basereport.blogspot.com
who do you think will go on more dates in one month: a gay guy, or a straight girl?
two friends of mine are having a dating competition throughout the month of february. they're challenging each other to see who can go on more dates w/in the month. quantity... not quality.
they're detailing their exploits here: basereport.blogspot.com
check it out, and just FYI
base = "dude, did you get to second base w/ mary last night?"
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Friday, January 27, 2006
Sunday, January 22, 2006
help, nyc-style
ciao!
i'm compiling a NYC dossier/guide/advicebook for two friends who are moving to the city next week, and have never lived there before. i'm trying to tackle manhattan&brooklyn neighborhood by neighborhood, but the manhattan part is proving to be a little tricky.
friends, can you please provide "places to go/ things to see" assistance for:
tribeca (tara, it's your time to shine)...and everything above 14th street (ahem my key & erica). and any other good spots that you think would suit two rhode islanders who have been living in paris for 3 years?
maybe i'll even print out my creation and make copies?
merci bien!
xoxo
care
i'm compiling a NYC dossier/guide/advicebook for two friends who are moving to the city next week, and have never lived there before. i'm trying to tackle manhattan&brooklyn neighborhood by neighborhood, but the manhattan part is proving to be a little tricky.
friends, can you please provide "places to go/ things to see" assistance for:
tribeca (tara, it's your time to shine)...and everything above 14th street (ahem my key & erica). and any other good spots that you think would suit two rhode islanders who have been living in paris for 3 years?
maybe i'll even print out my creation and make copies?
merci bien!
xoxo
care
Saturday, January 21, 2006
Principle Battle: Would you have done the same?
So last night, I'm out at this club called "cloud." It's a bit on the "fru'fru"/"shi'shi" side of the spectrum.
I'm there w/ a crowd of about 10 or so people. Some of us are sitting at our table, some of us are standing around the table talking/dancing.
All of the sudden, some early 20's looking chick walks passed the table, grabs one of our martinis, chuggs it, tosses the martini glass back on the table and walks away.
[insert shocked/dismayed/disgusted faces here. judgement, total judgement.]
Needless to say, I all but grabbed the girl by the hair and said "You're going to the bar and buying my friend another drink right now." The girl tried to pretend she hadn't done anything wrong, but after I had the wait staff threaten to oust her, she purchased a new drink for my friend and then B'lined it straight out the door.
You'd have done the same thing, right?
I'm there w/ a crowd of about 10 or so people. Some of us are sitting at our table, some of us are standing around the table talking/dancing.
All of the sudden, some early 20's looking chick walks passed the table, grabs one of our martinis, chuggs it, tosses the martini glass back on the table and walks away.
[insert shocked/dismayed/disgusted faces here. judgement, total judgement.]
Needless to say, I all but grabbed the girl by the hair and said "You're going to the bar and buying my friend another drink right now." The girl tried to pretend she hadn't done anything wrong, but after I had the wait staff threaten to oust her, she purchased a new drink for my friend and then B'lined it straight out the door.
You'd have done the same thing, right?
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
For your consideration...
In an effort to promote intellectual discourse:
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld an Oregon assisted suicide law today. A particular article I read suggested that this ruling would open the door to more individual state laws endorsing assisted suicide. The Oregon law requires that two doctors diagnose the patient with six months or less to live. "Under the law, terminally ill patients have to wait 15 days from the time they apply for the medications to the day they get them, to give them time to think over their decision" (Tim Fought, AP).
I remember discussing Jack Kevorkian in high school. He was technically breaking the law, but this Oregon law has been ruled legitimate. What do opals think of the decision?
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld an Oregon assisted suicide law today. A particular article I read suggested that this ruling would open the door to more individual state laws endorsing assisted suicide. The Oregon law requires that two doctors diagnose the patient with six months or less to live. "Under the law, terminally ill patients have to wait 15 days from the time they apply for the medications to the day they get them, to give them time to think over their decision" (Tim Fought, AP).
I remember discussing Jack Kevorkian in high school. He was technically breaking the law, but this Oregon law has been ruled legitimate. What do opals think of the decision?
your chance to tell me what to do
we all know that doesn't happen often...
so here's the deal: i got an iTunes gift certificate for my birfday. I can get 25 songs (one for each of my notorious years...), though I don't need to spend it all now. I'd like to hear what you guys think I should buy.
Winners will get a copy of the final CD. (So come up with some good stuff that you may not own.)
Carolyn-- this is your chance to actually get mail from me in Paris!
So please and thank you, drop your suggestions in the comment box.
PS- it deserves its own post, but read this article! get past he first 8 paragraphs or so, and then laugh your ass off. then re-read the title. heeehee.
so here's the deal: i got an iTunes gift certificate for my birfday. I can get 25 songs (one for each of my notorious years...), though I don't need to spend it all now. I'd like to hear what you guys think I should buy.
Winners will get a copy of the final CD. (So come up with some good stuff that you may not own.)
Carolyn-- this is your chance to actually get mail from me in Paris!
So please and thank you, drop your suggestions in the comment box.
PS- it deserves its own post, but read this article! get past he first 8 paragraphs or so, and then laugh your ass off. then re-read the title. heeehee.
Sunday, January 15, 2006
back and forth....
Forever. That's how long it's been since I posted to the blog. Sorry! So here goes:
I think the last time I blogged was early December. Since then, I finished my first semester of grad school (as did Tara-- yay!). Grades were fine, but I'm still a little helpless.
I then went NYC to my parent's in Harrisburg, PA. Spent a few days there, soaking up cookies and Christmas and presents. super fun :).
A few days later, Dan came and picked me up (and gave me lovely presents!) and the next day we headed down to Annapolis for a few days. This included my super fun birthday '05. Geoff, Paulie, Dan, Stacey, Elliot, and others came out and partied it up at Pharmacy Bar in DC until I was drunk enough to eat a jumbo slice.
On the 30th, Dan and I went to West VA to go skiing at snowshoe with 15 of his closest friends. Turns out, they're super-cool. We had hella fun. I'm not such a bad skiier, if I do say so myself. There was a sweet hot tub, lots of games, and some cool people. Mikey and I are now set on planning a co-new-years trip of our own. Penny, meanwhile, had a great week in nap-town with Dan's sister.
We went back from WVA to Annapolis, and from there I hit Harrisburg for a night, and then back home to NYC.
Dan moved up to Queens last Friday! He had a lovely Lost/birthday party here on Wednesday, and is finally 24, so I don't feel so old. He got a job at a restaurant a block from Mikey & I's place, and started yesterday. Geoff-- remember Annie's? The place with the insane brunch of great happiness? He's working there.
I start back to classes on Tuesday-- I think it's going to be a tough semester. We'll see though. I guess I'll make it through. :)
So that's all for now-- sorry I'm not more interesting. Happy New Year to everyone; I hope all your dreams come true and each of you moves to New York.
I think the last time I blogged was early December. Since then, I finished my first semester of grad school (as did Tara-- yay!). Grades were fine, but I'm still a little helpless.
I then went NYC to my parent's in Harrisburg, PA. Spent a few days there, soaking up cookies and Christmas and presents. super fun :).
A few days later, Dan came and picked me up (and gave me lovely presents!) and the next day we headed down to Annapolis for a few days. This included my super fun birthday '05. Geoff, Paulie, Dan, Stacey, Elliot, and others came out and partied it up at Pharmacy Bar in DC until I was drunk enough to eat a jumbo slice.
On the 30th, Dan and I went to West VA to go skiing at snowshoe with 15 of his closest friends. Turns out, they're super-cool. We had hella fun. I'm not such a bad skiier, if I do say so myself. There was a sweet hot tub, lots of games, and some cool people. Mikey and I are now set on planning a co-new-years trip of our own. Penny, meanwhile, had a great week in nap-town with Dan's sister.
We went back from WVA to Annapolis, and from there I hit Harrisburg for a night, and then back home to NYC.
Dan moved up to Queens last Friday! He had a lovely Lost/birthday party here on Wednesday, and is finally 24, so I don't feel so old. He got a job at a restaurant a block from Mikey & I's place, and started yesterday. Geoff-- remember Annie's? The place with the insane brunch of great happiness? He's working there.
I start back to classes on Tuesday-- I think it's going to be a tough semester. We'll see though. I guess I'll make it through. :)
So that's all for now-- sorry I'm not more interesting. Happy New Year to everyone; I hope all your dreams come true and each of you moves to New York.
Saturday, January 14, 2006
"If you hurt us, I'll kill you."
...That was the opening line to the rogue cab ride that ended our evening last night. It was POURING rain and as expected, no cab drivers wanted to pick us up (why the FUCK are DC cab drivers so fuckin stuck up?!?!). we finally got picked up by some dude in a black nissan (he was from some one of those countries in Africa). he was sitting at his house in alexandria and decided that he should try to make a few extra bucks by bringing drunk people home from adams morgan (tara says "he could've gotten in _major_ trouble." ...it's true). i told him he was quite the entrepeneur.
it was a fantastic birthday w/ fantastic folks. i wish more opals could've been there, but it was quite opalistic (sans bistro du coin). the evening started at lucky bar (at 5:30pm) and rocked itself through to gazuza, then chief ike's (where i love to party-- so does tara) and then to the post-bar binge of 2000 calorie pizza mart pizza (bigger than your head, yo). tara, in fact, walked halfway through adams morgan w/ her stilletos in her hands instead of on her feet (mad respect to a girl who wears heels and even more to a girl who's not afraid to take 'em off). tara says "i probably have some horrible fungus now, or probably caught VD --even though that's not possible." geoff says "what's VD?"
that's it for now every opal. we love you.
co-posted by: Geoff and Tara, "we aim to entertain."
it was a fantastic birthday w/ fantastic folks. i wish more opals could've been there, but it was quite opalistic (sans bistro du coin). the evening started at lucky bar (at 5:30pm) and rocked itself through to gazuza, then chief ike's (where i love to party-- so does tara) and then to the post-bar binge of 2000 calorie pizza mart pizza (bigger than your head, yo). tara, in fact, walked halfway through adams morgan w/ her stilletos in her hands instead of on her feet (mad respect to a girl who wears heels and even more to a girl who's not afraid to take 'em off). tara says "i probably have some horrible fungus now, or probably caught VD --even though that's not possible." geoff says "what's VD?"
that's it for now every opal. we love you.
co-posted by: Geoff and Tara, "we aim to entertain."
Friday, January 13, 2006
Saturday, January 07, 2006
Nicholas Sparks is my hero.
Ummm...speaking of crying because of movies, I just saw The Notebook for the first time (you know, starring Ryan Gosling's and Rachel McAdams's kisses). I have been sobbing for the last ten minutes. After watching The Notebook. Jesus Christ, I'm hopeless.
retro december mash
ladies and gentlemen... i've been holding back on posting for a really long time, and then i just realized i had a ton of fun things to share from the past month. now i'm feeling a bit of blog'vomit coming on... roll w/ me for a moment though, it might be fun. yah? you want to?
Happy New Year to every opal! While we begin this new year, i just wanted to stroll you through the fun i had in december. december marked the month that i applied for, was offered and accepted a new position at fleishman-hillard... this past friday was my last day at CTSG. CTSG is dunzo! i'll keep you posted on my new work'life at FH. so in the midst of interviewing for a new job, quitting and transitioning out of my old one...
i went to boston to see my buddy tom from high school. our other buddy joe happened to be in town for the same weekend so we had a little reunion (the last time we'd really spent a lot of time together was 7th period lunch hour of my senior year of high school). mucho fun...
then the next weekend mr. mikey fabiani came down to DC to hang out. we chilled and did a lot of relaxing and chillin out. it was much fun. one night, paulie and mikey took this picture with my camera, but i had no idea they'd taken it... it's fun though, right?
oooh, then i got to hang out w/ pretty patty for christmas. we had a wonderful time. my mom gave each of us one of these little turtle dove ornaments because she said they reminded her of that bird lady from home alone 2 (when they say something like "as long as you have one, and i have one, we'll always be friends." oh pretty patty. you're so cute!)
i also got to hang out w/ my little baby cousin. well, he's my cousin's baby... so that makes him something other than my cousin, but fuck that whole geneology thing for right now. he's just super cute and we had a ton of fun hanging out.
a quick trip back down to DC and low and behold ms. erica martinson was standing by, ready to celebrate her big, bad 25 birthday. we went out in adams morgan and had a ton of fun. at the end of the night i made erica take a glamour shot to showcase her new jewelry from her two favorite guys: dan and geoff (look out dan, it's a competition now...)
and as erica headed out to the mountains w/ dan, i headed up to NY w/ amtrak. a quick train ride took me right to mikey where we went to see brokeback mountain a few hours later (i cried and cried and cried for about half hour AFTER the movie ended). all the cool kids made their way to mikey's apt and we ate momma fabiani's italian cooking before heading out to central park to ring in the new year w/ a bunch of crazy folks who embarked on a 4 mile run at midnight... we drank champagne (like normal people).
Happy New Year to every opal! While we begin this new year, i just wanted to stroll you through the fun i had in december. december marked the month that i applied for, was offered and accepted a new position at fleishman-hillard... this past friday was my last day at CTSG. CTSG is dunzo! i'll keep you posted on my new work'life at FH. so in the midst of interviewing for a new job, quitting and transitioning out of my old one...
i went to boston to see my buddy tom from high school. our other buddy joe happened to be in town for the same weekend so we had a little reunion (the last time we'd really spent a lot of time together was 7th period lunch hour of my senior year of high school). mucho fun... 
then the next weekend mr. mikey fabiani came down to DC to hang out. we chilled and did a lot of relaxing and chillin out. it was much fun. one night, paulie and mikey took this picture with my camera, but i had no idea they'd taken it... it's fun though, right? 
oooh, then i got to hang out w/ pretty patty for christmas. we had a wonderful time. my mom gave each of us one of these little turtle dove ornaments because she said they reminded her of that bird lady from home alone 2 (when they say something like "as long as you have one, and i have one, we'll always be friends." oh pretty patty. you're so cute!)
i also got to hang out w/ my little baby cousin. well, he's my cousin's baby... so that makes him something other than my cousin, but fuck that whole geneology thing for right now. he's just super cute and we had a ton of fun hanging out.
a quick trip back down to DC and low and behold ms. erica martinson was standing by, ready to celebrate her big, bad 25 birthday. we went out in adams morgan and had a ton of fun. at the end of the night i made erica take a glamour shot to showcase her new jewelry from her two favorite guys: dan and geoff (look out dan, it's a competition now...) 
and as erica headed out to the mountains w/ dan, i headed up to NY w/ amtrak. a quick train ride took me right to mikey where we went to see brokeback mountain a few hours later (i cried and cried and cried for about half hour AFTER the movie ended). all the cool kids made their way to mikey's apt and we ate momma fabiani's italian cooking before heading out to central park to ring in the new year w/ a bunch of crazy folks who embarked on a 4 mile run at midnight... we drank champagne (like normal people).
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