Okay so Wah Wah New York Is Expensive and all but I tell you what: there is SO MUCH FREE STUFF TO BE HAD HERE. Everybody has an "in" someplace, everybody "knows somebody," everybody can get you a deal. We have paid to see bands about four times since I moved here, which is awesome considering I see bands probably three or four times a month. I get a ton of free books all the time from my job (and also went to the Book Expo for free and got a ton there AAAAND made a connection with a person at one of my favorite publishers with an open offer for free stuff). Free passes to the moma. Free crap handed to me on the street because I work in a high-traffic area. Free movie passes at the record store. Free junk on the street (though I do not partake due to fear of bedbugs). Free records from all my music industry friends. Free drinks because I'm the DJ's girlfriend and sometimes I bring baked goods. Other cool junk that is not necessarily FREE but still awesome, like our Urban Outfitters adventure last weekend, sitting in the VIP section, pre-invites to sample sales and other chaotic events. Free coffee because I went to get some for the CEO. I never got free crap like this in Chicago, and I knew errrrrrrrybody (or I felt like it, anyway).

Also I have reached a stage in my life where I sometimes talk like Prairie Dawn.