FAVE NEW BLOG ALERT: Reasons To Be Happy You Don't Have Kids

It's def cause for celebration around here when we find ourselves some other, like-minded, true-blue, ginuwine BALLERS. And so I was pretty much dancing a full on fucking jig when I happened upon: Reasons to be Happy You Don't Have Kids.

This blog is written by Karyn (@karynmurph) and sometimes her husband Eric (ericcmurphy3131), who has this to say on their blog:

"I have been with my wife Karyn for ten years – five living together unmarried, and five married. We are different than most other couples we know. We don’t want children… ever. There, I said it. When we tell people of this decision, we’re usually met with a mixture of pity and confusion. Is there really something wrong with not wanting to be slaves to crying, pooping, puking little versions of ourselves?"

[STANDS ON KITCHEN TABLE SCREAMING]

NOOOOOOOOO! There is nothing wrong with that, Eric!

And Karyn says this:

"Every day that I wake up, I am happy that I don’t have a child."

[JUMPS ON CHANDELIER AND SWINGS FROM IT]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA-MMMMMMMMMMMEN, SISTA!

Since they're true BALLERS, these two just packed up all their shit and embarked on a several-month long trip to Thailand (which you can follow along with on their blog and Twitter). But also there is some hilarious shit in the archives to sift through, and you people probably have a lot of catching up to do.

Anyway.

I would suggest you add this blog to your google reader stat and follow their asses on Twitter immeds.

Alchemy: Consider Me Intrigued

From @moorehn on Twitter.

Hmm...anyone tried this Alchemy pudding?

DEATH: That 'It Gets Easier' Bullshit Isn't Really True [TMI]

So this shit has nothing to do with Park Slope...or BK. It has to do with me. And it may very well be TMI, so if you think you wanna keep shit strictly Park Slope-y between us, move right along.

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Subway Dramz: 'When People Stop Being Polite and Start Getting Real'

While ever changing and expanding, the current order of shit I hate around here currently shakes out like this:

1. Time Warner Cable
2. The Chip Shop
3. The MTA

Unfortunately for an outraged, anon FIPS reader, I'm guessing she's got the MTA chillin in spot #1. She sent along a copy of a letter that she forwarded to the new British MTA CEO Jay Walder (sidenote: this dude is the only tiny glimmer of hope that the MTA *may not* spend a bazillion of our dollars and self-implode, though who knows) about a harrowing incident that went down last week.

And who can blame her, really? For me, the MTA has become this quasi-embodiement of...well...the Atlantic Terminal Mall. No one cares, everyone knows it, and so we've all just totally given up. Like when you are in Target and you can't find something, you don't bother asking anyone where it is, b/c you know that they won't know. And when they don't know (and sneer at you for asking), you don't bother going to their manager because you know that they won't give a shit either. Same thing with the MTA: its every man/woman/child for themselves. If you need something, good fucking luck finding someone who cares. It's kill or be killed down in the subway...literally.

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Sex(less) In the Slope

I happened upon this little item yesterday on New York Mag’s Daily Intel about just how much New Yorkers hear their neighbors having sex:
 
“About two-thirds of city residents say they regularly hear their neighbors having sex, according to a survey from real-estate website Brick Underground.”
 
And yes, BREEDERS are apparently fucked if we do and fucked if we don’t.
 
"At this point I'll trade hearing sex for hearing the results of their sex. I really need to find a child-free building."
By ACharmer on 02/12/2010 at 12:05pm

I was momentarily titillated (no, not literally).  

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