I was just reserving plane tickets online. At the part of the form where it asks you to put in your title, if you have one, this is the list of options it offered.

Mr.
Mrs.
Ms.
Miss
Dr.

But wait, there's more.

A.V.M
AB
Adm.

Amb
AMN
Archbishop
Baron
Baroness
Bishop
Brig. Gen.
Brigadier
Bro.

Cantor
Capt.
Cardinal
Chaplain
Cmdr.
CMSGT
Col.
Consul
Count

Countess
Cpl.
CPO
CWO
Dean
Duchess
Duke
Earl
Ens.

Eur Eng
Father
Fr.
Gen.
Gov.
H. E.
Herr
Hon.
HRH

Lady
Lord
Lt.
Lt. Cmdr.
Lt. Col.
Lt. Gen.
M.
Maj.
Maj. Gen.

Master
Mlle.
Mme.
Mother
MSGT
Pastor
PFC
Pres.
Prince

Princess
Prof.
Rabbi
Radm.
Rev.
Rt. Hon.
Senator
Sgt.
Sgt. Maj.

Sir
Sister
SMSGT
Speaker
Squad.Ldr.
Sr.
SrA
Sra.
Srta.

SSGT
Swami
STSGT
Vadm.

At dinner I said,

"I don't think I've ever said 'Fuck you' to someone and meant it."

A few hours later,

I slapped someone across the face and yelled

FUCK! YOU!

and meant it.

Sat, October 28, 2006

There’s a girl upstairs. She’s 4 years old and she throws tantrums when she doesn’t get what she wants, when things don’t go the way she planned. In her Mary Janes and white ankle socks, she jumps up and down and pumps her fists till her freckled cheeks are wet and red.

For the last week, she’s locked herself in her room upstairs.

The rest of us have been downstairs getting through the storm in our own ways. The Me who is interested in Buddhism keeps talking to us quietly about nonattatchment, and reminding us about the temporaryness of this life. One Me has been rounding the rest of us up for daily workouts. Another Me has been getting us to read, to think about other things, to read the news, trying to put all this change and loss into context. Optimistic Me has been doing her best. A Mama Me has been making dinners and putting us all to bed early.

And all the while, the Little One has been throwing herself around her room, inconsolable. We can hear her through the ceiling, rocking the chandelier, reminding us that no matter how much we sweat, read or sleep, she is still there. Reminding us that she is pissed.

Last night, she finally emerged.

She came down the stairs in her little jumper dress. Her brown pigtails were askew. She was tired. We took her into our arms and she cried into our laps. She cried until she was done. And we let her. She is loved, too.

Tue, April 17, 2007

The 7-Legged Lamb!

Dlisted is, by far, my fave celeb blog.

Celebs I've seen on the streets of NYC lately: Aaron Eckhart (I was speechless for many minutes -- he was gorgeous!) and Amy Winehouse!

Fave song of the moment: "Apologize" by One Republic and Timbaland.

Reading: Catch-22, Time Out NY.

Rocking: New haircut (hello bangs), Brooklyn bars, Prospect Park.

Great clips and quotes for those searching for Flight of the Conchords mp3s, wavs, sounds, quotes and more.

Please do not hotlink. Thanks.




*Download all the clips*
flightoftheconchords_sounds.zip

Flight of the Conchords theme (:31)
fotc_theme.wav

Flight of the Conchords theme (2) (:04)
fotc_theme2.wav


Episode 1

Hot Women (:38)
fotc_1_hotwomen.wav

Jemaine: Yeah, I suppose I do talk a lot about getting with some very hot women.
fotc_1_hotwomen2.wav

Jemaine: I'm usually more charismatic than this.
fotc_1_morecharismaticthanthis.wav


Episode 2

Jemaine: Why would I stand next to big magnets, Murray?
Murray: I don't know what you do in your personal life.
fotc_2_bigmagnets.wav

She's So Hot - Boom! (2:25)
fotc_2_shessohotboom.wav

New Zealand Rocks the Party (:49)
fotc_2_rocktheparty.wav

Mel: Did you hear that, Doug?
Doug: Yeah, it's terrible.
Mel: It is terrible, Doug. It's terrible! God!
fotc_2_hearthatdoug.wav

Mel: Oh man, the car could just burst into flames right now and this would be the way to go, huh, guys?
Jemaine: Just here, thanks, Doug.
Doug: Where?
Mel: Here?
Jemaine: Anywhere.
fotc_2_burstintoflames.wav

Join the Band (:53)
fotc_2_jointheband.wav

Jemaine: Just join the band.
Bret: No, I'm not joining the band.
Jemaine: Just join the band.
Bret: I'm not joining the band.
Jemaine: Just join the band.
Bret: No.
fotc_2_jointheband2.wav


Episode 3

Bret: He was on the fence.
Murray: Bret!
Bret: I was, I was very scared. We were being mugged.
fotc_3_iwasveryscared.wav

Murray: Lot of New Zealanders come over here and they come into my office and I give them the vest, a map, and I tell them to stay clear of crowds by going through back alleys. And yet almost every day a New Zealander is mugged.
fotc_3_sayclearofcrowds.wav

March of the Penguins (:27)
fotc_3_marchofthepenguins.wav

Jemaine: Yours is worse.
fotc_3_yoursisworse.wav

Mel: What are you gonna to do me? Do it! No, don't, don't!
fotc_3_doitdontdont.wav

Jemaine: Just run, Bret. Just run.
fotc_3_justrun.wav

Bret: Is it because I ran away while we were being mugged and left you with guys with a knife?
Jemaine: Yes, actually, yes.
Bret: I knew it, yeah.
fotc_3_guyswithaknife.wav

Jemaine: Yes, actually.
fotc_3_yesactually.wav

Jemaine: Just pointing out that when you're in a situation where you're being mugged, you shouldn't leave your friend to die.
Bret: Hassling me.
Jemaine: Height of rudeness.
Bret: OK, David Hasselhoff.
fotc_3_leaveyourfriendtodie.wav

Jemaine: You shouldn't leave your friend to die.
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Jemaine: Height of rudeness.
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Jemaine: In fact I kinda think you ruined my phone when you made me that cameraphone. And my camera.
fotc_3_andmycamera.wav


Episode 4

Murray: Won't say goodbye, I don't feel like it.
Bret: See ya, Murray.
Jemaine: Bye, Murray.
Bret: Bye. Gonna say bye, Murray?
Murray: No.
fotc_4_byemurray.wav

Mel: Yes! It's nice for Bret to have a girlfriend!
Murray: Sure?
Mel: Yes! Is she stupid?
fotc_4_niceforbret.wav

Bret: What's that song?
Jemaine: Oh nothing, a new song ... called She-Wolf. ... Cold-hearted bitch ... digging a ditch.
fotc_4_shewolf.wav

Jemaine: Cold-hearted bitch ... digging a ditch.
fotc_4_coldheartedbitch.wav


*Download all the clips*
flightoftheconchords_sounds.zip

More Flight of the Conchords sounds (mp3):
What the Folk - Sounds

I live in Brooklyn now! Yay! :)

However, I am bewildered by the subways in Brooklyn. I lived in Queens for 7 years, and the subways there are easier to understand, and I'd gotten used to how they ran late nights and weekends. I've pretty well mastered the subway map between Houston St. and 116th St.

But there are so many more lines and they criss-cross all over in Brooklyn. I'm good at following directions, but I miss being able to make decisions on the fly because I have a hard time understanding what transfers with what where and what changes at night and on the weekend.

Does anyone out there who still reads this ;) have any advice or memory devices for Brooklyn and lower Manhattan subways? Learning late nights and weekends might take a while, but getting to know the map better is something I'd love to get a handle on soon.

Thanks!

Many years ago when I first bought carynsolly.com, I asked a friend to recommend a host. TotalChoice Hosting fit the bill. Their customer service was good, and I even recommended them to many friends.

Never again.

On Wednesday, I noticed my domain was down. I couldn't log into my account. Since I couldn't log in, I couldn't submit a Support ticket. I also got a message online saying that my account was suspended! I pay my bill annually in the fall. I'm all paid, so I can't think of any reason my account would be suspended.

I never got an email notice about any of this.

I called the billing department. 4 times over 3 days. I got voicemail each time I called, and I left a message each time. I've gotten no calls back.

My site has been down for 3 days already, and now we're heading into the weekend with no signs that this will be cleared up any time soon.

This company clearly doesn't care about my business. I am so angry. I don't even know how else to contact them other than this one phone number I found on the site.

TotalChoice Hosting, call me back! I want my data back so I can take it elsewhere!

Thanks for nothing. I gave you 4 years of business and referred many other customers to you. And this is what I get. Real nice.