Friday Favorites: On the Move

This one is a shorty that I had to write and schedule to publish quickly. If you're reading this, I'm on the most epic road trip ever with Boyfriend and Leeloo. I have no interwebs right now!

-The Top 5 Deathbed Regrets
A morbid way to start your Friday, but something to think about

-Gaming Gender Gap (And How to Fix it)
I like articles with suggested solutions instead of just reporting the problems we all already know exist

-Cute Gangsta Cars

Friday Favorites: Pets Are the Best

This week in between packing and freak-outs about packing, I hold my dog -probably tighter than she would really like. I hold her. I hold her until the panic goes away. Sometimes I lay down with her on my chest to remind myself that I'm still breathing. She doesn't like this much either, but she lets me. Because she loves me. My dog is the best.

She's the best. She loves me even when I make her try on the sweater I knit her in the middle of July. THE. BEST.

-Wet Dog Gives You a Piece of His Mind
This is an oldie, but it makes me laugh every time

-Rats Doing Tricks
I find rats fascinating, but their hairy tails creep me out

-My Life in a Drawing
This is why I never get anything done

-Baby Shower Vodka
Many many years from now, this better be at my baby shower 

-Calling in Sick
Why is this not a legit reason?! 

-Cute Snake
That's right.


-Animals Wearing Dinosaur Costumes
Because.


On a completely different note, Her Universe just named me Fan Girl of the Day today!!! I feel a little like a failed Fan Girl since I'm not at NYCC like everyone else, but I have a lot on my plate these days and couldn't handle a convention this weekend right before my big move. Also, nothing nothing nothing could ever top last year. 

Thanks Ashley, you're a class act!!!

NYCC 2011

Memory Lane Monday: Farewell NYC Edition

I haven't posted much lately because it's taking every ounce of my sanity and energy to not die from anxiety over moving across the country in 2 weeks. 2 WEEKS!!!! My apartment is a shit-hole (more so than usual right now) and everything is chaos in my brain (again, more than usual.) To compound the throbbing panic that constantly floods my brain and the invisible belt around my chest that feels like its being cinched tighter every hour making it impossible to breath, Boyfriend got on a plane at the ass-crack of dawn this morning to go visit family and to pick up our "new" car to drive back here. So, I am trying to keep my emotional shit together while packing for the biggest move of my life by myself for 5 days. Not gonna lie, it's been a rough 12 hours.

Don't get me wrong, Boyfriend is not the bad guy here, my mental health (or lack thereof) is the big culprit. I just never realized how much I relied on Boyfriend as my constant and my support system until I was left to my own devices for a day knowing that there were still 4 days to go. But, I digress...

This might be my last "regularly scheduled" blog entry for the next few weeks, so I tried to make it a good one. But all I got was lists. You're welcome.

What I'll Miss Most About NYC

-My Friends

I have made so many wonderful friends here, the tears really started today and they probably won't stop for a month.

-The Pizza

Everyone keeps telling me I can't get good bagels and pizza anywhere else. That may have been true in the 80's, but now it's not that difficult to find good bagels and good pizza. But there's just something about going to Frankie's or 2 Bros. and getting a slice and a coke for $3 and pushing your way through the smelly crowded sidewalk with steaming hot pizza grease dripping down your chin.

-The ability to find almost anything you could possibly need at 2 am

Seriously, you can find the most random necessities at 2 in the morning.

-The skyline

There's just something magical about that skyline. Which I got to view from the Statue of Liberty for the first time this summer. How sad is that?! I was born here, lived here almost 7 years of my adult life and never went to visit Lady Liberty?

-The energy

NYC has a very special energy or aura, something about the way the city moves if you just stop and feel it, it's amazing.

What I Won't Miss

-Roaches the size of matchbooks

And bigger. Lots bigger. Fucking horrifying.

-The crazy fucking neighbors

Exhibit A.  Exhibit B.  Exhibit C.  Exhibit D.  

And those are just the ones I've written about.

-Smelly/hot/cold/sticky subway cars

You really don't want me going into detail.

-Sweating ALL the time

I never knew my kneecaps could sweat until I moved here. Humidity's a bitch.

Alright, so these lists aren't comprehensive, but you catch my drift. Despite all the crazy shit here, I am going to miss NYC. L.A is going to be very different, but this is one of the few times in my life that I can remember being ready for a change.  So, if I fall off the radar next week, don't worry, I'll be back to my normal snarky, mentally addled self soon. Also, it's 2800+ miles from here to L.A. I'm probably going to tweet A LOT. You've been warned.

Friday Favorites: Do What You Want

I'm feeling a tad moody and all "fuck-it-y" today.

-The True Power of Force Ghosts
This made me laugh so hard. It almost makes the whole Anakin ghost thing better. Almost.

-The Two Words No Woman Wants to Hear
I really thought I was alone in feeling icky and indignant when a stranger (usually male) says this to me on the street. We are not alone. Only we have domain over our bodies and ourselves. It is never wrong to not want to be told what to do with your own body.

-Sesame Street Goes Game of Thrones
I'm not obsessed with GoT the way a lot of people are, but I know it's a damn good show when ye ole Street De Sesame gets in on the action.

-One Word Comeback
Maybe we need to just pelt the news outlets with history books and they'll get a clue?

-Epic Parenting
I'm not a parent yet, and don't plan to be for a few more years, but sites like this make it seem way less scary.

-My Life As A Warrior Princess
A cool article written by Jennifer Sky about her experiences on one of my favorite shows in the 90's.