August 2009
4 posts
update: i have moved not once, but twice. after a few mishaps i began to settle into my new place. pictures will follow in the near near future.
packing… ever… so… slowly…
sweet jesus- it’s finally friday. i’m still not nearly as packed up as i’d like to be. dammit. i’ve decided that since i don’t technically need to be out of my place til the end of the month, that i’ll take MOST of what i need next weekend… put together the bigger furniture and things that i’ve ordered (pretty excited about my couch! let’s...
“i’d take another chance, take a fall, take a shot for you. and i need you...”
– “apologize”, one republic. it’s one of those days.
July 2009
9 posts
last night, i was checking things off my ‘to do’ list of the day and partaking in quite typical thursday night activities- ‘real housewives’ of wherever it is this season (hotlanta… took me almost an entire reunion show to realize that the newest housewife was the chick who sang that ‘don’t think i’m not’ track that was hot for a hot minute...
i turned 25 on friday, and honestly i do feel a little older… wiser and possibly worldlier even. i spent my weekend with my old family friends (seriously- i’ve known these people for about 18 years- they ARE family. just genuine good natured people-) just laughing and recognizing the fact that we have in fact grown up. the youngest daughter of the family was crawling when my familiy...
“‘it stings when it’s nobody’s fault ‘cuz there’s...”
– john mayer, “split screen sadness”. (there really isn’t any substitute for time, or the sadness. sometimes i get nostalgic and a little sad… and when i play certain songs at open mics, like this one, i’m pretty sure that i’m playing them to him… ugh.)
so- all that talk about a studio in center city has finally manifested into reality. to my right, i’ve got a large envelope w/ 3 stamps on it that’s hold the signed copy of the lease i’m returning to the real estate company- sealing and solidifying my cute new studio in rittenhouse square (excitement!!). that is exactly how i saw myself living in philly, and after a couple...
i’m so tired… work has been ridic lately- oye. i’ve been given a little more responsibility and have taken on the role as one of 2 team leads for a given group in my department. essentially, i’m a mini manager for a group of about 9 (since remember, my department doubled in size a couple of months ago-). let me tell you, i’m constantly moving and i barely have time...
quite a little bit has happened over the past few days- let’s recap, shall we?
christina and i threw one of the greatest parties i’ve ever gone to if i do say so myself last saturday. it was so great to have my familiar faces as well as the new budding friendships. spec-friggin-tacular. i’m so glad that bobby, ben, and brandon came to town. brandon hopped a bolt bus from nyc...
i laughed really hard out loud in my cubicle a minute ago- according a an associated press article, levi johnston- bristol palin’s baby daddy, sarah palin resigned ‘cuz she’s strapped for cash. an alleged book deal, as well as a reality show have been tossed around, and apparently levi is in talks about a book and a movie? seriously?! get over yourselves, palins. i...
holy crap- i’m a military kid, and i forgot to wish everyone a safe/happy 4th of july!
better late than never though, right?
might’ve found an apartment! crazy cute little studio in an unexpected part of the city that has me scouring ikea’s website for furnishings and cute decorative purchases, and that then leads me to scour job boards for a more stable and better paying job ha. i’d thought about tomorrow and spending the day at the art museum, but i think that it might just be better spent with me...
June 2009
10 posts
in one day, michael jackson and farrah fawcett passed away. i think that that’s a massive sign that i’m getting old… people i grew up with in the entertainment business are passing away in clumps. i kinda feel bad for farrah though- she passed away i want to say thursday morning, and then a couple hours later, MJ dropped. I feel like the media was like “OH SWEET MOTHER...
new girl in the department has the nastiest attitude i’ve ever seen… i don’t know if that’s just her personality or what, but this is not the midwest friend- folks do not roll that way here in philly.
so due to roommate one’s boyfriend living at his brother’s house (does not compute with me either… but if that worked for him til now, right on-) is...
i spent a good chunk of my work day wanting to cut someone or something. the dumb junk that goes on in my office… christ. i have no patience. no patience at all.
on happier fronts, i’ve found the neighborhood in the city that i wouldn’t mind living in- like i officially have a top of my list. that’s pretty exciting. i went nosing around apartments in the area this...
occasionally, i feel off in respect to where i should be regarding romantic relationships. then i sign into my facebook account to see what’s new with the people in my life. i’m realizing that for the number of people who are posting their wedding photos in online albums, there are about twice as many people who are ending seemingly long term relationships. so thank you, facebook-...
i have no patience for people who whine about the same damn thing time after time after time. if it’s that worrysome to the point where you have to keep complaining- do something about it for fuck’s sake. if you’re not going to do something about it then shut the hell up. nobody cares. christ. get a god damn personal blog… that’s what i did haha!
that’s my...
if you’ve never seen no doubt live and have the means to, do it. seriously, one of the best shows i’ve been to in the longest time. i’ve never encountered a band that is that humble and gracious for their situation. there was a point in the middle of the show when gwen was dancing around and doing her thing and some girl down front was trying to take a photo of her. so gwen...
i need a prettier blog. i just came across the most elegant blog- maybe that’ll be a project for the weekend.
still on the job hunt. i’ve only applied to 2 jobs this week- i’ve been swamped at work and run ragged, simply going home and crashing. i actually missed this week’s episode of ‘the real housewives of new jersey’. i’m determined to make my...
i made the conscious decision today… i’m ready to fall in love.
i’ve got my volunteer orientation at the anthropology/archaeology museum on the 20th @ 10am. major summer nerd-like activity… check and check.
i’ve started to narrow down the areas that i might want to live in after this lease is up that i’m currently in. narrowed it down to about 3 areas- all in the city limits. i’m over this suburbia business. no mas.
in...
“‘i hate to say it- but i told you so. told you if you left that you were...”
– jesse mccartney, “told you so”… sometimes that bubblegum pop just gets it so right.
May 2009
14 posts
that bitch is scandelous! →
i’ve been sadly watching ‘real housewives of new jersey’ when there’s nothing else on tv (seriously- scout’s honor and what not… i couldn’t even tell you it’s regular airing time-), and came across this while on my lunch break at work today. hot mess. but i guess that’s what they get for producing a ‘real housewives’ show out of...
head’s not at work today… couldn’t even tell you why-
i’ve neglected my beloved tumblog lately, and for that i apologize. this is one of my favorite blogging services too- anyway, on to what has changed in my little life since my last post (which might be a considerable bit- been a busy little bee!).
i’ve changed phone carriers and thus have my very own number with a philadelphia area area code. hot. damn. hate the phone with a...
to do list for 5/21/09:
update resume to reflect that i’m writing for my current company’s newsletter. save copy of most current issue to flashdrive.
pop in at target for raisin bread and a picture frame for kimmy’s birthday tomorrow… well the picture frame will be for kimmy. the raisin bread’s for me haha.
fill out volunteer application for the penn museum. ...
i’ve been reading this book that focuses on reacquaintance with one’s sense of self, happiness, strength, and for lack of a better term- just doing you and being very much content with that. i’ve been listening to music that makes me constantly want to dance (right now, mariah carey’s “fantasy” is on my internet radio… the ODB remix even! best line: ...
i’ve got the best friends… seriously. whatever pot hole in hit in my life, i feel like there’s always at least one hand to grab hold to to help me steady my footing. i think that that’s what makes a friend… a friend isn’t someone who holds you up, a friend is someone who helps you steady your footing. i flew into cleveland friday evening and after we left...
I feel rejuvenated, and I’m heading back to Philly w/ a new sense of hope and a new renewed sense of self.
“‘i kinda always knew i’d end up your ex-girlfriend… i...”
– no doubt, “ex-girlfriend”
i’m planning on going home post work, napping, and doing something completely out of my ordinary frame of mind… i think that the unexpected can be good for the soul though. cross your fingers for me!
this past week/weekend blew. and as much as i hate the brew pub in manayunk, i knew that christina, meghan, and i would be able to go there, not spend too too much money for a good time, and if nothing else hopefully the patios would be open so that we could at least enjoy the nice weather in our new outfits. after slight dramatics on the home front involving a friend of meghan’s who i...
i think that i want need to move to austin, tx. making changes to my next couple of months plan… if i find a good new job job that pays, allows me to live where i want to, doesn’t have me popping motion sickness pills just to sit at my desk, and isn’t moldy, then i will stay in philly that much longer and enjoy it a little longer. if not, i’ll just take on twice my usual...
i’ve officially puked twice today due to the fact that all i’m doing is sitting in front of a computer with 2 monitors while this floor has me feeling like i’m constantly on the damn subway.
god, i hate this place more and more daily.
christina called me at like quarter to 7 yesterday literally as i was putting on my jacket to walk out my front door and come into work. apparently some water heater had sprung a crazy leak, and there was about an inch of water under my desk at work. perfect way to start an already rainy monday morning… ugh. after dropping the f bomb more times than i could count in one sentence, i came...
April 2009
15 posts
i just about had a nervous breakdown at work today, and part of me is kicking myself for not taking that ridiculously lower paying job at that pretty office… then i realize that i live in philly(-ish), and that i need $ to supoort myself. so i’m stuck in nervous breakdown mode.
for a split second i actually thought about how much unemployment would have me pulling in and if...
today was my very first skirt wearing day of the year!
planning on going home post work and baking cookies to celebrate the arrival of skirt wearing weather!
my department was about 13 people deep when i first jumped aboard this ship. in the past about 3 weeks, we’ve taken on about 10 new folks… with these new staff members, there’s also a need for work for them to do. because they’re new, they only know how to do so much and being legitimately trained here is like asking for world peace- sadly unrealistic and naive...
“‘i cannot forget, refuse to regret- so glad i met you. take my breath...”
– maroon 5, “the sun”.
i was on the phone last night with my best friend from high school. since we are like a lot of other women our age in the respect that we speak in ‘sex and the city’, she asked me if my ex was my ‘big’. i sighed heavily and replied that i was unsure, and that i hoped that i wouldn’t have to be in this proverbial back and forth. and that maybe whenever...
meghan’s visiting in early may because palahniuk is reading at the free library and she wants to have his books’ babies. she’d mentioned maybe going into nyc the following day for a show (palahniuk’s reading is on a friday evening. i was probably just going to take a half day at work and meet her in the city or something.). i’ve been nosing around for tickets to...
in the past 36 hours, my wallet was stolen and i found out that my ex has decided now that we’re supposed to be in each others’ lives in some great capacity (i think that the exact term my friend who called to forewarn me used was “meant to be together”-) and that he’d want to try the friends thing but i won’t talk to him. i’m not angry- i’m just...
i’ve been inhaling my favorite pomegrante green tea like it’s air lately… i’ve been extra irritable, and just keeping to myself. i doubt that that time of the month is helping, but still- i haven’t heard anything from the job interview i went on last week, and don’t get me wrong- i’m not torn up about it. those last 2 interviews i went on, i...
i quickly signed onto facebook a minute or so ago- i’m spending the next month pouting with it because i think that that little ‘suggestions’ blurb on the upper right corner is whacked. well that, and i keep dreading seeing my ex’s smug broke-down-edward-norton-looking-who-told-you-it-was-a-good-idea-to-shave-your-head-and-you’re-funny-but-not-THAT-funny self ...
women make me giggle when it comes to relationships… giggle because they’re just silly. example- my roommate. like once every couple of months since about november-ish, she’ll whine about how her boyfriend hasn’t proposed yet and they’ve been together for just over a year and how she’s not moving in with him until he does. then she’ll say that she will...
why hello there metaphorical sunshine! despite my hating the conditions in which i work- the dramatics i mean… i was served with a pleasant surprise today- the return of overtime! weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
i snapped a little bit at work today… not even snapped, but semi threw in the towel. at my current job, there is not way to be social AND avoid ridiculous office drama. so i’ve opted to hang out with my ipod all day and keep to myself… do the whole come into work, do said job, and go home. whenever any type of new opportunity comes along, i’m jumping that ship so...