WTFMTA?

After seeing signs saying there would be no N running late night tonight, I walked from a post-show Christmas gathering in Hell's Kitchen to Times Square to catch the 7 to QB Plaza. The 7 was stopped at the station for 15 minutes, then again in the tunnel for a few minutes. Then after waiting a good 15 minutes at least at QBP, the N showed up coming from Manhattan. Apparently it WASN'T suspended. All told, it took 2 hours to get from W 50th to Steinway. Thanks MTA.

Luckily the soundtrack was wonderful, selections:

Walking through Hell's Kitchen: "Static-X - "December"

Walking through the Theatre District: Mike Doughty - "I Can Hear the Bells"

Walking through Times Square: Relient K - "Silver Bells"

Waiting on the 7: Tchaikovsky - "Waltz of the Sugar Plum Fairy"

Riding the 7: John Prine - "Christmas in Prison"

Waiting at QB Plaza: Flyleaf - "Do You Hear What I Hear?"

Riding the N: Ramones - "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight)"

Walking down Astoria Blvd: Run DMC - "Christmas in Hollis"

SAVE OUR STEELERS!

The Pittsburgh Steelers have been kidnapped by extraterrestrial alien body snatchers. These aren't ACTUALLY Roethlisberger, Tomlin, Harrison, Parker, Ward, and the offensive line. These are evil doppelgangers. Jon Stewart in "The Faculty." Polamalu's doppelganger couldn't handle BEING Polamalu and went and broke himself. These are NOT the real Pittsburgh Steelers, and SOMETHING MUST BE DONE! We must contact the FBI and the CIA and NASA immediately and let them know that the Steelers have been kidnapped by aliens. SOUND THE ALARM!

SAVE OUR STEELERS! S-O-S!

Either that or this is all some elaborate ruse being perpetrated by the criminal syndicate Cincinattica Bengals, who have somehow risen to the top of the standings for just the second time since 1991. The fix is in.

Safe in New York City

This happened 3 blocks from where I work.

What exactly is an "aggressive" panhandler?

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=7163491

A change would do me good.

So since my last post I've left STNJ, moved home, got a job off-Broadway, moved to South Orange for a few weeks, then Brooklyn for a week, and now living in my own place in Astoria. I've been too busy to post on a blog.

But I'm back.

More to come...