| today i attended a noon memorial service in honour of pope john paul ii which lead into a rather interesting discussion of mortality and divine intervention over lunch. while i tend to believe (a bit too much) in 'signs' i honestly am not sure how i feel about divine intervention...that was until about five minutes ago.
as the two of you (who read this) know, i have lost a few pounds since january due to being selective about what i eat as well as increasing my exercise habits significantly. today i felt like being a rebel and decided i wanted to walk downstairs to the vending machine and get "something bad". off i went with my dollar in hand. kit kat. payday. mike and ikes. decisions decisions. and then i saw it. SUN CHIPS! so i put my dollar in the machine, hit B-8, and anxiously watched while my order was processed. well just as the bag was to drop, it did not. i fought with the machine...literally (if i was not wearing heels, i think i would have kicked the dang thing) but no luck. no snacking for me.
while i honestly do not believe this was true divine intervention i believe it was something...i did not need the chips, i wanted the chips, but alas the chips did not want me (much like the man in my life :)) all i came back from the vending machines with was twenty cents, yet my little intervention saved me from experiencing a tremendous amount of guilt from having eaten something so not right for my diet.
all i need to do is get to june. then i can add the sun chips back to the equation ;) | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment   |
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| this winter, I have not seen my friends (other than lhz) on a regular basis. last week over IM, beth and I decided to go to trivia – affordable and fun. we invited the v&d, lhz, faye, and mel. the v&d and the lhz and the mel were unable to attend but last night the faye, the beth and I met in town for a night o’ fun – and good guessing.
the bonus question in round one was: name the three stars of the three amigos and what was the villain’s name. NONE of us had ever seen the movie but for some (odd) reason we came up with the following: chevy chase, steve martin, martin short and for kicks we wrote bill murray. dave the trivia guy came over to us and was like ‘um…I need the character name of the villain, not the actor’ to which we all were like ‘um…none of us have never seen the movie’ to which he was like ‘wha? you’ve gotta be kidding’. we had no clue what the answer was and while reading the answer, dave mentioned rich garces. the lightening bolt hit (albeit too late) and it all made sense. el guapo.
end of round one we had 21/24 points. not too shabby.
round two on the other hand was awful. we answer no questions correctly and actually ended up losing a point in the bonus round. [note to viv. we could have used you. the history question this round was: in 1521, magellan died in what group of islands. answer: the philippines!]
thanks to beth and faye knowing their presidential trivia and me knowing my nfl, we were able to rebound quite nicely to 49 points after three rounds.
the first question to round four was ‘who was the first black QB to win a superbowl.’ i literally jumped out of my seat (slightly frightening beth and faye…i think) easy question! doug williams! we were correct! in the words of ll cool j, ‘don’t call it a comeback’…we were en fuego! we were confident we could win! (not really but…)
at the end of the regular round of trivia, we ended up tied for third at 79 points. one additional question to answer to break the tie. it was a number question so the team who was the closest would win. ‘what state in the union is nebraska’. after little thought, i wrote down the number 38. why? i have no clue. we discussed this a bit. faye was trying to rationalize the number based on the states that lie west of nebraska. beth was not fully confident in 38 – thinking it was too high. we almost went with 31 but in the end stayed with 38. not only were we closest to the correct number. we guessed the correct number. 38 baby!
with that beth, faye and i went home proud new owners of sam adams light baseball hats.
and yes, i just added the three amigos to my neflix cue. | | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment |
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| | ever have one of those moments where you wish you could smack your coworkers with multiple wet trout? | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
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| over the past thirty days, i have had the best of intentions to update. i started to write, but found myself not actually posting. so here's a little ditty with yet another interesting twist in my life at the end:
prior to leaving for my guster/dmb trip with viv i was offered a job at hbs. happy vacation to me turned into not really happy vacation to me as i spent that entire g/dmb trip deciding where i was going to be when i grew up. the road trip that i had been looking forward to for so long took a distant backseat to my life. (where were my bitches when i needed them??) after many headaches, many tears, many phone calls, and many f-bombs (hi faye) i decided to stay at my current employer and accept my promotion. woohoo! i can say "i turned down harvard" which became rather ironic after the voicemail i received today.
the second week of my vacation i slept late, watched really bad teevee, slept more, unpacked my apartment, slept more, watched more really bad teevee, and got a second job working for my previous employer. during this week, i also developed a liking for teenage chick flicks (ie. 'what a girl wants', 'the princess diaries', 'tpd2', 'chasing liberty'). perhaps i really am 30 going on 13.
upon returning to work, i was asked to travel to toronto and salt lake city to recruit. toronto i could drive to, slc not so much. if i let my fear of flying get the best of me, i will not be able to go to beijing in four years as a volunteer. after a (very short) period of deliberation, i decided to FLY to toronto AND salt lake. i have always wanted to go to the hockey hall of fame and i have never been to utah so why not. where as toronto will be a quick weekend, salt lake city will be a bit of a vacation as i am leaving on a saturday returning on a wednesday and only have to work that tuesday. would you believe that i am actually excited to fly?
this week i realized that in the past thirty days, i hit an all -time low. the world i once cherished was gone which made me sad. but in the same vein, i realized that for the first time in many moons, i was starting smile and laugh and be happy with myself and do things for me. i am back in the pool three times a week (thank you michael phelps.) now that i have my own place, i have started to cook (more than mac & cheese) and decorate (no more mr spock). i went to the theatre with my mother and to the art museum on my own. i am getting on a plane again (TWICE!) and did i mention that i turned down harvard? i must say that i felt good about myself after that which leads me to today...
after working from 7a-10p yesterday (why am i doing a second job?!?) i was exhausted while at work. on my (10 minute) ride home, i checked my voicemail and was suprised by the message left for me. long story short, yale university called. i sent my resume to them (a little over a month ago). they want me to come interview for an assistant director opening they have. first harvard. now yale. not too shabby, eh? | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
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| i am no longer in first place in my fantasy baseball league.
boo urns. | | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment |
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| one week from today, i am officially on vacation.
one week from today, viv and i head towards nashville.
one week from tomorrow we see guster AND dmb.
meep meep! | | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment |
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| the past few weeks have been a rather blur. between guster shows, work, and preparing to move next weekend (and a marathon watching of nip/tuck) i apologize to those of you whom i have not chatted with much (mel, beth, faye, kara etc. etc etc)
let's see…the guster, ben folds, rufus was one of my favourite tours ever. i think the guster/dmb bill from 2000 will always rank number one with the guster/josh rouse from spring 2000 a close second. but the energy and the fun of this past tour was certainly a delight to see. all three artists appeared to have enjoyed themselves – especially the men of guster. it was nice to see them performing with smiles on their faces. it was a relief to see that actually. perhaps more on that later…
work has been work but with a rather interesting twist. i had applied for a job at harvard. i was late in the application process and ultimately that position was filled. last week however, i was called by a member of their staff to come in for an interview for a different position. monday i had my first interview there and tomorrow i have my second (and final). i am one of two finalists for this position. to be honest, i am not sure how i am feeling about this whole thing. my current employer is trying to keep me but with the politics of higher education, time might run out and that saddens me. while i would love to work for the top ranked business school i really enjoy the team that i work on – thus i am torn.
next week with the dnc, i will be working 7a-3p. damn you democrats!
last weekend, lauren and i painted my apartment. next saturday i move into it officially. to say that i am excited is an understatement. i think the change will do me good. (i hope) and while i am packing to move, i also need to pack my bag(s) for my midwestern trip with viv. i move on saturday and that tuesday (i think) we are off – complete with a post show 12 hour drive to philly so that we can get our work swerve on for reverb. what are we thinking?!?!
and oh, thanks to dave i think lauren (and perhaps mel) and i are going to texas in september. just for something to do ;) of course this is kinda tbd right now pending my work situation.
my head hurts when i look at my calendar. i need a deserted island. | | comments: Leave a comment |
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| | unexpectedly, i am going to see dmb tonight. | | comments: Leave a comment |
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