Tyra In All Her Glory

I don't know how they found time to make all these GIF files but enjoy Tyra in all her glory?

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North Market

Today C-Fresh and I did a little exploring around Columbus. To finish up our random driving around (we found another Target closer to home. . .woo-hoo) he took me to the North Market. Wow, that place is really freaking cool. Thanks to Gumby I looked around specifically for the little Vietnamese Pho booth. OMG! I had the #8 (Pho Bo) and it was out of this world! I think I may have developed and addiction. . .

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Future Ex Husband Friday

What? How did I let ANOTHER Friday go by without FEH Friday? This weeks luck man is Hidetoshi Nakata. He is Japan's answer to David Beckham but a heck of a lot more popular.

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Rescue Kitty

This is T.C. He is our rescue kitty. C-Fresh has been feeding him outside for about 5 months now and the little guy has just grown on us. He is the happiest, friendliest, purringest cat so within the next few weeks we'll be getting him neutered and bringing him inside. I just hope he gets along with Killer Kitty once his balls get chopped. . .

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Buddha

I went outside this morning to have my first cup of coffee and I noticed the morning glories climbing all over the little Buddha that I have on the back porch so I just had to get a pic of it because it had a sort of wild feel to it.

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Go Heather Go!

I just finished watching America's Next Top Model and all I have to say is Go Heather, GO! C-Fresh and I both love her and are rooting for her. I know this is so not sounding like me but I think it takes amazing guts and courage for her to have even auditioned let alone go to L.A. with 12 strangers. I don't care so much about setting the example for others with Auspergers or autism so much as I am just rooting for her. I think she really won me over when she said something to the effect of if she loses, she only loses once but if she wins she wins big.
I knew the other girls there would have an issue with Heather and I was glad to see a few making the effort to talk to her but I just wanted to smack the cow who said she didn't want to be nice to her because people like that just cling and hang on to people. Wow, what a freaking biotch! I don't think she understands just how hard it must be on Heather to even be there and yet she does give it her all. When Tyra was talking to her you could see her listening and absorbing and trying to exactly what Tyra said unlike some of the skanks who just roll their eyes.

On a different note I was so happy to see that Mila get sent home. If I had to listen to her kittens, and rainbows, and smiles everything is happy schtick all season I would have been seriously pissed off.

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Killer Kitty

I swear my manpanion's cat is trying to kill me. Don't get me wrong, she is a nice cat and all. . .she just wants me dead. It started innocently enough with a few purrs then claw digs in sensitive areas but then it progressed. She then moved on to running between my legs as I went downstairs first thing in the morning. Since she is a black cat she isn't exactly easy to see through groggy eyes and mostly shadows. That didn't work (more to pure dumb luck than to any sort of balance) so she has moved on to other methods. The latest way she is trying to off me is by suffocating me. I have woken up a few times with her lying right on my face. All 16 pounds of her just plopped right on my face and it may be my imagination but I think she purrs louder the more I choke on her fur. . .

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Inniswood Metro Gardens

C-Fresh and I went exploring today and ended up at Inniswood Metro Gardens. It was a really neat place that kind of reminded me of a scaled down version of Montreal's Botanic Gardens (a very scaled down version). We had a great time wandering through the nature preserve and then the individually landscaped little gardens (we both loved the herb garden). It was a nice little getaway that was right here in town.

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So Excited For NaNoWriMo

Woo-Hoo! NaNoWriMo sign ups start October 1st. Out of three attempts I have completed 1 so this is the year that I finish another novel. I have my idea and my character names all set and I've been formulating a story in my head so I am ready to go. Bring on November 1st! This is part of the first reminder email of the big event for those of you curious:

Dear NaNoWriMo author,

You know what time it is? Time for a novel-length email about things afoot at NaNoWriMo!

SIGN-UPS START OCTOBER 1; SITE LOCKED DOWN MONDAY 9/24

We'll be opening sign-ups for another noveling season late at night on October 1. Between now and then, all of the content on the current site will be archived, and the forums will be wiped clean for the 2007 event. All active NaNo accounts from last November will stay active, and Script Frenzy log-ins will work as well.

We'll be turning off sign-ins this Monday so we can have a week of thing-resetting and something-migration that Russ swears is very important we do without anyone hanging around the site watching us. We will miss you that week, but we'll be reunited in October, and we can share stories of our time apart then.

Who else is in this year?

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Future Ex Husband Friday

We are kind of diverging here for FEH. . .can you believe a woman has made the list. I adore Padma Lakshmi on Top Chef. I like here even more after reading her bio on Wikipedia. . .she gots balls ya'll!

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Visitors

I got a surprise visit today from the Yellow Dog. Sorry if I seemed a bit out of it (I blame the Tylenol with crack {aka allergy sinus}). It was so cool to meet you live and in person. Feel free to stop by any time and hopefully I won't look like a deer in the headlights again.

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Bayleaf India Bistro

Yesterday when I went to get my haircut I noticed Bayleaf India Bistro in the shopping center behind the salon. I mentioned it to C-Fresh so we decided to check it out for dinner. What great timing! Tonight was the opening night so we got to sample a buffet of their dishes and I was really impressed. The Aloo Gobi was fantastic! It gave D.'s a run for the money. I also had the Tarka Daal which I loved and the breaded eggplant was delicious. We also enjoyed the decor. It was very tasteful and didn't look like Gnesha puked all over. I highly recommend checking this place out.

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Just Cause. . .

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Sport Clips

I went to Sport Clips today to get my hair cut. It was an interesting experience. Essentially it is a hair salon for men decorated like a locker room. I guess it is pretty good idea for the salon phobic. It also got me out of the Downtown Columbus/ Easton area as I explored the Polaris area. Wow! There is a lot of crap there. C-Fresh and I are heading back there this weekend to check out the shops.

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Hot Ghetto Mess

Oh My God! the Notorious J*O*E has introduced me to my new favorite website Hot Ghetto Mess. Holy Hell, you have go to see it to believe it!

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Cafe Conversations

I was taking out the trash this morning and that requires crossing over the entrance to the parking lot. The mall just put in tickets that you have to display in your windshield and the little gates that rise up after you take your ticket. Posted right where you get the tickets from the machine is a HUGE sign that says FREE PARKING 3 hour maximum. Of course I had a brainiac pull up to the little gate and shout at me
"HEY, why I gotta pay for parking now?"
Me: You don't. It's free parking
Driver: Why the gates here then?
Me: (now pointing at the sign) you take a ticket and put it in your windshield. YOu free 3 hour parking
Driver: How much it cost?
Me: Uh, It's free (pointing again at the sign).
Driver: So I ain't gotta pay?
Me: No, its free
Driver: So why I gotta take a ticket
Me: (getting really irritated) So the gate goes up and you can get in
Driver: Do I gotta pay to get out?
Me: NO! IT IS FREE (tapping the word free on the sign again)
Driver: Damn, you ain't gotta get all bitchy

At that point I just walked away. I hope that retard is still driving around the parking lot trying to figure out where to pay for her free parking at. . .

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WTF?

WTF? Sherri Shepard isn't sure if the world is flat or round? What? Are you kidding me? And her excuse is she just never thought about it? Is this really what the world is coming to? People aren't sure whether the world is flat or round because the bible doesn't tell them the answer? Please, someone just shoot me when Elizabeth Hassleback seems to be rational compared to somebody. This whole segment and listening to that ignorant cow just makes me want to cry. I just find it hard to believe that not only is somebody that freaking stupid but that they are also put on tv to show the world just how ignorant and stupid they are!

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Where in Columbus?

As an addition to yesterdays post I was hoping someone could help me out by giving me some recommendations on where to find some stuff here in Columbus, Ohio (not Georgia, or wherever else there is a Columbus). I am looking for:
A really good Vietnamese restaurant
Authentic Mexican Food
A Gabriel Bros if ya'll have one down here
The best places to find deals on furniture and clothes (not necessarily the same place).
A good place to go bike riding (I feel like I'm gonna get smushed every time I think about riding my bike in German Village).
Good hiking trails nearby
Any points or places of interest that are sort of off the wall or off the beaten path.

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My Columbus

D. is a little worried that I am becoming a hermit now that I live in Columbus. That fear is understandable because I practically had to be dragged out of my house in Cleveland to go anywhere or try something new. To allay her fears and also to create a reminder for myself I created a Google map outlining some of my favorite places to go. If you live here I would love to hear some suggestions and if you visit here then here are a few ideas. I'm going to keep the map over in the sidebar so hopefully you'll be able to see additions as I find new places.

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The Death of The Gay Bar

The Orlando Sentinel had an interesting article on the Death of the Gay Bar. It laments the closing of several popular bars in Orlando and New York and seems to blame it on the fact that the gay movement has come so far and we are being "domesticated" so the need for gay bars is declining (combine that with the Internet and it is a good theory). I can see that but I also have to say that maybe someone could make a bar/ club that isn't seedy and doesn't suck. For years it seemed all someone had to do was slap a few dirty toilets in a warehouse, boom some base, and serve up liquor and people would flock cause we had nowhere else to go to meet people or to be ourselves. Now that we have a bit more freedom and options I think the challenge lies with the bar owners to up the ante and maybe put a little extra money and thought into their establishment to up that whole "seedy" feel. Granted having a night out at a dive does occasionally have appeal once in a great while but it would be nice to see someplace have a bit of class. It may be different elsewhere in the country but I know in Cleveland it always just felt like bars would open to suck the money out of the clientèle before the owners moved on to another venture.

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Fall TV

I'm guessing my run of no tv watching has come to an end. Not only am I hooked on reality tv now (OMG I so can't freaking wait for the next cycle of Top Model. . .I love that trash!) but I am really excited about Pushing Daisies which premiers this fall. Reaper also looks really cool too (nothing like your parents selling your soul to Satan to make a birthday bright). We'll see how they pan out though.

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Columbus Update

Just a quick update on my move down to Columbus. I've been here about a month now and I am loving it. It is great being down here and living with C-Fresh instead of just seeing him every other weekend. I am also loving the new job. I work with a great group of people who really put forth a lot of effort so that is really cool. Now if I can only figure out how to get to places it will be much better.

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Just Cause. . .