what with today, today?

my cat won't stop farting.Blogger: drinking out of cups, being a bitch. - Edit Post "what with today, today?"
my fingers keep cracking and bleeding.
i started smoking again.
i'm in the process of quitting smoking again.
i am hungry.
i am sleepy.
i need to haul my 3 bags of laundry to laundromat.
my left eye keeps twitching.
(i am probably getting the turrets.)


i am gonna go thirft store shopping.
eat it.

and there's this:
http://www.superpoop.com/sp-archives/sparchive-nov08.php

Fuck you, Sallie Mae.

Dear Albert Lord,
I hate you. I mean, I really hate you. I hope that something really awful happens to your balls.

These were amazing. I took a can of pumpkin, some pumpkin pie spice, and brown sugar...mixed it together....put some in some wonton wrappers....made a glaze out of maple syrup, brown sugar and bourbon...brushed it on...popped it in the oven...and hell yeah.













My little Gertrude.















Halloween was pretty uneventful. Pittsburgh just doesn't know how to party.
Last minute costume was ok:



we went as Jan and Wayne Skylar from the Tim and Eric show (http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=8a25c39217ab41660117ad6d54aa0143)

the sad part is that Doug shaved off his magnificent beard for this.

john mccain is paying for that sandwich with a check.

http://www.johnmccainisyourjalopy.com/
refresh often.

can't handle any more of the debate. why won't palin answer one goddamn question?

jambalaya

this is the cutest:


granted, this kid is 16 or something now...but whatever.

adventures in deutchland.

drove myself around today and got completely turned around backwards. the only rules i know when driving are that i should turn the car around if a)street signs start saying north instead of south and b)if i start going up a hill (because somehow all the bad neighborhoods are in the best parts overlooking the city and/or rivers) . in the process of getting lost today i realized that the street signs have little neighborhood markings on them at the top, informing you of your current location. too bad i didn't notice this until i looked up to find thati was on a hill, on north aiken street in garfield. granted, garfield is not that bad, but...yeah not really where i'd like to stop and ask for directions. after this, i made it to a few thrift stores, scored some awesome postcards from the 70's and came back home. doug took me up to troy hill (germantown) and polish hill to check them out.
troy hill:



the weirdest thing is that they never tell you when a street is going to dead end...because i technically doesn't end...it turns into a flights of stairs, complete with street sign. at the bottom or the top of the stairs, the street continues on, pretending that it didn't just cause you to drive completely out of your way to stay on it.

this is part of laverne STREET:


according to google, pittsburgh has over 300 stairways that count as streets.
after troy hill we went to washington's landing, an island in the middle of the allegheny that is half industrial and have over-priced upper class condos. apparently some of the steelers' live there, i mean, why else would one find a hummer with spinning rims in this neighborhood?


10:30 time for bed.

jane austen, italians, pgh

i had this dream the other night that i was in the 1700's hanging out with jane austen, wearing brocade gowns and bonnets. we had booked a cruise to america on something that looked like noah's ark. the trip was going to take us one year to cross the atlantic. before we departed, we met up with her mother and she gave us visa gift cards and took us to the apple store to buy new laptops.

this is the second day in a row now that i have woken up with extreme vertigo. this morning i realised that it was only when i'd turn from my left side to my right....so i'm thinking it's probably an ear somethingorother.

other than this, pittsburgh seems to be a wonderful place. i live in a neighborhood that is pgh's "little italy". got here just in time for the community days where they had 4 or 5 blocks worth of booths, mostly selling food...really delicious authentic italian food.


pretty much everything is within walking distance which is great cause i am mildly terrified of getting lost.

the drive in seemed so long. the kitten cried the entire time. i couldn't see shit so i was driving really slow and large bridges came out of no where, just so i would have to cross them. i got flipped off and honked at by some truckers in scary west virginia too.
it's really neat driving into the city. you are surrounded by pretty much....well, nature. until you get to the tunnel.


then you drive for a minute or two through mount washington...and viola! le pittsburgh!


and viola! the scariest bridge ever. sorry kids, i can never leave the city again because i refuse to ever go near this beast again.

as per the title line: