The Little Apple

After spending 2 days in NYC under the wing of Dan the Man, I feel like the big intimidating city of New York isn't as big after all. I still have bad sense of direction and still didn't understand where I was going, but walking in the same neighborhood over and over again definitely helped me feel not so small.

There is definitely one thing for sure, there's too much to do. I felt like I wasn't doing what I wanted to do during my visit, but only because the choices are never ending. And if something didn't pan out, it didn't ruin your evening. Deciding on what to eat...forget it. You might as well agree to come up with a system to choose restaurants for you. But it's all the reason to keep coming back.

Among the highlights include strolling Central Park, going to 2 Broadway shows, pushing through Times Square, and trying to identify the celebrity on the blue carpet. And things went quite cheaply. All this really made me realize that the city wasn't for crazy people. Like, hey, this place is actually habitable. I could live here.

Maybe next time, I'll make it to downtown, eat at both Tiny Thai and Cozy Thai, do some shopping, and take in another museum.

Goat Days

Rainy weekends are disappointing for me. After staying in an office all week, I look forward to spending the weekends enjoying the sunshine. Today it is raining but it gives me good reason to clean the house and organize all the things that are lying around.

Here is my "to do" list:
1) vacuum upstairs
2) clean the cat puke I missed earlier this week
3) clean the bath tub
4) go thru the mail and pitch trash
5) put important papers in pile for filing
6) fold laundry
7) paint fingernails

What the Hell is That???

This is scary!!! Where is Wallace and Gromit when you need them?

Cartoon Sophalopalus

Yahoo gives you a chance to create an avatar. It's pretty cool. Think it looks like me?

Random Shite #8

I noticed those little orange and white striped signs on the side of 83 today. I suppose that means construction will soon start and PennDOT will make my daily commute royally shitty.

Anything tastes better when it's made with bacon.

I never have luck at the pump when I'm filling up. I seem to be attracted to the most expensive gas stations in York County.

Things I Highly Doubt:

The existence of "get rich quick" schemes
The reunion of Smashing Pumpkins
Me winning Powerball
Me getting a tax refund this year

I Have a Reservation

Tony Bourdain is the host of this travel show (Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations) that concentrates on the food culture of the featured destination. Man, this show is good. Tony seems like the kind of cool guy you'd want to hang out with. And he always seems to find the greatest places to eat and experience the night life.

a) He's irreverant.
b) He doesn't always think the food is great.
c) His sarcasm speaks to me like a flaming pie.
d) He always likes to mention that his all-time favorite band is the Ramones.
e) If there's a segment that's going south, his remedy is to find a bar and drink.

You need to Tivo this show.

In other news, I'm going to NYC at the end of the month. Maybe I'll track down Tony's restaurant and see what he can do.

Movie Review: Trois Couleurs

We're waist deep in the middle of this French trilogy. So far we've seen Bleu, which is about this lady that loses her husband and child in a car accident and the measures she takes to start a new life. I'm on the fence on whether this installment was enigmatic or totally boring.

Then there was Blanc, which is about this guy that finds himself divorced from his wife that he still loves and the measures he takes to prove his love and get her back. It's quite twisted in the end and much more entertaining than Bleu. You even see little bits of Bleu woven into Blanc as certain shared scenes come and go throughout the movie.

We're waiting on Rouge to come in the mail, with the expectation that things will be tied together neatly by the end. We shall see, you never know with these artsy fartsy French films.

So far: 3 eggrolls.

Jack Black is Like Buttah

Jack Black's wit and wisdom makes everything better. Take for example, the Kids' Choice Awards. Had I known he was host, I would've watched.

And take also, a pilot episode in 1999 of a show created by then-nobody Ben Stiller that got rejected by Fox. It's called Heat Vision and Jack. The title alone might have been indicative of a loser, but take a closer look and it actually starred Jack Black and Owen Wilson's voice. Again, had I known he was in it, I would've watched (that is, if Fox would've also serialized this awesome show).



Heat Vision and Jack