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January Goals Completed

In an attempt to take advantage of living in New York and to eventually make something of my life, I established some goals for 2006. Among those are to do something new every month and to do something cultural every month.

January's over tomorrow. I fit both goals in on Saturday.

Something New
Not exactly revolutionary, but I played a some racquetball with two friends, M and P. I'd played squash and tennis before, but racquetball was something new.

The racquetball was entertaining and fun, but more fun were the other people at the 92nd Street Y. There was my playing partner, a man who was probably 20 years older than me but who, and I have confirmation from my partners, was hitting on me. It must have been my stylish outfit. For a while, while the four of us played mixed doubles, the only time M and I would hit the ball was when we served as the men ran around the court taking all the shots.

Then there was the family - mother, father, and tomboy. Mother was decent. Father brags of daughter, "This is the first time she's ever played," then proceeds to yell at P when he beats her, as it was the first time she'd lost a game. Later, when the father asked P if he wanted to play, he admonished P, "But keep your eyes open, I don't feel like getting hit today." Five points later, P beaned him, accidentally, of course. Tomboy was a brat, but probably because she'd never heard the word no.

Something Cultural
A couple of showers later, P, M and another couple joined me in my hood for a play at the Wow Cafe Theater. A pretty original murder mystery, with a number of twists; just about everyone was sleeping with someone else - men with men, men with women, but no girl-on-girl action. Some of the writing was a bit cliched, literally, or a bit too pop-culturesque (though there were no "don't go all Brokeback on my a**" comments), and some of the acting was not good, but overall, quite entertaining, and I'm looking forward to next month's culture.

I also kinda had two cultural events...stopped at the MOMA on Friday night to meet some friends and tour the museum. However, we were meeting at the bar, so I walked through the Pixar exhibit to the bar, where we had a drink and, lo and behold, it was 7:50 - 10 minutes to closing.

Not quite sure what's on for February...

posted by venus de kilo @ 10:32 PM