big audio dynamite: rush (new york city club version)
this song sounds like something from the big business soundtrack, or really, any late 80s movie about life in the big city (it’s actually from so i married an axe murderer).
GUESS WHAT PANTSERS?
i’m going to NEW YORK CITY TOMORROW! with MY MOM!
and i am cray cray excited.
which is why this post is gonna be, um, spastic. instead of writing this entry, i’ve spent all day printing out info on places sue (my mom) and i are going to check out! she’s never been, so we’re gonna do it up tourist style and see central park (which you should always visit, even if you’re not a tourist, obvs), the statue of liberty, the library (she was a librarian, so it’s a big deal), etc.
although i’ve been to the city a few times, i’m really excited about trying new places recommended to me by people who know me. and by that i mean, all of these are food recommendations.
i’m going to feast on a BAJILLION types of RICE PUDDING, thanks to jessica.
mom and i are gonna get our fondue on (oh cheese, i am COMING FOR YOU), thanks to carter.
i will perhaps achieve nirvana, thanks to kiersten.
anyway, it’s gonna be so so so amazing, and of course i’ll be blogging it to bits next week. i’ve been in love with NYC ever since i saw “big business” when i was nine. oh and also when i read the babysitter’s club super special #6, “new york, new york!” btw you can read an excellent review of this fine piece of literature here (thanks for the link, meredith!). note that this review was published ON MY BIRTHDAY THIS YEAR. coincidence? please.
anyway, back to business. i mean, BIG BUSINESS.
seriously, i loved the pants off of this movie when i was growing up. i wanted to be just like bette midler and stay at the plaza and eat at fancy restaurants and even get a mini-golf engagement ring SO BAD!
i can’t go to NYC without thinking about it, which is why i mentioned it in the following g-chat with josh this morning:
me: yes! i’m leaving tomorrow! eeeeee
josh: huzzah!
me: i’m excited
josh: that will be so much fun
8:37 AM just the pitre ladies, out in the big city
me
: i know
it’s totally a movie plot
like big business
but with mother/daughter
hopefully we will not switch bodies
egads
8:40 AM
josh: omg, you are totally going to switch bodies
8:41 AM and you will learn Valuable Life Lessons
me: ok it’s just too creepy
disney TRIED to make it non-creepy
but even disney failed
maybe mom and i will stumble into a petty crime ring and bring them to justice accidentally
8:42 AM josh: that’s also acceptable
or maybe you’ll find out there’s a twin sister you never knew you had!
me: NO! i’ll find out that i’m actually a PRINCESS!
yes
8:43 AM i always knew my dad had some royal flair
josh: Al is total royalty
but like in the movies, very unassuming!
maybe you’ll fall in love with a prince!
She was just a small town american girl, born in Louisiana. He was a charming, handsome heir to the throne
8:44 AM me: hmmm. where does henri fit into this?
the diamond in the rough?
josh: i think “vengeful killer”
and on that note, NEW YORK PANTS OR BUST!
[from Big Business]
Sadie Ratliff: Isn’t it exciting?
Rose Ratliff: Oh yeah, the noise, the smog, the crowds, the muggers, sex fiends, white slavers, politicians, it’s a pistol. I got about as much use for it as a toad has for spit pearls!
It’s a good thing I didn’t say what I really think of Henri while chatting with you. Because I hear he’s a vengeful killer.
Actually, my killing is very rarely full of venge.
hi darling, i hope you have a good trip! i like josh’s ‘vengeful killer’ line, that was awesome. i am catching up on your blog because the last, um, month has been a blur. i’m slowly reconnecting with the traditional notions of time
kisses and have fun!