Because I don't have time...

Or because I'm lazy...here are a few things to check out. (er...shameless plugs)

1. Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn, Michael Kors and Nina Garcia talk some interesting shop on Newsweek.com. If you've ever wanted to know what kind of underwear Tim and Michael wear, do not wait a minute more to watch this! (And if you don't care about that, watch it because I spent a lot of hours of my life editing it!)

2. Do you like to cook? Do you think your culinary concoctions are the sh!t? Well, regardless of whether they are the sh!t or they taste like sh!t, you might like Julie & Julia.

I thought it was a pretty decent film by Nora Ephron: great adaptation of two books + blog into a film without getting too cheesy or too confusing. Amy Adams was meh in it, but Meryl Streep was fantabulous. Definitely smell an Oscar nod coming from her kitchen...watch my review at Guideposts.com!

3. I just discovered Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series...and I'm hooked. It has all the Tolkien-esque medieval fantasy that I love, in readable form!

For the life of me, I barely slogged my way through Fellowship. With the exception of one hair-raisingly terrifying passage, Tolkien bored me to tears. Jordan, on the other hand, sticks to the topic at hand--namely rip-roaring, on-the-edge-of-your-seat adventure--without Tom Bombadilling. I love it. Love it love it love it!

4. Do Hwa. 55 Carmine Street. My new favorite bar ever. Tarantino owns it, and I had the pleasure of his animated presence last time I went in for a cocktail. That's not why I like it though--I can do without the wannabe actresses and social climbers that crowded the place when he was there. I like it because it is hip, relatively low-key and the douchebag factor is pretty much nonexistant.

5. PS1. The Museum of Modern Art's extension in Long Island City could not have hooked me more. I was expecting some of the intrigue I felt for MoMA, but I wasn't expecting to be as stimulated as I was by some of the exhibits.

I'm not really an "arty" person. I don't have the patience for it. I feel kind of stupid and uncultured when I don't immediately get the point of a painting that looks like something I drew in the fourth grade. (I'm sorry if I didn't immediately get that it was supposed to represent the unjust objectification of the feminine psyche. It looks like the artist took a lunch break and spilled mustard on the canvas.)

But the art at PS1, particularly the courtyard architecture exhibit, actually spoke to me. That particular exhibit comprised a series of diagrams, photos, graphics and blueprints for construction in the museum courtyard. Every year, the museum chooses a design that they implement there, and host a big party in the space. It was so interesting to see how the idea of a public party space inserts some palpable psychology into the design process.

The other exhibits were seemingly unpretentious too! I didn't feel stupid making the associations that immediately came to mind when I looked at the art. If you want to know what I'm talking about, go see it yourself!

Mecca

At last, I have found it...




It's the giant pink rabbit of my dreams!!!

Frank the bunny can eat his heart out.

The Backyard

I happen to think I stumbled upon one of the most spectacular views in the city:


Whoever said New York blows can eat a big sh!tburger right about now. :)

Still Crazy...

After 33 years.

July 1976...

July 2009...


Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad!!! Let the good times keep rollin' :)

Chops

The truest test of an actor's skill is not in resume or repertoire.

It is whether or not he/she can make me laugh so hard that I snort while improvising an impromptu monologue on a late-night television talk show.

Conan's done it to his guests, as has Craig Kilborn, and more notably, it is the only thing that is keeping Jimmy Fallon's show from going under.

Michael Emerson's rendition of Little Boy Blue ("he needed the money, oh!") on Jimmy Fallon's show comes to mind, as does Sir Ian McKellen's Shakespearean lesson on how to change a tire on the Late Late Show. And Will Arnett reading from Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret gave me a chuckle—nay a full-fledged guffaw— today at work.

You want to be an actor? Start boning up on your monologue from Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

Cat Got Your Tongue?

I realized recently that every time someone mentions a cat in a conversation, regardless of my level of participation in said exchange, I whip out my phone and show the parties involved pictures of my cats.

Speaking of which, have you seen my cats? Here they are!



Aren't they just the cutest wittle fings everrrr????

Well, if you're still reading this, you're either a crazy cat lady or you're one of my relatives... On the off chance that you're neither, really, I'm not a cat freak, I swear. I don't generally like other people's cats. I just really like the ones that live with me. They're pretty much the only cats I've ever met who aren't snotty bitches.

However, if the subject of cats interests you on some level, check out the following blogs. They're kitterific!

Love Dem Cats: co-written by yours truly, it's a source of inspiration for you and your kitties. It also chronicles the adventures of a new cat owner (moi) and my two lovely feline room mates, Sal and Dean.

About Cats: a great source for new and veteran cat people, with helpful information about the health, wellness and care of a cat. Blogger Franny Syufy knows her shit when it comes to our feline friends.

Cuteoverload.com: the go-to resource for cute pictures of cats and kittens. Pretty self-explanatory.

My Cat Is a Jerk: a hilarious, side-splitting account of a cat-owner detailing the infuriating yet adorable behavior of two kittens.

So check 'em out. Just remember, don't walk around with catnip in anywhere near your crotch or face. Seriously, if you meet a cat, someone could lose an eye.

Google Alert: You're in Love!

Most people, I'm guessing, don't remember who their college commencement speakers were. If they do remember, it's a good bet that they don't remember anything in the speech. Due to my freakish memory, I remember both my speaker and what she said (and your birthday and what you said to me in second grade, if I knew you back then). Her name was Linda Wertheimer, senior correspondent for National Public Radio and former host of the much-loved radio newsmagazine, All Things Considered. She told me that women have the power to do great things, and must go out there and do them!

Anyway, if I had been a graduating student at Fordham University this year, I surely would never have forgotten Tom Brokaw's commencement speech.

Here is a passage I found particularly inspiring:

You’ll not solve global warming by hitting the delete button; you’ll not eliminate reckless avarice by hitting backspace; you’ll not make society more just by cutting and pasting. And do not surrender the essence of the human experience to 146 characters on a Twitter or a Facebook, however seductive the temptation.

You’ll not get a Google alert when you fall in love. You may be guided by the unending effort of poets and artists, biologists and psychiatrists to describe that irreplaceable and still mysterious emotion so essential to the human condition but all the search engines in the universe cannot replace the first kiss.

In short, it will do us little good to wire the world, if we short circuit our souls.

Nice kicker, Tom!