Heat Struck

Today I learned the importance of the words "hydration" and "dehydration." Turns out that one of them is very, very bad indeed, and that I suffer from it. Which one? I'll give you a hint: I didn't drown recently. Worry not--I'm working on fixing that. The dehydration, not the drowning thing. Creepy.

Nathan and I went to the Central Park Zoo and saw everything there in record time. My personal favorites were the harbor seals, which are so fat they have trouble stopping themselves from rolling around on the rocks. One seal, Herbie, was feeling rebellious; instead of coming up to be fed by the keeper, he insisted upon spinning repeatedly in the water.

And now, Overheard in New York: Rich Bitch edition.

Girl on Fifth Avenue Outside a Jewelry Store, to her Mother: "My ring looks like this. Mom! Seriously, you need to get your hearing checked. God!"

Tonight, a happy coincidence of mother-networking led Nathan and I to the People's Improv Theatre, a really sweet, well, improv theatre in Manhattan. One of their members, in fact, is the actress who plays Mel on "Flight of the Conchords." Cool. We saw a two-man sketch show called "Fantasy Airlines," which was so good it nearly made up for a certain horrible "sketch comedy" show we may or may not have seen at some point in the recent past. One of the members of this particular duo looked rather like a slightly less dashing Kevin Moore (but who could match up to Kevin, that sly fox). They pointed out an interesting fact during the show: Jamaica is, in fact, an island in the ocean *coughEvancough*. They also said that in French. Someone in New York is apparently in on all of FWP's inside jokes, because immediately after that I saw a sign in a drug store that said "Wrap it Up!" It was actually next to the bath gel, which caused me some confusion. Maybe that's what New Yorkers are into.

Tomorrow is the Fourth of July, for anyone who doesn't own a calendar or who, like me, forgets what day it is. Stephen, Nathan and I are planning on going to Battery Park for the fireworks show in the evening. During the day I'm planning on getting sunburned. Hooray!