Dick Chicken

I have no idea.

I was recently on my way home from somewhere. This is close to my apt and I found it funny. On the side of the USPS Storage Box, someone had written DickChicken. Hehe.

What do Hipsters and Marshmallows have in common?

They’re both white and soft! *Awesome!* According to Gothamist, the NYPD is apparently now calling Hipsters marshmallows. I couldn’t love the name more.

Silvercup

Tbf and I try to run in the mornings before work and the last month or so there have been catering trucks outside of one of the buildings we run by. This morning I told him I knew Silvercup was out by where we live and that I wonder if that’s the building the catering trucks are by. He said probably. Then, when we ran by, I noticed the HUGE Silvercup sign on top of the building. There’s also a big awning that says Silvercup on it. I have to have noticed those before and just forgotten, it’s so hard to miss. Now I wonder if we’ll ever see Alec Baldwin or Tina Fey – Silvercup shoots 30 Rock. They also shoot Gossip Girl – but the only person I know on that show is Michelle Trachtenberg. I guess she’d be exciting to see at 7am.

Black Eyed Peas Flash Mob

This video is so cool. I meant to post it a while back, but am just now getting around to it. Watching it gave me chills. So cool that they could get such a huge crowd of people all to do this dance. They all had to be there the day before for rehearsals. My favorite part is an areal shot of the crowd splitting down the middle and moving back together.

I also love that Oprah seemingly had no idea. Yeah. Right.

JCPenny is marketing to ME

Today on my walk to work I saw a JCPenny Street Team just outside Times Sq (or in it depending on what you consider Times Sq) near my office. I really have no idea what they were doing because it was 9am and I was going to work. I did, however, stop to take a pic because I thought it was interesting.

Then, a few minutes ago while perusing facebook I noticed a JCPenny ad on the right side of my screen. They’re totally following me! I’m sure their audience is women, but I wonder what age range. I always feel like their ads are directed at like 18-24, which I don’t fall into. I wonder if I’m a nice to have or their actual target. Well, now that I’m thinking about it, I have to be in their target since facebook is so hyper targeted to what people have in their profiles. It’s interesting.

Female Reproductive System FAIL

Random creepy places in Queens

I realized as I was uploading this one that there was a sign below it that says, “Open 24 hours.” The pic would have been way cooler if I’d gotten the whole sign.

On the NY streets

Not really sure what the whole David Letterman/Sarah Palin story is, but my office is a half a block from David Letterman’s studio and when I was walking by after work I saw a group of people protesting him. Makes me curious about the story.

Oh, I also asaw Bruce Willis near Columbus Circle tonight with a hot, young brunette. Oh! Turns out she’s his new wife.

My New Sconces

There is a woman who sits outside of her building down the street from me with stuff. She always has stuff out that she is selling. Apparently she goes to thrift stores and street vendors and things where she buys all her stuff. Sometimes she has some really nice stuff.

This weekend I was looking for a small dish to sit on my bathroom counter that I can put my jewelry in at night. When I was out shopping on Friday for a little while I looked for one and couldn’t find what I wanted. On Saturday, on my way out, I stopped there just to see what she had. I came across these beautiful rod iron sconces. I’m not sure if I want to leave them as is or paint them. And if I do paint them, I’m not sure if it will be a light color to make them more “shabby chic” or if it will be a dark color. I was sort of mulling over the ideas of either a creamy yellow or black with a sort of sheer bronze layer over that. My mom says she likes them now they are…we’ll see.

Then I asked the lady if she had a dish to put my jewelry in. She has a bunch of milk crates full of stuff that she doesn’t always set out. She started digging in one and said, “watch me pull out exactly what you’re looking for,” which she did. It’s crystal and small and beautiful and I love it. I’d put up a picture, but I forgot to take one.

Free Stuff Day

The other day I was walking to work and there was free promotional stuff like whoa. There was a Snapple tent set up and they were giving away the best stuff on earth. Then less than a block away there was a Monster truck energizing people for their day.

When I left work there was a girl pushing a bin down the sidewalk and giving away Coke Zero – same great taste without the calories.

Why can’t someone give away area rugs or couch samples on the side of the road?

Smushed in the Subway Doors

Yesterday morning while on my way to work, the 7 train was very crowded, as it always is. New Yorkers never want to move into the middle of the car, because then they’re not as close to the doors and they can’t get off as quickly as they would like. Being the last stop across the river from Grand Central, this poses a problem because by this point the trains are very crowded. If people don’t move into the middle of the car, a lot of times there won’t be room for me to get on.

Yesterday was no exception and I was the last person from the bunch at our stop getting into the car. The people in front of me didn’t move far enough in and I was trying to squeeze in before the doors closed. The train driver, who of course is on a schedule, will close the doors to make his point that you need to get in or out. He closed the doors right on me and it hurt so bad. I should have just pushed the girl in front of me into the car, but I really didn’t even think about it until after.

Last night when I was getting ready for bed I noticed a bruise in a weird place on my arm and wondered how I got it. I didn’t figure out the answer until a few minutes ago when I discovered another bruise on my other arm. It’s long, thin and straight. It looks as if a subway door hit me there. Interesting.

Now I’m irritated that I have bruises. Next time I’m pushing the person in front of me into the train.