nyc state of mind

three reasons why i love the city today:

1. david letterman - while leno, conan and kimmel are returning in january w/out writers, dave is negotiating with the wga so that he and ferguson can come back with writers. i'm sure the others would do it as well if they weren't owned by the networks, but still... also, dave was the first guy to open up his wallet to pay his staff while the show is dark, he's just so classy.

2. the local papers/tabs are reacting to the fan who got kicked out of msg for holding a sign at a game that said isiah should be fired (he is absolutely dismal as a coach and perhaps, as a man). one paper even went so far as to print a full page sign, saying fans should take it to the next game and see how many fans they throw out then. the knicks are ridiculous, they should be glad anyone even watches their sideshow anymore.

3. the naming of pettitte in the mitchell report absolutely stunned this city (and me). the outrage and sadness represented just how loving and faithful the citizenry are - they couldn't believe this respected guy would have done something like that. even better, pettitte, who has been a true pinstriper (except for that aberration with houston courtesy clemens), admitted his limited use relatively quickly. i think pettitte will be forgiven, but some others, i'm not so sure.

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it's the best of both worlds - giving to a worthy cause & testing your vocabulary skillz

easily

one of the top 5 worst days of my life. i just needed to put it out there, hopefully things will only go up from here - they sort of have to.

kickboxing

the solution to my many problems PLUS... the sport of the future.

i have found my calling people

pause. rewind.

perhaps i've lived in the dvr age a little too much now, but seriously, at one moment this morning, i wanted nothing more than to rewind 30 seconds of my life. it wasn't anything mortifying or permanent, but i totally had that wishful thinking of now would be a good time to press pause and rewind for a do-over. if we thought about it really, how cool would that be?

but then the question really comes up, that if you were allowed to have one superpower, what would it be? i don't think i'd choose time travel in the end, it would probably be one of three things - instant travel, reading people's minds, or being able to control others' thoughts/actions. oops, that probably says a little more about me than i should let on.....