February 2010
63 posts
I just had a small moment of panic that I’d missed New York Comic Con this year. I went two years ago when it was in May, then randomly last year they moved it up to February and I missed it. But, no, it’s in October this year, so we’re all good.
Maybe we’ll get some solid info on the possibility of a third X-Files movie about that alien invasion happening on Dec 22,...
fireland:
Fireland Mini-Podcast No. 6 ...
The return of Pies'n'Thighs is nigh! →
This place was the first delivery number I saved in my cell phone when I moved to Williamsburg. When they closed two years ago, I wrote them a gushy email about how much their fried chicken meant to me. I have really fond memories of the day Chris and Sarah and I went to see There Will Be Blood and then came back to Brooklyn, went to Dog Bar and ordered Pies’n’Thighs to the bar. ...
awpoops:
collanderthings:
This is a track from...
Letters of Note: I hadn't any idea that I talked... →
bigstar:
(For Tracie.)
I might have to go write some fan fiction about Slash meeting Quiet Riot as a 14 year old.
At Wednesday night pub quiz; our team name was...
One of the rounds was “The Pope’s Top Ten Rock and Pop Albums of All Time.”
We really, really sucked at this round. I think the only one we got completely right was Michael Jackson’s Thriller. But, anyway, I was waiting in line for the bathroom, and I could overhear another team discussing the category. They were saying that Tupac’s “Changes” was...
http://bigstar.tumblr.com/post/409544518/do-you-own... →
bigstar:
Do you own a copy of Generation X? Yes. Have you watched Reality Bites within the past month? Yes. Are there combat boots and a dress with flowers on it in your closet? Yes. Have you been wandering through life like a sheep without its shepherd ever since Sassy folded? Yes. Are you intimidated by some of the things written on This Recording? Yes. What is chatroulette? I have no idea.
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One of the first songs that came on last.fm this morning was Eric Clapton’s cover of “Knocking on Heaven’s Door.” “Huh,” I thought, “didn’t know Clapton covered this song.” I just knew it as a GnR song. This is the point where upon reading this Chris will roll his eyes and be slightly embarrassed that he’s about to committ to spending...
Damn, Gina: Finding a pencil →
I found this little treat because I was trying to find the lyrics to a song my music teacher always had us sing in elementary school. This song is forever in my head now as an adult, which is annoying because I only remember two lines, and it’s also a really shit song. I knew it was a shit song. I knew it was a shit song even at age seven, and I was convinced that my music teacher made it up...
Guys, I think the Internet is about to get a...
Chris bought himself the producer’s version of Fruity Loops for his birthday this morning. He’s been sitting next to me for the past 45 minutes, and I can hear a terrible little drum beat on infinite loop playing faintly through his headphones. Every once in awhile he laughs to himself and starts to dance. He just made himself laugh so hard that he drooled a little bit. I look over...
Chris's strange fantasy
Chris: (singing "Say My Name") Were you really into Destiny's Child in high school?
Me: Ha! Noooooo. I was Daria, remember? I listened to a lot of oldies and classic rock. (And Dave Matthews Band)
Chris: Didn't you get together with your friends and make up dances to Destiny's Child videos?
Me: In high school? No. But in middle school yes. If you put Amy Grant's Heart in Motion CD on right now, I could probably get up and perform dances to most of the songs from muscle memory.
Chris: Amy Grant? Fuck. She's way worse than Destiny's Child.
Me: I was ten.
Chris: God, anyone who lets Vince Gill shoot his sperm inside of them automatically sucks.
Me: Happy Birthday!
Chris: No problem!
I hate the new truncated tumblr posting
osmium:
I also hate websites that give you “summary” views and ask you to click through. That is all.
Agree.
Feline AIDS is the number one killer of domestic... →
Highlander?
Or Whitney Houston?
Ash Wednesday
meganmasek:
Growing up in Ohio I never really noticed Ash Wednesday or was so painfully unaware I never saw people with ash on their foreheads.
Cut to my first job in New York City. To me, it’s just another Wednesday in February, la la la. Our marketing director goes out to lunch and when he gets back he’s got a big black smudge on his forehead.
Hoping to save him some embarrassment the...
Me: Are those ladies playing hockey? It is! Lady hockey!
(after a few minutes of watching)
Me: Actually, this is sort of boring. I feel like women’s sports are, like, in slow motion or something. I guess it makes hockey a little easier to watch on TV because you can keep track of the puck.
Chris: (stares at me)
Me: I mean, I’m all for women playing sports, but I just...
Happy Boinking Day?
awpoops:
So in Canada, the day after Christmas is boxing day, and that’s the day you exchange gifts. We all know presents are the really reason everyone loves Christmas, and I kind of feel like Valentine’s Day is Christmas for people who really like to fuck. So, does that make today Canadian Valentine’s Day or Boinking Day?
Yeah, I know it’s President’s Day here in ‘Merica, but they don’t have...
Megan: I'm leaving work early
Me: Wee! Feel better
P.S. got the gyno shocker again today
Megan: I got hot and sour soup
AHH
Overshare: the aftermath
Do you think I could get a book deal if I started a blog called, “Things I’ve discussed with my gynecologist while he sticks his finger up my butt?” Granted, I’d only have material to post once a year, and so far both of my conversations have been sort of boring and job related, but maybe I could take submissions? I’m just thinking out loud here.
Looks the...
Overshare
I have my annual gynecological appointment this afternoon, or as I like to call it, my “downstairs check up.” I’m feeling a little gun shy. See, last year when I went I found out that my regular lady lady-doctor had moved on, and they’d reassigned me to another doctor in the office who happens to be a man lady-doctor. I felt like I was fine with that. He’s just...
There is a lesson in there somewhere.
turtalia:
A short list of places that are closed today:
NYC public schools.
The courts.
The City University of New York.
A short list of places that are open today:
The stock exchange.
Columbia University.
New York University.
NYU just announced it’s closing at 1:00 pm.
Fraunces Tavern Closing After 240+ Years →
randomnyc:
negevrockcity:
For the history nerds, one thing to say: :(
Nooooooooooooooo! Two years ago Chris and Alicia and Sarah and I nerded out on President’s Day and spent the afternoon at the Fraunces Tavern museum trying to find the piece of George Washington’s tooth that was supposedly on display there. (We found it. It looked, well, like a little ugly piece of tooth.) ...
