New York

is great. we've been having quite the enjoyable time. today's highlights include... 1.) sweet new kicks bought at a sketchy shoe store in chinatown which will be worn tomorrow with my jeans tight rolled. 2.) the empire state building where, i'm pretty sure, the square footage of the numerous gift shops far outnumbered the actual square footage of the observatory area. 3.) a very long subway ride home with a man sitting next to me looking at porn.

katie is planning our day tomorrow and it's stressing me out already. however, i'm ditching katie and going to see phantom of the opera tomorrow night. the lead probably wont be as attractive as emmy rossum (from the sub-par hollywood production of this fantastic musical) but i can hope.