To NYC members.

04:27 / 11.07.03

Erk. I'm heading to NYC to visit from St. Louis in a few days. Myself and my girlfriend are going to stay in the area for Sun, Mon, and Tues. Problem being, I'm not quite the best at preparing things. Everything is taken care of except one minor, tiny, teensy little detail.

I don't quite know where we're staying. Any ideas/suggestions/admonishments for being so damn last second about the whole thing?

13:05 / 11.07.03

You should maybe start calling some hotels/motels/hostels if you don't have any friends in the area, man.

14:14 / 11.07.03

Yeah, trying to find a hovel within my budget is not proving simple though. Fuck of it is, I had friends. But I've been talking, and apparently they're, ah, not really my friends anymore. Some of them have become genuinely frightened of me. Saddens me greatly.

Ethan Hawke

14:26 / 11.07.03

Some of them have become genuinely frightened of me.

Let me give you a helpful piece of advice. Typing that is NOT going to inspire anyone to offer you a place to stay. Generally, I'm not looking to meet people who scare their friends. I'm sure you mean you're scary in a real cool way, or something lame like that, but still, dude...

14:41 / 11.07.03

Todd is 100% correct.

And also, you may want to put off your trip to NYC til you have, y'know, some money. Because NYC is a very expensive place, even if you're not paying for a place to stay. Maybe you should, I don't know, save your money and go camping in the woods or something.

inhaler

14:52 / 11.07.03

Well, I live in Newark, New Jersey, and you can get to Manhattan with the PATH train from where I am. My apartment is very small, but I'm at work for about 9-10 hours every day, and when I come home I usually just sleep, read, or listen to classical music on the radio. So, I wouldn't really be in your way. You might want to bring some air mattresses or something, I guess. I only have one mattress.

One thing that isn't so good about my apartment is that I don't actually have a bathroom. I have to use a bathroom down the hall from my room which I have to share with some other people in the building. But don't worry, they are usually very nice.

15:01 / 11.07.03

How old are you? There's a youth hostel on Amsterdam and 103rd which I hear is relatively nice and relatively cheap but I don't really know how it works. You could look for motels in Brooklyn or Queens--they might bill themselves as "bed and breakfasts". Or, if the weather holds out, there are many nice parks.

15:06 / 11.07.03

and if it doesn't, have fun sleeping on the F train, smart guy.

15:20 / 11.07.03

Harsh!

It is international Be Harsh to Strangers Month here at Barbelith. Suck it, Misouri!

15:31 / 11.07.03

...Request to suck it denied. Spell better.

I wasn't looking for someone to crash with. I was looking for ideas. That was not some thinly veiled attempt at ingratiating myself with complete strangers; it was a genuine question. As for the whole being creepy thing, your guess is as good as mine. There aren't that many people I rub the wrong way, so I was shocked by it. Age-wise, I'm 21. My girlfriend is 22. And I've got money. Just not a terrible, awful lot.
Sleeping with the mole-men has already been ruled out.

Bear

15:38 / 11.07.03

Din din din, OOOOh you didn't know - din din din din - Your ass better call sommmmmmmebody

How expensive is New York then? Same as London? More?

15:40 / 11.07.03

I said "Suck it," dillweed!

Seriously, though, check out the youth hostel. You're the right age, but I dunno if you need reservations or a membership or what.

16:59 / 11.07.03

Seems like the best idea thus far. Thanks.

17:18 / 11.07.03

NYC Barbelith represent!

Boooooooooooo-oooooooo-ooooooty! Booooooooooooooooo-oooooooooo-oooty!

17:28 / 11.07.03

oh hell yes

boooooooooooo-ooooooooo-ty

18:14 / 11.07.03

Boooo-oooooo-ty!

Booo-oooo-ooo-ty!

18:22 / 11.07.03

Missouri, if you don't get yo ass over here and get yo ass in this tub

Booooooo-ooooooooooo-ooooooooty

So much booty

18:40 / 11.07.03

Yo boocka boo-ooty, booty
booga,booga,booga,booga,booga,
booga,booga,booga,booga,booga,
booga,booga,booga,booga-ooty!

Ethan Hawke

18:53 / 11.07.03

You two are fucking scaring me.

MJ-12

18:55 / 11.07.03

Flux, you need to start driving, just so you can get a whistle tip.

19:04 / 11.07.03

You two are fucking scaring me.

Find the fun, white boy.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-OOOOOOOTY..

MJ-12

19:20 / 11.07.03

You too, ln.

19:23 / 11.07.03

500 to the biggest booty in here!

Booooooooooooo-oooooooo-oooty!

21:11 / 11.07.03

Bootybootyboooooooo-oooooooo-ooooooty.

You bitches rockin' the East Side booty, big ups!

21:45 / 11.07.03

I've just been sitting here staring at that Heckle & Jeckle picture. I love it so much. I'm going to get it stencilled on the windshield of my custom street Honda. Like, big, across the whole thing. And it's going to say "Suck it, dillweed!" across the bottom in a little rushing dashlight, like Kit.

Bear, I dunno, how expensive is London?

22:15 / 11.07.03

fuck yeah qalyn!

qalyn is awesome.

22:28 / 11.07.03

What color is my Honda, Ms. nation? Do I have a low rider with exhaust flanges, or those g-thang superwheels?

YES
YES
YES
YES

Q, you should trade in your Honda and get a stretch Navigator.

Booooooo-ooooooooooo-ooooty!

Do you know what time it is in New York right now? It's 7:30 on Friday night. It's the FREAKIN' WEEKEND. Baby, I'm about to have me some fun!

22:33 / 11.07.03

So looking for crash ideas turned into booty. Eh. I'm cool with booty. I think. Wait... shit.

An' I found out the rates at the hostel. About 30 a night. Rock solid. Now that that's taken care of, anyone got any ideas for entertaining me whilst I'm up there? I'm talking more after-hours type stuff. I'm an insomniac and spend most of the early hours bored out of my misshapen skull. Well?

22:36 / 11.07.03

How much cheddar you got, son?

You come to play, playa?

w1rebaby

23:08 / 11.07.03

I'm an insomniac and spend most of the early hours bored out of my misshapen skull

never sleep, cos sleep is the cousin of death