Friday I met A&W for some Vietnamese food in Chinatown. I had a half hour to kill, so I went to this bar Winnie’s prior. The place had a real cast of characters — Chinese guys playing touch screen. Old dressed up fellow drinking Bud Light over ice. 4–5 union guys screaming and yelling Frank Sinatra songs and talking about retiring to Flariduh. Anyhow we ate some Pho and other stuff. Then I picked up Gino and met Nato and Miranda at 7B to watch March Madness. Nick J, then Kelly R met us too. The highlight of the evening was the end of the Sienna game, when we all decided to pay attention for some reason and root for this unheard of team. They won, and it turns out this other fellow there at the bar went there, so he bought us shots. I think it took me a real long time to get home, and I may have eaten some cheese prior to going to sleep.

Saturday night Jen had everyone over to eat potluck style. Really great time! Lots of cheese and salads. Rituals were performed. A few of us went on to Daddy’s to continue the party. I didn’t recognize anyone there.

Sunday I spent the majority of the day in bed watching Warhol-related movies and documentaries. The thing I wonder whenever I see this Factory-era stuff — how did these people live? As in, how did they pay the rent and get by day to day? I think they either were born rich, sold sex, sold drugs, or just scammed money here and there. I assume they all had seriously cheap rent, cause there are always references to needing like $35 dollars for the month’s rent. I wonder if it would be great to live in a community of really broke people who just kind of accepted it and just “hung out” most of the day. It probably sounds much more romantic than the true scene, which was likely a lot of annoying people on drugs that were full of shit and complain too much.

Film
Mr. Show Season 1. I’ve never watched this before.

The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai. Low budget Japanese movie. Not sure why I rented this, but the word “sexploitation” in the description is probably a clue.

Pie in the Sky. A documentary about Bridgid Berlin, one of Warhol’s friends. I realized I’d seen this already.

American Masters. Andy Warhol. Comprehensive documentary.

Flesh. Paul Morrissey directed / Warhol funded movie about a street hustler.

Heat. Paul Morrissey directed / Warhol funded movie about a guy that moved to Hollywood.