no., they cant try a little harder. what money do you think gets this built? sorry but i'd rather see this built with my tax payer money than something beautiful like the taj mahal built with with diamonds encrusted if it means it will be cheaper and service a part of our world that needs help?

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 20, 2009 4:34 PM in response to Development Watch: 575 5th Avenue Coming Along

snappy why dont you just let your fro grow? i let mine!

i get pissy at african-american (black?) ladies who have issues with their hair.

i would trade hair with you in a heart beat!!!

if i let my hair grow out it would get all wavy and curly. and frizzy in the worst way. unless i let it grow out hardcore there is nothing to do with it, but african descendant ladies, a nice light fro on the head? oh my. i like it.

i hope what i said was not insensitive.

tho now that i think about it, Mo's hair let gone freely grown was scary...but i think that movie was racist in a sense. do you know the director?

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 20, 2009 4:23 PM in response to Open Thread

like the thing is that my grandmother and cher are about the same age. but my grandmother looks old and gross and disgusting and cher looks young fabululous and thing. what do you think makes the difference? oh yeah

$$$

$$$ = soooooo bad for so many people. if everyone had money we'd be a pretty hot Planet. but because 95% of people on this planet called Earth live in POVERTY that wont happen.

the next time you think about how you cant afford a brownstone in X neighborhood versus Y neighborhood, think that damn... most of the world is really living in actual shacks with no running water. it's hard for us to think about because we have everything, including ghetto white trash me, just think... i dont know why im thinking about this right now, probably because it's almost thanksgiving and gack,... the holidays are very suckitude for people when you dont know how to spend them.

i might bake a turkey on my roof.

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 20, 2009 4:14 PM in response to Open Thread

THL... these days, a ounce of botox, and a big wig (luv ya 11217 but it's true) will make ANYONE who is 65 look 35.

the problem is when you get under the covers. GACK!

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 20, 2009 4:09 PM in response to Open Thread

(or a mix tape) that would be much more fun

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 20, 2009 4:05 PM in response to Open Thread

i want ENY to make me a mix cd

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 20, 2009 4:04 PM in response to Open Thread

snappy bite your tongue saying cher and madonna are of the same breed.

oh wait, they are... both latch onto music genres that are popular..

oh wait... ummmm... madonna latches onto them YEARS after they are no longer relevant and claims them their own... CHER does it because she likes to experience the genres and sing that way. i love cher, every 10 years since the 60s she's sang differently. 60s pop/soul, 70s, 80s metal lite, 90s rock, 00's techno.. she never claimed to start the trend, she just wanted to hear herself and let her fans hear her.

madonna on the other hand is a narcissistic person who claims to START music trends :-/ she is always like 3-5 years behind the times, but because she has a huuuuge fanbase she sells lots of music. she's a phony.

in the year 3597 if i were to do an archealogical dig for giant mummified phonies, i'd bring back Madonna.

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 20, 2009 4:00 PM in response to Open Thread

bxgirl, what do you mean when you say native american is NOT pc. of course it is! american indians is the not pc version. i like that term. they ARE american indians. until america was colonized it wasnt called america anyway, and verbology is verbology. you call something it, that is what it is until smoeone changes it.

tho if i hear another person talk about someone from India (the country) and say "dot indian, not feather" i will shoot a bow and arrow into my left asscheek. that joke aint funny anymore.

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 20, 2009 3:55 PM in response to Open Thread

ENY LOL thank you! my grandmother was a HUUUUUGE whitney fan. (i know wtf?) she asked in high school once, dont you have any whitney houston? i was like no, sorry. (i did however go out and buy her a whitney houston single... i think it was the lame one from that movie that was really big).

she HATED cher. called her a sl*t
she HATED madonna. called her a sl*t
(the only gay thing about me was that i like cher!)

she HAAAAAAAAAATED Dolly Parton because my grandfather was fixated with her!!! called her a sl*t and a c*nt. like out of no where. the tv would be on with the news and my grandmother would be like dolly parton is a SL*t!!!! and me and my grandfather would look at each other like okaaaaaaaaaay she is just crazy.

ugh i miss my grandfather. he was the only person in my family who i ever shared liking similar things with!

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 20, 2009 3:51 PM in response to Open Thread

snappy!!! re: bad singers, madonna, etc...

i hate madonna and the people who built a cultural shrine around her, but i often DO like people who sing badly versus people who supposedly 'can sing'. maybe it's cuz im like 75 % deaf in my right ear and like dumb stuff, but i prefer bad singers who are truthful to their persnoality than phonies who have perfect voices who dont sing from the soul. not saying beyonce is like that, ive never found her that amazing or anything. give me left eye (rip girl) over beyonce any day.

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 20, 2009 3:44 PM in response to Open Thread

for what it's worth, that class i was talking about our final oral presentation was to RAP something. hahhaha. 1.) imagine being terrified to talk in front of a class and then 2.) imagine being white and having to rap in front of a class that isnt a bunch of white people. hahahhaha. i swear to hell that made me stronger than any other college class i ever had. i dont even remember the actual experience of it, other than a teacher MAKING us get out of our comfort zone. i did get an A tho :) (but i think everyone got one)

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 20, 2009 3:38 PM in response to Open Thread

omg biff you are So mean . (re: the 24 dollar things) grrrr i cant cut and paste on this ghetto computer grrr) 24 dollars was a lot back then tho!

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 20, 2009 3:31 PM in response to Open Thread

bxgirl, cuz i like the word Indian :) so i like saying american indians versus native americans. also native americans is veeeeeeeery disingenuous... cuz you KNOW there were people here before them right? the textbooks dont tell you that. who/what was here i have no clue! but there were animals and stuff so they are more native american really. also India is one of my fav. countries and if i was ever to visit somewhere it would be India. and also being called American Indian seems to have more... i dont know, cultural history than say Native American (the pc term). things change tho, who knows, it's how i see it. as long as it's not coming from hate, i dont think it matters. it's like what do we call races now in 2009? we have white people, black people, hispanic people, asians, ? white... black.. wtf? suonds stupid to me. hispanic covers so much that mexicans are even called that. asian is so broad sounding and the one term that sounds actually okay.

i had a class before college, in college, where a bunch of us (i was one of the only few white people in the entire program) where we all had to sit around and throw racial slurs at each other. it was insane. but at the same time it wasnt insane at all, it was awesome because you never know what people think about what they are being called versus what people are saying or expressing based on what they percieve. so on that note i say VIVA LA ( i hate the french btw) American Indians! :)

countdown til someone calls me ignorant. :-/

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 20, 2009 3:29 PM in response to Open Thread

i dont normally call people out, but steveib is annoying me more than any other poster on the whole internetz has in a while. while 11217's post about preserving the history of america's architecture was kinda, eh, i wont say... how is bringing up the bad parts of our history even f'ing relevant? there has never been a culture of peoples that hasnt had a checkered past and done some wrong stuff. people apparnetly love old architecture (i do too duh), how does preserving that part of our GOOD past have any relevance to the slaugher of american indians (sorry i refuse to say native americans)? you are very trollish in the sense that you seem to be coming after certain people here and your arguments arent even interesting.

ok i need to get out soon!

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 20, 2009 3:14 PM in response to Open Thread

thanks for the shopping tips 11217!!!! and non long pants are good for me. im a shorty 5'9" and usually my problem is pants that are TOO long!!! im one of those people tho who get really super embarrassed shopping for clothes in real clothing stores or real vintage stores. i have no problem at dollar type stores or salvation armies tho. i had a 50 dollar gift card to a real store once and i went in and was so overwhelmed i wound up buying 50 dollars worth of socks :-/

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 20, 2009 3:08 PM in response to Open Thread

today's ot is cracking me up! i cant leave the house yet! i got to brokedev's post about me liking old and new and the olson twins (i love them! their classic movies tho, like Passprot to Paris and Winning London) and shirley temple (i dont know her other than being some little girl in old movies) but i used to go to bars with my grandfather as a kid and he would order me shirley temples :) no clue what it was. probably just soda (i hope). hahahahha ugh, im only halfway thru this thread.

on that note, some of you need to unclench your sphincters. that's the male version of sandy vajajays.

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 20, 2009 3:03 PM in response to Open Thread

BENSON! i just read thru this OT just now... you met al gore. i met al gore too!!! i am pretty sure i told this story here before, but a few years ago (after the election and after his documentary i think), he came into my office building and got off on the wrong floor! he walsk in and he's like hello! im like uh hello. he had like 4 guys with him flanked on both sides. he said im here for the meeting. i was like uh what meeting? he then said QUOTE "you know who i am right?" the whole office was watching in like a wtf mood.. i said um who are you here to see? it wasnt for anyone in my office and i totally giggled and laughed at him when we shook hands and everyone in the office was laughing too. definitely a funny office day. kinda sucks al gore is like the only famous person i ever got to shake hands with. (the funny thing was that he put out his hand and it took me like a good few LONG seconds to decide to shake it or not)

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 20, 2009 2:50 PM in response to Open Thread

speaking of farts, ive noticed twice today that my dog will fart and then stick his head down there and sniff it!

im having a great day off. the weather is gorgeous, i think im going to go to the mall. lol. but it's about the time the high schoolers are let out right? oh well. i need to get an extension cord and smoe christmast lights and i need to treat myself to a ne wpair of pants. but i cant decide if i should go to the atlantic mall or go more south on 5th ave to the dollar and value stores...

probably leaning toward the dollar value stores, but im in a mall madness mood. (remember that board game from the 80s? Mall Madness). i want to pick up a new christmas tree too. right now i only have a fiber optic christmas tree that i loved at first last year but then thought it was stupid and want a more traditional tree. (snappy the mini pink glitter fire hazard tree doesnt count)

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 20, 2009 2:44 PM in response to Open Thread

omf! crackheads get balconies now?!

just kidding, this is a good thing. i think they should leave the cornered balconies open space and now window it.. having an open space balcony would actually be psychologically beneficial for people in supportive housing, versus having to look out thru thick paned glass reminiscent of hospitals, jails, and rehabs.

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 20, 2009 2:37 PM in response to Development Watch: 575 5th Avenue Coming Along

that was fun at the lesbo bar last week snappy :) and i even behaved myself!! it was such a different atmosphere than nasty cattyshack which always smelled like feet and sweat.

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 20, 2009 2:32 PM in response to StreetLevel: South, New 5th Avenue Bar, Opens

i hope a Cinnnabon is next!!

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 20, 2009 2:29 PM in response to Huh? Benetton for Bed Stuy Stretch of Bedford Avenue

ive never heard of this pumps place... but i think i now know where im having my 33rd birthday this february :)

and ugh... free vespas. barf! has anyone ever known or seen smoeone who drives a vespa who wasnt a complete douchbag?
*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 20, 2009 2:25 PM in response to 868 Metropolitan Sells Out in Less Than Two Months

how is the bar scene down there? im just curious because there seem to be sooo many bars opening up all over in this economy, just wondering how many bars a neighborhood can sustain and for the bars to do well? drinking never seems to cease in a bad economy tho i guess so maybe it's one of the few viable businesses that can open?

still waiting for someone to open up a cheap 40 ounce bar! even if they charged 5 bux for a 40 ounce, that would be great!! regular beer bottles are too tiny they need to supersize that sh*t

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 20, 2009 2:22 PM in response to StreetLevel: South, New 5th Avenue Bar, Opens

"adult themed spaces' LOL you mean like where men can get it on in the bushes?

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 20, 2009 2:17 PM in response to Plans for J.J. Byrne Park in the Slope Unveiled

also, benson saying this board raises his blood pressure is just that he gets a visceral reaction to what people say here. it raises my blood pressure too!!! but i think that's why i like it. if i wanted to be calm and mellow and just exist i'd go join and post on the My Little Pony fansite or something.

i think a lot of you who claim to like "diversity" are phonies. you see diversity only as a mixed group of race and religion, but never realize that true diversity is being around and interacting with people who have differing opinions and worldviews...

that said, what the f am i doing here on my DAY OFF!!!

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 20, 2009 1:37 PM in response to New Cafe for The Heights

wow. so benson had a differing opinion than the majority and he gets dog piled :-/ i mean i know it's human nature and all to trounce on smoeone with a different opinion and tell them if they arent in complete agreeance with the majority they "should just leave" but if you step back a second and think about the you should just leave sentiment you'd realize just how farked up that is to say.

that said, coffee cafes and wine bars are the new check cashing places and nail shops. which is funny but sad at the same time. and i hope someday,hopefully soon, a new group of people will be all like omg those places are SOOOOOO ghetto and tacky and shouldnt be in our neighborhood, so the carbon monoxide bars and metal head plate shops can move in.

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 20, 2009 1:33 PM in response to New Cafe for The Heights

1.) this free months rent bullcrap HAS to stop. there should be a law against it.

2.) the prices.. 2400 for a ONE bedroom. okay.. it could work for a regular couple... but a single solo person, the average one in nyc, that would even POSSIBLY want to live here cannot afford 2400 a month, sorry, and if they could they wouldnt be living in f'ing greenpoint.

3.) jacked up prices because of "amenities". BARF. sorry, but if i want to go to a gym i'd join one, if i wanted to go swimming id go find a pool or the ocean, if i wanted a yoga room i'd go take a yoga class, if i wanna see a movie, um ill go to the movies, f*ck your stupid screening room and you just know all that will be playing is Finding Nemo anyway... cuz you know, those are the ways you meet people and interact with people... the crux of nyc living, no? if you want everything including in your own building where you dont have to leave to do anything, why not just move to a f'ing gated community somewhere?

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 20, 2009 1:23 PM in response to Viridian Two-Thirds Rented

why do all karl fischer buildings wind up just looking like a bad case of anal warts?

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 20, 2009 1:06 PM in response to Checking In On 660 Bergen Street

i thought minimum wage being a restaurant worker or bartender was like 2 bux an hour? and then you work on tips? ar eyou talking about people who work doing dishes? then yeah, it's all screwed up. if you are a legal citizen and apply for a job washing dishes LOL on you thinking you can get minimum wage. wrong! restaurants will hire an illegal person to do it for 2 bux and hour and never call in sick or roll their eyes at you.

i would LOVE a 5 hour a week job part time washing dishes, im pretty good at it.. but oh hells no, i'd never be hired :-/ oh well, maybe they think id roll my eyes too much.

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 19, 2009 9:58 PM in response to Thursday Blogwrap

LOL dipster hahahahahhahahahHAHAHAH

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 19, 2009 9:52 PM in response to Closing Bell: Crash Time in Williamsburg

HA et that was a good one. i love the comment "i wonder if she shi=s skittles"

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 19, 2009 5:07 PM in response to Open Thread

no. if it was art it would be spray painted Gold.

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 19, 2009 4:29 PM in response to Closing Bell: Crash Time in Williamsburg

u know, E.T... you keep saying "rob like rant". not sure i get it. crazy people rant, i conversate.

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 19, 2009 4:24 PM in response to Open Thread

quote:
and Rob

har har, funny... considering i havent slept on or owned a mattress or bed in like 2 1/2 years. :-/

beds are gross.

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 19, 2009 4:21 PM in response to Closing Bell: Crash Time in Williamsburg

quote:
I don't hate NJ at all, Rob. Just saying sometimes we like things because remind us of simpler place and time.

LOL NJ for me was most definitely NOT a simpler place and time.

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 19, 2009 3:41 PM in response to Development Watch: Turnaround at 424 Waverly Avenue

quote:
I think he *says* he likes the old because of his need to be a contrarian.

why is it so outlandish that some people have different aesthetic taste? jeez. sorry i dont go gaga over the generic thing i see on the right. i mean there's nothing wrong with the new version, but you have to admit it's pretty bland and doesnt really have any character. sometimes new stuff made to LOOK old just winds up looking silly and more out of place than a glass box even!

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 19, 2009 3:31 PM in response to Development Watch: Turnaround at 424 Waverly Avenue

quote:
"I think you liked the old cause reminded you of NewJersey"
um. don't be a jersey hater.

"And where did you hear awnings back in style" the psychic part of my brain says so!

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 19, 2009 3:28 PM in response to Development Watch: Turnaround at 424 Waverly Avenue

i KNOW im going to get flack for saying it which is why i didnt wanna be the first to post, but i sorta kinda like the before picture better. i like the window awnings (awnings are SO gonna be back in style very soon btw) and all of you who ripped them off will probably be the first people in line at the awning store! you know it's true.

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 19, 2009 3:14 PM in response to Development Watch: Turnaround at 424 Waverly Avenue

quote:
you could probably collect 4500 for the 2nd and 3rd floor combined

i dont think so

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 19, 2009 2:43 PM in response to Brooklyn Sales: Under a Million

quote:
I know Snappy. But just the thought of having to go thru morning sickness, get fat and have your who-ha stretched beyond normal when it was a quickie is unacceptable to me.

there are (expensive) programs out there that can help women who are pregnant not get fat, and have their pregnancy even barely noticeable until like almost the ninth month!! it's all the rage with tribeca moms these days. seriously, i saw this on the news a while back :-/

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 19, 2009 1:09 PM in response to Open Thread

quote:
a mother and son team

LOL. who in their right mind would wanna work with the MOM?

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 19, 2009 1:05 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 150 Joralemon Street, #5F

who'r crokett and tubbs? that interior design is ghastly tho. it looks like a playroom in a pediatric hospital, ick

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 19, 2009 12:56 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 150 Joralemon Street, #5F

an earthquake would totally turn into a giant looting party.

gamestop here i come!

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 19, 2009 12:53 PM in response to Inside Third & Bond: Week 109

i bought this condo and all i got was this stinkin' corsage!
i've never felt an earthquake before and hope i never do!

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 19, 2009 12:10 PM in response to Inside Third & Bond: Week 109

quote:
2) RE Brokers (libby ryan for example)
3) Perma bulls (slopefarm, 11217, antidope, etc)
They all need to bear responsibility for promoting the real estate bubble that has hurt a lot of working families.

(i think almost everyone you listed IS part of a working family, or just working..)

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 19, 2009 10:51 AM in response to 150 Bond Finally Sells—For a Loss

these are so not funny :-/

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 19, 2009 10:31 AM in response to Open Thread

over-hyped, limited talent, boring chick singer - win
fudgy-pudgy, pale, busy-body, paper-monied nymbies - lose

yay! ?

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 19, 2009 10:20 AM in response to LPC Will Not Reconsider Norah Jones Decision

LOL slopefarm... you know, i have actually helped people with strollers in the subway before. it's not something im proud of, but ill admit to having done it before. i think it would be awkward if someone asked for help and you just flat out said no lol.

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 19, 2009 9:58 AM in response to Open Thread

GAP commercials look pretty damn christmas-y to me. tho i dont see anything wrong with saying merry christmas considering christmas is a commercial FUN holiday meant for people to get mad presents and get angry at people for giving crappy presents.

you know i dont think i got a single f'ing christmas present last year :-/ my grandmother sent me 20 bux in cash tho, but cash never feels like a real present. i swear i think this year im going to crash a toys for tots benefit and claim a gift!

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 19, 2009 9:56 AM in response to Open Thread

quote:
"banning employee contact with spare change."

high pollutant snobs. spare change makes the world go round!

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at November 19, 2009 9:35 AM in response to Open Thread