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Black Friday 

Apparently Walmart employees all over the country are striking for better pay and working conditions during black friday. Before I use to look forward to saving up money and buying during this time, but over the years it has definitely changed. People have gone nuts and will do anything to be first in line no matter how dishonest and downright dirty. Back then a person could really score some great deals on their christmas list, but now the stores advertise a hot ticket item, but carry less than 20 in the store for all those people---it's not worth making the trip if you don't save. Worse of all about black friday is that the stores are so greedy to make money that they start their sales on Thanksgiving. It's like people can't even sit down with their families and enjoy turkey dinner without having to go out right after to sit in line to shop for black friday. I just can't deal with the stupidness that is black friday. If I do any shopping it will be online and in the comfort of my home after stuffing myself with some good home-cooked food. I just want to be plump and happy.

If you plan on shopping for black friday there are plenty of sites but I like to use http://bfads.net/

For those interested in discount beauty products temptalia.com has a great list going on :)

I don't really need anything but if I were to get some stuff it would be:

Uggs

Sigma or Mac brushes

Fuzzy claw slippers

Juicer

Lancome Mascara Set

Wet n Wild lipsticks

Sleek 

Mac

Covergirl Bronzer

Ben Nye banana powder

Pink Panther clothing

I'm having a hard time finding the slippers lol but I will have them in my grasp soon 

Introducing the H Train

The New, Free H-Train Shuttle Is Now Up and Running in the Rockaways

By Matt Chaban 11/19 4:16pm

Among the indignities visited on the Rockaways by Hurricane Sandy was the destruction of its sole subway route, the A train. As The Observer first reported, this was not merely a case of flooding, but the very foundations of the Broad Channel crossing washing away, creating months, or longer, of reconstruction work for the MTA.

Still, the agency took the unusual step oftrucking a bunch of subway cars out to the Rockaways so it could at least run shuttle service along the peninsula, with a bus in Far Rockaway then ferrying riders to the A train in Howard Beach. The service will be up and running as of 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, and Governor Cuomo even announced that it would be free until regular subway service is restored. Free subway service—finally some good news for the Rockaways.

As for those wondering why it is called the H train, no, it is not a reference to hurricanes or heroin. That was the original name of the Rockaways shuttle, the run from Broad Channel that runs south to Beach 116th Street. Actually, it was the HH train, when the system merged in 1967, and then it became just the H train when the double letter trains were eliminated.

The H train name was retired in 2004, when the line became a branch of the A train. But as Second Avenue Sagas notes, sometimes, when the subway signs on the older models are mis-rolled, the old designation can still be visible.

As an added bonus/humblebrag, the MTA has posted a video of its workers hoisting the new shuttle trains into place.

Correction: A previous version of this post said that H train service had begun today. It will not be running until tomorrow morning. The Observer regrets the error.

To fly

Decided to take a much needed trip to get out of this funk I'm in

OBAMA WINS SECOND TERM

I VOTED

Cancelled NYC Marathon runners help with Hurricane Sandy victims
http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/05/health/nyc-marathon-runners-time/index.html

NYC Marathon runners find their own way to run -- and give back

By Alexandra Sifferlin, TIME.com

(TIME.com) -- With slightly more than 36 hours to go before the 2012 ING New York City Marathon, Mayor Michael Bloomberg canceled the annual event, amid criticisms the runners would be siphoning off valuable resources needed in the city's recovery from Superstorm Sandy.

But the decision hardly discouraged a group of nearly 1,300 runners from boarding the Staten Island Ferry toward the starting line.

Far from anticipating a grueling 26.2-mile run, however, these would-be racers ran their own marathon, carrying garbage bags and backpacks full of donated supplies ranging from blankets to Home Depot gift cards that they delivered to the destroyed homes of Staten Island residents.

"I've run the marathon three times, and there was an odd familiarity getting on the Staten Island Ferry this morning with a group of runners for a completely different reason," says runner and New Yorker Jon Bennion. "It was fascinating, the anxiety and jitters were replaced by an overwhelming sense of community."

The group, organized over Facebook by Dr. Jordan Metzl, a sports-medicine physician at New York City's Hospital for Special Surgery, met early Sunday morning and divided into groups to run the supplies to the most severely damaged neighborhoods on the island. Metzl, who carried a backpack filled with batteries, says he had expected about 300 runners, but was surprised by the overwhelming number of volunteers who showed up.

"It is one of the most compelling things I've ever seen in my life," Metzl says. "Part of the myth of this whole thing was that runners were callous to the suffering and just wanted to run their marathon. Nothing could be further from the truth."

On a bright, sunny day with cool temperatures perfect for racing, the runners disembarked from the ferry with a kickoff cheer, but it didn't take long before the route transformed into a somber reminder of why city councilmen and New Yorkers suffering power outages and flood damage vehemently argued the marathon should not continue.

"All of a sudden, we turned a corner and everyone was cleaning out their basements. Sidewalks were gone, replaced by sinkholes," says Emily Snyder, an avid runner who discovered the New York Runners in Support of Staten Island group online. "People were cleaning out all their stuff by the handful. The gas lines are astronomically long. It's shocking."

Metzl and a group of runners completed a 15-mile route, distributing supplies along the way and then stopped to clear out the home of Alexandre Bersenev and his wife near Midland Beach.

"We walked into his house, and there was a disgusting, rotting smell from all their furniture and books. It looks like someone exploded a bomb inside the house," says Metzl. "We have a runner from England and a runner from Scotland who came to New York to run their first marathon and found out about this over Twitter. They've never even heard of Staten Island, and for them to come out here and spend the day cleaning this man's home is one of the most moving things I've ever seen in my life."

This year's race would have marked Metzl's 30th marathon, but he says the cancellation was unsurprising given the wreckage.

"It wasn't even a question to come here," he says. "This is the right thing to do. It's more gratifying than any run I have ever done."

Homeowner Alexandre Bersenev, who moved to Staten Island from Russia in 1992, says Staten Island residents were aware of the controversy surrounding the marathon, and he's thankful for the aid.

"It's awful, my home is an absolute disaster. The runners removed so much debris, and they did it smiling. I am really touched."

For those who didn't join the impromptu relief run, thousands who had planned to complete the marathon for their respective charities lapped Central Park for an equally spontaneous way to creatively complete the 26.2 miles they would have run through the city's five boroughs.

The finish line arch was still standing, and although gates and security guards prohibited runners from crossing under the signage, thousands veered around the blockades, leaning as close to the arch as the barriers would allow to take celebratory photos under the "Finish" sign.

"It would've been nice if they had opened the finish up for us," says New Zealand runner Neil Anderson, who raised $200,000 for Catwalk, a charity supporting spinal-cord-injury research with 28 other runners. "I think the organizers were in a very difficult situation; it's very understandable, but it's hard on such a nice day like this."

"Someone forgot to tell all these runners the marathon was canceled," says Toni Rooney as her daughter Jessica ran by on the first lap of her customized version of the marathon. Jessica's parents traveled from Orlando to watch Jessica run her first marathon.

"She trained all year and was hysterical it was canceled, but this is a really happy and special day," says Jessica's father, Tim Rooney. "Bloomberg should be here."

Thor Gudjonsson, who finished four 6-mile laps around the park followed by an additional 2.2-mile loop with five other teammates from Iceland, says they wished the race was canceled earlier, before they made the trip.

"However, we completely understand why it was canceled," says Gudjonsson. "We didn't realize how severe the damage was until we got here."

There won't be any official winner of the 2012 New York City Marathon, and no official times recorded for the thousands who trained for the event as a personal challenge. But thousands of runners proved you don't need official timekeepers to make a marathon worth running.

This story was originally published on TIME.com.

NYC Marathon runners find their own way to run and give back

© 2012 TIME, Inc. TIME is a registered trademark of Time Inc. Used with permission.

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Sales going on today

If only .....

Hautelook always has some great deals especially when it comes to shoes :)

Sweepstakes Time 



Naturally Curly is giving away a prize each day! Head over to the website to enter!

This is why I love NY

On the train I had the pleasure of hearing this group called Train Robbers NYC (two guys and a girl) but I was so into listening to them that I didn't bother to record. Hopefully I'll see them again...

Wish list

Some of the things will be totally unrealistic but others are attainable. I don't care it's my wish list lol

1. Learn to speak a language other than English.

I've been trying to motivate myself to learn Spanish since it's one of the leading languages in the States, and there's a lot of people that speak it at my job. Another language that I would like to learn would be Korean because I watch a lot of korean dramas. If I knew the language I could just translate what's being said instead of having to wait for the subs to come out.

2. Lose weight and build muscle in my lower body

Seriously I hate going to the gym, and I feel like everytime I go food shopping I'm plagued with all these delicious and unhealthy seasonal items. It's really a battle that I'm losing. I'm top heavy so I hate doing cardio, but it's just something I have to get over if I want to lose my baby fat. It's a pain in the arse.

3. Travel to another country and learn about another culture

I haven't gone anyway for atleast two years it's time to put new stamps in my passport

4. Jessica Simpson Brook shoes in Dark Khaki

Okay I happen to already have a pair of these in sexy ruby red, but I love this tan nude brown color

5. Big sexy hair

I just cut my hair because it was damaged by all these chemicals and not so good products. Now I'm in the process of growing it back and treating it the way it should be treated. No more dyes or anything bad.

6. Job that pays well and gives great vacation time or time off

I'm pretty darn lucky to even have a job in these trying times. Unfortunately as you guys probably know, Hurricane Sandy has put a little dent in that I don't know when I'll be able to go back as of yet. I love my job but would like the freedom to travel. Maybe I'll come across something better in the mean time waiting.

7. Knowledge, speech improvement, and learn a skill with hands such as sewing or braiding

Pretty self explanatory

8. Pomeranian

I love this breed and the poofiness of the fur is so cute. I don't have any kids so I get lonely. I need a dog.

9. Gangnam Style Apartment

I want to feel like a pimp ha but I do love the area I live. It's safe, there's tons of restaurants, and shopping.

10. Cute/sexy boyfriend who gets me and we are on the same page

I have a thing for guys that wear glasses--loves dorks and nerds but not too nerdy. I like a little coolness or swag. Yeah I've date some nice guys and not so nice. Last guy I talked to was really cute but kind of immature and was depressed all the time. I just want to date a guy and not have drama. Maybe it's because I just read the fifty shade trilogy, but I wouldn't mind if the guy was a little kinky. I'll take a great average guy over someone that's hot, but dumb as a box of rocks. Been there done that you can only tolerate so much.

Books to Movies

As you probably know there will be a lot of books to movies coming out---Part two of Breaking Dawn of the Twilight Series and Catching Fire from the Hunger Games Trilogy. Well another book to movie adaption is on the horizon and that is the erotica bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James. The writing of the series could have been better, but I do look forward to the movie coming out. I wonder how the screenwriters are going to go from book to film without it turning into a cheesy porn flick. There's already speculation as to the roles of the cast with an early fan favorite Ian Somerhandler, from Vampire Diaries, to play Christian Grey. Personally I would like to see Alex Pettyfer as the lead, but whoever they choose it's definitely going to cause a stir.

VS

Either way it's a win win situation

Giveaway Time 

Hello Kiley is giving away the infamous Urban Decay Naked Palette to a lucky follower of her blog. Hurry it ends today!

Hurricane Sandy Aftermath

It was horrendous at work it got flooded so everyone got sent home until they finish accessing the damage. So now I'm enjoying some time off, but hopefully not too much time I have bills to pay :)