That's the one, sumi.
Now I have to go and decide how honest to be with my boss when discussing my 2005 objectives. Do I talk about the disconnect and alienation? Or do I just smile flatly and follow her lead?
It's all about the coat.
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Natter 40: The Nice One
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Dec 06, 2005 5:30:05 am PST #9652 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
bon bon - Dec 06, 2005 5:31:58 am PST #9653 of 10006
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I think more non-morning people should have someone to bring them a hot cup of what pleases first thing.
I have one of those.
JZ - Dec 06, 2005 5:41:41 am PST #9654 of 10006
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Question for the NYistas:
My brother's partner just got a much-longed-for promotion (no more horrid network and database support; he's now a fully certified financial planner and investment counselor), and at the beginning of January he and my brother will be moving from Boston to NYC. I got his name in the family Secret Santa draw, and I'd like to get him some new-home/new-city essentials. Any suggestions? Personal items, newspaper and magazine subscriptions, maps and guides, a giant sack of subway tokens, gift certificates to particular groceries or delis or restaurants?
I'll be checking with my brother, too, but since he's never actually lived in NY and all y'all have, I wanted to check with the hivemind first.
Trudy Booth - Dec 06, 2005 5:46:13 am PST #9655 of 10006
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Well, tokens are no more.
A nice fat metro card would be handy until he decides if he wants a weekly or monthly pass (and occasionally nice to have even after he starts using one). There are also little metro card holders (sorta like a hollow credit card you can slide the sucker into) and I love mine.
Subway and bus maps are easily obtained. In fact, I'll pick some up for you and pop them in the mail if you'd like so you can make a little packet of them.
A subscription to Time Out New York would certainly get him in the know about any number of forms of NYC entertainment.
A gift card to Zabars wouldn't suck -- it is arguably the new yorkiest of the new yorky markets.
bon bon - Dec 06, 2005 5:58:32 am PST #9656 of 10006
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I received a gift sub to Time Out New York when I first moved here and it was a great idea-- helped me acclimate to the ins and outs of local culture. Plus it's like $20. Maps and metrocard are also good ideas. More:
- TONY restaurant guide
- iPod headphones
- GC to Fresh Direct, if they've got them
- Duane Reade discount card
There are a few books about relocating to the city, though I don't recommend any specifically. There's the NYT book on various neighborhoods, based on their "So you want to live in..." feature.
Lee - Dec 06, 2005 5:59:39 am PST #9657 of 10006
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Hot cup of more sleep!
I got one of those! yay me. I think I still have time to go get breakfast too.
Jessica - Dec 06, 2005 6:10:04 am PST #9658 of 10006
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I second the TONY subscription rec, and maybe a Not For Tourists guidebook.
ION, I finally got the facial recognition software working, and it told me that this picture looked like Hillary Clinton and Werner Herzog. Um.
Trudy Booth - Dec 06, 2005 6:16:55 am PST #9659 of 10006
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
There are various Gay New York guides they might find handy.
Jessica - Dec 06, 2005 6:35:09 am PST #9660 of 10006
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Okay, this picture gives me Grace Kelly. I can live with that.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 06, 2005 6:36:45 am PST #9661 of 10006
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
No, indeedy. I suspect some of the Holocaust Deniers are an extreme version of putting fingers in the ears, closing the eyes and chanting "la la la". (The rest are just assholes.)
The grandfather of a former co-worker of mine was among the US troops that were sent in to help out after the camps were liberated in '45. Buchenwald, if I recall correctly. He would (rightfully) get apopleptic whenever he heard anyone suggest that the Holocaust was exaggerated or faked.