'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
Authorities were investigating the source of a mysterious gas-like odor Monday that stretched across a large part of Manhattan, including Rockefeller Center.
"Fuck Manhattan! How's 45 Rock?!"
Across the Hudson River, Jersey City, New Jersey, mayor's spokeswoman Maria Pignataro said officials there were told the odor was due to a gas leak in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, just north of Greenwich Village.
...sorry.
Yeah, I couldn't smell it until about 14th St this morning (coming from Brooklyn on the F), and then it got REALLY strong at 34th and 42nd.
Apparently they've evacuated Macy's and Saks, but not Grand Central. WTF? Shoppers need more protection than commuters, I guess.
I'm deeply amused that an entire city smells like gas and that it's all the fault of bon bon's neighborhood!
I think the syrup one was less alarming.
I can imagine so. Plus syrup would just be hungrymaking.
I only caught the syrup one time, and totally missed this gas situation. It's weird how I only go under most of Manhattan.
No. It's not lame. It's more like, "Good-bye skinny clothes! I hope to fit in your size 4-ness again one day. Maybe this time next year? Except you are all spring and summer weight, so maybe in spring 2008."
You can be like the woman (from Joe Millionaire!) in the weightloss commercial who's like, "Yeah, I had a baby and became a BLIMP-O size 10! Thanks to this product, now I'm back to a 4 LIKE I SHOULD BE!" My mother and I rolled our eyes forever at that one.
No icky smells here in Boston, but I got motion-sick on the T... does that count?
Also, in other news, ten blocks of downtown Austin was closed down this morning because of a high number of dead birds discovered this morning. No, I'm not making that up!
Yikes, Theo. That can't be a good sign.
Austin, TX, right?
Jesus. Bird death always makes me feel like the apocalpyse is coming.
I don't know that I should be a size 4, Jesse. I just like that I was. Even briefly.
Jesus. Bird death always makes me feel like the apocalpyse is coming.
Yeah. I think if I were ever a size 4 again (and I don't actually think I should be -- I think I should be an 8 or 10), I'd also feel like the apocalypse was coming.
size 4 is a lot like size 14, but, surprisingly, with fewer clothes to choose from, at least in LA. Because there are lots of size 4s but fewer 14s, so the sales racks are full up of 14s.
And, for me, I never really got the sense that I looked different as a 4 from the way I looked as a 14. Even though I lost the weight in about 3 months and kept it off up until, basically, the past 2 weeks. The thing is, I never thought I was super overweight at 14 and I never thought I was skinny at 4.
Size perception is a wacky thing.