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09/26/2007 18:47 #41346

Fallsview
Our view wasn't quite what I had expected or what I think I exactly paid for, but Niagara Falls with (e:mike) was great. We so deserved to do something like this together.

This is the actual view.

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The room was advertised with this picture

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The casino and it's parking garage would be a more appropriate picture for the room.

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The bed didn't stay made for too long. Sorry I didn't catch it before.

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Perspective from bed.

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Mike using his new camera.

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Watching TV for a quick minute.

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I loved this view from bed at night. It is such a classic hotel view for hookers and addicts.

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When I got home to Buffalo the sky looked like this. When the sky is super cloudy like this; it seals in all of the factory pollutants and It smells really bad. Does anyone else notice the same thing? I think that I'm supersensitive to it because nobody else knows what I'm talking about. As I write this it is raining, but it doesn't smell bad, it smells fresh. Yet, when it a day like this in the picture, I start to feel a little sick.

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My friend Julie following me in the car. We went to Ruby Tuesdays which I think is my new favorite chain restaurant. They have the best salad bar and I also guiltily enjoy their mini hamburgers. The Mojitos are actually better than they are in Cuba.

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Really the trip was for me, because I wanted so much to be alone with Mikey. We really had a good time.




libertad - 09/27/07 07:01
Febreeze Felly. You should only be so lucky. LOL

James, I'm sure it isn't ozone. Check out the airquality report for yourself for that day Sep 15th.

:::link:::
james - 09/26/07 22:33
Are you sure it just isn't ozone you are smelling?
fellyconnelly - 09/26/07 21:56
that is completly false advertising. from the advertised photo you should be clinging to the walls for fear that the whole hotel will be sliding over the falls!

also - last night right as it started rainging i smelled something outside that reminded me of febreeze. i dunno where it was coming from, but it lasted a good five minutes.
lilho - 09/26/07 21:29
people in love make me sick, and jealous. so stop. before i go buy more dresses to compensate...
mike - 09/26/07 20:14
It was an amazing time! thanks again! you didn't even mention the exotic horses and people who did crazy acrobatics (and that was just at the hotel) haha. Just kidding but Cirque Avaia was so amazingly cool and I recommend it to everyone. it is so cool all the stuff they do and you are real close, like right there

09/25/2007 23:05 #41329

Record Breaking Day
Today we broke a high temperature record. The last highest temperature happened in 1902 or 1907 I think and that was only 82. Today it was 87.

I love storms.



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drew - 09/26/07 15:34
Global warming can only be good news for Western New York, unless of course we find ourselves knee-deep in lake erie.

That is, until the rest of the world gets really screwed up and all humanity dies.

But there might be a really good window of a couple decades where we become a prime place to live.
james - 09/26/07 13:51
We should go back in time to 1903 to ask how they handled global warming.
jenks - 09/26/07 06:06
Yay for global warming!! ;)
tinypliny - 09/26/07 00:07
I was so drunkenly happy with all that heat today afternoon. Hope winter never turns up at Buffalo's doorstep!

09/24/2007 10:43 #41285

Blog This! Peaches
Central Terminal isn't as fun when it's legal. We made lots of friends at the Blogtoberfest as you can see here.

I spent $19 at the terminal for like an hour long of pure fun and good times.

$10 entrance fee-includes 1 beer
$6 for 3 Pierogies
$3 Central Terminal drinking glass for (e:mike)

Seeing other bloggers...priceless.

With all my money they should have it restored in no time.


Thanks for the party (e:theecarey). The fire was beautiful. It was nice to be able to see the stars.


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james - 09/24/07 14:11
fliers should have all the information listed on it. This one didn't. So, I can't be bothered to research if it is a blogging event which may or may not happen just at a larger Octoberfest because the flier may or may not have all pertinent information. So. Boo to making excuses.

But a lovely time was had in general. Though next September's Octoberfest should just be an 'everyone brings a six pack' get together by the train yards.
ladycroft - 09/24/07 11:13
hey lib, can you e-mail me this pic on a larger scale? I want to make a giant poster out of it at the print shop and make myself a fake fireplace!

09/21/2007 11:43 #41229

Precioso conejito
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tinypliny - 09/26/07 00:11
Whoa, he must be good at guilt-tripping people - look at photo #2!!
james - 09/21/07 14:32
I love how the top of the box looks like a rampart. The bunny knight must defend it against the barbarous hoard!
mrmike - 09/21/07 11:55
Silly wabbit!

09/20/2007 18:55 #41218

Why Roswell makes me want to smoke
Working at the quit line make me want to smoke so much. It is torture. I haven't had strong cigarette cravings like this in so long. Why does hearing people hack up a lung from smoking for so many years make me want to smoke?

I sort of know the answer:

1) This is a return to my old smoking environment. (The call center)

2) Smokers are stressful.

3) I'm not used to being inactive and without windows to outside environment. (I'm used to very high physical demand over the last 7 years)

4) People are smoking as they are calling us.

5) I'm still and always will be an addict.

6) I need to apply the techniques the quit line recommends such as having a plan for the situations in which my addiction is triggered. I also need to recognize what triggers my own cravings.

7) Talking about smoking reminds me of how much I loved cigarettes even though they made me so unhappy.

8) I'm dealing with multiple changes at once.

9) It makes me nervous that parts of my job is a real challenge for me. The bilingual calls are really freaking me out. Even though I know I can do it, I also know that I have difficulties in this area. It is a lot of pressure.

10) Cigarettes are a stimulant and I really could use that to get through listening to 8 hours of other people talk on the phone (I'm still in training).

I swear (e:drew), I had no intention of doing a top ten list. It was probably the most therapeutic thing I could have done and now I will recommend it to my clients.




tinypliny - 09/26/07 00:13
Could you perhaps take a very quick walk/stroll outside when you get these urges; you could repress the smoking urge with some fresh air.
james - 09/20/07 19:37
I am sorry to hear you are having those urges.

But getting them? While working at a quite-smoking hotline? That is hilarious in an objective way.