Grumpasaurus Rex

Sometimes I'm a grumpasaurus in the mornings.

Pretty Lights

One of my friends has a very cool chandelier

Lacrimal

I have a bacterial infection in my eye.

And this is what I've been seeing every time I look in the mirror for the past few days.

Puffy eye that doesn't want to open, is super irritated, and watering like crazy.

Actually, it's been happening on and off for the past few weeks, and my husband finally made me go to the doctor, like a real eye Dr specialist, not just the ones you go to for your annual eye exam.

I imagined some terrible, horrible kind of "My word, man, why didn't you get here sooner?!" diagnosis, but it's just bacteria. And I use the word "just" very loosely.

THIS is what eye infections feel like?!?! Oh my gosh, this SUCKS so hard. It's painful, I look like a pirate that got beat up, and my eye will.not.stop.watering. On the plus side, at least I'm not contagious.

He gave me a free sample of medicine, and then a prescription that I should not fill until I run out of the sample because "It's really expensive,". If my doctor is telling me that, then I'm pretty sure I need to start figuring out which kidney I'm okay with selling. Hmm, lefty, you're looking good...

He also recommended that I get rid of all of my make up. And not wear any ever again. I wanted to be all like "Doc, seriously, look at me. I think we both know that that is not a wise decision.".

I may toss out the eye stuff I use a lot, since now all I can imagine are squiggly bacterium all over my make up. "Hell yeah we're bacteria, and we're doin' it in your eye shadow, beeeyyyoootttchhh!"

Albany Pride Parade

Sunday June 13th was Albany, NY's annual Gay Pride Parade. I have lived here for 7 (8?) years and have missed it every year. Luckily, I managed to catch the very end of it this year. Next year I will try and see the beginning of the parade, too.

Here is Citizen Action of New York marching in the parade.

Gay dog. I like this pooch's scarf. Pretty and very fitting. There was one detractor trying to march at the end of the parade, but let's just say that the LGBT community is very tolerant and nice, and knows that ignoring an attention seeker is the better way to go than anything else. I'm surprised the cops didn't tell the person to leave, but not very surprised.

Gay tent! There was lots of free stuff inside the tent. I like the shwag giveaways at festivals.

Ran into fellow bloggers and walked around with them. Very cool. When I first moved to Albany I didn't know how people ran into folks at all of these festivals. Live here a few years and you'll run in to people you know too. I like that - it makes me feel popular.

Lady Gay Gay! I like this Lady GaGa impersonator. Even better is that you don't know if it's a man or a woman. Either gender, she is fierce!

A look inside the tent. This is GE's healthymagination team promoting things. Very progressive of them.

Finished up Pride by walking around town and looking at the front of Lark Tavern. There's a notebook people have jotted some stuff down. And of course this guy wrote something. Funny way to end the day.

What a Nice Husbear

My husbear Albany John asked me yesterday if I was free in the afternoon of the 23rd. I wasn’t, and asked him if it was about that Pitbull concert I wanted to see in Six Flags. It was. He wanted to get me tickets in to Six Flags, and then standing room only tickets, to be closer to the stage to see Pitbull.

Aaaawwwwwwwwww. It was so sweet.

I hadn’t quite planned on going, but when he said it was in the afternoon (Six Flags, who has a concert at 3 pm? Evidently their concert closes at 6 pm. Weird), I knew I’d definitely be out. It’s for the best – I would probably overhype it in my mind to death, or spastically fan-girl out and creep the hell out of Pitbull.

Albany, First Friday, 6/4/2010

On the first Friday of every month, Albany hosts First Friday. This monthly event promotes the artistic community in the area. Galleries stay open later, and some restaurants/bars/shops turn into galleries for the night. It lasts from 5 pm - 9 pm, although things usually start winding down after 8 pm.

They have a free trolley ride, and I snagged the first one when I rolled in early. As you can see, at 5 pm, things are still very quiet. Most visitors come after work, and so do some artists, so activities start picking up around 6 pm.

It got busier later on. I met up with a friend later on, and we saw some people dressed in costumes. I took the trolley again. It's very fun on a hot day. And free! The girl was dressed up like SuperGirl. I'm not sure what the boys were dressed up as. I am guessing they attend one of Albany's many colleges.

Now it's getting busy! Many more people are standing outside of the UAG (Upstate Artists Guild). This is like the central hub for First Friday.

Went to Grand Street Community Arts to see a multi-culti exhibit of different cultures. It seemed mostly full of people who were going to perform later on. This space used to be very beat up and worn. The GSCA folks have put in a lot of hard work to make the space better.

Also went to The Furnace, an indie group that reminds me of the Capital District Federation of Ideas, which has been inactive for about two years. Artsy, into helping the community.

I was excited to see many terrariums. They look beautiful.

There was also someone doing performance art. Someone said it was the performer's interpretation of how Christmas started.

... I don't know if they were joking or not. I don't get a lot of performance art - I probably never will.

Went back to GSCA to check out a Tibetan performance. Very intricate. The men and women danced differently, and sang as they danced.

Pitbull in Concert 6/23 @ New England Six Flags!!!

There are not enough exclamations in the world!!!!! Pitbull is going to be playing at Six Flags on June 23, 2010!!!!

Ai, mi Pitbull!!!!!

Squee, squee, squee, squee, squee!