ohhhh markus ….

my life has been kinda crazy over the last 6 weeks. and I was just to busy (and tired) to blog about any of the stuff. but today just sent me over the edge.

so here is a list of the major and minor things I can remember …

• I went to burning man.
  pretty awesome and rad 7 day experience. the weirdest and most amazing stuff I have seen in my entire life. LARGE scale art that could easily be on display in the most elite galleries in the world, eating fresh(!) sushi of naked women (in the middle of the desert!), dancing all night long, getting lost in the most intense sand storm I have ever experienced.
  probably the most insane/weird/ridiculous/unbelievable thing I saw was during a techno party. they had three strong lasers pointing into the sky, standing still, and the lasers STOPPED IN MID AIR. which is physically absolutely impossible. I walked around this phenomena, but no matter from what angle we viewed, the lasers stopped all angles at the same point, about 300 feet above ground as if there was an invisible barrier (with all the stars clearly visible. and no, neither of us was on drugs). if I hadn’t been there I wouldn’t believe it myself. 
  and last not least getting all my camera equipment stolen (ugh).
  I will be there for sure next year!! 
• I went to Las Vegas on my way home and saw the most amazing show I had ever the pleasure to visit, “KA” by Cirque du Soleil. Watch the trailers/examples on youtube. I was truly blown away.
• I finally moved into my new apartment. And I swear, I will NEVER drive a cargo van in the city ever again. Next time I move I will just pay whatever it takes, parking is NO fun.
• I participated at CityChase, a scavenger hunt race through all of Manhattan.
  Making me ride an electric bull, screaming “smells like teen spirit” with a live rock band, free climbing a wall and memorizing 12 different kinds of hot dogs (ok, I cheated on that) to name just a few. Our team was one of the last, mostly because my team member was so hang over from the last night that she was 4 hours late for the start ….
• I went to a birthday party and met on a roof on 49th street a former working colleague from Austria how just passed by and knew one of the roommates of the flat (what coincidence!).
• at this party I also met Ms.SD and had a very fabulous 3 hour lunch at “Neue Gallery“, enjoying an absolutely amazing and 100% authentic “Gulasch with Spätzle” (HIGHLY recommended).
• I had the pleasure to be part of a bachelor party, with go-kart racing in the morning (uhoh my butt, but I won! HA!), the most intense feast of my life in the evening (at Churrascaria), and a ride to a incredibly hard to find stripper bar in New Jersey afterwards where we were throwing dollars at fully naked girls like candy (Oh, and our only female companion this evening kinda made out with one of the strippers).
• I found the perfect gift for Nunu (but can’t tell here what it is)
• I bought an incredible memory foam mattress. Its extremely hard not to fall immediately asleep when you lay down. If you need one, get it at Bed In a Box.
• We had a dish of dried pears in our office which looked like vaginas (I swear! everyone thought so!).
• I was on a red carpet event during fashion week where about 20 (professional) photographers were taking pics of me in front of a (posing) wall. ohhh the flash light sensations!
• my uncle got married. I wish them all the best!!
• its quite amazing how many mexican people smile at you in stores when you wear a bright red shirt with frills to work.
• The guy who rented my room in Chinatown after I left died of a heart attack on the brooklyn bridge while riding his bicycle. He was the same age (32) as me (and an extremely overworked architect)! That’s really really scary. Seriously guys, enjoy every day you have. 
• On my way home from training I decided one time to go a slightly different route to grab some “Malta Goya” a hard to get drink and heard some austrian words while I passed a group. I stopped and asked if they are austrians and to my big big surprise it was Ms. A who was one year ahead of me at college, she just moved to NY a month ago (and got announced by another friend of mine, but I forgot about it). She is a VJ and already knows a shi*load of people here. This will be fun!
• I am riding the fashion train more than ever AND I am in serious need of a haircut

Since I plan to go to burning man this year (and my european driving license only is valid for a year here) I had to go through the struggle to get a learners permit from the DMV (and at some point in the future my drivers license. but first things first.)

The DMV (Department for Motor Vehicles, website is fugly, but excellent info and well structured) is around the corner so I went there during lunch break, not really expecting a long wait. Boy was I wrong. Huge line, probably 500/600 there. Fortunately the prettiest girl in the room was in front of me, wearing the shabby grunge supermodel look. Since I was right behind here in line, I started a little chitchat about this whole thing and we had quite some fun time. Talking about the Lifeball (since I am from Vienna) and this whole process and other stuff.

So the waiting time was (although long, about 1.5 hours) quite pleasant. Finally my pic was taken and I took the (easy) test. You only need to have 14 out of 20 questions right (my score was 20/20), but even so a guy in front of me managed to fail. And finally after another wait of about 30min I got my Learners Permit.

Now I am officially allowed to drive again (as long as there is another passenger with a driving license in the car)! yeah!

btw, later in the office I found out who I had this lovely chitchat with. It was Tiiu Kuik. (and yes, she has a boyfriend. big surprise.)

Fabulous S dragged me to that barber shop in trendy Williamsburg Greenpoint. Dudes with tattoos, racing magazines and everything very 50ies. And the guy who is doing your haircut, rarely uses scissors, more like a electric razor, switching blades a gazillion times. And at the end I had … the most fabulous haircut ever. And no, I won’t tell where that place was …

So after the fiasco last night I went with fabulous S to a Digitalism concert. and this time strictly sobber.

What a blast (as usually at Webster Hall). At the end the crowed was storming the stage, dancing there like there was no tomorrow. Security couldn’t do a thing about it.

Their smash hit “Idealistic”

and another one:

After the concert we passed this superpissed looking tranny, handling the queue in front of the Webster Hall. worth a pic ;) 

And afterwards going to St. Marx, browsing through the HUGE underground (adult) comic section. And found quite some pieces (even one in 3D, but the credit for finding this one goes to S) …. 

What an absolutely fabulous night!

ha! I am so happy to finally find a shoe shop that has extremely fancy and gorgeous shoes, speak “jaw dropping style”. and only totally ugly and hideous for women. so the new score for fancy shops is women : men  74.233.932 : 1.

so if you are in New York check out Irregular Choice, you won’t be disappointed.