A Picture of Me

Come on ... HRH?

2008-02-02T13:29:00.000-05:00

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.

fuck you

2008-02-01T21:28:00.000-05:00

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

A Girl Upstairs

2008-01-26T09:51:00.000-05:00

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

Pi's Arch-Nemesis:

2007-08-03T09:26:00.000-04:00

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.

Flight of the Conchords Sound Clips

2007-07-10T22:00:00.000-04:00

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.
fotc_3_leaveyourfriendtodie2.wav

Jemaine: Height of rudeness.
fotc_3_heightofrudeness.wav

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 Need Subway Help

2007-06-26T10:24:00.000-04:00

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!

Do Not Use TotalChoice Hosting

2007-05-18T16:04:00.000-04:00

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.

Cha-Ching!

2007-04-30T17:56:00.000-04:00

Caryn, why keep this blog up if you're not even posting anymore?

The money, folks. The money.

In March 2006, I put Google AdSense on one page of this blog. As of a few weeks ago, the ads are now on several pages. (Hint: mattress insects.)

And it's been very successful!

For a long time, I was making a little more than $50/month, which I was very happy with. Google doesn't pay you out until you have at least a $100 balance at the end of the month. I was afraid it was going to take months to earn $100 -- and it did for the first few.

In the last year, I've probably put about 3 hours of work into making improvements and changes to the pages that have ads on them. All this money for no work! ...

Well, not no work. I did have to go through the pain and suffering of having bedbugs in order to create that content. But now that I have, I am getting some benefits from it!

I'm posting today because I just hit a big goal of mine, which was to earn $100 in a month with my AdSense. Today, I surpassed $100 for April! Whee!

*Google AdSense

3.14

2007-03-14T22:37:00.000-04:00

Pi and I together for our first 3/14, Pi Day, Einstein's birthday. (How perfect is that?)
[Bloomberg, via my roommate]

* * *

Kitten is healthy. Bedbugs are gone. I am happy. :)

* * *

Addicted to The Departed, Mika, Proactiv, daydreaming about moving, Dlisted, Battlestar Galactica, not having to wear a hat, Seed, bareMinerals, tulips ... and Liplife Gloss Golden Apple.

Oh, and fish tacos on a sunny Sunday in San Diego? Let's do that again.

Bedbugs: Then and Now

2007-02-21T19:08:00.000-05:00

This content has moved.

Read: Bedbugs: Then and Now»

I Know Aaron Stanton

2007-02-20T22:00:00.000-05:00

Last night, I spent about half an hour on Can Google Hear Me.

At first glance, the guy, Aaron Stanton, looked incredibly familiar to me. But as I read and watched, I learned that he lives in Idaho. I figured I must have been wrong about thinking I knew him.

But I just got an email a little while ago that confirms it! I have met him! I talked to him and ate dinner with him about two years ago here in New York.

Wild.

20070220

2007-02-20T16:11:00.000-05:00

20070220
Originally uploaded by carynsolly.

They're Back

2007-02-19T13:36:00.000-05:00

They're Back
Originally uploaded by carynsolly.

What's Up?

2007-02-18T10:04:00.000-05:00

One of the best ways to keep up with me online these days is to keep an eye on my Flickr feed, which is the closest to an updated blog I've got going right now.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/carynsolly/

Subscribe to my feed or, if you're a Flickr user and I'm your Flickr contact, subscribe to your contacts' feed.

Or go old school. Bookmark it. ;)

What will you find in my Flickr pics?

*A new set called Friends
*Someone made a movie on my street
*Two friends are having babies any day now!
*I had a birthday
*I fell in love!

What won't you find?

*We got burgled. It's OK. It was a few weeks ago. I'm totally over it.

I'm also on MySpace.

And if you're curious, I'm not shutting this blog down. Not at all. Just posting as I feel like it. (Plus, I've got Google ads runnin' on this mama now! I've had them up for almost a year, and I've been making about $50/month from it. Not bad for doing nothing at all!)

I <3 Scientists

2007-02-07T17:20:00.000-05:00

You know what I love about this whole astronaut love triangle?

When the news broke, NASA did not say, "Impossible. Our screening methods can't be wrong."

They said, "Hmm, errr, yeah we need to look into that."

That's just what scientists should say.

Grey's Anatomy Sound Clips

2006-12-28T16:08:00.000-05:00

I love sound clips on my iPod. I made a few from Grey's Anatomy.

Burke: "Who the hell is Dr. McDreamy?"
Bailey: "Me. I'm Dr. McDreamy. I'm tall, handsome. I like to lean against things, ponder the difficulties of datin' beautiful women—I'm trying to be a surgeon here!"
mcdreamy.wav

O'Malley: "Oh, so, you and Joe?"
Bailey: "All you people ever think about is how to get into somebody's pants. You nasty. [slap] That's why you got syphilis."
soyouandjoe.wav

Bailey: "You nasty. [slap] That's why you got syphilis."
younasty.wav

UPDATE 1/4/07: More audio clips of Grey's Anatomy. A scene and two shorter clips from that scene.

Meredith and Derek in the elevator. (Well, one of the many times they're in the elevator together.)
ihaveadog.wav

Meredith: "I'm over you."
Derek: "I'm over you too."
Meredith: "You are?"
Derek: [smiles] "No."
Meredith: "Oh."
imoveryou.wav

Derek: "Oh you know what? I love dogs."
ilovedogs.wav

How to put these clips into iTunes:
1. Save the file to your computer.
2. In iTunes, click File -> Add File to Library.
3. Browse to find the file and click Open!

Eventually, I'll figure out how to make these files that will load into iTunes with the right info (title, artist, genre) with it. But that's not today.

I'm So Behind

2006-12-22T14:30:00.000-05:00

I've been watching Grey's Anatomy on Netflix. I'm not up to season 2 just yet, but I saw a few episodes on TV with friends. Callie was a character I liked a lot but couldn't put my finger on why.

And now I can!

She was The Lady of the Lake in Spamalot! And she was my favorite character in that whole show! Tim Curry? Hank Azaria? David Hyde Pierce? Who cares? She was the star! She won a Tony! She was beautiful and hysterical -- which is a combo I can't resist in a woman!

I left the theater that day hoping that she would get a lot of exposure somewhere because she was talented and I wanted to see more of her. And now she's on a hit show. Hooray!

I know. Old news. Humbug to you! ;)

What's With the Big Boy Clothes?

2006-12-16T12:02:00.000-05:00

This cracks me up.

"What's with the big boy clothes?"

(Clip by me. Extra silence at the end because my iPod likes to cut the last second off of tracks, which is annoying with short sound clips.)

Nerd Alert! Time it took to hear the line, wish I had a clip of it, search with Google, download and install Audacity, record the clip, edit, ponder the ethics of reproducing copyrighted material from an advertisement versus the degree of trouble it could actually stir, upload and blog: 21 minutes

Super Mario Bros. Beaten in 5 Min

2006-11-30T14:51:00.000-05:00

Fight Club Criticism

2006-11-18T10:20:00.000-05:00

Fight Club really is one of my favorite movies, but there's something about it that's always bothered me. Someone out there on The Google I'm sure has written about this, but I'm going to too.

*spoiler alert*

"Tyler was a night person. While the rest of us were sleeping, he worked."

He's "splicing single frames of pornography into family films" and "a banquet waiter at the luxurious Pressman Hotel."

What family films are shown in the middle of the night? Who is eating at a hotel restaurant in the middle of the night?

Late evening, perhaps, at the end of a shift. But while we're sleeping? In particular: While The Narrator was sleeping.

Doesn't make sense, friends.

But it's OK. I still love it.

*It's not listed on the IMDb Fight Club Goofs page.

Wi-Fi in NYC

2006-11-17T08:59:00.000-05:00

Where is your favorite Wi-Fi hotspot in NYC? Free or not free.

I like the New York Public Library 3rd floor reading room. The only drawback is that, obviously, there's no food or green tea.

I'd love to hear your recommendations! (I know there are web sites with lists of them, but I want to hear your personal faves.)

Christmas Music!

2006-11-14T23:31:00.000-05:00

OK, you know Christmas makes me goofy when I'm listening to music by artists that don't usually make it onto ye olde iPod ... like Mariah Carey and Alan Jackson.

(Well, to be fair, Alan Jackson's "Chattahoochie" does make it onto the iPod occasionally.)

My favorite Christmas songs are "All I Want for Christmas is You" by Mariah Carey and "A Holly Jolly Christmas" by Alan Jackson. Love. Them. Download them now.

My favorite Christmas album used to be the Home Alone soundtrack ... but it has since been lost -- and is not for sale on iTunes!

I need more Christmas music! What are your favorite Christmas songs? Sings, artists, albums -- I wanna hear it! I'd be particularly interested in a good Christmas album that features a lot of different artists.

2006-11-12T11:49:00.000-05:00

If a friend wanted to create a password-protected blog on her own domain, (1) Can it still be found by search engines? (1a) Even if no one links to it? (2) Will unauthorized RSS subscribers be able to see the posts?

Sacha Baron Cohen as himself

2006-11-07T08:42:00.000-05:00

Videos of Sacha Baron Cohen out of character.

Golden Globe Awards interview (2007)

With Madonna at British Comedy Awards (2006)

With Jon Stewart (2004)

With David Letterman (2004)

On NPR (2004 - audio only)

With Howard Stern | Part 2 | Part 3 (2004)

Brief glimpses ...
Presenting live music (1995)

Not exactly himself (or at all) ...
Talladega Nights interview (2006)
Talladega Nights interview (2006)
The Jolly Boys Last Stand trailer (2000)

Links don't work anymore ...
CNN reports (2006)
Paparazzi at LAX (2006)

If anyone knows of more, I'd love to see them.

2006-10-22T23:36:00.000-04:00

Goober and I had fun with Monk-E-mail this week. Send me one. I recommend Text-to-speech.

2006-10-22T23:33:00.000-04:00

link i never blogged: The Big Lebowski - The Fucking Short Version

2006-10-22T21:58:00.000-04:00

Tyra Banks is out of her mind

2006-10-20T22:33:00.000-04:00

I just turned the "On" button to the TV and saw the last scene of Thelma and Louise. That was awesome timing.

2006-10-20T22:18:00.000-04:00

Confusing ... Yesterday I was emailed this link (referencing 2003 One dollar bill with serial number G7748---3D) and it went to a page that told me my bill had been found.

(No shit! I had lost any hope of anything coming of those stupid things.)

But then I was emailed, a note that says:

Your bill linked below was corrected due to a bill being split into two entries due to an incorrect series or denomination correction.

Denom 1 Series 2003 Serial Number: G7748---3D Entry number: 3 on this bill from zip code 33161 has been changed, here is the new link to the bill: [link]

Huh?

Sort of defeats the purpose because now there's no way to see all the places it's gone on one page, eh?

Whatever.

2006-10-16T18:12:00.000-04:00

Does Christina Aguilera's "Back in the Day" remind anyone else of Chicago's "We Both Reached for the Gun"? ... Just me?

Books I've Read Recently

2006-10-11T18:42:00.000-04:00

Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach
I chose this one because I liked Roach's other book, Stiff. I'm reading this one now, and like it so far.

Possible Side Effects by Augusten Burroughs
Not my favorite of Burroughs', but I did like it more than Magical Thinking. If you're a fan of Running with Scissors and Dry, I recommend Sellevision. According to Burroughs' web site, he's going to write a book about his relationship with his father, and that's one I'm looking forward to, more than the essay collections.

Busting Vegas: A True Story of Monumental Excess, Sex, Love, Violence, and Beating the Odds by Ben Mezrich
Good airplane reading. It was better than Ugly Americans, but I still like Bringing Down the House the best of Mezrich's books.

Another Bullshit Night in Suck City by Nick Flynn
This was my book club's selection for September. I liked Flynn's exploration with language, sometimes reminding me of Jonathan Safran Foer. It wasn't fantastic, but I liked it well enough.

A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
I've only read one other Nick Hornby book, How to Be Good, and I liked that enough to read another. A Long Way Down is much better, and I'm recommending it above the others in this list. I liked the description on the back of the book that described it as "It's the The Breakfast Club rewritten by Beckett."

2006-09-12T21:04:00.000-04:00

I'm still speechless.

I'm going home to Black Rock City again next year. It's too good not to go back.

*I didn't take a lot of my own photos at Burning Man. I do and don't regret that. This is a fun picture of me that I like that was taken by LU$H.

Summer by the Numbers

2006-08-21T09:09:00.000-04:00

2 Nights in Atlanta
2 Nights on Fire Island
2 Nights in Chesterfield, MO
4 Runs earned by the St. Louis Cardinals at the game I went to at the new Busch Stadium
23 Songs bought on iTunes
1 Roommate who moved out
1 Roommate who moved in
4 Days it took to find new roommate, thanks to CraigsList and lessons learned from last year
1 Cat who moved out
1 Cat who passed away
1 Cat who moved in with roommate
-1 Net change in cat household
1 Cat who has stuck by me through it all
3 Freelance opportunities turned down (2 web and 1 sewing)
1 Interview for a television appearance
5 Seconds I was actually on TV
8 Things that did not go as planned in June, some for the better, some for the worse, some just different
2 Sunrises I saw
3 Trips to the beach
1 Party unlike any other I've been to before
3 Hours spent at the DMV
0 Driver's License I have
3 New coworkers in my department
1 New man who threw me for a loop
1 New man I threw for a loop
10 Days it took to get so loopy
1 Dog I'm an aunt to who appeared on Project Runway
7 Movies seen in the theater (An Inconvenient Truth, The Lake House, X-Men 3, Clerks 2, Pirates 2, Talladega Nights, Little Miss Sunshine)
2 Movies seen on a Hudson River pier (Wallace and Gromit, March of the Penguins)
1 Movie seen in Bryant Park (MASH)
14 Workouts at the gym
8 Pounds I've lost
3 Years I've lived in my apartment
12 Months I resigned my lease for
0 Dollars my landlord has raised my rent since I moved in
1 Friend who moved to Denver
3 Hours it took for novocaine from the periodontist to wear off
2 Friends I learned are pregnant
3 Friends total who are pregnant
4 Babies they're going to have between them
3 Hours experiencing Madonna in concert
13 On a scale of 10, how excited I am to go to Burning Man!!!

*May by the Numbers

DOA

2006-08-13T11:20:00.000-04:00

It was 1:30 in the morning and I didn't know where else to go. I stood crying at the registration counter for a minute while a brown woman in a blue smock helped two women who had come in before me.

She showed me to the first exam room, and handed me a clipboard of forms. She'd written “DOA” on the top of my form. I've watched enough “ER” to know what that stands for. She told me to take as much time as I needed.

I wrote on the form that Donnie had been a gray male tabby cat, born in 2002.

An hour earlier, kneeling on my bedroom floor, I screamed, willing myself to wrap him in a colorful beach towel.

A nearly mute cab driver—my favorite kind, especially tonight—brought us here.

I lifted the handle of the shopping bag on the table (I didn't have a box that was big enough!) and looked inside. I cried harder as I noticed his pink nose had darkened.

I could see M walk in the front door from where I sat. He kneeled in front of me and I asked him how his trip to Philly had been. He gave me a half smile and a nod.

I thought of the other broad-shouldered blonde man in my life. Or is he in my life? He is. We've gotten ourselves so confused. But I thought of him anyway.

When I was ready (if I was ever going to be ready), we walked to the front and I told the woman that I was leaving.

“I'm so sorry for your loss,” she said.

M held my hand as I looked back at the bag on the table. He didn't let go as we stepped out into the comfortable night and walked uptown.

Remainders

2006-07-30T21:52:00.000-04:00

*The bad thing about the auto-correct feature in MS Word is that I'll keep spelling it "guidence" and never learn the right way to spell the damn word.

*Why do they sell reading glasses in the drug store, but not cheap throw-away glasses for those of us who are nearsighted?

*I'm going to be traveling so much in the coming months! I'm going to St. Louis next weekend, and Nevada desert via Los Angeles at the end of August. And it's looking good that I'll be traveling to San Francisco, and maybe even LA and Chicago, in September and October. And I've never even been to California before!

Catching Up on Reading

2006-07-25T01:29:00.000-04:00

+What Famous Leader Are You? [Tim]

From joe.my.god:
+Blair Is SO Delisted
+"To Nasrallah, with love. From Israel"

From chrisdiclerico.com:
+Cute: "Everyday" [Chris]
+FLATLIFE [Chris]

+UrbanBaby [a high class jackass]

+Horse Head Pillow [Howard]

From citycrab:
+In Canada on Canada Day
+Pattern Seeking

+True Story: "I'm beaten."

+Jerk Squirts Tom Cruise [Keith]

Pop Music, Documentaries & Pee Wee

2006-07-24T20:36:00.000-04:00

*Like Rebecca Traister, I was touched for the very first time on Wednesday night. My life has been bisected: life before I saw Madonna, and life after I saw Madonna. ... OK, that's a complete exaggeration, but it was a fun show. (And besides, I first saw Madonna outside a movie theater on 42nd St. in 2000.)

*Coworker Claire recommended Grey Gardens. I loved it! And discovered that it has a cult following. I had no idea! Why didn't someone tell me about this before? It was a musical here in NYC this spring, and I read somewhere that it will be returning in the fall. (I want to go!) And, they're even making a movie about these women, starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange. (Drew Barrymore seems a weird choice.) And! Follow-up The Beales of Grey Gardens is playing Friday night at the IFC! (I want to go!)

*Claire also recommended Fast, Cheap and Out of Control. Another great pick! I'm going to be consulting this woman for movie recommendations on a regular basis.

*Seeing Clerks II made me download this song [iTunes link]. It's been on repeat all day. I'd forgotten what a good song that is! I downloaded two other Smashing Pumpkins songs today.

*Pee Wee's Big Adventure, under the Brooklyn Bridge, Thursday night, July 27.

Addiction

2006-07-18T01:21:00.000-04:00

*Will Shortz on the Lure of Sudoku

*Washington Post Sudoku
The coolest online version I've seen [via woman I met in Atlanta]

*Playing Sudoku is like meditating for me. My mind has to focus, relax and be present, but not actually thinking about anything. Tetris makes me feel the same way. But I've never had a Sudoku dream.

Never Say Never

2006-07-17T08:41:00.000-04:00

Remember when I said I'd never go naked on a nude beach?

Yeah, forget that.

Now I can cross nude beach and skinny dipping off the "Do Before I Die" checklist.

50 Days Until the Man Burns

2006-07-14T01:50:00.000-04:00

It's been a while since I last posted, so I've decided to give you this, The Post With Leftovers! It's too much to read at once, so come back later when you're bored and looking for something fun to click on. If you use Bloglines, savvy surfer, mark this as new.

And June By the Numbers will be posted, just as a record of some of my basics, anyway. ... I been busy. Thanks for sticking with me. I like you even more than my new sewing machine lightbulb and Ain't No Other Man. Combined. Yeah.

TV

+Series I'm Considering Buying on iTunes: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Rescue Me (Season 3)

+Favorite Show Currently Airing New Episodes: Entourage

+DVDs I'm Looking Forward To: nip/tuck (Season 3), Lost (Season 2)

+Reruns I Can't Say No To: That '70s Show, Sex and the City, Friends

+Tim, Dawn and Gareth Visit the Scranton Office [goatload]

Movies

+Movies I Want to See: Pirates 2, Clerks 2

+Movie That Was Supposed to Be Scary and Totally Wasn't: Hostel

+Movie That Was Supposed to Be Scary and Totally Was: An Inconvenient Truth (Live in NYC and want green power? ConEd's Clean Energy [Dahl's House])

+Ricky Gervais in next Christopher Guest Project [goatload]

+Trailer: Running With Scissors: Augusten Burroughs [Romancing the Tome]

+Trailer: Running With Scissors: Ryan Murphy [below]

Music

+Prince [below]

+The Wet Spots' Do You Take It [Brady, below]

Videos

+Video: It gets better than the bone thing [Domokate]

+Video: Optical Illusion [BManNYC]

+Video: Robot Chicken's Star Wars Parody [chrisdiclerico, below]

+Video: The Hoff's Jump in My Car [Claire, below]

Science

+AP: Evidence of Evolution in Darwin's Finches: They've evolved [BManNYC]

+Imagining the Ten Dimensions: Flash illustration [A Fish With Wings]

+Reuters: "Fidelity Was Relative for Einstein"

Travel

+Jennie Smash. La Guardia airport, June 23, 2006, 12:15PM. That is a beer. An airplane is having its windshield replaced. She has been at the airport for 2 hours. She'll reach her hotel in Atlanta in 7 hours.

+Fire Island-bound [below]

Personal

+Esther is still in Israel, staffing a birthright trip. Stay safe! I'm thinking about you.

+Eating for 3 [below]

+Goober is moving to Denver. {sniff} I'm going to miss your weirdo peeves and having a date for New Years. But now I have an excuse to visit Denver. {swish-swish}

And last, but the exact opposite of least ...

+Madonna! Next week! Ahhhh! {faint} ...

Caryn, Overheard

2006-06-30T09:00:00.000-04:00

"Wanna hear my new favorite song?"
I unplug my headphones to play it aloud on the laptop.
"Isn't that from two years ago?"
"Is it?"
"And it was in a car commercial."

"Wait," I said, "your landlord's name is Akbar?"
"Yeah."
"Like Admiral Akbar?"
"Yeah."
"That is so cool. I wish my landlord had a Star Wars name."

"It's like that magazine we were looking at my place."
"Caryn! You're there," she said over the conference call.
"Yup, I'm still here."
"We didn't know where you went. We were calling your name over and over a little while ago."
"Oh. ... I think I might have fallen asleep for a little bit."

"Thank you for being a big mush."
I laugh.
"I'm a big mush too," he says. "I just don't leak like that."
I give him a sarcastic smile and dab under my eyes with a cocktail napkin.

Inspired by reading too much
*Overheard in New York
*Overheard in the Office
*Overheard at the Beach

Zizzer

2006-06-16T18:42:00.000-04:00

"Hi Dad."
"Hey Caryn!"
"I was talking to Mom and she said you guys were trying to get in touch with me online."
"Yeah! We were looking at the pictures of the animals. Did Mom tell you what she's doing with them?"
"Yeah, she's donating them."
"But did she tell you who they're going to?"
"Children in Iraq."
"We got to talking about Zizzer."
"I told her to keep him."
"I remember a piece you wrote about him, about how mean I was to Zizzer."
"I did?"
"Yeah. It almost moved me to tears."
"It did?"
"It did."
"Daddy, I'm so sorry but I don't remember writing that. Maybe it was a descriptive essay I wrote in high school or something?"
"Could be. That's when I knew. You wrote something that got me emotional, and I knew you were a writer."
"Aw, thanks Dad."

May by the Numbers

2006-06-01T01:27:00.000-04:00

39 Pages I wrote in my diary
7 Nights spent away from home
2 Nights spent on Fire Island
1 Bottle of wine I finished off while sunning on the back deck
5 Deer I saw in the backyard while drunk
3 Nights spent in Springfield, MA
12 Gluten-free beers I hauled to Springfield
4 Times Ozzie wanted to pee in my suitcase
1 Letter I wrote complaining about poor service
1 Free session I got at said establishment
4 Games of Settlers played
1 Game of Settlers won
1 Massage received
4 Minutes aired of an audio comment I left for a podcaster I like
1 Reading attended at Barnes & Noble
2 Friends I saw graduate
1 Night in a hot tub in a friend's canopied backyard in the West Village
1 Web site set up with WordPress
1 Email submission form written in PHP
18 Hours I spent on all that
3 Science lectures attended
1 Movie seen at the theater [1]
2 Hours of a kickass Lost finale
2 Times I've watched Lost finale
45 Questions I have about Lost finale
1700 Dollars my credit limit was raised
8 Years since I last got a limit increase
1 Book club meeting
3 Hours spent shopping for new summer clothes
6 Hours spent altering new summer clothes
1 Ego-bruising email received
4 Hours it took me to get over it
1 Enjoyable evening of experimental theater
0 Level of understanding of what went on
2 People I made out with
6 Workouts at the gym
56 Text messages sent
50 Text messages received
2 Ideas for books I could write
5 Episodes of TV shows bought on iTunes
4 Songs bought on iTunes
123 Times I've played Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy"
32 Songs added to my iTunes that were not purchased
22 Pictures uploaded to Flickr
3 Parties attended
1 Party hosted
5 Mylar balloons I saw float into the sky from the elevated subway platform

*April by the Numbers

Hello Summah!

2006-05-22T16:51:00.000-04:00

I pretty much hate summer. It's my least favorite season.

One thing I've always hated about summer is summer clothes, mostly because I don't like how I look in them.

Not this year! (All those workouts? Paying off now!) I spent most of my weekend walking around Fire Island in shorts. Shorts! I never wear shorts outside the apartment! I even wanted to wear them home on the ferry and the train! (I changed into jeans though because it started raining.)

Hello Summah ...

*More Fire Island pics

Smoke-Free 500

2006-05-16T07:25:00.000-04:00

Look! I had my last cigarette 500 days ago! Right: I haven't had as much as a drag of a cigarette since January 1, 2005.

Hot dog!

On very drunk nights last year, I'd have Smash puff smoke in my face for me to secondhandedly inhale. A few weeks ago I held a lit cigarette for Heather B. who was rummaging through her purse. No problemo. As Heather C. said to me early on, "You're a nonsmoker now." [Gah! So uncool!] "Nonsmokers don't smoke." [That woman is very wise. Thank you!]

And thank you to everyone who has cheered me on, especially Brady, Heather C. and Will. It means a great deal to me. :)

If you're in NYC and want to come celebrate with me and my pals, come by Kettle of Fish for happy hour tonight!

"Stupid Design"

2006-05-10T08:17:00.000-04:00

Quote of the Week

Last night, astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson said that if there are enough exceptions to any theory, then one should probably throw the theory out. So it would follow that if we could find enough examples of "stupid design," Intelligent Design ("a philosophy of ignorance, not a philosophy of discovery") could be dismissed. He cited many, many great examples of "stupid design" in the universe. My favorite ...

"And what's going on between our legs? It's an entertainment complex in the middle of a sewage plant!"

Revenge of the Fugly Elevator

2006-05-06T14:43:00.000-04:00

As you may recall, we have a Fugly Elevator problem.

Would you believe ... it's even uglier now?!

April by the Numbers

2006-05-04T18:20:00.000-04:00

22 Pages written in journal
86 Question marks on those pages
2 Photos added to Flickr
1 Man I made out with (Yow. Zuh.)
12 Workouts at the gym (I'm detraining. Must improve.)
1 Workout with personal trainer
4 Movies seen in the theater [1 2 3 4]
25 Real dead bodies viewed
5 Hours spent volunteering in the cold rain
3 Parties attended
1 Nightclub attended
3 Evenings spent at [Bar X]
3 Evenings spent at [Bar Y]
0 Books read
4 Games of Settlers played
0 Games of Settlers won
28 Dollars earned from AdSense
7 Songs puchased on iTunes
4 Episodes of a new VH1 game show I saw taped
1 Ticket to Burning Man purchased!

*March by the Numbers

Shoulda

2006-05-04T06:37:00.000-04:00

Things I've Said I've Wanted to Blog About, and Haven't, and Probably Won't:

*How much I love my sparkly gray hair
*The hysterical things Coworker Dennis says
*A funny & moving evening at the bar
*Why Michael Malice Was Fired From Overheard in New York
*The "Author's Note" in the front of Augusten Burroughs' new book, inspired by James Frey?
*Why I Don't Wear my iPod Anymore

April by Numbers, on the other hand, is coming soon.

Miscellaney

2006-04-24T18:21:00.000-04:00

*I'm a fan, I am, but really, what the hell is the difference between Overheard in New York and New York, Overheard? Is this really necessary? [via]

*After reading Curious Incident last year, I could identify with the autistic experience of not being able to read other people very well. I admitted to a friend recently that I sometimes do it on purpose, demand that others be literal in order to be understood. I'll stubbornly refuse to read between their lines because I see that kind of communication as manipulative and passive-aggressive. On this “Autism-Spectrum Quotient” test, the mean score in the control group was 16.4. I got a 31.

*Speaking of tests, between April 1996 and April 2006, my purity score has dropped 61%. Good times.

*What I've printed out to read on the subway home tonight: The Worst President in History?

*It's hard to listen to a British radio station, midday, and hear, "Monday's over! Enjoy your evening." :(

And It's Only Wednesday!

2006-04-19T22:04:00.000-04:00

Many excellent things going on this week, too numerous to list, but I will mention these fun few that are suitable for mass consumption ...

*Finally decided where to go on my vacation

*Got tickets to my #1 "must see" movie of the TFF, plus a ticket to another

*A friend is pregnant! With twins! Congratulations²!

The God Who Wasn't There

2006-04-16T10:31:00.000-04:00

Ironically, I watched The God Who Wasn't There, by Brian Flemming, this Easter weekend. It was disappointingly short (:52 runtime), but there were hours of extra features that made up for that deficit, including a commentary track with interviews with Richard Dawkins and The Raving Atheist.

A remark I loved was in a special feature interview with Richard Carrier, who was also interviewed in the movie. He had an excellent response to the anthropic principle, a response based on the work of Lee Smolin. To those who say the universe is "fine-tuned" for human life (which they use as evidence of a Creator or Designer), Smolin makes the point that 99.9% of the universe is "lethal to life," says Carrier. However, 99.9% of the matter in the universe does go into the production of black holes, and there isn't a universe that could exist that would create more black holes than this one. This universe is a "perfect black hole generator," a side effect of which includes occasional spots of life. Carrier goes on to say more interesting stuf about the human brain, the "soul," and the structure of the universe, so if you rent this DVD, be sure to check it out.

Other stuff I want to read or read about after seeing this DVD:
*Sense and Goodness Without God: A Defense of Metaphysical Naturalism and Why I Am Not a Christian by Richard Carrier
*RaptureLetters.com
*Why I'm Not a Muslim by Ibn Warraq
*The Selfish Gene (which I've been meaning to read for a long time) and A Devil's Chaplin by Richard Dawkins
*"The God gene"
*Moral Darwinism by Benjamin Wiker (called a modern Mein Kampf on a commentary track)
*Dawkins commented that Ronald Reagan once said that we shouldn't bother to conserve California Redwoods because, by the time the last one is felled, we will have reached the Second Coming of Christ. (I've found quotes from him about the Second Coming and redwoods, but not togther.)

Flemming's next film, The Beast, premieres on 6.6.06.

Science and Math I've Absorbed Recently:
*Alpha and Omega : The Search for the Beginning and End of the Universe and Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea by Charles Seife
*The Golden Ratio: The Story of PHI, the World's Most Astonishing Number by Mario Livio
*Science and Faith and Universe: One or Many? at the American Museum of Natural History
*And today I'm going to see Bodies: The Exhibition, which I like to call "the ghetto Body Worlds"

Related:
*I Believe in Science
*A Bad Daughter

Texas Ranch House

2006-04-14T09:58:00.000-04:00

Texas Ranch House will air on PBS May 1-4. [via]

This topic doesn't sound as interesting as some of the others (Frontier House, Colonial House, 1900 House, 1940s House, Manor House).

But, if there's a hottie on the ranch, I'll be happy.

A Real Fight Club

2006-04-07T15:14:00.000-04:00

Back when I signed up for the Settlers Meetup group, I signed up for a few others that weren't actually meeting but sounded interesting. When an organizer took it over, I'd be notified and given the opportunity to attend the group's get-togethers.

Today I got this email.

Good news! A new group for Fight Club Fans just started. Here are some details:

The Organizer: Irv
The Meetup Group: The New York Fight Club Meetup Group

Fun! But, what does a Fight Club Fans group do?

Meet other Fight Club fighters and Tyler Durden fans. Attend local fights such as boxing, muay thai, UFC. Fight Club Rules: Members may fight one on one outside of the Group at a gym that has proper gear, facilities and insurance.

Though I'm thankful to have my insurance, this isn't quite what I had in mind.

*Fight Club Jr.

UPDATE:
Friend: What's the first rule of the Fight Club Fans club?
Me: Don't blog about Fight Club? :(

March by the Numbers

2006-04-06T23:17:00.000-04:00

Better late than never ...

24 Workouts at the gym
1 Workout with the personal trainer
4 Weeks personal trainer was suspended because he was being investigated for sexual harassment
0 Times I've been sexually harassed by my trainer
6 Friends who were out of town for some or most of the month
2 Science lectures attended
1 Play attended
1 Reading attended
2 Days I wore a skirt
3 Movies seen at the theater [ 1 2 3 ]
2 Of those I saw on my own (Going to the movies by yourself is highly underrated)
3 New episodes of The Sopranos!
2 Books read [ 1 2 ]
2 Retreats I was scheduled to attend
7 Days total I was to be on said retreats
0 Retreats I actually attended
8 Happiness I felt about that, on a sale of 1 to 10 (10 being happiest)
30 Pages written in my diary
3 Sewing projects completed
88 Games of Su Doku played
8 Games of Settlers played
3 Games of Settlers won
1 Game of Settlers lost (No, like, I lost it. On the subway. It is a painful subject.)
5 Days I had Google AdSense on my main bedbug page
12 Dollars earned from those ads
9 Songs bought on iTunes
9 Pictures uploaded to Flickr
33 Text messsages sent
68 Text messages received
0 Men I made out with (Good thing I see a few smooches in my near future!)

*February by the Numbers

"T-shirt Reconstruction Has Become the New Knitting"

2006-04-05T18:05:00.000-04:00

Little did we know that I am part of a growing trend:

It seems that t-shirt reconstruction has become the new knitting as a crop of books on the subject are hitting store shelves just in time for fairer skies. Titles such as Tease, Generation T, and Rip IT, are all chock full of ways to turn that over-sized concert tee into a something useable.

*My over-sized concert tee: The Urge: Before & After
*More Sewing Projects
*ReadyMade Blog [via]

And speaking of being two seconds ahead of the curve, two people mentioned to me that they recognized my handbag in the New York Times before I got a chance to read the article myself.

March by the Numbers coming up soon!

How Stupid I Am, Part 2

2006-04-01T00:52:00.000-05:00

I walked through the vestibule of a restaurant with three friends.

Dude Friend: "Whoa."
Me: "What?"
Dude Friend: "Was that some checking-out I just saw?"
Me: "What?"
Dude Friend: "Those guys that just walked out. They were checking you out."
Me: "Really? What guys?"

I swear to you, I didn't even register that any guys had just walked past us in the vestibule.

Clearly, we're dealing with a serious problem. If this happens again, I'm going to have to hire a Mating Tutor™ to follow me around and smack me over the head occasionally.

I think this needs to be escalated to the proper authorities. ...

Who would that be?

How Stupid I Am

2006-03-25T06:09:00.000-05:00

Me: "Wanna know how stupid I am?"
Madcat: "How?"
Me: "That guy last night? I think he was hitting on me."
Madcat: "Yeah. He was."
Me: "See, I just figured that out this morning."
Madcat: "He kept coming over to talk to you."
Me: "I know. That's how stupid I am."

He was cute, too. I think that's what threw me off. Why would a cute guy talk to me?

I know.

Stupid.

New Growth

2006-03-20T09:48:00.000-05:00

Coupling at the Movies

2006-03-19T00:24:00.000-05:00

V for Vendetta ... I didn't think much about seeing it in the theater. Then I learned Hugo Weaving, who I've loved since Priscilla, is in it, and I was a big yes!

But I didn't know Coupling's Patrick, Ben Miles, was going to be in it too, a fun surprise.

He's not the only Coupling alum [yes, I consider it to be over, even though there's been no announcement to that effect] in the theaters.

*Richard Coyle (Jeff) is in The Libertine with Johnny Depp, a movie made in 2004 and is only now being released because of some weird stuff with Miramax that I haven't been following.

*Richard Mylan (Oliver) was in The Upside of Anger in 2005.

*Jack Davenport (Steve) is also in The Libertine, and will be reprising his role of Norrington in the sequels to The Pirates of the Caribbean (more Coupling/Depp).

Now when's Gina Bellman (Jane) going to be in some American movies?

*Faithless, a favorite scene from Coupling.
*I liked V for Vendetta. I think I want to see it in the theater again.
*And speaking of coupling at the movies: I saw V at my local theater tonight, an old movie house with curtains and a molded ceiling. It was also very empty. Might be a great place to make out sometime.

*UPDATE: Since you all are so intrested in Coupling, I did a little more clicking around and discovered something very sad. Lou Gish, who played Jeff's girlfriend Julia, passed away recently.

The Urge: Before & After

2006-03-17T09:59:00.000-05:00

Before: The Urge T Shirt

After: The Urge Strapless Tank

I think I'm going to add some straps to the tank, but it's basically awesome.

*More Crafty Photos
*RIP: The Urge
*Song Recommendation: Jump Right In

My Voicemail Greeting Is Stalker-Friendly

2006-03-16T01:02:00.000-05:00

Long voicemail greetings drive me a little batty. Call it a pet peeve. I don't need instructions on how to leave a message. And thanks for thanking me for calling and everything, but really, just let me tell you a funny story or let you know that we're still on for Friday night.

On top of that, they're often lengthened by some kind of standardized message from the phone provider. "After the tone, please leave a message. When you have finished recording, please hang up or press 1 for more options." You know what I'm talking about.

So, in line with the whole "do unto others" philosophy, I offer a short greeting.

"Hi, this is Caryn. Leave me a message."

Short. Sweet. Nothing to it.

And—of course—it's inspired by a movie: Swingers.

Do you remember the scene? Jon Favreau's character Mike has gotten a woman's phone number. He calls Nikki back the same night he meets her. His message is cut off and he calls back. And calls back. ... And calls back. And on and on.

The scene works because Nikki's greeting is so short that Mike's dialogue can keep moving along without having to wait 60+ seconds before gushing out another ridiculous message for this virtual stranger.

That short greeting?

"Hi, this is Nikki. Leave a message."

Too bad Mikey didn't didn't have the choice of pressing 1 for more options. Might have saved him a nervous breakdown.

Gold Stars

2006-03-14T08:59:00.000-05:00

I get a gold star for every day I go to the gym.

"so who is this hommy fella, eh?"

2006-03-08T09:57:00.000-05:00

February By the Numbers

2006-03-01T01:04:00.000-05:00

3 Manicures
21 Workouts at the gym
1 Workout with the personal trainer
5 Movies I saw in the theater (1 2 3 4 5)
9 Glasses of white wine I drank
6 Vodka-cranberries I drank
2 Men who licked my neck during a blizzard
2 Rats I saw killed and eaten by a boa constrictor (Graphic photos!)
3.5 Books I read (1 2 3 .5)
30 Photos uploaded to Flickr
1.5 Games of Settlers of Catan I played
1 Settlers game of my very own!
568 Pieces in the box
1 Time I burned myself (Hot soup! Evil!)
1 Time I stabbed myself (Thumbtack! Evil!)
0 Times I burned or stabbed others (Caryn. Not evil.)
1 Song I bought on iTunes
12 Text messages sent
42 Text messages received
7 Times I cried (I'm emotional!)
12 Pages I wrote in my diary
2 Long-lost friends who contacted me through Friendster
1 Who happened to be visiting New York
3 Hours we spent hugging and talking
10 Years since we had last seen each other
2 Friends who have "secret" crushes on each other (Seriously, Will & Eleanor, we all know.)
1 Massage (Must do better in March)
1 Man I made out with (Must do better in March)

March is going to blow my mind. "A doozy." How do I know? I know. And it's funny because last March was also mind-blowing, and I've grown, learned and experienced so much in the time since. I cannot begin to imagine what this March is going to be like, but here I go! ...

*January By the Numbers

An Open Letter

2006-02-20T22:44:00.000-05:00

To the dudes at the gym,

I get that cruising each other is part of the whole Gym Thing for you, and I'm cool with that. But seriously, if you're just gonna sit there and flirt or gossip or whatever it is you're doing, and not lift one of those muscles of yours, get off the damn machine so I can use it!

Love,
Caryn

No matter how much weight one loses, I wonder if it takes a whole other kind of workout not to see a fat girl in the mirror. You know, hypothetically.

10 Lists

2006-02-19T22:30:00.000-05:00

Women/Goddesses I was compared to this week:
*Kelly Clarkson
*Madonna
*Kali

Upcoming movies I want to see:
*Water
*Brick
*Happy Feet

Recently dreamed about:
*My mom announcing that she's leaving my dad
*My grandpa, played by Johnny Cash
*Getting out of work with the excuse of running a 5k
*Borrowing a digital stopwatch from my grandma, played by Hillary Clinton
*Britney Spears' car on fire
*Matthew McConaughey as my live-in boyfriend

Three Flickr favorites from my contacts:
*The Hardest Job As A Parent
*At High Levels, the Rogue Becomes Adept at Hiding in Shadows
*Run for your lives!

Emails that made me laugh:
*A Friendster message from one of the cutest guys from high school
*An online dating match found for me, a cutie pie I smooched after a Christmas party
*Oh, that Dilbert

Body parts that have improved this year:
*Arms
*Tummy/Waist
*Hips
*Skin

Parts I'm still working to improve:
*Thighs
*Thighs
*Thighs

Tonight's shopping:
*Milk
*Pepperoni
*Cheese
*Peas

Things I am indecisive about:
*The length of my hair
*What book to read next
*Finally buy my own Settlers game?

Favorite quotes of the week:
*"You have a city dangling from your sweater."
*[contents of Valentine]
*"You're goth." Goth! "Goth that smells like bubblegum."

A Very Cuddly Valentine's Day

2006-02-13T09:35:00.000-05:00

In New York's post-blizzard quiet, a few friends and I warmed up with drinks in SoHo. One is a guy I've been meaning to hang out with more often on our own.

"Hey, we need to see a movie together sometime," I said.
"Yes!"
"This week?"
"Yes!"
"Do you want to see Brokeback Mountain?"
"Yes! Thursday and Friday aren't good for me."
"Me either."
"And Tuesday would be better than Monday."
"Me too!"

Tuesday it is.

Only later did it occur to me that Tuesday is Valentine's Day. D'oh? Yay? Heh? Yes, heh.

If you can catch it, Cuddle Party will be featured on tomorrow's Valentine's Day episode of The Montel Williams Show.

UPDATE: Another stellar performance! Way to go!

*Cuddlemania

I Still Remember

2006-02-09T21:19:00.000-05:00

On February 7, 2005, I wrote an email and saved it in my Drafts folder.

To: Mike Wolf
From: Caryn Solly

While we were chatting, I wanted to say that I'd "bite my tongue" until you saw it ... but I couldn't -- just couldn't -- say it. Because of the movie.

Over AIM, I had just convinced Mike that he would like Million Dollar Baby and that he should see it. Mike and I loved to talk about movies, and he had unique reservations about the film, which I had anticipated and successfully assuaged. He said he was pretty busy and wouldn't get to see it for at least a few days.

He wouldn't have gotten the joke, but I wouldn't have been able to help from laughing at myself and having to explain it. I restrained myself. I planned to send the email after he came back and told me he saw it.

Mike never made it to the movie. And I've never been able to bring myself to delete that email from that Drafts folder. I like being reminded of him when I see it.

We still remember you, Mike.

You Know ... Stuff

2006-02-08T17:49:00.000-05:00

Kissing Beth Fisher
Some of the best writing I've come across on a blog in a long time. Nice, Murph.

Alien Loves Predator
My favoritest Cuddle Party reference. Ever.

Volunteer at the Tribeca Film Festival
I will be doing it again! Want to join me?

Princess Alicia
Almost 40-Year-Old Virgin goes Googling.

Love, Daddy
"Letters and stories from my jailed deaf dad." A new blog from Kambri Crews.

A Cure for AIDS?!
"In addition to being a potential checkmate to HIV, the compounds show indications of being just as effective against other diseases plaguing humankind - among them influenza, possibly even the dread bird flu, along with smallpox and herpes."
Any medical types out there who can comment on this?

Discussion: Am I the only one who thinks that lilies are a stinky flower? A girl in my office got a beautiful bouquet of them, but damn! P.U.

January By the Numbers

2006-02-01T08:39:00.000-05:00

Inspired by Keith

1 Birthday had
28 Years old I am now
22 Workouts at the gym
1 Personal trainer who kicked my ass
4 Cokes drank
73 Cokes I didn't drink (Buh bye, Coca-Cola)
2 Massages had
1 6-handed massage had
3 Beautiful women who administered 6-handed massage
0 Dollars paid for said massages
2 Visits to the nicest dentist in the whole world
1 Promotion received (That's Ms. Senior Editor to you)
11 Men who replied to my online personal ad
0 Replies sent to those men
3 Men I made out with
37 Average age of men I made out with (I {heart} older men)
9 Bouquets of flowers had in my room
13 Songs purchased on iTunes
2 Days spent out of the city
1 New pair of glasses
16 Pages wrote in my diary
49 Text messages sent
89 Text messages received
1 Photos uploaded to Flickr (I've fallen behind)

Hello February ...

Oh my God

2006-01-23T23:45:00.000-05:00

Childhood Heart Repairs May Not Last

I had a congenital heart defect, corrected with surgery.

I always say, I am totally fine and I've never have never had any complications since then. ...

*100 Things About Me [36-40]

Blogs I Love Lately:The Dude Edition

2006-01-22T09:24:00.000-05:00

Mr. Pinkerton
When we last caught up with Keith at Ironpants, he and "San Francisco Lawyer Chick" J were riding off into the Phoenix sunset. Nearly a year later, things didn't quite work out that way. I love that he still does Weekend Report by the Numbers, and he's inspired me to do my own January by the Numbers. Stay tuned.

Almost 40-Year-Old Virgin
It's a stretch to say I "love" this blog. Almost 40-Year-Old Virgin's blog reads like a train wreck and yet I can't look away. He has some serious problems (basement-level self-esteem, extremely prejudicial, self-fulfilling rationalization, paralyzed with fear), but his lack of sexual experience isn't necessarily or inherently one of them. Sincerely, I wish A40YOV the best and hope that he finds what he's looking for, but, like a lot of his commenters, I think he needs to start seeing women as human beings, not a list of characteristics who use him for money.

Nice Guys Finish Last
Desperate Guy doesn't have any obvious problems, though he does get a little down on himself sometimes. Unlike A40YOV, Desperate Guy seems well-adjusted, witty, social and just having a dry spell. Is he fishing for blog groupies? I don't think so, but I'm surprised he's not getting more dates via the blog. (If he is, he's not writing about them.)

UPDATE: I feel weird having judged A40YOV like I did in this post, and even felt that way when I was writing it but posted it anyway. I'm sorry, A40YOV. I wouldn't want someone to do that to me. :( ... On the other hand, I judged Desperate Guy too, though in a more positive light. Does that make it OK? ... Did I judge these men? Did I just write my observations and opinions? Is it the same thing?

Previous Blogs I Love Lately
November 14, 2005
September 6, 2005
August 18, 2005
April 14, 2005
February 9, 2005

I. Am. Crazy.

2006-01-21T19:13:00.000-05:00

I wanted to go to the gym today. It is Saturday.

When I got there, it was already closed. I tried another branch that was only a few blocks away, and though it closed later than the other, it too was already closed for the day.

So what did I do? Come home and finish off a bag of Doritos? No.

I ran up and down 7 flights of stairs here in my building (first floor up to the roof access).

For 30 minutes.

Then I fell into a hot bath.

I'll get to the gym tomorrow before it closes.

See headline.

You should be proud, Jon!

My iPod Broke Yesterday

2006-01-10T22:18:00.000-05:00

Sunday 11:00pm
I buy Imogen Heap's Speak For Yourself from the iTunes Music Store because I love the song Hide & Seek, which I heard on a mix CD from Claire. I drag that puppy onto my iPod shuffle. It doesn't appear to load quite right, so I leave the shuffle plugged into my computer when I go to bed.

Monday 8:45am
On the sidewalk in front of my building, I flip on my iPod. I get the shuffle's version of the Blue Screen of Death—green and orange flashing lights. Nooooooooo!

Monday 1:30pm
Apparently, I was not alone. After following all of these ridiculous instructions and consulting the fine folks at Tekserve (and not the assholes at the Apple Store), I log onto apple.com to look into redeeming my one-year warranty, which is only good for a few more weeks.

Monday 2:00pm
I get a confirmation email that a replacement shuffle is on its way to me.

Tuesday 8:00am
I click on the package tracking link in my confirmation email and see that my replacement shuffle is on a delivery truck in Manhattan.

Tuesday 12:30pm
I get back to my desk after a meeting, and the awesome mail dude has a little envelope for me to sign for: my new shuffle.

So, for those keeping track, less than 24 hours after I reported that mine was broken, I had a new iPod. As Smash suggested, it's like they knew it was about to break. "When did Solly get her shuffle? Crikey, pack up a new one! It's gonna pop on her any second now!"

Potpourri

2006-01-09T08:12:00.000-05:00

*cuteoverload.com [via]
I have this guy as my computer's background. At home. And at work.

*A Million Little Lies [via]
Is James Frey a fraud?

*How do you distinguish between when you should stick to your guns and when you should compromise, especially in relationships and careers? Discuss.

Greasemonkey Goodness

2006-01-06T21:14:00.000-05:00

Sometime last year, I installed the Greasemonkey extension into my Firefox, but I never knew what it was good for, so I eventually uninstalled it. But I decided to give it another try, and wow! It's a lot easier to use than I thought. Install the extension. Restart Firefox. Right click on a script's link and choose "Install User Script." Piece of cake!

I Firefox more and more every day.

Lifehacker:

The “Swiss Army Knife” of Firefox extensions requires a bit of rampup to get going, but it’s an incredibly versatile and useful way to customize the web to your liking.

mozdev.org:

Getting started:
Get Firefox 1.5 (if you don't already have it).
Install Greasemonkey.
Learn how to use Greasemonkey.
Find useful scripts.

Script recommendations:
*userscripts.org (Look for your most-used sites in the tag cloud ... like WoW, you lovable weirdos)
*Lifehacker’s Favorite Grasemonkey Scripts
*More Lifehacker on Greasemonkey

Scripts I've installed: (After you've installed Greasemonkey, you can right-click on these links to install the script.)
Bloglines Teal Killer by Gina Trapani
Lifehacker Blackener by Gina Trapani
Amazon Music Helper by Jesse Andrews
Bloglines - Open Links in New Tab by Julien Couvreur
Bloglines sidebar tweaker by Simon Lieschke
Bloglines Subscribe by Johan Sundström (Good replacement for LiveLines extension, which isn't compatible with Firefox 1.5 - what's up with that?)
Clean My Yahoo by Unknown
Yahoo Mail Extras by Unknown
Google Images in IMDb by Stefan Berndtsson
IMDb links in Netflix by Unknown

Do you use Greasemonkey? What are your favorite scripts?

Related:
*Learn to Love Change
*How to Read Blogs via RSS/XML (Also: How to Start Using Bloglines)
*I Want to Tell You (Cool Firefox keyboard shortcut)
*Clearing the Cache (Top 15 Firefox Extensions)
*Potpourri (Reorder Tabs in Firefox)

Blog Like That

2006-01-02T15:58:00.000-05:00

The Artist is redecorating.

When I first walked into her rent-controlled Village apartment over a year ago, I was visually bombarded. The mustard yellow walls were patchworked with small gold picture frames. A painting inspired by a mega-celebrity she knew hung over the mantle. Another celeb-inspired work was drying on the dining table. A beautiful portrait of her overlooked the mismatched antique furniture which crowded the small living room. Even her refrigerator door was overflowing with inspiring quotes and photos of loved ones. It was an overwhelming experience, and in the many times I’ve visited since, I’d always noticed something I hadn’t seen before.

Now, it’s all gone.

The broken antique chairs and the heavy coffee table have been thrown away. The picture frames and artwork have been taken down from the walls. Even the dining table is gone. The yellow walls are now white, and so is the new carpet. She’s brought herself back to basics, creating a sleeping area and a studio. That’s pretty much it. She’s discovered what’s important to her. And what isn’t.

A mutual friend who was describing this redesign to me before I’d gotten to see it firsthand said that The Artist had concluded that her old décor had been proof that she existed. The loud colors, excessive wall hangings, and crowded spaces were to remind us all that she was here and doing big exciting things. You tripped over her. You couldn’t miss her. It was for us, not for her.

I think I used to blog like that.

Just last week, two friends and I were doubled over in the dim light on a SoHo sidewalk. An off-duty waitresss named Gigi had just told us the funniest story I’d heard in weeks. As soon as we said goodbye to her, both friends turned to me and said, “Now that’s something for your blog!” Indeed it was. But I don’t really feel like retelling it here. It was a funny moment between four people on a sidewalk.

This year has been full of amazing, fulfilling, scary, stressful, and emotional experiences. And I haven’t really told you about any of it.

On purpose.

I don’t need to have all of my highs and lows hanging on the wall in order to know that I am truly living life. These experiences—and the ones yet to come—are mine, and I don’t have to share them to know they really happened or discover their meaning in my life.

I’ve redecorated. And I like the new look.

Written June 28, 2005

Other People Being Funny

2005-12-20T18:43:00.000-05:00

*"Last night I spit my Tokyo Rose all over some guy's penis."

*Improv Everywhere's Suicide Jumper [via]

*Katherine, get that boy a tissue.

*Judge Rules Against 'Intelligent Design'

hotdoggie
12/20/2005 1:58:50 PM
This judge must truly believe than
that he himself evolved from a monkey or ape.HOw AbsurB!BLAH!
you will never convince me that evolution is FAct!What ever happened to these peoples intelligent Sense of reasoning.

Windsinger
12/20/2005 2:06:02 PM
Ah, your intelligent commentary hast swayed me.

not.

Strike

2005-12-19T23:10:00.000-05:00

This is the closure of the Triboro Coach terminal at Roosevelt Ave. in Jackson Heights, Queens. I often take the Q33 bus from there. It drops me off across the street from my apartment.

If there is a strike, I will be working from home. I won't be able to deliver presents to some of my best friends and I'll miss a holiday party on Wednesday that I've been looking forward to. I won't be able get in a good Day 2 on the new health regimen I started today. Grrrr.

How would an NYC subway strike effect you?

P.S. Anyone else notice that it's freaking freezing outside?

Tags: tansit+strike

What Are the Festivus Traditions?

2005-12-18T09:57:00.000-05:00

* The Festivus Pole.

* The Airing of Grievances.

* The Feats of Strength.

*More Festivus pictures
*Learn more about Festivus

Thank you to everyone who came! I had so much fun! I might have to start making this a tradition of my own.

Feeling Festive

2005-12-17T12:04:00.000-05:00

The power of the holidays is so strong that it moved me to buy a Mariah Carey song, blast it loud and sing and dance around my apartment.

Merry Christmas to Me

2005-12-14T23:34:00.000-05:00

I took myself to see Spamalot today! Tim Curry is leaving the show on Dec 18, and I got to see him. (Apparently Alan Tudyk was in it until recently, but I'm only a little bummed I missed him.)

I'm in love with the Lady of the Lake, Sara Ramirez.

And, the performance I attended was taped to be included in the archives of the New York Public Library. :)

Peeking Over Your Shoulder

2005-12-13T20:41:00.000-05:00

Lifehacker is asking readers to post screenshots of your desktop to Flickr -- amd they're giving out prizes.

I've already seen one that has something I think I'd like: Diana uses Rainlendar.

What do you have to share? What have you learned from others?

My First Podcast

2005-12-13T09:03:00.000-05:00

No, I haven't made one, but I've finally downloaded and listened to one.

I've been perfectly educated as to what a podcast is and why they're cool for some time now. But the reason I never listened to any is because I had no idea where to start to find one that would be interesting to listen to. Even when iTunes added podcasts to their service, I was still stumped. I could browse podcasts about Movies and there were hundreds. How would I know which one was any good?

But now I've found one that I already love: The Ricky Gervais Show [via - Thanks!].

You Have Reached a Geeky Post

2005-12-11T11:11:00.000-05:00

You know what stinks about the SessionSaver .2 Firefox extension? If you get to a page that crashes your browser and you have to force down Firefox (.pdfs seem to do this to mine, anyone else?), when you restart the browser, it'll navigate back to that busted page and crash it all again.

I'm uninstalling it.

This Is Called a Carnival

2005-12-05T18:19:00.000-05:00

*I arrived at Sassy's birthday party a little too late to catch Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins. Sassy snagged a souvenir.

*Can you tell the difference between a legitimate and a fraudulent email? I consider myself pretty savvy on these things, and I only got 8 out of 10 on this quiz [via Brady].

*Lola was stumped for writing inspiration and turned to her readers for help. I tossed a few ideas, and she answered the question about what was in her purse. Now she's answered the others.

*... And Katherine also asked for questions. I'm still waiting on the answers to those. (Though she did answer one for me over email. Haha.)

*TiTo-ThE-cHeEtO has turned 13! You're officially a teenager, lady! Happy happy!

*Firefox 1.5 is here! I was scared when I first installed it because I got a message saying most of my extensions weren't compatible with the new version. Luckily, the next message said it could auto-update all of them. Huzzah. I did have to manually adjust some of my settings (tab preferences, search engines), but overall, I like the new version. Seems to be a lot faster than before.

*Reza Mazaheri, a Flickr friend who lives across the street from me, was questioned by a Homeland Security detective when he was taking photos in Newark this weekend.

*Want help with a custom holiday card? Check out Snailer [via]. Order by Thursday December 8 for delivery by December 25.

*Boy meets girl online. Boy and girl fall madly in love. Boy leaves note on the kitchen table for wife and children and flees to foreign country to be with girl.

*Knitty Kitty takes a momentary lapse of fug to blog a kickin' Mr. Rogers sweater.

*And, finally, because of an article in the New York Times (Bedbugs are back? No shit) there's all sorts of buzz about the vampire insects. So welcome to all of you finding your way here by searching for bedbug info. You'll find my whole disgusting tale here, including pictures of my bites.

A Rare Moment

2005-12-05T18:10:00.000-05:00

A friend, who is often described as "cold," "heartless" and "has no soul," is also invited to more weddings than anyone I know. She's also been a bridesmaid more than anyone else I know.

She: When are people going to stop getting married? You're going to use up all the love in the world!!!

Me: Strangely, I think that's one of the most romantic things I've ever heard you say.

yo sab

2005-12-01T21:42:00.000-05:00

I was sitting next to this girl playing a Game Boy. Her mom was sitting across from us, doing something on her mobile phone. The girl was messaging someone. (Really? You can message people with a Game Boy?)

yo sab

Español?

yo sabrina stop being such a bicth!!!!!!!!!!

Oh.

Favorite Recent Photos

2005-12-01T21:35:00.000-05:00

My New Sewing Labels

2005-12-01T21:23:00.000-05:00

By Heirloom Woven Labels

Friends With an Ex?

2005-11-16T17:35:00.000-05:00

Last week, Stephanie Klein wrote about how insecurities are causing her to stress about her boyfriend's friendships with his exes. She writes about whether he should stop being friends with them and even whether she should stop being friends with her own exes, in order to spare one another's feelings. "It’s no way to live, to be distrustful," she writes. "I’m doing it to myself, and I want to stop."

This week, Ken Wheaton strongly recommends against being friends with exes, on the assumptions that someone in the relationship was mistreated and the breakup was painful. He writes that we have not matured past high school levels in this area. "Friendship is for chumps and suckers," he writes. "If you’re out of college, there’s no reason to go collecting friends of the opposite sex in the first place."

Karol writes to disagree with Ken. She says that she is friends with her exes. She writes that just because two people don't work as romantic partners, if the two get along and care about one another, there's no reason each can't fill other roles in one anothers' lives. Karol's commenters disagree, and imply that she is living in a "fantasy world where people act rationally in relationships, treat themselves right."

And in response to the response, Scott Cunning offers his own point of view. "Conflating 'being an adult' with 'staying friends' is like conflating immaturity with liking to feed ducks at the park," he writes. "The two have nothing to do with each other."

Are you friends with your exes? Is it possible to be friends with an ex? Is your partner friends with his or her exes? How do you feel about that? What are the underlying issues that prevent people from having friendships with exes? Can those issues be resolved?

Not As Cute As a Putten

2005-11-15T13:22:00.000-05:00

Caryn: wanna hear something really sappy and cute?
Will: is it about puppies and kittens breeding to form a super pet, puttens?
Caryn: HAHAHAHAHA
Caryn: no, but that is awesome
Will: okay, what's it about?
Caryn: one year ago today, M & i had our first kiss ... awwwwwwww
Will: awwww
Will: now I want a putten
Caryn: ME TOO!

Blogs I Love Lately

2005-11-14T10:35:00.000-05:00

I Think There May Be Something Seriously Wrong With Me
I've loved Lola for a while now. She's just shared an incredible and personal story. [Part 1] [Part 2]

A Singular Man
I disagree with Scott a lot of the time, but he never fails to raise some really interesting issues about love and relationships.

Reza Mazaheri's Flickr Photostream
His photos are really beautiful. I discovered his pictures because I subscribed to the Flickr RSS feed for the tag 'jacksonheights.' Turns out that Reza lives across the street from me, and we even got to meet at the NYC Photobloggers show a few weeks ago.

The Days of Our Lives

2005-11-05T17:06:00.000-05:00

The lights came up for intermission. I brought two of my favorite girlfriends with me to see SLUT The Musical. My eyes were still a little wet from the number about sailing the high seas on the HMS Donkey Balls, while the doctor healed Chinese children and the slut slept with Eskimo women.

“I’m mad at you,” one girlfriend said to the other.

That got our attention.

She continued, referencing a conversation we’d been having in our seats just before the show began. “I feel like you shut me down and didn’t let me have my moment—about going on Montel Williams—when you told us about your appearance on David Letterman.”

“I’m sorry,” my other girlfriend replied. “I didn’t mean to make you feel that way. I just got the call about it today and hadn’t gotten to tell anyone about it yet and wanted to share it with you guys. Of course I’m excited about Montel. You’re going to be great!”

And all was well again.

These are the kinds of conversations my friends and I are having.

A What?

2005-11-05T17:02:00.000-05:00

Several of us showed up at the NYC Photoblogger’s show New Work, New York to support our friend and coworker Matt Law. Well, that’s what we told him. We really just wanted the free booze.

I got into a conversation about men and women. And men and men.

“I’ve never dated a guy for more than six weeks,” he said exasperatedly.

“Me either!” I said. “Except—” I went on to bubble drunkenly about this ‘friends with benefits and we love each other to pieces’ … thing that’s been going on for some time now.

“I think what you have there—” he said and paused. I held my breath, hoping I wasn’t going to hear something that would make me regret letting loose my liquored lips to reveal myself as I just had.

“—Is a relationship.”

I smiled.

A relationship.

I suppose I could check the “It’s complicated” box on Friendster. Except that it isn’t.

Big Pimpin'

2005-10-27T10:44:00.000-04:00

*Birgitte Philippides (aka The Artist) is part of the celeb-saturated Lunchbox Auction, proceeds of which go to Food Bank NY. Birgitte's lunchboxes go up for auction tomorrow, Fri Oct 28! (And look at her pretty web site: Birgitte Philippides. I made it myself.)

*Matt Law is part of the New York City Photobloggers Show at the Chrystie Street Gallery. It kicks off with a party on Thu Nov 3, and the show will run through Nov 19. You can even buy one of Matt's prints!

*Chopper Bob's Cars! Cars! Cars! was picked by Bloglines as a best bet for car fanatics. His subscription numbers started shooting through the roof and we made a bet: I said he won't get 2,000 subscribers before his new baby arrives. I think I am going to lose that bet this weekend. Way to go, Bob!

I've Gone Pro

2005-10-24T19:47:00.000-04:00

I finally got around to upgrading my Flickr account, mostly so I could add more sets. And I've gone a little nuts adding pictures.

Austin
I took a business trip to Austin, TX, recently. The event went smoothly and we capped it off with some awesome BBQ. The Longhorns won that day and we saw a lot of orange shirts.

Biren & Kristen's Wedding
Man, what a good time! Congrats again! The dancing was fun, everyone was dressed beautifully, and we ate the best wedding food ever.

Body Art
Just this weekend, I got henna (mehendi) on my hands, got some new body jewelry, and Jeffrey got his second tattoo. (He also picked up two 6-packs of gluten-free beer. I love New York.)

She's Crafty
I've put up pictures of my sewing machines and some old and new projects. I've also included pictures of what happened to my finger in the accident I had. (It's pretty much all better now, thanks.)

I also added sets for my bedbug pictures (not a lot of those on Flickr) and my trips to Ohio and Las Vegas.

Bye Bye, Busch

2005-10-20T14:03:00.000-04:00

The Cardinals didn't come through, so I'm not going to the World Series. {Cry, cry!}

But my parents were there last night for the very last major league baseball game at Busch Stadium. I have lots of happy memories of that ballpark and I'll be sad to see it blow up.

Photo: Dad

Caryn Needs

2005-10-17T02:28:00.000-04:00

Got the idea from Jon

Caryn needs Gregg to stay
Caryn needs to check her attitude at the door!!
Caryn needs to step off before I b-slap her
Caryn needs to understand what her predecessor did
Caryn needs to remember that it rains on the rich and poor alike
Caryn needs a slap too because she always thinks she's right
Caryn needs to be the next one to go
Caryn needs to survive the early rounds
Caryn needs a totally sweet caring guy who'll show her a lot of affection
Caryn needs to cool it
Caryn needs to hit in order to force a tie
Caryn needs to pick a strategy for herself
Caryn needs to get herself a life - quick!
Caryn needs to stay home full time during the summer to take care of her daughter
Caryn needs him the most
Caryn needs assistance a couple of evenings a month
Caryn needs to win
Caryn needs to post a public apology
Caryn needs friends
Caryn needs to call the George
Caryn needs help finishing up
Caryn needs to open her yap and let everyone have it
Caryn needs to feed her
Caryn needs to shut up about it already
Caryn needs her own publishing company, asap
Caryn needs to go
Caryn needs to put up with Katie until the time is right
Caryn needs some anger management
Caryn needs mental help
Caryn needs to be sterlized!
Caryn needs an older person than her on the tribe to secure her
Caryn needs to stop sucking her lemon, knock that chip off her bony shoulder
Caryn needs an alliance, fast
Caryn needs to get some, she has not slept with someone in a year
Caryn needs the car so I shall be puttering around on public transport
Caryn needs his contribution

*This list wouldn't have been nearly this interesting if it hadn't been for this Caryn.