I got a tattoo!

april fool's!

this pygmy hippo is KEELing me

The REAL Truth About Women

I was re-reading some of my old posts and came upon one which I think I will revive:

The REAL Truth About Women.

Women have many hidden secrets. We are an illusive group. But I am opening the secrets to our world to you men now so that you can understand what we as a group go through to assimilate in today's society. Following are a few facts that you, as men, just never knew:


Fact #252:  We didn't come Adam's rib.  That's physically impossible.  And ridiculous.  He came from OUR uterus. Think on that.


Fact #3,002,545:  We use fingernail polish to signal to our alien home ship which is hovering above the Earth in an undisclosed location.  See? This is what happens when NASA stops sending people into space.  

From People Pets...

By Matthew Tabaccos/Barcroft Media/Landov

Harry the Pygmy Hippo Gets Royal Treatment at Sanctuary

Literary vandalism?

I'm not sure whether this tag, the white "A" on this red door, is an homage to the Scarlet "A" that Hyster Prynne had to wear in the book, The Scarlet Letter; but if it is, then this is hilarious.

If it is supposed to be an Anarchy "A," well, the tagger is WAY off with that design.

What do you think?

one of my favs

I know - I posted on FB too.  So sue me.

It's my blog

and I can post as many animal-related items as I want.  So there. :P

dogs in swings

my eyeballs are like two burning coals

i've been staring at the computer for HOURS now doing research on colonoscopies.  Yep.  Colonoscopies.  Jealous, aren't you?

Look - I'm naked

From the inside.  Lots of side views.

because i'm really quite immature

tuesday snack of the day

at work, they give us snacks on tuesdays and thursdays.  i am not sure why but it's always interesting to see what they give us.  it's always a surprise.  sometimes welcome, sometimes questionable.

happy & sad

ok - I know I shouldn't find this photo hilarious but it's hilarious.  <3 these kids.

Sloth Action: Just wait for the last 10 seconds

Sloth Action: Just wait for the last 10 seconds

can't take the adorableness

Puzzle

Source unknown - but if it is yours, let me know!

Pop culture in legos.  two are Euro-centric.

stairs

to NYCers - walk up stairs faster.

That is all.

And now The Meat Puppets!

I remember downloading this.

i have absolutely no idea

where the music from my ipod came from.  it just played vanessa williams' save the best for last:

 to rihanna's umbrella:

 to regina spektor's daniel cowman:

 to centromatic's love has found me.



seriously - i don't recall downloading any of this.

flowering trees in Washington Square Park, 10011

one of the sights on the very long walk

we're walking, we're walking...

My friend Frynn got pretty sick and had to cancel her weekend trip to the UK; so to cheer her up, we went for tea and scones at Tea & Sympathy, 10011.  As always, it was delicious.



But Frynn came up with the wonderful idea to go to A Salt & Battery next door for fish and chips, which were also pretty darn good.

And as always with Frynn, we walked.  And walked.  And walked.  From the West Village to Tribeca/Holland Tunnel to Union Square.  Now, for someone who is recovering from neck issues and for someone who has a respiratory issue, we were a little crazy to walk that much.  2.93 miles.  I thought I would pass out by the end.  And by the time I got home, I did.  :)  Good day though.

me and my dad, 1972, 40° 36' 41.43" N  74° 2' 12.48" W 

Occupy Wall Street at 9 AM today, 10003

"MY FAMILY AND THE WOLF" teaser by Headless Productions

"MY FAMILY AND THE WOLF" teaser from Headless Productions on Vimeo.

Miss, you can't bring that on the plane... (11°33'N / 104°55'E)

So remember my post about the electronic fly swatter?  Well my friend Fren Frown was waiting for her flight on Asiana Airlines, watching a video about items not allowed in your baggage.  What's contraband besides grenades and hairspray with lighters?  My electric flyswatter!  Awesome.  Thanks, Fren.

Another thing I bought while on pain meds...

bonnet de douche 

The Andy Monument, 10003

I walk by this monument (and the homeless man) every day.

This is what happens when I am on pain meds

Sweet magnolias blooming, 10003

Sweet magnolias blooming, 10003, a photo by ilovermont on Flickr.

welcome spring

gave up on Wordpress

Image from http://nontechietalk.blogspot.com/2011/07/i-hate-wordpress.html 

I couldn't stand the interface anymore.  It was soooo inflexible.  It was driving me crazy.  So girlladyfriend.com is disabled until I can get it migrated over here.  Damn internet rules.  Have to wait 60 days.  So until then, I'm back :)

Frannie did it again

see?  more food pron (my friend's husband named his porn folder on his computer "pron."  good disguise, right?) from Frannie.

Taro and Corn Cakes from OhJoyStudio

http://instagr.am/p/IXfhTEhMHn/

OhJoy's Thai Food Photo

Saap Coffee House for Boat Noodles from OhJoyStudio

OhJoy's Thai Food Photo

See - this is what I mean.  Frannie sends me photos like these so of course I have to retaliate with my own food photos.  it's really a love/hate relationship we have. LOL

For Frannie, 63118

I like to torture Frannie with food photos.  This is my bibimbap lunch from Bread and Butter in USQ, 10003.  It's not bad.  I'm not sure I would get it again.  But it photographs well.  And that's all that counts.

I really am THAT person, 10034

In NYC, windows don't tend to have screens.  Or if there are screens, they have holes.  I suppose I could get a professional in and have the windows fitted with screens, but that takes time and money.  The point is flies get in.  Usually the giant garbage fly kind. Those giant ones which actually make a buzzing sound when they fly around.  And they live forever.  I started looking for a fly swatter but instead found this magical item - an electric bug zapper that is shaped like a tennis racket.  Really.  It didn't cost that much and why the heck not?  It would put the fly out of its misery in a short electric zap, right?

Well as it happens, a garbage fly got into the apartment and was buzzing around.  I finally had my chance to use this sucker.  So I turned it on and tried to remember how it worked.  I swatted it around trying to get the bug to show some interest in it.  Finally, the bug came near enough to it that the swatter zapped it.  And it scared the crap out of me.  The entire metal head lit up blue and a smoky smell came out of it.  Freaked me out.  But then I noticed that the damn bug was still flying around.  but I figured it would die eventually.  I mean it got electrocuted.



So instead of a quick death, it got a slow agonizing death.  I finally found it on the floor.  Poor thing.  RIP 2012 - 2012.

I want his job when i grow up, 65627

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IT LIVES, 10034

Have you ever watched Project Runway?  Every season someone seems to make some dress that looks like toilet paper pieces - sometimes all over, sometimes just on the skirt, sometimes just out of the butt.  Seriously - some designers think a burst of fabric on the rear lengthen the line of the figure.  But most of the time it looks like a burst of fabric coming out of someone's butt.

Well I finally found a tissue dress that really lives up the the name tissue dress.  It's not made of tissues - just materials in just as highly flammable material, silver lamé. Behold - the REAL TISSUE DRESS:

back in the day 10019

I was in my old neighborhood today which hasn't changed much.  I used to live North of Hell's Kitchen, South of Lincoln Center (NoHeKitchSoLinCent).  When I first moved into the nabe, the Coliseum was closed down and the area was a bit depressed.  Here's the Coliseum in its Hey Day:



(Photo from Soviet Cultural exhibit, Coliseum, New York City, 1959)

I can't seem to find a photo of it being torn down.  Now there's the Time Warner Center, Pinkberry, Fourbucks, and lots of fancy pantsy-ness.

Well anyways, I walked around the nabe and had a sandwich at my old corner deli:



don't ask.  you don't wanna know what's in that.

And then I ran into an old neighbor, who was so nice.  invited me to travel with him and his cousin to London.  it was a good day :)

pissed

you can't add widgets to this darn Wordpress crap.

I'VE MOVED

Hi everyone - I've moved to a new site: girlladyfriend.com.  I hope to see you there!  I won't be posting to this blog anymore, but it will stay up as long as they'll let me.

NEW!

I've taken the leap and migrated to wordpress AND finally bought the url girlladyfriend.com :) It only took me about 15 years.  So I hope you enjoy the new, not-so-improved blog.

Bill's Bar & Burger, 10014

I went to Bill's Bar & Burger in the Meatpacking District with my pal Frynn a couple of weekends ago.  I was craving burgers and Frynn found this place. So food, we go!

I started off the meal with the Cowtipper:  Maker’s Mark, Sweet Tea Vodka, White Peach, and Lemonade.  Delishousness.  I do recommend tearing up the mint and tossing it in the drink though.  Garnish smarnish.  If it's there, use it.

 

I ordered the Bill's Burger, which was The Classic with Cheese, LTP (Lettuce, tomato and pickle), and "Special Sauce."  To be honest, there was a lot going on in that burger so I couldn't really tell what the special sauce was.  As you can see, I prefer mustard with a side of burger.

We also got a mixed side of fries and onion rings - both of which I can heartedly recommend.  The fries were more steak-like and the onion rings were beer battered and well-seasoned, which made me so very, very happy.

Frynn, who read the reviews, ordered the Burger cupcake for dessert. I of course obliged with a bite.  I prefer salty and had to really restrain myself from ordering more onion rings.

That being said, the Burger cake is damn cute and very good. And it looks like a burger, even with a chocolate cake puck-shaped burger inside.

Bill's was great.  Definitely needs to be on the "Return-To" list.  

it's been a while

i don't know if people still read blogs.  i sure haven't in a while.  blogs take time to write. and read.  instead we have twitter and facebook which requires us to read a sentence.  if that.  usually just a few words and a link.  which we will eventually read.

so current status update:  high on pain meds again.  I may have a herniated disc in the neck.  Or spinal fluid leaking because of a disc bulge.  doesn't that sound tasty?  so the most i really can do is sit, watch tv, nap, and surf the web.  I have been cautioned by someone I work with who shall remain anonymous from posting too many strange updates on facebook.  so instead I am going to blog.  LOLOLOLOL.  fight the power. more later!

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