...and what a fucking x-mas nightmare. if i never liked this holiday season before, this was an overkill and a half. true, in a good company (best friends and a girl) it's totally doable, but if you add a million japanese tourists shooting pics in front of Rolex displays to russian trendies and hispanic street peddlers all in a tight square, it quickly becomes less about holiday fun and more about survival. honestly.
overall, my fave NYC borough is still Brooklyn - warm, with a proper vibe, chill places to visit and real people, though still a rough place if you don't know what is what. Manhattan, with a small exception of a few places in SoHo and Grenwich is just not for me - too many pissed off human failures poisoning the air with their shit, and too many clueless tourists pissing them off even more. Glimmers of human decency are rare and not enough to shed the overall impression that the post-911 NYC toghetherness is now long gone. to be honest, it doesn't bother me all that much - I kinda like it better when New Yorkers are assholes as a whole - it suits them better. and nowhere is that attitude more present than when driving on the streets of NYC. now, is that shit a challenge worthy of the best or what? for people that feel superior to the French they sure have a lot in common with them - the use of vehicles as weapons (the bigger the better) - notwithstanding.
for all the faults that I find with Gotham each year I come here, I still find this a fascinating and "spirited" place. The sunny warm weather helps in that respect, as does a presence of a loved one, and my Brooklyn and Jersey connection sure make it worth the 9hour drive (1.5 tanks of gas equalling $40 - no bad at all, innit...)
so, happy holiday from ovah heah and fuck you you fucking fucks.
ps. even their fucking squirrels are fat. WTF???
overall, my fave NYC borough is still Brooklyn - warm, with a proper vibe, chill places to visit and real people, though still a rough place if you don't know what is what. Manhattan, with a small exception of a few places in SoHo and Grenwich is just not for me - too many pissed off human failures poisoning the air with their shit, and too many clueless tourists pissing them off even more. Glimmers of human decency are rare and not enough to shed the overall impression that the post-911 NYC toghetherness is now long gone. to be honest, it doesn't bother me all that much - I kinda like it better when New Yorkers are assholes as a whole - it suits them better. and nowhere is that attitude more present than when driving on the streets of NYC. now, is that shit a challenge worthy of the best or what? for people that feel superior to the French they sure have a lot in common with them - the use of vehicles as weapons (the bigger the better) - notwithstanding.
for all the faults that I find with Gotham each year I come here, I still find this a fascinating and "spirited" place. The sunny warm weather helps in that respect, as does a presence of a loved one, and my Brooklyn and Jersey connection sure make it worth the 9hour drive (1.5 tanks of gas equalling $40 - no bad at all, innit...)
so, happy holiday from ovah heah and fuck you you fucking fucks.
ps. even their fucking squirrels are fat. WTF???
