January 28, 2004
Wait! Wisely has a breaking story on Paige Davis being fired from Trading Spaces complete with a shot of Don Wood with Paige in Key West where Don sports a Monster Pants shirt. Sick.
January 27, 2004
Did anyone actually do this? I'm way too attached to my morning coffee to have even considered it.
Just some random shit today:
See how tall you are compared to Adolf Hitler or Johnny Cash.
I'm sorry, but this cracked me up. I'm supposed to have Jury Duty this spring and am seriously considering the "I'm on morphine and I'm higher than a kite" excuse.
Ok, all that hub-bub about the A & C subway lines taking a dive the other morning....yes, I know it sucks...if the L suddenly gave out...well that is probably in the cards anyway...but my point is...The headlines were blaring out things like "C YA LATER!" and other trite subway-go-bye-bye ridiculousness and all these articles sprung up that day about property values falling in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, due to lack of subways, and even though they constantly said " A number of months to five years" - FIVE YEARS was the time period repeated over and over...And well, I guess the verdict is in - we'll be without the A & C for a couple of months. God, are NYers big crybaby drama queens or what?
Awww...Mclusky broke up.
Cocaine and spray lube don't mix.
Oh, and I did end up finding some stuffed animal sushi.
January 24, 2004
Ok, I was trying to remember the name of this certain song and thus was on Social Distortion's web site and found these two awesome pieces of information.
First off, Social D released a limited edition Mommy's Little Monster 12" picture disc that you can get at Hot Topic? It seemed to be old news so I don't know if you can still purchase one there... but is it ok that I want one? You know how hard that vinyl was to find back in the day? Yeah, I just said "back in the day" with no trace of irony.
Second,
I guess the movie Another State of Mind was released on DVD last August
...people tell me nothing...Ok, this was also very difficult
to wrap your dirty little hands around. Everyone I knew who had a copy,
had taped it off of this old show called "Night
Flight" and the annoying little Night Flight logo was up in the
lower right corner for the entirety of the film. So punk.
Right now I'm crushing on "does he love you?" and "portions for foxes" from the Rilo Kiley album.
January 23, 2004
This weekend is officially titled "Snowed in fun with phones." Not only did I force the cat to pose on the celly, but Jim, Jenny and I also spent a good two hours dowloading ring tones into our phones. This is the kinda stuff you are reduced to when there is a foot of snow outside. My cell now plays Big Pimpin', cos I roll like that.
January 17, 2004
Sunday night we went to Lisa's and watched the Golden Globes for my first time ever. I have a hatred of awards shows, but Lisa likes them and it was crazy cold out and so I agreed to go watch.
Originally, I was going to convince her to just go out for a drink with me, but the closest bar is Enid's and we are trying to avoid that place. Not only is it unreasonably crowded many nights, there are also a plethora of bad DJs to be found there (not all, but many) and Chris was freaked out the other night by the fact that the bartender was dipping the glasses in the blue sanitizing solution and then pourning drinks straight on top. It was semi-revolting. But add to all that the fact that Jim managed to get locked in their bathroom Friday night and could not get out by banging on the door or yelling and was forced to call Enid's and get the bartender to let him out. Decision? Enid's sucks.
Today we met Claudia and Phil and went to the new gourmet pizza place down the street Fornino. The pizza was good, the tiramisu was delicious, but the espresso was cold and the salad kinda blew. Our waiter was um, disaffected? smirking all the time? I don't know, he had a weird vibe.
And then to make it weirder, I went to the bathroom or was heading there and meant to say something like "Where's the bathroom?" to him. But instead I said, "So, am I going to the bathroom?" There was a pregnant pause where we looked at each other until I said, "That didn't come out right." And he smirked again and said "To the left."
Usually when the topic of eating out comes up, I like to drag everyone to Relish. But they changed up their menu recently and I realized, to my horror, that I don't like their new dishes. Plus the last time I was there, there was this admittedly adorable three year old blonde girl running around. However adorable, she was dressed in that overtly boho, but it-cost-a-million-dollars way. And I can't handle children sporting more expensive outfits than my own, so it bugged me all night. I found myself mentally calculating how much what she was wearing cost and thinking how a trip to a thrift store would have produced a much cooler variation of the same look.
Ah, yes...since I am obviously in a mood to do nothing but bitch, I will cut this one short.
Happy MLK Jr. Day!
January 15, 2005
I baked a cake last night and realized a few things. First, we do not have the correct cooking utensils to do the job properly. We don't have any beaters so I wisked the batter by hand, and we have no spatula so I had to use some sushi utencil of Jim's to scrape out the bowl. Then I baked it in some sort of casserole bowl, as we don't have a cake pan. Secondly, the shit really is bad for you. Aside from all the sugar and assorted chemicals in the mix, you have to add 1/2 cup of oil, plus three eggs. Damn! And finally, I learned that I have nothing to do with a cake after it is baked. There is no way that two humans can eat the whole thing before it goes stale. Thus, that is the end of my baking. The world is safe once again.
Skull toilet brush and holder set.
The L train is going all robotic on us. Anyone who rides that overpacked line, knows they have been "upgrading service" for like the past two years or something. And while I am completely down with the idea of getting better service I am still very, very frightened. The subway gives me panic attacks already, and I really don't think I should be "testing-out" anything.
This guy is not Dirty.
January 14, 2005
One night we ended up stumbling across a live broadcast of Nathan's Famous Fourth of July international hot dog eating contest, and became obsessed with both Kobayashi and Crazy Legs Conti. Then we caught Zen and the Art of Competitive Eating and were hooked. Stranger still, we met up with Claudia and Phil later that night and started talking about it and they were all, "Oh yeah, the Kobayashi shake..." as if everyone knew about this shit.
One of my newer television obsessions is Project Runway. As I have noted before - so much drama! so much fun! Jim is a fan of Austin Scarlett, while my allegiance is with Jay. Are you watching?
My other current fave is Arrested Development. Now I don't know what rock I've been living under but I was shocked - SHOCKED - to recently find out that Portia De Rossi is a lesbian. I have no idea why I was so surprised, but good god, is she like the hottest dyke on earth?
Slate had a link up to this Dave Barry article from 1987 that still made me giggle at my desk today.
I was looking for stuffed sushi animals and found this super cute pancake face (another angle) instead. Screw the sushi, I want one of those.
January 10, 2005
Saturday night every place was packed. And so we ended up at Matchless? It was awesome. Awesomely lame. We were like the only people there. And Chris actually sent me these pictures today. I don't have any of how Jim and Chris were dressed like twins, but I think Jenny might have some. Send them!
January 7, 2005
I'm sitting at home waiting for a Fed Ex package that was supposed to be sent PRIORITY overnight yet still has not arrived...So frustrating...Anyway Jim M. and Jef both have new blogs.
January 6, 2004 ... later
Ok, I could not resist this...Jenny, he's got your number, and he wants to make you understand... Some dude called the number 867-5309 nationwide and posted the results.
And since I am obviously bored and playing on the internet, I spent some time writing my name in the snow, thought about renting a midget, and learned how to make a teeeny tiny orange.
I have not seen Do You Speak American? yet, but I am already beyond intrigued. The site has lots of interesting language stuff to read. "Language Changes Subtly...Women Often Lead the Way" - Don't they always?
January 6, 2005
I’m sure no one wants to hear more about my flu symptoms, but damn it, that is all that has been going on with me for the past two weeks. That flu left me a glassy-eyed, sweaty, pale-faced zombie, doomed to infect the rest of the city with my germs as I rode the subway. My apologies to everyone I accidentally exposed. In my defense, I was not thinking straight.
The good
news is I'm almost fully down the road to
convalescence. A little more hacking and sweating and I should be over
this.
How to tell if you have a regular old cold or if it is the flu.
A combination of the sweating/fever/aches/chills put me in a temporary dementia that made me think it was a good idea to go over to the opening day of the Victoria Secrets semi-annual sale.
So seriously, that place was nuts. Mobbed. The stench of perfume was so overbearing it managed to cut through the backed up snot in my head. The fact that I was so removed from reality was the only thing that allowed me to stay and shop.
There were way too many women in a tight space, all angling for a spot in line for the fitting rooms. And there were all these sad-ass boyfriend/husband types milling about, having been abandoned by their mates who were all fighting over $5 g-strings, occasionally saying to no one in particular, “uh, baby?”
So in this compromised state, I made a lot of purchases that I don’t think I would have made had I been well. It was kind of like being drunk in a convenience store. For instance, I thought it was a great idea to purchase a hot pink, lace push up bra…what could be more practical? Doesn’t everyone need one?! Jealous?
Now speaking of unnecessary and over-the-top clothing items…leads me to Project Runway…I love that damn show! So good that even the inept hosting duties of Heidi Klum can’t ruin it for me. Auf Wiedersehen!
New York City regains the murder city capital title. Way to go guys!
But New Jersey now has the best heroin. You know, we gain a little, we lose a little.
Oh, so the new Gwen Stefani album? Lots of disco fun. But some of the dumbest lyrics ever committed to music. I'm listening to it every day.
New Christo project in Central park.
I think this is the kind of job I am looking for. It just sounds so sweet. When asked “What do you do?” I want to say, “Design cookies.”
Other sweet news: custom printed M&M’s. Not exactly sure why I think this is such a cute idea.
The grey sweatsuit revolution.
January 3, 2005
While I was completely out of it in my codeine drenched flu state last week, I suddenly remembered that Alex was in Sri Lanka...or at least I thought he was, I couldn't remember exactly...everything was a bit fuzzy. So I wrote Nick & Lisa G. today to find out if Alex was in Sri Lanka and if he was indeed ok and Lisa sent me this link. So yeah, he is there and he took pictures. And yeah, he, his wife and baby are all A-OK. They did reiterate that a lot of people there were not as lucky as themselves and still need help.
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