Category Archives: Driving & Other Transportation

Today’s Coffee Was for the Birds

Posted on November 16, 2017 by judisunshine

You know the saying that spilling your coffee is like the adult version of losing your balloon, or dropping your ice-cream cone? I think that is especially true if a) it’s your first of the day, b) it’s purchased from … Continue reading →

Posted in Cats, Coffee, Driving & Other Transportation, Family, Food, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized, Women | Tagged birds, coffee, McDonald's, mornings, Mr. Peanutbutter, Nevada Avenue, patience | 2 Comments

10 Things Witnessed In My Ambitious Morning Quest to Buy Soda Pop

Posted on December 28, 2014 by judisunshine

1. A really cool giant-sized version of a red student’s desk outside Venue 515 (the art studio in town). 2. A pedi-cab?! The New Yorker in me wonders if he’s earning extra income, but the Manitoid is thinking it’s just…Manitou … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Driving & Other Transportation, Going Out, Lists, Manitou, Miscellaneous | Tagged 40s, backsliding from the gym, Cavaliers, cheap gas, Diet Dr. Pepper, driving, dumpster diving, energy, joggers, Manitou Springs, minivans, Olde English, pedi-cabs, seltzer water, Sinclair gas station, soda or pop it's still delicious and oh-so wrong, sweatshirts, the Incline, The Loop, Venue 515, wanting soda when you wake up, why make traffic circles when no one knows what to do | Leave a comment

Airplanes

Posted on April 22, 2013 by judisunshine

I grew up where throwing rocks in canyons is not allowed I grew up where growing up makes me awkward and proud I grew up where it was a difficult drive to the airport And I hope you have a … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Dreams, Driving & Other Transportation, Family, Miscellaneous, Restaurants, Women | Tagged Airplanes, American Airlines, ants, awesome wedding, Baltimore, Big Pharma kiss my ass, Chardonnay, Colorado, crab cakes, cruises, fear, flying, grandparents, JFK, Josh, magical, meteorologist, moms, New York, Nyquil, Olivia Newton-John, Rome, Rupert, Sammy's wedding, Schenectady, September 11th, steady work, Third Eye Blind, travel, Two of a Kind, weed, Xanax | 1 Comment

Rewatching “Buffy”: My Top 15 S4-7 Desert Island Eps (Starting with 4!)

Posted on October 15, 2012 by judisunshine

Guys, it’s so sad. Like, I’m near tears as I write this, because Josh and I only have three more episodes before the glorious “Buffy” rewatch marathon winds to a finish. But on the happy side, I was right to … Continue reading →

Posted in AcTING!, Buffy, Cats, Celebrities, Dreams, Driving & Other Transportation, Entertainment, Friends, Lists, Miscellaneous | Tagged 'ships, Alyson Hannigan, AmberBenson, Angel, Anya, Buffy Season 4, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, character driven, cheese man, comas, crying on camera, Die Hard, Dreams, Eliza Dushku, Emma Caulfield, Faith, Fear Itself, FX, God, Halloween, Hush, Joan of Arc, Joss Whedon, Joyce Summers, Lisa Kudrow, Little Red Riding Hood, Marc Blucas, Meisner versus Stanislavsky, method acting, My Two Dads, New Moon Rising, Nicholas Brendon, Oz, Phoebe, Punky Brewster, Restless, Riley, Sapphos, Sarah Michelle Gellar, scary bunnies, Scooby Gang, Selfless, Seth Green, short black wigs, so sad, Soleil Moon-Frye, Someone's in the ceiling, spells as sexual metaphor, Staci Keanan, Tara, tears, The Baby-Sitters Club, The Prom, This Year's Girl, trolling, TV marathons, vans, Who Are You, Wild At Heart, Willow Rosenberg, Xander | Leave a comment

September 11th

Posted on September 12, 2012 by judisunshine

Sorry to be unoriginal, but it really was a day like any other, when it started. As per tradition, I missed the train I should have gotten, in order to get to work at the time that, despite all evidence … Continue reading →

Posted in Driving & Other Transportation, Friends, Women | Tagged Amtrak, Catholic, church, Manhattan, New York City, religion, September 11th, St. Francis Church, Twin Towers | 2 Comments

The Ballad of Pecan

Posted on August 18, 2012 by judisunshine

It was a Spring day in 1996. I was in my bedroom on the third floor of my Baldwin family home, with two new kittens that were now my babies. One orange and white, one tabby/stray that earned him the … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Apartments & Other Domiciles, Cats, Childhood, Driving & Other Transportation, Family, Friends, Miscellaneous, Women | Tagged 1996, ACE bandage, Archie Andrews, Bootsie's Ghost, brothers, cats as family, cats glaring at you from underneath the Christmas tree, Christmas, Cordelia Chase, Crispin, Cupcake, cynical cats, Da End of Da Road, Da Kitties, Da Pets, Dead Man's Party Season 3 Buffy, family moving away, Game of Thrones, happy for the community, hot apple cider, Jughead Jones, Ken Kesey, long life, madonna/whore complex, Magic Trip, Molloy college, North Shore Animal League, obligatorily indignant, Oneonta, Pecan, phileo love, poets, possums, proverbial eyebrows, Pumpkin, RIP, Rupert Giles, Seth Green, Spring, Spring 2008, Stella Luna is the best restaurant in Oneonta, tabby cats, The Shield, the sixties, Tommy, tummy rubs, turning 25, Vic Mackey, Walton Goggins, Welcome home Tommy, West Side Story | Leave a comment

My 2008 Academy Awards® Recap

Posted on August 15, 2012 by judisunshine

I am nothing if not topical, so I hope that on this balmy August 2012 evening, you will enjoy this recap of the 2008 Oscars! It’s been 10 years since I truly enjoyed an Oscars® show, but it was worth … Continue reading →

Posted in AcTING!, Celebrities, Driving & Other Transportation, Entertainment, Miscellaneous, Movies, Music, Superheroes/Villains, Theater, Work | Tagged 2008 Academy Awards, 2008 Oscars, A.R. Rahman, Alicia Keys, Amanda Seyfried, Art Direction, Ben Stiller, Best Animated Short Film La Maison en Petits Cubes, Best Original Screenplay Milk, Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger, Best Visual Effects Benjamin Button, Beyonce, Bill Maher, Cinematography Slumdog Millionaire, comic book movies, Costume Design The Duchess, crystal curtain, dancing, Daniel Craig, Danny Boyle, Danny Boyle Best Director, Danny McBride, Departures Best Foreign Language Film, Eddie Murphy, Film Editing, Freida Pinto, George Burns, Hancock movie, Hollywood, Hugh Jackman, I chose love, Iron Giant, Jack Black, Jack Nicholson, Jai Ho Best Original Song, James Franco, janus Kaminsky, Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, Jennifer Aniston, Jerry Lewis, Jessica Biel, Joaquin Phoenix, Kate Winslet, Kevin Kline, legalize marijuana, Liam Neeson, Libertarian movies, Look at me, magic trick, Makeup Oscar Benjamin Button, Mamma Mia! movie, Man On Wire Best Documentary, Milk, Natalie Portman, Nicolas Cage bird on head your argument is invalid, period movie artistry, Pineapple Express, Queen Latifah I'll Be Seeing You, Reese Witherspoon, Richie Cunningham, Roberto Benigni 1998 Oscars, Romance montage 2008 Oscars, Ron Howard, Salma Hayek, Sci-Fi Technical Awards, Sean Penn, Sean Penn Best Actor Milk, Seth Rogen, Shirley Maclaine makes Anne Hathaway cry, silver hair, singing, Slumdog Millionaire Best Adapted Screenplay, Smile Pinki Best Documentary Short Film, Sophia Loren, Sound Editing The Dark Knight, Sound Mixing Slumdog Millionaire, Spielzeugland Live Action Short Film, Steven Spielberg, Sunshine movie, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, The New Boy, Tina Fey, Vanessa Hudgens, WALL-E Best Animated Feature, Will Smith, Wolverine, Zac Efron | 2 Comments

Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night 15: Cheerleader Massacre 2

Posted on July 25, 2012 by judisunshine

Please click here for the logical first half to this double feature, obviously, “The Care Bears Movie!” And sorry for the lack of pics in this one. There just are none on the Internet, apparently, besides the poster! “Cheerleader Massacre 2” … Continue reading →

Posted in AcTING!, Celebrities, Driving & Other Transportation, Entertainment, Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night, Miscellaneous, Movies, Superheroes/Villains, Women | Tagged awkward, Bring It On, candy striper, cheer camp, Cheerleader Massacre 2, Chyler Leigh, Cinemax, desert, French manicure, Goonies Sloth, Hagrid, horro movie, hot pink, hot tubs, Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night, irony, Lifetime movie, metal blades, Not Another Teen Movie, Perry Mason, pom-poms, Porky's, sensitive brunette, the Joker, Tomato Nation, tumbleweeds | 2 Comments

Just Biology

Posted on July 23, 2012 by judisunshine

“We really are just biology, aren’t we?” Nate Fisher says, upon seeing a corpse in “The Invisible Woman,” an episode of S2 “Six Feet Under.” It was a woman who’d become particularly decayed, as no one found her for awhile, … Continue reading →

Posted in AcTING!, Celebrities, Childhood, Driving & Other Transportation, Entertainment, Family, Friends, Miscellaneous, Movies, Supernatural :o, TV, Women | Tagged afterlife, claire isher, diet pills, emily previn, freddy rodriguez, funerals, Grey's Anatomy, hope, nate fisher, peter krause, ruth fisher, six feet under, the invisible woman, vegetarianism | 2 Comments

I <3 Rob Zombie

Posted on July 19, 2012 by judisunshine

So I’ve done a lot of lists lately, and part of me wants to do a big list of my favorite things that Rob Zombie’s ever done. And maybe I WILL, in the future. But for today, I just want … Continue reading →

Posted in AcTING!, Animals, Celebrities, Childhood, Driving & Other Transportation, Entertainment, Family, Food, Friends, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Movies, Music, Romance, Superheroes/Villains, Supernatural :o, Women | Tagged A Headbanger's Journey, actor's director, Adventureland Farmingdale New York, American Witch, Angel Five by Five, aplomb, Brea Grant, CD-making therapy, cool musician, Debbie Gibson, Eliza Dushku, Faith, Freddy Krueger, GNR, hyphen drinking game, Iron Maiden, Joss Whedon, Judy Collins, Living Dead Girl, losing my religion, Metallica One, More Human Than Human, Napster, Rob Zombie, Salem witch trials, Sherri Moon Zombie, Simon & Garfunkel, White Zombie, Youtube | Leave a comment

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