2 feet on the ground???
perhaps i missed something but in order to be taken out of the final chalange you had to have both feet hit the ground right? WHY NOT LAY ON THE GROUND WITH ONE FOOT ON SOMETHING ELSE?
sorry this has beccome a survivor blog, not that anyone reads this stuff but next week expect pics and dateing news.
survivor picks
i figured i would go off topic here and post survivor predictions. since we will have a winner Sunday
Lydia: She's first because she's the easiest to talk about. She has no chance of winning. Even if she did make it into the final 2 (which i doubt) i can only see her winning if she was up against steph (and even that is kinda doubtful) mainly because the is the most undeserving survivor ever and EVERYONE KNOWES IT (and have been talking about it since the merge).
Stephanie: very little chance to win mainly because she has pissed off the majority of the jury. I don't see Judd, Gary, Jamie, Bobby John or Cindy voting for her under ANY circumstances unless she brings Lydia with her to the final 4. She's done well but the Jury is going to kill her if she gets to the final 2.
Danni: this is my pick to win it all mainly because if she makes it to the final 2 she'll win the vote against anyone (and if she does so against Lydia or steph it will be the first 7-0 jury vote on survivor ever.). THe only problem is that she'll have to win 2 challenges in a row to get to the final because the rest of the players know she'll mop up the jury. However i can see Rafe pulling a Colby and bringing her along, he seems to be a drama queen like that.
Rafe: probably the 2'nd most likely to win, the only reasons he might not is because he's pissed off jury people and secondly he may not be smart enough to bring the right person (aka the person he can win against) to the final 2 if he gets the chance to do so. Also what was with that speech about being the first open gay man on survivor? what about Rich from season 1 who set the fricking model of how to play the game?
insane TV
Public access is certainly more interesting up here. Once of the most apeshit insane things i have ever seen is glengora who fills up hours of time with inane rambling, poorly told jokes, commentary on what is going on outside her window, and various legal fights against cable companies that try to trim her show down. FOr an example of the insanity you can look at http://www.achatwithglendora.com/
words can simply not describe this madness.
Black Friday in NYC
Well i went to the city today for the firs time since moving up here. After forking out 17 bucks for a round trip train tix (honestly the cheapest way to go into the city parting was 8 bucks an hour at most places i saw and a taxie would have been even more) and 6 bucks for parking at the train station i took the express into grand central station itself an amazing place to look at. From there i went to the empire state building (passing the public library which looked much bigger in the day after tomorrow, BTW if you didn't think the whole boat in front of the library thing was bullshit before you will after seeing the area around the library), which was closed for some damn reason. After that i walked up 5'th aveto Rockefeller center to watch people skate (certainly didn't seem all that magical or anything but it was cool looking) and then walked over to times square.
By this point i felt i was missing out on BLACK TUESDAY SHOPPING MADNESS so i gave myself a concentrated fix by going into the huge 4 story toys are us in time square (with a full sized Farris wheel) after that bit of madness it was time for lunch which was fulfilled at
the heartland brewpub and grill which had a really good oatmeal stout and a good black lager but who's red ale was pretty blah. The steak sandwich however was very good, i like that when i ask for a steak medium they make it pretty bloody, i would normally like to order steaks Rare but a history of doing so with my speech problem has taught me that it always comes out cooked to hell and back because it sound like i am saying well.
So after by drinks and lunch it was time to venture into international territory and visit the UN. after going though a airport like security screening i signed up for a tour which was kinda neet, the entire place reeks of 50-60 decoration style, they could use some updating.
After that it was back to the subway and back home, next time i head into town I'll hit the central park museum district. I'll have some pics up as soon as i stop being lazy and upload them.
The bagel Nazi
I am finding Seinfeld a lot funnier since moving up here since i can see where the jokes comes from. Wednesday i think i ran into the bagel equivalent of the soup Nazi who got pissed at me because i didn't request a toaster bagel the right way. apparently it's supposed to be
Toasted with i messed up and said toasted which apparently causes problems because the order taker's brain shuts off after hearing the type of spread and they never hear you say toasted until it's too late and they've already made your bagel. The bagel Nazi also didn't like it when i said "but i did say toasted. but at least i wasn't refused service or anything.
BTW they don't go easy on the cream cheese up here, i swear they slather on a 2 inch thick base of cream cheese, order the light cheese or the fat free cheese so you don't have an heart attack
Retard drivers
I am constantly amazed at how bad the driving is up here, it's not just that people go to fast (they really don't) or reckless, most people here are very good. What's amazing is the number of totally obvious drivers that don't pay attention to what's happening around them. The worst example I've seen was a few days ago when a woman missed an entrance to barns and nobles and decided to slam on her breaks (this was on a really bust street, one of the mail ones going from Yonkers to white plans). To make matters worse she put her car into reverse and drove backwards at nearly full speed into a car that had to stop for her because she had stopped in front of him.
Another great moment in driving was in Yonkers. I had pulled into a pizzeria Uno for lunch and say in the intersection (same busy road at this point it's 6 lanes ) a car get honked at in the middle of a turn, the car stopped and blocked the south bound lane and the driver got out to go yell at the guy that honed at him, who himself got out and started yelling at each other like bobby john and Jamie if they had grown up in the hood instead of in bumfuck redneckville. after a bit of yelling their women got out and started yelling at each other (with plenty of head shaking and talk to the hands fly). This goes on for at least 5-10 minutes until the cops come in and start arresting people.
all and all it was a very entertaining piece of drama to watch, the bartender even jokes he was going to charge everyone at the bar a PPV price.
'Bed' + 'XXX' = ':)'
just got the bed set up and a few Molson XXX in me... I am really looking forward to not sleeping on the damn floor.
i would take pictures (esp since the cats look happier than they have in a long time and are looking cute as heck sleeping on the bed right now) but i left my camera usb cable in Greenville.
FInally some good news
well finally stuff is looking up. THe past few nights have sucked because I've been sleeping on the floor of my new place and overall have felt pretty down and stressed out. However stuff is starting to fall into place, I purchased a mattress and bed today which should be here sometime this evening so I'll finally have a decent nights sleep tonight. PLus it looks like i will have my stuff up here before the weekend. THe moving people FINALLY called me today and said he was picking up tomorrow and would drop it off on Thursday. so YAY and all that. I still haven't found a great place to et drinks at or a place that has an insane beer selection like specks in Houston but I'm keeping my hopes up. Besides i did find a place that sells
THE BEST DAMN BEER EVER!!!! so I'm happy, plus i can get molson XXX pretty much anywhere (which is pretty strong stuff at 7.3% alc).
Oh i found a pretty kick ass sushi place today for carryout close to the office. It was a tiny place (perhaps 10 people could sit in it) but the sushi was good with a TON of fish in the rolls, no shortchanging with damn cucumbers or any of that lame junk.
