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6月27日 On the Radio*My little home office-slash-bedroom set up is great. It's a very sunny room with a big desk where I can spread out all my papers, sit comfortably at my laptop and enjoy the A/C. And when I get tired of making to-do lists and reading random crap on the web, I can take a nap on the bed. My home office-slash-bedroom also has a nice radio. And the radio is set to my favorite NYC station: "102.7 Dance Hits!"- It's all dance hits all the time. But not terrible pounding techno beats. These are all fabulous, disco inspired dance hits from the 70s, 80s, 90s and beyond. I am guaranteed to hear Donna Summer at least twice a day, which for me is just plain magical. She is probably the main reason** I love to dance so much, and her music certainly inspired my "technique" and most of the "moves" I still break out today at parties (believe it or not! most of my moves were invented by an 8 year old me ;). When I was 8 I had two (vinyl!) LPs that I listened to all the time: Donna Summer's Greatest Hits and Disney Movie Soundtrack Songs (I still sometimes catch myself humming the Pinocchio theme song). I spent every Saturday morning dancing my 8 year old butt off in the living room to Donna Summer's Greatest Hits. I did this with the Disney soundtrack, too, but that was kid music, so I grew out of it real quick. Donna Summer made me feel like I was a Solid Gold Dancer! I choreographed whole routines to her songs. She made me want to wear sparkly clothes! Her music filled my heart with Dance. And when the LP got to the Barbra Streisand duet "No More Tears (Enough is Enough)" I thought I could go on dancing forever. So far today I've heard some amazing classics: Sheila E. (Diamond Life); Prince (Little Red Corvette): Donna Summer (MacArthur Park); Madonna (Vogue); Cher (Song for the Lonely); Sister Sledge (We Are Family); Shannon (Let the Music Play)... and it's not even noon! When Ms. Summer comes on, I do have to step away from my laptop and dance a little. The floors in my home office-slash-bedroom are wood, which, by the way, is a great surface to twirl and spin on. * "On the Radio" is a Donna Summer song (wink). ** Donna Summer can't take all the credit. Never under estimate the power of rhythmic gymnastics. 6月19日 We have AC!I grew up in San Francisco, so I operate best in a moderate climate. Something that ranges from a pleasant 45 degrees to a pleasant 75 degrees. Every place I've ever lived has also been relatively mild so I never quite realized that I am a sweater. If it is more than 85 degrees and more than 1% humidity, my body responds by sweating a lot. It's quite charming. People move away from me on the subway. Yesterday, it was 91 degrees and one million percent humidity. I came this close ("") to buying one of those personal cooling units- you know, those plastic fans you wear as a necklace. They make them now in gold, with swarovski crystals running up the side of the fan, spelling the word, "loser." (I'm kidding). It has been this hot for several days now. My other coping mechanism, aside from sweating a lot, is complaining a lot. That is also charming, as I'm sure Oliver would tell you. But yesterday, when I came home, I found an a/c unit freshly installed in the bedroom (thanks Oliver and Rich!!). I was actually a little cold last night - I love it. Now, at 11:30am, it is a refreshing 60 degrees in the bedroom. I'm practically shivering. Weather.com says it will be 10 million degrees today with a billion percent humidity. I am never leaving my bedroom again. 6月14日 my new favorite sites1. Google maps mashup with NYC subway with an extra bonus - bars in your destination area. I never know any good places to meet people. Usually, I'll make a plan to meet a friend in some part of town that's convenient for both of us, but I never have a suggestion for where exactly to meet. This site not only figures out for me the best subway trains to take to our meeting spot, but it also tells me all the cool bars near my ultimate destination. I use this thing every day! (for the subway info, not because I go to a bar every day). Try it out. It's kind of clunky at times but otherwise wonderful.
2. Weather.com I check it all the time and will check their "hour-by-hour" feature every day. Maybe it's becauase I miss my weather app on my smart phone. But I love knowing what the temperature is supposed to be 4 hours from now. 6月8日 The Funniest TV Show I've Never Seen on TVI've been doing a lot of flying in the past few months, and I always seem to find myself on American Airlines. In fact, I just got off an AA plane last night - Oliver and I went to a wedding in Big Sur, CA (which I'd never been to and which was beautiful). But that's not the point. The point is that AA seems to have exclusive rights to the best show that's not on TV, Out of Practice. I've never seen this show on TV. Didn't even know it existed until AA showed it to me several weeks back. Sometimes they'll play several episodes in one flight, and I always find myself cracking up throughout the whole thing. It's a comedy that stars Henry Winkler (the Fonz, and the lawyer on the late Arrested Development) and Stockard Channing (president's wife on West Wing and Rizzo from Grease!). The bad news is the show just got cancelled!! Damn those TV networks! They always take the good stuff from me. American Airlines is the only way I know how to watch this show. Anyone know if I can get the show on DVD? Book a ticket on AA if you need to fly and make sure to watch this show (but bring your own headphones, b/c AA charges $2 for their headphones). |
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