tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58002992011-04-21T21:36:43.938-04:00anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627310295236818256noreply@blogger.comBlogger2781100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5800299.post-75942591598612659722007-04-17T16:44:00.000-04:002007-04-17T16:50:53.152-04:00

PSHere is a list of all of the animals that I saw in Costa Rica:MonkeysScarlet MacawsGreen ParrotsCrabs (4 different kinds)SnakesRaccoonsSlothFrogsToadsLizards (lots of different kinds)Fish (lots, favorites? Parrot and Puffer and Flying)DolphinsDogsHorsesCowsCatsHUGE Cockroach the size of my handToucans (2 kinds)Scorpion

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Hello internetYes, I am still alive.To prove it, why not look at my pictures of Costa Rica?orHow about the New York Times?See?I told you.

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Pass the GasSo, a bunch of people sent me this story in the last few days.I'm not really sure that I agree with everything in it, but it's still a pretty interesting event. Here is a CNN story about it.Mostly though, reading this reminded me of these crazy pictures that my friend Dave took of the poison gas cloud covering my home town:It's like a scene out of a Batman movie when the bad guys to

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Great.

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WELCOME TO ROCKY WEEK!I had to look at the top part of this front page on my way to work today and it just got me so excited for Friday. On Friday, at 7:15pm, it's Rocky Balboa time.I'm pretty bummed out that I can't see it until then, but do to my brother having a hockey game, it will have to do. I'm pretty sure that you all already have your tickets for this film, so I am proud of you.HOLY

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Too busy to post, not too busy to fightsince the odds having a white christmas get slimmer and slimmer each year, maybe playing this game will help you feel better.

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Foos Movie PreviewI'll get back to France in a bit. For now though, have a look at this:

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France - Part 1Ok, I'm back.Back from a few weeks of vacation in France with my sister and brother-in-law.Here come the photos:My lovely sister giving the bon voyage salute just before boarding the plane at JFK.Behold! The wonder of modern trans-Atlantic flight. (remember to compare this to the plane that took us back home)After a quick seeming flight, we landed in Amsterdam and were

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Henry Miller sums it upIn addition, tonight is going to be one helluva tv extravaganza:1.) The premiere of the new cycle of America's Next Top Model. 8:00 CW (yes!)2.) The first part of the FOUR HOUR Andy Warhol documentary. 9:00 PBS

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WOWDear sweet holy crap!

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LightsI went up on my roof to look at the lights last night for a while.Even five years out, it was still a pretty sad day here.Being a glutton for punishment, I also spent the evening listening to the 9/11/01 broadcast of the Howard Stern show. It's pretty amazing. I sort of forgot how confusing that day was.You can find it here.

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Friday is for watchin'

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Less than four months to go!PLUS:* The Stallone Zone!* Some inklings of what Rambo IV will have to offer.* Philadelphia is obviously retarded.* Stallone Protein Pudding. Wow.* The official Stallone.com.

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Minot Round-up1. The WikiMapia of Minot is HERE.You can label any place in the city (or the rest of that world) with pretty much anything you want. It might be interesting to see what pops up.2. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition comes to Minot and it's happening right by my sister's (and Larry's) house.Read about it HERE and HERE.3. A baby giraffe died at the Roosevelt Park Zoo.This never

anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627310295236818256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5800299.post-1156197638454192152006-08-21T17:52:00.000-04:002006-08-21T18:00:38.476-04:00

Lunchtime with JaredSoooo, today for lunch I ended up at the Subway down in the Rockefeller concourse. It might be the only Subway sandwich shop that is actually in a subway. Amazing.Anyways, as I was just about to get in line, who do I notice is there?Damn right, Jared.You know, the "he used to be fat, but then he only ate Subway so now he's skinny" Jared.Well, it was pretty awesome and it

anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627310295236818256noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5800299.post-1155917104285572602006-08-18T11:46:00.000-04:002006-08-18T12:05:04.313-04:00

Guess who's back?Awwwww yeah.Cycle 7 is one month away.I can't wait.Sure, these girls look boring and not that model-y, but we all say that every time. By the end, they mostly all turn out to be great somehow.And apparently, for some reason, there's a pair of (ghostly looking) twins on the show this time around.Oh Tyra, you clever devil.She's also made sure to include what has become a staple of

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The Amazing InternetYesterday, a friend and I were talking about how much we loved this certain part in the movie "Predator". It's the one where Duke kinda goes nuts and keeps saying the same line from a Little Richard song over and over while going off to fight the bad guy.We decided to make a page that honored that great scene in the same format as this classic bit of internet history.Just

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Ambling through the AdirondacksLast weekend, Aaron Melander came back to NYC again. This time he was here to go camping upstate in the mighty Adirondacks with me, Vince and Dan.He arrived Thursday night and I went out to meet him at JFK airport. He was nice enough to lug an extra set of camping gear (his girlfriend Lisa's - thanks Leezor!) all the way out here from Minneapolis since I don't have

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Lollapalooza 2006For my birthday this year, the illustrious Kelly got me a ticket (and a plane ride!) to this year's Lollapalooza in lovely Chicago.The last time I was in that town was about 8 years ago, and in January, so I was excited to visit in the warm summertime.The last time I was at Lollapalooza was way back for the fourth one in 1994 with the Smashing Pumpkins, etc. I also went to the

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movie magicadam just sent this around and i can't stop laughing at it.

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5 years worth of changeA couple of weeks ago, I finally took this sack of all of the change that I have collected for the last five years or so to the bank.The bag wasn't very big, but goddamn, was it heavy.I took it to a Commerce Bank (in Astoria, Queens!) since it's free to exchange your old coins into paper money there.After loading all of it into the machine, it asks you to guess how much you

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The Festival Of Dan And AnnaLast week, my friends Dan and Anna got married here in NYC.It was all very fun and tons of great people flew in from all over the place.Here's my quick re-cap. Let's get things started off with the bachelor party:The night started off at this place called The Four Faced Liar in the West Village.Here's Dan and I. Note the devilish gleam in his eye.After a few drinks,

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A Very Greenpoint Fourth Of JulyHere's a quick bunch of pictures from this year's celebration, guest starring my good friends Elliot and Aimee from Philadelphia (and Vincent too).The day started by playing fribee in the park and running through the fountains.After that, we watched Italy and Germany play in the World Cup. Pretty icy finish to that game, no?Here's Aimee on a rooftop getting ready

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Balls!Wow.This is probably one of the most awesome things ever.P.s. it is so humid and muggy and gross here these days.

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the NY Post is insaneit really says that on the front of the newspaper today.classy, no?

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Another peaceful morning in Greenpoint...this all starts at about 7:30am.ahh, the city life...

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666i hope you all are enjoying your day.love, anthonyps. now go listen to Slayer.

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braveryif you know what video game this is from, i am so proud of you.

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red hot chili peppers at irving plaza (!)last night, my super nice friend eric and i went to see the red hot chili peppers play at the ridiculously small Irving Plaza. i think the venue holds about a thousand people.they played a bunch of songs off of their new record and i thought they sounded really good live. eric was sad that they didn't play anything off of Mother's Milk, but i thought

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greatest of all time(stolen from the awesome fourfour - click for audio)i'm totally in love with this woman.

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this is what i did for lunch todaymy work pal eric and i went up to Lincoln Center to look at david blaine do his david blaine thing.it was kind of interesting i guess. i've also seen him "frozen in ice" and stand on a pole for thre or four days.eh..what i learned most from this experience, though, is how creepy the upper west side of manhattan is.

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what i woke up to this morningthis huge fire was blazing one block away from my apartment.yikes.update:"Excluding the attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, "this is unquestionably the largest fire we've had in more than 10 years," Mr. Scoppetta said, adding, "This is a huge fire.""- from the New York Times.

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just in case you haven't seen it...this little commercial is about a thousand times better than The Life Aquatic.

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philadelphia surprisehi. i've been away for a while, no?sorry, but i've been sick a couple of times and busy a couple of times. before you know it, a few weeks have gone by. oops.anyhoo, jumping right back in, here are pictures from last month when vince and i went down to philadelphia to surprise our friend elliot.his girlfriend aimee planned the entire thing out to a tee. she is a

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the flaming lipsesplus, i had almost a full pitcher of margaritas beginning to work it's way into my head at about this very moment.thanks again for taking me k!

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finallyat long last, there is a Trader Joe's in new york city.it was super crowded, but awesome. since this was my first trip in, i didn't buy a ton of stuff. next time, however, it's going to be a total beeotch to carry all of my food back to greenpoint.

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attention!broadcasting will resume shortly...

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decision time

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winter is over!it is so beautiful outside right now.it's going to be by far, the best, warmest (mid 60's), sunniest day of the year.plus, it's going to stay that way all weekend.so, in celebration, here's some of the antm ladies' myspace pages: furondajademollie suelesliebrookekathyjoanie

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ho-lee crap!wow.i am a bit flummoxed about what to say about last night's premiere of America's Next Top Model.ok, here's something: these girls are BUSTED. some of them literally. after they showed that one girl's disgusting bruised up legs over and over again (once even in slo-mo i think), i had to quit eating my awesome 7 layer dip.who was in charge of picking this cycle? for realz.there

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songs for listeningthere's a new feature here at Ballad Of Anthony. it's that music player-y thing over there to your right.let me know if there are any problems with playback, etc... would ya?

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cold, wintery mixthis is now gone. sorry you missed it.

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no no nothe yeah yeah yeah's show at bowery ballroom on friday night was boring. the more that i think about it, the more i realize that i would have had more fun throwing $24 out my window.on the other hand, i stumbled upon this amazing public access show when i got home that night.i guess that makes us even.

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i am still alivehere's a partial list of some stuff that i've done since last we met:-saw the film Cache. eh...-saw wolfmother at the mercury lounge. they were awesome.-played a boxing video game and ate pizza at adam and min's house. i am the champ. -went to bed at ten o'clock pm. twice.-collected 7 of 8 of my building's garbage cans that had blown to the four corners of Greenpoint after a

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19 more daysthe website for cycle 6 is up and running.even though it's probably the slowest, crappiest site ever, i still love it. it's good to have our Tyra back. and wow, she's brought a truly strange looking group of ladies with her this time around. jesus.some of you might remember how cycle 5 worked out for me. that being the case, i might keep my picks for the top three close to my

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breaking the fastfor the last three days, i have been on a juice fast. it's something that i used to do every year, but this was the first time since i moved to New York.i hadn't eaten since sunday at 1:00pm. instead, i drank about 4 gallons of apple, blueberry, carrot, pineapple, and grape juice.for breakfast this morning i had an egg and cheese on a roll.it was delicious.holy sweet

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Valentinei hope everyone is having a cozy, romantic day. i also hope that everyone gets to see this film soon. i can't wait. (here's the official site)

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braving the brooklyn blizzardYES!finally, a real deal blizzard landed on us. it's the second biggest single day snowfall ever in nyc.tough.here's a comparison of when it first started vs. the next morning.the snow started on saturday night. a group of us decided that we had to get together and go out and play.vince and i walked from Greenpoint to meet up with adam and min in Williamsburg.

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"please sir, may i have some snow?"ok, once again they are talking about how we are supposed to get a blizzard here tomorrow. so far this winter there's been no snow to speak of.hopefully this time the weather guys (i'm looking in your direction Sam Champion) have it right.let it come down.oh, and completely unrelated, there's this. watch out.wait, one more. can you believe this??? what year

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Polamalu Blitzwhew.what a long, crazy weekend.thanks to all of you that made it out to my opening on friday. that was really great of you guys.immediately after the opening, the weekend started off and quickly became a long, blurry composite of ping pong, foosball, drinking, eating, xbox, home run derby, drinking, xbox, soccer, arm wrestling, conquistaball, eating, and of course, the Superbowl.

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the shortest of noticeladies and gentlemen,have any plans for tomorrow evening?no? brilliant. then why not come and say hi to me (and drink free wine) at the opening of this group show that i'm in.where?at the George Adams Gallery in Chelsea.when?from 6-8ish i believe.you will probably have the best time ever.sincerely, anthony

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speaking of hot air balloons from north dakota...Chuck Klosterman is blogging the Superbowl. you can find it here.(i'm just kidding about that hot air balloon comment.)

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not the most elegant solutionthis story is amazing.the former governor of North Dakota, Ed Schafer, apparently runs a telecommunications company that is planning on providing all of the state with cell phone coverage. this idea is great, except for the part about using giant latex balloons floating 20 miles up in the air to get it done.i'm all for trying out new ideas and all that, but can this

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furnace maintenancefor some reason, i was thinking about Furnace Maintenance this morning. people from Minot and different parts of Canada are most likely the only folks that will know this band. does anyone know if they are still playing?i was glad to see that they actually have a website up. there's not much on it and i don't know if it's ever going to be updated again, but it does have four

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he was born 28 years ago today...buy this fellow some drinks tonight, would ya?

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my old grocery storesince it's a slow week in anthony news, we are going on a tour of what was, at least until a few saturdays ago, my neighborhood grocery store.ladies and gentlemen, i present you with one of Greenpoint's scuzzier grocers, Met Food: i hope that all of you midwesterners appreciate your giant, bright and spacious Albertsons, Sunmarts, and Piggly Wigglies.

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on to detroit...the bus!

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the great move of '06i spent all of last weekend boxing up the contents of my old apartment that i have lived in for the last five years. five years. jesus.i then carried those many, many boxes up four flights to my new home. super special thanks go out to my friends vincent (for providing an additional strong back) and eric f. (for providing the all-important mini-van).immediately afterwards

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gardens, fish, skyscrapers, and foosballlast saturday, my pal vince and i headed out to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to look at plants and trees. it's a pretty amazing place, even in the winter. the greenhouses are amazing. one moment you are in the desert, then you walk through a door and you are in the jungle. crazy.outside, they have these pools and ponds. they were frozen over, but you

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the day after tomorrow is nowit was 60 degrees outside in new york today. it's also january.the end is nigh.

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christmas in minot, new year's in new yorkok, the final chapter of 2005...during the process of removing my handsome beard, i decided that i wanted to have a moustache. well at least for a couple of days.here's what i learned about a man who wears a moustache: that man commands respect!(he also ellicits laughter at himself whenever he passes by a mirror) during the last night said moustache,

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beard removal machineand so, after growing a lovely and warm beard for three months, it was time to say goodbye:

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christmas in minot - part twothe next morning was christmas eve.i spent pretty much the entire day wrapping presents and trying to shake a pretty bad headache. it actually took so long to wrap my gifts that we had to skip going to church.oops.it seemed to go over alright though, as we got to spend more time opening presents and enjoying ourselves.just so that you can follow along, my holidays

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christmas in minot - the first dayafter spending my last day in new york furiously riding my bike all over town shopping for gifts, it was finally time to head home into the cold, snowy arms of north dakota.by total random chance during my layover in the minneapolis airport, i ran into my friend lisa.she was just ending her trip, mine was just getting started.i ended up getting into minot at

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back in the saddle againhappy new year everybody.i'm back.regular typing will commence shortly...

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my lovely transit strike commutewell, it happened. we are in day two of the Great Transit Strike Of 2005. there are no buses or subways running in new york right now. for some reason, i woke up at 3am on tuesday morning at the exact time that the head of the TWU (transport workers union) came on television to announce that the strike was beginning. i was pretty excited, mostly because i had

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the number one song of 2005as you've most likely noticed, this is the time of year when every blog out there feels that it's necessary to list their top 10 (or more) albums of the year.instead of boring you to tears doing that, i am just simply going to tell you what my favorite song of 2005 was/is.now, before i let you in on this little secret, you might be wondering to yourself how i decided

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balmywell, sadly there is no transit strike. not yet anyways. Q: how am i coping with having to be at work today? A: by listening to probably my all-time favorite song over and over and over again.plus it's like 50 degrees outside today.

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strike! strike! strike!tomorrow, there might be a city-wide transit strike here. this means no buses or subways. this also means that i probably won't be able to make it into work.i think that i'll be ok with this idea.hopefully, if they strike, tomorrow will be a fun day much like the blackout was a couple of years ago.i doubt that they will actually go so far as to strike though.on second

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last friday and saturday(this brief lil' post is brought to you by the the common cold)last thursday, aaron melander made yet another visit to my fine city. he surprised vince in the middle of a foosball game. we ended up staying out quite late.on friday, everyone was tired. we ended up hanging out in aaron's nice hotel room 30 flights above the world trade center. we watched lord of the rings

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130 reasons to love nicoleladies and gentlemen, as i predicted here waaaaay back in august, the winner of cycle 5 of america's next top model is:nicole!hailing from grand forks, north dakota no less!to make things even better, i won the top model pool that my pal jamie in minneapolis put together. the result? a very handsome $130!god bless you nicole. god bless each and every shiny hair on

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god bless themi made a total jackass of myself on the subway this morning because i couldn't stop laughing (out loud) at the ricky gervais show podcast. you can get it by going here. it's also available through itunes.brilliant.

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thanksgiving 2005 - albany, new yorkmy friends dan and anna invited me (and our friend vince) up to albany to celebrate thanksgiving with them this year. we left on wednesday afternoon.usually, i go up to the museum of natural history on central park west to watch them inflate the giant balloons for the Macy's parade. i was going to show vince this spectacle, but sadly, by the time i got off of

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"the 4th baddest bitch in america"boy, last night's Top Model made me happy. they finally got rid of nasty, evil jayla. that leaves three girls to fight it out for the crown. i think that we all have to agree that the winner is going to be nik at this point. if her performance last night wasn't enought to convince you, take into consideration that there's been pictures of her with her publicist

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magic-nessso after listening to the magic numbers album nonstop since i got it, i finally got to see them last sunday at the mercury lounge. it was easily one of the most fun shows that i have seen in a long time. the crowd at the tiny club sang along the entire time and, gasp!, there was even some dancing (a rarity here in nyc). i would have gone to see them again the next night at the much

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thanksgiving in albany (snapshot edition)

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thanks be to metro northin about 3 hours i will be riding the train to poughkeepsie , where i will be picked up by the da(m)n crazy and driven to albany, new york.we are going to celebrate thanksgiving upstate-style. i hope that you all eat a ton of good comforting food over the next three or four days. i'll try my best.

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thanks todd rundgrenfor writing my theme song for the day.this place is a ghost town. plus, it's been raining for two days. since we've last talked i have seen both sarah silverman's "jesus is magic" and the new harry potter movie. the former had a few really funny parts, but no magic. the latter had lots of magic, but no sarah silverman. go figure.oh, and speaking of magic, the magic numbers

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thanks be to fourfouri found this gem after i stumbled upon what might be the greatest, most thorough America's Next Top Model recap site in the history of the internet. you can find it here. a warning though, it's pretty epic.

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models on tv aren't going to make me any moneyi should say that after last night's america's next top model, my chances of winning all of the money in the trans-american ANTM pool are getting slimmer. here's how i guessed the final standings:1st place: nicole (she is getting shakier with each episode)2nd place: nik (there still may be hope for this)3rd place: lisa (goddammit. she was eliminated

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required arctic monkeys posti think that i lose my blogging work permit if i don't post about at least one of the artic monkeys shows from the last two days. i'll keep it short and not write too much since everyone else aready has. here goes:firstly, my escort for the evening was my pal libby. she gets quite cranky if i don't put a picture of her up, so here she is. adorable.speaking of

anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627310295236818256noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5800299.post-1132172357975841542005-11-16T15:07:00.000-05:002005-11-16T15:19:18.026-05:00

another minot cewebutanteif i'm not totally mistaken, and i don't think that i am, a happily bearded atomly makes an appearance on the cobra snake.now, has anyone seen his big brother eric lately?

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vince is imminentplease help to welcome the legendary vincent sliwoski to new york city.he moves here tomorrow after living in parts unknown for the last three or four years. i couldn't be more excited.

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happy birthdayjosh duhamel.

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thoughts on last night's ANTM-eva, the winner from cycle 3, is a total beeotch now. i'm glad to see that winning has allowed her to get a stupid standard-issue tiny lap dog as well as an "entourage". gag.-jay manuel wore a shirt that read: "Erotic City-Come Alive".-hearing the girls yell out "Tyra Maaaailll!!" three times per episode is really starting to grate on me.-i hate the word "entourage

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avalanchefor some reason, right now there is SO much good music that is out (or coming out (or has been out for a long time but i'm just now finally listening to)). i am having a hard time deciding what to listen to first.here are some of the albums that i'm talking about:*cat power - "the greatest" - i am in love with this woman again.*the magic numbers - "the magic numbers" - SO so so SO SO so

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death from above 1979last night we went to see death from above 1979 in good ol' greenpoint.(click for video)it was at this crazy place called Club Exit, which is normally an insane Polish dance club. the show was put on by todd p. who has been getting tons of bands to play in greenpoint for a while now. i think that there were about eight bands last night. some were great, some (well mostly

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congratulations mr. wolf, we salute you!yesterday was the nyc marathon. it was a beautiful day (about 70 degrees) to stand on the side of the streets and cheer for strangers.actually, i take that back. this year was the first time in five years that i had someone in the race that i knew to cheer for. that man was minot (and fargo) compatriot scott wolf.i was excited to try to pick him out of

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international movie edition/good luck scott!(thanks brian)on sunday, the nyc marathon runs right through my neighborhood and this is one of my all-time favorite things. this year, i even have someone to cheer for. scott, has generously agreed to take P. Diddy's spot and is in the race for the first time. good luck buddy, i'll be watching (and screaming) for you.

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dear tyra banks,Nicole, the girl that america will soon know as it's next top model, is from NORTH Dakota, not South Dakota as you stated at the end of last night's crappy remix episode.please make a note of this for your files.sincerely, anthony* p.s. - i actually do know the difference between North and South Dakota. it's not all that difficult. additionally, i understand that this isn't much

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miscellany abounds* not too long ago, i went to see "Shopgirl" at the movies. i really liked it a lot. i've read some bad reviews of it on different sites, etc., but i thought it was a very sweet (and sad) film. and there's nothing wrong with that. even jason schwartzman was good in it, and he usually drives me nuts. LA is such a strange, semi-depressing, sprawling town.* even more

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HAPPY HALLOWEENthis image is from my most favorite scary movie ever. plus, i dressed up as a superhero this year. it's a strange feeling to wear your underwear on the outside....

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love is in the air?no?well something is...

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visiting california - los angelesso, after the big, long, fun drive down the coast, we made it to Los Angeles.the first night there, we went to watch clay's band play in little tokyo. it was fun to watch him play drums again. afterwards, we all went out in silverlake to a place called the short stop (i think). the strangest part of that was how many people from fargo i saw there. in that one

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home run derby - san franciscoi know that this post is a bit out of chronological order, but i just got these pictures and i love them.they were all taken by aaron.one of my favorite moments during my first day in san francisco was playing home run derby in golden gate park.it was a beautiful day and taking kids to the park is probably the most fun thing ever.this is luca at bat.she is going to

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visiting california - big surit took about two hours to drive from san francisco to big sur, where we were planning to camp out for the night.we got there after dark, so we had to set up the tents under the headlights of the cars.i hadn't slept in a tent for probably 15 years, so i had a blast even though i didn't have a pillow or a sleeping mat. the next morning, i awoke to the sounds of brian

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visiting california - san franciscolast week, i went to california. the plan was to meet my friends aaron and vince in san francisco where we would stay with our other pal brian. from there we were going to rent a car and drive to los angeles.i was particularly excited to leave new york because it was raining for about 10 days straight here and it was miserable. sunny california sounded pretty

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broadcasting will resume shortly...thank you for your patience.i am back in new york.i have missed you all.

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goodbye Yankees...see you next year. i'll miss you.(and they had better keep Joe)

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winter in octobermy brother gage just sent me these pictures.it snowed last night in minot. school is closed today.crazy...

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