Love: It's All In Your Head!
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Crazy in Love
Today I read on NYTimes.com that researchers have found physiological changes that occur in the brains of people who are in love, and specifically in that stage of love that is new and causes you to act crazy. The study shows, they say, that love actually can make you act differently than you usually would, and that we lovers of the world can now officially shirk blame for acting anxious, euphoric, nervous, hyper, distracted, even outright nuts-placing the blame on love instead.
Just like phermones gave us an excuse to go crazy over someone we've just met, this study lets love=crazy behavior. The study also points out how, when this sort of love suddenly ends, the brain goes through withdrawal and-again-makes you act nuts.
As the article closes, I read this:
"In a separate, continuing experiment, the researchers are analyzing brain images from people who have been rejected by their lovers."
How exactly do you find people in the throws of rejection-induced-insanity? Picture the scene below at your local bar, coffeeshop or park:
Researcher (R): Are you ok?
Forlorn Person (FP): My girl/boy friend just dumped me.
(R):Do you want to talk about it?
(FP):Thanks that would be great.
(R): No problem, just let me hook up these electrodes....
Just like phermones gave us an excuse to go crazy over someone we've just met, this study lets love=crazy behavior. The study also points out how, when this sort of love suddenly ends, the brain goes through withdrawal and-again-makes you act nuts.
As the article closes, I read this:
"In a separate, continuing experiment, the researchers are analyzing brain images from people who have been rejected by their lovers."
How exactly do you find people in the throws of rejection-induced-insanity? Picture the scene below at your local bar, coffeeshop or park:
Researcher (R): Are you ok?
Forlorn Person (FP): My girl/boy friend just dumped me.
(R):Do you want to talk about it?
(FP):Thanks that would be great.
(R): No problem, just let me hook up these electrodes....
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Get it together ladies!
Do I like Ellen Degeneres? Sure. She's funny, I like her talk show, I think she can work that pant-suit thing pretty well. Do I think she's hot, not really. But, to each there own. She is certainly good looking and in shape.
Do I like Portia DeRossi? Sure. I love arrested development (thanks Mo for turning me on to this show), and even thought she was funny in Ally McBeal. She rocks a red carpet. Do I think she's hot? yes.
So why oh why does this couple appear so utterly disheveled and washed out here at a charity event in NYC last week? Come on lesbians, I'm doing my part to break the stereotype, you have to do the same. When you are known as a beautiful woman like Portia, don't throw it all down when you get into the girl-0n-girl relationship. Stay hot, and prove those frumpy-lesbian-stereotypes wrong!
Do I like Portia DeRossi? Sure. I love arrested development (thanks Mo for turning me on to this show), and even thought she was funny in Ally McBeal. She rocks a red carpet. Do I think she's hot? yes.
So why oh why does this couple appear so utterly disheveled and washed out here at a charity event in NYC last week? Come on lesbians, I'm doing my part to break the stereotype, you have to do the same. When you are known as a beautiful woman like Portia, don't throw it all down when you get into the girl-0n-girl relationship. Stay hot, and prove those frumpy-lesbian-stereotypes wrong!
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Starving Socialites Saved!
Thank goodness! FreshDirect, the online grocery and delivery service many New Yorkers have grown to love has expanded. Where? To the Hamptons of course! Now celebs, socialites, and throngs of twenty-something sharing tiny rooms while they try to convince themselves that the experience is:
1. totally worth the money and
2. classier than going to the Jersey shore (you wish!....well, maybe)
will be able to have fresh produce without having to go to the dreaded grocery store. You always wondered why those famous-for-being-famous ladies were so skinny. Now you know, they don't have eating disorders, they're just lazy. Thank you fresh direct. Without you, these ladies may have wasted away and my subscription to US weekly would be worthless.
1. totally worth the money and
2. classier than going to the Jersey shore (you wish!....well, maybe)
will be able to have fresh produce without having to go to the dreaded grocery store. You always wondered why those famous-for-being-famous ladies were so skinny. Now you know, they don't have eating disorders, they're just lazy. Thank you fresh direct. Without you, these ladies may have wasted away and my subscription to US weekly would be worthless.
Monday, May 23, 2005
The Legal Seafood “Experience”
Well I had a great weekend in Boston. I caught up with high school friends, bought a cute hat (photo forthcoming), and celebrated the birthday of someone I've known for 25 years. Our birthday dinner was, however, somewhat of a disappointment.
We went to Legal Seafood, a restaurant I usually enjoy and have wondered in the past why there are no NYC locations. Our waiter very nicely came over and told us the specials.
So-and-so appetizer 24.00,
this little tasty dish, 32.00,
and on and on.
I guess we didn't notice he stopped giving us the prices as he sold us the "experience." Several kinds of shellfish all fried up and tasty, most of which I am allergic to, but hey there were 8 of us, who doesn't like to share a nice appetizer.
Well, to our surprise, the real "experience" was that of shock when we read on the bill that this one appetizer had cost $66! I guess our waiter saw our large party and included gratuity and decided to get to work saving up for that new Red Sox Cap. Freakin' Bostonians. Sheesh.
We went to Legal Seafood, a restaurant I usually enjoy and have wondered in the past why there are no NYC locations. Our waiter very nicely came over and told us the specials.
So-and-so appetizer 24.00,
this little tasty dish, 32.00,
and on and on.
I guess we didn't notice he stopped giving us the prices as he sold us the "experience." Several kinds of shellfish all fried up and tasty, most of which I am allergic to, but hey there were 8 of us, who doesn't like to share a nice appetizer.
Well, to our surprise, the real "experience" was that of shock when we read on the bill that this one appetizer had cost $66! I guess our waiter saw our large party and included gratuity and decided to get to work saving up for that new Red Sox Cap. Freakin' Bostonians. Sheesh.
Friday, May 20, 2005
Why do they call it bean town?
I'm going to Boston for the weekend. Read this, and maybe you'll see some of the fun spots I visit. Full report on Monday. In the meantime, if you're bored, I know a really fun Laundromat.....
Thursday, May 19, 2005
Celebrity Sighting!
I just saw Alyson Hannigan (from buffy the vampire slayer, American Pie) coming out of City Bakery. I guess even celebrities can't resist their amazing Hot Chocolate. They even have Cold Hot Chocolate for summer. Yummm.
Its so weird when you see a celebrity. I knew it was her, yet I couldn't believe it. Then I just stared and looked goofy until she walked away. It's like when you were young and you'd see your teacher in the grocery store, but this time they're hot.
Its so weird when you see a celebrity. I knew it was her, yet I couldn't believe it. Then I just stared and looked goofy until she walked away. It's like when you were young and you'd see your teacher in the grocery store, but this time they're hot.
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Recent Laundry Slogan Suggestions
a few coming in offline....
"don't get tied up doing your laundry" (thanks Robin), and I would add "that's our job"
"A good cleaning for your dirty little mind"
"No more wire hangers? Call SM Laundry"
"45 Cents per pound..ing"
"don't get tied up doing your laundry" (thanks Robin), and I would add "that's our job"
"A good cleaning for your dirty little mind"
"No more wire hangers? Call SM Laundry"
"45 Cents per pound..ing"
From Negligee to Negligence
Maybe the SM post has got me thinking with a dirty mind, but I read this and had to tell the story: There was a suit brought in Massachusetts where a guy sued his girlfriend for negligence after she injured him during sex. Not with whips or chains or anything, just by "shifting her weight in a painful manner." I agree with this blogger. This is an awesome Law and Order Episode waiting to happen.
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
SM Laundry Slogans
I hope this post was worth the wait. I really like the slogan below, but now that I have one, I am frustrated trying to think of some more. Maybe something about knowing what to do with your delicates? I'm open to suggestion.
PS-this is a real store I pass every day on 4th avenue in Brooklyn.
PS-this is a real store I pass every day on 4th avenue in Brooklyn.
Weekend Recap
I have a post I have been waiting on, but I need to find a photo before I can put the whole thing together. Sorry. In the meantime.
Thanks to everyone who sponsorred me for the AIDS Walk. You can find some fun photos of me walking (and my pre-walk night of karaoke) on Dan's Blog. I also went to an awesome italian place on St. Mark's called Paprika on Sunday night, which was awesome. Go there!
More posts soon, hopefully. I promise to stop and take photos on my way home today.
I know , the suspense is killing you.
Thanks to everyone who sponsorred me for the AIDS Walk. You can find some fun photos of me walking (and my pre-walk night of karaoke) on Dan's Blog. I also went to an awesome italian place on St. Mark's called Paprika on Sunday night, which was awesome. Go there!
More posts soon, hopefully. I promise to stop and take photos on my way home today.
I know , the suspense is killing you.
Friday, May 13, 2005
Spring, please come out and play!
When oh when will I walk down the city streets enjoying the sun without a sweater? It's almost Memorial Day! I know in a few weeks I will be complaining about the binary between the hot sweaty city and the freezing A/C-filled environments in every office building, store and subway car, but for now my thoughts turn to something more temperate. Remember when there used to be 4 season?
Spring, I miss you.
Please visit me soon.
I live in Brooklyn.
Spring, I miss you.
Please visit me soon.
I live in Brooklyn.
Friday, May 06, 2005
Overuse May Lead to Unsatisfactory Conditions
What does this picture say to you? Biff's. It seems like a 50's diner or a hardware store, or something wholesome like that. Actually, Biff's website describes the company as a supplier of "a wide variety of portable restrooms designed to meet your needs from construction sites to wedding receptions." First of all, wedding receptions? That is not cool. Note to marriage inclined friends: if you ever make me use a portable toilet in a bridesmaid dress, our friendship is over...way over.
By the way, Biff's slogan is "Dedicated to Protecting Your Health, Welfare and Dignity Since 1986." I think dignity is a reach.
Why the sudden toilet talk? Yesterday, while on a romantic walk through the park, my girlfriend and I stopped at (most romantic of places) a porta-potty. Yuck. Well, I usually avoid toilet humor on my blog, and during any romantic moment, but this seemed funny enough to break the rules.
On the inside of the stall door, a notice was posted:
"This facility is equipped for use by 10 persons per week...Overuse may lead to unsatisfactory conditions." This leaves me to wonder, what are the "satisfactory" conditions of a portable toilet. Have you ever been in one that seems satisfactory? Aside from the usual yuckiness, the worst I have seen was at the Virginia Wine Festival one fall where the added bonus to the portable toilet was a broken glass feature. I have never hovered quite so expertly as I did at this festival.
By the way, Biff's slogan is "Dedicated to Protecting Your Health, Welfare and Dignity Since 1986." I think dignity is a reach.
Why the sudden toilet talk? Yesterday, while on a romantic walk through the park, my girlfriend and I stopped at (most romantic of places) a porta-potty. Yuck. Well, I usually avoid toilet humor on my blog, and during any romantic moment, but this seemed funny enough to break the rules.
On the inside of the stall door, a notice was posted:
"This facility is equipped for use by 10 persons per week...Overuse may lead to unsatisfactory conditions." This leaves me to wonder, what are the "satisfactory" conditions of a portable toilet. Have you ever been in one that seems satisfactory? Aside from the usual yuckiness, the worst I have seen was at the Virginia Wine Festival one fall where the added bonus to the portable toilet was a broken glass feature. I have never hovered quite so expertly as I did at this festival.
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