And finally....Grant got a new backpack! (By the way, there were like 20 other pictures of lots of little gifts but I decided to not include them because this entry is already ridiculously long). After we were done with the present giving, we talked Grant into giving us...
Grant got a giant thing of massage oil - because everyone knows that he's super into hours of candle-lit foreplay and erotic massage. That guy's a dyed-in-the-wool sensualist!
After dinner, we all headed back over to Fatty's for presents! But first, we had to make sure to cozy the place up. First we got a fire going in Fatty's fireplace...
But before the gift giving, we all had plans to head down to Chinatown for dinner (Which is the traditional Jewish observation of Christmas). Here's "Granta" anxiously awaiting everyone else's arrival. (This kid has NO TOLERANCE for tardiness).
The Fatty was scheduled to return to his apartment in a couple of hours, so we had to set everything up quickly! Here's Grant assembling the tree-stand.
Across the room, Fatty was getting warmed up by a certain lady in a shiny shirt who'd take a liking to him. And Grant and I noticed that said certain-lady...
The show started out normal enough, but then halfway through the set, this wannabe Lenny Kravitz pushed his way up to the stage and started giving Grant funny looks.
Grant was so distracted, that he eventually just ended up inviting the guy up on stage. Things got even weirder when he produced a Minnie Mouse hand puppet from out of thin air.
Making things even better (worse?), at the time, Grant was doing all kinds of body building because he was writing for Muscle and Fitness magazine. So he looked like if Miyam Bialik was a member of the Ukranian Women's Weightlifting Team.
I spent Saturday in Neil Perry's studio with Fiasco listening in on them recording songs for what ended up becoming the Faux Real EP. Here's Grant (channeling David Brent) with Neil.
While I was waiting at the airport, I got a call from Grant who told me that the article he'd written for Muscle & Fitness magazine, From Geek 2 Freak, had just come out and that I should try to find it on the stands. Great success! (If you're interested in reading the article, I found the text online here.)
We got a huge-ass plastic painting tarp and used the most industrial-strength tape that we could find to cover the mural up. Once that was accomplished, we hid all the art supplies...
Grant arrived and literally couldn't stop laughing. Not only were we hysterically laughing we were also worrying the whole time like "Oh shit, how's he going to react? How are the neighbors going to react? Are they going to be pissed? Could the co-op board kick Fatty out of the building? WHAT HAVE WE DONE???" Hahahah.
Later that night, Grant, Amanda and I headed over to Fatty's apartment to enjoy the dinner that he and Meredith had whipped up! First a little tomato, basil and mozzarella salad...
After getting off in Tribecca, I managed to convince Grant to forego Mandarin Court (which had been our dim sum place for years) in order to try an all-veggie dim sum place.
At first when you get off the subway, you're like "Uh-oh. I've accidentally traveled into the apocalyptic, trash-strewn future." But then you walk a few blocks and you're like...
Later that night, I was back in New York. I called up Grant and told him I'd returned and that I had some pretty sweet facial hair to show off. Grant asked me to come meet him and Amanda at a bar they were at in the East Village. At first I refused (because I was afraid that I'd run into people I knew with my facial hair), but then I decided that I'd just bring along my electric razor and shave the thing off as soon as they'd gotten a chance to see it laugh at it. Look how bad Grant wants to touch it! JEALOUS MUCH? Hahah.
On Friday afternoon I hopped on the Eastside uptown bus near the United Nations to visit a certain someone at their new job at Playgirl Magazine. Can you guess who it was by looking at their desk? Let's see....Golden Girls DVD Box Set, Silly Hat and "Red Boy" Brand ginormous DILDO! Hmmm....If you guessed...
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