Today I was productive. I had a brief lapse where I considered not going through with it, but it passed and I am glad it did. I was able to get into the city, even on little sleep, and have an excellent breakfast at the Tick Tock Diner. I ordered the Captain Crunch French Toast. Never heard of such a thing, but it was great. After leaving Warren at 10 am, I headed west to the water and walked south along the path for awhile. Eventually I headed back north and made it to 42nd and 8th in just enough time to catch an early morning movie. Because of the lack of sleep and such I decided against Oscar nominated performance movies like An Education and A Single Man, seeing The Crazies instead for the adrenaline rush. The movie wasn't reinventing the wheel, but it wasn't attempting to, either, and I appreciated it a lot. I was actually surprised at the violence/gore in the movie. It, other than some blood spatter from gun shots, was not nearly as gory as most films of the genre. This is not to say it was dull. On the contrary, the movie was well paced in it's tension.
Anyway, from there I bought a book, called Lowboy, about a 16-year-old paranoid schizophrenic boy. I spent some time in the Times Square pedestrian zones reading it before heading to Jersey for some eats, malls (it's what they do best), Lost, and Cranium.
Tomorrow I plan to be outside but less mobile. Trying to get some more quality time in the sun and reading so I think I might head to Battery Park and sit for awhile, and read some more of this new book.
Picture today is a summary of the day. I took many pictures and most, if not all, were better quality, but this picture sums up what was most important about today, and what made it possible. (Note: no worries - this is actually just the sun, not an asteroid heading towards earth)
