I think #12 sums it up

Martha Stewart

i love her.

no phone zone

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There were better pictures pertaining to her no phone zone pledge but once i saw this one i couldn't resist.

My phone was supposed to be here yesterday.  Still no sign of it.  According to the UPS tracking number it is en route, yet I still have seen hide nor hair.

It's funny how in a lot of ways I don't miss my phone.  There are definitely times when I notice that it's not there.  I do the triple tap periodically throughout my day; right pocket for keys, left pocket for cell phone, back pocket for wallet.  I definitely catch myself each time when I tap my left pocket only to feel my own supple thigh.

and I miss having something to distract myself with when I need to feel important, but otherwise it's been very liberating to be unreachable.  Or to know that the people who really need to get in contact with me will figure out a way.

However, I was not prepared for those things that you cannot prepare for.  Things like this morning when, for the first time since I lost my phone, I actually needed to wake up at a specific time.  Not only do we not have an alarm clock in our entire apt I came to realize, we don't even have a clock.  I had to set my internal alarm clock last night and then rely on that and those two horrible cats to get me up in time for work.

Or at work today when I was trying to plan out the events of the next month and I went to look at the calendar on my phone.  Oops, no phone.  I seriously couldn't figure out a way to find a calendar.  I tried google searching for calendars and it literally drove me to the point of tears.  One of my coworkers finally pulled up a calendar on his phone and gave it to me to use.

And then there's the moment that I just had now that I'm home.  It's pretty cold in nyc right now so as I headed to the subway from work I just kept thinking how nice it would be to get home.  I considered stopping on the way home and picking up food, or stopping at the grocery store, but even taking those extra moments to be outside sounded terrible to me.  All I wanted to do was be home, and I had one of those, 'good thing I live in nyc' moments when I decided that I would just order take out.

fuck you guy that picked up my phone and then took it with him on vacation.

It literally wasn't until I had the whole stack of menus in front of me that I realized I had no way to call them.  So I guess it will be dinner of the leftover boxes of pasta and the half liter of jim beam in the freezer for me.

I know the feeling

http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2010/11/tom_zelenovic_charged_with_assault_for_beating_man_on_plane_after_arguing_over_reclining_seat.php

(courtesy of Reddit.com)

I just don't understand why the seats have the recline feature at all?  Why not have the seats just be permanently slightly more reclined than they are when fully upright, but not all the way back that the persons night terror induced thrashings cause them to bounce on your lap for the entire flight. 

Furthermore, is it really necessary for everyone to get a sody pop every flight?  Half the time they are coming to collect your trash before you've even had a chance to drink whatever it is because it's already time to prepare for landing.  I think it should be each persons individual responsibility to get their apple juice before boarding the flight.

I like the way this man deals with his problems though.  When life hands you lemons, grab the guy in front of you by the ear and pull hard enough to knock his glasses off. 

totally not waterproof

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Up until today I thought that my Terra Plana boots were waterproof.  I feel like I actually waded through ankle deep slush last winter and made it through unscathed. 

But my boots were no match for the maelstrom that is happening in nyc today.  I guess it wasn't physically as painful as when it hailed a few weeks ago, at least the temperature was above 60, but talk about driving rains and howling winds!!  I woke up this morning feeling like I was living in the mystery of irma vep. 

As much as I complain about this office job I will say it's nice to be able to take my shoes off to dry while I work instead of having to carry bags of glass bottles down a slippery narrow metal staircase all day long. 

better than I ever could have hoped

I missed this when it was on last night because I was still at work so I just watched it for the first time.

I love everything about this.

Except the audience!!!  Ew!!! wtf?!  It's like they don't even know who mariah is or something.  They are all just kind of standing there watching her at first.  It isn't until she starts doing her soprano that they finally wake up and realize that she is our gift this holiday season.  Helloooo.

Furthermore, damn those heels are high for how pregnant she is.  I guess she barely moved the entire time so it's ok but still, scary!

Burlesque

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My sister took me on dream date last week that ended in seeing this.  And let me tell you, it was good, I highly recommend.

It has the Dreamgirls thing where Christina is pretty stiff when she's just doing lines, or just dancing, but as soon as she starts "performing" you remember why they cast her in the first place.

And then there's Cher.  omg.  Before going in I had the thought in the back of my head that it was so wild that Cher won an Oscar, but then I remembered why.  She is brilliantly amazing.  She has that Mariska quality of being able to take mediocre writing and make it believable.  Then to see her interacting with all the other amazing actors in it was super fun as well.

My sister has already been to see it again.  I feel the same way, so if anybody wants to go, just send me a smoke signal.

rabbit rabbit rabbit

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I can't believe I'm saying it already.  Turning the page of my calendar was a scary thing today.  There's nothing left but the back cover.

If you live in nyc you may have woken up today as I did at the hands of the howling wind.  That's the funny thing about this city.  It doesn't make it easy, but for some reason I keep coming back for more.

But we'll see what december has in store for me.  I'm curious to see from where I'll be posting my next rabbit rabbit rabbit.