eek!

does this scare the pants off of anyone else???

for real....?

so we ordered in last night (too much to talk about with all the excitement going on - mazal tov L & A!!!). here was the receipt that came with our food (personal info concealed to protect precious roommates):

notice anything odd? i'm not sure if they were messing with us, someone got lazy, or this is unfortunately someone's real name (i really hope not).

dum-b.

even though they reportedly made thousands per episode on jon & kate, this is what happens when you live well beyond your means.

note to the gosselins: maybe try cutting back on your number of houses, kids, crazy parties, hair-do appointments, stupid clothes and bickering? just an idea. then you won't have to get a job at mcdonald's (as kate apparently claimed she'd have to do to pay their bills).

it's october...

and that means candy bowl at my desk!!!

it really was no miracle/what happened was just this.

considering it's my all-time favorite movie of all time, it would have been pretty embarrassing if i hadn't gotten 10 out of 10 on this wizard of oz quiz. since its the 70th anniversary of the wizard of oz, take the quiz and see if you can do as well as me! if you get at least a 7, i'll let you into the lollipop guild.

family math.

though it's no surprise to any of us, tlc has finally decided to axe jon from his family's show, and continue with (mostly) just kate and the kids - kate plus eight. i suppose jon was just getting in the way of the show, and his bad behavior was not sitting well with the tlc folks. it's pretty sad that kate has managed to turn america over to her side. in previous seasons of the show, she's looked like a horrible bitch and we all felt bad for jon. personally, i'm glad to see him go. i'm sad for the kids, but they are really the reason i watch the show anyhow. hopefully now we'll see more of them, and less of jon's antics.

prep.

now that RH is behind us, it's time to start mentally and spiritually preparing for YK. and if you are immature like me, you should check out this article from tabletmag - some good ideas for getting you through the fast.

you could also just listen to shlock rock's yom kippur song "tefillah"...

obsessed.

"this is a book that i'd love to read" - dan brown

yesss!

handed out in the lobby today:

we've got dan brown fever!

i'm sorry. what?!

as i was rushing home today, i breezed past the gap on 57th street. since gap is making a huge push for jeans these days, perhaps its no surprise... but in the window of the baby gap section i saw - skinny jeans for toddlers. i kid you not. the description online is "cool skinny jeans for your future fashionista." whatever happened to kids just being kids? the days when children had separate types of clothes, and not just shrunken adult clothes?

fyi - gap is also selling "boyfriend" jeans (which look insane on even the adult models... how do they look on normal sized adults?! let alone toddlers!), boot cut jeans, wide leg jeans..... basically everything on the adult side, just shrunk down for the kids. gap? stop it!

will my kids kill me if i don't let them wear skinny jeans? (or the future equivalent... skinny spacesuits, maybe.) i don't want them to be forced to be "future fashionistas." just let them work on being kids.

spoiler?

not going to even post a pic of who this may be about in case you really don't want to know details. but if you care about a potentially very good lost spoiler, check it out and see who you think it is!

what up, random house!

ever wonder how a book is made? ever wonder how a super awesome book is made (and 5 million copies of it)?? wonder no more! watch the superb video below that features the random house warehouse in maryland as they show you how they assemble and print (and protect) dan brown's new book, the lost symbol, in stores september 15th!

un-fun.

bought this on the street today.

book seller man: "usually when people buy books from me, i tell them to enjoy the book. but...."

first few pages were quite depressing, and i was reading in washington square park in the sunshine. i better finish this before fall really sets in....

you know you are a true new yorker when....

...a taxi is on fire and you don't walk the other way but go in for a closer look.

A taxi burst into flames today at 53rd and 7th Avenue. Of course, as firefighters tried to put it out, cars slowed down, and walkers stopped to check it out. Too bad I didn't know sooner, otherwise I would have gone outside to check it out! Z - this is what you're missing in NY!

what would tim say?

so, i'm a fan of skinny jeans. most of my current jeans are of the skinny variety. but this i just don't understand. why in the heck would i want "black ankle skinny jeans that feature sheer mesh panels"?? nymag suggests this means that either true pants are on their way out, or this is a way to ease people back into pants who haven't worn them in a while.

sidenote: who decided that the back should be normal skinny jean? would these make more sense if they were mesh all the way around, like jean shorts attached to mesh leggings, or do they then lose their "skinny jean" appeal?