Ten Minutes of Insanity
Tonight I finally saw Dark Knight with a good friend. As we came out of the theater.. ten minutes of pure ridiculousness ensued. First off, checked my phone and received a text during the movie from a friend saying she was 2 tables away from Tom Cruise at dinner. Then we're coming down the escalator and some guy bends down I think to catch his kid from tripping. In the process, his sweatpants completely fall down, revealing his hairy ass to me and this other guy in front of me who also noticed. We looked at each other trying to contain our laughter and horror.
Then finally, I said goodbye to my friend.. and walked home. In our building, we have this crazy old man who apparently used to bring garbage in from the street and at some point, his apartment had to be cleaned by social services. I believe he must wander the streets at night because my roommate's seen him at 4am. Anyway, was walking down 3rd Ave and there's a space that's recently gone vacant.. with some homeless guy sleeping in the corner. And there he was- the crazy old man that lives in my building, holding up some book that he possible STOLE from the homeless guy and trying to read the back cover. Um. Yeah. Only in New York. I can't make this shit up if I tried.
And Not So Typical
Today I checked out the Surrey Hotel on 76th btw Madison and 5th. They're renovating in 2009 and selling everything from their hotel to the public. That's a freakin good idea. I wonder what other hotels/businesses do when they renovate. Anyway, I'm bummed that my camera's batteries were dead. But it was quite eerie. Looked like some New York disaster movie. You could roam through the hotel, and the furniture was marked with the sale price. Parts of the hotel had apartments, so you'd see the bed, kitchen, etc. all looking like they were ramsacked. Occasionally their was garbage in the room, as if they couldn't bother to clean that out. Just weird. Definitely check it out sometime soon cause I'm sure the stuff will go fast. They had decent entertainment centers, cabinets, and large bureaus for less than $300 but I couldn't imagine how much it would cost to get it back to my apartment.
Typical New York Moment
I had a typical New York moment today right before my spinning class. There is one guy that I've sort of got my eye on.. but have never talked to. So today, before class I was having issues with the bike and said something to him. I don't want to stereotype or anything, but based on his voice, etc. it was completely obvious he was gay. Another one bites the dust. Typical.
Crazy Blind Date
I dare someone to try this. If you do this, and email me about it, then I'll try it. Just be safe!
Another Casualty of the Financial Crisis
You know what's sad about the whole financial/ bank crisis.. all those NYC institutions or even small town stores that were torn down to build a boring, generic bank... all for nothing.
Wall Street Compensation
Read this article in the New York Times. Congress is listening, thank god. And looking at ways to curb executive compensation. Perhaps looking towards long term performance.
Clay Atkin is Gay
Officially the most anti-climatic story of the year. He even hit on my friend about 3 years ago..
Rocky
I am currently drenched in sweat from walking up 11 flights of stairs. Someone explain this to me- why did I think it was a good idea? I may not be able to walk tomorrow.. but I'll definitely do it again, until it gets easy. Um weight loss/ buns of steel 101. I'll keep ya'll posted on my progress.
Injustice and Justice
Tears just welled up in my eyes as I heard about all the cuts Bloomberg is calling for in NYC. So Wall Street gets bailed out but average citizens have to pay. So naturally public education may be cut. I guess that won't effect the children of Wall Street.. social services, etc.
On the other hand, thank god the FBI is investigating those that started the crisis. Hopefully someone will be accountable. Perhaps they can prevent the tax cuts by starting a collection from all those Wall Street execs that reaped the benefits of the boom while screwing everyone else. A million here and there.. I'm sure if won't impact them.
My Message to the Universe
There are some schools of thought that say we send messages out to the universe as to what we want, consciously or not. Well as trivial as this may be, tonight was a perfect example of that theory. I was tired all day, and as 5:30 was approaching, was debating whether or not to go to my spinning class. A rare debate because usually I never skip. Around quitting time, I ended up getting swamped with requests and didn't leave until 6. At this point, I was determined to make it to my class and ran the 12 blocks. To my chagrin, the class was already full except for one bike marked "broken." I went to investigate the bike that didn't look broken and exitedly ran into the locker room to change. Of course, I had forgotten my sports bra but decided that the class was worth potentially painful jiggling since I had gotten through all the obstacles. Finally, I settled onto the bike, attempted to click my spinning sneakers into the slots, only to realize it was in fact, broken. I walked out of the gym, ironically sweaty from my run, but determined to at least be extra productive while at home. And that I was probably telling the universe I really needed a break from spinning. I just hope my sports bra isn't laying around somewhere between Union Square and Lafayatte.
Practical Magic
Watching Practical Magic on TV right now. Don't think Nicole Kidman has looked as good as she did in that movie. Wish she left her red hair red, and gained some weight! She doesn't seem to be the same person. Seemed to have so much strength, sensuality and sort of a youthful glow. Now she's too skinny, blond hair looks anemic and seems overly fragile and cold.
The Greatest Challenge
So I'm going to try something this week of monumental proportions.. Something profoundly life changing and a spiritual cleansing that I may need all the support in the world for.
I'm going to give up chocolate.
Back on Track
I think I got a significant amount of partying out of my system this weekend. Went out Thursday, Friday, Saturday night and today brunch transitioned into beer and football watching. Fortunately, aside from Thursday night, I actually managed to limit my alcohol intake to 3 drinks or less and was a champion at nursing my drink. And despite being sober, I still stayed out to 3 and 4 am and got my dance on.
Unfortunately, today I didn't balance out my partying with healthy eating.. today for brunch I had some heavily breaded, cheesy foccaccia. The restaurant, Morandi, seemed very chic and the place to be, so I was surprised that my choice didn't come close to containing members of the four food groups. At the bar, I fulfilled my vegetable needs with french onion soup. And after a long nap post bar, rounded out the day with 16 Handles frozen yogurt and then... Pomme Frites. So all in all, spent $40 on total crap.
The World is a Sick Sick Place
Just got another person finding my blog through a "squirrel porn" google search. I don't know what's more disturbing, that someone is looking into that, or that they found my blog through it. In other news, I made myself dizzy today walking down 12 flights of stairs. Drr.
And, I'm waiting for Starbucks to double as a cash back dispenser like grocery stores. Minus the potential security issue, I think it's a logical progression. Would be easier than finding a Citibank.
Life Without Facebook
thanks RS!
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