May 2013
1 post
In fact, I'm in love with Italian food
Something wonderful happened. The NBC gem, The Office, came to an end. The mockumentry that we all loved (and then hated but still watched via Hulu when nothing good was on Bravo) wrapped up. I just watched it and I am sobbing.
I have a hard time with change. Especially with my friends on TV. The final season was not very easy to watch. Pam and Jim were not the Pam and Jim that I fell in love...
April 2013
1 post
Signs and Cowbells Everywhere
I normally dislike mass Facebook nonsense. I didn’t change my profile picture for marriage equality not because I’m against it, but because I didn’t want to. I enjoy the picture of 15 year old me sleeping during an LD weekend meeting. I feel weird about other things on Facebook. Sonogram pictures, “we just got engaged!” updates, suggestions for Farmville… these things are not my style. But Monday...
March 2013
1 post
All those 19 year old girls and their leggings
Living in college town USA makes me think about my undergrad experience. There isn’t a single day that goes by where I’m not jealous of all those 19 year old girls and their leggings. While there are countless college memories that make me smile, there are too many that I want to control alt delete from my recollection.
My best friend does a great job at reminding me to take of myself. She makes...
February 2013
1 post
XOXO
Gossip Girl might be over, but don’t fret. It lives forever on the interwebs. And while my interest has dithered, in the last week I’ve fallen for it all over again. No, it’s not SVU (because that is an impossible comparison (that isn’t fair)) or Parenthood (again, not fair); it’s really just delicious, aspiring eye candy. I’ve been hopping around Netflix, and I find myself going, “Oh, B!” and...
January 2013
1 post
Stale beer and Daisy
Four years ago I was just a silly college kid living a silly college life. I was irresponsible, tired and busy avoiding certain realities. It was great! Somewhere in all of this chaos, I thought it was a great time to become a mother. No no, not like a human baby. My interest was more in the feline form.
“I want a kitten!” and I took to the internet. Naturally, Craigslist was my first stop. I...
November 2012
1 post
Dance, Grandpa!
Hello world. Sorry for my silence these past few weeks. I’ve been busy watching football and painting my nails. I’m glad to see that you’re still here.
I turned 26 a few weeks ago. That was awful. I felt this deep sense of opposition to getting older. (That sounded silly, but you have to understand, I’ve never felt that way before.) I have a lovely life and a lot to be happy about but the thought...
October 2012
2 posts
Practical Feline
Earlier this week, my friend and I were discussing Halloween. We were thinking about work appropriate costumes. We decided to be a cat and mouse. It was easy because we based our options around yoga pants/leggings. And, like most girls, we needed to select outfits that can go from day (scoop neck with flats) to night (slutty v-neck and pumps). I can still be a sexy cat at 25, right?
Halloween has...
She Doesn't Even Go Here!
So I have just returned from an outing with my best friend. We decided to try and go to the movies. Like normal people.
Our track record with the cinema is pretty inconsistent. We decided to see Eat Pray Love after exiting relationships (I sobbed the entire 135 minutes). The Help was next (great idea! Big success). Bridesmaids was good (not Babe good, but good). A documentary about Lions followed...
Odds and Ends
Here’s what
Instagram has become so uncool. I don’t understand the comment wars that have been popping up. A super awkward/age-inappropriate photo from Ramona Singer is followed by a slew of comments about how the previous commenter is a “lazy slut”. Are these the same people that leave comments on Youtube videos? Are these the same people who have blogs? Probably. It seems like all my friends...
September 2012
2 posts
Bucket of Worms
(September 2, 2012)
I have made a new friend. Her name is Sarah and she is my new roommate. She moved in the latter half of July and she might be the nicest person I have ever met.
A few months ago I was shopping for new roommates. I was setting up appointments and making myself presentable for company. I was trying my hardest to be part of society. I was getting endless responses on Craigslist...
August 2012
5 posts
Birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, boom!
The world is ending. It is. I promise.
I just sat in 26 minutes of traffic. Within the span of 1.4 miles. At noon. On a Friday. This would be appalling if it wasn’t August 31st. I should have planned better. I should have left my boyfriend’s house much earlier. It was just so hard to leave when he downloaded The Critic and put the air on a cool 60 degrees. That is love. It is also hard to leave...
Hipster Babies
My last post was very different. I apologize. I told my best friend that she inspired me to be more positive. Her response was silly. She thought it sounded like someone else wrote it. My bad. I really shouldn’t try to write in any particular fashion. I guess I wrote it on one of the few days out of the month that I’m not a total bitch/monster (bitch-monster?).
I am currently at my parent’s house...
Rock on, Mama!
(Sunday August 19, 2012)
This week was very strange.
My students were well behaved. My cat ran away. I went to a Springsteen concert at Fenway with my boyfriend’s mother. People were nice to me. I was having trouble finding a blogable thread until this morning.
One of my students will be moving on to a new school. I have a thin skin about this kind of a change. Especially with this student. He...
Nobody can eat 50 eggs
As we grow up, things begin to change. We get savings accounts… remember to get oil changes… wear Bermuda shorts… and watch weird TV. My summers are not what they used to be. Three years ago I was running around Buffalo trying not to fail Intro to Spanish. Four years ago I was a bronze goddess with an impressive lifejacket tan. Today I am… well… to be honest… I am watching Twin Peaks in...
The numbers, respectively
29 – the number of days until the 2012 football season begins. Sunday is the new Friday, or something.
112, 284 – the number of miles on my car. I bought her with 50, 000 miles in July of 2009. Doris has taken me to lots of interesting places. Some weird, some fantastic. Although every trip feels slightly like an episode of Survivor, I can count on her to get where I need to go… eventually. She...
July 2012
2 posts
7 Things
Things I miss
1. Dexter. I wasn’t into the possibility that there was going to be a bizarre incest plotline. Ick. But Colin Hanks was a great addition to the ensemble. Last season was super creepy with the religious icons and plotlines. Deb was driving me crazy after I noticed her weird eye (thanks boyfriend. (glass shatter…HIMYM: Spoiler Alert s3 ep8)) Quinn has finally grown on me (keep a...
Moma Dance
(July 2, 2012)
Greetings from Amtrak.
I am currently riding the train for the first time. At the tender age of 25. I am riding the train alone at 10:30 pm. I’ve made a huge mistake.
After an epic week of a wedding and 2 phish shows, I should not be operating a vehicle. I shouldn’t even be using a computer. My nails are too long for typing and my motor skills are limited. But it was all worth...
June 2012
2 posts
Balancing Act
My best friend has been feeling a bit off kilter. She has taken on more responsibility at work, balancing her love and social life, new job in September… these are all important things. So why are they pulling her every which way?
The work role was involuntary. There was no conversation. Sometimes that is good (example: Everyone gets a pocket sized pig! No excuses!)(good, no, FUCKING AWESOME!)....
human backpack
While I was hobbling around Coolidge Corner today I noticed something magnificent. There are a lot of hot dads out there. Hot young dads strolling around… enjoying the weather… being awesome.
There is something very sexy about a man with small child. Not in a “To Catch a Predator” kind of way, but in a sweet, non pervy way. I noticed some dads pushing strollers with babies… some dads using those...
May 2012
3 posts
thanks, pandora.
I recently revisited my Pandora app. It’s been a while. I wasn’t sure what I was going to uncover. And I was very surprised to be thrown onto an emotional rollercoaster. 80 minutes of memories tied to music… someone get me a Xanax.
I am an emotional person. I jump for joy for Red Vines and sob over Google Chrome commercials. Listening to my Pandora stations reminded me just how melodramatic my...
"and my buns... they dont feel nothin' like...
Over the past couple of months, I have been obsessing about a dress. This particular dress has been living in my closet for 2 years and would like some action. It is perfect in every way, but one. It doesn’t fit.
I few months ago, my boyfriend and I were invited to a wedding. Late June…waterfront… yes please. I, like most ladies, read the invite and immediately did a mental run through of my...
apple...tree
(Sunday May 7, 2012)
Earlier today I was riding the T with my parents. (They are visiting for the weekend and I wasn’t sure what to do with them. I thought a nice 3 mile walk around the seaport/Faneuil Hall area would exhaust them. I was wrong. They proved to be more resilient). We happened to be on the T with all of the folks who were fighting hunger. These hunger fighters were from all walks of...
April 2012
6 posts
stop the madness
You know when you’re driving on 95 south at 7am and everything just seems terrible? You are trying to merge out of the on ramp but some douche in a semi won’t let you over… the sun is perfectly placed on the horizon so that its rays are trying to blind you (sunglasses or no sunglasses (I call this “super-sun”))… and your coffee is still too hot to drink but you tried and now have a burnt tongue…...
kill me now
Maybe you find yourself in this situation:
It is Sunday… around 10:25am. Some ungodly disturbing nose (your roommate’s sneeze, the toilet’s flush, the B line) awakes you from your beauty sleep. You toss and turn only to realize that it is not 7pm as you had hoped. It isn’t long before your vodka induced headache has started to ruin everything. You can’t remember if you have Aleve in your (fun)...
What?
What the fuck Lost.
Seriously. What the fuck.
I know I’m like 2 years behind with this whole thing, but I am pissed. Does JJ Abrams hate the American public? Does he think that it is funny to drag us along for 6 goddamn seasons and then leave us two humps shy of a climax? You have got to be kidding me.
I am still processing the whole thing. The first two seasons were great. I blew through...
TV Guide vs Zillow
(As I have mentioned in my previous post) I am looking for an apartment. Between Draw Something and watching tv, my vacation has been pretty busy. The apartments that I see on my programs have gotten my practical underpants in a bunch.
Friends: Monica and the gang all took turns living at the corner of Bedford and Grove in the West Village. I did some research and discovered that 90 Bedford St...
$2,000 + parking + your better kidney
I am currently in the early stages of looking for an apartment. To begin this adventure, I started with Craigslist because that is where all the respectable members of our society go to post their listings. So far it has been a real pleasure. I already feel this deep sadness brewing inside me. Why is it so hard? (That’s what she said)
My current roommate and I are looking to move with our two...
get out of my way
I dislike a majority of things. Black licorice, waiting, gin, children dancing at weddings… That list would even bore me. But the cast of characters that I encounter at the brighton/brookline whole foods really gets me all bent out of shape.
I usually practice a solid method of navigating star market/stop n shop but something seems to go terribly wrong when I enter WF. I enter the store not with...
March 2012
5 posts
every cookie has a mission
in the process of planning my solar system lesson, i found myself researching girl scout cookies. (somehow venus led me to tagalongs. (mmmmm… tagalongs)) this website is quite a gem.
i was not a girl scout as a youngster. i dont know why. i love to wear green and brown. those badges make it competitive. i think there gets to be a boss. perhaps i missed out. maybe adding the girl scouts of...
is butter a carb?
my gym hates me. they see nothing wrong with putting bravo and the food network side by side. i’m pretty sure that i am not that special. there has to be hundreds, or thousands… or maybe tens or girls who enjoy both bethenny and the barefoot contessa. this pairing is fine in every other setting in the universe. just not the gym.
i enjoy using bravo’s programs as part of my...
modern family part 2
younger brother- Randy Taylor
for the record, i was not a girl who had JTT posters or trapper keepers. i didn’t obsess about how his last name would match my first. this selection is purely about Randy, not Jonathan.
i think randy and i would get along. he is kind of a lame, but has a creative edge (Jill’s birthday s1 ep16). how did i not think of a little brother tax? he is also...
modern family part one
let’s pretend my parents don’t exist. or my brother. they died or left me in (on) line for space mountain. they are long gone and there is no sign of a distant relative coming to claim me. now let’s pretend i get to design my own family. all the characters that dance across the television are fair game and they all want to live with me. each of them pleading for me to pick them! we can call this...
dear disaronno,
are you commercials supposed to be funny? because i think they are. each time one appears on my friend (the television) i have to giggle. i enjoy the simplicity… in fact, i think that might be what i find humorous.
disaronno commercial:
one part hunky bartender
one part disaronno
one part obvious ingredient (in the title; cola, lime, breast milk)
mix
enjoy
(big...
February 2012
3 posts
27 year old male + Friends = Jennifer Aniston....
at around 3am today i found myself in a very intense conversation about Jennifer Aniston. wait, what? let me try and rewind. four twenty-something boys (or men, as i think they like to be called)> birthday related drinking> multiple apple devices> three musicians> old 97’s > the break up> Jennifer Aniston. okay. cool.
how is it that this woman is at the top of every...
pick a color. any color.
as i sit comfortably in my mid-twenties, i am confident with most of my choices. the way i take my coffee, the shoes on my closet floor, the bumper stickers on my 2000 passat station-wagon… they are all very me. but nail polish has always caused a bit of a uneasiness.
when i enter a nail salon i feel pressured by the technician. “pick a color” shoots rapidly out of her mouth as...
shhhh... i can't hear the tv
if i’m going to jump, i’ll jump with my best friend, television.
i love television. i love everything about it. its never ending programing all on this 24 hour loop of awesome. i cant wait for the late night repeats that make my alarm seem deadly. the early morning news banter is just what i need to get through my AM routine.
a majority of my devotion is toward the characters of...
