High: Gigi James on KISS' Wake Up Club (and she fucking rocked)
Low: fighting with Dan over a handbag
High: Putting a "currently not within my budget" red Marni handbag on layaway
Low: Putting a "currently not within my budget" red Marni handbag on layaway
High: Buying a really expensive Marni change purse for the bargain price $5
Low: The realizatoin that a deal like that will never happen again
High: finishing a bylined article for NY Enterprise Report by deadline with no major edits
Low: cab fare in Manhattan yesterday totalled $40
High: finishing an 1300 word article for Tweens and Teens News without major edits ( I got an extended deadline)
Low: Meridith's divorce papers are ready
High: Oktoberfest at the Beer Garden on Saturday
Low: Turdy eating Moo's poo during the short 30 seconds of time it took me to get the cleaning supplies (Yes, I now have Shitter and ShitEater.)
High: Finished two press releases today (record writing week)
Low: having to cancel my plans with Stay in order to have a sit-down about the purchase of my "currently not within my budget" red Marni handbag
High: having fabulous (and much needed) sex on Sunday
Low: wanting to strangle Dan on Thursday night (and not in a BDSM way)
High: Gossip Girl
Low: That fucking a-hole Spencer Pratt on The Hills
High: Dirty Sexy Money
Low: That fucking idiot Jason Wahler and his ugly 19-year old girlfriend on The Hills
High: Private Practice
Low: The fear that Private Practice will not last.
High: Facebook profile
Low: Facebook profile (yet another one of these social networking profiles that occupy my attention for 15 minutes)
High: wonderful brunch spot on 30th Avenue
Low: bloating
High: The entire cast of The Hills
Low: The entire (dumb as stumps) cast of The Hills
High: holding the most beautiful Chloe handbag in my hands that so screams "Annie" my knickers got all in a twist
Low: not being able to have that handbag because it's triple the amount of the red Marni handbag that is "currently not within my budget"
Friday, September 28, 2007
Monday, September 24, 2007
I Would Have Loved to Have Been There
I've taken the liberty of highlighted all the redick remarks this asshole made in his hateful speech at Columbia.
From the Associated Press via Yahoo! News
Ahmadinejad questions 9/11, Holocaust
By NAHAL TOOSI, Associated Press Writer 21 minutes ago
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad questioned the official version of the Sept. 11 attacks and defended the right to cast doubt on the Holocaust in a tense appearance Monday at Columbia University, whose president accused the hard-line leader of behaving like "a petty and cruel dictator."
Ahmadinejad smiled at first but appeared increasingly agitated, decrying the "insults" and "unfriendly treatment." Columbia President Lee Bollinger and audience members took him to task over Iran's human-rights record and foreign policy, as well as Ahmadinejad's statements denying the Holocaust and calling for the disappearance of Israel.
"Mr. President, you exhibit all the signs of a petty and cruel dictator," Bollinger said, to loud applause.
He said Ahmadinejad's denial of the Holocaust might fool the illiterate and ignorant.
"When you come to a place like this it makes you simply ridiculous," Bollinger said. "The truth is that the Holocaust is the most documented event in human history."
Ahmadinejad rose, also to applause, and after a religious invocation, said Bollinger's opening was "an insult to information and the knowledge of the audience here."
"There were many insults and claims that were incorrect, regretfully," Ahmadinejad said, accusing Bollinger of falling under the influence of the hostile U.S. press and politicians. "I should not begin by being affected by this unfriendly treatment."
During a question and answer session, Ahmadinejad appeared tense and unsmiling, in contrast to more relaxed interviews and appearances earlier in the day.
In response to one audience, Ahmadinejad denied he was questioning the existence of the Holocaust: "Granted this happened, what does it have to do with the Palestinian people?"
But then he said he was defending the rights of European scholars, an apparent reference to a small number who have been prosecuted under national laws for denying or minimizing the Holocaust.
"There's nothing known as absolute," he said.
He reiterated his desire to visit ground zero to express sympathy with the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks, but then appeared to question whether al-Qaida was responsible.
"Why did this happen? What caused it? What conditions led to it?" he said. "Who truly was involved? Who was really involved and put it all together?"
Asked about executions of homosexuals in Iran, Ahmadinejad said the judiciary system executed violent criminals and high-level drug dealers, comparing them to microbes eliminated through medical treatment. Pressed specifically about punishment of homosexuals, he said: "In Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country."
With the audience laughing derisively, he continued: "In Iran we do not have this phenomenon. I don't know who's told you that we have this."
Bollinger was strongly criticized for inviting Ahmadinejad to Columbia, and had promised tough questions in his introduction to Ahmadinejad's talk. But the strident and personal nature of his attack on the president of Iran was startling.
"You are either brazenly provocative or astonishingly uneducated," Bollinger told Ahmadinejad about the leader's Holocaust denial.
During his prepared remarks, the Iranian president did not address Bollinger's accusations directly.
Suzanne Maloney, a foreign policy fellow at the Brookings Institution, said Ahmadinejad's softer tone on Israel in this speech may reflect backlash in his own country.
"There's been widespread commentary in Iran, even on the far-right, that Ahmadinejad's position on Israel has hurt the country's diplomatic relations," said Maloney. "The fact that he was frankly unwilling to go as far as he has in the past suggests there may have been some consequences for him at home."
President Bush said Ahmadinejad's appearance at Columbia "speaks volumes about really the greatness of America."
He told Fox News Channel that if Bollinger considers Ahmadinejad's visit an educational experience for Columbia students, "I guess it's OK with me."
Other American officials were less sympathetic.
On Capitol Hill, conservatives said Columbia should not have invited Ahmadinejad to speak. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said "there is a world of difference between not preventing Ahmadinejad from speaking and handing a megalomaniac a megaphone and a stage to use it."
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., said he thought Columbia's invitation to Ahmadinejad was a mistake "because he comes literally with blood on his hands."
Thousands of people jammed two blocks of 47th Street across from the United Nations to protest Ahmadinejad's visit to New York. Organizers claimed a turnout of tens of thousands. Police did not immediately have a crowd estimate.
The speakers, most of them politicians and officials from Jewish organizations, proclaimed their support for Israel and criticized the Iranian leader for his remarks questioning the Holocaust.
"We're here today to send a message that there is never a reason to give a hatemonger an open stage," New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said.
Protesters also assembled at Columbia. Dozens stood near the lecture hall where Ahmadinejad was scheduled to speak, linking arms and singing traditional Jewish folk songs about peace and brotherhood, while nearby a two-person band played "You Are My Sunshine."
Signs in the crowd displayed a range of messages, including one that read "We refuse to choose between Islamic fundamentalism and American imperialism."
____
Associated Press writers Karen Matthews and Aaron Clark contributed to this report.
Here are a few other comments made by Ahmadinejad.
"People in Iran are very joyous, happy people," he told a National Press Club audience that questioned him about the arrests of students, journalists and women. "They're very free in expressing what they think."
He said women in Iran were "the freest women in the world ... They're active in every level of society."
From the Associated Press via Yahoo! News
Ahmadinejad questions 9/11, Holocaust
By NAHAL TOOSI, Associated Press Writer 21 minutes ago
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad questioned the official version of the Sept. 11 attacks and defended the right to cast doubt on the Holocaust in a tense appearance Monday at Columbia University, whose president accused the hard-line leader of behaving like "a petty and cruel dictator."
Ahmadinejad smiled at first but appeared increasingly agitated, decrying the "insults" and "unfriendly treatment." Columbia President Lee Bollinger and audience members took him to task over Iran's human-rights record and foreign policy, as well as Ahmadinejad's statements denying the Holocaust and calling for the disappearance of Israel.
"Mr. President, you exhibit all the signs of a petty and cruel dictator," Bollinger said, to loud applause.
He said Ahmadinejad's denial of the Holocaust might fool the illiterate and ignorant.
"When you come to a place like this it makes you simply ridiculous," Bollinger said. "The truth is that the Holocaust is the most documented event in human history."
Ahmadinejad rose, also to applause, and after a religious invocation, said Bollinger's opening was "an insult to information and the knowledge of the audience here."
"There were many insults and claims that were incorrect, regretfully," Ahmadinejad said, accusing Bollinger of falling under the influence of the hostile U.S. press and politicians. "I should not begin by being affected by this unfriendly treatment."
During a question and answer session, Ahmadinejad appeared tense and unsmiling, in contrast to more relaxed interviews and appearances earlier in the day.
In response to one audience, Ahmadinejad denied he was questioning the existence of the Holocaust: "Granted this happened, what does it have to do with the Palestinian people?"
But then he said he was defending the rights of European scholars, an apparent reference to a small number who have been prosecuted under national laws for denying or minimizing the Holocaust.
"There's nothing known as absolute," he said.
He reiterated his desire to visit ground zero to express sympathy with the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks, but then appeared to question whether al-Qaida was responsible.
"Why did this happen? What caused it? What conditions led to it?" he said. "Who truly was involved? Who was really involved and put it all together?"
Asked about executions of homosexuals in Iran, Ahmadinejad said the judiciary system executed violent criminals and high-level drug dealers, comparing them to microbes eliminated through medical treatment. Pressed specifically about punishment of homosexuals, he said: "In Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country."
With the audience laughing derisively, he continued: "In Iran we do not have this phenomenon. I don't know who's told you that we have this."
Bollinger was strongly criticized for inviting Ahmadinejad to Columbia, and had promised tough questions in his introduction to Ahmadinejad's talk. But the strident and personal nature of his attack on the president of Iran was startling.
"You are either brazenly provocative or astonishingly uneducated," Bollinger told Ahmadinejad about the leader's Holocaust denial.
During his prepared remarks, the Iranian president did not address Bollinger's accusations directly.
Suzanne Maloney, a foreign policy fellow at the Brookings Institution, said Ahmadinejad's softer tone on Israel in this speech may reflect backlash in his own country.
"There's been widespread commentary in Iran, even on the far-right, that Ahmadinejad's position on Israel has hurt the country's diplomatic relations," said Maloney. "The fact that he was frankly unwilling to go as far as he has in the past suggests there may have been some consequences for him at home."
President Bush said Ahmadinejad's appearance at Columbia "speaks volumes about really the greatness of America."
He told Fox News Channel that if Bollinger considers Ahmadinejad's visit an educational experience for Columbia students, "I guess it's OK with me."
Other American officials were less sympathetic.
On Capitol Hill, conservatives said Columbia should not have invited Ahmadinejad to speak. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said "there is a world of difference between not preventing Ahmadinejad from speaking and handing a megalomaniac a megaphone and a stage to use it."
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., said he thought Columbia's invitation to Ahmadinejad was a mistake "because he comes literally with blood on his hands."
Thousands of people jammed two blocks of 47th Street across from the United Nations to protest Ahmadinejad's visit to New York. Organizers claimed a turnout of tens of thousands. Police did not immediately have a crowd estimate.
The speakers, most of them politicians and officials from Jewish organizations, proclaimed their support for Israel and criticized the Iranian leader for his remarks questioning the Holocaust.
"We're here today to send a message that there is never a reason to give a hatemonger an open stage," New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said.
Protesters also assembled at Columbia. Dozens stood near the lecture hall where Ahmadinejad was scheduled to speak, linking arms and singing traditional Jewish folk songs about peace and brotherhood, while nearby a two-person band played "You Are My Sunshine."
Signs in the crowd displayed a range of messages, including one that read "We refuse to choose between Islamic fundamentalism and American imperialism."
____
Associated Press writers Karen Matthews and Aaron Clark contributed to this report.
Here are a few other comments made by Ahmadinejad.
"People in Iran are very joyous, happy people," he told a National Press Club audience that questioned him about the arrests of students, journalists and women. "They're very free in expressing what they think."
He said women in Iran were "the freest women in the world ... They're active in every level of society."
Friday, September 21, 2007
Please Listen
For New Yorkers at 9a.m. tune in to Shelton Walden's program on WBAI-FM (99.5) to hear Gigi James tout her hilarious novel, I Didn't Sign Up For This!
For the dirty south friends (eh hem, Shannana) go to http://www.wbai.org/
Stay tuned for Gigi on KISS next Thursday. Hot Damn.
For the dirty south friends (eh hem, Shannana) go to http://www.wbai.org/
Stay tuned for Gigi on KISS next Thursday. Hot Damn.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Toxic
What kind of drugs do we think Britney is using? Does she like to pull from the bong? A little bit of skiing? A drop of E and some pole dancing? All of the above?
Oh Britney, I've always loved you. You're hot and you're music is pure pop wonderulful-ness. Even when you shaved your head, you still looked pretty in that "Girl Interrupted" sorta way. The problem here folks is that rehab ain't gonna cut it. No, No, No. A cocktail of Lithium and some other antipsychotics and a stint in a mental ward will probably due the trick.
Why can't we feel bad for this girl? She's obviously sick.
Ok so Baby keeps eating acorns on the street. It's like he forgot that he was brought up in the suburbs. Dumb, dumb animal. I slipped in a strange puddle in the subway yesterday and my legs and ankles are in pain. Why am I so clumsy?
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Sleep Deprived And Pissy As Hell
A bunch of West Coast activitity kicked my ass last week. My head felt foggy (probably due to these fucking allergies) but I plowed through. A fun weekend - I had. Stacy on Friday; chivitos with the Matos Family on Saturday (whadda meal!); Chinatown with Chris and Francea on Sunday (whadda meal - Joe Shanghai - yum - almond cookie ice cream). I slept not a wink Sunday night and tonight I'm having the same problem. I even took my last Valium - to no avail. I must check the cabinets for Nyquil.
I'm afraid of the creeping of the Fall - that familiar swirl, those nips of wind - are getting to me. It's my witching season. The season of new beginnings and tragic endings. I'm starting to feel caught up again.
I cancelled therapy tonight...my therapist from Ithaca-whom I love-is kind enough to do phone sessions with me...but tonight I worked and was brain dead. The thought of talking for an hour did not appeal to me.
I keep thinking about people who are influencers vs. followers. How often do we emmulate those we admire? It's so hard to find original people these days. I'm bored with people. I'm becoming far more intrigued with pictures. I have to start reading more - again.
I'm stuck on this stupid Angels and Demons book by Dan Brown. Those books don't interest me despite all of the snippets of knowledge and culture packed in. They just don't hold any literary value. But Dan told me it was better than the Da Vinci Code and I was mildly amused by that, so I figured I would give it a try. Some 200+ pages in and I'm starting to scan. I have a good book waiting for me in our library. (One day I'll take pics of our new apartment.)
Just finished watching Less Than Zero - Andrew McCarthy and Robert Downey - the loves of my life as an adolescent. I still get teary when Downey dies.
I have to give props to a few people who are making or have made some incredible changes in their lives: Mer - my soon-to-be-divorcee - you continue to amaze (and shock) me. I love it. I hope at some point we can meet up in the same state. Who woulda thunk things would turn out this way? Kristin - many congrats on your new position- though I wish I had the money to hire you as a full-time writer. Gigi - let the writing flow in your new phat home in New Jersey with the boys.
I need a new pair of red shoes.
Oh and we bought a big orchid this weekend. It's a beaut. Also, another big sheep skin for our bed - ahhh so obnxiously cozy.
I'm afraid of the creeping of the Fall - that familiar swirl, those nips of wind - are getting to me. It's my witching season. The season of new beginnings and tragic endings. I'm starting to feel caught up again.
I cancelled therapy tonight...my therapist from Ithaca-whom I love-is kind enough to do phone sessions with me...but tonight I worked and was brain dead. The thought of talking for an hour did not appeal to me.
I keep thinking about people who are influencers vs. followers. How often do we emmulate those we admire? It's so hard to find original people these days. I'm bored with people. I'm becoming far more intrigued with pictures. I have to start reading more - again.
I'm stuck on this stupid Angels and Demons book by Dan Brown. Those books don't interest me despite all of the snippets of knowledge and culture packed in. They just don't hold any literary value. But Dan told me it was better than the Da Vinci Code and I was mildly amused by that, so I figured I would give it a try. Some 200+ pages in and I'm starting to scan. I have a good book waiting for me in our library. (One day I'll take pics of our new apartment.)
Just finished watching Less Than Zero - Andrew McCarthy and Robert Downey - the loves of my life as an adolescent. I still get teary when Downey dies.
I have to give props to a few people who are making or have made some incredible changes in their lives: Mer - my soon-to-be-divorcee - you continue to amaze (and shock) me. I love it. I hope at some point we can meet up in the same state. Who woulda thunk things would turn out this way? Kristin - many congrats on your new position- though I wish I had the money to hire you as a full-time writer. Gigi - let the writing flow in your new phat home in New Jersey with the boys.
I need a new pair of red shoes.
Oh and we bought a big orchid this weekend. It's a beaut. Also, another big sheep skin for our bed - ahhh so obnxiously cozy.
Friday, September 7, 2007
Hey Hey What Do You Say
So I get these leads from Profnet and look what showed up last night.
4. HEALTH: Suicide -- Star Magazine
I am looking for a psychiatrist who specializes in suicide and a surgeon who has treated patients who attempted to commit suicide. I need them to first look at two photos. Background: This particular individual was admitted to a hospital after reportedly attempting to slit his wrists in a suicide try. The two photos, taken just eight days afterwards, appear to show no scars, scabs or bandages whatsoever. My question is, is it possible, based on these new pictures, there could be any way this person had tried to slash his wrists eight days before? Even if he only scratched at them deeply, would there be at least some scabs or bandages?
On to other news...
A dear friend likes to write erotic short stories. She's good too, and I think this is hot. What's even hotter is she types up a page and slips it under her husband's pillow each night. I mentioned this to Dan and his eyes bulged and I think he sprung a boner. He said why don't you do that for me. I told him I could very easily slip a press release under his pillow every night.
Tell me - since I've been out of the NYC radio market for some time I need to know what people are listening to in the morning. Tell me the names of the shows. Yesterday I got a call from THE hip-hop station for Gigi's book and I'm salivating...but I don't want to miss any other beats.
Must get manicured and waxed today. I'm Amazonian these days.
Watch: Survivorman with Les Stroud. I love that show.
4. HEALTH: Suicide -- Star Magazine
I am looking for a psychiatrist who specializes in suicide and a surgeon who has treated patients who attempted to commit suicide. I need them to first look at two photos. Background: This particular individual was admitted to a hospital after reportedly attempting to slit his wrists in a suicide try. The two photos, taken just eight days afterwards, appear to show no scars, scabs or bandages whatsoever. My question is, is it possible, based on these new pictures, there could be any way this person had tried to slash his wrists eight days before? Even if he only scratched at them deeply, would there be at least some scabs or bandages?
On to other news...
A dear friend likes to write erotic short stories. She's good too, and I think this is hot. What's even hotter is she types up a page and slips it under her husband's pillow each night. I mentioned this to Dan and his eyes bulged and I think he sprung a boner. He said why don't you do that for me. I told him I could very easily slip a press release under his pillow every night.
Tell me - since I've been out of the NYC radio market for some time I need to know what people are listening to in the morning. Tell me the names of the shows. Yesterday I got a call from THE hip-hop station for Gigi's book and I'm salivating...but I don't want to miss any other beats.
Must get manicured and waxed today. I'm Amazonian these days.
Watch: Survivorman with Les Stroud. I love that show.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Could It Be Wednesday Already?
Superbad = very amusing
Friday night at Opa! Discovery that one of Dan's best friends is dating my childhood best friend...and they met through Match.com. As Rick said, "a computer algorithm put them together." Wish mom was around to hear this one.
Watched all episodes of Californication this weekend. Soooo fucking good. He's a filthy minded, immature, train wreck of a man...writer...and just plain hot. Hasta La Vista Mulder.
Caught up on movies this weekend: The Sentinel (enjoyable) and Into the Blue (entertaining/Paul Walker). Got Inland Empire on my player - can't wait. Catching up on second half of season of Entourage.
New accounts in the bag; meetings next week; and money on the way. Pitchers of Hoegaarden with a friend/colleague at the Beer Garden last night. Doggie strolls and laughing with Shannon on my cell (if only she hadn't bought a house in Georgia). Andrew and Footballers' Wives on Friday. A book signing and wine/cheese party with my fabulous client Gigi James on Saturday. The purchase of a new shirt at Banana Republic last week. Wearing sexy new heels in the City last week and getting cat calls. Gosh I love being back.
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