OBC?

Last night Vaz and I when to the Flud Watch relaunch party at Gallery Bar. It's his old friend Doug's company and it turned out my friend Jill was one of the PR reps throwing the party...

back story: I met Jill about eight years ago. We used to go to all the same parties. First coincidentally... and then we all formed a crew. About 10-15 members maybe? OBC. Open Bar Crew. We had a place to go every night and drink for free. There was (and still is) always some kind of industry party to go to and drink for free every night in NYC, and we were the party people. How we got into all these events so deep is kind of a blur... but there we were.

little by little we all tapered off. I think we're all more dive-bar kind of people now anyway, and since I bartend again, I don't really want to be in a bar when I'm not working (not to mention the 2-year-old)

But last night - We went to this party, and it was an open vodka bar. A vodka I didn't want, so I bought my drink. I was at an open bar and I bought my drink. That's such a grown up thing to do. No No, I don't want your cheap free liquor. I'll purchase my own thank you.

What happened to OBC?

I'm going to say that some members are keeping it going (like Jill and Trudy) because they are now the ones throwing the open bar events instead of mooching. It's a more dignified crew now.

who's in charge here?

man... I want to be a calm, understanding, "the-glass-is-half-full" type of person, but I'm unsuccessful. Little things slowly creep under my skin and then a day or two later I'm pissed off. "Pissed" is a good word here.

My mom and my mother-in-law help us IMMENSELY. They babysit for free while I work.

That's awesome. I appreciate it and I love that my kid will have a relationship with her grandparents—something that I never had.

But they're not raising her.

They watch her usually like 4-8 hours a WEEK in between from when I leave to go bartend and Vaz get's home from work...

When I freelance a day gig... it's 2 and a half days each week, to each grandma.

That's a lot of time - but they're not her caretakers.

My mom said to me the other day "your father wants me to start potty training her." I didn't have a witty quip to reply at the time. I don't think I paid much attention, I sort of glossed over the statement. At the time, it wasn't a big deal, but it's been bothering me. Mainly because it was a statement.

My mom didn't ask me about it. It wasn't "Your father and I were talking and we're wondering are you introducing the potty to her? Do you want me to try when she's with me?"

It was "your father wants me to start potty training her."

Am I wrong for being annoyed?

I couldn't get a good picture...

this is the only one that nearly came out. Her voice was amazing live.

AND - she was super punctual, which I appreciate. no waiting around for an hour for the main act. 9:15 the main act began.

new technology

my mom just texted me:

OK I LOVE YOU I WAS IN THE CITY TODAY IN THE VENEZUELA EMBASIT ???

I'm usually good at decifering the code, but I don't know what is being asked here.

the dog days are over

Going to see Florence and the Machine with Irasema tonight at Terminal 5. Pics to follow