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sleep, sweet sleep
so i've been under the weather a bit since last week, and have not hit the gym since saturday. but this means i've been "sleeping in" til the ever-so-late hour of 7 am, which is really, really nice. and today was the first day i didn't really feel yucky when waking up, so i think that means i'm better. tomorrow = sweat time!

new fave website
someday when i have time, energy, and interest in shopping again this site will come in handy--super cute stuff for not that much money. what is not to like about that, right?

i sick
this weekend was lovely except for the fact that my cold has become a Cold. the most annoying part? making a "time to be healthy" resolution...just in time to be too congested to hit the gym for at least a couple of days. but of course i am still at work, even though i am having a hard time getting my heatrt into it. this is all quite inconvenient.

not to be obsessed or anything
but was that an awesome game last night or what? i am actually for once really, really looking forward to the world series. let's go bos-ton!

i'm not much of a baseball person
but i have a deep fondness for the red sox, and i have surprised even myself this week at my level of fandom/loyalty. i am so stoked they are going to game 7. i firmly believe they can go all the way, reverse the curse, etc. perhaps it just is born into you when raised in the bay state. i have even made a deal with "god" that if the red sox win the world series i will give up french fries for a full year, and i am willing to expand that to include all potato products if we think it will improve their chances. (this is a huge deal for me, and i hope this team realizes that.)

jon stewart lectures tucker carlson
can i write-in vote for him? stewart i mean, not tucker. though i do think he and his bow ties are too cute. in a guilt republican kind of way.

journalistic alma mater
still figuring out this internet thingie up in new hampshire...

a whole new world
c's computer is about 5 years old and has a hard time doing anything beyond turning on. so to celebrate with some wedding gift $, we bought this puppy, a brand new top of the line laptop which i think will make life better on a number of levels--from cd-burning to being "able" to check work e-mail at home. which i am not that stoked about but it will make life better i think. i can't wait for it to arrive!

new perfume-itude
every so often you need a new scent to follow you around, just so you don't bore yourself. my new one is this--it's quite girly and gardenia-filled even though it has the same name as my brother. (just "michael," i mean not "michael kors". my bro is not a famous fashion designer. that i know of.)

milestone
after seven years of doling out cash, my college loans finally got paid off last week. it was earlier than i thought it would be, so i guess upping the monthly payment a few years back was the right thing to do. it's so weird that suddenly i'll be "making" more money each month. not a lot, mind you, but enough that it'll cover our family's cd-buying habit. which is kinda nice.

h&m rocks
it's really no wonder why this is one of my favorite stores. i am wearing my new dark grey slacks (such a mom thing to say, slacks) today for the first time and i love them. they fit perfectly, look like they're from banana or club monaco, and cost breathtakingly little. AND they are work-appropriate which is all part of my new plan, to look work-appropriate when at work. one never knows when a meeting will happen, you know? and i am tired of being the one who looks like maybe they're a little too young for this game.

yay conan!
does this mean the tonight show might get funny again? high hopes, folks.

it's a somber day
i think i am going to shut down operations on the wedding cake biz. doing one this weekend it made me wonder--while i do enjoy it, is it worth the lost time, the stress, the new dislike of cooking/baking for fun? i am thinking no, especially because i am shall we say SO stressed out at my day job right now. i have to decide by tonight what my next move will be--i have a set of tastings set up for 2 weeks from now and if i am throwing in the towel those girls need to be told asap. it's the bride-courteous thing to do. on a separate note: this site linked to here is ridiculous. buying a pre-written resignation letter? i guess you REALLY don't care about yer job if you go that route!

iraq, hostages, tin ear of dubya
the quote in here from white house flack scott mcclellan just makes my blood boil--i am sure the widow of this latest hostage feels about the same. how can this administration keep turning a deaf ear and blind eye to this "war" and its costs? (oh wait it's not a war, i forgot we already "won" that. or something.) i'm not saying we should pack up and leave iraq tomorrow--since we got them into this mess it's only fair that we get them out of it--but there has to be a way to achieve this without more people dying who are just trying to earn a paycheck. my cousin's husband just found out he's being shipped out at the end of october. so yeah, now it's personal.

every once in a while,
i feel like this job really is worth all the stress it usually entails. like this author is getting a very good review in the new york times book review this coming sunday. she is such a nice woman, and is genuinely pleased whenever she gets a review anywhere, even if it's not good. she spent basically her entire advance to hire us, and i can almost guarantee that without us her book would have slipped unnoticed by the nytbr editors. i may have to do a vodka shot with her at kgb tonight after (or before) her reading. it only seems appropriate.

s.o.'s neighborhood
you must read this lastest enry from my dear friend s.o.--it's priceless. not the bit about the husband and art museum, of course, but the fat kid fighting the short kid. (for what it's worth i think manolos are really the only fight-appropriate show, at least for women.)

last night's rock
saw the thrills at irving plaza, who were good, but i think are ultimately a better band on disc than live. but maybe they just played too much stuff off the new album, which no one knows yet. it's always harder to enjoy the show when you don't know all the words. but the opening band was seriously awesome--the zutons. i think they were better than the thrills because (a) they rocked like nobody's business, (b) the girl sax player could not stop dancing on stage, (c) the drummer wore a fun hat, and (d) their accents were so thick even a certain northern irish cousin couldn't understand them. and their music was great--sort of a mix of rock, punk, world.....very highly recommended (album on sale 10/19).

pant regret begone
another thing i am going to banish from my life: unwarranted buyer's remorse. i bought a pair of pants here that fit well, are work appropriate but could be used in certain social situations, and were kind of expensive. last night i went to a few other stores trying to find similar pants for less. the upshot: i could get something else that's sort of close that i sort of like, but if i really like these other pants, dammit, why should i not keep them? so that has settled it--they get shortened this weekend and they shall be mine.

uncle nick's ouzaria
i am such a fan of greek food--it must be my mediterranean heritage manifesting itself. at any rate, had a good dinner here last night with hp and a girl we went to high school with who now lives in hoboken. it was a lot of fun, even though at first it was a little strange to be sitting there talking to her in a greek place in new york city. but i am a fan, and hopefully we can be friends with her in a way that won't make any of us feel weird.

martha: on her way to jail
i am so, so sad. if OJ is free to live his life as he pleases, how can Martha be put away?

an award for judy blume
yay judy blume! but does anyone besides me find the last paragraph a little weird?

what a great weekend
seriously, folks, it was very good. first--got kick ass short haircut friday night. also had nails done. and rearranged things in apartment. second--quality shopping at h&m, zara, and bloomie's with mom-in-law, yielding a pair of the awesome boots seen here, among other things that are all work-appropriate and therefore justified. third--had a very good time at bachelorette party that had been a source of trepidation. good cuban food and mojitos, good dancing, home at 4 a.m. fourth--lazy sunday. donated a LOT of clothes to salvation army, more apartment organizing/cleaning, read a manuscript for work, and had dinner with brother in his new columbia university neighborhood. no wonder i don't want to be back at work today!

viva somethin'
this is where c will be staying this weekend for his friend's bachelor party. the pool looks nice. i could easily lie by it and pretend i was somewhere good and not in vegas. but instead my weekend will consist of (in no particular order): getting a major haricut, showing c's mom how to shop at h&m (yes, there's a system), going to the bachelorette party that corresponds with the aforementioned bachelor party, doing work in the office, and hopefully seeing my bro for dinner...but that last bit is unconfirmed. i will be busy, but in a good way, i think.

franz ferdinand
saw them last night at roseland. what a great, great show. i did not stop bopping around the entire time they played--such feel-good, danceable rock and roll, my friends. c and i went with r, who always likes the same music as us but we've never managed to be at the same show before, so it was nice to have another girl to bop around with as c looked on, amused. one of the opening bands was also good--the delays. so much better than standard opening band fare (i.e., my robot friend). and we were able to walk home from the venue last night--this must be what all you lower east side kids do all the time re: the bowery ballroom. i am jealous.