January 2012
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Quiet day at work today.
My boss told me to study for the bar in my office. Okay!
Random thoughts on a Sunday night
Mowgli got snowboots this weekend. Watching a dog walk in boots for the first time is one of the funnier things in life. I never knew a dog could high-kick.
You know what happens to the undercarriage of a car in snow and slush? The same thing happens to the undercarriage of a dog. On a related note, is anything better than snuggling with a freshly-bathed dog?
Two of my favorite things in...
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On the plus side ...
I got upgraded to first class. So I can study for the bar (or pass out, because bridezilla forced us all to stay up past 3 am and I am too old for this shit) in style.
Back at the airport
The wedding that follows last night bachelorette party is on a Sunday in February, with the bar exam on Tuesday and Wednesday. The bride told one of the other bridesmaids that she doesn’t want to hear or see anything about me taking the bar because the month of February is all about her.
I can’t even. So I am supposed to be sorry that my career and maintaining the ability to pay my...
Update:
The lady sitting next to me CLIPPED HER NAILS ON THE PLANE WHILE SEATED BESIDE ME WHILE I WAS EATING.
Also, I am not even at the hotel yet and this weekend has already cost $700.
I am pretty sure I am a misanthrope today.
Things I dislike:
Flying in the winter with everyone and their gross germs.
On my way to a bachelorette party for the night where I anticipate spending one million dollars.
Harumph.
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Mowgli is really pissed off at me
because I am washing the cover to his bed, which is in pieces all over the floor (and one bumper is soaking wet and in the bathtub because let’s just say it needed rinsing off and leave it at that).
WTF MOWGLI THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU THROW UP PIECES OF STICK ALL OVER YOUR BED.
Gosh.
An observation
Mowgli would get away with sleeping on the couch much better if he didn’t drool in his sleep.
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Girl, bye.
I just discovered, via mint.com, that Bank of America is charging me a $12 monthly maintenance fee for a savings account that netted me $1.66 in interest last year.
Immediately thereafter, I rolled the balance of that account over to a savings account with no fee and closed the account.
What the eff, am I right?
Wearing my Big Girl Pants today
Between moving, my accident, and consolation shopping because I hated Old Job, I ran up a bit of credit card debt (totally unacceptable in my book).
I just paid over 50% of it off.
… Of course, the very (read: I want to cry when I think about it) expensive bachelorette party and wedding I have coming up this month and next will put more debt on that card. Be considerate of those of us...
January 2.
Finished holiday celebrating with football, a fancy (belated) Christmas dinner of stuffies, herb and garlic-rubbed rack of lamb (one of the best things I have ever cooked), brussels sprouts with prosciutto, a nice bottle of wine, and cookies, and an exchange of gifts.
Plugged in the Christmas tree for one of the last nights - I love, love, love the Christmas tree.
Got a few hours of bar studying...
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My 2012 New Year's Resolution
The jokey (I think) one is to avoid near-death-experiences accompanied by ambulance rides. I had two of those in 2011, and neither was a good time.
The serious side of that is that I am lucky to be here (we all are) but especially after my car accident in September, I am really lucky to be here. The only explanation for why I wasn’t killed that day is because God just didn’t have my...
December 2011
28 posts
I have discovered Doodle or Die.
I am TERRIBLE at Microsoft Paint. HILARIOUSLY terrible.
And Doodle or Die is hysterical. I may never go to sleep now.
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I don't really want to be at work today.
I have stuff to do, but I would rather go to Bloomingdales and look at the sale stuff and then resume eating all the things.
Things that continue to amaze me about NYC:
Seamless. On the drive back from my parents tonight, I considered what I wanted to eat (not much, considering I just spent days eating all the things) but Greek Salad sounded tasty. Ordered online and delivered to my doorstep (along with one of those platters with tzatziki, baba ghanoush, taramosalata, and the garlicky dip that are like heaven on a plate) in about 15 minutes.
Definitely a win.
Not only am I working today
I am BUSY today.
Rude.
On making adult choices:
I spent a lot of this afternoon desperately craving one of these:
Note that I don’t even like cupcakes, but (a) this cupcake involves cheesecake AND brownies and I like both of those, even though I haven’t tried to cupcake itself, and (b) there is a Crumbs across the street from work.
I settled for one of these:
On the one hand, the hot chocolate was free (we have them at work...
Anonymous asked: What's on your Christmas list this year, Buddy?
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So, I love going out and having a social life
But ever since I was 22, I have hated staying out late. If it is midnight, I would like to be at my house.
Old and lame.
A million years late to the drunk stories ...
but here is one I love.
Fall 2002. I am living in a triple in the sorority house with Melissa and our friend Alexis (funnest. room. ever.). It’s my 19th birthday, and we celebrate at some frat house, probably Sig Ep. We return home, I am wastey, and I consume my several glasses of water and eight pieces of toast. I am taken upstairs and put to bed where I state that I feel like I might...
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Sometimes, life gives you a big shit sandwich
And then, FGIO gives you a perfect, bitchy retort. And things maybe aren’t ok, but they are definitely better.
Is it possible to die of a headache?
On a related note, is there such a thing as an ice pack shaped like a helmet to cool your whole head at once? Maybe with an eyemask?
This is love:
Your (70 pound) doggy sleeping in your lap.
I just drank an alarming amount of wine in an...
What can I say? Shit happens.
Book Recommendations Please?
Thanks to Caitlin and her servicey comment earlier today that the NYPL has Nook books to check out, I am now the proud owner of a NYPL card and able to check out free Nook books.
Give me suggestions of things to read - preferably things that aren’t currently on the best seller list. I feel like I have read everything. I recently enjoyed Zone One (a zombie novel by Colson Whitehead) and...
Nice little Sunday
We went on a long walk in Central Park. Mowgli caught a squirrel, it may have been a highlight of his life. Not so much for the squirrel.
And then, we went on Mowgli’s first trip to bed bath and beyond.