Well color me disappointed...it was supposed to snow today and it's currently 5:38 PM and not a flake to be seen (unless I look in the mirror - HA HA HA HA!) Damn that Doppler 4000! It's broken, I swear... oh WELL. Weatherpeople SMELL.



















What I really want to comment on is how much I liked "There Will Be Blood" - I forgot I was watching a movie from opening to ending and that's - I think - a testament to how great an actor Daniel Day-Lewis is ...so go see that. (Vron, just do that...how do you think that looks?)

And can I tell you how much fun I had playing poker on Saturday night at Evan's? I did much better than the last time I played (2 years ago) and I actually almost won 3 rounds, if only I hadn't folded too soon...ah well, live and learn, I came in with 10 bucks and left with 7.85 so I'm not too much of a loser...I guess you really do need to know when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em, like Kenny Rogers says you do...and know when to walk away..and know when to run...

Don't we all know the lyrics to that song? Do you want me to admit that one of the first records I ever bought - at Woolco - was Kenny Rogers GOLD!! I'm not embarassed either ...

Well...maybe a little...

Don't judge me...

I'm writing this to say...I'm a HORRIBLE daughter...I've forgotten to call my mommy and daddy on the third most important day of the year - first being Feb. 10th, second being October 26th - Sunday was my parents 39th Wedding Anniversary...39 years, do you believe that? That they could stand each other for that long? For some reason, I had it in my head that it was the 23rd...oh never mind, no use coming up with excuses now, it's too late....but I can declare publicly:

*I love you both THIS MUCH (imagine arms stretched out super wide).
*I think you are AWESOME.
*Thank you for sticking it out... I know with Charlie, its not always easy... hell, Joyce isn't a piece of cake either, but you did it!!! Keep up the good work!!

Snow White, oh what are we going to do next year for their Ruby Wedding??? We must discuss...

Loooooooong Weekend

So any plans? I have minimal plans ...sort of ...maybe some yoga, provided I can shake my baby cold/cough, then to the Land of Fort Lee, NJ for some poker and hot wings at Evan's ... then Sunday I'll check in on the Infirm Cousin Megan and maybe see "There Will Be Blood"... I'd really like to see "Atonement" but I don't know if I can take Keira Knightly and her fake Britishness for 2 hours...maybe I'll just borrow the book from Dear Sick Cousin, like I did with the OMG so fantastic so far The Historian - I can't put this book down, and I got freaked out the other night reading it before going to sleep because I felt as if something creepy was present...could it be VLAD THE IMPALER???!!! AAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

Monday, I want more than anything to do NOTHING. Maybe see if Floating Head is back from DR and have Brunch/Early Dinner/Late Lunch so I can hear all the news? I'll have to call her and see...

Other than that, this post is BORING so again, I'll try next week to be a better, more entertaining poster for y'all...

New Earworm Alert!

Just purchased last night on iTunes and I can't stop listening to it... The Wild Son by The Veils...beautiful and very joyous...you can see the video on YouTube of course and see what I mean...I like the end when they are all running into the ocean and singing "blessed's the night blessed's the night"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDlDQ0YkvK0

Your knives are sharp
When you put them in my heart
Though the truth, you'd say,
Is I like them there that way
From this hoodlum skin
I can always run to him
Undeserved, capsized
In the gutters of his eyes

Darling I need you far more than I say
None of my fears are as dear to me

And a great light dims
Every day I'm torn from him
And our stars align
In Elysian Fields at night
And the wheels, they turn
And the fallen heather burns
At a loss and scared
In exile and unprepared

Darling I need you far more than I say
None of my fears are as dear to me

Blessed's the night
Blessed's the night
Blessed's the night

When none of my fears are as dear to me
None of my fears are as dear to me
None of my fears are as dear to me

Long time no speak...

I've been a bad blogger since I got back from Christmas Vacation, I know I know...I feel like I've let you down... but I have many excuses and rationalizations as to why you've barely heard a peep out of me... of course I came back to lots o' mess at work and all the stuff that I couldn't bear to handle before I left was still here, waiting to be dealt with. I realized that I did very little work in December - I was just hanging on until I could go home to Mommy and Daddy and rest because I was just so DONE with 2007. I mean it, I'd had it up to HERE. And THERE. So two weeks to the day after returning, I can finally say I'm almost caught up. Anyway... oh excuse #2? I've been sort of ill but not really so I've been sleeping a lot and trying my best to shake it - it's a cough and cold and fever sort of thing just kind of hanging there, not really developing into anything, except today I'm super sniffly and wheezy so can we please just get a cold and be done with it? I'm tired of this rundown feeling ... and the most obvious reason for not blogging is I haven't had anything worthy of typing down here - but have I ever? It's always been just blah blah blah, all the ramblings in my head, current mood status, is it snowing, and on and on... I think I just got out of the habit while I was unplugged in Las Vegas ... so:

RESOLVED! I shall blog faithfully once more... it's 2008, a new year after all , so let's get on with the newness and the resolute behavior and the discipline I intend to exert upon myself. Now, hmmmm... I have to come up with things to say.... I'll get back to you about that... maybe tomorrow ;-)

Some Holiday Pics...

My mother has a case of Prosciutto Tongue - Yummy!















Some of you may not know that I have a terrible fear of the Burger King...so of course my loving father dressed up as the King and scared me something awful on Xmas Morning... he was just sitting outside, waiting for me and then he chased me around the house...ew!























Oh,the unbridled avarice!

I'm off to see the Wizard!! The Wonderful Wizard of Las Vegas and his wife - my mother, the Wicked Witch of the West!! I can't wait to get the hell out of here - everything is CRAP right now and I want out! I'm done, finished, with 2007 - bring it on 2008, you better treat me better!!!

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and all that jazz...I may post a bit from home, but if not - LATER FOR YOU SUCKERS!!!

Snowstorm?? A foot of snow expected? HA!

Well I was SORELY disappointed by today's prediction for a major snowfall, I have to say... oh I'm in full whining mode by the way, I'm just out of juice (ha - maybe I should ask Clemens or Pettite for some...) - not that kind of juice, I'm out of mojo for 2007, I'm trying sooo incredibly hard to hang on to my Christmas Happiness and just float on until I get out of here and onto a plane next Thursday but I'm having a really hard time of it. I just can't be HERE anymore. Someone might get hurt -yes, old annoying Asian ladies with 5 million shopping bags who push me on the E train, I am talking about you. You too kissykissy couples. You're gonna GET IT. Right in the jaw.

Sigh...see what I mean? I'm very Grinchy... I seem to fluctuate up and down a lot so beware those around me - you won't know which one you are going to get so don't say I didn't warn you! It's like a wrapped up gift - which Nicole is inside? SURPRISE!! Aw, it's the Big Bitch! Isn't she cute??!!!

Anyhoo, I'm better now... but the snow disappointed me, it was pretty and fluffy for about 20 minutes and then hail and sleet and now just slush and chilly greyness ... well lets see what tomorrow brings, it could be something FABULOUS. Could be more crap too, but humor me and hope for the best...in the meantime, lets sing along to the pretty song from those Old Navy ads - "Stars" by The Weepies - a nice lullaby for sweet dreams before bedtime...

Tangerines are hanging heavy, glowing marigolden hues
Teasing a half-pale moon
And I feel a pull to the blue-velvet dark and stars.
Pink Magnolia, blushing and coy
Savors the sun while she shines
You've got yours and I've got mine
Together we glide through the blue-velvet dark and stars

All it takes is a little faith, and a lot of heart

Back and forth we ply these oars
They move in time and get entwined
Green with joy then gray with sorrow
Ripened fruit that falls tomorrow
Filling us with brilliance
Branches are bare with a pulse underneath
Flowering slowly inside
Your hands are warm and my body is wide
To hold all the promise of blue-velvet dark and stars

All it takes is a little faith and a lot of heart
Sweetheart

Fancy Pants at La Boite en Bois

Last night was Fancy Pants Night ... so we got all prettified and dressed up - I bought a super cute black velvet dress and some just as cute black flats that looked like real ballet shoes and felt very girly - and off we went to see The Nutcracker at the NYC Ballet - beautiful, beautiful, the snowflake fairies in the forest with the snow falling was my favorite part - we also enjoyed a glass of champagne during intermission and then headed over in the freezing cold cold night to La Boite en Bois - a fantasticly delicious but tiny French restaurant where we enjoyed a great bottle of chardonnay, duck liver pate (my first taste of aspic, which I loved, it was like intensely chickeny flavored hard jello), poulet, salmon, and mignonette with cognac sauce - plus our waiter - who seemed to be the manager or maitre d' - took a liking to us and when we ordered a creme brulee to share, brought us some apple tart with homemade vanilla ice cream because that was his favorite and he hoped it would make us come back - and we will!! And that was Fancy Pants Night, until the next Fancy event should strike our fancy!

Snow, ice, and a lonely ladybug

'Twas a nice weekend by most standards, I would say. Friday I did a little Target shopping and put up my little tree ... Saturday I went to yoga in the cold cold morning then Floating Head and I did our typical macrobiotic healthy lunch and then I went up to Central Park to meet the Chia Pet for shopping in the holiday market. Only I got there much much earlier than she did so I bought a perfect steaming hot cup of apple cider and sat on the fountain of Victory in Columbus Circle - which I just realized is slightly symbolic since Victory is Nike in Greek mythology and that's where my name comes from ... okay, so anyway - to wait for her and sipped away and felt fine. Until the cider was finished and the warmth went away... too cold for words! But hello, its December this is how it's supposed to be :-) So as I was shivering, I just happened to look down and there was a ladybug next to me, standing perfectly still. Odd, yes? Yes! You never see ladybugs in the winter since they hibernate - overwintering they call it - so I just thought it was so bizarre and I felt really bad for it - I know it was just a ladybug but it was so cold! So I put my coat bottom sort of over it and it seemed to help since I would peek at it and it started to move its wings and move around under there - I was hoping it would gather enough strength to fly away to where it needed to be - I know its strange and sort of dumb to get all caught up in a ladybug but leave it to me to get that way. I found out yesterday that to see a ladybug anytime - but particularly in winter - is a sign of good great big luck coming your way, a fantastic omen - so yay yay yay! for me - I love reading too deeply into things, it's what I do best. So bring it on, my good luck bug, I'm ready for you.

Sunday I woke up to snow and even more chilly December air and lovely lovely, you know the snow and winteriness just makes me smile. And all was perfect because it was the annual Park Avenue Tree Lighting ceremony where we all stand outside and sing Christmas carols while they light up the trees in the middle of the street and lets face it, this holiday stuff works best when it actually feels like Christmas outside so the snow and the wind and the chill and the rosy cheeks and being cutely bundled up and feeling fat as the Michelin man was much appreciated. Then we warmed up with Irish coffees and shepherd's pie and by the time I left it was raining and all the snow had melted and was icy or gone completely. Oh well. It's still cold out - really REALLY cold actually and that's enough to keep the holiday good mood sticking to me.