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neighbors
we all have them and if we're lucky they leave us alone or even better are nice. but then we have weird ones.
the one who lives across the street from me is obssessed with his yard. during the summer he is often mowing his lawn in the dark and in the fall he uses the leaf blower in the dark. after our last snow storm, the day after when it was sunny, he was out there with his blower. this after shoveling the snow at 11:30 at night. on easter sunday he was out there with the blower. then yesterday he was out using the blower. and you guessed it, out there again today using the blower.
this is one of those things that's hard to explain if you don't live in the suburbs. as soon as it gets nice out there is always someone with a friggin leaf blower. this even became the topic of discussion at a panel discussion with l word cast last year. you see, on the show you often hear a lawn mower or leaf blower in the background. sinec the discussion was in nyc people mentioned that this was annoying and the cats mentioned that this is always the case in la, you always hear the blower.
with all the technology that we have available, because you know these blowers really are useful, you'd think someone would invent a silent leaf blower!
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Tuesday, March 29, 2005
i am the queen of bounce out
i love it when super scout is down. i have been playing bounce out all morning and hit my highest score yet (i think, it has been so long since i have been able to really play i'm not sure any more).
pvd is back today so i guess our free reign has come to an end. mgs said hello to us this morning and talked to tara for 45 minutes. it was tj this and tj that. i so want to kick her ass!
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Monday, March 28, 2005
some people just need to lighten up!
last week was a slow week. all the craziness of the past month had finally dies down. pvd also happened to be out of the office on friday. their was happiness all around.
given the lack of work and overall quiet in the office we put turned up the volume on the ipod and started to relax, laugh and have a good time. something very rare in the these re-organization days. even judy got up to dance to rock lobster, her favorite b-52s song.
apparently not all of us thought we should be having fun.
after chrissy and i left for the day mgs was overheard saying, "just because phil is out they think they can have free reign and party over there."
you know what bitch? lighten the fuck up!!!! when you're done ass kissing pvd he'll still screw you over eventually.
// posted by stacey on 9:31:00 AM // |
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Saturday, March 26, 2005
ibookless
well my little ibook is in the hands of apple for repair :( my desk looks so empty where it used to be. but as always the folks at the genius bar are way cool. i should really think about getting apple certified so i can get a job there.
i cheated on my hair stylist today as well. this bus strike in westchester county has made it difficult for my stylist and i to hook up. i needed some stylin' real bad and got it cut. i feel better hair wise but with any luck the strike will last until i need to get it cut.
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Friday, March 25, 2005
its never a good thing
when you come in at 8:00am and finish your work for the day at 8:20am. the good thing tho, is that pvd is not in today and he'll be out monday. cbc is in charge and she leaves at 2:30pm on fridays.
i imported more cds onto my ipod some of my older cure, b-52s, grant lee buffalo and mighty mighty bosstones. i haven't listened to any of these in ages so it will sort of be like listening to them for the first time again and that is exciting.
i also brought a book to read to get through the really slow times. it still amazes me how that is perceived as being better than playing online games all day. stupid super scout!
ibook update - it crapped out again the other night. i didn't even try last night because i wanted to have a stress free evening. i'll be heading to the apple store this weekend. sigh.
// posted by stacey on 8:58:00 AM // |
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Thursday, March 24, 2005
are you missing a finger?
if so, someone found it in some chili at a wendy's in san jose.
check it our on cnn.
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Wednesday, March 23, 2005
i'm on my ibook
well i tried turning it on when i came home and it worked. so now i'm seeing how long it lasts btu secretly hoping that it miraculously stays working. i can't tell you how much this has made me happy.
i also got my u2 ticket today and that makes me happy too.
what doesn't make me happy is when you read someone's blog because they are funny and think like you. then one day the rip the l word apart and call it boring. i don't think i can ever read her blog again and feel so betrayed. how could i ever think that we could be friends. bitch. i am happy that her girlfriend likes the show and i hope she makes jane's life hell for it!
// posted by stacey on 6:09:00 PM // |
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one sad mac
my ibook has died. the logic board will most likely need to be replaced. for mac folks out there this is the same problem that was happening with the g3 models but apple has yet to acknowledge that the same thing is happening with the g4s.
i feel like sarah jessica parker did in the sex and the city episode four women and a funeral. her powerbook died and it was out of warranty. aidan bought her a clamshell ibook to replace it but it just wasn't the same. you know how us mac folk are, we get attached to these inanimate objects like they are a part of our family. thankfully, i was able to get everything off of it before complete and total death. but is still am upset and really want to cry.
i'm heading to the apple store this week to see what if anything can be done. since my ibook is out of warranty (that's a whole other story) we'll see how much this will set me back. if its too pricey i may kiss it goodbye and buy another. sigh. i don't even want to think about it. i'm just too emotional right now.
i will keep thinking positive thoughts. at the end of that sex and the city episode sjp's powerbook was fixed and she was happy. i know its fiction but one can hope.
// posted by stacey on 9:38:00 AM // |
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Monday, March 21, 2005
u2 tix part 2
zaida took a 5:00am bus to get tickets this morning. this picture is zaida showing us how much she loves her husband.
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Saturday, March 19, 2005
i've got vertigo
tickets that is. well a ticket. i only bought one cuz not all of my friends like u2 and i'm single. so what the hell -- i splurged. tickets went on sale this morning for the 12/7/05 show at the hartford civic center. i spent over 100 bucks to treat myself to one of my all time favorite bands.
let's keep in mind i spent just as much on the complete digital box set so this should not be such a surprise to people.
i'm not too excited right now since the concert is in december but i am very happy.
i think this can be expected since i might be going to home depot tomorrow to get my new dyson vacuum cleaner. i know, something is terribly wrong when you are more excited about a vacuum cleaner and not a u2 concert. but that's just where i am right now -- way too domesticated.
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Friday, March 18, 2005
nike id shoes
i finally got my new nike id shoes yesterday. it took about five weeks. i must admit that i showed great patience considering that i really needed new shoes. it was just monday that i was joking that some poor slave child was working away on my shoes in some third world country and it was taking longer because her fingers were really small.
well the shipping address on the shoes says that they came from vietnam. yikes, maybe it wasn't a joke after all.
but the shoes are very nice and i like the colors and that little girl spelled scoops correctly on both shoes.
// posted by stacey on 9:07:00 AM // |
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Thursday, March 17, 2005
wlir/wdre
when i first moved to new york i was amazed when i discovered that there was a radio station that played new wave/alternative music 24/7. well, except for sunday morning's when they had some long island political talk show thing on. but that really didn't matter since i was usually asleep. that station was wlir (wdre for a brief period of time)
this type of radio station did not exist where i lived in texas. aside from the country stations that I'm sure all of you are thinking of we mostly had top 40 stations and easy listening stations. the rare exception, was a radio show i discovered when i was 13. it was on the public broadcasting radio station, I'm not sure if it was actually npr back then. anyway, for an hour or two (it always varied) every saturday a program called steppin out came on. their theme song was sub culture by new order. the very first song i heard was by the b-52s. i was hooked. i had finally found my sound and a place to get it.
they played what they wanted when they wanted. unlike that top 40 station that refused to play u2's new year's day on new year's day because it was too long. too long is what i was told every year, but they always agreed to play gloria.
my friends and i would record these tapes and exchange them and then make mix tapes of all our favorite songs it was such a relief when i moved to new york and this all the time. it never ceased to amaze me.
i fell in love with lir and all of its djs; malibu sue, larry the duck, donna donna, gary cee, etc. they were my lifeline. every week they had their shriek/screamer of the week. i would always call in and vote for my favorite new song of the week. it was my duty because i never wanted to take any of this music for granted. it was way too important.
those of you who had the opportunity to listen to the station in the 80s and 90s will remember the commercial for the listeners in manhattan who couldn't always get a strong signal. they suggested you get the recoton beam master. this nifty technological devise made their signal stronger. you see lir was for the people, it was about the music. no one is for the music like that any more.
over the years the management of the station changed and regulars like larry the duck and donna donna left the station. at one time i even remember the new ownership trying to get ratings by changing the format of the morning show to something that was similar to z100 and power 95. they brought in these two new djs who would call up people and play pranks on them. it was no longer about the music, in fact they rarely played music. so many people complained that week and by the next monday the two new djs were gone and the station played an apology on the air saying that they listened to us.
then, horribly, in January 2004 lir ceased to exist – it became a latin station. malibu sue moved to another radio station on the island and still does her 80s all request lunch. but it isn't the same so i have my memories.
many of my friends often remark about how better life was back in the 80s and that they often wish they could go back in time. i have never been so sure about that. they always seem to forget how crappy it was to be in high school with all the clicks. what they don’t realize is that it is really the music we love so much and the fact that we hung out with our friends a lot more than we do now. that is because we saw each before class, during class, during lunch and after school. our social circle was so limited.
i’ll take my life now thank you. i appreciate the knowledge i have acquired over the years, my steady income, etc. when i want to look back i know i have a pretty cool playlist for my ipod called wlir mix that i am constantly adding to. there is also a really great imix on itunes called wlir in its heyday. i can relive just the good parts of my youth.
but today i have decided to embark on a new mission. when lir still existed as we knew it their website had a list of all the shrieks and screamers of the week on the site. something told me at that time to print out the list and hang on to it. i mean why not, people like deborah harry would call in and vote, just like a regular person would.
i am going to take that list and start getting the songs i don’t have and make a killer imix for itunes. i just hope that itunes has most of the songs, after all they are still lacking a bit when it comes to some 80s stuff. they don’t even have a lot of the smith's songs. it is my way of talking the talk and walking the walk. to show people like j lo why it is important to put some real thought into your playlists.
i'll post the actually list of shrieks in the next day or two so you can see how wonderful this list is.
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pretzels
yesterday on my home i found a new love. soft pretzels with peanut butter. in all my years of living in new york i have never heard of this combination. it started on a whim really.
i only had one slice of pizza for lunch yesterday and by the time 5pm rolled around my stomach was growling really loud. i needed to get something to eat so that i would not disturb my fellow riders on metro-north. the pretzel stand was right next to my track. i ordered an unsalted pretzel with a caramel dip (yes, surprisingly i have had this combo before.). but the guy gave me peanut butter by mistake. i tired it and fell in love.
it is so fucking good.
// posted by stacey on 9:11:00 AM // |
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Wednesday, March 16, 2005
hello blog, i am still here
i am begining to think that julie, my poodle, has the world's smallest bladder or at least she pretends she does in the evening. i can be home with her all day and she will sleep and not have to go pee once. but as soon as it gets dusk she must go out every 15-20 minutes. at first i thought that she might have bladder infection so i took her to the vet and he did tests, which all came back negative. so now i am trying to train her to pee during commercials instead.
this shouldn't be too far fetched (sorry for the pun, really it wasn't intended) since she watches as much tv as i do, i think she does even more than i do. but i think she enjoys the commercials more. commercials are where they show dogs and cats and birds and even animated things that "bother" her. she barks when she sees or hears anything that offends her. julie's two pet (sorry again) peeves are horses and cows. hates them. she charges at the tv when she sees them. the commercial really hates is are the chick-fil-a commercials that are shown a lot in the south. we see them because i have directv and have the full package because i like watching women's basketball and they have like every single fox sports channel ever.
there is this one chick-fil-a commercial where the cow is wearing a bathing suit, with inflatble floatie things and sunglasses, and then dives into the pool. then it cuts to another cow standing pool-side with flip flops. i love the flip flops, makes me laugh everytime. julie hates it,
switching topics completely, itunes has the janis joplin medly that melissa etheridge and joss stone did at the grammy's. that was one of the most incredible performances i have ever seen. you shoudl buy it because 100 percent of the proceeds benefit two cancer research organizations, city of hope and the dr. susan love research foundation. click on the link below to get the song.
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Wednesday, March 09, 2005
j lo is a lazy ass
one of the things i like about itunes is the celebrity playlist. it is always neat to see what other artists listen to. most of the celebrities put some effort into the their playlist, some have included well over 50 songs.
but not j lo? she could only find seven songs. this is her quote. "these are all beatiful songs in their own way. i love all different kinds of music."
these are the songs:
- superstar - luther vandross
- drop it like it's hot - snooop dogg & pharrell williams
- this love - maroon 5
- lean back - terror squad
- i want you now - depeche mode
- hypnotize (10th anniversary version) - notorious b.i.g
- no ordinary love - sade
thanks for putting in the effort j lo!
// posted by stacey on 8:38:00 PM // |
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i haven't skipped town. honest.
i took last week off from work but stayed home. when i took the vacation i had every intention of taking another one in april and make my yearly trek to miami. that is the only way i can make it through winter. now it doesn't look like i'll be able to make it miami this winter. :( and no wi'm wishing i thought this out better and went to miami last week.
it wasn't all that bad tho. most of my days went like this. ellen, the view, house invaders, house doctor, buffy (back to back), judgsing amy and law and order. i spent the enitre week on the sofa. i did actaully accomplish the major task of showering and getting dressed every day. i think that is quite impressive.
now back at work i'm really wishing that i was going to miami. it took me a whole day to catch up on the week of email sitting in my box. then on tuesday i caught up on monday and tuesday's email. today was better but i do have a word or a few to say about contacting tech support people - kindness, patience, ability to communicate in complete sentences.
chrissy and i work on 20 conferences so when you contact us for help please let us know which conference you are referring to. we can't read minds especially through email.
when you are too lazy to click on the forgot your password link do not email us 3 times in twenty minutes saying you need this right away. this especially for the people who created their own passwords.
please do not call another person up in our company and tell them that i am the only who can help you then proceed to complain to me about the tool and then not let me help you.
enough ranting but i will close with phill still sucks big time oh and patrick is a cunt!
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Friday, March 04, 2005
it was a chico's kind of day
all week. it certainly was because i saw this commercial at least 10 times every single day during my week long vacation. argh.
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