Sooo...

...it's been a while, huh? Well, don't worry, nothing big happened. It's hot here. And muggy. Pretty soon I'll be all, "too darn cold and windy!" but we have a month or two before that happens.

Daniel's sister and her husband have been here for the last week, which I thought would be the longest week ever but they're both super cool and it hasn't been bad at all.

Since it's 12:17 on Tuesday morning and my brain is mush, let me just post up some pictures that I took using Daniel's spiffy new camera. Somehow I managed to take a lot of demonic cat pictures. Enjoy this extra-special glimpse into my life...










Levi loves the dollar store fish-on-a-stick that his kitty gramma brought all the way from Pittsburgh for him.














He started to overheat after awhile and made a weird panting sound, so we figured that this was a good time to stop.























He indeed is our preferred pet.











Big sexy! This is the most seductive cat picture I've ever seen.



















The Time-Traveler's Wife was playing in the big fancy-schmancy theater at the AMC on 67th. Too bad the movie didn't live up to the cool decor.




Yeah, the lights were fancy but our apartment has sconces.







Oh, old guy feeding pigeons.








Insert fart sound here.


























Mark's sister Heather came into town on Friday night because her husband was recording or something in a studio.









































It was smoky when he tried to cook the other day.










Note: do not try to cook potatoes and onions at the same time in a wok. It doesn't work.







At work:

The salmon sandwiches are big sellers.











I always think I'm going to like salmon when I smell it because it's kind of salty, but it's always gross.






We recently had to drop the price of muffins from $2.50 to $2.00 because they weren't selling and we'd get these incredibly old, stale muffins. Then they sold less. Now they're back up again.




Danish coffee cake. Of all the pastries, I try this one the most often because Alam gives me the crusty ends when he cuts up the loaf.





Oh look, Alam and the crusty ends! Those soon ended up on my plate.







Whenever anyone asks for recommendations I pimp out the toffee brownies. Mmm.







Weekly shipment.











I'm both sickened and entranced by movie theater popcorn.








The owner's daughter painted this way back in the early 1990s and it had been there since.







Oh, there's Emile! She's from Ethiopia and taught me to say "bad!", "excellent", "thank you", and "shut up!" for both women and men.






The espresso/cappuccino machine was on the fritz the other day (gasp!) so trusty Alam had to come in with his steamer and steam off all the gunk that accumulated on the inside parts.




We always start with a dollar in the box so people will be compelled to donate likewisely. This was a slow, sad morning.









The trusty George Foreman grill that we use to toast the cheese sandwich.






These are the roots of the flowers that are delivered every week by some local company. It's a nice touch.









One of our fridges was broken for the longest time so there was only half the normal amount of bottled water. If you think people won't line up for ages to spend $2.50 for water, you are incorrect. They do so gladly. Anyway, Vitamin Water took pity on us and sent a new fridge.


I love these posters, don't get me wrong, but I still don't get why there's a fish skeleton in the background. Is fish a particularly hazardous food? Maybe cut-up hot dogs would be more appropriate.







Ew. This wasn't even a not-good picture. It looks like this in real life. Nasty and unappetizing.






This is the staple of my day, the soda water.


























And steamed milk for my cappucinos.








And the coffee so I can make my delicious iced coffee. Want to know my secret? Of course you do. See, you take two Equal packets and put them in one of two cups that you have expressly put out for this purpose. Then you add a half cup of regular coffee. Stir with red stirrer. Then about three tablespoons of half and half and stir again. Then, pour back and forth into the other cup, which is filled with ice. When the ice starts to melt, add more ice and serve.

Delicious.


Oh yes, I had to pee so badly the other day and there was a freaking cockroach in the stall. It took all of my professional demeanor not to 'forget' I saw it and go outside and get Francesco and wait for some woman who was taking forever to get out of the bathroom so that he could sweep up the offending bug.



FIN.