Healthy Eats on NYC's Longest Street

No, not Broadway! Although it's mad long (it goes all the way to Albany if you let it) It is an avenue! Turn your sights over to 14th Street! This is NYC's longest street, spanning two and a half miles long. It is bookended by the Hudson River on the West to the East River (Where we dump the bodies... kidding..) This mighty thoroughfare was the first street in New York to get electric lampposts.

As you know this street with little bargain shops, cheap electronic stores and all sorts of fast food joints and bars each one seedier than the next, Where can I get my vegetarian grub on?

Drum roll please!

Thai ME Up is a cool sandwich shop with great salads, noodle bowls and other healthy goodies! Amir the owner is always on hand and made me a great smoothie! "I'd rather it taste healthy than it taste all super sweet with those high fructose corn syrups" I like the ambiance! He plays some really cool music! All the stuff on the menu can be made vegetarian or not. He even let me try some of the vegetarian dumplings! Great! He assures me the chicken ones are quite good too! I'm sure the menu is online, You can peep their city search page here. You feel free to write a review of your adventures in eating Also you can bum rush their myspace page that you can friend them at!
http://myspace.com/thaimeupnyc
I'm sure their facebook page isn't far behind! Give them a try!

Reasons To Be Cheerful Paaart Three

SOOO CUTE!

Kat Kong napping on my bed. I couldn't resist snapping a pic!

The Best Xmas Ever

This past couple of days has been the best in my life EVER. I emailed and spoke; I made future plans to and have hung out with positive friends old and new. I saw some great performances. I ate some great food. I spent time with my family all in the same place and it was all good. I listened to good music, I had meaningful conversations, I listened, I walked some long distances and cabbed it when I felt it appropriate. I took suggestions constructively, I saw two great movies, I tucked my godchildren in and read two chapters of a book to them. I helped others without asking or expecting anything, I felt loved and appreciated on many levels I am about to meditate, give thanks for this life, fill my C-pap with distilled water, set my alarm and sleep.

Not even a year ago I was miserable in pain ready to die rather than suffer another moment here on this planet. I remember a time before that crying at my Mothers grave that I was a total F up and was unrepentantly hurtling towards definite demise.

I am glad I started taking steps to change my fate. Some of my students think life is written in stone and it IS only is if you perceive it is. Life is a prison sentence if you make it that. Surrounding yourself with negative people and situations will create horrible self fulfilling prophesies. I'm no doctor Phil (not yet anyway) but I will say this. A wise man once told me living in the past causes resentment about what has already transpired (a useless waste of energy), living in the future causes anxiety about what will be. (Another useless waste of energy) The only thing you can actually affect is your actions in the present. So stop being a hard headed, prideful jackass like me and handle yo dang business!

Living in the now is a gift that's why it's called the "present"

Don't get me wrong I got miles to go. The giant in Twin Peaks said "A path is formed by laying one stone at a time." I'm just happy right now and putting this down so I can reread this and remind myself when I'm feeling blue.


More Giant Wisdom: Don't search for all the answers at once.

Mothra Movie Twin Fantasy @ MNN

Working on a fashion show at MNN. Nice harp huh? No really...

Phil's Dance Fever

My homey Vince Lombardi at Rolling Rhino directed a cool music video for the musical artist, Shira. I get to do a cameo... Wait that's longer than a cameo a cameo is a walk on, or a cookie or a sillouetted portrait, or that band that sings "Word Up!" with that dude with the high ass flat top fade! In any case you cant miss me I'm about mid way through the video. Enjoy!

Yin & Yang Wendys

Fall has Fallen: Rockland, NY 2007

This post was originally titled "Why Wendy's sucks" but truth be told it doesn't. It just did something that pissed me off. So first I'll say something I like about this particular fast food chain then I'll get down to my particular "beef" with them. Feels fair to me.

Something Nice: I respect Dave Thomas and all the great work he did helping kids. Also Chocolate Frosties rule.

Naughty Wendy: As a vegetarian so I think I know my way around a salad so when the tofurkey did a Caesar's Salad get Bacon? the only vegetarian item and you hadta add meat? I understand a little bit of anchovy it's actually in the recipe but bacon? In addition to dissing veggies you're alienating two of the the major 3 religions. not a particularly good power move there.

Update 12/19/7 : here's a pic of me @ MNN with a big Yin & Yang

Phil @ Comic Book Store

Today I took my comic book class students to Jim Hanleys Universe. They were used to the simple manga section at Barnes and Noble so I was only too pleased to remove them from their comfort zone. When all was said and done they seemed to enjoy themselves and right when we were leaving, Hunter, one of my first comic club students walked in, thus proving my evil (okay chaotic neutral) plan of turning students into lasting fanboys and girls truly works! (add nefarious laughter here...)

If you are curious of what I'm reading, I've got the new Love and Rockets Los Bros Henandez rule even Time Magazine sez so!, The Boys (Garth Ennis/Darick Robertson) Jeff Smiths Shazam! collection and a comic I'm pretty happy about BIFF BAM POW! by Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer I love the House of Fun posse going from way back, I can't reccomend them enough! Enough talk! I gotta get back to work! A top secret project needs attention!

Good night and thank you!