A 24 Hour Challenge • Riding the Staten Island Ferry

Sunrise from the 24 Hour Staten Island Ferry Blog

Remember last year when my hubby went on that 22 day, North American roadtrip where he drove 10-12 hours per day almost every day? Well a friend of ours "Special K" is doing something just as unusual. I'm not sure if it's for the fun of it or for the experience but he flew to NYC from San Jose, CA just to ride the Staten Island Ferry for 24 hours straight with his friend, known on the blog as "B1-66ER," who also doesn't live in NYC but is there on vacation.

   They are live blogging their 24 hour experience. There's been some running for the ferry, some singing (not them, from other people), drunk people, sick people, party girls, profanity (from them, not other people), sleep deprivation, hallucinating (due to the a fore mentioned sleep deprivation), gun boats, an accomplice who brought them good deli food, searching for electrical outlets to recharge their phones so they can post, a dog with no face, a sunrise, a bird and eating corn beef hash are among the things they have seen and done.

   So how does this relate to me? Well it got me to thinking I should take on some kind of 24 hour challenge. The hardest things for me to do are to relax and take time off. Sooooooo... The best challenge idea I've come up with since last night is to get a 24 hour massage (no deep tissue). Even though hubby thinks it's a really bad idea he has agreed to feed me through the breathing hole in the massage table so that I don't have to stop to eat. Just to be clear, he thinks the whole idea is bad, not just the feeding me through the breathing hole part. LOL Maybe I'll do it someday. Even if I don't it cracks me up just thinking about it.

Showing my Olympic spirit... Clank, clank, clank!

Hubby and I have been watching the Olympics. Right away I wanted a cowbell so that I could ring it during the competitions like everyone in the crowd. LOL I posted this thought on FB and a friend pointed out there's an app for that. Yup, you can download a Cowbell app on your iPhone. This is the one I chose:

Cowbell! by CTS MobileSoft is free and works great! The faster you shake it the more it clangs. It's loud and fun and I love it!

Two nights ago hubby would only let me ring it during the commercials because he was trying to listen to the competition commentary. Last night he downloaded the same app and we were clanging our cowbells together. LOL Now we officially have the Olympic spirit!

Found Cupcake: San Jose, CA

A few days ago I was out walking my dog when I wandered upon this lost and lonely little cupcake that had been abandoned on a curb. Who does that and why? It made me wonder. What happened? What sad story of rejection would this little cupcake have to tell if she could talk? Well, I'm assuming it's a "she" since it's pink. LOL I took these pics and thought about posting a "Found" ad on Craig's list with the pictures. It would read something like this:

Found: Chocolate cupcake in San Jose, CA. Cupcake was found alone, sitting on a curb. Only identifying feature was bright pink frosting but no bakery to return it to was located in the vicinity. If you have lost this cupcake please contact me at youfoundmycupcake@theflirtyguide.com. You will need to send me a photo of you and your cupcake together before the two of you were separated to prove ownership.

A Flirty Squirrel Crasher

LOL if you read the news you've probably seen at least one piece about this photo:

The picture came about when a couple on vacation set up the self timer on their camera to take multiple shots. After the first few this little ground squirrel decided he was ready for his close up and taa daa! Squirrel Crasher was born, er I mean snapped!

Now photos of the squirrel are popping up everywhere online. So why am I blogging this other then that it's super cute and funny? Well the squirrel dropped by The Flirty Guide home page for a glass of champagne and decided to hang out for a bit. LOL. Go take a peek.

Stephen Colbert: Beware of the SF Mocha Bear

LOL each holiday season my hubby and I go up to the Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Shop in San Francisco so he can have his annual Ghirardelli mocha.

2006

Normally this is an uneventful process of ordering and sitting and chatting while he enjoys his cup of coffee. But this year was different. This year we were in for quite a shock.

2007

Last month? I spotted this frightening bear in my hubby's cup as he was drinking his mocha. Who knew a chocolate shop would be harboring bears in the backroom and slipping them into unsuspecting patron's coffee mugs? This goes to show you that old shopping adage is true: Buyer beware. Of bears.

(OK I made up that last part but seriously, Mr. Colbert should be very careful the next time he has a mocha.)

2008

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

Since I've heard he has a "thing" about bears... if you know him? You might want to warn him to stay away from the Ghirardelli chocolate shop. At the very least he should order his mochas without whipped cream and chocolate chips if he's ever in town.

Soon I can tell you what this was all about...

But for a few more days I am sworn to secrecy.

Yeah it's a teaser...

Ever feel like this guy?

Sometimes I do...

No reason.... Just cause :P

Common sense. How common is it?

Two years ago when I first started my blog I did a post about common sense. Well tonight I had a conversation with two of my friends who are sometimes a little lacking in this area in a hilariously funny way. I told them when I was a kid? My dad would not have tolerated my not having common sense. He would always say "Common sense tells you..." and would proceed to explain to me what my thought process should have been in any given situation. I guess he was teaching me how to use deductive reasoning. And I'm happy to say that for the most part? It worked!

So tonight while talking to my two friends about the most embarrassing things a couple of us had ever done I expressed my dad's sentiment to them as an example of how you can avoid making a fool of yourself if you just stop and think things through. His voice was ringing in my head "Common sense tells you..."

Friend #1 said: What if common sense doesn't seem to talk to you?

Friend #2 said: EXACTLY!!!!!!

I never thought to tell my dad that I was winging it. That common sense had not told me anything. That it hadn't called, written or dropped by. I'm pretty sure had I said that? He would have told me "Don't be smart!" Which would have been ironic since he was trying to teach me how to be smarter. LOL