...with a silver cape and possibly a thong, riding a unicycle in Little Italy. Oh my giddy god's trousers, I love New York. Only in this city.

I met up with Andrea and her university's Italian Club in Little Italy for the San Gennaro Feast. I had some delicious pizza and gelato and then, to top it all off, cannoli that was absolutely to die for. So good I stopped on my way back to the subway and bought some more for tomorrow. It's going to make reading for Anth and doing French exercises so much more enjoyable.

Also tomorrow, a trip with my art history section to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Which I need to sleep in preparation for. I have to wake up much earlier than I'd like to on a Friday with no class. (Is it wrong that I think 9:00 is early?)

My college career has started. It's truly the end of an era and the beginning of something else entirely. Quite frankly, I can't wait to get going. I don't even know what to think or say about it. Sometimes, it doesn't even feel real. Have you ever had those moments? Where it feels like your own life isn't even happening to you? It's hard to explain, I guess. </philosophicalmumbojumbo>

My brother came into the city this weekend so I got to see him on Friday when we went to the MoMa and again on Sunday when we went to the Chelsea Market and the Highline.

First, the MoMa. I consider myself something of an artist and I'll probably end up majoring in art history in some way. Even so, there are time when I just do not get that museum. Walking through the first floor, Brother and I mostly just made fun of the paintings. The crown gem of the exhibit had to be Penis Hat. It was inexplicable to look at really. And then you read the explanation. Now, as an artist and art history student, I know artistic bullshit when I see it and this was some of the highest order. That poor curator must have used all their creative capabilities on that one painting.

( For your viewing pleasure... )

Second, Chelsea Market. They have an entire restaurant there dedicated to milk. It was like a dream come true. Wow, of all the things to take away from the Chelsea Market. Well, anyway, it was a cool place and the park is beautiful (if busy on a Sunday afternoon) so I'll definitely be back there for more milk and Amy's bread.

I've had various livejournals over the years but I've never really felt that I had anything to blog about, anything that was "livejournal-worthy." So I mostly used them to lurk in awesome communities and be jealous of the amazing writers and artists here. While this is mostly still true, my life has changed in one big way so I'm following in its wake and making more. I moved to New York two weeks ago and seems like, since then, things are happening. They aren't always good but they're happening which is more than I could ever say for my life Before. And, more than anything, I want to remember them.

I guess that's the power of New York City.

So this is my contribution to the record. A small town girl trying to make it in the big city. It's the biggest cliché around but I guess that's always been my life.

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In case you may have forgotten:

1. Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.

2. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

3. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

4. Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

5. Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britney Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.

6. Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.

7. Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

8. Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.

9. Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

10. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.