state of the union...

I love that the president talked about the responsibility of the government to keep a balanced budget. considering we had one (and a surplus) when he took office...and in the matter of a year or so he squandered it away and left us in enormous debt...but now he can lecture us about balancing our checkbooks and keeping a balanced budget...

when is the election again? not soon enough!

Sappy Movie Day?

I didn't get the memo. Was there one? What's up with today being sappy movie day? First Brokeback Mountain was on HBO...sad to start with...even more sad with recent events. Then...after that...flipping channels I find Steel Magnolias...and what's after Steel Magnolias? Titanic...I don't want to look ahead to see what's after Titanic. I'm actually afraid to know!

How much can one person cry in a given day? wow...did kleenex plan this?

Boycotting FOX

and all of it's radio and television channels and movies and television it produces for other channels. I'm done with this crazy, bat shit, sophmoric attempts at humor.

see artilce link here: http://www.towleroad.com/2008/01/fox-radio-host.html

Please feel free to send an email to the wack a doos at the following email addresses.:
john.gibson@foxnews.com (he's the host that made the serious matter a laughing one), myword@foxnews.com (that's the general email for his show), yourcomments@foxnews.com ( general email for foxnews), roger.ailes@foxnews.com (that's the head guy at fox news).

I already have. I believe in free speech. I believe that people have a right to their opinions. They can analyze Heath Ledger all they want for the career or personal choices he made. But, really, do we need to mock him when we announce his death? Do we need to play the "I don't know how to quit you" clip from Brokeback Mountain and then surmise, that indeed he'd found a way to quit him? It's beyond bathroom humor. It's beyond tacky...it's just downright rude! Even when Rock Hudson died of AIDS related complications I don't remember this kind of abusive shite! He's an actor folks...it was a role he chose to play!!! It wasn't who he was? Are you going to mock him for playing a schizophrenic, mass murdering serial killer (the Joker) or for being Australian and playing an American Revolutionary war soldier? Probably not. So why mock him for this?

Rest in Peace mean anything for you folks? Let the man's body of work speak for itself, and let individuals view it in their own light. He was an actor, playing roles is what he did for a living. I don't know him as a person, and more than likely, neither did you...so let it go!

VPL

or visible panty lines...can apply to both men and women...why is it that people think it's okay to wear tight enough clothes that I can tell what kind of underwear they're wearing...or if they are even wearing any? honestly, most of them that I've seen recently have also been on people who's clothes were spray painted on and apx two sizes too small. really - didn't need to see the thong under those spray painted jeans babe...one...not the right gender...and two...even if you were...no way...no how...don't need to see any of that outside the bedroom! ;-p

style...

personal style is a big thing. I feel sorry for folks that have to wear a uniform - even if it is just a suit and tie - every day, as there is not much they can do to distinguish themselves from others around them. I am lucky that I get to dress pretty much how I want to for work every day. I can make myself look how I'd like to...wear what I want.

I don't take advantage of that enough, and I find that sometimes I just put clothes on because I know they look decent, they're clean and I don't want to think about what to wear. that doesn't do alot to set me apart sometimes and it makes me feel more like just another GAP drone. (I love alot of stuff from the GAP...so no offense) I need to start making an effort in the mornings and feeling hot when I leave the apt...

Skinny Jeans...

so...I don't own any, but they're all the rage now. I get the concept. I don't think they are for everyone. Not every body type can get away with wearing skinny jeans. I know that I can't...and I know I'm on the thinner side of the spectrum. I just know that for my body type...I can't get away with them. How come then, others don't realize that? I have seen so many people (men and women alike) that are guilty of literally pouring themselves into them...or spraypainting them on. Just because they're in fashion it doesn't mean that everyone can or should wear them! Stick to what looks good on you...not what's in fashion...the fashion police are watching...and they're not happy!

(okay - Carson Kressly rant done!)

Relaxation...

there's nothing like it. Old movies...good food and just sitting around and not doing much. Worked all day...went to the gym to work out with the trainer...came home...made dinner...and now just watching a little TV and doing not much of anything...love to be able to relax a little every now and then...

Bummed out...

so...word is coming that RENT's final broadway performance is to be June 1. I am bummed out, disappointed...upset...it's the end of an era. I love this show. I can't tell you how many times I've seen it...at least 10...all but once on Broadway. After I saw the tour in Providence, I decided to move to NYC. After 9/11 I went to see it again to renew my faith and optimism in the city. I feel like it's a part of me...I can sing along to all the songs...I know all of the original cast...and have seen them all in the show on the great white way.

I almost cried when I read the article this morning...I'm a RENT-head and I proudly admit it. It will be a very sad day when it closes...I might have to take the day off just to mourn...

4,115 songs...

are on my iPod and for the past week I have been listening to the same 14 over and over again from the Xanadu Broadway soundtrack...

not sure why I keep going back...but you can find me listening to it...and then mouthing along with the words on the subway. It's fun and campy. It's definitely easy to sing along too...love it...loved the show...

silence...

sometimes it's too quiet and I want more noise around. I keep the tv or ipod going in the background just to keep me in background noise. then...at the office sometimes, when everyone's on the phone and talking and gabbing and making noise in general...I want some peace and quiet. Where's the happy medium? maybe I'm just a little schizo that way...

To Do Lists...

so...I seem to make one every weekend, and it has tons of stuff on it that I need to accomplish by the end of the weekend. Okay...well I'd like to finish by the end of the weekend...and most of the time I get a good portion of it done, but some of it seems to end up there the next weekend too! Maybe I just need to stop writing them...I'm just afraid that if I do...I won't get anything done because they'll be no reminder of what I need to finish! Maybe if there were more hours in the day I could do more during the week and then I wouldn't have so much on the weekend...hmmmmm...


food for thought...

Keeping Track...

trying a new tactic with my workouts. I'm keeping track of what I'm doing at the gym again...but I'm also writing down every day what I eat, drink and snack on. I'm hoping that it will end all of the late night snacking. it's the only area where I don't seem to have any will power. so far, so good. I'm only buying good for me stuff at the store...fat free, sugar free, etc. proteins, veggies and little starch...

changed up the cardio routine as well...we'll see if that gets any results...

resolutions...

so...apparently everyone resolved the same thing again...to get in better shape. the gym was PACKED today after work. It's the first time I've had to go after work...today was the first day back since the new year began. I think I liked the life of leisure - only from the perspective that when I went to the gym in the middle of the day or late morning...it wasn't crowded...I didn't have to wait for machines...there was no line for the cardio...

if only...oh well...I give it a week...two tops...before everyone is back on their couch and old ways!

the gym...

been really working myself at the gym...hitting it hard...lots of cardio...still seeing the trainer at least once a week...

just getting impatient...wish that the results will show more...and quickly...

oh well...we'll get there!

F'ing Cold...

so...it's the coldest it's been in NYC for a while...it's below 30 and windy! I don't think it's supposed to last much longer than today...but a nice reminder that we are actually supposed to be living in a cold climate! I'm not sure I want to venture out into it...might in a little while and hit the gym...but still not sure about that!

Happy New Year...

it was a quiet NYE for me...which was great actually. I have done the party thing in the past...and the drinking thing...but the quiet thing was nice. I'm hoping that it will signal in a calm year to come and not alot of drama...we'll see about that!