March—Like A Lion

I’ve been HORRIBLE with keeping KB2 current. Things have been so hectic and busy this past month that I can’t seem to stay on top of everything. Work has been exhausting, class is sucking the life out of me and the weekends just aren’t long enough.

For starters, on March 11 of 2006, I had the honor of being invited to IZZ’s live performance of their latest progressive-rock album “My River Flows.” I became a fan after my coworker, the band’s bassist and lead vocal, asked me to design their website and CD packaging.

I decided to kill two birds with one stone and shoot some photos at the gig—they needed them for one and it finally gave me a chance to really use my new digital camera.

It was rather strange to finally meet the band members [in person] that I’ve only seen in pictures and mind-blowing to hear the music played live. It all sounded awesome and I was very impressed, especially for someone who doesn’t go out of his way to listen to rock music. Believe it or not, that night was the closest thing I’ve ever been to a real-live concert! Pathetic, I know.

The weekend after, Meda came to New York City with her boyfriend, Max, who I never met. They had plans to attend a baby shower of a former college nemesis of mine—long story—and figured we could get together for lunch since they were nearby.

I haven’t seen her in 2 YEARS.

I took the train down to Grand Central Station and rode the subway to meet them in Chinatown. As much as I love Chinese food, we ended up having lunch in Little Italy and later headed back to Chinatown for a little shopping. I bought this AWESOME Kung-Fu shirt that I’ve been wanting for a long time. And I only paid $23 for it.

It was great to catch up and rehash old memories and laughs, but it was a weird nostalgic week. Ironically, my late college roommate, Tom, called me while I was at work a few days before—sometime around 9:30am—and told me he was nearby and wanted to visit. Apparently, he’s moving from Albany to Pennsylvania for graduate school and was “making the rounds” to see old friend along the way. It’s probably been a couple of years since I’ve seen him too.

So, since I was at work, he came to my job. I showed him around campus a bit and then we went out to lunch down the road. The funny thing is, as much as I talk about my job in this blog, before we made our exit for lunch, they fired the excon, loud, obnoxious, bullying, lackadaisical, Burger King gorging admin assistant.

I don’t make this shit up people.

FINALLY. Someone from the outside got to witness the dysfunction and drama of my workplace. Classic. The DAY Tom visits, all this shit you see here was all too real.

And when we got back from lunch, the atmosphere was positive. Almost as if demons were exercised out of the department. Anyway, as I digress, Tom hung out until about 5pm or so while I did some more work and he was off on his way to Long Island for a final visit.

And I thought he would NEVER, EVER visit me.