It's been awhile. I wish I could have made it to the e-strip party, but thanks to Paul for emailing me.
I'm back in Jamestown for the summer. I'm saving money by living with my folks until I need to be back for classes in the fall. It's definitely nice being with my family and friends, but to be honest, Jamestown is not exactly the most thrilling of places. Our big excitement is the fact that they just built a "Super Wal-Mart".
Fortunately, I get to go back up to Buffalo quite a bit because I'm doing some museum work, and I'm also taking a class to start working on my thesis. So it's all good.
You know what's kind of strange? It's when you're at a concert or something, and a guy is standing really closely next to you, or behind you... and then he'll keep smiling at you while he looks you up and down with his eyes. And he won't actually talk to you either, but he'll stand in exactly the same position. You'll turn a bit, then he'll turn a bit and so forth. Its creepy.
Do you ever get picked up in really atypical places? One for me that has always surprised me is the library. You would not think that it would be a magnet for romance. I've always wondered why I seem to meet guys in libraries like this. Plus, there's always the people who try to ask you out at bus stops or bus stations. Usually they ask you if you want to go some place where they could use their senior citizen discount or something! I mean, I'm sure we can all find true love on Greyhound, but still....
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05/28/2006 23:06 #29650
Entertainment in my townCategory: dating
04/22/2006 23:05 #29649
a question, of sortsI was wondering... would anyone on here be interested in meeting up sometime for coffee or perhaps a drink? I've really enjoyed reading a lot of the entries of people on here and think it would be cool to meet some of you.
enknot - 04/24/06 23:06
Yeah I'm always in SPoT. If you see me on ask me where I am.
Yeah I'm always in SPoT. If you see me on ask me where I am.
leetee - 04/23/06 22:54
I would love to meet up with you for coffee or a drink! :O)
I would love to meet up with you for coffee or a drink! :O)
mrdt - 04/23/06 16:29
I'm always down to meet new people. however, I dont live in b-lo nor spend much time at spot.
I'm always down to meet new people. however, I dont live in b-lo nor spend much time at spot.
mrmike - 04/23/06 00:11
Epeeps to Volker's!?!
I'm with you Museum chick. Haven't met any of the crew in the flesh yet, but hope springs eternal
Epeeps to Volker's!?!
I'm with you Museum chick. Haven't met any of the crew in the flesh yet, but hope springs eternal
theecarey - 04/22/06 23:47
very nice! you can easily catch up with a handful of epeeps at any given time at Spot (on elmwood, ofcourse). Also, look for posts that shout out an event/gathering/drink fest/whatever. Now that I'm writing about it, I think we need to come up with something again very soon.. I'm in the mood to bowl.. any ideas??
very nice! you can easily catch up with a handful of epeeps at any given time at Spot (on elmwood, ofcourse). Also, look for posts that shout out an event/gathering/drink fest/whatever. Now that I'm writing about it, I think we need to come up with something again very soon.. I'm in the mood to bowl.. any ideas??
04/08/2006 02:02 #29646
juxtapositionCategory: thoughts
I grew up in a small town. Most of the people I grew up with are married and have children now. This probably sounds terrible to say, but anymore it seems that I feel awkward around most of my old friends. Because I can't relate to most of their experiences. I don't have children. I'm not married or engaged. The relationship that I had been in for a year and a half ended soon after I moved to Buffalo this past fall. I don't have a car. I live in a one room place. I'm this chick in grad school with a serious illness, trying to scrape by on a minimalistic income and medicaid. Maybe it doesn't make sense, but I just feel like a failure compared to them. That I've fallen behind somehow.
The truth is that most of the time, I feel like I am content with my life. I am involved with things that matter to me, and I continue to meet a lot of amazing people. I just wish I wouldn't compare my life to others this way. I want to be someone who can just be happy for them. I really do.
The truth is that most of the time, I feel like I am content with my life. I am involved with things that matter to me, and I continue to meet a lot of amazing people. I just wish I wouldn't compare my life to others this way. I want to be someone who can just be happy for them. I really do.
metalpeter - 04/09/06 11:42
First of all sorry about the Serious Illness, I hope it is something that with treatment can go away. I don't know what it is but I'm sure that dealing with that also affects how you do with people if not a lot at least a little bit.
I don't know what it is like to grow up in a small town. I have heard everyone knows each other. I'm sure all your friends being maried must at some point put pressure on you, don't let it unless you secertly want it to.
I think compairing your life to others can be both positive and verry negative. Yes it is good to see people who have lives that you don't want and to think I'm glad I don't have there life. You can also see peoples lives and think man I would like to be where they are at and so you can have something to aspire to and to drive you. But at the same time if you do this you make your self feal like an outcast and like you won't be normal and that happens more often then the positive stuff I mentioned. Just try to positive about your self and know you are happy where you are and once you have that figured out, then you can figure out if there are things you want to change or goals that you have that you want to achive.
First of all sorry about the Serious Illness, I hope it is something that with treatment can go away. I don't know what it is but I'm sure that dealing with that also affects how you do with people if not a lot at least a little bit.
I don't know what it is like to grow up in a small town. I have heard everyone knows each other. I'm sure all your friends being maried must at some point put pressure on you, don't let it unless you secertly want it to.
I think compairing your life to others can be both positive and verry negative. Yes it is good to see people who have lives that you don't want and to think I'm glad I don't have there life. You can also see peoples lives and think man I would like to be where they are at and so you can have something to aspire to and to drive you. But at the same time if you do this you make your self feal like an outcast and like you won't be normal and that happens more often then the positive stuff I mentioned. Just try to positive about your self and know you are happy where you are and once you have that figured out, then you can figure out if there are things you want to change or goals that you have that you want to achive.
scott - 04/08/06 17:12
Don't bother judging your life by anyone else's standards. Everyone's got their own thing. Trying to compare lives is about as possible as comparing the price of milk to a good poem. (It just can't be done. I've tried... milk prices vs poem... errrr broken brain...)
Anyways, sounds like you've got a lot of exciting stuff going on... some good, some bad... that seems to me to a quite a life to live.
Keep those old friends. You may have to adapt to accept you had different goals. Diverse fiends make for interesting people. Anyone who's friends are all the same tends to be boring...
Don't bother judging your life by anyone else's standards. Everyone's got their own thing. Trying to compare lives is about as possible as comparing the price of milk to a good poem. (It just can't be done. I've tried... milk prices vs poem... errrr broken brain...)
Anyways, sounds like you've got a lot of exciting stuff going on... some good, some bad... that seems to me to a quite a life to live.
Keep those old friends. You may have to adapt to accept you had different goals. Diverse fiends make for interesting people. Anyone who's friends are all the same tends to be boring...
ladycroft - 04/08/06 12:09
good, if you're content, stay that way! i don't believe we should be this, that or the other by particular stages in our lives. so, be who you are in the here and now, and be ok with that. because it's all good!
good, if you're content, stay that way! i don't believe we should be this, that or the other by particular stages in our lives. so, be who you are in the here and now, and be ok with that. because it's all good!
leetee - 04/08/06 10:12
I understand what you mean about not being able to relate to friends you once had. It's happened to me in so many different ways.
I find it a difficult trap not to fall into, comparing my life to others. We all veiw success in different ways and finding out what means success within ourselves can be a challenge. But if we focus on what we want from our life, i think we can find our niche.
Sorry to hear you are living with a serious illness. I hope there is recovery for you in the near future.
I understand what you mean about not being able to relate to friends you once had. It's happened to me in so many different ways.
I find it a difficult trap not to fall into, comparing my life to others. We all veiw success in different ways and finding out what means success within ourselves can be a challenge. But if we focus on what we want from our life, i think we can find our niche.
Sorry to hear you are living with a serious illness. I hope there is recovery for you in the near future.
04/07/2006 13:13 #29645
elmwood hotelCategory: buffalo
Recently, one of my grad classes were discussing the plans to build a new hotel on Elmwood- near Forest Avenue. Its supposed to be located where several businesses are. I believe these businesses include Mondo Video, Home of the Hits, and some other stores. Everyone in my class that participated in our discussion seems to think that building a hotel there would be a great idea, but I have to say that I definitely have mixed feelings about it.
On the one hand, I agree that it would be nice to have a hotel in the Elmwood neighborhood. It definitely would be helpful to the many museums and galleries that are located in the area. If a blockbuster show came to the Knox as they do several times a year, people could stay at a hotel right near the museum. They would probably go to some of the restaurants in the neighborhood and such. It's always great to support the economy around Buffalo. And, as some mentioned, some of the buildings that are currently the site are suffering from disrepair and have structural problems.
From a different perspective, though, I have to say that I am sad at the prospect of the tearing down of those buildings. I love the way those house-style stores are mixed together inside the neighborhood. And I feel bad that those stores would be forced to move, potentially not on Elmwood anymore. I think a lot of people would miss not having them around here. I have not been a part of the meeting process and can't make an informed comment on how the tenants of those buildings have been treated... but I have read from many of the news sources that some of them feel that they weren't given much of a voice during this process to have their concerns addressed. Of course, I could admittedly be fallacious in my assumptions on this.
There's also the issue of the possibility that the hotel might fail. Sometimes its hard to predict whether a hotel will succeed in any given area. What will happen to the surrounding neighborhood if that hotel goes out of business and just becomes some abandoned space?
So I certainly am interested in following what the outcome of this will be, and how it will affect the neighborhood in which I live.
On the one hand, I agree that it would be nice to have a hotel in the Elmwood neighborhood. It definitely would be helpful to the many museums and galleries that are located in the area. If a blockbuster show came to the Knox as they do several times a year, people could stay at a hotel right near the museum. They would probably go to some of the restaurants in the neighborhood and such. It's always great to support the economy around Buffalo. And, as some mentioned, some of the buildings that are currently the site are suffering from disrepair and have structural problems.
From a different perspective, though, I have to say that I am sad at the prospect of the tearing down of those buildings. I love the way those house-style stores are mixed together inside the neighborhood. And I feel bad that those stores would be forced to move, potentially not on Elmwood anymore. I think a lot of people would miss not having them around here. I have not been a part of the meeting process and can't make an informed comment on how the tenants of those buildings have been treated... but I have read from many of the news sources that some of them feel that they weren't given much of a voice during this process to have their concerns addressed. Of course, I could admittedly be fallacious in my assumptions on this.
There's also the issue of the possibility that the hotel might fail. Sometimes its hard to predict whether a hotel will succeed in any given area. What will happen to the surrounding neighborhood if that hotel goes out of business and just becomes some abandoned space?
So I certainly am interested in following what the outcome of this will be, and how it will affect the neighborhood in which I live.
dcoffee - 04/22/06 22:39
Luckily Home of the Hits will not be going anywhere, just the buildings north of it will be removed. I wish there was a way to reduce the hardship the current business owners will have to bear. but again, I think it's a gain for this neighborhood.
Luckily Home of the Hits will not be going anywhere, just the buildings north of it will be removed. I wish there was a way to reduce the hardship the current business owners will have to bear. but again, I think it's a gain for this neighborhood.
jenks - 04/08/06 12:09
Oh the hotel...
Careful that is a hot topic around here, that has been discussed a lot (check out (e:dragonfire)). It has pros and cons, the short story is that I'm not really sure how I feel about it. I'm all for improving the neighborhood, and while I don't like to see local businesses squashed- I think the buildings in question are rundown eyesores and we can do much better.
Oh the hotel...
Careful that is a hot topic around here, that has been discussed a lot (check out (e:dragonfire)). It has pros and cons, the short story is that I'm not really sure how I feel about it. I'm all for improving the neighborhood, and while I don't like to see local businesses squashed- I think the buildings in question are rundown eyesores and we can do much better.
04/07/2006 00:23 #29644
my stupid amusementsCategory: links
It scares me sometimes just how much I like the 80's sitcom "Night Court". I truly find it amusing, and I have no idea why. I like the crazy bald baliff.
Oh, and the new "Real World" is at Lake Superior, Michigan. How come they haven't done a Real World Buffalo? C'mon, aren't we more exciting?
(The last time I actually watched MTV was when I still thought it was cool... you know, when Green Day first came out. I feel old now).
For my fellow procrastinators:
Bubble Wrap:
Oh, and the new "Real World" is at Lake Superior, Michigan. How come they haven't done a Real World Buffalo? C'mon, aren't we more exciting?
(The last time I actually watched MTV was when I still thought it was cool... you know, when Green Day first came out. I feel old now).
For my fellow procrastinators:
Bubble Wrap:
leetee - 04/07/06 10:27
HAHAHAH! Love the whispered "must have more" when you get a new fresh sheet of bubble wrap!!!
HAHAHAH! Love the whispered "must have more" when you get a new fresh sheet of bubble wrap!!!
leetee - 04/07/06 10:21
Oh, i love the show Night Court too...
Thanks for the bubble wrap... i can't stop popping that stuff if i am around it...
Oh, i love the show Night Court too...
Thanks for the bubble wrap... i can't stop popping that stuff if i am around it...
kara - 04/07/06 08:21
Welcome to (e:strip)!
MTV did those Fraternity and Sorority Life shows a few years ago, so the chances of them coming back to buffalo for a reality series isn't great.
Welcome to (e:strip)!
MTV did those Fraternity and Sorority Life shows a few years ago, so the chances of them coming back to buffalo for a reality series isn't great.
zobar - 04/07/06 07:42
Heh, I went to House of Guitars [Irondequoit, NY] with a buddy of mine one day, '98 or '99, and there were all these [younger] teenagers there. So we asked a sales clerk what the deal was.
'Turn around,' he said.
So we did, and we didn't see anything.
'I don't get it.'
'Billie Joe Armstrong's here.'
'Who?'
'The dude from Green Day.'
'Ohhhhh, the dude from Green Day .... When's he leaving?'
'Four o'clock.'
'We'll be back.'
- Z
Heh, I went to House of Guitars [Irondequoit, NY] with a buddy of mine one day, '98 or '99, and there were all these [younger] teenagers there. So we asked a sales clerk what the deal was.
'Turn around,' he said.
So we did, and we didn't see anything.
'I don't get it.'
'Billie Joe Armstrong's here.'
'Who?'
'The dude from Green Day.'
'Ohhhhh, the dude from Green Day .... When's he leaving?'
'Four o'clock.'
'We'll be back.'
- Z
twisted - 04/07/06 00:44
My 8-year-old nephew is TOTALLY into Green Day, which is so funny to me. It seems like forever since I saw them play a free concert at the Hatch Shell in Boston, only to be shut down after 20 minutes because the crowd got so wild it was deemed a "riot." I think that was before my nephew was even born. Weird.
Anyway -- welcome to estrip!
My 8-year-old nephew is TOTALLY into Green Day, which is so funny to me. It seems like forever since I saw them play a free concert at the Hatch Shell in Boston, only to be shut down after 20 minutes because the crowd got so wild it was deemed a "riot." I think that was before my nephew was even born. Weird.
Anyway -- welcome to estrip!
Hi kookcity2000... right now it's at Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, though I've done some work at the Albright-Knox and at the Burchfield Museum for my program at school.
First of all sorry for checking you out at a concert and not saying anything to ya :). Seriously though I'm there to see the concert but ladies always distract me somehow. It is also kinda hard to talk to someone at a show it is loud and what can you ask with out interupting the music for your self and that person other then who is this band and that only works at a multiple band festival. Plus it is niether the checkherouter or the checkedout is saying anything to eachother, so it isn't only the guys fault. Sometimes the girl is standing next to a guy who could be a BF. Or said BF is up in the pit somewhare. Concerts are a good place to see a lot of hot people sometimes but not so good for meting someone. It may be a little creepy cause the guy is looking at you like a painting. I know it is tough but maybe you could be an interactive piece of art and say something. Some suggestings "tough choice of who to watch me or the BAnd" "Dude you are creping me out either ask me for My Number or check out some other hot chick". I'm sure you could think of some others. Most guys arn't trying to be creppy they just like what the see. But that being said still be carefull there are a few wackos out there.
'I mean, I'm sure we can all find true love on Greyhound...'
I once met a really hot nun catching the redeye from Syracuse to New York. She was escorting a very elderly nun, and when the older nun left for a minute, some frat boy started chatting her up. I thought it's bad enough I was having impure thoughts about a nun, but hitting on her is something else entirely.
- Z
museumchick, what museum are you a museum chick at?