to get in the last of my holiday kicks, i opted to take a 30-block walk down 5th avenue this afternoon on my way to running an errand. why i decided to do this, i don't know, as i don't really like people and i'm a fast walker and i typically avoid that area of midtown at all cost during this high-traffic high-tourist season. in any event, i managed to keep my cool even as it took me 3 songs (about 10 minutes) to walk the one single block past Saks and i had to overhear such inane conversation as two women lamenting "where are the celebrities?!" (um, most certainly not trotting around the busiest stretch of midtown)
while moseying through the crowd in the most zen-like manner** i could muster, i couldn't help but ponder the fact that with the immense amount of disaster movies they make about NYC - giant monkeys, asteroids, the stay-puff marshmallow man, floods, etc - you name it, its attacked us on the big screen - i think it would be most effective and scary if they did one of the population perishing due to trampling each other because there are so many fucking people in this city.
**it has since wore off.
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so as we're going to be away for the next few days, this will be our last post of the year. retrospective time!
as most years tend to, '07 had its high highs and its low lows. we experienced the devastating loss of our beloved first pet, but discovered the joy of exfoliation. we fell in love with veronica mars - unfortunately then it was taken off the air - and the meat pies from a nearby bakery. we moved to bigger + better digs, pissing away more of our money on rent, but learning how to use a dishwasher. we met some awesome new friends, but were also reminded how awesome so many of our old friends are.
and now we look ahead. as "eight is great", we have good feelings about the upcoming year, although as earlier today i ripped the last page off my daily sudoku calendar that sits upon my desk, i wondered what the hell i'm going to have to look forward to every day in the office from now on with no more puzzles to do. 2008 just might have to be the year of finding a new hobby.
happy new year, dear readers!
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It's funny, I saw I Am Legend, and as it started my mate leaned over and whispered to me "why do these things always happen in New York? I like New York - can't it happen to LA instead?"
Enjoy the rest of the year, and all the very blogging best for 2008!
funnier is that i hadn't even been thinking of I Am Legend - i was thinking of the upcoming one, Cloverfield...there's just too many destruction movies out there!
Looks like Cloverfield will have ample opportunities for a good trampling!
Also, happy new year!
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