So, as faithful readers (basically DR and 7!) will remember, FB and I had a slow start to our day today. It's Sunday and so nothing really happens til noon so we stayed in. We watched Madagascar and pretty much spent the hour after the movie watching clips of those adorable military penguins! Those little devils are such scene stealers

Sidenote: how sad is it that we actually spent time doing that?

At about one we hit up Quizno's for lunch followed by a walk down to Union Square. That place is cool. Much, MUCH cooler than the one in San Fransisco (I don't know why I'm comparing them... It's not like its a restaurant chain or something...) but anyway, we found this street performer there. He was this Freddy Mercury wannabe (for those of you who do not know Freddy, he was the lead singer of the band Queen... If you don't know who Queen was, they were the band who made such hits as 'Another one bites the dust', 'We will rock you', 'We are the champions'.. etc.etc.. If you still have no idea what I'm talking about well then... you need a serious introduction to pop culture..) Anywho, he was this cool little street performer. He was swallowing fire and juggling all kinds of crap. His act was cool.. punctuated with jokes and Queen songs. Sadly though, at the end, he wanted everyone to join him in a sing along of 'We are the champions'.. only the crowd was pretty much all tourists ( clarification: I'm beginning to refer to all non-americans as tourists) and so there were only like five of us singing along... then the guy got up on these guys shoulders and wanted to be passed along the crowd... like those stage divers at concerts... only when he got to our side, the crowd started thinning out and he nearly fell flat on his face! It was at this point that he decided to abandon this idea....

Tonight we began our tour of the comedy clubs starting with The Gotham. It was a nice place... aside from the fact that it was located beside what seemed to be some sort of ghetto convention! Anyway, it's a cozy little place with good food and a great atmosphere. The comedians were pretty good as well. Some solid Comedy Central regulars, some amateurs, but it was all good. Definately worth going to again. Next we're hitting The Improv! :D
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Return often and take me, beloved sensation, return and take me -
When memory of the body awakens, and old desire again runs through the blood;
When the lips and skin remember,
And the hands feel as if they touch again.

-Layla

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