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dont be a coconut
Sep. 4th, 2009
02:23 pm - Content
3 day weekends (i hope i hope i hope), a mint green tea bag in my bottle of water, jonathan following me around the house, new music, how invigorating cool (not cold) air is at 8:30am as im heading to work, fall-themed coffee drinks like the cinnamon coffee i had this morning, coming home to yummy things cooking in the crock pot, moccasins, dark hair with berry colored lips, turning off the air-conditioning, the surge of relief after a giant drop-off at the thrift store, siblings, netflix instant movies, no regrets.
Apr. 17th, 2009
03:53 pm - summer is coming
it is such a beautiful day today. finally! i had been getting so sick of darkness and rain after that 2 or 3 week stretch of miserable weather. i cant wait to relax this weekend. going to flip for the first time tonight with my best pals to have hamburgers and ridiculously decadent shakes. sleeping a lot, since i did so little of that last weekend/this week. thrifting and listening to music. all good things.
Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.
Max Ehrmann
more and more i find myself reading and re-reading motivational quotes and passages like this. as silly as it is, i have to constantly remind myself to think postively.
Nov. 28th, 2008
09:14 am
thanksgiving this year was great. GREAT! i had so much fun hanging out with my family and a day off in the middle of the week is a nice change of pace, of course. now im back at work, but it is a good day for a number of reasons: 1) traffic on days that most other people have off is nonexistent. it took me 12 minutes to get here this morning! 2) my dad gave me some new, awesome coffee that im drinking RIGHT NOW 3) my lunch today is thanksgiving dinner 3) my dinner this evening will be thanksgiving dinner 4)its not very cold outside 5) this will be an easy day at work and then its the weekend!
and now it is officially christmas time and i cant wait to do all my favorite things like go ice skating, see santaland diaries (3rd year in a row!), and look at holiday lights and decorations.
also, i hate to buy into the hype of every single thing that girls go nuts for but i saw twilight and OMG i am in love with Robert Pattinson.
Nov. 4th, 2008
12:38 pm - nerves
im a little on edge today. im nervous about the outcome of the election. i am very, very sick and praying that i dont have bronchitis (despite what my symptoms seem to indicate), my brother is also sick so its a pretty sorry scene here at work with both of us constantly sniffling and coughing. we have an absolutely insane person in right now having a consultation. ugh, i want to go hoooome!
Oct. 21st, 2008
11:12 am
ugh, while overdraft fees suck enough regardless of external factors, the absolute worst is when they are as a result of poor management/timing rather than an actual lack of funds. when i have no money and am still buying stuff, i understand that i kindof deserve to be punished. however, last wednesday i got hit with $175 worth due to the crazy and inconsistant way that my bank honors purchases vs. deposits (aka, even if the deposit was made first, debits made after that post before the credit). needless to say, im chillin at home this week.
besides financial woes, i feel pretty great. ive been cleaning out my room and throwing a lot of stuff away. getting rid of clutter makes me feel much calmer. today i have to get my drivers license renewed. if i could have looked into the future as a little kid, and seen my lunch for today, i would have barfed. some crispbread and salsa, a can of sardines, and a mini microwavable bag of brussel sprouts. ewww! sardines are my new discovery. i love them! luckily i can get them for free from my parents house, because they stay stocked up. thats basically where all my food for this week is from cause i raided the pantry when i was there on sunday. sardines, fiber one, canned tomatoes, almond milk--living like a king, haha.
the temperature inside work is much colder than outside. they dont turn the heat on for the building till it starts being consistantly really cold, so john is bringing heaters in tomorrow, but that isnt helping me out right now! im having to restrain myself from putting up the christmas tree. im waiting till halloween is over, but it isnt easy. i think im extra eager for the holiday season this year cause it kindof sucked last year. when i think of thanksgiving/christmas 07, the word "gloom" comes to mind. this year im striving for "joyous" "happy" "carefree" and "fun".
Sep. 23rd, 2008
04:10 pm
even though ive kindof been dreading the end of summer, i am enjoying the weather that we are having right now. unfortunately i have no good-looking fall-ish clothes. so thats something ive been contemplating lately. new clothes and how in the world im going to be able to afford to buy any once i start paying my own rent in november.
which is another little stress of mine right now. where will i be living in november? for the first time since ive been on my own, im not ready to move on from my current place, which is usually the case once i reach the end of a lease. i love it. but above all i just want to KNOW. im hopeful that everything will fall into place and keeping in mind a quote from "read after burning": dont sweat the small stuff. and its all small stuff!(or something like that).
this week im catching up on gossip girl, celebrating SATC's dvd debut, going to the fair, and scouring thrift stores for sweaters, hats, and wool skirts.
happy tuesday!
Sep. 2nd, 2008
10:23 am
even though this weekend wasnt technically a holiday weekend for me, it was good nonetheless. i watched a lot of lost, got my hair done, shopped, and read all the magazines that have been piling up next to my bed. my subscription to interview expired like 3 months ago, yet it keeps coming. its always a nice little surprise in the mailbox, a breath of fresh air after sorting through 50 bed bath and beyond and pizza hut coupons.
( some pictures of my weekend )
im excited about this week. i cant wait to read all of the september issues of magazines and update my ipod. as much as cold weather doesnt thrill me, im ready for a change. scarves and hats and jackets and boots and tights and fairs and my parents churchs annual bbq and fall festivals and warm drinks dont sound so bad.
Aug. 22nd, 2008
02:49 pm
last night i really wanted to go to yoforia, but i was too lazy to get there before it closed. so i went to kroger instead and looked around to try and find some kind of alternative. what i found was edys yogurt blends in vanilla. while it is really nothing like yoforia's lime-y flavored original (my favorite), it is still delicious and its been all i can think about since about 2:00pm today. im starving.
tomorrow im going to the new coke museum for the first time. im excited but also apprehensive. if they dont have beverly, it will almost be a wasted trip for me. beverly is an italian soda and carries the distinction of being possibly the most vile tasting beverage in existance. its also weirdly addictive. i drank so much of it during the summer of 2005 that my body literally began rejecting it. the last time i was there, i had to spit it out cause my throat kindof closed up once it hit my tongue. this was also during a coke museum bender though, where i visited like 6 times in 3 months and probably drank the equivelent of a swimming pool's worth of soda (half of that being beverly). needless to say, im ready to give it another try!
my dads birthday was last saturday, he turned 61
it was actually a really fun time. we ate tons of food and watched the olympics and told funny stories. i had hoped to come home that night, but my mom and i made plans to eat and go thrifting the next day so i spent the night. i love sleeping at my parents house. the bed in my old room is like the fluffiest, cleanest space in the world and my mom brings me ice water and magazines to read until i go to sleep.
my little brother is getting ready to transfer to UGA which will leave my parents with an "empty nest". i dont think my mom is looking forward to it. at least she still has me! the kid they cant get rid of! their 23 yr old who is barely independent despite living on her own for 4+ years. man, theyre lucky.
its the weekend!!! and next week i get my sewing machine! and fall is on its way and already looking like its gonna be great!
Jul. 29th, 2008
01:33 pm - back from LA!
and the trip was so perfect! heres a little run-through of my activities over the last 5 days:
thursday: after a very painless flight, arrived and spent the night chilling at katrina's house (the last 2 owners of it were ashley olsen and shannon doherty!) it is in the hollywood hills, so from the front it looks small and then it is built down along the hill and is actually huge. it is owned by a guy named john and his boyfriend tyler who are both super nice and were such wonderful hosts. explored the place, snacked a little, watched some tv, relaxed in the hot tub and went to sleep.
friday: woke up around 9 to katrina and her two roommates making a giant breakfast. we ate french toast, eggs, bacon, sausage, and biscuits. afterward we went shopping on melrose which was fun, although i was not blown away by any stores in particular. i bought a shirt at wasteland (basically a more awesome rag-o-rama) and some jewelry at aldo, exactly what i mightve bought shopping at home. we ate mexican food and walked around. there is so much to look at there, it is overwhelming. met up with katrinas friend danny, who would hang out with us for pretty much the rest of the trip.
we went home and rested for a while before heading out to nobu, an awesome sushi restaurant where we sat next to a table of victorias secret models and saw angela bassett, ashanti, and lil' kim. my wish to see some celebrities was already coming true! to further my starstruck-ness, while washing my hands in the bathroom, one of the vs models told me i was "adorable". sigh. i obnoxiously couldnt stop talking about it for a solid 10 minutes, but since it was my first time there and i was obviously such a huge dork, everyone encouraged me to enjoy my tiny brush with stardom.
the rest of the night was a blur of bar hopping around places whose names i dont remember and then coming home and trying to figure out how to use the margarita maker and swimming.
saturday was a lazy day--reading by the pool, swimming, and eating--until that evening. john, the owner of the house, hosted a giant party that was sponsored by some tequila company and photographed by all these magazines. it was nuts. i just walked around staring at people. models, actors, drag queens, directors. and seriously, everyone there is gay or at least bi. the day after, tyler was telling us about all the "straight" guys he had found all over the house in compromising situations. i loved it.
sunday was a trip to venice beach. we layed by the ocean for 2 or so hours and then walked down the strip and watched all the crazies compete for attention. i really liked it there, the vibe was young and fun and there were tons of people selling really awesome hand-made jewelry and artwork. i bought a necklace that has a giant scorpian preserved inside of a glow-in-the dark pendent. we saw the roller rink, where people were doing spins and flips and dances on skates, and muscle beach which is a huge outdoor gym filled with funny-looking, buff guys.
that night we were going to go bowling but everyone was kindof tired, so we ordered chinese food and played rock band and went to bed pretty early.
and of course monday was home. nooo! we ate brunch at toast with katrina and her friend who had moved there the day before and flew out at 2.
overall, it was such a great time--relaxing, exciting, interesting. equal parts going out and resting with dips in the hot tub between every activity. everyone there is so dramatic, it is amazing. just being there for such a short amount of time, i heard some of the most outrageous gossip ive ever heard in my life. everyone was so nice though, and beautiful! it was definitely over the top in some ways, but so fun. i was not happy to be at work at 8 this morning. now i just need to figure out a career that accomodates my new ideal lifestyle of swimming and eating and shopping all day, every day!
( If you want to see some pics, click here! )
Jul. 17th, 2008
04:05 pm
i finally did something that ive been meaning to do for a while and got a camera. check out my 2 test shots that ive been using to practice computer stuff with:
me, haha
& my little space at work. pretty boring, no?
i even put them on flickr!
the fact that ive been on a couple of awesome trips within the past year and have practically no documentation of them is pathetic. now, with the wedding of a good friend of mine and a trip to LA coming up next week, Im ready to finally have evidence of everything fun that im doing so that i can look back at these things fondly in the future.
tomorrow im leaving work early for a physical exam in gwinnett. then im heading straight over to christas bachelorette party in cumming. i cant believe she is getting married on sunday. i had dinner with her last night and, even so soon before the wedding, she is totally calm and normal. it doesnt seem real.
it also doesn't seem real that im leaving for LA a week from today. i need to get some books and magazines for the flight. im happy that, in theory, this should be a relaxing trip. katrina, the hostess, is awesome and i mostly plan on hanging around in her pool and hot tub and celebrity watching.
ive been in a weird mood the last couple of days. really happy and excited but dazed at the same time. im shocked at how fast time seems to be flying by. in just a little more than a week it will be august and then fall and then christmas. im not ready. i need to figure out what im going to do with myself--what kind of job to get, when to go back to school, where i want to live etc. im such a "recent college grad" cliche, its retarded. and i could write a book on the weird feelings i have about people my age getting married. oh well. for now, im keeping my focus on the week ahead, and cant wait to be on a plane heading west!
Jun. 11th, 2008
11:56 am
i marvel at people who find tons of awesome, good-fitting clothes and shoes on ebay or other places online. i have pretty bad luck with ordering that stuff off the internet. case in point: i spent $69 on a pair of sandals from urban outfitters and was so excited for them to arrive. which they did, right on schedule. although that was a week ago, today is my first day wearing them and i hate them.
ive already thrown away the box and the receipt so ill probably sell them at ragorama and get like $2. i suppose the lesson learned here is that sandals must be tried on in person because the wrong ones can make your feet look goofy. and feel awkward cause your feet are sliding all around.
my mom visited me for a change on sunday and we had a fun day. we ate lunch at dakota blue and bought me some bedding at bed, bath and beyond. she wanted to walk around these parks (the narrow strip of parks that start at the intersection of ponce and moreland and kindof run parallel to ponce for a mile or so)where there happened to be a hare krishna festival going on which we infiltrated as fake hare krishna-ists. and no visit with my mom would be complete without a trip to the grocery store, so ive got a good supply of food for this week.
i ordered a book for her called "after cancer treatment: healing better, faster, stronger" which i really hope that she'll actually read. when she was going through chemo i would email her all these articles about people who had gone through it and come out cancer-free but she was never interested in reading them. i just felt like advice from people who had experienced it first hand was more valuable than my own clueless insights. so we will see what she thinks of this. i didnt get to skim through it before buying it so i hope it actually offers some useful information.
the real chow baby seems to be my favorite restaurant lately. i ate there twice in the span of 3 days and its not like its close to anything else i go to, so i travel all the way to the west side of atl to make my own stir fry which i think i perfected on monday. brown rice with bean sprouts, eggplant, tomatoes, garlic, brocolli, carrots, tofu, red peppers, and snap peas with a mixture of the black bean and coconut basil sauces and a little bit of curry seasoning. and you can go back and make more as many times as you want! not that i can see how i would ever still have room for seconds, but the fact that it is an option is exciting. aaand they specialize in mojitos! pineapple, mango, strawberry...perfect summer drinks.
my first sewing class was good even though i didnt enjoy waking up early on a saturday so my next one is on a weekday evening. that one will focus specifically on sewing clothes and how to deal with different fabrics, and i think we will actually hem something in class. i cant wait. the teacher specializes in garmet making and has done a lot of cool stuff and (according to her) is famous for her meticulous tailoring abilities, so even though i have to travel to kennesaw, i feel like it is worth it to get some expert guidance.
also i lost my phone and the phone im using right now is acting up cause the battery keeps coming dislodged and i dont realize it till i look at it for some reason and see that it is off. so i apologize for any sketchy communication with me, but im getting a new phone next week so ill be back to 100%, round the clock, 24hr/day availability after that!
May. 21st, 2008
12:51 pm - think this could never happen to you?
a paper cut UNDER THE NAIL? i know that it can, cause i just got one and its bleeding and burning. ewww. the hazards of office work!
ive been done with school for a couple of weeks now. every day after work i spend like an hour thinking about what im going to do that evening and then inevitably end up watching a movie and cleaning the house because, you know, ive got the next night to go out too. and the next and the next... laaazy.
my extreme poverty has also been a contributing factor. ive been paying off most of my debts to make way for my student loans which will be seeming a lot more real in about 6 months when the deferrment ends. luckily i did get a raise that goes into effect next monday which will help a lot (and even though i have graduated from college and written 800+ papers, i still have no idea when to use affect vs. effect). although im pretty confident that with my outrageously poor money management skills, ill continue to walk that fine line between really living and barely surviving.
despite all that, this summer is shaping up to be fun. ive seen crazy action movies at the drive-in whilst pigging out on candy and ice cream, trekked through the park on saturday afternoons, gone to shows that ive enjoyed, met up for little night caps on work nights, and resurrected my ipod.
coming up on june 7th is my first sewing class so that will be a nice diversion. and monday is memorial day which i assume means the first day of the pool season!!
i love summer!
Apr. 7th, 2008
08:51 am
phone troubles this weekend. i had the opportunity to get a new one yesterday for renewing the contract with tmobile, but i am holding out till it officially expires june 24th in order to switch to at&t. tmobile is a joke. so many of my calls are dropped everyday and there are certain places around town where i can always expect to have no signal. i am also interested in at least the possibility of ever having an iphone.
this weekend was really good and i barely left the house. friday night was a nap after work followed by joes, where i pretended to study but was really just looking at the words in my book and thinking about regular/non-school related things, and then back to bed.
saturday i had lunch with meghan and leuwam and again attempted to work on my paper but ended up spending like 2 hours looking online for sewing classes nearby. i also had a chocolate and cream cheese cupcake at perk that was out of this world. that night my phone died (for good, rip... or so i thought) and i made dinner and watched harry potter, which was on abc, and band of brothers.
i showed up to my parents house pretty early on sunday in order to get a new phone and wash my pillowcases. my moms hair is growing and she already has a cute little pixie-ish hairdo. im so happy that she is back to her regular, chatty self. for a while it was tough to talk to her cause you could always tell that she was stuck in her head, dwelling on scary things. chemo turned her into a different person. yesterday everything finally felt like it did before she had cancer, she was joking about all the things that used to upset her like wearing her wig and missing a boob.
anywho, we had brunch and then my dad and i went to tmobile to get me a new phone, where i ultimately couldnt stand the thought of having to deal with their terrible service for another 2 years. dad was happy cause he can apparently get good deals on plans through his work for every cellphone carrier except tmobile. also the phones i had to choose from were awful. my options were a blackberry and a "dash". there is no way that i will ever get another blackberry after the demise of my other one due to alleged, unfixable "corrupt software." and the dash just seemed to be a blackberry rip-off. so im not getting a new phone till june and ive been given my moms to use for a while although last night my old one randomly started charging and it works except that it sounds like im talking through a tunnel when i use it. i just have to tell myself that it will all be worth it when i can finally get signal in kroger.
i love/hate working right next to the airport. i love seeing the planes flying in and out and imagining where everyone is going. in just one planeful of people there could be a couple going on their honeymoon, someone going to reunite with an old friend, a college kid going home for a few days, springbreakers, old people on their way to see the grandkids, buisnesspeople, models, someone moving across the country. i hate wishing that i was on my way to somewhere awesome and remembering that i am actually on my way to work.
this week i wont be seeing anyone till friday. i messed around too much this weekend and accomplished nothing so ive gotta write 20 pages between today and wednesday and begin my other huge paper on thursday. i got the high voltage coffee at bp earlier and i can already feel my heart racing so hopefully that will give me a good head start. only 3 weeks of school left, i think im going to barf.
Mar. 24th, 2008
09:36 am
this week is going to be insane.
i have so much to do and so little time to do it all. work, school, meetings with teachers, appointments in special collections, research, homework, vacuuming and laundry, andys bday, very early mornings ending in very late evenings.
im glad this weekend was low key. friday night i left work and went straight to the mall and then to wal-mart. i dropped off a movie at blockbuster, cleaned up the kitchen and hung around the house. i felt like i was in some sort of twilight zone, just walking around everywhere by myself, nowhere i had to be and nothing to do. it was awesome even though i bought a bunch of stuff i couldnt really afford.
saturday i went to gwinnett during the day to exchange a sweater and go to my favorite thrift store. i took a little cat nap around twilight and ate sun chips in bed and watched cooking shows and looked at magazines. that evening i went bowling, ate at fellinis, and fell asleep trying to watch no country for old men. a perfect mixture of activities, although i wish i had made it through the movie. not a big deal, ive got it for another week.
sunday i woke up early, hoping to sell clothes but ragorama was closed. i was about to walk over to dakota blue with some homework, but instead met up with leuwam and rob for food and ended up having a huuuge, giant brunch at highland bakery where the too long wait resulted in me ordering too much food. a breakfast blt AND french toast, both oversized. then i went to my brothers house where i ate bbq with my family. those 2 meals were literally like an hour apart. it was painful. i was eating lunch bean by bean, crumb by crumb, tiny bite by tiny bite. we went and explored johns new place and then i went to andys for a drink and some dlist cruising. i cleaned my room, took a shower and passed out.
i feel good today. stressed on one hand, but motivated as well. ive been preparing cases for their hearings in june and i keep daydreaming about june and school being over and warm weather.
im about to go to johns new place and wait for the lowes people to deliver a washer and dryer. its a really cute space and im taking a book i have to read today so hopefully i can make good use of this little break.
Mar. 14th, 2008
04:58 pm
also, i have this dress/long shirt
why does lindsay lohan dress so badly now? maybe rachel zoe was her stylist and quit? cause she use to be cute and look kindof mk olsen-ish. i enjoy the leggings/tunic style top ensemble every now and again, but linds is killing it. this outfit hurts my eyes.
03:15 pm
its almost humorous how many times my car has risen from the dead. i feel like if it were a cat it would be up to like 42 lives by now. i bought a new battery for it at advanced auto parts on tuesday because the "old" one was dead (it was 2 months old, which, in hindsight, should have seemed suspicious i guess). i didnt tell my parents because i didnt want to start a giant fiasco where theyre calling me every 5 seconds telling me what to do and freaking out. so it drives really funny on wednesday and thursday. if i take my foot off the gas at all it turns off. pretty dangerous. fast forward to today when i try to leave and go get lunch around 11:30 and it wont start.
at this point i had a feeling that this problem was going to translate into some $$$ so i had to bring my parents into the know. my car was towed to a midas muffler and, sure enough, the alternator is bad and is sucking the life out of the batteries so all that stuff has to be replaced.
now its after 4, robert from midas just called to tell me my car is ready to be picked up, i havent eaten anything all day, my brother left work unexpectedly a while ago and along with him my ride to midas, and ashton is on his way over here to take me over there. what a day.
life is just a series of huge, different dramas every single day. as problems unfold you have to confront them, not sit around and dwell on how crappy they are. like im doing right now. blech.
ashton's here and i just found a dollar on the floor, maybe things are looking up.
Mar. 10th, 2008
09:47 am - hot space
i am at work and i am staaarving. i wish my only options for breakfast around here were not limited to fast food, like they are. not that i cant hang with fast food. i actually stopped at mcdonalds on the way here, hoping to get a breakfast burrito and coffee but their credit card machine was down. probably a sign. what i need is an einstein brothers close by. i love that place. if i were there right now i would get the lox on a honey wheat bagel and a coffee. im usually not a big flavored coffee fan, but their vanilla hazelnut is the best.
spring break is over and it was a really good mix of everything. i went to the bahamas, worked a little, shopped a little, and hung out with my favorite people. now its crunch time. there is only like a month and a half left of school and within that time ive got to research and write a 30 page paper plus do tons of other projects. im also back to working 40 hours a week so hopefully these 2 schedules will be able to coexist without pushing me over the edge.
this weekend was good. very relaxing. friday night i watched movies at home and was asleep by 11:30. saturday i woke up kindof early and watched cartoons for the first time in forever. jonathan is usually not very interested in tv, but he likes to watch cartoons. i guess because the figures are brighter colored and moving around faster than on regular shows? i finally got up, had half of a pizza and a margarita at camellis and came back home and took a nap because it was cold and rainy.
that evening i went and saw meghan and leuwam make a huge, awesome collage at the eyedrum. then andy and i ate dinner at the glenwood where i ordered wine and felt really douchy drinking it, mostly cause i always make fun of people at bars who drink wine. the description made it sound delicious though and im trying to do new things so im glad i went for it. we split a shrimp poboy and wandered over to karaoke at marys where we sang "keep on loving you" by reo speedwagon. very quietly!
from there i drove to my parents house so i could get an early start on sunday, because i had 2 large chores that i wanted to accomplish--laundry and taxes. it definitely paid off, because i was finished with both and driving home at 4. for dinner i ate at the standard. i had already eaten subway at my parents so i wasnt particularly hungry, but i managed to put down 2 tiny hamburgers and a salad which were both very good. i had hoped to eat outside since it was daylight savings day and i thought it might magically be summery and warm because of the extra hours of sunshine, but it was pretty cold so we sat inside. im stll so happy that it stays lighter for longer now. it gives me hope that summer will be here soon!
then i saw semi pro. in my opinion, it is not one of the funniest colin farrell movies, but it was enjoyable. i stopped by the earl for a cupcake but ended up having a peach stoli and sweet tea instead, which i may designate as my drink of the summer, although its a little early to know for sure. the evening was capped off with an episode of planet earth. i also attempted to watch kinsey again but i was too tired.
im proud that during the entire course of the week i largely avoided the restaurants that i usually haunt. i think going to different places is helping to stifle my boredom, for a little while anyway. i also know for sure that mexican type food is my favorite. on thursday i ate at willys for lunch and zocolo for dinner! and obviously i cant stop thinking about food so i may venture out of here now and investigate my options for lunch.
Feb. 12th, 2008
05:50 pm
wow im so tired, its ridiculous. i pretty much drink either tea or coffee every single morning, but i definitely never thought i was dependent on it or anything until today when i havent had any yet and its almost 6pm and i feel like a zombie.
Feb. 8th, 2008
10:42 am
its 2008 now! im determined to make this my best year yet. i wasted a lot of time in 07 stressing about things that were out of my control and being lazy. so this year i plan on getting a lot done, making the best of whatever situations im in, and not worrying about things that dont matter in the long run. plus 8 is my favorite/lucky number so im hoping that will help me out!
ive been in great spirits lately, although i cant wait till i have more time to hang out with my friends because i have been feeling a little isolated due to my schedule. i pretty much go to school or work every day and do homework every night, passing out by 11:30pm monday-thursday which can get pretty grueling. i feel like an old lady when people call me at 10 to hang out and i am already in my pajamas, reading in bed. luckily there is a light at the end of the tunnel. i will be done with school in just a few months annnd the weather is about to get warm which is great because i have a lot of plans for this summer. mostly just making food on the grill and swimming everyday.
but i will get an early taste of summer at the end of this month when i go on a cruise to the bahamas! im leaving the early, early morning of the 29th (5am!) to drive to florida where i will get on the royal caribbean's "Sovereign of the Seas" and eat as much food as i can and spend as much time in the hot tub as i can for 4 days! oh yeah and dance as hard as i can at the teen disco. in preparation for my trip i will be saving money all month so i can have gas for the drive there and back + parking as well as enough left over for plenty of funny souveniers and giant tropical cocktails.
i cant wait to get out of work today! its friday!
Nov. 23rd, 2007
11:18 am - i saw the sign
this is the reunion ive been waiting for!
ace of base wrote the soundtrack to my early middle school years (i was a little bit behind the rest of kids my age, music wise). my cousin jennifer and i use to choreograph dances to their songs. i wish, for their reunion, that instead of writing new stuff they would just stick with the classics, but i feel like that is not likely to happen.
it is officially christmas time and i am so glad. a break from school, festive activities, and a visit from adam are just some of the things i am looking forward to. im at work today but it is slow as bones around here so im hoping to skip out at 3 rather than 6:30 and enjoy the rest of the day out and about, getting coffee and reading magazines.
here is a brief overview of what ive been up to lately: cutting all my hair off, getting a flu shot, putting whip cream on everything i eat, revisiting my highschool wardrobe, searching desperately for a perfect jacket, only watching first halves of scary movies because im too scared to finish them, teaching my mom how to use netflix... all very glamorous.
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