there have been a remarkable number of these in the past weeks

but I'm choosing to post and share this one, because 1) its good, and 2) I want to be able to find it again, and 3)its a sobering reality when its all laid out like this.

goin to the chapel

i have a wedding to go to in 2 weeks! that means I finally have license to purchase one of the lovely little dresses available at anthropologie, such as this wee confection!

so happy - oh, yeah, and I'm really happy for my friends who are getting hitched, too!

do tell

internets, please share with me some good things about being 28. I've got 5 more days to pretend I'm still in my mid-twenties.

preach on, Abe.

In February 1848 Rep. Abraham Lincoln explained his opposition to the Mexican War: "Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose -- and you allow him to make war at pleasure [emphasis added]. . . . If, today, he should choose to say he thinks it necessary to invade Canada to prevent the British from invading us, how could you stop him? You may say to him, 'I see no probability of the British invading us'; but he will say to you, 'Be silent; I see it, if you don't.' "

apparently..

4/20 is ALWAYS a nice, warm, sunny day.

watch out

I'm fairly sure I'm about to make a change of the four-wheeled variety, even though yes I know I just bought my car, and it may be crazy, although I assure you it's not impulsive. I'll post some pics if and when I go for it on this one.

no, hungover means i was drunk yesterday

my head hurts. five glasses of 8 dollar wine and 1 free shot. whoa. toooooooo old for this crap. on a good note, I stayed in bed for what felt like FOREVER this morning, and still got to work at a perfectly reasonable hour. sweet.

teeheehee

what number sin is greed. or lust. gluttony. envy?

I occasionaly (uhhuh) want things. I am trying to determine which things I want consistently as to not waste money on the fleeting wants. So, I'm making a list.

There is the amazon list

There are the things which amazon cannot bring me. Or just doesn't feel like bringing me.
pretty dishes

a pretty rug or two

some nice simple flatware

and then there's this...

editorial note - it just keeps linking you to the damn pottery barn front page doesnt it, son of a...

cars

I want to buy a Volkswagon Beetle convertible, pref in the 73-79 range. And I can afford it. Technically, I can afford a second car. Its the insurance that is the problem. Insurance on two cars. Not a good idea.

also

listening to ziggy stardust and rock n roll suicide make me feel very pleasant, and sort of drunk, and I picture myself in skinny jeans smoking and drinking whisky and just generally being kate moss like. without the coke, though. coke tends to make people less than laid-back cool. hmm.

Good Friday fun

I've been at work for 45 minutes, and so far I have:
1) read an advice column, thank you Ms. Carolyn Hax
2) spread the gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (Rachel didn't know about it! And then I spread the word to Ernie, too.)
3) blogged, obviously.
4) got coffee

Friday and all is well

Week one of my new job comes to a close. Its been an interesting move to say the least - I'm stuck somewhere between seasoned employee and babe in the woods. Same company, different team, different role. So far it has been very good though. Getting to put research and analysis skills to use, and that's my preference.

I'm moved in to the new house, but it is still a construction zone (don't ever even think about putting a "done by" date on your calendar when remodeling is involved). Just found out yesterday that I will be getting new custom cabinets installed in the kitchen, which means that I will have in my kitchen..new floors, new stove, new dishwasher, new paint, new sink, new countertops, and now..new cabinets. So basically the only thing left from the old kitchen is the basic structure. I'm sort of fascinated by this event in my life, and entirely unsure of what to make of it yet.

So, still camping at casa de los parents for now. They are probably at National right now waiting to get on their plane to SF, so this house is all mine (although I must share with 3 cats) until Tuesday. Its been nice but a quiet weekend will be nice as well. Who knows whats on tap for the weekend. I'd like to get started on some decorating, but it may be a waste with the construction. Cable and wireless will be hooked up tomorrow for sure.

Back to work then. A happy Friday =)

oh my damn

my ovaries just (burst).

love and basketball

idiot of all idiots, I've scheduled moving day for April 1. Uh, duh. So now there will be some pleading with the UHaul store to have an earlier reservation so that I can enjoy the game with my new hometown (22030, whut, holler! - haha)

Anywhooo - This has been the most tumultous month like, ever ever. There is upheaval every which way I look, and my feet haven't felt like they are on solid ground for a while. Long while. Everyone says I'm coming across as happier, more together, more engaged, etc. then they've seen for a while - but then this everyone is my family. I don't get it. If drinking until I'm hungover at least once a week, getting to work at 10 everyday, and generally feeling apathetic is together, well then I suppose they are right, right?

Nah, its not all that bad. I've got great friends, and I love them so much. I really do miss the excitement and joy that comes with a relationship, but I don't miss drama. I would welcome meeting somebody new and amazing, but we all know you can't force it or even admit it to anyone but yourself if you really want that to happen. Its back to concentrate on me time. I really don't give a shit if its selfish - my family, my home, my health, my work, and my pets and the only things that are going to get attention for a little while. The reason some things don't work is that I let everything go to deal with them. I shouldn't have to let everything go to make time to deal.

So, am I together? Sure. I've got a new job starting this coming Monday, and when I wake up to start my new job, it will be in a new house. I'm taking 4 classes and maintaining about 45 hours a week here. My apartment is covered in cardboard boxes, and is slowly disappearing, piece by piece, into those boxes. I try to quit smoking every third day, approximately, and one day it will stick, it will! Its officially spring and before I know it I'll be jogging around my new neighborhood on a 75 degree morning.

The huge gaping relationship hole? Yeah, that's starting to bother me. As the 28th year looms large on the horizon (something like 40 days from now). As a pass that milestone, I pass the marriage mark of my sister. If that doesn't make sense, you aint a girl. My parents got married at 20, so I've never bothered with that one. But when your big sister dates a guy for 5 years before marrying him at age 28, and you are single and age 28, then, well. that's sucks big nuts.

Just saying.

go patriots!

ok, so i dropped 3 out of 4 games tonight, but the important one is won. GMU will face a UConn that just went through a helluva game. GMU v UConn. never woulda thought. Sunday, sunday, sunday! watch it..

its all i talk about somehow.

George Mason is in the Elite 8. And so is Villanova (goal tending, uhhuh, ok, whatever, it was but ew). Now, I will watch U-dub/uConn and Florida/Gtown. What do I want to happen, you ask? Well, I already saw JJ Reddick cry (ok, I felt bad for him), so some dreams have come true (no, i dont mean it). I want a subway series of Wash DC bball. I want to feel this city on its feet. I want UDub to win, and then I want Mason to beat them. I want Gtown to win, and then I want Nova to lose. I want the one seeds to lose because I only love the one seeds if they are from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. I want Fairfax to be a basketball town. I want Mason to play Gtown in the Final Four. I. love. this. game.

I love that my life is fuckity in so many ways, so great and exciting in others, and that I can forget all that and care about a bunch of kids on a court 3, 500, 1000, or 3000 miles away. I kinda wish I was at MCI.

i suck

before you tell me, YES I KNOW I FAST FORWARDED TO THE ELITE 8 GAMES.

sorry bout that.

smiles

Holy oh my god! George Mason just knocked UNC out of the tournament! Which means they will be playing either UConn or Kentucky at the MCI Center!

BBALL, Just don't read it if you don't care.

In other excting NCAA news, GMU and UK both won tonight. My alma mater beat Michigan State! Whoo! On the flip side, UConn pulled that game out. So does this mean they will be pumped for the UK game or worn out? Worn out! Worn out! Come on, cheer with me. UK UK UK UK! Is it so much to ask that there be a UK game at MCI? Plllllleeeeeeease?