Category: moods

the spontaneous giggle test

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lunch yesterday was one of those quintessential new york experiences, one that i feel extremely lucky to have had.

it was lunch in the basement speakeasy wine cellar room of the “21” club, the secret room hidden behind a brick wall accessible only by pushing a thin wire into just the right hole. click on the link if you don’t know anything about this–it’s fascinating.

and the food was surprisingly solid and good–nothing that passed the spontaneous giggle test, but really enjoyable nevertheless.
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so it’s ok

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so it’s all ok.

i just get nervous about class, because, to be honest, i don’t study enough. and my post earlier today was pretty much just displaced anger. i really have no one to blame but myself–everyone has different teaching styles, and i just need to take the best from everyone and move on. and if i don’t get something, then it’s my responsibility to get it somehow.

i gotta crack the books this week. the french books. kirk says to read a french newspaper every day. that sounds good.

i’m gonna do better.

why i hate oprah

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i know you’re not supposed to hate anybody. and i really don’t actually hate oprah.

let’s just call it an intense dislike of everything she stands for and everything i’ve ever seen her do and every appearance she’s made in my brain.

other than when she was in “the color purple”. she was great in that. but it was before she was “oprah” in all capital letters which i don’t use on this site.

other than, that, can’t stand her. and here’s the latest reason why.
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questions to ask

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it’s the 4th anniversary of 9/11. and i have some questions.

for dick cheney: during the last election, you said that if we elected john kerry, we’d all die. care to stand in new orleans and revise your comments?

for george bush: why should we believe that your administration’s response to hurricane katrina is anything other than an indicator of your typical response to a terror attack?
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working well for them

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from an ap wire story at yahoo.com. capital letters removed.

barbara bush, who accompanied the former presidents on a tour of the astrodome complex monday, said the relocation to houston is “working very well” for some of the poor people forced out of new orleans.

“what i’m hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in texas. everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality,” she said during a radio interview with the american public media program marketplace. “and so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.”

um.
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please watch this clip

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i’m no fan of fox news, but this clip has to be seen to be believed. it’s at the site crooksandliars.com, and it shows shepard smith and geraldo rivera getting in the face of a spin-obsessed sean hannity. it takes some time to download (i think a lot of people must be watching it) but trust me, it’s worth the wait.

fox news clip at crooksandliars.com

what’s it going to take to get these people fed? it’s been nearly a week, and people continue to die.

grease

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sometimes you just gotta have it.

most days i eat a very healthy diet. after all, i was a vegetarian for over ten years, and was even completely vegan for about three of those, and even though i’ve given up on that, i still don’t eat much meat. the majority of our meals at home are vegetarian, and when we do have meat, it’s most likely kirk and i splitting a can of tuna atop a salad, or a bit of salt pork in the green beans, and stuff like that.

today, though, i got the craving.
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7 versus L

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we had a great time at coney island on friday. totonno’s pizza was excellent, the cyclone roller coaster was awesome, the baseball game was fun and the cyclones won, we split a yummy grilled burger during the game and a pistachio soft serve ice cream afterwards.

everything was perfect.

except for getting ripped off at the pick-up-a-duck stand.
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nice long weekend

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i have friday off. whoo hooo. so a nice long three-day weekend.

that’s the one thing i love about working in new york–summer fridays. for those who aren’t in the loop about this, and i wasn’t in the loop until i got here, lots of new york city businesses give their employees paid half-day early dismissal times on fridays between memorial day and labor day. my particular workgroup chooses to take the entire day every other friday, so there are always people in the office.

does any other area of the country do this? is it a big-city thing? not sure. all i know is, i love it and it’s one more reason to stay in new york, because i never had bonus paid vacation time anywhere else ever.

i think for the big shot types, it gives them a head start to the hamptons or whatever. as i have not yet closed on my southhampton mansion, i shall remain in the city on weekends.

and this weekend?
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