"me, me, me" "me too!"

if you live anywhere within the five boroughs, you're probably rejoicing this very morning about the fact that the goddamn MTA has had a dent put in its megalomaniacal pride courtesy of a supreme court justice overturning their astronomically ridiculous fare hike.

that's right. the subway only costs $1.50 yet again. that'll teach you to cook your books better, motherfuckers.

i never quite understood how exactly they justified a 33% hike, anyway. where was this money supposed to go? i somehow doubt it was earmarked for the actual nyc subway. if it had been, i wouldn't have minded the hike, because presumably, that would have meant that we would cease to have debacles such as we experienced last night.

(oh, by the way--go go go go see this immediately. because you know you really wish you could do this:
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ah, last night.

last night was the unofficial official opening of the matrix reloaded. and we were there. camped out for three hours prior to door open, subjected to rabid screaming fans who had no qualms about telling the projectionist what a moron (s)he was (which i, frankly, was a part of. not only were the first few minutes of the movie shown with the wrong aspect ratio, thus ensuring that all the actors were reeeeeaalllly skinny and had no foreheads, but we got the first few minutes with the lights on, too), initializers of a quasi stampede that was more amusing than anything. and oh, it was lovely and amazing and wonderful. i did enjoy that film immensely. and will probably go see it again.

the irritation came afterwards, stumbling out at a quarter past one. staggering over to cortlandt street to catch our train. waiting a good chunk of time for the train to actually deign to arrive, whilst four northbound trains glide across the opposite track. ah, the logic of the mta. i got home around two. i am exhausted today. i have to wake up enough to make it through today (including scary scary personal training session) AND through hot date tonight.

stay tuned for further details, once my coffee kicks in.

wooot!