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Happy Birthday, Melissa! <#

You are wonderful and amazing and special and I thought the best way to show you how much I appreciate that was to try to capture all that you are in a work of art.

I proudly present the one and only birthday girl, umm, you:

Love you, darling! <# <# <#

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Well let my blog updating frequency be an indication of the choppy and uncertain ways my life has been twisting and turning the last few months. (Of course, you’d never know it from my tweeting frequency, but that’s a different story…)

I’ve switched job locations involuntarily and been dumped into an entirely different set of challenges and circumstance within the same company. Even though I know what to do it feels like working for an entirely different company.

Its all rather unsettling.

Throw in  a couple of missteps and mess-ups, the majority of which were directly caused by massive amount of time I’ve had to put into work lately, and you have me not frequently writing a lot and updating my blog lately.

And being put into a not-so-comfortable place overall.

It’s strange to have some parts of my life working better than I could have ever expected while simultaneously having a terrible situation of work stresses and problems to get through on the other hand.

It will get better.

Oh, I’m sure it will get better, but its going to have to be through a great amount of change. That may be just what I need in fact, but I don’t think getting to that transition’s going to be particularly easy.

The worst part about the whole situation is that it has been infringing on me getting to do all of the things that I so enjoy: writing here at CityCynic.com, covering my Metsies at MetsTalk.com and BicoastalBaseball.com, and just going out and photographing things and places and people like I had been doing every time that I got a break.

I mean the obvious solution is to get into a career of writing and/or photographing for a living. That would solve a bunch of problems at once. I just have to figure out how to make that happen, I guess…

As for you, my readers, at least I can promise to make a greater effort into updating my blog with interesting and strange news and opinions and entertainment as I work on getting everything back in order around here.

Sorry I got distracted, sometimes life is hard.

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Team Conan takes over the Internet

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• Digging out of Blizzard 2009… We got 28 inches of snow! http://dailybooth.com/u/1bigi #
• Exhausted and freezing after shoveling snow for hours. #nosnow http://dailybooth.com/u/1bigp #
• Left extra early because of the icy roads so of course there's an overturned car and fuel spill on the Expressway… #

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Winter beauty

Originally uploaded by CityCynic.com.

Even after a blizzard, nature remains beautiful.

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• Exactly! Come on now! RT @daevone10: Lackey needs to stop flirting with every team in baseball and sign with the #mets already #mets #
• I'm really getting pissed because 2 AT&T stores I went to said they can't do anything for my phone! Meanwhile, I'm still paying daily.. #att #
• Whoa, BEN FOLDS is a judge on NBC's sing-off?!? Now that's a deal-maker for me! Awesome! Bennnnn! #benfolds #singoff #
• Phils reach three-team deal to get Halladay, send Lee to Mariners http://tr.im/HDGh Not the news I wanted to read… #mets #phillies #
• RT @hockeymandad Ben Folds is the most musically intelligent person on the panel. I learn when he speaks. Great job @BenjaminFolds #singoff #
• NylonMag is giving away 27 FREE songs from their favorite albums of the year via iTunes http://tr.im/HEir Incl Grizzly Bear, Boxer Rebellion #
• Stephen Colbert: "Clearly [Senator] Lieberman has gone from have "Joe-mentum" to having "Joe-mentia"…" #colbertreport #comedycentral #
• Ryota Igarashi from the Tokyo Swallows as a setup man for Frankie RT @mlbnewstoday: Mets near deal w/ Japanese reliever http://bit.ly/4XxT63 #
• Watching episode 2 of The Sing-off on NBC. Still trying to figure out who the non-Ben Folds judges are.. And that's enough Nick Lachey! #nbc #
• Well the first step is actually wrapping them, lol. RT @justonemiss: I hate wrapping presents. #
• LOL exactly. RT @zedarius: If you say "Swan Song" one more time I'm going to punch you in the face, Nick Lachey. #singoff #
• House votes to turn down volume of noisy TV ads http://tr.im/HOdo Its amazing that legislation is needed, we're paying for cable afterall… #
• WNBC anchor Sue Simmons: "Tonight some top politicians told us that Doomsday is not here yet.." That's when I turned the TV off. #nbc #news #
• The Sing-Off's 3rd Night Opening Number- Early Leak! http://tr.im/HOz8 #singoff #benfolds #
• Glee will return, don't worry. For now, I give u Nick Lachey. RT @mariacreilly: Missing Glee and watching Singoff instead. Just not the same #
• Home. Still freezing. Have to go out and finish the rest of my weekly errands. Please no snow tomorrow, please no snow! #nosnow #
• Checking out Twitter from my HTC Pure! #
• Continuing my NO SNOW campaign for New York. The new says 6-12" blizzard warning in effect. Nooooo! #nosnow #
• .@lilpecan The HTC Pure is great! Its like all the good parts of the Tilt but upgraded with TouchFlo 3D and a 5 megapixel camera! #att in reply to LilPecan #
• Guess I got my replacement phone just in time for the impending snow storm. #nosnow #
• Twitter outage was cyber attack by Shiite group http://tr.im/I5eH Twitter was hacked briefly by a group calling itself Iranian Cyber Army #
• 10 inches of snow here in New York. Just took my 2 hours to get home from work. Got stuck 4 times… #nosnow #
• Still shoveling… We got 28" of snow! Stupid global warming! #nosnow #
• RIP Brittany Murphy… Died of cardiac arrest at age 32, reports TMZ. #

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• Ray Romano AND Scott Bakula. Sounds funny! RT @shyonelung: Watch #MenofACertainA\ge tonight on TNT. Great show, well written. #
• Ray Romano AND Scott Bakula. Sounds funny! RT @shyonelung: Watch #MenofACertainAge tonight on TNT. Great show, well written. #
• Tonight on EXTRA, "Elliott Spitzer's call girl sounds off on Tiger's mistresses"… Whew, they finally someone credible on that show… #tv #
• Brian Bruney is finally going to a team that matches his talents.. the Washington Nationals. There is some right in this world afterall #mlb #
• Working on a cool way to meetup with fellow Mets fans at Citi Field for games during the 2010 season Let me know if you want in #metstweetup #
• Bought my first Wii game last night. Now all I need is a Wii to go with it… Well it was on sale, so… #outoforder #
• CBS Cancels ‘As the World Turns' http://tr.im/H59D Procter & Gamble, which invented the soap opera is no longer in the soap opera business #
• Given a choice, more people would vote for a Tea Party candidate than a Republican candidate http://tr.im/H5jJ Tea baggers unite? LOL #
• I'm totally there! RT @headie123: @DAVEMATTHEWSBAND @GOGOLBORDELLO @BENHARPER in 3D! 1 week only in theaters! Dec 11-17 @inconcert3D. #
• So NBC is marketing new reality singing show "Sing Off" as half of FOX's Glee and half of FOXs American Idol. So FOX + FOX = NBC ripoff! #tv #
• RT @metsnews: Mets deal Rule 5 selection to Dodgers http://is.gd/5i8Ao #mets #dodgers #
• Home. Finally. Now food. :) #
• First absolutely freezing day of the winter. Says 27, feels like 9 degrees. #freezing #cold #
• Forget Tiger, I'm taking an indefinite break from work for the weekend. #tigerweekend #
• Why not both!!! RT @nytimessports: Analysis: Mets to Focus on Bay or Lackey, Not Both http://bit.ly/7PKhOG #
• RT @alternet: RT @billmaher: What's really f ed up is that u can become a billionaire playing a dumb sport like golf #
• Was all excited to see A Christmas Carol at Theatre Three in Port Jefferson tonight, but was just told my dad bought the wrong tickets. :( #
• SantaCon strikes again! RT @newyorkology: RT @MelleHNYC: Hundreds of santas in front of Brooklyn Brewery!! Dangit no camera on this bberry. #
• Having trouble with my phone, errr. #
• Getting ready for work. My phone still won't turn back on. Guess I gotta go bring it somewhere tomorrow, sigh. :( #

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• ABC has How the Grinch Stole Christmas AND Shrek the Halls at 8pm tonight, Christmas program viewers! #
• “Tiger Woods may not want to talk to police, CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin says, because something embarrassing might come to light.” LOL #
• So then-Arkansas Gov. Huckabee apparently pardoned the guy suspected of murdering those 4 cops in a diner in Seattle? Oh that’s wonderful… #
• When Not Watching NBC at 10 p.m., Audiences Aren’t Watching NBC Rivals Either http://tr.im/Gdw7 Jay Leno just makes people watch their DVRs #
• “Twitter” is the most used word of the year — beats out “vampire,” “swine flu” and “Obama” http://tr.im/Geqn #
• Hey why not? Keep those fingers unbroken tho please. RT @fantasyalarm: Mets IF Alex Cora will re-sign with the team for one year. #Mets #MLB #
• Any thoughts, Mets fans? RT @bobsblitz: Chris Coste: Report: Mets sign catcher Chris Coste – http://bit.ly/8Nljq4 Not a game-changer? #
• Deepak Chopra is really convincing. Maybe I should start paying attention to what he has to say. #
• December 1 is World AIDS Day. Please help create awareness by blogging, tweeting, or talking about AIDS prevention and information. #aidsday #
• Alec Baldwin Will Quit 30 Rock, Acting When Contract Expires http://tr.im/GgOw #
• Scrubs to Return as Scrubs: Med School Tomorrow http://tr.im/GgP8 More of a spin-off than a 9th season #scrubs #abc #nyt #
• Iconic journalist Carl Bernstein is on Craig Ferguson right now. Makes me wish journalism was closer today to All The Pres. Men than TMZ… #
• The Salahis speak out on Today Show, say they were invited to White House http://tr.im/GiIR Okay, so where’s your invitation then? Right… #

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• Yeah sounds pretty good :) RT @adamjackson: Love Ben Folds Music. Perfect Sunday night. Wine, food and smiles. #
• Or just shake her? RT @ryan_ender: How do you wake up Lady GaGa when she’s asleep? Poke her face. :/ #
• Checking out Bobby’s Burger Palace (Bobby Flay’s place) on Long Island. Great setup, I ordered the Dallas burger, hold the coleslaw. #
• Just saw A Christmas Carol in IMAX 3D. Soooo good! #movies #3d #jimcarrey #
• Jack’s Mannequin on The Daily Show FTW! Two awesome likes on one awesome show! :) #dailyshow #jacksmannequin #
• Weezer on Conan. Wow, great musical acts on late night shows tonight! Pick up Weezer’s new album if you get a chance, it’s awesome! #nbc #
• Just listened to Weezer’s new album… It rocks! #weezer #music #
• This is a very typo morning. That is all. #
• Remember when you used to do your Christmas shopping at Circuit City, Linens & Things, and Blockbuster? Yeah, me either. #christmas #retail #
• Damn, just missed a Eye-Fi Wireless Share Video 4GB SDHC Memory Card for $30. Too slow! #
• Jimmy Fallon and the Roots will be in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade tomorrow, singing a medley of holiday songs around 11am. #latenight #
• Watching the 86th Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade! A Thanksgiving tradition, this year on TiVo delay! #
• Cool to see Joel Goddard announcing the parade on NBC. Miss him since Conan moved to LA. #nbc #latenight #tonightshow #parade #
• Just got to talk to @justonemiss before she makes her 7 hour Thanksgiving Day drive to San Francisco. Now that I’m thanksful for! <# #

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Just wanted to take a moment to wish my friends, family, and readers a Happy Thanksgiving!

I am thankful for everyone that contributes to my life — whether that contribution is via information, entertainment, laughter, or love. I am grateful for all that you do to enrich my life throughout the year. I only hope that I send back just as much to your life in return.

Also, I’m thankful for turkey!

Sometimes turkey is really exciting. Especially when I'm hungry!

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