May 2009
Tomorrow is:
A big day for me!
It’s my first day as a junior associate with the firm I work for and I’m pretty darn excited. And today I’m going to Georgetown with Tanya which will be fun and relaxing.
All of this is enhanced (and please excuse the mush following) by a loving and supportive husband.
I’m so lucky and I don’t want to ever forget it!
Craigslist Missed Connection of the Year: "Need...
Alright, look. Let’s cut to the chase. I need to be a vampire. I don’t really want to get into the details but I need to get away from a lot of my current life (job) and becoming a vampire seems like the best solution. I think I’m prepared for it. I’m a volunteer EMT, so I’m familiar with blood and anatomy, so I think I could handle the feeding on humans part and...
What is "pretty" anyway?
maryrambin:
Sarah just posted this tale:
“You Look Prettier in Real Life.” Zing. (via mascarah)
Five minutes ago in my quick run to the Chelsea Whole Foods, I was approached by someone who reads my blog. He said “I knew it was you but I must say you look so much prettier in real life.” Zing.
Obviously I’d rather look better in the flesh than in a photo, but I still can’t help but feel...
An upside!
With only a few weeks before my full-time job pay kicks in, I’m biding my time and trying to save money. One free thing to do? Work out. As much as I loathe it—I find working out so boring in most forms—Exercising makes me feel and look better. Not a bad thing, since swimsuit weather is right around the corner…
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The Jackie Influence: By the Numbers
People Converted to Using Tumblr: 7
People Converted to Using Twitter: 4
The Tumblr number will go up by one soon, I think. I’ve been working on Devon.
Things I could do without:
Bills
Stress
In the ultimate life eff-you, these two go hand-in-hand.
Bravo announces "THE REAL HOUSEWIVES of D.C." →
haygirlhay:
lizlemon:
Ho-lee shit. Dear ex-boyfriend: Your mother MUST be on this.
I am scared I will know at least one of the housewives.
I was wondering when this would happen.
Looking to the future.
The college I just graduated from announced they are changing their name AND trying to attain university status. It’s a small, private liberal arts college, and in the past 4 years, I’ve seen them sink to levels of administrative patheticness I had not thought possible when I first enrolled.
Being an educational administrator in a private (i.e. religiously-affiliated) school system is...
Had a wonderful long weekend!
Brandon had two days off in a row—something that hasn’t happened since our honeymoon. He had two days off in a row when we thought he had swine flu (false alarm), but that doesn’t count since he was sick as a dog. Yesterday morning we drove to Virginia to spend time with my family and that was so relaxing. It’s nice not hearing anything when you sit outside except for the...
“i have a happy migraine. happy its a long weekend. migraine was necessary to...”
– My dad’s Twitter.
Isaac Mizrahi is my boo.
But his new show on Bravo has casted a lot of fashion designers who can’t sew. Let me repeat that: many can’t sew buttons. Is that supposed to bring dramatic irony to the whole thing or did they not screen the contestants well enough?
Thank god for the long weekend because this Friday...
GONE.
Clean apartment
Do laundry
Vacuum
Work
Wedding thank you notes
But, first: some A&E crime shows to wind down from the week.
Seriously? SERIOUSLY.
I’m very irritable right now and would post why except I don’t know who reads this.
Let’s suffice it to say that Facebook is involved.
(None of my friends were harmed in the writing of this post.)
“The Hills is a mind-bending layer cake of bullshit. It’s real, but...”
– Commenter morninggloria on Jezebel wrote a spot-on description of The Hills.
Stephen King's 7 Books for Summer
Shatter by Michael Robotham
Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson
The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer
Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
Drood by Dan Simmons
Dog On It by Spencer Quinn
Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
I’ve linked each of the titles to my favorite online used bookseller Alibris. I know what books I’ll be searching for at my local library next time I visit!
List is from here.
“You do not need to quote great men to show you are one.”
– Abigail to John Adams in the HBO miniseries
One of the more interesting facets of the John Adams biography by David McCullough—which was incorporated into the miniseries—was John Adams’ need to quote from his breadth of knowledge in order to prove himself. It is encouraging to see...
Damn you allergies!
I’ve sneezed about 30 times since 9 a.m., and it doesn’t help matters when your co-workers snicker quietly after each sneeze because you sound like a friggin’ mouse or something. Just ask Ellie! It seems I am doomed to be made fun of for my sneeze noise for all eternity.
