'Cause I've got issues with my sleep

Loic, my french friend moved! which is really surprising because he LOVED the lower east side. he went out there, ate there, even convinced me to move there for two months in the summer. so it's troubling that he moved. and not even within manhattan. to long island city! oh but the view, the view is magnificent. and it is. he's right by the water and across from times square, the empire state building, the chrysler, everything.

but i'm wary of venturing out of manhattan. i'm afraid of getting stranded without all those yellow cabs. but he convinced me to come up and visit him and reassured me that it was a really safe area. and it is. too safe. as I was waiting for him on the corner I ducked into a convenient store to get ciggies and this guy that was coming out of the store jumped out of the way and held the door open for me and made a big show of "no after you"

then as i'm trying to light my cigarette outside this guy with a small suitcase comes up to me with his lighter. but then he bums one off me. and then starts telling me how he just got a job selling cruises but he hasn't sold any yet and because he only gets paid in commissions he hasn't been paid. and he was crashing at his girlfriend's place in staten island but her landlord made her throw him out. so this was really embarrassing for him but he's been sleeping in atm booths for the past few nights. so he's homeless and wants to know if i know of any place he could stay.

and along comes loic so i ask him if he knows of any places he could stay. but he doesn't. and i try to hint to him that maybe we should take him back to his or at least invite him to dinner. but he doesn't respond. so i give homeless guy a few more ciggies and bid him adieu. i felt bad because he looked so cold but loic said he was shivering on purpose to make us want to take him in.

so that's my impression of long island city. so nice even the homeless are attractive.

because loic made me go to long island city. i made him make me dinner. it was tres drole to watch because he didn't know what he was doing. we had gone to the supermarket and gotten ravioli, alfredo sauce and chicken. so all he had to do was heat and combine everything. but he decided to drench everything in truffle oil. which might have made it great. it was really yummy!