avenue c

i started this entry on the 27th, but now it's the 28th and i don't remember anything important happening to me yesterday (today). the closest record store to the office was sam goody in the skanky manhattan mall, so i made a special trip there to get the just-released coldplay album. remember when albums came out and you hadn't already heard every track in mp3s? it was still exciting, though, and the sequence gets it right, with "amsterdam"'s long buildup and huge payoff perfectly ending the album. after work i rode the ole stationary bike and then indulged a rare craving for steak. the waitress started off frosty and ended sweet and bubbly, even giving us free chardonnay and cote du rhone glasses. and then a walk around a few blocks, scoping out apartment buildings, discussing the pros and cons of avenue c.