BROOKLYN ROOF TOP ACTION

After a night of partying, there's nothing like chilling out on a roof the next day. I spent all afternoon today on a rooftop in Brooklyn with a great view of everything from the Statue of Liberty to the Empire State Building. I took some photos, listened to some music and read a bit.

Plant.

Pat reading.

Neighbors.

Pat giving a big "fuck you" to the condo being built across the way.

Screws.

Screws 2.

Gates!

I don't know.

Rustic red.

Rustic red 2.

Framed Manhattan.

Yay, soft focus.

Hello? Is anyone out there?

Buddy Cianci enjoying Brooklyn as well.

Buddy.

Shadows.

MY CELEBRITY SIGHTINGS

I saw two celebrities yesterday. First, I saw that tap dancing dude from Showtime at the Apollo walking down Lafayette with his wife and kid.  Yea, I watch a lot of random TV.

Second, I saw Ron Perlman on Houston.

LAST NIGHT'S PARTY

Met up with Cyrus at our usual watering hole. Man needs a new wardrobe. Haha.

Me: "Cy, what do you want? First round's on me." Cyrus: "Margarita." Me: "Dude, I don't think they make margaritas here." Cyrus: "Smirnoff Ice?" Me: "You're on your own." Cyrus: "Rum and coke?" Me: "Okay."

To distinguish between the "guy" and "girl" bathroom, the bar painted the gender symbols on the bathrooms. The only problem is that people couldn't tell which signified which. So all these kids were arguing over which was the girl's bathroom and which was the guy's.

And then when Kzar dropped in, one of the girls trying to figure out which was the correct bathroom grabbed Kzar and said, "You look like a smart guy! Which one is the girl's bathroom?"

A group photo gone horribly wrong. It's like something out of a horror movie or something. Should I watch my back? Am I getting erased?

Fist of empowerment.

This is safe: exposed wall in the bar. Mmmm...asbestos.

It was a rather low key night.

AROUND THE OFFICE

So some people have amazing view from their 40th floor office in Midtown or whatever, but what I love about my office in SoHo is that I can crawl out through the windows and hang out in the balcony. This is the view:

I was walking through the alley next to my building and saw this PSA:

TOILET FLUSHING CAT

This is an oddly compelling video of a cat that obsessively keeps flushing a toilet over and over and over and over again.   At school, all the other cats call him crazy cat behind his back.

MY GAWKER STALKER

Haha.  I submitted my recent celebrity sighting to Gawker Stalker.

DRIVING IN THE CITY

I finally drove in Manhattan and it wasn't in the relative spaciousness of upper Manhattan.  No, I had to drive through the narrow streets of the lower east side and Soho.  And I wasn't driving some junker, but a very expensive and massive Infiniti SUV.

"E" JACKS MY T-SHIRT

I just saw the most recent episode of Entourage (one of the best episodes eva in my humble opinion) and I can't believe they outfitted douchebag "E" with the same "New York Crimes" t-shirt that I've been wearing for months.  Now when I wear it, people are going to be thinking I'm trying to imitate that shit. This entry definitely ranks up there in the most shallow crap I've ever posted.  Ah well.  Time to retire this t-shirt maybe?  Nah.

FLAVOR OF LOVE IS "SHITTY"

I think I just saw a reality TV first--a contestant in the first episode of the second season of Flavor of Love not only shit herself, but...actually shat on the floor. Amazing.

JULIA ROBERTS...

I've never quite understood the appeal of Julia Roberts and on illogical principle, I refuse to watch her hooker movie with Richard Gere. Anyway, check out these recent photos of your favorite actress without make-up or movie magic to subtract 20 years from her life.

Shudder.

LAST NIGHT'S PARTY -- KZAR'S BIRTHDAY!

Pat and I were pissed as we got to the subway platform just as our train left. Blah, I hate it when that happens. Saturday night was Kzar's birthday party--the big 27.

Nothing like a sweet air-conditioned subway car. I totally passed out during the ride. Throwing a frisbee around earlier made me exhausted.

A small group of us met up at Soho Billiards to start the night's festivities. It looks like Kzar is about to drill Cy in this photo. Haha.

The younger brother smiles completely unaware of the traumatic horrors that will soon follow.

Kzar and Pat sit in the losers lounge.

I'm about as opposite from a pool shark as one can get.

Cyrus is SO EXCITED ABOUT PLAYIING POOL!!!1!!!1

We then left to go to Botanica across the street. Munira attempts to bring sexyback. Happy birthday to her as well.

Cyrus attempts to bring sneeringback.  Also, while he and I were standing outside, Matt Dillon with a couple friends walked by.  It took them about five minutes to find an empty cab.  So surreal.  There were maybe 15 people standing outside and except me and Cy, no one else seem to notice.

The birthday boy is stoked about his special day.

Rarely seen, but much loved Padma also dropped by! Yay!

And then Kzar started dancing. Oh, you haven't lived unless you've seen him dance. Note the icky spilled drink stains on his shirt. Classy.

Probably my favorite photo from the night: Kzar reenacting the infamous video from his Brown U days of him dancing. In slow motion.

HAHAHA. Correction: This might be my favorite photo from the night. Patrick thought he was participating in a nice group photo when suddenly, right before the flash, Kzar attempted to uh, mount Pat. Look at Pat's horrified expression. HAHAH. I think I later saw Pat sitting in the corner crying.

Kzar gettin' some anorexic dance floor action.

[Insert heavily censored summary]

On Sunday, we met up for brunch in Union Square.

Cy

Kzar reliving the previous night.

Cy and I later went to the Barnes & Noble in Union Square and this book there caught my attention:

Yikes.

WEEKEND AT PROSPECT PARK

Pat and I went to Prospect Park to throw a frisbee around. It's hot outside.

Patrick working out his situation.

Ladies, you can print this photo out and hang it up in your cubicle at work.

Squish!

Grass...

The portable jukebox keeps us entertained with Journey.

I GET TO GO TO...

Portugal!  Every six months, my company goes on one big trip abroad and next month, we're all off to Portugal.  Even though I just started, they're including me in the trip--They booked my flight today.  Mark me down under "amped."

IN CASE YOU DIDN'T GET IT THE FIRST TIME: IT'S HOT

Damn sun be making this city too damn hot.

I FEAR ANOTHER BLACKOUT

I was just sitting here watching TV--while attempting to stay cool in this blistering New York heatwave by having the AC and fan (double whamo) blow at me and an icy cold water bottle resting against my feet--when the lights suddenly dimmed and the TV signal went out.  This brief power surge only lasted a few seconds, but it scared the crap out of me. As fun as the infamous 2003 blackout was (back then I only lived six blocks away from work so the chaotic commute back home wasn't too terrible), a blackout now--which is a real fear and possibility--would be really fucking terrible.

PHOTOS OF NOT SO MELLOW MEL GIBSON'S NIGHT

Here are some photos taken of Mel before he drove off into the anti-semitic night. Based on the photos, he might not like jews, but he sure does love the ladies. He might not believe in the Holocaust, but he does believe in the humpty-dance (Thanks Pat).

THIS IS ONLY FREAKY BECAUSE HE'S....TALL...AND ASIAN

The good kids at Chopstix posted a photo that really puts into focus how freakin' tall Yao Ming is:

IT'S HOT IN HERE

New York is very hot as we all know. So here are some pictures from my iPhoto that cool me off and hopefully does the same for you. Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage, Alaska

Snowflakes!

Sundance, Park City, Utah

Sundance, Park City, Utah

Sundance, Park City, Utah

INTERNSHIP AVAILABLE

So I love my new job at the ad agency and we also happen to have a paid full-time internship position available for those looking to get into advertising and marketing. Contact me at Matthew [dot] Rodriguez [at] gmail.com if you're interested in the position.

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS MROD?

My nomadic ways continue: I'm in Park Slope for the next couple weeks.