October 26, 2006
We bought tickets for the December 13th opening show of Automatons, so if you are buying tix, get them for that night too.
And here's the newest shot of the little guy:
See his head on the left? Then it shows his torso and one arm. He's looking up at the light. Isn't that the cutest little fetus you ever saw?
October 21, 2006
Here's a blast from the past - Wrecking Crew (old Boston Hardcore band) is playing in Brooklyn tomorrow, at a place around the corner from our apartment. Its a Polish disco that has recently been booking punk/indie/alternative shows...Should be fun...I'm going...are you jealous?
Speaking of hardcore, Sarah, Jim and I went to see American Hardcore a couple weeks ago. Thoroughly enjoyable, although if you were not familiar with that scene, it might be a bit esoteric of a subject to be fun. Anyhoo, they paid a lot of attention to the Boston Hardcore scene and Sarah and I spent the whole movie pointing and yelling out things to each other. And of course, there was an appearance by Minister Hank Pearce, who is responsible, among other things, for marrying me & my husband. Aaaaaaaahhhhhhh, isn't that sweet?
But back to the show, not sure I will be able to sit through the whole set as I was not able to get through the Supersuckers/ Social Distortion show the other night. It started out promising, but the baby in my stomach went nutty throughout the Supersucker set - I think the bass vibrations were making him kick up a storm. Then in between the bands, I couldn't find a seat to rest and before Social D. got on I had to leave cos I was feeling some strain in the old uterus. Then, I find out the other night over dinner with Jenny, that they played tons of old stuff that they haven't been covering in recent times. And I was bummed.
Liz sent us a copy of the documentary Grey Gardens...oh so creepy and riveting. Its supposed to be turned into a film starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange next year. I'm there.
So, throughout the movie, Big Edie Bouvier Beale sings Tea for Two in this disturbing soprano voice. Ever since we watched the film, Jim has taken to singing the song in the same creepy voice while hanging around the house. Can you say disturbing?
More film stuff - Automatons will be showing at the Pioneer Theater on the Lower East Side from December 13th - 26th. Cast, crew and robots will be present for screenings early in the run, including the one and only Angus Scrimm, who will be there on the 13th, 14th & 15th, so buy your tickets now!
Jared, Charlie, et al., have been working hard on a cartoon series called Caution! BioHoward. It's about gas station attendant named Howard. They want you to view it on you tube & rate it highly so they can get it picked up by CN or Nick. Go to it!
Another vote request - Ambassodors of the Breed - a short documentary Jenn Dorn just finished on saving pitbulls from breed-specific legislation.
The US population tops 300 mil, which still leaves us less populated than either India or China, but at the same time, still massively overpopulated. (I write this as I walk around with another US citizen in my belly. Hypocrite? Yup.) How many of those people have your name?
This article is funny, cos a) they blame ipods for killing off Tower Records, while everyone knows Tower has been on the brink of bankrupcy since the 90's...and b) Larry Fessenden is pictured "looking for DVDs at Tower Records' liquidation sale"
Project Runway ended this Wednesday - boo! They ran the first episode of Top Chef afterwards, with one of the contestants hailing from Marlowe & Sons in Williamsburg. Represent.
Wanna see the scariest pillow ever? How about a bedbug plushie? Or a baby toupee?
So yeah, I am no longer sleeping so well. My stomach is big, and its hard to get comfortable. I have to get up every other hour to go to the bathroom, and now when I get back into bed, the baby gets up and starts kicking me. This week, we added a whole new level of uncomfortable and pain to the night, with the addition of major leg & foot cramps that wake me up. Just another "normal" part of pregnancy that I was unaware of. Like my newly frequent nosebleeds. Nature is a beautiful thing.
Oh, it was brought to my attention that my description of a ghetto latte, makes no sense to anyone who does not spend major time at Starbucks. Ordering a coffee-based drink with "no water" somehow makes no sense to people - who woulda thunk?
October 18, 2006
Michael, Michael, Michael...such a charismatic figure and his work through the course of the show was so good...But oh, that collection. So unfortunate. So Tellos/Contempo Casual/Forever 21. Street Safari? Please. Hooker in the jungle more like.
I thought Uli kicked ass. And although Laura's was too a-night-at-the-Oscars, the pieces did fit beautifully and looked like they would be flattering on a variety of women's bodies. The collection just needed more breadth, y'know?
Um, Jeffrey's? Not bad. I felt a bit of a Tim Burton type inflluence but there was cuteness mixed in there. It was still all Uli tonight.
But....Jeffrey won! Hope you saw it already.
October 14, 2006
Finally a movie theatre is coming to the nabe (2nd item down) and boy am I thrilled.
Anthony Bourdain says you can eat fish on a Monday, you just have to be selective.
My husband introduced me to drinking Iced Venti Americanos with no water a couple of years ago. You fill the other half of the cup up with your choice of milk product and it's really good, plus really cheap — the price of a regular iced coffee. When I first used to order this it somewhat boggled the mind of the barristas making it. Now I guess I'm not the only one. Barristas are referring to it as "ghetto lattes". How the fuck is that ghetto? I'm just cheap!
Do you know what an "em dash" is? My husband is leaning over my shoulder & made me use one (above). He is an ass.
Ok, this is a 10 page article, but everyone still needs to read it. Elephant society is disintigrating before our eyes and they are becoming increasingly aggressive towards humans. Someone needs to protect the poor elephants!
More on the Greenpoint oil spill — its freakin' everywhere. We should all be really scared.
October 1, 2006
We took a United flight out of Dulles airport last weekend. And I would like to take this chance to expound on how very inept United Airlines is. On our way from Laguardia to Dulles, they had sold me ticket to a seat that did not exist on the airplane. Jim also had wanted me to board early with the elderly and infirmed and they wouldn't let me...which I didn't care too much about but really pissed off Jim. And to be real, I'm 6 months pregnant with a medical condition, so they really shoulda let us board if we wanted to....Of course, we wouldn't have been able to anyway, because again my seat DID NOT EXIST.
So on the way back, our flight is delayed. Delayed at first because the plane was late. Then because the pilot was late. Then because the pilot that they got apparently was not qualified to fly this particular plane but they assured us that they were going to try to get him clearance anyway. That's right, they told us the pilot was unqualified and that they were working dilligently to break whatever flight regulations they needed to to get this dude into the air. And that just made us sooooooo happy. Then they told us that there was something wrong with the de-icer on the plane and that they were trying to fix it. Anyway, the endless delays took twice as long as the flight itself. United sucks.
New York City is trying to ban trans fat. So I was watching Oprah the other day (Yeah, yeah, whatever...I watch Oprah sometimes... kill me) and they showed a big old pile of partially hydronated vegetable oil and right there and then I decided that I can't buy anything with that shit in it anymore. So I for one welcome this legislation.
Natural childbirth, or all the drugs they will give you? This is not even a question for me.
Oh yeah, my brain is shrinking.
Ok, I gotta go bring sexy back.
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