havent commented on bush lately (the bad kind, not the good kind)
cause frankly it makes me too ill
but what i would like to know is
do we have a Dem ready to stand up and fight
and not a wimpy playing both sides of the fence, dem?
cause Id sure like to see a change in this country
meanwhile
we're still in iraq
still seeing the rights of women to choose
pull a little closer to the stone age every day
thankfully polls are showing that at least half of this country
is waking up to the fact that gays have as much right to marry as straights do
i mean hello
its a whole new century
homophobia is so passe' dont ya think
sometimes i think the world is all so modern
and sometimes i turn on the news
and the world seems so backwards
that i wonder if
we've learned a damn thing
people are equal
its simple
R
today i went to pick up a few hundred dollars worth of middle-eastern pastry
at the indian food place id ordered the pastry from several days ago
after ordering the pastry
and calling back to confirm the time and day to pick up the pastry
i arrived as scheduled at 4:00 with a van waiting outside and a kind young man
named Jan (thanks jan) ready to help me
but the indian guy took one look at me and then, and only then
called up his baker to cuss him out for not delivering the pastry
no pastry
so what did he do?
apologize?
say he will deliver to me asap?
say he will give me something for free?
no he said
i had to come back
and try later
or tomorrow
and he would not deliver
take it or leave it
i left it
and promptly marched
over to the smaller
not very popular
not written about in the press
indian food place
who were thrilled to meet me
and thrilled to deliver
and even smiled
and said thank you
the moral of this story
is
if someone is plunking down a few hundred bucks in your (*&%^%%#$# store be nice to them!
but you know what
theres really very little of that old fashioned
common sense
professional behavior these days
i see astounding things all the time
the customer is always right?
forgetaboutit
in one restaurant
that i had the misfortune to eat at
a cockroach crawled up the wall behind me
horriried i called the manager over
did he
comp my meal?
beg for mercy?
no
he said
something to the effect of
well you know the exterminator was here
so they all run out
how very comforting
not that i could eat anything in that place ever again anyway
honeys believe it or not i have had clients with little gripes over the years
and yes dears their gripes are mostly un-reasonable
and not my fault
like the client who was mad at me because a heat wave blew in
on the day of her event and i somehow should have known
it was going to be 98 degrees in early june
or the time the client who left the top of their wedding cake behind
and forgot about it
so the party space threw it away
was mad at me because i should have
called them up at 2 in the am in their hotel room while they were making love
and said hey did you forget any cake?
but in those cases dears what did i do?
did i say screw off its not my fault?
no
i said how sad
let me give you something to make you feel better
and then gave them something
a free miniature cake
a bottle of champagne
a hug
whatever
end result
they love me
end result
i will never go into that mean little nasty mo fo indian guys place again
and the new guy will be selling me a fortune in baklavah from now on!
old fashioned business ethics
would sure like to see more of em
show of hands
who has netflix
tivo
full cable
and just never
bothers to leave the house anymore?
i mean sheesh honeys
the only reason i wont get netflix
is because im already hooked on like 4 tv show
plus hbo and showtime movies
and have the shows i miss being taped
its like an addiction
mix this in with working full time
trying to be creative
and trying to spend some time communicating with the outside
world
and yeah
writing a blog
and ya know what theres no more time left in life
maybe its time to shut off the tv
give back the remote
the tivo
the netflix
and step outside and smell the frozen winter
flowers that arent there
well hey its the thought that counts
just checking in
to say
hey
when is it too much?
sometimes tv just knocks me on my tush
i swear ive seen the most intense stuff lately
almost making me think there are socially minded folks in tv land
not just money men
saw a Boston Legal
in which this chick is so horrified about the war in Iraq she sends
her taxes in with no money and a post it that says STICK IT!
hahah
course they tried to throw her in jail for that one
just discovered the LOGO channel and watched a very powerful movie
about a guy who has a chance to kill the gay basher who murdered his lover
but can't bring himself to do it
he's a better man than i
well i mean im not a man but if i was
i mean hes a better person then i
anyway
its always surprising when you turn on the boob tube
and it seems like someone with talent is writing
and not just writing for money
but writing to make us think..
just hope people are listening
lord im happy to be home
where the skin is pasty
the clothes are black
and the smiles are genuine
did not need to see another botox shock face
or poodle with rhinestone collar
anytime soon
speaking of botox
doesnt anyone realize that if you keep shooting up your face with this
you're gonna look like someone who just saw dick cheney in the nude
i mean that level of shock look
eyes wide
face flat
just doesnt exist in normal life
its gross
sorry but it is
anyway
im glad to be home
in good ol nyc
not that good ol nyc exists anymore
the 2nd avenue deli is gone
the plaza is gone
little eukrania is gone
little poland is gone
jewish life on orchard street gone
the lower-east-side is about to erect its first glass
highrise luxury condo in the parking lot
of the beloved and NOW GONE RATNERS?!
the chasids have moved to brooklyn
the artists to newark or red hook
or the north pole
and my beloved manhattan is turning into the emerald city
only the rich and the poor can be here
the poor in the projects
the rich in the kazillion dollar co-ops
and still
whenever i travel
i know again and again
there's no place like manhattan
under its skin
there is still edge
you just have to dig for it
a little more
dig
dig
dig it
heres yer LA update
the stones rocked
man we were only 50 feet from mick jaggers butt
i mean butt
cause we were seated behind him
which at first i though would be a drag but then i realized that not only do we get to see the stones behind stage
but well even at like 60 whatever
mick jagger has a nice tushy
honey that man has not aged
a few crags but the boy did not stop
strutting for a minute
keith richards looks like night of the living dead but can still
rock too
it was a magical night
as to the rest of my LA trip
well one thing i have learned in my little
rental compac silver focus
is that you really
and truly
can not make a left turn anywhere in this &*^%$&*$( town
damn
its like no left turn
no left turn
i would up making 3 or 4 rights to get a left
everytime
sheesh
another thing i coudl do without
is all the
honking
i mean just cause i took a breath before i went thru the light
youd think the world had ended
did do a few must dos
bought underward at fredericks of hollywood
shopped at melrose place
gave the finger to some valley girls
you know
the usual
ill be back in nyc in a few days
and although i dont miss the cold
i do miss manhattan
i need to see some black clothes
and spend a few days WALKING
not driving
to get my groove back
sheesh
i can't get noooooo
satisfactionnnnnnn
im here in not so sunny LA
kinda monsoonish actually
with my utlra cool nephew Drew
saw the oscars last night
why was i surprised that they came on at 5:00 duh
i am so blonde
anyway
im off to see the wizard, not the rolling stones
same thing
drew said he saw them this year
and he was pretty sure keith richards
was held up on strings and died a decade ago
i want to see this for myself
anyway
tons of frosted hair
tons of botox
bad facelifts
yep
im in La
nope
i dont want to move here
im NYC to the bone baby
see ya
