Hello everyone.

I hope y'all had a great holiday season.

Just got back from Maine today ...

I was really worried at about 4:00 pm today when I was still in S. Me but I got to NYC at around 10:30 nonetheless.

Of course when I was parking the car later a little worried when had a almost 2 car size parking space ... For you non new yorkers ... the parking police here are insane and if something looks to good to be true you are almost always worried that it is.

I saw IrishLibra (who seems wicked cool) put her holiday haul up so I will too .. Family Guy Season 3(need seasons 1 and 2), Taxi Driver, a book on the where the Beats hung out in NYC, my gf got me Simpsons Season 3, and Futurama Season2 (gf brother got me $50 gc at Best Buy .. would have bought stuff on Friday but line was insanely long (about 35 mins) ... IrishLibra

Had a good day today ... was actually not tired on the Merritt Parkway which was bonus ... Also stopped by NH Liquor Store(low low state taxes make money by sales of potables not Taxes) got some good harsh Aalborg Akvavit, Myers Rum, Brandy, Port, some wine and such ...

For you kitty fans Hunter "Socks" Thompson website should be updated soon
Hunter "Socks" Thompson my girlfriends types those though so I can't guarantee a time.

So I hope you all had a great holiday and have a most happy new year, be safe, be happy and meet new crazy people, there is certainly not a shortage ... ecq

I saw LOTR 3 and it was utterly great.

I know many of you have not seen it yet, so I will not give any spoilers .... suffice it to say it has some of the best battle scenes ever filmed ...

I also got my picture up when I was finally able to change the aspect ratio slightly so it could be 235*175 instead of 236*175 or 235*174 ....

Not an easy thing to do though.

I also dropped off my kitten ...Hunter "Socks" Thompson to the vet to be spayed ..... He was a very brave kitty this morning and I hope he comes through everything well.

It does feel weird that he isn't hanging out with me meowing or laying in the chair ....

I also couldn't believe how quiet he was on the bus to the vet and the vet's office ... considering he has not been out of the railroad apartment in like 3 months and was freaking out walking down 151st st. (i live in Harlem, nYC) he was really cool on the bus...

I hope he still loves me in the morning.

So a big day for me and I will see LOTR again next week to see even more things in it.

Now that I have seen all 3 movies feel I can read the book without feeling like i have to compare the movie to the novel.

Anyway see LOTR ASAP ... the Return of the King is an absolutely brillant entertainment (*****) I hope and pray that it gets the Best Picture, Best Director ... Oscars it richly deserves.... Its an AMAZING movie.

cheers ... ecq

My kitty had to go and get neutered/spayed today ... he is at the Vet as I speak ... I must say it was definitely hard to not feed or give him water for 12 hours before....

He was so sweet on the bus going uptown and so calm at the vet. ... I am proud of my little kitty hunter "socks" thompson ... He is currently away from the computer but should update his website soon of http:\huntersocksthompson.com ....

I am seeing Lord of the Rings: Return of the King in less then 4 hours and should give an update soon .... I have heard only great things so far ....

I wish you all a merry christmas/happy holidays and a most wonderful new year...

I must say with NYC's weather this last month I have no idea where the weather might go.

I think life is pretty good right now ... hopefully for the new year .. i will be in the black not the red and start paying down the mountain of debt ....

Welcome to the wonderous american economy of 2003 ... what a great president we have to blame the rest of the world on the problems in America ...

I wish we had a good pot-smoking, man-slut like Billy Jeff Clinton back in office ... I suppose it is cool that he works only about 25 blocks south of me near 125 in Harlem USA though.....

As far as our presidente goes though, don't think things are over in the election just because we got the head of Sadaam ....

Anyone who really believes that we stop terrorism by attacking a country is insane. Obviously its a lot easier to hit a target 3 miles away then 6,000 .... But what will you do in Ashcroft's America...

Sorry for the rant ... ecq

I hope everyone is having a great holiday season. I must say though that shopping in NYC can be a huge pain ... its nice not to have to park in parking lots but to carry all your bags around and switch subways to get places can be mighty frustrating ... And although Macy's has one of the best store windows you will see anywhere and has figured prominitely in Elf (great fun movie) and Miracle on 34th Street it is a madhouse this time of year (even on a Monday) ....

Life is good with a girlfriend of 11 months and I am certainly enjoying looking at these beautiful, intelligent women in Suicide Girls.com ....

BTW so it can be hyperlinked the Upright Citizens Brigade's website is:

http://www.ucbt.net

Have a great holiday season and remember to give time to yourself and that debts always have to be paid back (a scary thought for me at this point).

'til we meet again.... ecq

Just wanted to say hello ... had my second improv performance today as the end of my Upright Citizens Brigade level 1 program (http://www.ucbt.net) ... It was a good show but difficult to accomplish 15 people doing 2 person scenes in about 40 minutes ....

I also wanted to mention my cat has a website http://www.huntersocksthompson.com

Hello everyone ... Its a weird world we live in but happy holidays and enjoy the clean brisk taste of winter.