| Slowly, all will be revealed. |
[Nov. 18th, 2009|07:32 pm] |
Tonight, there are even more males of Middle Eastern descent than usual fraternizing on the sidewalk. Several are wearing a large flag of a country that I can not identify. All but one are wearing this flag as a cape, the exception being the gentleman who has turned his flag into a hat. They all seem to be in awfully high spirits.
I would venture to guess that this has something to do with soccer. I recently discovered that a lot of the things that go on in my neighborhood that I don't understand are related to soccer.
While I am often curious about the local happenings, I find it comforting to live in a place where everything that goes on has nothing at all to do with me. |
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| Possibly my all time favorite work moment |
[Oct. 13th, 2009|06:30 pm] |
Me, referring to a grown man: Why is that man just throwing everything everywhere?
Lilly, age 9, without missing a beat: Because he needs a nanny. |
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| different ideas of fun |
[Sep. 25th, 2009|08:15 pm] |
It is not that I do not like fun, it is just that my idea of fun could be different from what someone else enjoys. For example, my idea of fun pretty much entails reading quietly in my room. It does not generally entail excess alcohol consumption, large groups of people, and shouting.
Lately, everyone seems to want to put in their two cents about how I spend my weekend nights. Apparently, I'm not doing it right. Given that my social circle is west coast based, I do not have the option of going out with my friends and I am not temperamentally suited to go out and "party" with random strangers in an effort to make new friends. (I used to be. Now I am not). I do not want new friends, especially not ones with different ideas of fun. I do not lack friends, it is just that they are not geographically accessible. I do not wish to meet new people if doing so entails putting myself in a social setting where I feel uncomfortable. It just so happens that there are many social situations in which I feel uncomfortable, thus I avoid them.
Perhaps when I see my friends again, I will be inclined to drink a bit too much and shout every once in a while. But for now I want to read. In my room. Alone. Wearing earplugs. And I do not want anyone to give me a hard time about it. |
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| If you don't stop, I will start |
[Sep. 12th, 2009|12:27 am] |
Actual life update soon but for right now...
I really do not understand my neighborhood. At all.
I am convinced that a bunch of idiots get together to form an Idiot Music Counsel, to determine which idiot songs they need to play, at top volume, over and over, either driving by my house or in one of the nearby establishments. Currently, The Idiot Counsel is obsessed with what may very well be The Worst Song in the World. You know, the one where the guy is "trying to find the words to describe this girl without being disrespectfuuullllll" and then proceeds to describe the movement of said girl's bottom. Not since the "toes/nose" song of a couple years ago have I despised a song with such conviction.
The Idiot Convention has taken up residence in the hookah lounge downstairs. First, they were playing one of those songs that give instructions in the lyrics about how to do a synchronized dance. I hate those sorts of songs. Then, they were singing at the top of their lungs to "Get Low."
As I am typing this, they are SHOUTING along to Nelly's "Hot in Here." Why? Dear Lord, why? It is 2:30 AM. If you are going to be so loud at this hour, it is imperative that you have better taste in music. Stop playing the same shitty rap songs from 3-6 years ago!
I like my apartment but I am toying with the idea of calling the cops on The Idiots. Can I? I know it would make me an old lady but do I have a legal right to not hear idiots in the middle of the night? Alternatively, I can burn some cds, go down there in my pyjamas, and respectfully recommend the virtues of Against Me! |
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| Happy birthday to me! |
[Sep. 6th, 2009|11:30 pm] |
This year I spent my birthday doing my own thing, which mostly involved listening to the following on repeat:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXk_KVNfInU
I'm not really a fan of the original band, the band covering it, or the song but this version is pretty much the best thing ever. How did that happen?
Also, an unexpected number of people under the age of 10 remembered my birthday and there was much singing and cuteness! |
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[Sep. 3rd, 2009|09:26 am] |
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I would've been fine had he not disarmed me with his Britishness. |
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[Aug. 30th, 2009|10:26 pm] |
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"My apartment isn't 'gross,' it's an art installation." |
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| insane |
[Jun. 25th, 2009|10:54 pm] |
Today at work I called to order a pizza. This is what occurred:
Me: Apartment 9B
Order taker: 9D?
Me: No, B, as in "boy."
Order taker: OH! B as in "baby." Like you, baby!
Me: Um...
Order taker: What would you like to order, baby?
Me, by this point completely shocked: Uh...A small cheese pizza.
Order taker: That's all, baby?
Does anyone know what was going on here? I didn't! Was I being hit on via phone by a pizza man, or insulted by him? And how can one get away with either of those behaviors in one's place of employment? |
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[Mar. 18th, 2009|10:46 pm] |
LOOK AT MY NEW ICON!
I can't remember ever being this excited about anything in a long time.
"I'm on a boat and
It's going fast and
I've got a nautical theme pashmina afghan..."
It just DOESN'T STOP BEING FUNNY!
Speaking of funny, did you see them trying to portray my line of work on top model? HILARIOUS!
Speaking of work, I'm doing 60 hours this week! Needless to say, I've gone insane. The good kind of insane to be at work. The kind of insane where I used a kitchen utensil as a "microphone" to serenade the children and their dog to The Cab's "I'll Run." |
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[Mar. 14th, 2009|10:53 am] |
I just drove on both the Meadowbrook Parkway and the LIE. I think it's entirely reasonable to believe that I will be able to pass a road test by June.
Of course, I don't intend to drive on a regular basis once I have my license because the commute to places I go regularly (aka work) would actually take longer by car. |
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[Dec. 15th, 2008|12:00 am] |
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How to make crepes, Jess and Riss style:
1. pledge to be salmonella free
2. take inventory of ingredients. Go to grocery store to pick up what isn't in the house. Proceed to run all around trying to locate nutella. Fail. Ask an authority figure, who informs you that it's in the deli section. Procure the nutella while puzzling over what, exactly, it's doing all the way over there. Pastrami and nutella sandwich, anyone?
3. Go home. Learn that there are no measuring implements in the kitchen. Improvise using a coffee pot and a container that once held yogurt.
4. Realize that the eggs Rissie pulled out of the fridge expired on the 5th of October. This is in direct violation of a salmonella free evening!
5. run back to store, leaving half finished batter on counter. Hope that it doesn't congeal.
6. make it to the store just after closing. Negotiate with manager to let us in, as the fate of our crepes depends on it
7. run home, find batter intact
8. put on French rap! and French country! and sad, sad French women!
9. when offered a pan, take the cast iron skillet
10. realize that the cast iron skillet is awfully hot and awfully heavy, making it difficult to pick up to do the wrist-swishy motion crucial to crepe making. Wrap handle in towel. Resign self to a wrist workout
11. inadvertently make crepes shaped like angel fish
12. fill crepes with spinach, mushrooms, basil, and garlic sauteed in olive oil. Add brie. Lots and lots of brie
13. consume
14. make dessert crepes using nutella, jam, honey, and amaretto
15. enjoy while watching a French satire about...well, nothing, actually |
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| Five Things That Don't Suck |
[Dec. 11th, 2008|11:31 pm] |
1. getting invited to a party by another nanny
2. Travis McCoy is a godfather to Mini-Pete. But where are the photos? WHERE ARE THE PHOTOS?!?!?!?!
3. I get to see the girls I used to sit for on Saturday!
4. This weekend, I've decided to spend money! I haven't been to Beacon's Closet since coming back to NY in an effort to avoid the spending of money. Well, no more. Thanks, extra hours at work!
5. I get to see John in his natural habitat in a mere 15 days!!! |
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[Nov. 23rd, 2008|09:33 pm] |
I can't decide what the highlight of the week is:
The arrival of Bronx Mowgli (I don't even know...What?...Why? Have either of them even set foot in the Bronx?)
or
Hearing "Tonight We're Gonna Give it 35%" live for the first time ever. |
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| Can't we make the song instrumental? |
[Nov. 17th, 2008|11:59 pm] |
I didn't know this existed until about a month ago. Since then, I have watched compulsively. Consider "Clothes Off!!" officially bumped from my number one favorite music video spot.
As long as I'm talking about things I'm watching, this weekend, at my grandparents, I saw Kermit the Frog and a lady with a thick southern accent deep fry an entire cake on television! |
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[Nov. 9th, 2008|06:09 pm] |
This weekend:
1. Was Tom Gabel's birthday!
2. brought chicken feet, yarn, and leaves!
3. Is about to bring The Mountain Goats! |
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[Nov. 6th, 2008|12:15 am] |
Today, I wore red, white, and blue and exchanged smiles with like-minded strangers during my commute.
Incidentally, one of the best things about working with kids is seeing how excited they are about the outcome of the election. I don't think there's been any other politician that the under 10 set has responded to so positively. When Obama comes on their television screen, suddenly it's like, "Hannah Montana, who?" |
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[Oct. 24th, 2008|12:04 am] |
All of a sudden, I am fairly convinced that Ed Westwick is the most attractive person on the planet.
I like the way he moves his eyebrows when he speaks. |
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| and! AND! |
[Oct. 17th, 2008|02:42 pm] |
I have no idea what to make of this...
I just got an email from a German publishing house saying that my thesis caught their attention and they want to publish it.
??????
What is this? Is this some sort of scam? Any other Reed grads out there get emails from German academic publishing companies?
This is so random! It would be even more random if this is legit and I can put "thesis published in Germany" on a grad school application.
Germany? Me as a published academic? WHAT?! |
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[Sep. 26th, 2008|12:49 am] |
| [ | Current Location |
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| [ | Consortible Noise |
| | testing the mix cds I made | ] |
Soon...
I AM GOING TO SEE MY NON-HETERO, HETERO LIFEMATE!!!
And a lot of other insanely awesome people as well. |
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