i heart NY

just wanted to make a short list of things i love about new york:
1. pizza - not a big surprise
2. the subway - just so insanely convenient
3. random people watching
4. random people meeting
5. not being bored
6. wandering around aimlessly
7. wandering around and you realize that you know where you are
8. priceline for hotels (for us weekend Westchester commuters)
9. citysearch.com

not such a fan of:
1. freakin' humidity
2. hemorraging cash (i.e. $3.95 diet coke)
3. walking in heels
4. that lady in washington square park that was sitting on a bench flossing her teeth for about a 1/2 hour (thanks for pointing that out Wags)

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Where Do These People Come From?

I took this pic on Saturday night when Amber and I were heading back to our hotel in Times Square. We got a really good deal on Priceline for the room, and the location is mighty convenient for getting around, but man, do the tourists really suck around there. Honestly, you can't walk 15 feet without the person in front of you stopping to take a pic of the Hershey's chocolate store or something. Not that you can really tell when they stop b/c they walk so frickin' slow in general all the time.

I know, I know, some of you may be saying that I am a tourist too, and I agree - I sort of am. After all, I am on one long extended vacation here this summer. But still, there are different classes of tourists, and the ones around Times Square are at the bottom of the food chain.

So, this weekend was actually pretty great - we saw a play (A Streetcar Named Desire), layed out in Central Park, watched the Gay Pride Parade, and ate at this great Cuban restaurant.

BTW, true to my last posting, I'm going to be writing more often. Maybe not as long or with pics, but this blog is as much my journal as anything, and I feel like I'm letting stuff slip through the cracks.
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Stay Tuned...

I just wanted to acknowledge the fact that I clearly suck lately at posting blogs. Sorry. Luckily, I've discovered that my cell phone camera will be a fine (well, adequate) stand-in for my incapacitated digital camera. I mean, the pics may be a little fuzzy, but try think of that as some kind of artsy touch.

So anyway, i promise that I will post more often from now on - starting tonight. I know that everyone says that, but I'm the only one you should believe.

I don't know why I love these kind of tests so much, but I just do

So, I was sent this test that tells you if you are more right or left brained. Really short test and pretty cool. If you want a copy, let me know and I will sent you the program. Here's what it said about me...

Jorli, you display a strong right-hemisphere dominance and an equally strong auditory processing preference, a most unusual and conflicting set of characteristics!

Your right hemisphere dominance causes you to perceive things in the whole, ignoring details. It also implies that you are emotional rather than logical in your learning, and you possess an inherent tendency to process material randomly. Rather than organize or plan, you attack materials voraciously. It seems inefficient, but it serves you well.

Tempering your strong right-brain tendencies is your auditory processing mode, which causes you to take in information sequentially and lower your intensity level to a manageable level.

You can be a lyrical and fascinating speaker if at times difficult to follow.

You are disorganized and have piles of stuff lying everywhere. Unfortunately, you have a hard time relocating things unless you verbally state to yourself where you are putting something and then remind yourself what you are looking for when you need it.

Scotland Forever

Last night Judy and I met a bunch of British and Scottish guys, who were in town for a wedding. I was thoroughly smitten with one of them - a tall, good lcoking, Scottish soccer player. (Don't think there could be a better combination. Scottish is my favorite accent ever.) Anyway, we teamed up for a game of beer pong. (We won.) Too bad he's going back to Scotland in a week.

Oh, yeah, and this other guy looked just like Ewan McGregor, but he had a mullet. Even with the mullet, he kind of had an attitude like he was too cool for school. Go figure.

Say it isn't so!

My camera has gone and died on me. I don't know what happened, but what the hell am I supposed to do about my blog now? I didn't even drop it or anything. Man. We all know that I can't be entertaining on here by words alone. Oh well, a lot of the time I just search for pictures to use on google anyway.

See Casey Graduate

This is my brother Casey getting an award for being a superstar Linguistics student. Look how happy and mild-mannered he looks! But don't let that fool you. Case, remember that time that you vacuumed my foot while I was playing the piano? Or when you locked me and the babysitter out of the house? Or when you got Dad's 4Runner stuck and then covered it up with mud to try to hide it? Good times. I hope I can make it out for your graduation next weekend. I'm so excited for you!!

Tom F. Chapman, who do you think you are?!

So, I realized that I haven't been taking many pictures lately, so I'm digging through some other recent ones that I neglected to post. This pic is from my friend Dawn's going away party a few weeks ago in San Diego (good luck in SF!). There are a couple of interesting things about this picture: (a) Notice that Tom is reading the all time children's classic, Jorli, The Story of a Swiss Boy (if you haven't read it yet, let me know and I'll lend you a copy), (b) His 40 oz. of Old English Malt Liquor is covered by a Jack n' the Box brown paper bag that he stopped at the drive through specifically just to get the bag. Oh, and the reason for the title of this posting is that Tom refuses to read any blog, even mine. C'mon, Tom...who do you think you are? Man, wise up.