twenty-eleven

2012-01-04T19:39:00.000-08:00

Another 31 has become 1. Another December has slid into January. And for most that means another inspirational burst of resolve to loose weight will come and go just as quickly as January glides onto February. What is the origin of making New Years resolutions anyway? I googled it and returned disappointed. While I may never discover the history behind the action, I still can appreciate its

"table for one" no more

2010-11-20T11:36:00.000-08:00

People often say the best time to meet that special someone is when you weren't looking for him. Since moving out here, I've been perfectly happy being the mid-twenties, single girl, hitting up the town with my roommate, flirting comfortably, dating sporadically, or even just curling up alone on my couch at home with a movie and a bowl of salt and pepper popcorn. I certainly wasn't on the prowl

on the road

2010-07-06T17:05:00.000-07:00

Here's another one of those entries I began, but never finished. But it would be a shame to delete it all just because I didn't make it to day 3 =)...It is still difficult for me to grasp the reality of the present moment. Here I am, sitting in my homey apartment in Northern Virginia, staring out my window towards Washington DC, insulated from the 100+ degree summer heat. As familiar as LA and

luck be a lady tonight?

2010-05-31T22:09:00.000-07:00

Was it a sheer luck, or total unluck? Was it a sixth sense or a sense of idiocy? I don't know, but the good news is, it could have been worse, and this was a good lesson and wake up call for me and hopefully for you. Be constantly aware of your surroundings. After having dinner in the district tonight, I took the metro home and got off at the Rosslyn station. Having had a large dinner I made

DTR

2010-01-31T13:01:00.000-08:00

(dated 1/13/10... I just never got around to posting it til now, oops!)Its taken six months, but I finally feel like my social life has settled into something I am comfortable and content with. At first it was hard, maybe because I was the peppy girl from Californa who didn't quite understand the East Coast conventions of how to make friends out here. I still don't think I really get how it works

up, up and away... barely

2009-12-02T21:38:00.000-08:00

For weeks I’ve been looking forward to going home for Thanksgiving. That little nugget of joy has been keeping me going through the last ten or so exams. Late nights in the library, I would savor the thought that I would soon be home with my family, my dogs, and unchallenged sunshine. Today I nearly blew that thought to smithereens.

sitting, waiting, wishing

2009-11-21T13:04:00.000-08:00

You know that question, “If you were stuck on a deserted island what one item would you bring?” Well l’d like to look at that question from a different angle. If you were destined to stay in one place for the rest of your life, where would that one place be? For me, it’s a coffee shop. I absolutely love them. When I

i said brrr, its cold in here...

2009-10-10T19:39:00.000-07:00

Ok, so maybe its not really that cold just yet, but today I was nearly giddy when I discovered the first tree whose leaves were begining their slow but artistic metomorphosis from green to gold to orange to red. I'm told that once the temperature drops to a certain point, all the trees begin this transformation, almost like a chain reaction. I'm lucky because my apartment is situated on the sixth

music makes my world go round

2009-10-05T21:10:00.001-07:00

I have a new computer and recently its been giving me a lot of shit.You would think that a new computer would be a fresh slate, free of bugs and hiccups, but its not. Maybe I'm just technologically handicapped. Anyway, along with spontaneously shutting down, forgetting my settings, and whining at me in the form of high pitched beeping, it also only gave me half of my music back when I

not forgetting

2009-10-03T20:37:00.000-07:00

Some say new technology is taking the intimacy out of our interpersonal relationships, but as a transplant to what feels at times like a different civilization, I would beg to differ. Today I came to the realization that if it weren't for that obnoxious list of ways in which I can call/stalk/keep in touch with people, I wouldn't have been able to adjust to my new life as easily as I have.I

its about time

2009-09-22T19:55:00.000-07:00

I made it. I finally made it to exactly where I want to be. Incredible how things can sometimes just fall so gracefully into place, you almost forget all the stress and effort it took to get there. Its such a high. Hopefully I can continue to remind myself of my unbelievable good fortune over the next two years, even when my eyes are bloodshot from lack of sleep, my hand shaking from caffeine

musings on sin city

2009-05-18T23:44:00.000-07:00

Wow, I'd like to apologize now for severely neglecting my blog the last few weeks. To my defense, I've been quite busy (mostly self-inflicted business since I haven't been employed since about March) the whole time. Three of those weeks I spent in a perpetual finals week stress mode called EMT school, and another three I spent backpacking through Europe with my sister (a decent college/EMT

FML

2009-03-26T13:25:00.000-07:00

Today at work I got a phone call from the casting company I signed up with a few months back. THEY actually called ME. Normally, you have to call they're hotline everyday hoping to hear about a show that you fit the profile for and that fits in your schedule, then call another line and wait on hold for eternity until a casting director MAYBE feels like answering. Still you have to make their

the green post (for real this time)

2009-03-16T17:18:00.000-07:00

I don't know about the rest world, but in this city, eco-friendliness is starting to gain a pretty solid fan base. You used to be branded as a hippie if you loved the earth, but nowadays, we instead scorn those who haul their shopping bags home in a hummer. I've gotten caught up in this environmental fad as well. Though I don't think 'fad' is the right word, as it implies a gradual phasing out

a funny thing happened on the way to my homepage

2009-03-13T10:38:00.000-07:00

This morning, as I was keeping up with my biweekly facebook browsing (I'm trying to limit my use of facebook, so this is pretty good for me), I noticed something odd on my newsfeed. A few friends were listed as attending an event called 'Taylor Swift at UCLA' and my heart skipped a beat.Let me back up a minute first and explain that my roommates and I are obsessed with Taylor. I don't care

going green, seafoam green

2009-03-12T10:59:00.001-07:00

Sorry its been so long since my last post. I feel like I haven't had anything of significance to write about lately. I kind of still feel that way... but what the hell. Even insignificant things can be interesting... sometimes.Last weekend I finally figured out what my bedroom was lacking (besides maybe a cute guy... hey who wouldn't want one?). Months ago my mom gave me all her paint

rain, rain, comes to LA

2009-02-13T13:08:00.000-08:00

Here in SoCal, rain is hard to come by. But as I write this, puddles are forming outside my office window faster than they can be consumed by an unprepared (or maybe nonexistent) storm drain. If someone were to ask me what kind of rain this was, I'd probably say its pouring, or coming down in sheets, or describe it in terms of falling felines and canines. Yet, the more I think about it, this

extra, extra! read all about it!

2009-02-04T23:07:00.000-08:00

I'm not normally a spontaneous person. I generally think things through to the point of over thinking them and eventually convincing myself not to do whatever it was I was considering doing in the first place (got all that?). Well, sometimes you just have to act on instinct and bypass all those voices of reason; the ones that say 'thats so not me' and 'am I just wasting my time?'. It seems

so there's this french maid serving sushi in an art gallery

2009-01-29T14:59:00.000-08:00

Haha... you think I'm joking.I wholeheartedly believe that if you can think up some business idea, no matter how extravagant, you can probably find some manifestation of it here in Los Angeles. And if its not already in existence here, LA is probably one of the few places where your crazy idea might actually fly. Yesterday, my mom came up from San Diego (home to beautiful beaches but lackluster

cupcake connoisseur

2009-01-24T18:32:00.000-08:00

So one of my goals in life is to own a bakery/cafe. Yes, this is completely opposite from my current plan to go into healthcare, but knowing me, I'll want to try lots of different things in my lifetime. This is one of them.I've already got a few business partners in on the idea too. My sister and friends are taking on roles as marketing, baking, building, and taste testing specialists. We have

i hope they serve jager bombs in purgatory

2009-01-09T10:33:00.000-08:00

When we first went apartment shopping, my only requirement was that we be within walking distance of a coffee shop. We lucked out, because not only did we get that, but we also found ourselves within walking distance of the coolest little bar ever. It goes by Saints and Sinners, but I can rarely keep the order straight, so sometimes its Sinners and Saints, S & S, or just "our bar". Let me see if

Christmakkah in SoCal

2009-01-06T09:52:00.000-08:00

As my roomies and I began discussing the impending necessity of dismantling our Christmas decorations, I suddenly realized how quickly the holidays flew by this year, and how untraditional my own Christmas is in general. I think the holidays take on a different meaning for me than most since 1) I live in southern California where we get exited by hail because snow isn't even part of our

apt. 3745 1/2's take on life

2008-12-16T10:33:00.000-08:00

This is why I love my roomies:Ma: So Jackie and I were thinking, lets not get presents for each other this year because, well, we're poor.Me: Yeah, I totally agree. But we should do something fun together instead. Hey, how about we go for all-you-can-eat sushi together and pay for one another's meal?Ma: Haha. Perf!*This conversation would pretty tidily sum up my apartment's motto on life. Or

our cats the escape artists.

2008-12-08T14:55:00.000-08:00

Between my room and Jackie's is a door that blocks access from the living room to our bedrooms. We've started to close it at night to keep the kittens from disturbing our slumber (ie pouncing on our faces) but as of late there have been some peculiar occurrences straight out of the twilight zone.Yesterday morning after hitting the snooze button on my alarm at least five times, I heard a crash. I

my little piece of cyberland

2008-11-25T17:28:00.000-08:00

Greetings. It seems I've jumped on the bandwagon and started up my own little piece of internet real estate. We'll see if it actually gains any value with time. My mom always said I should invest in property.I guess its only fair I provide a little background before I begin:I'm a recent college graduate now putting down some temporary roots in the vibrant, smog infused, freeway labrynth of Los

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