Observing human drama as it unfolds, on the look-out for perps, chasing and locking up counterfeiters from midtown to downtown Manhattan, clowning around most of the time, doing lots of overtime (a necessary evil), surfing the net, playing god with Sims2, SocomI and II, reading when time permits (mostly periodicals from the New York Post to the New York Daily News, from Maxim to FHM and so on), listening to a whole gamut of music and watching movies, drawing, photography, updating my Fotki.com and denouncing SonyImagestation.com, especially romancing the love of my life and rediscovering the world again through the eyes of our precious daughter and son....
You Know You're From New York City When...
You say "the city" and expect everyone to know that this means Manhattan.You have never been to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building.You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park at 3:30 on the Friday before a long weekend, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.Hookers and the homeless are invisible.The subway makes sense.You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.You've considered stabbing someone just for saying "The Big Apple".The most frequently used part of your car is the horn.You call an 8' x 10' plot of patchy grass a yard.You consider Westchester "upstate".You think Central Park is "nature."You see nothing odd about the speed of an auctioneer's speaking.You're paying $1,200 for a studio the size of a walk-in closet and you think it's a "steal."You've been to New Jersey twice and got hopelessly lost both times.You pay more each month to park your car than most people in the U.S. pay in rent.You haven't seen more than twelve stars in the night sky since you went away to camp as a kid.You go to dinner at 9 and head out to the clubs when most Americans are heading to bed.Your closet is filled with black clothes.You haven't heard the sound of true absolute silence since the 80s, and when you did, it terrified you.You pay $5 without blinking for a beer that cost the bar 28 cents.You take fashion seriously.Being truly alone makes you nervous.You have 27 different menus next to your telephone.Going to Brooklyn is considered a "road trip."America west of the Hudson is still theoretical to you.You've gotten jaywalking down to an art form.You take a taxi to get to your health club to exercise.Your idea of personal space is no one actually standing on your toes.$50 worth of groceries fit in one paper bag.You have a minimum of five "worst cab ride ever" stories.You don't notice sirens anymore.You live in a building with a larger population than most American towns.Your doorman is Russian, your grocer is Korean your deli man is Israeli, your building super is Italian, your laundry guy is Chinese, your favorite bartender is Irish, your favorite diner owner is Greek, the watchseller on your corner is Senegalese, your last cabbie was Pakistani, your newsstand guy is Indian and your favorite falafel guy is Egyptian.You're suspicious of strangers who are actually nice to you.You secretly envy cabbies for their driving skills.You think $7.00 to cross a bridge is a fair price.Your door has more than three locks.Your favorite movie has DeNiro in it.You consider eye contact an act of overt aggression.You run when you see a flashing "Do Not Walk" sign at the intersection.You're 35 years old and don't have a driver's license.You ride in a subway car with no air conditioning just because there are seats available.You're willing to take in strange people as roommates simply to help pay the rent.There is no North and South. It's uptown or downtown.When you're away from home, you miss "real" pizza and "real" bagels.You know the differences between all the different Ray's Pizzas.You're not in the least bit interested in going to Times Square on New Year's Eve.Your internal clock is permanently set to know when Alternate Side of the Street parking regulations are in effect.You know what a bodega is.You know how to fold the New York Times in half, vertically, so that you can read it on the subway or bus without knocking off other passenger's hats.Someone bumps into you, and you check for your wallet.....You cringe at hearing people pronounce Houston St. like the city in TexasFilm crews on your block annoy you, not excite you.You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from NYC.
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I'd like to meet:
Pretty much Anyone!!! Also curious about other cultures so I would love to meet people from all over the world, old and new friends... CHECK OUT SOME PICS AT THIS SITE: http://www.fotki.com/Mosjoker/
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Music:
Too many to mention: HipHop/Rap/R&B/Jazz/Blues/ Rock/Reggae/Ska/Punk/ Socca/Merengue/Salsa/OPMs here are some examples: -Everclear (one of my favorite bands out there), Dave Matthews, Jack Johnson, G.Love and Special Sauce, Train, The PushStars, Weezer, Travis, Gin Blossoms, Vertical Horizon, The FooFighters, RedHotChilliPeppers, Nirvana, Eve6, Texas, Pete Yorn, BarenakedLadies, They Might Be Giants, Violent Femmes, The Gorillaz, RadioHead, Stereophonics, Incubus, 3DoorsDown, Blink182, Linkin'Park, Audioslave, Rage Against The Machine, Brian McKnight, Joe, Babyface, Maxwell, Usher, 112, Notorious B.I.G., Tupac, Jay-Z, KRS-One, Dr. Dre, Snoop, BustaRhymes, Methodman, Mobb Deep, MosDef, 50Cent, Fugees, Tego Calderon,Truefaith, BeenieMan, HepCat, The Specials, SaveFerris, ReelBigFish, UB40, Sublime, CherryPoppinDaddies, SquirrelNutZippers, Brian Setzer...Bob Marley, Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, Van Morrison, Don Henley, The Eagles, Led Zepellin, Eric Clapton, Sheryl Crow, Sarah McLachlan, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Carlos Santana, U2, Sting, The Police (who knew)...
Movies:
Band Of Brothers, Saving Private Ryan, Full Metal Jacket, BlackHawk Down, The Last of the Mohicans, The 13th Warrior, The French Connection, Bullit, Dog Day Afternoon, Training Day, Heat, L.A. Confidential, The Corruptor, True Romance, Ronin, Romeo is Bleeding, American Gangster, Seven, The Departed, The Professional, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, 40-Year-Old-Virgin, Old School, Meet The Parents, Kingpin, There's Something about Mary, Me,Myself,and Irene, Outside Providence, Shallow Hal, Animal House, Blazing Saddles, Van Wilder, Eurotrip, SuperBad, 40-Year-Old-Virgin, Knocked-up, Superbad, Shawshank Redemption, The Last Castle, Scarface, Carlito's Way, Goodfellas, Casino, Donnie Brasco, A Bronx Tale, StarWars, Indiana Jones Trilogy, DieHard Trilogy, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Final Destination Trilogy, Stir of Echoes, Sleepy Hollow, The Ring, Requiem for A Dream, and mostly flicks with NYC as the setting (gotta love them New York accents). I almost forgot, I love Akira Kurosawa Films...
Television:
Law & Order, The Wire, Cops, Rome, The Shield, The Sopranos, any CSI series, HillStreet Blues, Dead Like Me, The Man Show, The Simpsons, The Family Guy, Futurama, Seinfeld, The Late Show with David Letterman, and Late Night with Conan O'Brian, The Dave Chapelle Show, MadTV, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, WildBoyz, Wonder ShowZen, The Price Is Right, Eat Bulaga, Bubblegang, anything in Discovery, TLC, History channel, Military channel, TFC, GMA, IFC or Comedy Central...
Books:
John Douglas crime stories, My Father's Gun-by Brian McDonald, true crime novels, Donnie Brasco-by Joseph D. Pistone, BlueBlood-by Edward Conlon, Band Of Brothers-by Stephen E. Ambrose, Monster-by Sanyika Shakur (this is a great book if you want to learn about the history of the gangs Crips and Bloods), An Unquiet Mind-by Kay Redfield Jamison, The Quiet Room-by Lori Schiller and Amanda Bennett, Power Of One-by Bryce Courtney (you should see the movie also), America Is In The Heart-by Carlos Bulosan, Dogeaters-by Jessica Hagedorn, D.H. Lawrence, mostly military,history, graphic novels, any DK books, etc...
Heroes:
All the men and women of the NYPD, FDNY, PAPD, All Law Enforcement all over the world...and the troops who are serving all over the world especially in Iraq (i'm pretty sure they would rather be here close to their families, than overseas). "FIDELIS AD MORTEM" ("Faithful Onto Death").
