…Or maybe tomorrow.  There’s some really good TV on tonight.

If you’re thinking that I’ve just been lazy about blogging rather than just being busy and not having any time, I am here to tell you that you’re probably right WRONG!  Here are some things I’ve been doing instead of blogging:

1. Attending Sikamor Rooney’s record release party at the Mercury Lounge.  Also playing that night was Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head (yes, that is the band’s name), and The Gay Blades.  All three bands were Super Awesome, and a music byte will be following soon for each.  

(Souvenirs)

2. Going back to the scene of the crime by heading to the preseason Giants vs. Jets game at Giants Stadium.  This will also follow with a blog post, but for now let’s just say that once I sat in the sun drinking beers for a couple of hours, any worry or nervousness I had about getting arrested for trespassing melted right away.  See?

3. Spending a ridiculous amount of money lot of time in a veterinarian office for a cat with an injured paw.  I won’t bore you all with the details by following this one up with a blog post, but I have to tell you, watching your cat come off anesthesia while trying to figure out how to walk with a bandaged paw and see around the satellite collar offers hours of entertainment.  Can’t you just imagine?

4. Going to see the staggeringly funny Broadway musical Avenue Q.  I can’t remember the last time I laughed continuously for two and a half hours, and I feel so much closer to my mother now that I’ve sat next to her as we watch muppets have fucking nasty ass sex on stage.  There’s nothing more liberating, let me tell you.

5. Eating at Carmine’s, Blue Smoke, Roy’s, and the Chip Shop.  I don’t usually eat out this much, and my ass is starting to remind me of that fact.  Time to get back on the Wii Fit.

(Chip Shop)

6. Buying the awesomely huge mug you see below as a souvenir.  It seriously fits an entire 12-cup pot of coffee in it.  My mornings have not been quite the same since.

7. Being able to see the NYC Waterfalls.  Twice.  

8. Exploring new music genres by going to the record release party of Brooklyn Academy’s “Bored of Education.” I had a great time, thanks mostly to the Sparks girls for feeding me free cans all night long.  They even gave me slap bracelets!  Hello?  How sweet is THAT?!?

9. Getting the most out of the last couple of weeks of beautiful weather by sitting in McCarren Park watching the neighborhood do the same.  Check out the awesome Great Dane I always see chillin’ with his dad:

10. Sitting on my couch for 36 hours this weekend watching nothing but the Palladia channel, which apparently is a new HD channel that plays nothing but live music from festivals both old and recent.  It’s like how MTV used to be, when all they played was videos and you never wanted to change the channel for fear that you might miss whatever might be playing next.  Except this is in HD and it’s live AND they only play a commercial like once every 30 minutes and it’s a 1 minute ad for the Christian Children’s Fund.  This channel is hypnotizing, and as a bonus I’m burning off some of the calories from #5 by dancing in my apartment living room.    

As you can see I’ve been kinda super busy which is why I haven’t blogged in a month, but I know there’s no excuse.  So to make it up to all of you I thought I’d share a little taste of what happens to Mamba after a few too many glasses of wine.  In this clip I’ve been trying to take four quick pictures in a row and “vogue” in a different position for each, but apparently this time I clicked the button for “video” instead.  Do not ask any questions.  I do not know why I wanted to do this.  Remember what I told you about the wine.  And enjoy:

Be back soon.

DB moved out.

I will not, at this time (maybe ever) go into the sordid, awful, juicy details of it all.  I will not entertain the Why’s, How’s, and What Happened’s.  That wouldn’t be right. It’s too new, too fresh.  I will say that I’m happy to be watching the season finale of So You Think You Can Dance right now instead of the Giants game, but that’s certainly not something that contributed to the current situation.  

Anyhow.  Have you ever wanted to listen to something, or watch something, but didn’t have access to it? And then the moment you stop thinking about it or you forget there it is?  I had that type of experience this week.

As dorky as it may sound, I am a HUGE Friends fan.

Seen every episode, kick ass in the Trivia Game, all that shit.  I don’t care.  When I met DB (again) three years ago, he hated this about me.  He taunted me every time I would watch it.  Over time, however, I started to notice that HE would be laughing along too!  I would bust his chops and he would give me the brush-off.  Only in the last six months have I heard him say, “If you would have told me I would like this show 2 years ago, I would’ve slapped you.”  (Not really, of course.)  We recorded reruns on the DVR.  And watched them daily.  We even downloaded the first season and had a marathon one Saturday because he wanted to “see if there were any he hadn’t already seen” (all manly-like).  I still think he just wanted to watch each episode in order from the beginning.  

DB started to know little details about the characters and their plotlines, it almost got to the point that he remembered more than I did!  He would ask me how the series finale ended, but little details escaped me.  I would always say, “Oh they’ll show the rerun anyday now.”  Mind you, my DVR probably records three different Friends reruns each day, one would think that the chances are pretty high that in three years we’d catch The Last One, no?  

No.  The Last Episode never aired.  Not until Tuesday night that is, the night that DB left.  After I was alone, I sat on the couch, checked the list, and there it was.  

“The Last One”

I mean, what are the chances of THAT?  I watched it, of course, but told my DVR to “Save Until Manually Erased.”  You know, just in case.

Anyone who knows me knows I love any music that has a chick and a piano.  Certain albums or songs from Fiona Apple or Tori Amos have gotten me through some serious times, both good and bad.  More recently, however, these old standbys just weren’t cutting it in helping me handle the enormity of my current situation.  My sister recommended that I listen to Adele, so I checked out a few Youtube videos, and downloaded the album.  I have to give my sister credit for this one; Adele is just what I need right now.  And while the following video may not directly relate to the way I am feeling lately, some of her others do, and that’s good enough for me!  

If you want to see if Adele will be your friend, go here.  For her blog, tour dates, and other fun stuff, go here.

PS – I know technically this is a chick with a piano that someone else is playing, but close your eyes and pretend people! Pretend GODDAMMIT!