i used to have it on all the time when he lived here, even if we weren’t paying attention to it. it got so we could recite most of it, which [i know] can not in any way be perceived as anything other than dorky. but so gundam and i headed manhattan-ward around eleven and reached der kave at around midnight, in time to catch the tail end of the cruxshadows show. i’m not a huge ’shadows fan, myself, but it was entertaining nonetheless. tons of people were out who aren’t normally, and there was surprisingly little drama despite the presence of so many people’s exes. i stayed till about three forty five, and snarf, who i know through jim, was sweet enough to give me a ride home. we ended up getting hopelessly lost in the bowels of brooklyn, but we finally asked a car service guy how to find ocean parkway and it was all good. i got home around five thirty this morning and slept most of the day.

i guess my parents are going to be in town this week; the plans are sort of nebulous but i’m under the impression they’ll be hitting the city sometime around tuesday or wednesday. i’ve been living here for a year, but neither of them has ever actually seen my apartment so i suppose i was about due for the inevitable visit. looks like i’ll be doing some cleaning tomorrow.

unf. i have been working on the project i’m doing with soup mostly today, and the site i’m doing for my dad. spencer is here; we just went for veggie subs at subway and will probably play some dead or alive 2 later. there is corona. hooray.

gundam was going to come over tonight, but he was feeling sickish so he went home instead and is probably coming over tomorrow for more drunken dreamcast fun.

i’m pondering hitting the batcave tomorrow night, which i haven’t in a while, if it’s not too hot and sticky and gross out. which it very well might be. i guess we’ll see.

this past week has been absurdly hot; it’s just not fair. i feel like we just sort of skipped spring and are heading directly into summer, which is my least favorite season of the year. winter isn’t great either but i infinitely prefer cold to heat.

i spoke with CowboyNeal of slashdot for a while today; apparently he’s quite the penny arcade fan. so that was cool. i’ve read slashdot for ages but never spoke to any of the creators before.

anyway. i am off for more dreamcasting and corona fun. guhbye.