October 2008
Meat is tasty. That we can all agree on. While I try not to eat too much of it, I got a gift certificate to an upscale steakhouse and decided to red meat my day up.
I sat at the bar and ordered the filet mignon sandwich. Mmm, filet. It arrives on garlic bread and with sauteed onions. Should be tasty!
Except for that it wasn’t.
It was fucking chewy. Now, some people like their steak bloody...
Halloween’s a great day because when someone catches me crying at my desk today I just say it’s part of my costume called Sad Office Worker.
Can anyone recommend any new albums that came out recently that are worth a listen? Genre doesn’t matter. It just has to be listenable. Oh, and the songs should have melodies.
So far I’m liking Ryan Adams & The Cardinals’ new one.
I got stitches for the first time today! This was surprising for a few reasons:
I did not cut myself.
My dermatologist didn’t tell me I’d be getting stitches.
My dermatologist must’ve skipped the class called, “How To Tell Your Patient What It Is You’ll Be Doing To Them Because It May Freak Them Out A Little 101.”
I’ll be at the Phillies game tomorrow night. The only thing I’m afraid of is that if they win the World Series, my heart might explode with joy.
Ben Folds Five Reunion Concert →
zachlinder:
This is amazing. In a way, I can’t even believe this happened. I am hoping for the full reunion tour, but I doubt it’s a real possibility. When Ben played “Underground” at Terminal Five earlier this month, I think that’s the closest I’ll get to ever hearing the Five live again.
interweber:
The full set - including interviews with members, producers and fans. Watching them play...
WatchHere’s the first episode of this season’s 30 Rock (a week early!). I’m considering taking a 22 minute break from work right now.
“With an amazing young cast, an unforgettable new score, and fresh, in-your-Facebook exuberance…”
The person who wrote this copy should get a fist in their Facebook.
Philly still has better sports teams
So far, the people in Pittsburgh I’m calling are big fans of this Obama guy.
Dear Israelis who run that new lunch spot nearby,
You are incapable of running a take-out place properly. But I did get you to give me a free cookie for my troubles, so that kind of makes up for the long wait.
Weren’t you guys in the army? Shouldn’t that have given you some sort of organizational skills?
Just curious,
Lee
I set a ton of reminders for myself: on my phone, on my calendar, in Outlook. I need them to live. And yet, when the reminder eventually goes off to remind me, I treat it very strangely.
“You can’t tell me what to do!” I’ll say to the reminder. Then I’ll delay it for a few hours and continue to hit refresh on fivethirtyeight.com.
Sorry about not posting yesterday. I spent most of my day keeping my love lockdowned.
“Marriage is a wonderful way of destroying not just your own life, but somebody...”
– Little Britain USA
Not sure how I neglected to mention this, but the apartment in SoHo I hung out in last night had four bedrooms. Nothing too odd about that.
One of them, however, was located behind a motherfucking bookcase. It fit a full size bed and a desk. You get to the room by pushing the bookcase in from the wall. If you walk down the hallway, you’d have no idea it was there.
Sadly, I forgot my...
I spent 10 minutes talking to a 71yo woman about...
asprettyasasong:
There are times when I am making calls for Obama and I get brutally rebuffed. Sometimes it stings a little, but every once in a while I get to talk to someone truly great who inspires me to keep reaching out to undecided voters.
Ha, it’s great to read this as I’m making calls myself.
“I’m sick of both of em. I’m gonna vote for my dog.”
– the angriest undecided voter I just spoke to in Indiana
I'm not even that committed to the Phish tickets,...
fareastmeetswildwest:
Ticketmaster runs quite the shoddy website. I guess the second lottery was wether or not the security words loaded on your screen. We were not so lucky and now I spend the rest of the day with a pouting boyfriend.
I actually got the security words and was in the waiting room for 10 minutes before no tickets were found. What a way to start the day.
Step away from the falafel.
One of my go-to falafel joints, Chickpea on 14th and 3rd, closed down a few months ago and had some renovations done.
When they re-opened, the Israeli place was now owned and operated by Indians. Falafel is such an easy thing to fuck up. They have succeeded. (Case in point: tonight’s dinner.)
For falafel and hummus as it was meant to taste, try Hummus Place.
Me: Tomorrow is my 7 month anniversary!
Nicole: For what?
Me: My relationship...with my job
(via rockuboff)
I remember when I took my job out to celebrate our anniversary. We sat across the table from one another, barely able to look into each others eyes, wondering when it all went wrong. Sure, we had a laugh now and then over dinner that night, but overall the evening dragged. Later, we had rote sex at my apartment. Job left without a word afterward.
noraleah:
Lee, this one’s for you. Actually,...
Keane’s new record (remember them?) sounds like they went off their anti-depressants and started doing a whole lot of whatever drugs Bowie did in the 70s.
Sam Cooke is some good shit.
Is this a New York thing, or do bagel shop workers all across the country give out 15 times the amount of cream cheese needed?
Obama: I think the fact that this has become such an important part of your campaign, Senator McCain, says more about your campaign than it says about me.
McCain: I know you are, but what am I?
alexewing:
What is with everyone live-blogging the debates and, more specifically, live-blogging Rachel Maddow’s live-blogging of the debate? I’m watching the fucking Phillies game.
Amen! 5 innings down!
I scamper for Pampers
Whenever I’m in a drugstore and I pass the infant formula locked up behind glass, I always think, “I jack for Similac.”
Then I think, you do what you gotta do.
Some dumb people I work with (i.e. depressed, jealous Yankees and Mets fans) have chided me for discussing whether or not to buy Phillies World Series tickets.
“It’s too early! They haven’t won yet!” they said, in the jealous and annoying way of spoiled New York sports fans.
Yeah, but that doesn’t mean I don’t need to have a plan if they do win tonight. So out...
Mmm, seitan.
Frank Bruni reviewed one of my favorite vegetarian restaurants in the city, Candle 79, and liked it*!
*As much as someone who enjoys meat that much.
My entire apartment smells like gasoline. This is because they spilled oil outside of my building.
I am now breathing in delicious fumes. If anyone would like to bring over incense, feel free.
fareastmeetswildwest:
jvincent:
“We regret to inform you that you did not get the tickets that you requested through Phish Tickets.”
boo.
me too. my boyfriend is heartbroken.
I didn’t get them either. Booooooo.
One Good Thing About My Job
cbeth:
Today I got an advance screener of Synecdoche, NY.
One good thing about my job: the ability to have time to write on my blog the one good thing about my job.
amandalynferri:
indian summer - pedro the lion
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