Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Tree Huggers in Training
I’m starting ‘em early.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Saving Face
I had tried joining Facebook many moons ago and was horrified to learn that there was an online community that I, not being a student, was excluded from. In the intervening years I came to (more than) embrace Myspace. Now, of course, Facebook opened its doors to us older folk and I very reluctantly joined (oh yes, my grudges extend to websites). It was fun, for about a week, but then it just got annoying when people I didn’t know started telling me to feed my pet Dolphin because he was on the Most Hungry List. Now I’m noticing a new phenomenon. Amnesia.
Somehow most people I went to school have managed to completely stay out of the Myspace loop, yet when Facebook removed the age limits, the floodgates opened and they came flying in. I was able to find people I hadn’t thought of in years on there. But find is all I had any interest in doing. Sure, there are a few people that I did and would love to reconnect with, but for the most part I stayed in touch with anyone I really wanted to remain friends with. Somehow this concept has escaped my peers. I’m getting friend requests from arch-nemeses, friends are getting friend requests from evil ex-boyfriends, my brother is befriending his former bullies...is everyone mad or have they simply forgotten the past? Am I the only one who thinks this is crazy? Should I engage in this collective amnesia? I think not. I’d rather delete my account than pretend that I have any interest in being ‘friends’—virtually or otherwise—with these people.
Has anyone else experienced this phenomenon? Have you succumbed? Are you guilty of such behavior?!
In Lieu of a Post, I Bring You Plagiarism
I’m back at work after a week of vacation and 4 1/2 hours of sleep, so why try to recount the past week when someone else has already done it for me? This gets you Sunday—Tuesday, just from the perspective of a fan of that other New York team. 
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Sex, Drugs, Rock n Roll and Cameras
I love my new camera.
I love my new camera.
How I could’ve ever settled for less zoom I’ll never understand.
Also? STP? Awesome. I obviously knew I liked them enough to want to go, but I really had no idea I knew all the songs I did...and loved them all. Except the new ones...those concern me.
When Scott Weiland first came out things did not bode well. They were late, he looked skeletal, and he sounded, uh, out of it. But he and the rest of STP put on a great show despite the less than sell-out crowd. The Secret Machines, however? Defintely rank up there among the worst performances I’ve ever seen. Downright torturous. And who needs that on a school night?! You know what else I don’t need? Smoking. And I don’t mean the good kind, though there was certainly plenty of that too. I’ve never seen so much blatant smoking at an indoor venue. You can actually see plumes in my videos.
Full set of pics is here.
I sure hope this is true, because at this rate...
Women over 100 years of age are four times more likely than the average woman to have had their first child after age 40—in general, women who have their first child after age 35 live longer than other women
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Durrrty Thirties
Tomorrow my brother enters the 20-10th decade. Yes, I have regressed because my brother turning, ahem, 30 just isn’t possible. Last weekend his girlfriend threw him a surprise party in Atlantic City, NJ. It’s not really my cup of tea (read: downfall of American society, abomination, blight on the landscape...you get the picture), but it was a lot of fun and it was nice to get some time at the ocean even if it was covered with billboards and a helicopter flew over every five seconds. Plus there was that whole private jacuzzi at the club. Ok, no, I didn’t dare get in, but still. I did hug a tree, though. Lots of pics here!
Monday, June 16, 2008
I'm Finally an Aunt!
Yay! •
One of my very best friends, Jane, gave birth to a (very big!) baby boy on Saturday. I missed his birth by two days because he just didn’t want to come out. I can’t wait to meet the new (not so) little guy.
Congratulations Jane & Charlie!
Monday, June 09, 2008
Life Lessons 6.09.08
Blabbing About Nothing • Top 10 Lists •
-Do not be alarmed if your pee is bright florescent yellow. First, ask yourself, ‘Self, did I drink a large amount of juice containing vitamin B, say blueberry juice?’ Only if the answer is no should you maybe start to panic.
-Outdoor bridal showers in 90-degree weather are a bad idea.
-Ladies: refrain from telling your coworkers you’re tired, nauseous and your boobs hurt, at least not all in one day. Rumors will circulate rapidly.
-Do not watch movies that require above-average attention skills (i.e. Syriana) when running on low sleep levels.
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
No Rest for the Weary
Blabbing About Nothing • Grrrr...Argh • It's All About Me •
The cat has woken me up at 2ish and 4ish the last three nights in a row. Last night she threw in a 5:30am wake up call for good measure. It has finally caught up with me and it’s not good because I can’t afford to slow down. At 5 today I have to get myself over to Ballston to pick up my car (it’s needed a bunch of work that I’ve been putting off for months). I then have to skadaddle home, grab Zoe and take her to the vet for fluids. Then I have to design a website. That’s the part that’s really going to put me over the edge. But it’s for my boss and ever since I started seeing EXBF I’ve sort of neglected anything remotely resembling a responsibility (and just about everything else for that matter). Time to suck it up! zzzzzzz What? Huh? Oh, oops, I think I feel asleep for a minute.
Monday, June 02, 2008
Even Lawn Jockeys Need Good Plumbing
Taken during the Caroline Street Jazz and Blues Festival in Saratoga Springs.
