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Today I meandered my way to Chinatown, going through the Village, SoHo, and some of Little Italy en route. On the way back, I spotted a playground game of street hockey. There is something inexplicably beautiful in its simplicity in using tipped over trash cans as the "goal."

It IS easy being GREEN.

According to this article, 500,000 plastic bags are used worldwide each MINUTE. Please consider bringing a reusable bag next time you go grocery shopping. This website sells them or you may already have some tote bags or canvas bags lying around the house, just waiting to do their part to save a little corner of mother earth.

C'mon...you know y'all wanna do your part. :)

Birthday Wishlist (A Work In Progress)

DVDs

10 Things I Hate About You
Step Up
True Lies

Different?

One of the drawbacks to being friends/chatty with one of your parents is you end up hearing the dirt. The bad stuff. The "I don't think I should be hearing this" stuff.

And it makes you wonder..."why?"

"Why" what?

Why...all of it?

You may always be just a "dumb kid" in their eyes, but at this point, are you ever actually still a kid after hearing all the dirt?

And then you think...maybe it would be better off...different.

And then you think you're a traitor (to your parent, to your other parent, to your sibling, to your family) for thinking that.

This Ain't Your Average Delta

Call me a dork, but I think this video is SO cool.

OSU v. LSU

How bad is it that a part of the reason I like college football better than professional football is that, in college football, those smooth and muscley calves are bare and nekkid?

Uh, yeah...

Just because 6AM seems like a good time to go to bed.

Confession

The Christina Aguilera fansite that I sometimes check has had a placeholder up saying it is "moving to a new server in a few days" for the past month.


Is it pathetic that I am actually aware that it has been longer than just "a few days?"

"No Country for Old Men"

Today I was that asshole whose phone rang in the movie theater. Dammit. Allow me to explain (before you condemn). So I'm going to see a movie because...well...just because, okay? So I decide to see "No Country for Old Men," and, not having read any reviews, let alone read the book, I had no idea what I was getting myself into.

And WHEW. That was an excellent movie. Seriously seriously excellent. However...midway through it, my phone rings. WTF?! I thought I turned off the sounds!!! And I did. It turns out that, because my new phone opens two ways (it's a flippy Samsung that opens both lengthwise and widthwise), I needed to mute it in BOTH length and width modes. I didn't know this, and so...in the middle of the show...I hear a familiar ringtone, which sets my heart racing in utter horror and embarrassment. Dammit...I am NEVER THAT ASSHOLE. But...it seems I was tonight... :(

Well now...that's a first.

Now that I broke the barrier (so to speak) with using my kitchen the other week for Thanksgiving, it seems I now "fear no recipe"...! Prior to Thanksgiving, I had used my kitchen maybe once since moving into this apartment in...July. HOWEVER, after Thanksgiving is a whole other story. I baked cookies last night. Cinnamon sugar cookies. Num num. Now the only question is...what's next?