The question is what haven't I been up to.

Geez, the past couple of weeks have been insane:

- Packed up my apartment

- Went home for a visit

- Went to Paris

- Got back on Thursday, had to find a new apartment by Saturday

- Saw a ton of apartments then chose one

- Moved to Astoria last Tuesday

- Oh yeah, had to go to back to work

- Had jury duty Wednesday and Thursday

 - Spotted a sparkly vampire

- 4th of July festivities

Once I get flickr/picasa to actually cooperate I'll be putting up several posts to cover it all. I promise I'll post soon!!

Whaaaat?!

You know how when you're watching TV and you tune out during commercials then something in an ad catches your attention? Well this happened to me and thank the Lord I have DV-R because I couldn't believe what I just heard. 

There was an ad for a sleeping pill and they were listing the side affects. These are the side affects, and I'm not even kidding:

- Don't drive or operate machinery 

- Next day drowsiness, dizziness and headache

- Abnormal behavior such as being more outgoing or aggressive, confusion, agitation and hallucinations may occur

- Sleep walking and eating or driving while not fully awake with MEMORY LOSS OF THE EVENT  

- Allergic reactions such as shortness of breath, SWELLING OF THE TONGUE AND THROAT and in some cases is FATAL

- In patients of depression worsening of depression INCLUDING SUICIDE may occur 

Wow, fun times. I wonder where I can get me some of that? 

Silhouettes and Miss White

So I'm moving out of my apartment at the end of the month and it has been a hella crazy week cleaning and downsizing, seeing as how I will be subletting here in the city then eventually moving completely across the country in a few months. That's when I stumbled across this silhouette draft of a gift a gave my dad a few months back. It reminded me to encourage everyone to check out the fabulous and talented Lori White's blog wherein she features her fantastic silhouettes that she is starting to create and sell. I will also be working on her logo in the near future. hmmm...maybe the two of us need to start planning that before the summer's out...

meh

Picture via Reel Movie News

So Cadillac Records arrived from my Netflix list and I forgot that it was on my queue to begin with but I went ahead and watched it anyway. However, about 15 minutes into the movie I started doing other things in my room while watching it and before long I completely wasn't paying attention to the film at all. It wasn't that the movie was necessarily bad but I just couldn't be bothered to give it my attention or care at all. This rarely happens to me. Generally I'll watch just about anything all the way through unless it's genuinely awful, but I can't remembered the last time I was filled with such a bad case of the mehs. That's just sad.

Crafty Graffiti

I've heard of yarn tagging before but this is my very first spotting in NYC! Oh those artsy little deviants...  

Hey Emily, you should bring this kind of vandalism to Cuba. 

Pushing Daisies

I've been laying around last night being all sickly and low and behold Pushing Daisies has returned! Caprise (my roommate) was laughing at me because I got so excited but I thought the show was cancelled months ago....so what does this mean?!?!? 

I just love this show. The colors! The costumes! The sets! The wordy dialogue that makes the show feel more like a visual book than a TV show! Did I mention the colors? Please Lord let it come back from the dead and rescue us all from the barrenness of summer TV. 

Back in NYC

I got back from Iowa on Tuesday but I've been sick (and still am) so I haven't really felt like collaborating and posting. 

Needless to say, it was fantastic! I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that it was the most laid-back wedding of all time. The ceremony (which lasted about 10 minutes) and reception were in the same room and Hollie doned flip-flops while Zac wore a button down short-sleeved shirt with sandals. And for the reception there were some fabulous gourmet vegetarian pizza and Zac's home brewed beer. The whole thing was such an accurate reflection on the bride and groom's personalities which made everything simply perfect. 

Unfortunately on my flight(s) back I caught a nasty bug which has landed me in bed for the third day in a row. Let's hope it's not the dreaded swine flu!