This past weekend went pretty well, I met up with Kristen on Sunday. We try to see each other when we can, but most of the time having conflicting schedules when we can finally get together its months apart. Its unfortunate, but it is better than nothing.



We went out to shop at the new Bargains Book store in Centereech which was surprisingly nice. The other Bargain Books in Medford was a frigging horror show, basically random books thrown every which way any where they could fit on a shelf. The beauty of that mess was that you could just spend hours wandering any aisle and find some hidden treasures. I once found this really excellent rendition of "The Art of War" for only a dollar.



The layout of the Centereech store has a Borders feel to it. Very organized, but the selection wasn't that great. I did manage to find "Gonzo" the biography of Hunter S. Thompson the hard cover edition which was a definite score, other book stores had it sold out the day it came out.



I recommended "The Time Travellers Wife" to Kristen to read, I'm not really into Chick-Lit but this one was recommended by a friend of mine and I'm not going to lie, it was a really fun read and it was a compelling love story that would leave you beside yourself with emotions like a smacked toddler. I hope she enjoys it.



After the book store Kristen treated me out to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner, there we caught up on each others lives and exchange a few gossip tales of our mutual friends. She then invited me to see a live taping of The daily Show on Monday which i was more than happy to accompany her.



Monday came and it was unseasonably warm which made the trip out to Manhattan real pleasant. This time of the year, after all the Holiday hoopla and most of the tourist have travelled back to their ass backwards hillbilly mid-western lives, its a little bearable walking around the streets during the beginning of the work week.



The Daily Show studio is located on 51st between 10th and 11th. Frankie met us out there for the show after his interview. I really wanted him to grow out a unemployed beard till he had a legit job but he's a party pooper. His company was well appreciated with Kristen and i and we basically bullshitted the whole time we were on line. For future reference, you don't really have to get there early like they say you have to. No matter where you sit inside the studio is a good seat. I was surprised to know that the audience is only about a hundred people and that by the producers desk, which was a basically a eight foot picnic table with a few T.V screens and laptops , they also had a "Uncle Johns Bathroom reader 2004 edition". John Stewart came out to address the audience and talked about how they wanted to give their writers on the show the same deal that Letterman gave to his writers, but had some difficulty with the higher-ups. He also explained that they were not taking the situation lightly. I thought that was a honorable thing to do for the rest of his staff even though throughout the show he was ridiculing the strike itself. It is a retarded standoff really, i mean in long run just give credit where credit is due, whatever form of media it may be if there is money to be paid, all creative team members need to get a little piece of the action. But i will write about that some other time.

All in all i had a great time. Kristen is by far the best date i had this year, i hope i see her soon.