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Christmas in Miami

December 21, 2011

Tader and I decided to spend Christmas week in warmer climates.

Renting a car was a little difficult. After haggling at the downtown Miami Avis we found our rental car parked in.

We eventually excised our rental and gave Tader a quick tour of Brickell.

We then spent some time on South Beach and happened upon the cutest puppy mill.

They are adorable, but I think I like my dogs better. Plus the entire place stunk of puppy piss.

We returned to South Beach later that evening and went to Twist, which was epic as ever. Twist is the massive gay bar in Miami. Never a cover, always a groove.

The next day we went to a hipster club in Miami’s design district called the Electric Pickle. They played the kind of house music you never hear in Minneapolis. The music was great, but not really danceable. It turned into a weird Sims-like line dance.

Oh, and we may have stolen a sign from Walgreens…

The night ended at Twist again. It’s a bad habit, but so fun. They have a beer-serving Burger King next door that’s open 24 hours, which is super convenient when you’re skipping out of a club at 5 a.m.

This is going to be a hilarious, expensive vacation.

0L / snippets

Best Week Ever: Batman & DeLillo

July 23, 2008

Saw the movie Mongol, which is about Genghis Khan. It was pretty much a big deal.
Raided Urban Outfitters and bought some shirts – one with a huge screen print of Mary and baby Jesus, another with a huge screen print of a Cathedral, and a vintage Batman T.
Also saw Batman the movie with Carmen… it was long. Good, but loooong. See Daniel’s review here.
Bought the new Peru Altomayo. Which yes. Simply yes. It’s …well, yes.
Finished Don DeLillo’s Cosmopolis and The Body Artist… the last book of the summer is going to be Underworld (800 pages!). I finished White Noise and his most recent book, Falling Man, at the beginning of the summer. Any guesses who one of my favorite authors is? Hm.
Received my orientation info for school and excitement ensued. I know when Finals are y’all! I just need to figure out if my room at Gamma is furnished… hm.
While attempting to get colored contacts for purely cosmetic purposes, I found out that I was actually nearsighted and got glasses instead…then, shockingly, a few days later I ordered colored contacts anyway. Hah.
Finally made it to the beach, and saw Jaw’s smaller, deader cousin.
The poor soccer camp girls (they are like 7) who came to the front desk and asked if we had any “good smelling spray.” We asked why, and they said, “OUR FLOOR SMELLS LIKE FISH!” They insisted that their sweaty unwashed socks caused this fish odor. We…couldn’t…keep…straight….faces.

Oh, and then 30something and his equally intoxicated friend slow danced, but both being completely gone, they hit the floor with a dramatic side-ways THUD. They didn’t brace themselves or anything. They just leaned sideways and went WHAMP on the ground.
About one week left in Miami! Vöt!

Last summer / snippets

Best Week Ever: Can I interest anyone in a Peppermint?

July 13, 2008

Birthday dinner with Madre at Red Koi Lounge.
Boomkats and lip syncing with JHR.
Several forays in South Beach – why is Latin night so packed at Score?
Hilarity at the newly renovated Twist with Alex: the unsavory twink, the professor who stalked us, old man Herbert…yeah..um, no, the bartender who misunderstood my order, Alex spilling beverage on the bathroom attendant, gogo dancers in DIAPERS (seriously, they were in tightie whities AND gym shoes), Miss Donkey Kong was promptly served by Skinny Dude Who Could Dance, and the best part of the night, femme voguing on the main Twist Dancefloor, yes.
Ipod repair at Mikey’s in Overtown.
Falling out of my seat at the front desk. Literally. Because of Dr. Tran. I laughed SO har that I fell out of my seat and sat on the floor laughing (tears welling up in my eyes). Later today I had to leave the library because I thought about the video and couldn’t stop snickering. Ah… instant law school finals stress relief has been found. Bookmarked!
And asking everyone if I could interest them in a peppermint because of this.