driving to work today I passed Pano's. I saw a couple news cameras and a couple people with signs. one sign said "I have no place to park". i'm not sure what he meant by that.
channel 2 news:


i was going to quit my job today but i couldn't. i went shopping instead.

2. WHAT COLOR PANTS ARE YOU WEARING? light gray with white and blue stripes on the side

3. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? gerbils chewing on cardboard

4. WHAT'S THE LAST THING YOU ATE? a slice of watermelon

5. DO YOU WISH ON STARS? absolutely

6. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? forest green

7. HOW IS THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW? chilly, but sunny.

8. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? my boyfriend.

9. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT YOU THIS? Yes

10. HOW OLD ARE YOU TODAY? 21

11. FAVORITE DRINK? Water or Corona

12. FAVORITE SPORT? Racquetball

13. HAIR COLOR? blonde

14. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? Not yet

15. SIBLINGS? baby brother Jason

16. FAVORITE MONTH? July

17. FAVORITE FOOD? spaghetti

18. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? Saving Private Ryan

19. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR? July 4th

20. WHAT DO YOU DO TO VENT ANGER? yell at people
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21. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A CHILD? sit-n-spin and my bike and my teddy bear

22. SUMMER OR WINTER? summer

23. HUGS OR KISSES? both

24. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA? twist!

28. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS: midget sized apartment with my boyfriend

29. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? monday - i thought the baby squirrels were going to die
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31. WHO IS THE FRIEND YOU HAVE HAD THE LONGEST? Jenni

32. WHAT DID YOU DO LAST NIGHT? watched tv and then went ot bed early because i didn't feel well

33. FAVORITE SMELLS? coffee, brownies

34. WHAT INSPIRES YOU? Music inspires me to write, my boyfriend inspires me to exercise, my little bro inspires me to be a good role model
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35. WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? non-existance...and the dark, lol
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36. PLAIN, BUTTERED OR SALTED POPCORN? yucky, i only like kettle-corn

37. FAVORITE CAR? mine! lol

38. FAVORITE FLOWER? pink tiger lilies

39. NUMBER OF KEYS ON YOUR KEY RING? 9

41. FAVORITE DAY OF THE WEEK? Friday - or any miracle day that I have off from work or school

42. WHAT DID YOU DO ON YOUR LAST BIRTHDAY? had a luau party!
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43. HOW MANY STATES HAVE YOU LIVED IN? One

44. HOW MANY CITIES HAVE YOU LIVED IN? Technically one, but we will go with three.

46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? St. Peter's Hospital in Albany

47. Do you like your job? it's ok.

48. If you had a chance to do any job in the world, what would it be? photojournalist for National Geographic.

50. Have you hugged your mom today? no, my arms can't reach 300 miles

channel 2:
wants to expand parking and patio
showed the petition
a girl who used to live there spoke
talked about protest at noon on sat
preservationist spoke
building has no protection as designated landmark
it is architecturally beautiful and an asset
owner will not hear arguments
said Pano contributes to buff state scholarships and brings money to the community
tried to have both sides of argument

[size=m] Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Site, NY [/size]
[size=m] July 12, 2003 [/size]

[size=m] Clermont State Historic Site, NY [/size]
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welcome to the two new peeps that i noticed today, (e:thattart) and (e:sharzie2)

on my bike ride home today i saw a news camera (channel 4 i believe) pointing it's lens in the direction of Pano's
i never watch the news on tv, but i will tonight just in case
every time i ride by i try to look and see if there are less people than usual, but it's hard to tell

[size=m]I just saw someone sitting on the roof at (e:paul) 's house! LOL I rode my bike past. [/size]

[inlink]dan,12[/inlink]
(e:dan) , I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just not sure that I necessarily agree with you. I really feel that more people are reached by an online petition than would be reached if, say, 10 of us walked around the city knocking on doors. We would come across many people that aren't home, or are busy and don't want to be bothered, or are afraid to open the door because they think we are selling something, or are just plain afraid to open the door because we are strangers. Plus, people like myself would never even hear about it, because I live in one of those "secure" apartment buildings, where you wouldn't even be able to get in to knock on my door at all. By having the petition online, people can circulate it to people they know at work and at school. Also, maybe that way it will get passed on to people who live in the city, but might be out of town for some reason...or people that don't live right in the city but are frequent patrons of the restaurant.

[inlink]sqb,122[/inlink]
I have one photo on the mirrorproject.com although it's not very good.

I am getting a digital camera for christmas, so maybe i will take some better ones.

[size=m]Firstly:[/size]
Why is it that 80% of the people in this city are so self-absorbed that they cannot pay attention to anything that is going on around them? One: While riding my bike to school today, I got stuck behind two women riding slowly, which I would have tolerated on a normal day. These women had those stroller things attached to their bikes with kids in them. I'm ok with that, all for riding instead of driving, HOWEVER, the lady directly in front of me was smoking. Again, normally I don't care about people smoking, but she was blowing her smoke and trailing her cigarette right in her kid's face and also in mine. Then she just flicks the butt behind her, practically right into me. I don't believe for one second that she didn't know I had been right behind her for the last 6 blocks. Two: While riding my bike home today, some man sprayed me with a hose. He was facing me too, but he was too busy talking to his buddy to realize that people might want to use the sidewalk that he was hosing off. C'mon man, spray the sidewalk outside of Merlin's in the early morning like all the other businesses do. In his defense, he did say he was sorry, but he said it in the snotting "Why weren't you paying attention to my hose?" kind of voice. When I first got in front of him the hose was off, then he turned it on right on my leg.

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(e:sqb) I am going to try to get as many people as possible to sign that petition about Pano's. I am fully in support of removing cars from the Elmwood scene, but I know it will never happen because people are too lazy and too attached to their pollution machines. My boyfriend and I are sick of hearing horrible blasting music and excessively loud motorcycles go by our apartment all day, every day, at all hours of the night. Granted, we are from the country and not used to all this ruckus, but I really think that the majority of car radios are too loud.

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(e:springfaerie) That is one of the saddest things I have ever heard done to an animal. I can't even react to it right now, because my emotions are getting in the way.