September 2011
4 posts
“the road to hell is paved with the assumption that this situation is special, this client is special, or that you are special.”
-one of my school textbooks
thanks, grad school, for reminding me that i’m not special.
July 2011
1 post
what i heard: if you’re shopping for blondes, this is the place to go.
what the commercial actually said: if you’re shopping for blinds, this is the place to go.
March 2011
1 post
January 2011
1 post
November 2010
5 posts
runt of the litter?
in my mom’s side of the family, whenever holidays arise, i am always the last to be informed of the plans. and the word “informed” is purposefully chosen - while everyone else gets asked what works with their schedules, i am never asked; i’m merely told after the fact. and, if i’m able to attend, great. if not, no one seems to mind terribly.
it’s one of...
“laughter is the spice of life.”
– my field instructor.
who knew? and here i thought it was variety.
and so it flows.
in the last two weeks, i have “run into” two of my more significant exes, both with their current girlfriends - one at a friend’s party, and one in the subway of all places.
the most recent of the two incidents - the subway run-in - was with my three year ex, whom for a time i thought i’d marry, and have since only wanted to reestablish a friendship with. two years ago...
October 2010
6 posts
neighborly request, in d minor.
for the last four months or so, i have been impatiently tolerating the piano lessons being taught in the apartment right below me. the music is so loud that i both hear and feel the vibration of it. perhaps the most frustrating part is that i recognize nearly all the pieces these students are trying to play.
today, finally, i summoned the courage to go down there, to politely ask if they can...
“as long as the rent that’s too damn high goes down, if you wanna marry a...”
– jimmy mcmillan, candidate for new york governor, in response to the question of whether or not he supports gay marriage.
holy return.
wow, so i’ve been grossly absent from this site for the entire summer. since my last post, i quit my job, “settled” into a new apartment, and started grad school. only one month of classes, and i’m already behind. time to start training myself to do what i can, and to let go of the rest.
here’s hoping to rejoin the land of the tumbling and the living…
June 2010
2 posts
(jury) duty calls.
it’s been almost exactly four and a half years since the last time i served at jury duty, and here we are again. talk about keeping tabs. they seriously did not wait a minute past my “exemption time,” to call me in again. i’m living in an apartment full of boxes (which i can’t unpack because i need furniture to unpack into), and tomorrow morning i’ll be...
May 2010
10 posts
neighborhoodthreat asked: saw our post on the apartments... understand your pain as I just finally signed a lease on one. if you're looking for apartments in the east village at very decent prices for a lot, check out East Village Property Management (eastvillagerent.com)... I'm not a zealot or anything, but they were awesome to work with and I'm very happy with my apartment. good luck!
a 'lost' era.
it’s rare, at least for me, that a television show not only roots itself in my routine over the years, but that its phases also sometimes mirror those in my own life. watching the series finale of ‘lost’ tonight was both exciting but also rather sad, as it demanded a farewell to so many characters i’ve come to care for, more deeply than i had even realized. it also just...
“We are homesick most for the places we have never known.”
– Carson McCullers (via psychotherapy)
orientation?
so i just hung out tonight with a friend of mine, at our local wine bar. ever since i met him, through a mutual friend, i’ve operated under the assumption that he’s completely gay. after another of our fabulous conversations tonight, instead of just saying goodnight, he tried to kiss me - aggressively.
i’m completely thrown about this. after i avoided the kiss, awkwardly, he...
April 2010
7 posts
“your plate is so full that there’s no room for food.”
– george
“her hair looks like top ramen.”
– my roommate, while watching gossip girl (referring to jenny)
monday hangovers are kind of the worst. nothing says “why am i an idiot?” like waking up with the spins and having to commute to the office.
March 2010
8 posts
smack your boss.
my new boss is probably one of the biggest control freaks i have ever met. and, despite being quite the ladder-climber, she has an uncanny ability to create so much extra work, and add so many more rounds of back-and-forth than could ever be wanted.
the other day i even specifically mentioned to her that it was frustrating when i had done a great deal of work, say, in excel, only to have her...
masters, look out.
i have now gotten my first two responses from grad schools, and they both accepted! it’s so hard to believe that come this fall, i could actually leave my crap job and go back to learn again! still waiting on the other two (or three) schools to let me know, but wow. sigh of relief.
fish or famine?
me: i wish it wasn’t either crazed or dead around here.
my boss: well, it’s always fish or famine. is that right?
me: it’s feast or famine.
boss: right.
February 2010
17 posts
Anonymous asked: Who are you? You seem interesting. Do you have pics?
subway hopper?
this morning on the shuttle over to grand central, there was a person behind me wearing a black top, pink mini-skirt, and giant rabbit head. it looked like a hard shell, but with a furry overlay. she also had a briefcase that said “butterfly kisses.” i wanted so badly to take a photo of the two of us through the subway window, but it was too dark. sadly, i lost her in the crowd...
“Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside, You must know sorrow as...”
– Naomi Shihab Nye (via psychotherapy)
most annoying elevator chat.
you know those phrases, that people always utter in elevators, that are so overwhelmingly hackneyed? my two favorites are:
1. oh, looks like we’re taking the local today! (when every floor is pressed)
2. hmm, we’ve got a full house in here! (when it’s crowded)
anyone have any other goodies?