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• 12:08 @sinspired *beams* I believe this is the first time I’ve been #FollowFriday’d! #
• 16:39 Ugh, so miserable. Sick, sick, sick. Can’t stand up for more than 10 seconds without feeling faint. Guess MOCCA is out of the picture. #
• 18:59 @Esperacchius MoCCA: www.moccany.org/ I was hoping to meet Pillars of Awesome such as Kate Beaton (@beatonna) and Dylan Meconis. #
• 19:09 @Esperacchius The delirium would’ve had to make me want to drink coffee, too. Eww! #
• 21:44 Feeling great as long as I stay horizontal! Standing is still a sketchy proposition. I did manage to eat some granola, at least. #

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• 11:32 Got tickets to see Alan Tudyk and Hank Azaria in a tribute to Monty Python! Is it October 10th yet? #
• 15:35 Booooooooo! Potential roommate decided to live elsewhere, closer to her job. Back to Craigslist for me! #
• 16:03 @Esperacchius What the… how? #
• 21:23 @sue_sue4 Dear lord, it’s too late! The twittermind has you! #

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• 07:37 Yay, only 10 minutes until I meet my (probable) new roommate! #
• 09:39 ConEd’s website is so amusing. coned.com. Coned! Cwned! I think perhaps I’ve been watching too much #theGuild. #
• 14:10 New York friends: My company accidentally got extra tickets to "Drag Me To Hell" at 8 tonight. Anyone want to come with? #
• 15:32 @MickeydotFinn My fourth Cirque show, actually. It never gets any less jaw-droppingly, heart-stoppingly amazing. #
• 23:20 Bleh. Thought "Drag Me to Hell" would be funnier, like Evil Dead. I don’t care for straight Horror. I left after about 30 minutes. #
• 23:31 @ShipLizard It definitely has campy elements, but not enough to make me want to stay. I’m a horror movie wuss, though, so mileage may vary. #

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Wednesday:

1. Poor Pascy! My partner in character creation, Chris, came in to work sick and miserable. He left for an hour to visit the doctor, then returned long enough to get his affairs in order before leaving again for good. Now, this is certainly not cause to be happy, because it sucks when friends are feeling so wretched, but his absence left me in charge of the character department. And upon his departures and his return, I sent out dramatically-phrased emails, keeping my coworkers informed as to which one of us was the point-person for the moment. I tossed around phrases like “pretendership” and “reign of terror” and “deposed,” painting myself as the new power-mad dictator of Character-Land. They got a lot of laughs!
2. Lunch (and dinner, because woo leftovers) was Mambo Italiano, which makes some of my favourite sandwiches in Manhattan. Half of one of their sandwiches is more than enough to stuff me! The Celliebelly was happy this day.
3. I’m always pleased with myself when I travel to some place off my beaten path. Wednesday night, I made it to Randall’s Island, part of the makeshift archipelago of smaller islands that surround Manhattan. Yay independence!
4. Thanks to Joe Gonzales’ bounteous generosity and awesome connections, Craig and I saw Cirque du Soleil’s Kooza! I’d seen three Cirque shows prior to tonight, but they never get any less astounding.
5. The second act featured two contortionists, who performed an exquisitely beautiful, impossibly bizarre mirror-dance. I was so enraptured by their feats I forgot to clap at times, and when I did remember to clap, I forgot to stop. I’m shocked I remembered to breathe. For the duration of their act, there was nothing in my world but those two performers and that little stage. Extraordinary.

   In another act, the Wheel of Death, I found myself gasping out loud at the slightest wobble, the merest hint that a performer might take a tumble. I didn’t care who heard me.

   They also had a pickpocket (did I invent the term “purse-charmer”? I swear I’ve heard it before), who divested a man of his wallet, iPod, cell phone, eyeglasses (in his jacket pocket at the time), and even his necktie without detection. It was particularly entertaining in the wake of reading The Lies of Locke Lamora, as it lent credibility to the idea that one can truly attain such skill in the “art” of pickpocketing.

   Another noteworthy act was the juggler, whose act was so smooth it seemed to be effortless. Watching the balls and rings and pins float up and down, I was put in the mind of an elaborate mobile, something beautiful and kinetic and in no danger of being disrupted or tumbling to earth. He pulled off extraordinarily complex maneuvers flawlessly.

   And then there were the acrobats… wow.

   I’m definitely going to have to convince my friends and coworkers to check it out! Thanks so much, Joe, for making this possible. I would have missed it otherwise.

Thursday:

1. Before work, I met the top contender for my new roommate! She’s so cute, and I think we would get along wonderfully. There’s one other place she’s considering, though, so fingers are crossed! I should find out how she decides later tonight or tomorrow morning.
2. I got to model a hilarious man-child Cupid for a spot. I love making crazy, fun characters!
3. APPLE PIE ICE CREAM. Ben & Jerry’s had “Appley Ever After” for a period of three months or so back when I was at Penn, and I fell head over heels in love with it. But then they took it off the menu, claiming it was seasonal. Every time I went there subsequently, I asked if it was going to return. I found out two years later it had been “retired.”

   But tonight, my boss took everyone to see “Drag Me to Hell,” and I joined them, thinking it was going to be funny, like Evil Dead. But there wasn’t nearly enough cheesiness or humor to mitigate the “horror movie” aspect, which isn’t how I prefer to spend my time. I left after 30 minutes. To soothe my soul, I stopped at the Cold Stone next door, and my eyes popped out of their sockets when I saw “Apple Pie a la Cold Stone” on the menu. God, it’s BETTER than I remember “Appley Ever After” being! French Vanilla ice cream with cinnamon, graham cracker pie crust, apple pie filling, and caramel! This is the perfect ice cream. I’m so glad I’ve cultivated a rigid restraint when it comes to dessert, because otherwise I’d be doomed.

4. The employees at Cold Stone were having a spirited discussion about which was better, Buffy or True Blood. They delighted in learning I was a fan of both, and the leader of the pro-Buffy contingent gave me a free waffle cone when I told them Buffy was my favourite.
5. And the best part about Cold Stone: the portions are so ginormous you have to share it! I felt stuffed to the gills after barely devouring a third of their smallest size, so I stuck the rest in the freezer for my roommate and her boyfriend. They loved it!

• 09:22 RT @featherjean: Sad news: Fantasy author David Eddings has passed away: bit.ly/nlL1b #
• 13:34 Am I really the only person who thinks it’s a problem that the client’s name is spelled wrong in the job title? Really, guys? #
• 13:54 Yay, Pascy’s going home to sleep, so he won’t give us all swine flu! Feel better, Pascy! #
• 14:06 @DerekRuiz Preaching to the choir, man. Preaching to the choir. :D #
• 14:51 Just got to improvise audio for a couple-fight for the background of a spot! Laughed so hard I was in tears. #
• 16:43 RT @txvoodoo: Breaking from MSNBC tv: New Hampshire lawmakers approve gay marriage bill, gov says he WILL sign this one. #
• 19:30 Outside the Cirque du Soleil tent, waiting to see Kooza with @Uilos! Joe Gonzales of CNI is too awesome for words. Woo, free tickets! #
• 23:45 Back from 2 1/2 hours of sheer wonder. New Yorkers, if you get the chance, see "Kooza." #
• 23:55 Roommate watching "The Searchers"–reminds me of my paper comparing it with "Serenity." I should do something with that paper sometime. #

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• 12:30 Wilkommen, Bienvenue, @CUnderkoffler! #
• 12:45 I sense the presence of Indian food in the universe and I want it. #
• 14:29 Terrorists: Come to the American side! We have cookies! bit.ly/2RHRql "Cookies, not torture, convinced al Qaeda suspect to talk" #
• 14:30 @emshore ROCK STAR. #
• 14:52 *cackles* My entire office is going to see "Drag Me To Hell" on Thursday. My workplace is ridiculously awesome. #
• 14:55 @mkcho73 Dingdingding! It was the carbon monoxide detector in our kitchen’s junk drawer. #
• 15:14 RT @hodgman For those who wish to know: the 700 mole-man recitation with @jonathancoulton is BACK ON: June 7 bit.ly/molemanic #
• 15:15 @hodgman My ticket has been acquired! I will take one for the team that is humanity. #
• 15:22 @beachkid Darwin award! #
• 16:58 @Phil_Boswell Based on the precedent of WttJ, I say Probably Not to both. Maybe yes to the second if you ask politely. #
• 17:41 @Esperacchius Is Mab trying to push you to want to leave her domain? #
• 17:51 Got tickets to see the 8pm showing of "Up" in 3D at Union Square tonight. Took me long enough! #
• 18:10 @neilhimself "Don’t adjourn. I’ve broken up my business for hermitage. that hermitage was overgrown with madhuka anger. (…) #spampoetry #
• 18:10 @neilhimself (…) "And with eyes inflamed and eyebrows bent." #spampoetry #
• 18:26 @Jeffrey_Donovan …intentionally or not? With "Burn Notice," you never know. #
• 18:36 DBPRO/DelRey’s Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files: Storm Front vol 1 (The Gathering Storm)graphic novel released today! tinyurl.com/knvvbo #

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• 00:32 Walked over 7 miles today in new shoes. Feet have giant blisters of death. Still, had a fantastic time with @spodalicious and friends! #
• 08:15 What the heck is that beeping noise? I can’t find its source. It pings once every 20 seconds or so. It’s like Chinese water torture. #
• 12:19 @mkcho73 That’s what Roommate thought, but the noise isn’t coming from the smoke detector. Had to leave for work before finding the source. #
• 15:35 My string of Terry Gilliam movies from Netflix has revealed my true colors. It sent me a list of recs: "Quirky Sci-Fi/Fantasy From the 80s" #
• 22:55 Aww, man! I missed celebrating my 2500th tweet! Here’s 2504 instead. #
• 23:08 @fourteenacross Happy 3006th! #
• 23:10 @ShipLizard Enjoy the drugs! When I woke up after having my wisdom teeth out, all the knots in my shoulders were miraculously gone. #
• 23:16 @ShipLizard Urgh! My sympathies. I was to direct a scene for a student film the night after I’d been in the hospital until 3am with a UTI. #
• 23:18 @ShipLizard But what with the exhaustion and the all-side-effects, no-intended-effects painkillers, I had to pass the responsibility on. #
• 23:22 @jimmyaquino I think it’s adorable at its current length, but if you want to experiment, go for it! #
• 23:27 @viennateng And now, Tweet! #

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• 11:32 Tonight is Manhattan-Henge! I’ll be in Queens at sunset, but maybe some of you photographers will seize the moment? bit.ly/xMI4s #
• 12:20 @sinspired Who is weirder, the Weird @alyankovic or the weird who follow him on Twitter? #
• 22:31 On the subway. A girl and two guys are gushing (very loudly) about #theGuild. New York loves you, @feliciaday! #
• 23:46 @NathanFillion Great idea! We shall call it the Voigt-Kampf-Fredricksen Test. #
• 00:03 RT @alyankovic: Sorta-kinda-big announcement at the Mothership: www.weirdal.com #

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• 08:01 @fourteenacross Looks like rain on Saturday. Are you considering moving it to Sunday? #
• 08:03 @Esperacchius Sleep well, sleep right! #
• 08:08 @beachkid I would totally participate! #
• 08:11 @beachkid I also want a "Let’s write Alera fic before the series ends, because there are THREE fics in existence and that’s lame" ficathon. #
• 11:15 @whedonesque Favourite non-Joss show? Pushing Daisies! *shakes fist at the gods* #
• 18:17 @Jamie1km At least you’ll be safe from the zombie invasion! #
• 18:19 @Esperacchius YE-HAW! You’ll be brilliant! #
• 18:21 *laughs* I was right! Google Wave’s name WAS inspired by Firefly! tinyurl.com/ksrlf5 #
• 18:35 Considering a new system: rank priority of character requests by the number of grammatical errors they contain. It’s about standards, guys. #
• 18:50 @CBSisSlayer730 Oh, man. "The Phantom Tollbooth" was my favourite book as a kid. Enjoy! #

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• 11:13 Dude! "Up" comes out tomorrow! How did that sneak up on me? Anyone want to see it with me on Sunday? #
• 11:14 @CBSisSlayer730 What the HELL. So glad I read your Twitter! I thought there was something fishy going on. #
• 12:15 Wow. Am I actually in the mood for sushi? I haven’t been in the mood for sushi in months! #
• 12:43 @whedonesque Lord, no. Buffy without Joss isn’t Buffy. #
• 23:42 @vampirecowboys Mo was fantastic, but I can’t wait to see Bonnie in the role! She rocked in "Soul Samurai." #
• 23:43 RT @whedonesque Alan Tudyk on stage in LA and New York tinyurl.com/mdafae [Monty Python + Alan Tudyk = I AM SO THERE] #
• 23:48 RT @txvoodoo Openly gay male teen voted prom queen at L.A. high school: bit.ly/14hI8g #
• 00:05 I knew Google <3 Firefly, but this is hilarious! Didn’t Firefly invent the word "wave" as an equivalent of email? bit.ly/4dzFi #

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