NYC Dark

In the dark of night, by car headlights...

Hurricane Skyrene

A timelapse from the NSKYC New York camera durring Hurricane Irene (the bottom bar is the average color of the sky at that moment).

No Love For Jersey In The Big Apple

I'll just leave this here:

A New Jersey woman was stabbed in the face with a pen on a New York City subway train after she tried to stop a man from lighting a cigarette.

The assault occurred on a crowded No. 3 train near the Chambers Street station during Tuesday's morning rush.

Witnesses told the Daily News and the New York Post that an argument quickly escalated when Evelyn Seeger asked the man not to smoke. The witnesses say two riders were trying to restrain the man when he pulled out a pen and slashed Seeger's face.

Seeger, of Nutley, N.J., was treated at a hospital and released. Police charged the man with felony assault and criminal possession of a weapon.

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Undercity

The NYC underground, with Andrew Wonder and Steve Duncan.

Diseased Body Of Christ

Nothing good ever gets put in your mouth in church.

Case in point - roughly 1300 parishioners of a Long Island church may have been exposed to hepatitis A when they received communion during services on Christmas day. Now there's a lump of coal for ya!

According to the Nassau County Department of Health, "a person involved in the Communion process has tested positive for hepatitis A". Theye did not specify whether the infected person was a priest, altar boy or Eucharistic minister, but does it matter? New York health officials are asking anyone who attended services at 10:30 a.m. and noon on Christmas day at Our Lady of Lourdes Church to return to the church Tuesday or Wednesday to receive a vaccination to fight off infection of the disease. And good luck trying to get volunteers for the Sunday school pot luck after this.

Hepatitis A can lead to flu-like symptoms such as severe nausea, diarrhea and fever, but isn't considered to be as deadly as hepatitis B and C, which can lead to chronic liver disease. Hep A is most commonly transmitted through food when an infected person fails to wash their hands before handling/preparing the food, particularly after they've gone to the bathroom.

Al-Jazeera Still Waging War On The U.S.

Just because it's in English and shot in New York doesn't mean it's not propaganda...

Empire State Of Fuck You

The New York City Council approved zoning and land use changes today to pave the way for a 1,190-foot tower at 15 Penn Plaza, and the owner of the Empire State Building ain't happy.

The project is still in the planning stages by developer Vornado Realty Trust, who have no date for its construction and has yet to sign a major commercial tenant. The landmark's owner, Anthony Malkin, called it an "assault on New York City and its iconography." He left out, "and on my hugely profitable investment." Council members voted overwhelmingly in favor of the project, stating New York City and its world-famous skyline cannot afford to be frozen in time and must embrace new investments. "We can't make decisions based on one building...the city has to grow, and it's going to continue to grow." And besides, they're already down two building from 2001.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg also backed the project this week, dismissing Malkin's argument as delusional. "Anybody that builds a building in New York City changes its skyline — we don't have to run around to every other owner and apologize. One guy owns a building, he'd like to have it be the only tall building — I'm sorry, that's not the real world."

Vornado needed the council's action to rezone the area to accommodate a more dense development than local ordinances allow. The developer also needed the city's approval for transit improvements that Vornado has promised to finance. Lawmakers were told at a hearing that wider rail platforms at nearby Penn Station, better access to subway lines and the reopening of an underground passage connecting nearby subway lines and commuter trains to New Jersey would be part of the project

Plans envision a 67-story office tower two blocks west of the Empire State Building, which stands 102 stories and 1,454 feet but has an 86th-floor observation deck about 1,050 feet above ground. Malkin had lobbied the council to cut the tower by one-third the proposed height. The Empire State Building was the city's tallest when it was completed in November 1930, and hosts more than 3.8 million visitors each year. On a clear day, they say the view stretches 80 miles, as far as Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.

Way To Go, Einstein

According to the new Metro Wealth Index (created by consulting firm Capgemini), the New York Metropolitan area had 650,000 "high-net worth individuals", or people with $1 million or more in investible assets in 2009. That is almost 20% higher than the prior year, and helped the city top other cities in metro wealth (actually higher than the combined total of the next three wealthiest cities). All cities in the top 10 had strong growth, but Houston posted the the fastest growth, over 28%.

Here are the number of millionaires and growth:

New York: 667,200, +18.7%

Los Angeles: 235,800, +13.3%

Chicago: 198,100, +15.1%

Washington, D.C.: 152,400 +19.3%

San Francisco: 138,300 +14.5%

Philadelphia: 104,100, +20.1%

Boston: 102,300, + 14.4%

Detroit: 89,100, +12.1%

Houston: 88,200, +28.9%

San Jose: 86,500, +24.5%

The index also showed that finance, technology and oil remain the main sources of wealth in the U.S., and while New York, D.C., Houston and San Jose are now above 2007 levels, the rest are still below the 2007 apex

Street Ivory

Let's not delve too deep into what "is" art, because ultimately, there can be no consensus. But fortunate New Yorkers can mark themselves down for another +1 on the self-importance scale as they are the debut U.S. stop for a worldwide tour of an "art installation" of 50 pianos.

For two weeks, anyone can play tunes on pianos all over New York City, at famous landmarks like the Lincoln Center, the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge, the Staten Island ferry terminal and Central Park's bandshell. The concept, devised by British artist Luke Jerram, has put more than 130 pianos in parks, squares and bus stations since 2008. The cities effected by this blight include London, Sydney and Sao Paulo.

"There's going to be a huge amount of talent here," Jerram said. "The piano's actually a blank canvas for everyone's creativity, really, so I just hope that the city enjoys it." Oh, fuck you, dickhead. Go listen to some of the crackheads in Battery Park try their hand at a song and you'll see the void in skill.

The New York installation will be the largest in the project - there were only 30 pianos in London last year. Each of the 50 pianos to be installed throughout New York has its own attendants responsible for its care, unlocking the keyboard at 9 a.m. every day and deploying a heavy tarp if it rains.

The pianos were donated for the cause and have been painted and decorated by artists, which means in addition to hearing shitty music, there'll also be shitty decorations. The punishment will be delivered to 27 locations in Manhattan, 10 in Brooklyn, five in Queens and four each in Staten Island and the Bronx.

According to a website about the project, this jerk Jerram got the idea at his local coin-operated laundry, where he saw the same people there every weekend, but none of them talked to each other. He thought a piano might help bring people together in places like that. Hey asshole, it's not a pub, it's for cleaning stains off your sheets and underwear. People at a laundromat want to be anonymous and left alone. It's not a pick up joint or a place to make friends, and if you don't believe me, go to one in Harlem - with or without a piano - and see how long it take you to get stabbed after you approach a stranger.

Most pianos will be open for song until 10 p.m.
(*sarcastic smirk, waves arms in excitement*)

City Peepers

The New York authorities instruct: If You See Something, Say Something. That's how they found the weekend car bomb! Of course, this is hardly practical, since you see something pretty much every day in if you live in the Big Crapple. So when exactly should you say something? GAWKER has a guide:

If you see: Vehicles parked haphazardly in Times Square with smoke emanating from them, say something.
If you see: Vehicles parked haphazardly in a non-tourist area with smoke emanating from them, make sure you're not parked next to them.

If you see: A Muslim man with a long beard standing on a street corner screaming "Death to America," and that man is in fact Osama bin Laden, say something.
If you see: Any other Muslim man with a long beard standing on a street corner screaming "Death to America," it's just those crazy shouty dudes.

If you see: An angry person pull out a knife and stab a fellow subway passenger, say something.
If you see: An angry person pull out a knife and nobody has been stabbed just yet, run.

If you see: A sweaty, suspicious, nervous character on the subway reaching into his backpack, which contains a homemade bomb, say something.
If you see: A sweaty, suspicious, nervous character on the subway reaching into his backpack, that's me coming home from work, GOD why are all you people TOUCHING me?

If you see: An unattended bag left in a crowded area, and when you peek inside that bag it is full of shrapnel and a timer and lots of wires and shit, say something.
If you see: An unattended bag left somewhere, do you know how many bags there are in this fucking city?

If you see: A plane flying alarmingly low over Manhattan, say something.
If you see: A plane flying alarmingly low over Queens, you live in Queens.

If you see: Several men piling machine guns into the trunk of a car while loudly discussing how they are about to use those machine guns to carry out a deadly attack on a crowded civilian target in New York City, say something.
If you see: Several men piling machine guns into the trunk of a car, that's gangsta.

Of(f) Color, Or Black Like Me

A new addition to the New York Times annual Holiday Gift Guide has sparked a minor(ity) uproar after a blog devoted to critiquing the paper termed it "racist." What? Now people actually care what bloggers think?

Included in this year's guide, which was published in November and only finally sparked outrage, is a page titled "Of Color/Stylish Gifts." This first-time feature is described by the paper as "gifts created for and by people of color." After going virtually unnoticed by critics for a month, the guide's been widely slammed in the past week as a collection of "backhanded insults" which are "bordering on offensive" and "out of touch." You mean, this is like the shirts I had to see in the 90s that said "It's a black thing...you wouldn't understand"?

The "Of Color" section was compiled by African American (bona fide, yo) reporter Simone S. Oliver and was inside the "Style & Travel" section of the 2009 Gift Guide. Its contents include:

• "The Mocha Guide to Military Life," a book for African American women with family members serving in the military.

• A "Wise Latina" t-shirt, an obvious play on a controversial statement made by Sonia Sotomayor that became an issue during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings.

• "Hair Rules," a product for people of color with "problem hair."

• "Baby Jamz," which was created by Beyonce Knowles' father and sister, is "an interactive hip-hop and rhythm-based toy line."

Predictably, media watchdogs and Times critics have pounced on the paper for its publication of a gift recommendation list for non-whites. The conservative website Newsbusters blasted it as a guide for "race-based holiday shopping," while the liberal-leaning media gossip blog Gawker.com called it "a celebration of the racist assumption that 'people of color' are defined by their colors." Mediaite questioned the paper's editorial process in putting the guide together, saying that they were "utterly amazed it made it past the editing process," adding that they're "baffled why anyone felt the need to separate these gifts from the more generalized categories into which all these items fit, to one based on skin color."

New York Times spokeswoman Diane McNulty provided the following statement:

Our online gift guides are intended to offer holiday gift ideas for a wide variety of audiences and interests, with Times writers and editors making smart, informed choices that might appeal to those different audiences.

The "Of Color" guide, in the Style & Travel category, is in keeping with that philosophy, and with the efforts of a diverse Times staff to directly address minority readers with our content.

Of course, we expect our readers to use the guides however they choose, and we hope they'll find interesting ideas in many different categories. But we'll continue our effort to provide content that's relevant and appealing.

Congratulations to the New York Post, who finally spent a day being the classier rag in the city.

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A plainclothes cop chased a scam artist through sidewalks crowded with holiday shoppers and tourists in the heart of Times Square, killing the suspect near a landmark Broadway hotel after a gunfight that shattered box office and gift shop windows. I love New York!

The 25-year-old chump, Raymond Martinez of the Bronx, and his brother were trying to dupe tourists into buying CDs along Broadway and 46th Street just before noon when he was recognized by a sergeant who runs a task force that monitors aggressive panhandling. An officer asked them for their tax identification, which allows peddlers to sell on the streets. But Martinez took off running, through to the Marriott Marquis hotel's passenger drop-off area.

Sgt. Christopher Newsom pursued, and Martinez turned and fired with a Mac-10 9mm machine pistol that held 30 rounds; he got off two shots before it jammed. Punk sucker! The officer fired four times, striking the suspect in the chest and arms and killing him. "We're lucky the weapon jammed," said the Police Commissioner. Everybody but Martinez.

The commissioner added the shooting preliminarily appeared to be within department guidelines, which allow for deadly force when an officer's life is threatened.

Police say Martinez and his brother, who is in custody, were working a scam in which they would approach tourists, ask them their names, then write the names on the CDs and demand payment of $10. They claim the CDs are original work they've created, but it's unclear if that's true. In any case, what moron would want to give them $10 for a CD that someone wrote their name on?

The brothers had already been given a summons by officers this year for not having identification. Martinez had been wanted for assault in the Bronx. The gun he used in the shooting was reported stolen in Virgina on Oct. 28. He also had with him several business cards from gun dealers there, but it's not clear if he was also selling weapons.

NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said officers pay special attention to scams and panhandling during the holidays. Specialized units are set up in areas, including Times Square and Canal Street, where stolen goods, knockoffs and scams are prevalent. And sometime, they have to shoot those crooked motherfuckers so they don't rip anyone off.

Super Bubble Tuesday

Superdive is a frat bar in the East Village that allows you to buy a keg to share with your friends. College? It's still on! Starting tonight, "twenty bucks and an appetite for champagne and destruction gets you all the bubbly you can drink, and, yes, that champagne will be sabered and served to you by a little person named Nick wearing a pirate outfit." Yes, that is him in the pictures.

Bridge Wobble

Keeping up with a motion theme, here's time-lapse video of the Manhattan Bridge in New York City, showing the how the bridge bounces as traffic flows over it.

From the NY Department of Transportation:

"The bridge has moved this way for the last 100 years - exactly the way it was designed to - and it can move up to 16 inches daily with normal traffic conditions. The long-span suspension bridge flexibility by design allows the bridge to manage the weight of the traffic and subway cars it carries and the temperature shifts that occur throughout the year."

Momma's Boy

Irene Prusik has been dead for six years. But in April, someone showed up at the Department of Motor Vehicles in Brooklyn to renew her driver's license. Her son, in drag!

Thomas Parkin (49) was charged Wednesday in the plot to impersonate his deceased mother so he could collect $117,000 in government benefits. He and his accomplice, Mhilton Rimolo (sweet gay gigolo name), pleaded not guilty to grand larceny, criminal impersonation and other charges, which do not include playing bridge, attending high tea services, or enjoying hard candies.

Both men were ordered held on $1 million bail. District Attorney Charles Hynes said the scam was "unparalleled in its scope and brazenness." Apparently, he'd never seen Weekend At Bernie's or Psycho. Authorities claim that following his arrest, Parkin told them that because he held Prusik when she breathed her last breath, "I am my mother". Damn, that's a bad ass quote, considering the guy is wearing his mother's pantyhose!

Parkin, who lived with his mother (no surprise there), was accused of hatching the scheme after she passed away in 2003 at age 73. He concealed the death by falsifying her death certificate, then collected $52,000 from her $700-a-month Social Security checks over the next six years, prosecutors said. Authorities say Parkin also got another $65,000 in rent subsidies by falsely claiming he had a disability and that his mother was still alive and was his landlord. Parkin used his friend (that should be in quotes...the gay kind) Rimolo to pose as the mother's nephew when going to cash checks and do other business, prosecutors said. A security camera photo being used in the case from the DMV office shows a faggy frail-looking Parkin in a wig and dark glasses, Rimolo by his side, as he fills out paperwork.

The ruse began to unravel amid a dispute over the mother's home, which was sold at foreclosure in 2003. Six years? That's a pretty slow unravel. Parkin challenged the purchase by suing the new owner on his mother's behalf so he wouldn't be evicted. As the property dispute dragged out, both sides eventually contacted the district attorney to accuse each other of fraud. By the time investigators arranged a meeting with the family in May, they already had proof Prusik was dead: a photo of her tombstone in a local cemetery. Oops. Maybe she should have been keep in the freezer.

The investigators played along as Parkin showed up for the interview "wearing a red cardigan, lipstick, manicured nails and breathing through an oxygen tank," prosecutors said. Wow, he must have thought he had them fooled at that point. It's really sad though...if you can fit into your mother's clothes, I mean.

Have You Tried The Syrah To Heaven?

The Led Zeppelin wine pairing:

This wine pairing is the concept of Joe Bastianich, who is Mario Batali's partner in Babbo, Del Posto, etc.

Bastianich has paired Zeppelin's raw, nuanced, complex and high energy music with fine wine and italian food. The writer David Lynch and Mike Edison have joined the team to discuss the songs and the appropriate wine pairings. Led Zeppelin lends itself to wine; Hearty, robust reds match Page's raw riffs and Bonham's thunderous double bass pedal, while the band's lighter, more playful work calls for tamer, yet complex whites. On stage will be the live Zeppelin cover band Six Foot Nurse featuring special guest guitarist Scott Ian of the band Anthrax, all coming in from Los Angeles for the evening. This event was recently tested without the live band at the smaller restaurant Becco where it sold out instantly.

An example from the previous event: David Lynch - "We're pairing "The Song Remains the Same" with two crispy acidic, chalky, mouth-tingling whites. Think about the opening guitar riff, that jangling makes me think of the bubbles rising in a glass of Champagne. We really captured the spirit of these wines, the acidity, their raciness, the treble. It's all about the treble."

Ticket includes entrance, 6 different wine pours and paired light fare. Tasting will last 90 minutes and dinner & bottle service will be available immediately following the tasting.

Thursday Is For Headlines

The Dead Polo Ponies And Their Mysterious Millionaire Owner - Is this a news story or a Scooby-Doo adventure? Guest starring Don Addams, and they would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for those meddling kids!

Apple Pulls Plug On 'Baby Shaker' iPhone Program - What's the harm if people want to pay $0.99 so they can shake a baby quiet? It's a far better deal than the $4.50 they charge to shake a real baby downtown.

Giant Mystery Blob Discovered Near Dawn Of Time - Giant Blob's mother upset by accusations. She says he's just big boned. Perhaps even husky.

Government Tally: 87,215 Iraqis Have Been Killed Since 2005 - Congratulations to Sgt. Rex Bloodthirst of Witchita, KS, who personally fragged 753 Iraqis in active tours of duty between 2006 - 2008. He also holds personal bests with the Afghanistanis (238), Somalians (90), and Canadians (6 - due to friendly fire). Way to go, killer!

Michael Phelps On Miss Calif. Rumors: "I'm Single" - Face it, he's a fugly pot smoker and she's intolerant of the gays. The only way this would have any shot of working is if they were on a reality tv show. Wait, I smell an idea...

Venezuela To Give Island To New Jersey - Whoa! I saw "New Jersey", "give", and "island" and thought they were finally going to bring Puerto Rico into the union and bounce all those guidos. Not that I think that would be much of an exchange...ever see their annual sexual assault and arrest parade in NY?

FDA To Allow 'Morning-After' Pill For 17-Year-Olds - Now if only there was something that could be done to make sure the age of consent was uniformly lowered to 17. It's too risky to guess these days...just because they're at the Britney concert, doesn't always mean they drove themselves there.

NYPD Computers Targeted By International Hackers - A plot to expunge the parking citations by the kin of the city's taxi fleet? A retalitory strike orchestrated by a united food cart front? What criminal mastermind is interested in the NYPD databases? The only thing you're gonna find through NYPD keyboards are doughnut crumbs, boogers, and pron sites.

Why Women Are Leaving Men For Other Women - Judging by some of the "women" they're leaving their men for, I don't know that there's much of a distinction. Maybe the next study they do on the subject ought to focus on the eyesight of the women leaving men. Really, Samantha Ronson? I wouldn't fuck her with somebody else's dick. Or somebody else's fake dick. I have seen many movies, and all the lesbians are pretty attractive. And don't tell me they're acting...nobody in those movies can act.

Magazine Takes Heat For Doctoring Obama Pic - You DO NOT alter the color of the presidential shorts. EVER. This is America. If you want to mess with the presidency, keep it to election results, okay buddy?

Hugh Jackman: I'm Not Gay - "But by denying it, I'm saying there is something shameful about it, and there isn't," he says. Wolverine is not using his secret backdoor mutant power, but when you do as many musicals as Jackman (even the name sounds, well, gay), it's going to raise questions. So let's leave out that he's married to an older woman and their two adopted children - that's not screaming swingin' bachelor and ladies man.

O.C. Police Investigate Rape And Killing Suspect In Two Arson Cases - How badly do I want to take a look at those police reports? Did he rape the arson before he killed it? Or did he burn the rape after the killing? Maybe he burned the killing and then raped it? People are sick these day.

Cricket Scales New Heights With Everest Match - Coming up on the evening edition: "Cricket Players Die From Exposure, Exhaustion, Elements After Foolish Mountain Match".

Clinton: Pakistan Realizing Threat From Insurgents - Hillary on the finer points of the obvious - see, she would have made a fine president! I guess it would take the Taliban being a scant 60 miles from overtaking the Pakistani capital for those folks to realise the meaning of "Taliban" isn't quite "student" as suggested.

Adoptive Mom Of Girl Found In Storage Bin Arrested - I'm pretty sure there's a "what do you call a dead 9-year old quadripligic found in a plastic bag" joke in there somewhere.

Fail Like You Mean It

Sorry Scarlett, but Wisconsin's new state slogan is already inspiring something...and it's not exactly unanimous praise.

Gov. Jim Doyle said Mothe state will use "Live Like You Mean It" to promote Wisconsin as a tourism and business destination, replacing the slogan "Life's So Good." I don't think that's what the advertising and creative types call "an improvement". Yes, that is a technical term. Additionally, motivational speakers, authors and even spirit maker Bacardi have already used the phrase in marketing campaigns.

Critics who aren't thrilled the state is adopting their slogan may oppose its attempt to get federal trademark protections on it or even take legal action. "They are not going to get a federal trademark. I just wanted to let them know that," said Ellyn Luros-Elson, with all the power of a dietitian who co-authored a 2006 book by that name. "It doesn't make sense the state is going to use something they know has already been put out there."

The state's brand manager, Sarah Klavas, said the Department of Tourism thoroughly vetted the phrase before introducing it and is confident there will be no trademark infringement. She said the state applied for a trademark with the U.S. Trademark and Patent Office and is awaiting approval. A legal review, which included hiring an outside firm, turned up no problems and she noted that multiple entities can use the same phrase as long as they are promoting different items. The Department of Tourism plans to use the new phrase in advertising campaigns and is encouraging other state agencies to follow suit.

"This is another tool we'll use to keep loyal visitors coming back, communicate why a business should relocate or expand here, and let talented employees know why they should choose Wisconsin," Doyle said. Because clearly all of those just scream "Live like you mean it"! Coming up with the slogan and accompanying logo — which shows a silhouetted figure doing a cartwheel across letters spelling out Wisconsin — wasted cost $50,000. The money came from the department's annual $10 million marketing budget, which shows that they could have used some of that other $9,950,000 to improve that shitty slogan.

A University of Wisconsin-Madison law professor (naturally) said they doubt the state would have legal problems. As long as there is no risk that consumers will confuse the state's marketing with someone else's, the likelihood of problems is low. Given the term's widespread use, another UW-Madison professor was surprised the state was seeking trademark protection, since a quick web search revealed broad use in the public domain.

At least five trademarks covering the term's use are active, according to a U.S. Trademark and Patent Office database. Companies are using the term to promote real estate, clothing, and other merchandise; one headed by retired NFL great Bill "I ended the career of a teammate by punching him so hard in the face from my 'roid rage that it crushed his orbital bone" Romanowski deploys it to market dietary supplements and energy bars. Bacardi dropped the trademark in 2008 after using the term in its print, television and in-store advertising for years. The company has no plans to bring back the slogan, which is far more fitting a boozy night with sluts than an entire land mass, and does not oppose Wisconsin's use.

Others who use the term say it's premature to talk about potential legal action but aren't ruling it out. A lawyer in Kentucky registered the phrase as a trademark in 2007 for a local real estate developer who sells condominiums and student housing, and would "absolutely" be reviewing the state's plans. That's also the position of a personal development trainer from the New England area who uses the term as the title of her program, and palns to release an audio CD and a book using the slogan.

Here are some of the new proposed mottos for other states

California: "Close To Becoming The New Mexico, But We're Not Yet"

New York: "You Better ♥ NY As Much As Us Or We'll Be Even More Obnoxious If You Don't"

Texas: "Homophobes On The Range"

Oregon: "When Northern California Isn't Goofy Enough"

Arkansas: "Yokel's Paradise"

West Virgina: "Almost Fully Paved City Roads And Indoor Plumbing"

Florida: "America's Asshole"

Delware: "Really, We're A State"

Nebraska: "Bleak All Week"

Maine: "Oregon Of The Northeast"

Ohio: "Goodbye-O!"

New Mexico: "Don't Confuse Us With California"

Yankee$

The Yankees introduced A.J. Burnett and CC Sabathia to the press yesterday in their official coming-out party, or whatever they call those media circle jerks. Big League Stew smartly called this $240 million worth of initials, and the largesse is kind of embarrassing. Think about it: that’s an 82 million dollar pitcher standing next to a 161 million dollar pitcher standing in a new $1.3 billion dollar stadium.

In a related story, I found two dollars in change under my couch cushions. Hello, slice of pizza for lunch!

That’s not true, actually. It was just a joke. The truth is I have a futon because couches are way expensive. So I didn’t find any change at all. Who knows what I’ll have for lunch. Maybe this white bread is still good. Man, this got real depressing real fast.