'my favorite hue is jay-z blue'

i'm happy that it's friday, but not particularly psyched for the weekend. sara and chris's party is off, but i still can't make it down for michelle's birthday hurrah, and i feel like a jerk. esp. because she came all the way up here for mine, and is one of the like 3 people in the world who understands and shares my birthday enthusiasm. i take it hard when i feel as though i am not being a good friend to someone.

i am poor, poor, poor right now, too, which doesn't help me feel less fussy. trying to find fun things to do on the cheap. although sunday is marathon day, and i had such a fun time when i was here for it 2 years ago – when diddy ran the city.
i love that new york is all about making things crazy fun; the day of the marathon there will be literally millions of spectators all out cheering (and drinking!); it's a whole scene unto itself.

next weekend though i will be going back home for the first time since i moved to new york. i think these 3 months have marked my longest time away from home, and i am just looking forward to being there, in the house i grew up in, with my dad, his dog, my dad, a washer and dryer, full-sized refrigerator, and more space than my little one room apartment provides. i'm ready for a little spoiling at home, and to go back to richmond and have a night out with the friends i have missed so much. i'm doing a school friends dinner with all my NK peeps, and then drinks after with every/anyone at TbC – who would have thought i wouldn't have gone dancing since the last time i was there? that's my #1 beef with brooklyn – no places to dance! except the bulgarian disco, where i have not ventured but everyone swears is really cool. i know manahattan has a zillion clubs, but i don't want to go anywhere where being skinny and decked out in '06 prada is mandatory, either.