sigh

(hopefully?) moving today. in this. damn you murphy's law!

moving on up

this little gnome is moving house, so i might be off the grid for a few days. not to mention buried under a mound of snow. sigh.

is it august yet?

this is why i maybe should be watching the olympics

the norwegian alpine ski team do their best "beat it" on the mountaintop:

it's baaack...

just in time for lent:

while the thought of the combination of seafood plus a mayo-based tartar sauce repulses me beyond belief, it's still a sweet jam.

this is why i am not watching the winter olympics

ice dancing? in "aboriginal" costume?

why i feel old, part 23

as i'm packing up my apartment, i'm coming across all sorts of stuff, including a tupperware box labeled "concert memorabilia."

i didn't want to get distracted, so i haven't been through it entirely yet. but, i did come across this autographed pearl jam poster:

while eddie v.'s advice to "live for 2day," is still good advice in 2010, i'm a little bummed at the realization that this was 18(!) years ago!

net, i'm old. sigh.

ah, defaced out of home

subway posters are always a target - case in point, the bruce willis "turd." thankfully, tracy morgan was left unscathed.

dog show! (cont'd)

what's better than the dogs at the dog show? why, the owners, of course...and their bedazzled dog jackets.

oh, eric

clark rockefeller? in a lifetime movie? really??

flossy!

i do hope that one of the free samples are these glittery acrylic nail tips.

this week's swap...

is book club!

so many titles to chose from...i, elizabeth, leaving las vegas. or my favorite, crimes & punishment: the illustrated crime encyclopedia.

what part of NO do you not understand?

frequent TFAAF reader SRB recently snapped these jolly signs at her local.

please respect the shuffleboard table. and the integrity of the game by not gambling on it. and the time of day. oh, and the shutters while we're at it. gracias, the mgmt.

gung hay fat choy!

a little belated, but happy chinese new year. understandably, dragons and tigers are a firely combination.

so this year, apparently, there is "likely to be a few times that i crash and burn." awesome. but, "regardless of the outcome [i] will no doubt have a most exciting time." here's to the year of the tiger...

ps - the middle schooler in the green hoody (0:30) will be played by manny from modern family. and the chorus teacher by rico suave.

dog show!

it's that time of year again...i'll be hanging at the westminster kennel club, once again cheering on Sir Barksalot...go Barkley!

snow hulk get angry!

i love when i take a different route home sometimes and come across something extraordinary. case in point, the six-foot abominable snowman above. maybe it is snowmageddon afterall?

table topic #33

so, i really don't like that my work starbucks now needs my name to order a latte. while it might help alieviate some confusion at the bar, i don't feel like the world needs to know my identity, nor my order. so, i've decide that i will start giving them fake names...

33. What should my Starbucks fake-name be?

kiki? trixie? comments are open for suggestions!

this week's swap...

is an old, plastic collander.

snowmageddon?

well, it looks like central park got 10" yesterday...not quite "snowmageddon" in nyc. by the morning, the sidewalks and streets were fairly clear and all that was left was a blinding reflection off rooftops...

snow day!

looks like a snow globe outside my window! that did not, however, stop me from venturing out to starbucks this morning. a girl still needs her vanilla skim latte.

snow day?!

triple low pressure systems do not bode well, people!

who invited you? who who who who?

i'm still not sure why the who played the super bowl. (well, understand why in terms of wardrobe malfunction ramifications and all, but in terms of relevancy - not so much). at least someone is trying to capitalize on their appearance with some wild postings.

also...

what was up with roger daltry's weave and pete townsend's unbuttoned-shirt-gut?

before & after

while the yavaughnie billboard is long gone, a new one popped up yesterday nearby:

i now have a scantily clad woman staring at my cubicle. i get it, swimsuit issue, blah blah. thankfully, i have my back to the windows.

toot toot!

happy superbowl sunday, everyone!

this month's mantra

in a pickle

this cracked me up...a facebook friend recently joined this group:

"Can this pickle get more fans than Nickleback [sic]?" - i despise nickelback, so i certainly hope so!

d'oh

this always cracks me up - when peeps get busted for driving in the HOV with a mannequin. check out the get-up on this one, recently pulled over by the cops on long island. i think the scarf is a nice touch.

who knew?

who knew that the humble ketchup packet has been redesigned? now optimized for both the dip and the squeeze.

awesomely bad

i am not one for politics. but am for bizarroness. and that is the only way to describe this political attack add from california.

it's a little long, but it really is worth sticking around for the crazy-swayze-eyed sheep demon at 2:26 and its walkabout at 2:54. really, i promise.

mistaken identity

poor rip torn, arrested for allegedly inadvertently breaking into a bank, blindingly drunk, with a loaded pistol.

he claimed he thought that he was in his own house. i couldn't fathom how you could mistake your house for a bank, but thankfully tmz shed some light:

is this for reals?

"even if you can't be with them, you can still feel their loving embrace." via stuffed arms.

(thanks, SC!)

is this for reals? (part deux)

a padded bra...for your butt? apparently "for a small price, you can have the booty of your dreams..."

(thanks, murphdawg20!)

they're baaack

the body shop is re-introducing some of it's original products from the 80s. for some reason, i thought that it'd be a good idea to pair the ice blue mint shampoo with the banana conditioner. nevertheless, can't wait to pick up some old faves.

What's the difference between Marketing, PR, Advertising and Branding?

phil? phil connors??

happy groundhog day, everyone! spring is nearly here - woot! woot! (not really, but a girl can hope.)

my new obsession

...are tegan & sara. i know i'm probably late to the party on this one, but i can't stop playing "back in your head" on the ol' iPod.

Tegan And Sara: Back In Your Head - Watch more Music Videos at Vodpod.

new & improved (?)

today we got a "new" microwave in our office kitchen...did i wake up in 1983??

impostor!

cuddler, i served with snuggie. i knew snuggie. snuggie was a friend of mine. you, sir, are no snuggie!

(also, why has it taken us this long to get a snuggie tag going??)

who knew?

...that--25 years after its release--hall & oates were nominated for "sara smile." i always wished that had an "h," but at least i get us use our hall & oates tag again.

actually, i think this may have been a recent whatevs facebook status, so i'm guessing she knew.

ps - check out more awesome drawings from the etchasketchist on flickr.

oh, pearl jam

i still heart you, but a target ad?

what happened to your antidisestablishmentarianism of yore? (ok, that is the wrong word for it...but, you know the whole anti-corporate-ticketmaster-fighting of yore?)

dirty?

apparently "the beaver magazine" had to change it's name to "canada's history...formerly the beaver." turns out, beaver is dirty or something and is subsequently being confused with porn.

dirty? (part deux)

eeewwwwwww! um...no, thanks. not interested in viewing these. i'll take your word for it.