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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SMOKE-FREE FOR THREE YEARS

Every day I am amazed I no longer smoke.  I had my first cigarette at 13 and I was addicted by 15.  I was on average a pack a day smoker and I couldn't walk outside without lighting a cigarette.  I literally couldn't walk in NYC unless I had a cigarette in my hand.  How crazy is that?  But I was an addict and couldn't give it up.  Or so I thought.  I did a program that started on Jan. 4, 2009 and ended on Jan. 8, 2009.  And at the end of the program I no longer smoked.  I wanted a cigarette very, very badly, but I was also motivated by everything I had learned during the program; over the many, many quit attempts; and of course, my mother.  The program no longer exists, but like every other quitting smoking program, not everyone quit.  I think that 30% of us were successful, but we all still keep in touch and encourage each other every year (and all of us in the 30% has gained at least 20+ lb..; so now we have to figure out how to lose that next).

And even though I've been smoke-free for 3 years, I still want a cigarette.  But I know in my heart (and my lungs) that one cigarette is too many.  I can never smoke again because I have absolutely no control over it.  I am a nicotine addict.

But it's been three freaking years!  YAHOOOOO!!!!!

I guess I should be ADHD this week...

From Rob Brezsny's Free Will Astrology:  LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Biologists say there are 680 species of trees and shrubs in the U.S. and Canada. By comparison, Lambir Hills National Park on the island of Borneo is the home of 1,175 species on its 128 acres. I
suspect you will feel right at home in places like Lambir Hills in the coming week, Leo. Your own creative urges will be running hotter than usual, and are most likely to thrive in contexts that are themselves teeming with lush fertility and rich diversity. Please surround yourself with inspirational influences, thereby giving yourself the best possible chance to express yourself with vivid imagination.


For your horoscope, go here.

good morning, NYC

clear, sunny and cold in NYC today.  On days like these, I marvel that I live here.

my new exercise plan

i feel the same way about pate

stuck in my head

my neighbor

i haven't met any yet in my building which isn't unusual at all in NYC but i met my first neighbor across the way - in another building...cooking breakfast...in tighty whities...  It was fascinating because 1) he was only wearing the whities and 2) he was cooking at the stove with an open flame.  it was like watching a really cheap side show.

Lesson learned - get curtains stat.

Warning - coffee-withdrawn woman ahead

I have to transition from coffee back to tea.  The Reflux (flux, flux, flux, flux, flux) is back and with a vengence. Like Reflux II - Take No Hostages starring Steven Segal.  So sad because I looooooove coffee.  I love it.  I would marry it.  I would.

What the what

What the what, a photo by ilovermont on Flickr.

When I was convalescing from my back/neck injury, I was on some serious pain meds. The meds made me very loopy and I began to compulsively shop. Now most of the stuff I bought I could use and did need. Maybe not at that current moment, but wasn't too big a surprise. However, I TOTALLY don't remember buying this. Diamonique, QVC LOLOLOL

My new apartment!

New apt a video by ilovermont on Flickr.

I just got my keys and took these videos to give you a view of the new place. Very excited :)

The tour continues

Apt 2 a video by ilovermont on Flickr.

The rest of the apartment

Apt 3 a video by ilovermont on Flickr.

You know you&apos;re in a Korean household when

The fridge smells like kimchee and the water tastes of ginseng...

Quandary

So dad is remarrying which is great and his fiancée is a really great person. The only stumbling block I've reached is what to call her. Now in Korean I'm not sure what the word for stepmom is and knowing how the Korean language is it's probably got some secondary derogatory meaning like horrible hag who hates her stepchildren. My dad said to call her mom but I'm afraid I had a visceral reaction to that one. Sorta came out as, "God no." In retrospect that wasn't very nice. O well. Quandary continues.

He he he he whisper heh hehe he

I was on the 7 am flight to MCO this am on delta. I usually take JetBlue but this time delta. Usually on the flight to Orlando you have many families with small kids who like to clear their lungs out during the flight. Oddly this time the wee ones were quiet. The college kids however were not. It was as if I was in the middle of a plane of spring breakers. Now the dudes boasting about chicks and how drunk they were when were ok. Their Vegas stories were lame. The ones who were really annoying were the two girls sitting next to me who were giggling oddly in continuous spurts throughout the damn flight. He he he he he he he. Whisper whisper and he whisper whisper he he he. Through the entire flight. He he he he he.

Reminded me of beavis and butthead but not remotely funny. He he he.

midnight sun - iceland by scientifantastic

i can't stand it

Someone hurry up and knit these poor birds more sweaters!!!!

Worldwide Call For Knitters To Make Sweaters for Penguins Affected by 2011 New Zealand Oil Spill

Photo via the AP

sleeping beauty

sleeping beauty, a photo by dohlongma on Flickr.

omg - so cute

That's right - my people created pizza

prehensile feet and low center of gravity helps

sweet

If there are animals like these in the forest, I would go into the forest more often!


HAERSKOGEN from David Luepschen on Vimeo.

please donate because she is just so darn cute

Maggie is a very cute Maltese who needs your help!

things that make me giggle

awesome

How to Peel a Head of Garlic in Less Than 10 Seconds from SAVEUR.com on Vimeo.

what - don't your household objects do this?

VOICES from SPACE SHOWER TV on Vimeo.

13 dogs jumping rope - awesome

Children like laser pointers too!

Do big cats like catnip?

maruuuuuuuuu is always in a box

sweeeet

SATURDAY, 3:24 pm: Empty Grand Central Terminal - WNYC

SATURDAY, 3:24 pm: Empty Grand Central Terminal - WNYC

Another amazing MTA photo - WNYC

Another amazing MTA photo - WNYC

check it out - insta-dam

heeeee

Burger King's King

Burger King's King
i liked the king. i do not like any ronald.

cool

Tempest Milky Way from Randy Halverson on Vimeo.

muppets

earthquake!

In a conference call with people in NJ and PA and we all felt the earthquake at the same time. All ok but worried about after shocks. You all in VA - you ok????

GIT YER FLU SHOT

I got my flu shot! Git yers today. Or as soon as you can get one. I was picking up my meds at the drug store and they were advertising for them. I thought - eh, I can pick up my meds, some yogurt and get a flu shot! What a country!


Photo credit: James Gathany

Why so expensive?

OK - it is more expensive to get the digital subscription of Redbook magazine on Zinio ($12 for 12 issues) than it is to get the hard copy subscription ($8 for 12 issues). I think this is the equivalent of dining out - it costs more for healthy meals than it is more fried, over processed food. Harrible

it's called futbol you big....

Did you know there was a pay for cable TV channel called GolTV which has a show called, "Oh My Gol!"

Seriously hilarious.

STUFFED

michelle and chipotle burrito = pigeon with a belly full of rice

NYC finally bringing back sex ed to schools!

Finally, NYC is bringing back real sex ed to schools! Read story here.

Honeybadger doesn't care...he's a bad@ss!

on YouTube by Randall

how do I love thee Yankovic

Party in the CIA by Weird Al Yankovic

my new favorite site

Laughing Squid. They post everything I would post if I had the time...and money...and wherewithal. Check it out: http://laughingsquid.com/

awesome

I need one of these signs in my office.

From Trustocorp via Laughing Squid

the most intelligent conversation i have heard all week

HOLY RHINO HORN, BATMAN!

"A collection of Chinese cups at the Tulsa stop Saturday of 'Antiques Roadshow' was the most valuable find in the appraisal show’s 16 years.

The five Chinese carved rhinoceros horn cups are believed to be from the late 17th century or early 18th century and are valued at $1 to $1.5 million."

from "Collection item in Tulsa sets 'Antiques Roadshow' record," TulsaWorld.com

I think I can, I think I can...

really

Her voice cuts into your ear drum like a rusty machete hacking its way to your brain.

omg SHUT UP

How is it possible that on the bus to and from work I get to sit near the absolutely loudest and annoying-voiced person? It's like they are screaming in my ear. And the second one has the worst nasally voice and absolutely no volume control. ARgggghhhhhh

fire! fire! heehehehhehehhehehhe

remember when you just took newspaper and made doughnuts to help start a fire? i think people are feeling crafty about making fire because there is an article in lifehacker about making fire starters with egg cartons, candle wax and drier lint.

it turns out that boy scouts have been doing this for a long time.

The ever practical Martha Stewart is in my camp, but she makes fancier newspaper firestarters. Whatever shape you use, I still believe in the roll-the-newspaper-and-tie-into-a-knot method. Why go to all the fancy trouble? unless it really is THAT environmentally friendly? I don't know.

GoFugYourself's photo

Neville grew up GOOD. GoFugYourself has this great before and after series of Matthew Lewis.

thinking of my mom

here she is in the arms of her father. it's her first birthday (April 5). :)

rock on, Hawk Creek Wildlife Center, rock on

Ah those wacky Japanese tv shows

hilarious

love the baby talk

blink blink blink

quotable

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Albert Einstein
US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955)

nice hat

Austrian man wins right to wear pasta strainer in his license photo. Claims to be a member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FROB!

AND HAPPY BASTILLE DAY TO YOU TOO

XOXO,
Michelle

Frussell and Frob

Sleepy baby

Korean babies are the cutest...

NETFLIX - YOU SUCK

NETFLIX is raising its rates and for that, i sayeth you suck.

http://blog.netflix.com/2011/07/netflix-introduces-new-plans-and.html

after!

So the keratin treatment worked! It's just a bit messy in this photo, but not frizzy! I should have done this a long time ago. Of course, the next time I do it, I will definitely find a cheaper place.

save money, save energy

I unfortunately can't do a lot of these little changes to save energy in my home, but for you homeowners out there, takea gander at this article on Lifehacker "Save substantial energy with small household changes."

I'm just a gurl who cain't say no

So, I went in to get bangs. Because my hair is really curly, if I want bangs, I have to get them straightened. However, instead of just getting my bangs, I got my hair dyed and got a keratin treatment. I spent about 5 times more than I wanted to AND i also came home with a new shampoo and conditioner. I am an easy mark!

SO TRUE!!!!

From NPR's MonkeySee Blog - Toenails On The Train: Your Private Business And Public Transportation

maps are fun

THE WORLD MAP OF USELESS STEREOTYPES by Christoph Niemann