Hair Before

I haven't cut my hair since May. That is the longest I have waited before a haircut. I thought I would take a before shot. My haircut is tomorrow night, yes HOLLLLAWEEEEN.

One time in Vegas...

As I said, those evil microbiologists infected me while I was in San Fran. So right when I was getting a leetle bit better, I had to go to Vegas for work. I took all precautions:



My first moments in Vegas, I met up with Annie's parents and aunt. We shall call them the Annies:

Here is Dad Annie:



Here is Mom Annie:



Here is Auntie A:


We ate at Salo Salo, a fantastic Filipino restaurant in Vegas:



There we had (BTW I am doing this to torture Annie -- look at the wonderful fooooooooood, Annie):

Pansit


Sour Chicken Soup


Fried Calamari



Spring rolls


We also had bbq beef and chicken adobo fried rice and some other dishes. It was amazing.

We capped off the meal with this. Can't remember the name, but they are bananas wrapped in spring roll wrappers and deep fried with purple mountain sweet potato ice cream:



BIG THANKS to the Annies!!!




Much love, Annie's "Fawn"

I am craving cream of wheat.

HOLLA! Yes, it's been a month since I last wrote, but it's been a jam packed three weeks. I was really lazy and then really busy and then really sick and then really busy again. And jet lagged.

So what was I up to? I went to San Francisco at the last minute for the American Society for Microbiology's 46th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC). There, I ate my first banh mi, which was super. Pork banh mi. yummmmmmmmy.




Then I had the best burger I have ever eaten. At Zuni Cafe. Also had the restaurant made anchovies and pickles. YUMMMMMY.








I think though that the microbiologists infected me with their test viruses because I came home with a stomach virus. That was gross. Everything came out. Even water wouldn't stay in. It was horrible. Those evil scientists really did something to me.

And once I got better I went to Las Vegas. That is Adult Playland. I immediately knew that it was going to be a different kind of trip when three goombahs wearing track suits and giant flashy watches were laughing and talking about how much fun they were going to have. THEN I saw David Blaine. YES, the boy in the bubble. The man who froze himself. like a popsicle. Well, he was waiting to get onto MY Jetblue flight. And he sat in the middle seat. Of course, after floating around in your own filth for a week, sitting in the middle seat is no big deal.

And while in Vegas, nothing happened. Absolutely nothing.

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I did get a sunburn on my lips. They blew up like tires.


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This week\'s horoscopes go out to:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVEN!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEN-IN-LAW!
HAPPY RECOVERY RUSSELL!


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Horoscopes for week of October 12, 2006
By Rob Brezsny
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WILL MIRACLES NEVER CEASE?????

Lotion Gives Mice Tan, May Be Cancer Shield. By Gareth Cook. A lotion that tans the skin without exposure to sunlight could provide a novel way to prevent skin cancer, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Hospital Boston announced Wednesday. (Boston Globe, 9/21/06)

I HEART RODEO MONKEYS (9-15-06)

This rodeo monkey, Whiplash, has won a special place in my heart.

Check out this video of the rodeo monkey who has stolen my heart. I CAIN'T QUIT YOU!


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Goombah is a wonderful word.
http://wordsmith.org/words/goombah.html

And it turns out that there is a female version of the word as well:

Goomah (or comare)
http://www.hbo.com/sopranos/mobspeak/

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I got nothin' this week. Absolutely nothin. The weather sucks here in New York. F*ckin rain, rain, rain. Fall has hit with a vengence. They wiped out Summer and dumped her in the Meadowlands with cement shoes.

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This week's horoscopes go out to:
My goombahs and comares! MWAH, mafioso style!
Mike, Jen and G - have a great time in HI! Bring me back a really cool bobble head hula girl for my desk too!

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Horoscopes for week of September 14, 2006
By Rob Brezsny
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Meow Meow

Is there anything better than anthropomorphizing animals? Meow meow of course not!

My gals made it into TIME OUT NEW YORK!!!

Annie and Dabney of mogogoods.com are highlighted in this week's issue of Time Out New York!!! Their awesome cell phone cleaner ($6) is highlighted in "10 bucks well spent."

I AM SO PROUD!!!

Here's the awesome photo of the fantastic goods:



Big thanks to the Marthas for flagging this for me!

Yah, yah, Martha A., I am still alive...

I have been hanging out with my momma and poppa in La Floreeeeeda. It's been a slow week. I pretty much wake up around 7. Have some coffee. Watch the Today Show, Kelly & Regis, Price is Right and then have lunch. Maybe some shopping in the afternoon as this is still my mother's favorite sport. Then dinner. Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. And then pass out in front of the TV. Ah, Florida.

I come down here to spend time with my parents and aid/abet/enable their child-like inability to do things for themselves.

No, that's not entirely true. Most of the time they do take care of situations themselves, sometimes like adults, sometimes like children. The real problem is that they can't talk to customer service reps or schedule anything without most of the time having communication breakdown (situations have been known to escalate to yelling matches). Really, 99% of customer service reps do not know how to communicate with people who don't speak English well. And for many years, I have taken care of finding out what the problem or deal is. For my parents. I am the Translator.

So, since I have been down here, I have:

- Ordered a digital phone/cable/internet package;
- Checked in with the building company re: status on the year-and one-month-long installation of kitchen cabinets;
- Scheduled the building company to come and re-do items they promised to do, including caulking and painting cracks in t0e house's facade and determining why the garage door is two inches shorter than the other doors in the house;
- Scheduled the cleaners for the next month;
- Scheduled and oversaw the fixing of the kitchen refrigerator (the repair person broke the light cover -- and has to send us another one. We'll see when THAT happens. I will probably have to take care of that the next time I come to FL);
- Scheduled, met with and met again with the curtain designers who will be making curtains for two bedrooms and custom cornices for two rooms;
- Called my father's insurance company to find him answers to several questions;
- Researched the problem with some claims on my mother's insurance;
- Hooked up the printer to my father's computer and moved around several wires that he felt were in the way;
- Scanned my mother's computer for viruses.

I am sure there were some other items, but I can't remember them just now.

What a vacation.

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I have also been having fun with my mom. We enjoy each other's company. We nag each other. We shop. We love. It's all good. Here are some photos of us hanging out this week:

Mom at California Pizza Kitchen


Me at CPK


Wearing the same Talbot's shirt in the Talbot's dressing room (my mom lurves Talbot's)


Good times....

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This week's horoscopes are dedicated to:

>To my lovely friends who annoyingly like to call me while they are in the midst of their commute: Ertischek and Dr. Sandy; I know they mean well, but how come you guys always call while I am in the middle of pooping or something equally as important?
> 糖菓旅行, Marcy and Alex!
>Tasha, who needs a job -- anyone looking to hire a fantastic, detail-oriented smartie with personality? Let me know

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Horoscopes for week of September 7, 2006
By Rob Brezsny

I have become obsessed with clouds

Hurricane season in Florida always brings the most amazing cloud coverage...

Crazy Florida Weather

Currently in La Florida with the folks and this is the beautiful cloud cover that occurs during hurricane season...




And over to the right...

I know what I want to be for Halloween

ZUPPERI ZUPPERI ZUPPERI

Ok, it turns out the the video from a previous post was actually a mock video of this actual commercial for Glico's Pretz. The mock video was actually a porn star making fun of the Pretz commercial and unfortunately is no longer available on YouTube.

What a funny world we live in.

OMG my favorite

And something complete random.

Running down memory lane

Weekend in Vermont

Following is a photo montage of my Saturday in Vermont. I was there on Friday and Sunday too, but Saturday was particularly stellar. Much thanks to Annie, Dabney, Al, Leondra, Evan and of course Fiedler!

New England Still Life

You have to love New England -- the changing leaves, the rolling hills, the jalepeno & aged cheddar chips...

You know it is going to be a good day when you have an everything bagel egg and ham sandwich, large cup of joe and a bag of chips just waiting for you.

Saturday in Vermont -- I think it was the 26 of August...

Sailing, sailing over the lake blue.... who knew there was such a nice, big lake in VT?
Me enjoying the sunshine
Annie and Cap'n Al

Dabney and Leondra

Then Annie decided to make a hat for Evan...

This is the first hat Annie created:
But it was too big for Evan.
The second hat fit just right:

...Then hat mayhem ensued.