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the cats are sitting at the window watching all the shit blow around from the crazy wind. ug. I don't smoke in my house and have been putting off my morning cigarette for like an hour cause I d0 . . .
First of all, felly and I put up our Frost King plastic kits on the windows yesterday, and boy was it satisfying! I had read e:libertad's comment about the satisfying-ness of it all, but I wasn&0 . . .
Hey folks...question for the masses. We are planning on putting plastic on our windows in preparation for winter. Already feeling the effects of having large windows in our-what was once an open por0 . . .
Something got ahold of e:fellyconnelly last night and she brought me home flowers, wine, and took me out for dinner. We decided to go to Mode. Why, I don't know, but that's what we did. 0 . . .
Where is everybody lately? I posted on 8/17 and my post is still on the sidebar? Is it that it's too fricken hot to update or is everyone getting up off their behinds and enjoying summer Buffa0 . . .
so...e:fellyconnelly and I went to see a place yesterday on Delaware, just south of Hertel. There was also another very nice couple who came to see the apartment at the same time. We walked into the0 . . .
She never reads this anymore, but what the hell. anyways, we had a successful trip down to Westchester/NYC/Queens/New Paltz. Spent about 5 hours in the museum of natural history! you can see pi0 . . .
to begin, I am in the last 5 week countdown of my thesis completion. needless to say i am a little stressed...although it could be worse. i am trying to take a different attitude with the whole thin0 . . .
I have to work tomorrow in Lackawanna...I usually take Elmwood straight down to get on the Skyway...my question is...should I just take the Thruway instead or will I still be able to get onto 5 from E0 . . .
Sigh. Ok...I have been thinking and thinking and thinking about this... and I don't exactly know why. I was not a Michael Jackson worshiper, I don't even own any of his albums. However, I0 . . .
Because it's funny. OFkeKKszXTw& 0 . . .
So last night around 9:30pm I was outside on my porch when I heard a screeeeechCRASH! It was obviously a car crash and I knew right away that it wasn't any average fender bender, but what Felly 0 . . .
So Beer-Ology ended up being a lot of beer and not a lot of ology. There were plenty of different breweries represented and they were serving beer past the 9:00pm deadline, but that was about it. Th0 . . .
Ok so as many of you know, I am writing my thesis. I think I have finally come up with a worthy and comprehensive abstract, but I was hoping for some feedback from you all if you are feeling so gener0 . . .
So Felly spent $6 plant $11 Pottery $2 garden shears $5 soil --------- $24 for a not so bad lookin bonsai Dwarf Japanese Juniper...aka shrubbery. 0409/DSCI00310406.jpg The pottery 0 . . .
Felly and I have been looking for a dog for her parents for a while now, mostly via craigslist. The other day we saw an ad for a free mini dachshund and now I have two in my house. Amazingly enough,0 . . .
Felly and I finally made it over to Price Rite last night and at this time, I don't think I can make a fair assessment of the place because it was still a mad house there. I can't really fu0 . . .
I was quite surprised by the magnitude of this parade, I must say. I wasn't sure about the whole drinking in the streets thing, so I chose not to buy beer and bring it along with me. Course thi0 . . .
I went to see the Jonas Brothers Special Event Concert whatever in 3D yesterday. Holy hell...15 bucks PER PERSON. One for me and one for my TEN YEAR OLD! Are you serious. I kept the glasses. Scre0 . . .
I'm not quite sure why I'm posting right now...but hey, why not? I guess I will go ahead and give ye olde college try at the post I've been thinking about posting. Post haste? Post0 . . .
Warning: Contains offensive language! hQp5l4-sfFA If you can ignore that misogynist bs that is spewing out of Lil John's mouth, this is actually quite catchy. Also, I read all the comm0 . . .
Sigh...ok, so for my job I have to do notes via the computer... but every time I log into the website I get this: ERROR: Cannot locate proxy which supports Remote Scripting. Was RSEnableRemoteScr0 . . .
Reproductive Rights means more than having the ability to have the option of abortion...it also means that women have the right to HAVE children. The key word here is CHOICE. This is a tricky commen0 . . .
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Felly and I spent Valentines snuggled on the couch in our PJ's...cause that's how we roll. Not that I'm not into V-Day...just that I'm not that into it that I put crazy amounts of0 . . .
i slept till 930 today and it was amazing. I did wake up around 530 but happily went back to sleep. I have been waking up at 530 for the last three days in a row for my training, which is thankf0 . . .
1. I am not sure if I am doing this right... 2. When I was in high school I was in the band, orchestra, marching band, pep band and chorus. I also played the hand bells at church. Now I don't 0 . . .
My new job titles are "Individual Service Specialist" and " Respite Care Provider II". ISS "Provides in-home/community skill building to individuals with Mental Health Dia0 . . .
Two summers ago felly and I went to Wal-Mart and got two plants. One was a soft green plant with broad rounded edges and the other was a dark green pointy plant with long trunk like things. When we 0 . . .
I went to some health center on Sheridan and peed in a cup. It was definitely one of the weirder experiences of my life. A dude called my name from the waiting room and took me into a little closet 0 . . .
So I just got a call from Heritage Centers saying that I am hired! As long as I pass the drug test...which shouldn't be I problem...i hope. This is good cause last night I discovered that I w0 . . .
In response to e:joshua ug. i have to disagree with you. I will confess that she certainly was not the most inspiring reader on the planet, but the poem is beautiful and appropriate. also, elizabe0 . . .
So e:fellyconnelly and I got a Wii. Ralphie hates it. He barks and growls and hides under the couch. I don't get it. He usually doesn't pay too much attention to the TV but even when he0 . . .
so i might have done a search yesterday for "free tetris" leaving our computer with the same or similar virusy thingy that effs up google that we had...oh, a while ago. grumble. we have be0 . . .
i have to do loads of laundry one at a time because, although there are two washers and two dryers in my basement, only one of the dryers sufficiently drys (dries?) clothes. i have three loads today.0 . . .
thanks to e:janelle for the chips and dip AND for sending me to the FAIL website. I found this gem there <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie"0 . . .
i heard Gavin Rossdale's new music sometime recently and I was thoroughly disappointed. Bush used to be sooo cool and now he is playing generic poprocks music that is indistinguishable from the 0 . . .
ug. phew. breath in, breath out. this will not be another rant about how stupid conservative Christians are in their arguments for gay marriage. HOWever, I came across this in one of my "le0 . . .
hmmm... you see, I always want to post something I think that others will think is interesting. This is hard for me. You know those people who can kinda just talk about anything...remember the small0 . . .
There are small towns and then there are small towns and then even there are smaller towns. I live in a town I would classify as a middle small town. There were about 100 people or less in my gradua0 . . .
oh my oh my. i have to drive the 4 odd hours home today in the yucky wet snow. i only really have two concerns. the first being dumb ass mother fuckers who don't know how to drive on the thruw0 . . .
tation? i know that's not how you spell it. i met with my professor on Saturday at spot coffee. it was weird... it was one of the things that screams, i am a graduate student, no longer an0 . . .
I am having one of those breakdown moments. It's the end of the semester...like, really. I just got home and checked my student email and was overloaded with all this shit. Deadlines abou0 . . .
Battle @ Buffalo 910 Main St. 7:30pm $5 Family Friendly! 1008/M0f215eb58b3a83a11b66387dd784b9191025.gif0 . . .
Hey Kids THIS SATURDAY OCT. 25 Battle @ Buffalo $5 (they upped it a dollar those bastards!) 910 Main St (between Hyatt's Art Store doors) 7:30ish to 11:00ish 1008/BifBuff1022.gif 0 . . .
I am currently reading an article called "'How Do I Rent a Negro?': Racialized Subjectivity and Digital Performance Art" by Brandi Wilkins Catanese (Theatre Journal) and she tal0 . . .
Ok, I'm going to try something out here. This is a response paper (two pages, double spaced) for my class, Afrotopias. It is in response to the book Punctuation: Art, Politics, and Play by Jen0 . . .
e:paul made a point in his comment that the more you write the better you know how you sound or come off. and i think this is very true...except that i write ALOT but for a very (not so very?) differ0 . . .
Last night after reading my post and responses e:felly told me that i came off sounding condescending and...bitchy. really, that is the farthest from my intent..and i had it all up in my head that i 0 . . .
I am really not trying to be ----scratch that. I apologize too much. Whatevs. I am NOT surprised that there are racist gay men out there. Or racist white lesbians for that matter. I am NOT surp0 . . .
OK...Felly and I want to go to a haunted house on Saturday and I was wondering if any of you had been to either: The House of Horrors http://www.houseofhorrorsbuffalo.com/ or Fright World htt0 . . .
I attended this weekend what I hope to be my last wedding of the year. Not that I'm not all for people gettin hitched and all, but man that shit makes me tired. I drove 4+ hours to some place i0 . . .
So we went out. e:heidi, e:drew, e:fellyconnelly and myself had a nice gathering of food and beer at Gabriel's Gate and then went to Battle @ Buffalo (minus e:drew unfortunately :( I am probabl0 . . .
So last night after watching the debates, Felly and I were having a fascinating conversation about identity and negation when suddenly a large unidentified flying object flew into our apartment. holy0 . . .
Ok ok I am never on here. forgive me. but, I want to remind everyone that its that time again!! WHO: YOU, ME, THEM, US WHAT:Breakdancing/funkstyles Battle WHERE: 910 Main St. (just south of All0 . . .
So on our main computer we suddenly have this problem where when we go to google or yahoo the whole site is different looking and whatever search results show up are actually fake advertisements or wh0 . . .
well, its back again. its amazing how something so simple as sitting in a classroom can light a fire under my ass everytime. my mind is already going into overdrive...and sometimes its very frustrat0 . . .
i can't believe its that time already. lucky for me i don't have class today so i can put off this whole back to school thing one more day.. even though secretly i am really excited to be g0 . . .
Ok...so by the looks of it, I have to resize my pics before I can upload them cause I got this one to work, which is from left, myself, my younger brother Dan, my mom, my new sister, my big brother an0 . . .
My brother's wedding was pretty awesome...beautilful redone barn in the middle of nowhere...the ceremony was outside and then dancing and nonsense inside afterward. I will post pictures but, how0 . . .
Dumm dum duh dummm duh duh dummm... OK. So im watching this really fascinating show on the history channel about Star Wars as an epic myth full of symbols and metaphors and all that good stuff and0 . . .
Ok so, e:strip wasn't working for us from our home and then I remembered that sometime ago we had this same prob so I erased the cookies and temp internet files and now it works! yay! anyone kn0 . . .
I don't know if I will be able to fully articulate what it is that i want to say here, but I will do my best. so there is this guy who lives in the apt. building across the street and really 0 . . .
Yesterday Ralphie got to spend some quality time with some of our neighbors' dogs. Two pitts and a rotweiler, all full grown. Amazingly enough, not only did Ralphie not bark, but he completely 0 . . .
So, my parents 32 wedding anniversary is today and they decided to take this entire week of for vacation. Somewhere along the way I decided to convince them that they should come to Buffalo to visit 0 . . .
I just got back from my week long vacay to my original "home" and am now back to my current "home". I feel like Ralphie has grown a few inches in this short amount of time. I hop0 . . .
Although last night was fairly small because of the time switch, there were still some damn good battles...here is an example of what you missed!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdx5qYw3C7U 0 . . .
TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT Ok, Im sure you are all sick of this by now...last one I promise! Battle @ Buffalo TONIGHT 5:00 pm - 8ish?? 910 Main St (Above Hyatt's Art Store just south0 . . .
Sometimes I like to go back and read old journals. I did this with Livejournal awhile back and sometimes it is just downright awkward, othertimes hilarious and others uncomprehensible. While reading0 . . .
This is friendly reminder numero dos that BATTLE @ BUFFALO is THIS SATURDAY June 28th at 5:00 pm 910 Main St (big door between Hyatt's Art Store just south of Allen) open the door, 0 . . .
this is a first reminder for those of you who are interested in Battle @ Buffalo aka Breaking, poppin, locking, funk styles, dance dance dance in Buffalo!!!! BATTLE @ BUFFALO SATURDAY, JUNE 28th0 . . .
Trips to Felly's parent's house are always interesting. The beauty of that area is like no other...the huge mansions/castles sitting on itty bitty little islands...looking at the water and 0 . . .
Grr. can anyone please tell me why all people wanting to get their PhD must speak at least two, maybe three languages? Maybe, just maybe I am wrong on this...but how many people show "proficien0 . . .
Ok. This is getting ridiculous. We cannot walk our dog without getting accosted by random people everywhere we go. There is the dude bro from across the street who yells "Ralphie" and run0 . . .
I am falling in love with my dog. He is soooo cute and so little and so needy. I feel like a new mom. the first night we got him Felly had to go to sleep early and Ralphie was crying and wimpering 0 . . .
Everyone should check out channel 2, 4, and 7...live police standoff on 190...0 . . .
I have 3 weddings to go to this summer. THREE. Two of them are in the hometown vacinity which is a 4 hour drive and the other is on LONG effin ISLAND which is...I don't know...`100 hours away.0 . . .
So, I did. I chopped off the majority of my hair. I will put up pics soon. I went to the New Age Salon and although I had to break down and spend $40...$29 for the cut plus tip, I must say it was p0 . . .
I can't take it anymore!!! This hair has got to go. I am looking for recommendations on where to get my hair lopped off. I want to donate it to locks of love so if they do it or will at least 0 . . .
Felly and I have had NO. Zero. Zip. Nada internet for the past... I dunno, forever. It some ways it has been kinda nice...not spending time procrasting while I should be doing work...ehem, like right0 . . .
0308/M0f215eb58b3a83a11b66387dd784b9190326.gif My first duty is to promote this Saturday's BATTLE AT BUFFALO! Felly and I and some friends will be attending, as usual. Come and be amazed. 0 . . .
I am maybe the luckiest girl in the world. I had class yesterday...handed in my rough draft of that 15 page paper i've been writing since last week. Got out of class as I walking to the books0 . . .
Ahhh yes, it is that time of the semester again...I have a collection of 10 or so books piled high on my paper shreddar with an intent to go print out articles and get mroe books...all for a lil ol 150 . . .
How is it that "we" hear of some things and not others in the news? It is beyond my ability to understand the ways in which we are manipulated through basic access to information...for thos0 . . .
Ok. So...I woke up this morning and opened the door and I was SOO happy to feel the warmth, to not be able to see my breath, to notice that the snow is melllllllting and then. It all went wrong. 0 . . .
Margarita Assignment. Check. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi2CfuqcUGE Ahahahahahah. P.S. THESE are sooo funny. Why the hell do lesbians make ridiculous "music videos" of lesbian0 . . .
I don't like the word "blog". does anyone know where this word came from? I think of ridiculous things like yule logs, poo, and vomit when I here this word. And already it has become0 . . .
I am really serious about this folks. Maybe it isn't everybody's thing, or you think that it won't be your thing, or that you will feel out of place or whatever, but, BATTLE AT BUFFALO0 . . .
I have been thinking a lot about school...this school in particular. UB for those who don't know where I go... I guess I can't help but feel like I am on a treadmill to nowhere. I sit i0 . . .
I got in the shower no more than half an hour ago...and now, quite suddenly, there is snow on the ground again. Forgive me for talking about the oh so mundane weather, but what the hell is wrong with0 . . .
Ok, so me and this friend of mine have to do a joint presentation on a book. for those of you who care, it is Octavia Butler's "Parable of the Sower". And we made plans to meet today 0 . . .
Its always kinda nice to open up your bank account and realize you have much more money than expected. Its kinda like finding money in your dirty jeans or in the lint trap of the dryer. Although, Fe0 . . .
Someone asked me to post more...so this is what you get. I hate automatic flush toilets, automatic soap dispensers, hand dryers, paper towle dispensers, the list goes on. My first inclination is t0 . . .
Thanks everyone for coming out last night!! I had such a fantabulous time and it was so nice to see so many people!! Particular thanks to e:jim, e:james, and e:jbeatty for representing e:strip at 0 . . .
Saturday night Felly and I, along with some friends, will be going to Club Marcella's for my...gasp, 25 birthday! We will probably go around 10 oclock or so...cept I have never been there and do0 . . .
Thanks for all the positive feedback on my potential project...I have to admit, I am also considering doing a project on monogomous gay couples and depending on how many I find, I might do that instea0 . . .
Hello friends...I know I have been neglecting you all, and now I have come to ask yet another favor. I am taking an ethnographic methods class (ie. qualitative research) and I have to eventually writ0 . . .
ok, so i need to have a wisdom tooth pulled...i am pretty sure it should be a simple extraction...not needing an oral surgeon... however, i have no insurance and am therefore looking for recommendatio0 . . .
so felly and i returned a few days ago from our trip to lake george, only to find a giant gaping whole that was once a building on elmwood. anyone know what im talking about? it is one block north o0 . . .
Dear friends, I am still alive, contrary to popular belief. Needless to say, the end of the semester was rough for me. I think that my ass and this chair are now the bestest of friends. For the las0 . . .
I know this won't take long, so here we go Highschool Boy-S College Boy-V Boy-K Girl-L Girl-Felly Note..."sex" is tricky business. I would say that I had "sex&0 . . .
Soooo, Felly and I are going away this weekend, from Friday the 16th through Sunday the 18th and we were wondering if anyone would be willing to come and feed our cats for us while we are gone. You w0 . . .
Something happened to me this weekend. My mind rebelled against school. Or my body, or both. I didn't do anywork at all compared to my normal hours and hours of reading and writng. On Friday 0 . . .
so I have definetly become one of those people who reads other people's journals, but never writes one of my own. It's true, I do read, or at least skim the site everyday or everyother, but0 . . .
I have an urge to post, but I don't really have anything to post about. I could talk about Planet in Peril or the California Fires or the party on Saturday. I could talk about the cat on my la0 . . .
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Ok so, this guy, uh "James Watson, a Nobel Prize winner for his part in the unravelling of DNA" ( http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article3067222.ece ) has basically said that african0 . . .
I had such a wonderful conversation with my mom last night on the phone. she called me...just to tell me she loved me...and we started chatting about whatever... first she asked if i had had any m0 . . .
I know that writing about the weather is kinda lame-o but I am upset. Just a week ago I was in a tank top and now the wind is blowing like crazy and it is downright cold. I don't like it. Grrr0 . . .
As many of you already know, Felly and I went to dance class again last night and we learned how to "knee rock". Basically this involves any move where you are on your knees. We had to ste0 . . .
I was up last night till something like 3:30am. Weird...I used to have insomnia pretty bad but that was because I could sleep all day and paid the price come night time, but this is no longer the cas0 . . .
I am still in pain. I kinda feel like someone karate kicked my stomach, put me in handcuffs then made me squat for hours without letting me actually sit down. Awesome. Sooooo, I really really rea0 . . .
I am in pain. I mean, I knew I would be. I haven't done anything physically tiring to this extreme in a very long time. One thing that is interesting though...is this is not your typical hurt.0 . . .
There are 9 Estrippers on RIGHT now. anyways...today is gross. I like waking up to sounds of rain pouring, but I don't like grey skys. Yesterday the moon was out at noon... very beautiful an0 . . .
Ok so, we went to this place. You walk through a non-descript door on main street next to Hyatts and are faced with a long steep stairway. As soon as you open the door you can hear the music eminati0 . . .
Today has been fairly productive for me. I wrote a paper that is due on Monday and I cleaned the entire apt. and I am waiting on my laundry that is in the dryer. After that I plan on a nice hot show0 . . .
So, this may be more info than any of you want to know, but I am slightly emotional and drained as a result of my monthly visit from the this sucks why do I need a uterus fairy. I won't go into0 . . .
Maybe some have noticed, others may not, but I have been MIA here at good ol Estrip. Perhaps I shall vent... Classes are getting a little heavy and the real work hasn't even started yet. I h0 . . .
Paul! Felly is locked out of her estrip account. She tried to change her email and it says she has to confirm her email first, but no email was sent to her new email. Please help! 0 . . .
My exboyfriend just informed me of this. I don't really know anything about it other than they are and want to implant little bitty micro chips into HUMAN BEINGS for such nice little things like0 . . .
It has been brought to my attention by my lovely girlfriend that I may indeed come off as a raging bitch in my posts and comments. I was completely unaware of this, but I value her opinions and anyone0 . . .
my two cats have taken to curling up at the end of our very large bed and sleeping there the entire night, every night. i think this is probably one of my favorite things about buffalo...they did no0 . . .
I get emails everyday or so from Planned Parenthood letting me know whats been going on the Pro Choice arena. And today I got one about "the largest anti-choice" march that happened...today0 . . .
So apparently there was a fire on Elmwood, one door south from the Rite Aid Pharmacy and Bryant. this is not very far from my own apt. and felly and I just kept on sleeping, oblivious. According to 0 . . .
Note: this was initially a comment, but I kinda went off and decided to make a post out of it. Way to go Drew. It is sad but true that crazies like Fred Phelps and others wave the banner of religi0 . . .
Here is the proof of what happened last night at the Emmy's. As soon as I saw it I knew that something was fishy. Yes, she swore in the part that was cut out, but there was no bleep, just a loo0 . . .
I spent the majority if yesterday immersed in this book called Fledgling by Octavia Butler. It is a story about vampires, so to speak, and this particular girl who is a result of genetic mixing of hu0 . . .
I have finished ALL my readings for this week! I have spent the majority of this week reading about various approaches to human rights, human security, and human development. I must admit, this kind0 . . .
Meh. I got up at 11 thinking I would just jump on here and then start reading, but alas, I was wrong. It is now noon and gasp, I haven't even had my coffee yet. I am basically writing this0 . . .
So, e:fellyconnelly and I went to see Melissa Ferrick and Ani DiFranco last night at what was formerly known as "The Church" but has be renamed "BabeVille". Very cute. The church0 . . .
So yesterday our friends girlfriend took us to the sculpture fields or something like that out past spring...field? view? i dunno. anyways, it was super cool and I really wish I had know where we we0 . . .
I am currently reading an article that is comparing racial purity and anti-miscegenation in the US and Nazi Germany. Fascinating. So, Did you know.... "In 1954, the Supreme Court for the fir0 . . .
Yesterday was particularly hot, as others have mentioned, and I had to get in my car and drive to campus to get books, much to my dismay. While chuggin along the highway I noticed that were there is 0 . . .
I have to drive to campus today because my Prof forgot to bring the syllabus to class on Tuesday and didn't send it to us until last night and told us not to buy the books until she told us to, w0 . . .
Ok, I want it to be known, first of all, that I am writing this more for my own pleasure and release than out of an expectance that others will read this, let alone enjoy it or be fascinated by it. 0 . . .
I am still not quite used to this whole sit on your bum allllllll day and read thing I've got going on. I guess maybe it's partially because today is an exquisite day and I know summer is r0 . . .
So on my way to school I was driving on 290 at a reasonable speed, perhaps 60mph. I saw the car in front of me swerve to the left and then, there, in the middle of the road was a giant piece of carpe0 . . .
I was in my Black Women and US History class yesterday and she had opened the course with a book called Black Feminist Thught. Basically from a very broad perspective it addresses the various interlo0 . . .
I am putting of going to class. I have ONE class this week and I don't wanna go. Unfortunatly, these are the once a week gotta go cause I'm in Grad school now kinda classes. I didn't0 . . .
The party was fabulous I must say. I can't think of a better first estrip party to have attended. We do have pictures and some video and depending on the quality, we shall post them, and by we0 . . .
Well peeps, for those of you who were out at Cathode Ray last weekend, our pics are finally up! I am slightly disappointed because I didn't win anything, however there are numbers quite close to0 . . .
I was sitting out side smoking my pre-shower cigarette and one of the guys from ESquare Capital was like "uh, can I come up stairs and take a look at your bathroom cause his (my downstairs neighb0 . . .
The picture strip at the top of my screen is currently the little chalky nasty valentine's day hearts that say "only you" and "you & me" on them. I can't eat those t0 . . .
So, as I type there are about 4-5 officers of the law parked outside my apartment with their little lights ahflashin. By the looks of it they are checking people registrations and what not, but may o0 . . .
Today is my mid week day off. And by day off I really mean, do all the shit you haven't had time to do the rest of the week. Meh. Yesterday I went to Talking Leaves on Elmwood in hopes of gett0 . . .
e:fellyconnelly has her first day of work today. she is gone and i miss her. so very sad indeed. i don't have class till 4:00 which means I have some time to kill. I do believe i am going to 0 . . .
Well, somehow I survived my very first day as a grad student at UB. It was surprisingly painless and actually rather invigorating. I almost forgot how easily excitable I am when it comes to certain 0 . . .
Let's see here, Arts Festival. Pretty fabulous I must say. Fascinating little fiesta. We watched some belly dancing which is always a good time, but I think the two best things I found were: 10 . . .
For lack of anything better to do, coupled with the fact that I have some extra cash that I enjoy getting rid of, I took Felly to the mall yesterday. Really what it came down to is I hate spending MY0 . . .
I went to "Graduate Orientation" today, and by that they aparently meant "History of Buffalo". I learned all about the Erie Canal, the first hospitals, and the fact that the elect0 . . .
So, as Felly and I were sitting on this couch this morning drinking some lovely coffee, someone pulled into our parking lot. Not that this was particularly out of place, but the cats took notice, so 0 . . .
If you haven't yet, check out http://www.cavemanscrib.com/ the website ala Geico and perhaps even a new TV show. Felly and I spent perhaps a little too much time in there screwing around...might 0 . . .
When we lived in New Paltz there were at least 2-3 other people who would feed the cats in the morning and keep the occupied until I woke up. Now, we keep the door open because otherwise they will sc0 . . .
I used to work at Stewarts Shops. For those of you who don't know, it is a smallish franchise gas station slash convenient store slash ice cream shop. I worked there for two years after graduat0 . . .
Before coming to Buffalo, I had never heard of Tim Hortons. When I got here and saw one after another after another, I realized how big they really are. And of course, eventually ended up going ther0 . . .
we went to that bar last night on allen st...niechetzzeeeessss or whatever. it was cute. i didn't realize how close allen really is, not a bad drunken walk home if i do say so myself. AND Just 0 . . .
Since e:fellyconnelly and I moved to Buffalo we have acquired the habit of drinking beer every night. Granted it is usually like 2 or 3 beers split between us, never enough to get drunk, but enough s0 . . .
So, Felly and I come from a (for the most part) liberal town where we felt comfortable holding hands in public and being in public in general. Today we are going for a walk: to the bank to get quarte0 . . .
I am seeing now that if I don't post I have to deal with the annoying task of figuring out where the last post was that I read because it is not neatly highlighted in orange. Is this a trick to 0 . . .
A few weeks ago I noticed a rather low flying helicopter flying over my apt. A few days later I made the connection that there is in fact a hospital only a few blocks away and chances are there will 0 . . .
On my fridge I have some "GirlTalk" magnetic poetry. After taking it all out of the plastic baggy one by one and placing it on the bottom half of the fridge I have discovered a fun little g0 . . .
In our old house we had the ability to tuck oour kitty litter box away and not have to see it all the time. Now in this shoebox apt. we have been forced to put the litter box in the bathroom. I gues0 . . .
I've been spending the last few minutes reading all the current journals and sorting out who's who. Felly is very busy playing some skateboarding game with sweet punk music in the backgroun0 . . .
Felly has convinced me to take a trip to Target to get her coveted cable to connect the DVD player to the VCR and then to TV, all so we can play video games. Very exciting. I'm hesitant simply 0 . . .
Ok so...I initially made an account over a month ago and conviently forgot the passwod to, so I figured I could just start over. So, first of all I would like to thank all the folks who came out 0 . . .