{"id":5663,"date":"2012-12-12T23:30:35","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T23:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-newyork.com.fwtrading.x10host.com\/wp\/?p=5663"},"modified":"2024-05-22T12:37:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T17:37:42","slug":"a-panoply-of-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-newyork.com.fwtrading.x10host.com\/wp\/2012\/12\/12\/a-panoply-of-things\/","title":{"rendered":"A panoply of things."},"content":{"rendered":"

1. Nessa, my co-worker, had a party for Halloween. It was the one and only time I got to wear my Ocean Reef costume. Normally, I would have worn it to the company Halloween party, but that was cancelled due to Sandy and her holiday-ruining rain. So here is a picture of me in my costume in Nessa’s apartment, complete with masquerade ball masks available at Abracadabra NYC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Nessa went as She-Ra, but she couldn’t find an appropriate sword. She bought some kind of Marauding-Horde-of-the-Rings sword, but it totally didn’t work for She-Ra. It looked like this:<\/p>\n

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Totally wrong. I took it home, cut off all the points on the sides of the blade as well as the handlebar bits, and tried to shape it more like a diamond. Then I sawed slits in the sides, shoved Bristol board in there and wrapped it in wire to hold it all together.<\/p>\n

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The next day, I paper-mached over all that goodnees.<\/p>\n

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And the day after that, I painted it silver with black accents and glued two giant resin turquoise blobs on either side. Perfect? Far from it. But it totally did the job.<\/p>\n

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She looked great. Some might attribute that to good genes or the fact that she works out all the time, but I say it’s the sword that I modified.<\/p>\n

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2. I saw this while walking through Koreatown. I… I don’t think that’s how you want to phrase that.<\/p>\n

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“Enjoy your black time!”<\/p>\n

3. So, every day I walk past a sign for a necklace that is supposed to be an artistic interpretation of a teddy bear. However, whenever I look at it, all I can think about is Coco’s shoulders, torso and rump. Are you familiar with Coco, Ice-T’s wife? She is a cartoon character of a human being. See for yourself. NSFW in most places, like Earth.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.cocosworld.com\/new\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is the picture of the advert for the necklace.<\/p>\n

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And here’s what I see every time I look at it.<\/p>\n

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4. I love this. I want a flabby mirrorball. In related news, if I were to become a burlesque performer, “Flabby Mirrorball” isn’t the worst name I could pick.<\/p>\n

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5. Today in Grand Central Terminal a news team was doing a piece on a sniffy dog. I played tourist and took a bunch of pictures. I liked the dog’s expression. “I can smell all kinds of stuff! Do you want me to smell something right now? Because I could.”<\/p>\n

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