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Ok, I loved the snow in December! I couldn’t wait for it to snow but, it’s now May and Steamboat has received over 489 inches of snow during the season which ended April 6th. That’s over 40 feet of snow!! It’s now May 1st and it’s still SNOWING!!! I’m sick of it! If I can’t play in it, I don’t want it. Not to mention I took a little road trip through
So I’m leaving Steamboat in a month! Crazy! I’ve decided to go work at a camp outside of
Then…….It’s time for Megan to find a better paying job. I’m done with being poor. Although living in a ski town has its perks, I want to find a job where I can play and have fun but, make some money! Does this exist? I hope so! Where will move? I’m not sure.
Sorry I haven’t been better at posting!
Damn it’s cold out!! It’s been in the negatives and it’s now finally warming up….well a little but it still feels like it’s in the single digits! Burrrrr!!! Poses a bit of difficulty when teaching ski school! Kids don’t want to go out! I’ve been having fun skiing. I bought a pair of Rossi twin tips. They’re pretty! I’ve ripping it 17 days so far. I hit a little bump in the road when I hurt my knee last week when trying to to a 180 off a jump last week! oops! So i lost a few days of REALLY good champagne powder days that Steamboat is well known for! sad 
I got a real nasty bruise too. Check it!
Last week I was diagnosed with kidney stones!! Fun times! I woke up last Thursday morning at 2am in a lot of pain in side and back and by 4am I just couldn’t take it any more so I had my roommate take me to the ER at 5 in the morning. After ruling out ovarian cysts, ruptures appendix and a cat scan I find out I have kidney stones!! Good news is I passed it! bad news I have another stone in my right kidney! I had to pee through a strainer to collect my stone!! I took it to the urologist today to find out why I got them. In the mean time my Doctor told me I need to be peeing 2.5 liters a day. So I get to keep measurement of how much I’m peeing. haha So If I have to pee that much, how much do I need to drink to make 2.5 liters!
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It’s been ages since I posted anything.  I guess I just haven’t been in the mood to write anything. But I’m doing it now so I guess that’s good. Â
A lot has happened since I last wrote. Friends have gotten married, I’ve moved to a new place, I’ve seen old friends and made some new.  I’m really enjoying Steamboat. It’s a beautiful place especially now that all the leaves are changing to vibrant yellows, oranges and reds. Sometimes I can’t believe I live in this town.Â
Work Is good. We are back in the off season. Summer tourist are gone and we have a few months until the winter tourist bombard the streets.  I have time to step back and take a breath for once, it’s nice.
My roommate and I move to a new place downtown. It’s a cute little white house that houses myself, Heather, our 2 new roommates Chris and Ryan (an awesome musician) and 3 dogs. Tally, a Rot/Australian cattle dog, Avery, a yellow lab, and Deuce, a chocolate lab who is still a puppy and quite a terror! the place is nice but our kitchen is under construction so we can’t make anything unless it uses a toaster, blender, or a microwave.  I’m getting quite irritated that its not done…….it’s been about a month since we moved in and it was supposed to be done by the time we moved in. Oh the promises! Let’s hope it gets done soon!
It’s getting cold here! 29 degrees tonight. It’s supposed to snow!!! WOO! I’m excited for winter to come……. that means friends are coming back into town ! FUN!!! and it means skiing! I’m going to teach skiing again this winter on the mountain.  I’m excited!
 I’m heading to NYC this next week! I think I’m going to head to DC for a few days too to see my friend Eliza! I’m looking forward to go shopping since I haven’t bought anything since I have moved up here.  Not to many places to buy clothes in or around Steamboat unless you are looking for outdoor gear, so I’ve discovered online shopping! Not quite the same.
I’ll try too keep up with posts!
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I HAVE THE NEW HARRY POTTER!!!!!
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OMG!!!  My first triathlon is finally upon me!  I am so scared, scared of the swimming portion due to the fact that it’s an open water swim and I’m not a very strong swimmer.  It’s tomorrow (Sunday). Less than 24 hours I will be in the water. AHHHH! I’m going to be back stroking in the whole time!!!!  I am strong, I can finish, I am strong, I can finish!
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I’m going to bed and it’s still light out!  It makes me feel like I’m in elementary school again when the time changed for daylight savings for the summer but you were still in school for a few more weeks and my mom would make me go to bed at 8 and it was still light out.  I hated that.
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I’m so excited for the summer.  It’s going to be so much fun! Work is good thus far. I really enjoy having days off to do things like hiking, and just being outside. I work at a frame shop a few days a week and one of the ladies there decided to set me up with her physical therapist without asking me! ha I hate being set up. I’ll let you know how it goes. Other than that not much is going on besides training for my triathlon. I’m so scared I’m going to drown. I just hope my adrenaline kicks in to push me to the biking portion!
You should all listen to Burl Ives.
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It’s only been a month and a half since I have moved to beautiful Steamboat and I can’t ask for anything more.  My skiing is getting better but I still long for a snowboard. It’s so much easier, but there are things I don’t miss about boarding such as having to sit down all the time. I guess I will be skiing next season though since I bought myself some new Rossis. The season ended on the 15th with a huge party on the mountain. It was SO crazy and SO much fun! I’m sad it all has to end. There are pictures posted on my flickr page. It’s also the time where all my new friends are leaving for the summer. So sad. Most of them will be back next season so I only have to be depressed for 6 mos. I am now looking for jobs……well I have 2 now and have been hired at 2 others and and had been called for some interviews.  Jobs are not hard to find here but finding the right combination is. haha  I’ve gone from having no job options to too many jobs I don’t know what to do.  I’m heading back to Boulder this weekend to hopefully find myself a new car! Cross your fingers! I’m excited to see my old friends. I a lot are flying into town for a show which I can’t wait to see. SO EXCITED!!Â
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It’s been 2 weeks since I have moved to Steamboat and it feels like it’s been a month, but in a good way! I am living off of Steamboat Blvd at the base of the mountain in the only not newly renovated home. I live on the ground floor and 4 crazy guys and 3 dogs live above us. It takes me 5 seconds to get to work which is AWESOME!!  I am working as a ski school instructor for the wee little kids. 3-6 year olds! It’s so much fun and I get to work outside. I can’t ask for much more. Except for more pay and to not get those bratty boys that don’t listen and can’t stand on their own 2 feet let alone skis! Haha girls are better. They learn faster and they are smarter! I spend my days yelling “Let me see your frenchfries! PIZZA! PIZZA! I WANT TO SEE YOUR PIZZA! STOP STOP STOP!!!!” hahaha
I’ve already met a lot of people here which is easy when you’re a girl living in a town where the population is 95% male. haha but really my coworkers are great and a lot of fun I have been partying way too much since I have been here. It’s crazy and I don’t have the energy for it. ha ha
 Oh, I went skiing for the fist time since I was 15. I SUCK! I thought it would be like riding a bike. NO! I got so frustrated! I think I want to go back to boarding. Easier! I’ll try it again before I rule it out but man my body hurts! haha Sorry heather for having to deal with me! 
P.S. COME VISIT!!!!!
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From H’s Blog…to lazy, tired and stressed.
So, ok, quick recap! Meg and I went up to Steamboat yesterday, and thank the friggin lord, found some jobs AND a place to live! Hooray! We both got jobs up at the ski mountain, working for the KVC as ski instructors. Ha! I get to ski and get paid?? Amazing! The kids are oly 2-6 years old, so it isn’t actually skiing, but come on…..pretty sweet job!
Unfortunately, the job will be ending in 6 or so weeks since the mountain will be closing, so I’m not quite off the hook as far as the job hunt goes….just temporarily. But better than nothing!
And as far as the place goes, its actually pretty sweet. It is up on the mountain, a two bedroom duplex in a big old house. She doesn’t care about dogs, so of course, Tally will be with me, and she isn’t making us sign a lease or a contract or anything which is pretty amazing….we move in on Tuesday, we think, so it will be pretty fun…not to mention a four second walk to work!
So, sad story….coming back down from the mountain tonight and we frigging got in a crash!!!!! Meg tried her hardest to control the damn truck and did a really good job and got us over the bridge, but alas, we hit a guard rail, flipped around, hit another guard rail…..and now the truck doesn’t drive and I am actually sitting in a Starbucks in Idaho Springs waiting for my LOVING and FAVORITE parents to come up and get us…..thank you again!!!!
Yeah, and accident! AHHHHHH….Now waht
Lately with all this cold weather we have been having here in Colorado, my body has been bring back old aches and pains from the past. literally.
My left butt cheek/hip where I have been stuck multiple times hurts so bad when the temperature drops. The first time I was jabbed was in Africa, I was really sick, perhaps from Schistosomiasis and second was when I had MONO and Tonsillitis at the same time. I actually got 2 that time but on opposite cheeks.
My brusies I have from indoor soccer hurt ten times worse than they do in a temperate climate
and my ankle I sprained badly freshman year that turned my foot black to look like frostbite aches like it’s still sprained.
I don’t want to get old if this is what I feel like now.
Ahhh……I went swimming tonight at the new Flatirons Athletic Club. A friend of mine works there so I got in FREE! It is posh place. The locker rooms are AMAZING! Anyway, I swam and now I hurt. I’m so bad at swimming. How am I going to do this.
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So it’s snowing again outside. It’s beginning to grate on my nerves and this cold! 9 degrees give me a break! This is the first time in years that I have wished so hard for the sun to make her presence and STAY awhile. I’m hanging out in Broomfield for a month house sitting 2 dogs. Tally, a very cute 6 mo. old mutt with way too much energy and Zeak, a boxer with a rotten ass. Man, his farts are deadly!
I have registered for a sprint triathlon in June. I’m really excited but I need to start swimming. Swimming is the only part I’m worried about. I was on a swim team when I was 12, I think, and I hated it. I’ve swam for fun dinking around but I have not truly swam since then. Wish me luck.
So there may be a chance that I might be moving to Steamboat in Feb/March. I was there for New Years and I loved it. I mentioned it to Heather, just kinda throwing out the idea, and she agreed that it would be fun to live there. I figure why not. It’s not any different than Denver except it’s a lot more beautiful and the guy to girl ratio is much higher. When else would I ever have the chance to move there! it’s going to fun.
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Ok I have been scolded by members of the Reed family and friends to update my blog. I know it’s been awhile so this might be long one.
Hmm… the 3rd was my birthday. I’m now 26….I don’t like it. And if you didn’t wish me a happy birthday you know have bad karma! Sucks to be you! Some friends and I hit up Skate City in Denver for a bit of quad skating! It was so ridiculous and fun! The last time I did that was in elementary school playing blackout! ha
I just forgot what I was going to write next……I had a bunch of stuff I wanted to talk about and now I don’t remember.
I don’t remember!
Oh yeah! We had another soccer game the other night and of course we lost again, but this time I got a yellow card and was ejected from the game. Something about obstruction/being too rough for the little girls who can’t Handel it! It’s too hard to not play like used to. I have to remember “It’s just for fun, it’s just for fun, it’s just for fun!”
Getting App’s together for school! Hey anyone want to write me a letter of recommendation? Ahh I know you won’t! Nevermind.
Keith and Leah are back for a while. It’s been fun hanging out with them. We went to the New Belgium Brewery yesterday and took a tour and drank some great beer!
I quit my job at the restaurant and now I’m just working in Boulder for a friend of mine. Check out his business. Buy a pen….or 2. www.inkacorp.com!
ok not as long as I thought. If only I could have remembered wht I was going to write about.
I wanted to start posting my dreams on here but the more I think about it , the more I feel embarrassed about it. I’m not sure if I want others to know that I’m dreaming about them (most of my dreams are about people) and then finding out what Freud has to say about it. My dream last night was so awkward that it woke me up and my mind couldn’t stop working and kept me up all night with my thoughts. I hate nights when my mind consumes me and keeps me from sleeping.
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I had so much fun this weekend! Well for the most part. Friday, H and I drove up to Vail for Ben’s surprise party. We got there early so we went and had dinner and some drinks at some Mexican food place while we waited and then headed to the Ski Bar. We made our way back for the surprise and got there just in time. SUPRISE!!!!! 20 awesome people = a good time! We took the Hummer taxi service back to town and danced all night long.
Saturday H and I went snow shoeing up Vail Pass while some skied. Bad Idea! No, I take that back it was fun, just tough. We picked the steepest hill with snow up to our waist and hiked for 2 hours with no breakfast or sleep. My arms hurt. I was dead. We headed back to the Condo take a nap, and order an overly priced pizza. We met up with the others at the TAP bar to watch some football and then hit the hot tub before we headed out for another night of dancing.
I was tired but it didn’t stop me from dancing! We got up early grabbed some bagels and headed to broomfield for an indoor soccer game. It’s been almost 5 years since I have played. I SUCK! I am so out of shape! I need to remember it’s just for fun too. I’m not playing competitive any more. I checked a girl in to the wall, totally legal but she called me a F*#@ing Bitch! Toughen up girl. I laughed and Heather yelled at her. haha My legs hurt so bad and I have some nice turf burns! gotta love it.
I worked in Boulder today and on the way home my truck stopped working so I coasted to the side of I-25. I waited FOREVER for my dad to come get me. I decided to play a game. Apparently my first text message didn’t make it out so If you were confused that’s why. It said “Game Time Everyone! Guess where I am” - Stranded on I-25 that’s where! I waited for 2 1/2 hours for a tow truck!!!! Now I’m home…time for sleep
I have been having the most crazy/awkward/weird dreams lately. There was a period of time where I couldn’t remember any of my dreams. I would wake up and….nothing, I couldn’t remember them. During this time I was traveling and/or living with my friend Katie. Now she has some CRAZY FUNNY dreams so it held me over until I could remember them again. It REALLY made me want to remember them. My dreams lately have been so weird…but I guess dreams are…..at least mine are…….and so are Katie’s. I have such random people in them even people I that I don’t know…….like friends of friends who I’ve only seen pictures of. There have been some monkeys in my dreams. the dream dictionary says this about it.
Monkey
To see a monkey in your dream, symbolizes deceit people are working to advance their own interest. Monkeys also symbolize a playful and mischievous side of your own personality or an immature attitude.
To see a monkey hanging or swinging from a tree, denotes that you be troubled by young ones.
To dream that you are feeding a monkey, denotes that you betrayed by someone whom you thought cared about your interests.
Well I was feeding the monkey so I guess I am being betrayed by someone? I don’t know!
I think I’m going to start keeping a dream journal again to keep these crazy dreams in order.
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Well ok, I’m not as down on myself as I was! Good right?! Work is ok……good people. I am also working in Boulder 2 days a week so that gets me out of G town! I’ve been crashing on friends couches…. so if you have one open that I can lay my head on for a night that would be much appreciated. You won’t even know I’m there. Promise. I also sang with my old band the other night! It was SO much fun. I miss it. Thursday I headed over to see Cory to get my hair cut! I love getting my hair cut by her. She asked me to be in a hair/fashion show in November! I think she is going to put some crazy extensions in my hair! Can’t wait! I have a car now……a truck to be exact….my fathers old one. I like it but it’s a gas hog. I need to find something else. I just made some FABULOUS earrings in my metalsmithing class! I got an “A” that’s about it………Off to a Haunted corn maze! MALICHI
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That seems to be the phrase I commonly use now. “I don’t know” I don’t know what I’m doing. I really don’t. Someone tell me what to do with my life.
What I do know is this:
1. I need to get a car
2. I need to get a portfolio together
3. I’ll be leaving Greeley as soon as I can
4. I need a new job (I’ve worked 2 days and I hate it)
5. I need to apply to schools
6. I miss my friends
7. I miss New York a lot and I want to go back, NOW!
8. I can’t stop listening to Mirah
that’s it…..
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My posts are lost thanks to Harper! it’s ok, no hard feelings…….for now!
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So I went to Colorado last weekend for my sisters graduation…….and to see friends! My flight was so EARLY! I arrived in Denver on Thursday at the sunny hour of 8am. What was I thinking? I spent the day walking around Pearl st. running some errands. I forgot that it was a weekday and that most of my friends would be working. But I had fun. It was such a beautiful day. PERFECT actually! I went and had a few drinks Bodie at this Mexican restaurant and just caught up with each other and reminisced about old times! I went to a party that evening where a bunch of my old ensemble buddys were hanging out. I was so nice to see them again. There was a bunch of yummy Ethiopian food there. Mmmmm……
Friday I woke up early again to go to my sisters graduation (the large one at Folsom that I didn’t want to go to, but made a deal with my sister that I would go since she picked me up from the airport) I went early with her BF to save seats for the rest of my family. About 15min. into it my brother and I decided to leave and go get some breakfast at Burnt Toast on the Hill. We called my mom after eating and it was still going on! UGH Austin and I decided to go to the art gallery on campus to waste time but apparently we didn’t waste enough time so we went to the area where my sisters small graduation would be for her department and saved seats there and watched episodes of Lost on my Ipod! haha. Her small graduation was nice and short! I liked that. I went to lunch with Bodie and Whitney.(not my sister) I miss Bodie so much and Whitney is so cool. My sister and a few of her friends had a party at a local park but I had to bow out early. No sleep = a tired Megan. I took a LOOOOONG nap! That evening I went and saw my friends Adjei and Alidu perform an african dance piece and then hit up Red Fish for some salsa dancing with Adjei. He is the best dance partner because he can make ANYONE look like they are a awesome dancer! haha
Saturday I went and had my hair cut with Cory. I wish she lived in NY. ha She always makes my hair look so good! It was so good to see her again! I went to breakfast with a still drunk Juan Verde, my sister and John.(sisters BF) I love John Green. He always makes me laugh…..there was a point during breakfast that my sister and I were laughing so hard we were not breathing and I was crying! I LOVE that! tack some years on to my life please! For the rest of the day I pretty much hung out at Greg’s house and watched his dog Ice pick the heads off the dandelions! so weird. I feel like there was something else I did…. I can’t remember. I headed home to my parents that evening. I basically went through all my old stuff that night. I found some old pictures from when I was in elementary school. I have the most hideous haircut..hahaha I basically had a mullet. it was so GROSS! maybe I’ll post it. I can’t believe I had my hair that way.
Sunday I just lounged around and went shopping for some shoes for the wedding I’m in next month! (SO EXCITED)My flight home sucked I was stuck on a plane with a bunch of boys 8-10yrs who apparently came to Denver for a Chess tournament. Every single one had a VERY LARGE trophy and they delayed us for a 1/2 hour because they couldn’t figure out where to put them all. They were running all over the plane playing their Gameboys and PSP’s and laptops with virtual chess games. it was hell. haha
it was good to be back. i miss the mountains
OK I keep meaning to write but I get so tired at night that I lose my motivation. I’m forcing myself right now to write this post. Blah…um…..I’ve gone to a few shows in the past weeks. I saw Neko Case, David Mead, and the American Princes. They were all very good and would recommend seeing them all if you can. I have finally gotten over the bronchitis and feel so much better. I’m just glad I can make it through a dance class again without passing out from lack of oxygen! I went to yoga tonight and it was so challenging but I loved it. I always feel so much better after a class. I go at least once a week but I think I’m going to try to go more often. They have a restorative yoga class on Fridays that I think I’m going to try to get to.
I’m looking forward to going back to Boulder next month for my sisters graduation! and to Washington in June for Keith’s wedding. It’s going to to be SO MUCH FUN!!!. I get all excited just thinking about it. It’s been such a long time since I’ve seen all my boys together! HA!! I’ve never been to Washington but I have heard that it’s beautiful!
I have nothing else to say….i mean I do but I can’t formulate now ……..this was hard enough.
OH MY GOSH!!! I Love this warm weather. I love New York in the spring. This weekend I cleaned up our garden patio. We have flowers blooming already and I can’t wait to plant more. I just want to make it an Oasis back there. I made some tin can lanterns today to hang out there. Perhaps I’ll pitch a tent and live out there since I love it so much. HA! I also love all the street fairs that happen on the weekends! I went to one today and just basked in the sun, had some felafels, danced to some reggae, wanted to buy a necklace but didn’t. OH How I don’t want to go to work tomorrow. I just want to play in the sun and kick this bronchitis I have. I have so much gunk in my chest I can’t breath. and this cough has to go! But I did get one of these Neti Pots! It’s my new favorite thing.
I still have a raspy sound but, I did find out I have Bronchitis! YES!!! I’ve always wanted Bronchitis. Quick, call a hear my seductive voice before it goes away!
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I had something that I wanted to post but now I have forgotten….oh well. I am losing my voice and and getting a cough which makes me have a nice raspy man voice or low seductive voice, whichever you prefer. This weekend our place has become Hostel Bushwick. We have had 4 visitors come in from out of town randomly all on the same weekend. Katie and Is friend Charlene came from Boston. She had studied abroad in Ghana with us. She is such a wonderful person. It’s been fun catching up with old friends. Liz came up from Baltimore last weekend and it was so great to see her again.
So I have been getting these 
all over my arms and neck. I think I’ve pin pointed it to my wool sweater. I think there is a bug living in there. Any of you Med students or bug enthusiast who want to enlighten me on what this might be I would be very interested. They swell to be about the size of a penny and it itches really bad.
I also like that my header doesn’t fit in the safari browser and that I don’t care.
I’m sitting in a Ice box! It’s is so cold in my place right now. I’m freezing my______ off! I’m wearing my thick hoodie and my large wool sweater over the top of it. I’m even wearing my mittens….well not now since I’m typing but, I might as well have my down jacket on with all the layers I have going on. It’s got to be like 50 degrees in here. Hold on I’m going to run upstairs and check……… 57. Umph! So something is wrong with our heater and I can’t find the # to call the management company. This is not fun.
but what is fun though, is that I am taking an African dance class again. I missed it so much and was complaining about it to my good friend Mary. She was so kind to search for a dance studio for me from all the way out in Bloomington, IN. So now I’m going every Monday and Wednesday and I LOVE IT!!!
What I don’t love, is how Whole Foods tricks you. I went after my dance class last night to pick up some food, or should I say fruit. I’m so addicted to fruit right now. I just feel thirsty all the time and want something juicy and cold to eat. I have been stocking up on strawberries, blackberries and grapes! speaking of which I’m going to eat some now…….Anyway where was I?….oh yeah Whole Foods tricking me…..I wanted some grapes so I found this nice container of grapes on the vine and come to find out later that I paid $12 for them!!!! WHAT!!! and it was only like 2 lbs. Stupid organic fruit. I was also distracted at the time because I was on the phone with a friend that I didn’t realize I picked up the organic grapes. I learned my lesson.
Perhaps my next post I will educate you on dragons……I’m learning a lot about them. Here is one hypothesis that addresses the question “why do dragons breathe fire?” Dragons breath fire as a result of generating methane gas in their stomachs, a gas which also enables them to “float” like balloons!
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I went back to Colorado this last Thursday for a long weekend. I went back for the Bao Bao Fest, but really it was only an excuse to go back. I was getting sick of the cold weather here in NY and I wanted to bask in the warm sun in Colorado. Oh I miss warm weather. Although it was a lot of fun, there was not much relaxation going on. I listened to a bunch of great music, danced a lot, and hanging out with friends and family. If I wasn’t with the Bao Bao folks I was catching up with friends, old and new. It’s always a good time when I get to hang out with those guys(the guys from the festival). You never know what is going to happen next….they just put me in a good mood. Well that is until they make me late getting to the airport. I knew it was going to happen but I thought this time will be different. NO!!!! For some reason Adjei decided to drive some people back to Ft. Collins at 1pm. my flight was at 5:30. I figured as long as he gets back by 3pm we would be fine. That was not the case. He didn’t get back till 4pm and we hit construction on the way as well. He sped. I yelled. We got to the airport at 4:45 pm. I ran. Checked in. Got through Security. Ran some more and got to my gate just in time. Luckily my flight was delayed by 10 min. Stress of traveling. Ha
I think I miss Colorado more than I thought. I miss the mountains and going hikes. I did squeeze one in before I left. I just love having the mountains right out my back door. Don’t get me wrong I love NY too, but I think Colorado is outweighing the City……as of now…..
I had a conversation with one friend when I was back about music. Why does all new music suck….well maybe not all but I fell like music today doesnt have that oomph that it used to. It all sounds the same. I catch myself only listening to music prior to the 80’s. It’s so much better. There is a element that is missing from today’s music. Are they less complex? I don’t know……..the melodies are really simple, they are not as full sounding……..anyway….this not a very well thought out rant. When I figure it out I will write more.
Oooof…..my back hurts. I’ve been sitting in my dark, musty, concrete basement all day hunched over my sewing machine listening Mr. Bob Marley on my NEW ipod. I wish I had better posture. I start off fine but after hours and hours of sitting in front of my sewing machine I begin to hunch over more and more until my nose is about an inch from the table. Then complain about my back hurting. Ha. I need to get that stability ball out again to sit on. But the costumes I had to make are DONE!! and will be delivered on Thursday!
I need to stretch more. I feel so good afterward. My hips and my back and shoulders are so tight. I blame it on the crappy bed I bought when I moved here. I want my bed that I used to sleep on. It was SOO nice. I my bed would be fine if I slept on my back but I’m a side sleeper and it’s so hard.
I have a 3 day work week and then Travel and fun! I can’t wait!!!
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I’ve been blessed once again with congestion, MAJOR sinus pain, fluid in my ear, and really bad headaches. Oh the joys of being sick. I think I might go to the doctor tomorrow. This is going on long enough and no matter how much Sudafed I take it hasn’t helped.
Ok I can’t do this now I’m enthralled with the Olympics.. I have to watch……I’ll write more later.
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I want a new theme for this blog. I don’t like the way it looks!
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Last night I had such a vivid dream that I almost felt like it was real and really did happen. I woke up an had to convince myself that it wasn’t real.
I remember when I was younger I had this dream that my mom had to go to the grocery store. My sister an I went with her. When we got to Safeway there wasn’t a parking spot in sight so my mom told me to go park the van a (HUGE doge I think it was) while she ran inside. I couldn’t reach the peddles so my sister got on the floor and I told her when to accelerate or break. We drove around the parking lot until we found a place. For the longest time I was convinced that this really did happen. of course it didn’t but it seemed so real. My mom and sister thought I was crazy!haha
I do love waking up on the weekends and hearing my roommates dreams. they are so bizarre. Dreams are so fun. sometimes I do wish they were real, but only sometimes, only the good ones. not the ones where I’m drowning.
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I’m craving an adventure! I want to take a little vacation SO BAD!!! For the past 4 years I feel like i have gone somewhere cool weather it be Africa a few times or Costa Rica. I didn’t get to take one last year, unless you count moving to NY, which I don’t. I really want to go to
East Africa
South Africa
Japan
Nepal
India
Thailand
Bora Bora - and I want to stay here!
Fiji
Papua New Guinea
Jamaica
Samoa
Nicaragua
Anywhere in South America
of course there are a lot more but i’ll spare you the rest.
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make me cranky. I couldn’t sleep last night for some reason……NONE!!! no sleep……….and then i was SO HOT…..i couldn’t sleep…….it was horrible……so now I’m going sleep……
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So this weekend I decided I wanted to straighten my hair. I was asked to do some hair modeling for a Japanese hair straightening process and I thought what a great idea. I just had that dream about having straight black hair and really wanted to try it. I decided I would perhaps straighten it with a iron first to see what I actually look like with non curly hair. I didn’t want to commit right away. So I spent 3 hours pulling my hair straight, breaking my arms, wondering what the final outcome would be. Since my hair is so curly I didn’t know what my layers would look like when straight. It actually wasn’t that bad. a little choppy in the front but I could deal with that. I couldn’t stop petting my head and running my fingers through it. It felt so good. It was also fun to see the looks on the faces of my friends when they saw it. HAHA! but after all that work I don’t think I’m going to get it done permanently. I think I like my curly hair more than I thought. PLUS! I would look like a freak when my hair started to grow back in curly.
Saturday night we went to MisShapes and had a lot of fun! I danced till I could no longer dance! Sunday I got up late and we made a huge breakfast with muffins, eggs, bacon, sausage (which of course I didn’t eat) blueberry waffles, fruit, and french toast sticks. So good! Come over next weekend!
For once I am home alone. It’s such a strange feeling yet I welcome it! I can do whatever I want……..
I posted a bunch of pics from Ghana that I have been meaning to do.
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Jenny Towner you can count on her! She just sent us her final film project and a video she made with footage while she was here! It is so GREAT!!!!
My weekend was good yet weird. A nice 3day weekend. Spinner came up from Baltimore to see a jazz show that didn’t go as planned. Saw the Berkley College of Music jazz band! They were awesome! Hung out, DROVE around the CITY!!! TIME SQUARE!!! SCARY!! I went and had a few drinks and food with Taylor at Sushi Samba ran a few errands, and picked up a new book!
I can’t seem to get enough of Haruki Murakami. His books are sooooooo gooood! I try to read other books but I just can’t get into them like his. so far I have read 5 of his and I liked them all but I think my least favorite is Sputnik Sweetheart. For some reason I just wasn’t into as the others. I just felt like something was missing from the story line. So it’s now Kafka on the Shore! YEAH!
We had a photo shoot at work today! I some how had a small, very painful splinter enter my finger that I can’t get out, and I have seen my fair share of the Chapelle Show. We need to get that chord to hook up or Free TV! wait i didn’t say that…….
I had this crazy dream that I had this long black sleek hair that sorta looked like this. It was so cool that I considered chainging my hair. How crazy would that be. My hair now is pretty distinct and it would be so drastic to change it, but so sweet to have something else. Maybe I’ll just get a wig!
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I need a afternoon nap……… but I can’t get one!
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So this past weekend as I was wandering around Brooklyn and I discovered that the Cosby Show is now on DVD! YES! I have always said that if it ever came out on DVD I would totally buy it! I didn’t buy it because I didn’t feel like spending the $40 on it at the time but I will hopefully get it soon! One of my favorite episodes is where the family lip-syncs to that Ray Charles song.
Over X-mas I stupidly jumped out of freight elevator before it was down to the next floor landing on one knee. I think I bruised it pretty bad because I still can’t kneel on it without going into convulsions because of the pain.
I’m sad becasue my iPod is kaput! It doesn’t work any more. Time for a new one?
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I once was an angel. and i sat and sewed and sewed and sewed lives together and myself to the limbs of trees so that I would have enough water in me for the next life. then I became the wind. yarn. and the purple sun on tuesday mornings. snakes formed my spine and slithered my mind which has been and will forever smell like cockle shells. my heart was tangled in bone toggles and chinaberry bushes. my carcass hard and soft, blue and orange. I was bees and flies and satain locks.
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Did you watch SNL? Who did? it was NYE! this is funny
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Ok, so bored at work that I’m posting second entry today because I have nothing better to do. I have already organized all the CD’s we are currently working on by their #. Moved CD’s out we are no longer working on. Cleaned my space and even ASKED for work to do. I’m too fast for my own good. You think that I would have learned something from working all those government jobs that I had. Take…… your…… time……!
I’ll take this time to update on the holidays. X-mas was good! Wasn’t quite as fun as previous years, but good. Colorado was so warm. I hauled my huge winter jacket home for nothing. 60 degrees! It might as well be spring. I hung out with my old roommates Marcy, Carrie, and Alison. What a riot! I also Annie, who I feel like I should see more since she is just north of me as well as Lizzy P and she just lives south of me. But you know how it goes. I did get to see John in Denver. We went to the Zoo lights. I must say it was pretty fun! I guess I really don’t have much to say.
I flew home had a long NYE. I went to a party downtown. It was fun but not off the hook. But some how with detours, mayhem and debauchery I didn’t get home until 9am. I tried to sleep but I didn’t nod off until 2pm and from then on my sleeping schedule has been so messed up.
Also, strange thing I was contemplating the other day. I noticed that I normally better friends with guys. I feel more comfortable around them. But here in NY I’m surrounded by girls mainly (roommates ect.) it’s weird. I need an escape sometime. But it was nice to get a few calls from Slater, Negrettie, John Verde, and Keith over the holidays. I miss them!
I think I’m going to head to the Apple store after work
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My eyes feel like they are sinking back into my skull becasue I am so tired. I didn’t get any sleep this weekend at all . My plan was to go home after work yesterday and sleep but a few of us decided to go see my roomate at work. Again I was up late. Now I have to figure out what I’m going to do with myself today at work because I have nothing to do! make myself look busy or ask for work to do? either way I’m going to be in a daze.
P.S. I love pomegranate juice. Why is it so expensive?
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I just had this revelation/ realization within the last few days and I’m getting all nervous about it. My heart is beating fast and my palms are sweating as I’m typing this. I feel like I’m reverting back to my middle school dorky/ awkward stage of life and not knowing how to handle things. Now I just need to figure out how take care of the issue that is ever consuming my mind and driving me INSANE! I’m afaid……
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All the MTA/Union discussions were taking place at my parents hotel in Manhattan. Kinda nuts……but I was so excited thismorning when the MTA went on strike! I didn’t have to go to work, but then realized how NOT cool it was. I’m stuck in Brooklyn which isn’t that bad but I need to get to airport and I can’t get through to any car or taxi services! so my dad is now renting a car for the day to come pick me up. this is ridiculous! OK MTA employees you can go back to work now!
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I’m going to have some fun! This last week has been fun. I went and saw “X” on Friday at the Roseland. They Rock! The diversity in the audience was so crazy. So many old dudes dressed in punk clothes, ehh maybe it wasn’t diverse at all, just a bunch of old folks. HA. I think it was there first show together in 20 years! nuts. Work has been crazy because we were trying to get X-mas gifts out to people, famous people ie. Joan Baez and the like. Seems a little strange when i think about it. The family is in town so I’m doing my best to show them around. We did the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island today and they are on their own tomorrow and Tuesday! lets see how they fare.
I have re-discovered my love for the tom Tom Club. So great. Also if anyone can find me the record/CD (I’m not sure if it’s on CD) called Doppler Effect by a German record lable (I think) that would be AWESOME! it’s techno/electronica DJ stuff, not this Metal band i keep finding when I Google it or Doppler effect records. The cover is black and says Doppler Effect on it with some military type symbol on it as far as i can remember. it’s SO GOOD! I need it. Or maybe I’ll go scout out that DJ at the Artist and Fleas place and ask him.
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So tired and so stressed……Stressed about minuscule things, things I shouldn’t be stressed about. There are so many small things that it results in a large stressful outcome. I wanted to go to Yoga today. I know it will make me feel better, but once the train hit the Bedford stop I couldn’t get myself to get off. tomorrow! So i went and bought myself a pack of Starbursts instead.
Saturday was my Birthday. Woppie! We partied like it was 1999, da na na na na. hung out to the wee hours of the morning with Taylor and Marge and Aaron. I wish I could tell you where we went but don’t remember the names……Some Club where we got in for free, and a after hours bar with Tay Diggs. HA! I felt horrible because I didn’t get to see my roommates. One nice gift though was the first snow here in NY. It was so pretty. It made my night.
A Day without a phone and I am lost……thats sad. Tomorrow or fedex will die!
UGH……I think I ate too many starbursts.
Here is where I work. Well guess not. Find 14th St. between 10 and 9th AVE. right in the middle. I work above Stella McCartney!
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Have you ever forgot about your own birthday? I did! today some girl at work asked me what my sign was, so i told her I was a sagittarius without thinking and then she asked when i was born I say December 3rd…. still not registering…….I keep working and she says “THAT”S SATURDAY!” Woah…what? I guess so! one year wiser. right. ha whatcha gonna get me?
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I hate flying in the morning because the your day is shot. I don’t even fell like it was a real day because I spent the whole time traveling. Ugh! I felt so weird on my flight. My brain felt like it turned into some kind of gas and went swirling about in my head. I I felt so dizzy and discombobulated (i like that word) I felt sleepy yet couldn’t sleep so i tried to read but I couldn’t get that far before I had to take a break again. My mind wondered and i was thinking some crazy thoughts. SO CRAZY! If only I could mention them here. The man sitting next to me was very rotund and had the half moon hair with SUPER SWAETY EARS! it was so disgusting. I just wanted to get home ASAP!! After 5 hours of flying I finally made it to JFK. I’m glad to be back in New York. 3 day work week!
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Well it’s Monday and I’m still in Colorado! I should be at work right now but my body decided to shut down again. (I got sick, REALLY sick) At least it’s not as bad as last year. It came out of nowhere. Friday night I was hanging out with Harper and Jon (man I love these guys) and we went to Walmart to buy some food if you can call it that. We hung out and watched some movies ate. everything was fine. went home at 3am woke up at 9am and my tonsils and glands hurt so bad. ehh…thought it would go away. I ran some errands with my mom and I just couldn’t take it. I had to go home. Quickly I got worse and had to stay home and miss out on the Catapult and Pinata at the Reeds. Went to the doctor got some meds and now I’m feeling much better. Stupid sickness. I hate it. I’m blaming it on that kipper snacks that Jon and Harper had me eat! ha. I had such a long streak without being sick and now it’s over. it’s catching up with me. it ruined my plans. I wanted to hang out more……there is always X-mas!
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I feel like I should blog because I I don’t do It that often but I don’t know what to write about. …sad. I am looking forward to going home for thanksgiving. my mom is cooking me salmon since I don’t do the turkey thing. She is so nice! i love her. Eliza is coming into town tomorrow. I literally started jumping up and down when she called and told me she was going to be here. She is one of the those people I have been through so much with. she has such a warm soul. I always feel at ease when I am around her. I felt something missing when I left her in Boulder. I’M SO EXCITED!!!!!! This is going to be the best week ever.
ok…nothing else to tell……except that i’m bored and don’t want to go to bed……..I’ll figure out how to get to Newark Air Port.
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All of a sudden I got so angry at myself. I moved to NY to get my creative juices flowing and I have barely done anything. I have made 1 1/2 bags and a few ipod cases. I took 1 roll of film and haven’t even got it developed yet! I just don’t have a proper place to work which I HATE!!! I got stuck in the small room with no work space. I have to work on something this week.
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What is going on? So Thursday I randomly see Justin Davis as I was getting out of the subway. He only lives a few blocks from me. Then last night Ryan McVeigh calls me. It was so nice to talk with him but so out of the blue. Then tonight I went to the market and ran into Devon Mullen. What is going on. I have not talked to or seen these people for the last 5 years and now they live in my neighborhood. (except Ryan) it is a small world.
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Hmm….. what has happened? I know one thing ,I’m so gassy today. Where does it come from? We will start with halloween. Of course I waited until the last minute for a costume. So I went as American Apparel Model. haha! or it would have been the old standard Little Orphan Annie. My friend Tayllor was David Bowie. She had such a sweet costume. Marge was Cher. We went to Little Devil, then headed over to Spring Lounge where Marge’s cousin took care of us, we were roped in by some Italians in Little Italy for a party and then off to one last bar. It was a fun time.
I took Tuesday off because my friend Keith and his Girlfriend Leah came into town. I just took them around the city and showed them a few things. We walked A LOT but it didn’t matter because I got to hang out with KEITH!!! it was so good to see him again. I haven’t seen him since April. It seems like such a long time since we last hung out. Wednesday I had to go back to work (so i thought.) Marge called me at 8am as I was blissfully in slumber. I was thinking “Margaret it’s 8 am. Why are you calling this early” She told me not to come into work today because it just so happens that the parking garage behind my work caught on fire and all the cars were blowing up like bombs! The firemen closed down the streets so No work for me. I got to hang out with Keith and Leah again for the day. We decided we were going to take the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island tour. It was a lot of Fun!!! If you go you should definitely time it when the sun is setting. It was amazing!
I was hoping maybe the fire got to my work and I wouldn’t have to go in again today but that wasn’t the case.
I saw another High school classmate tonight. It’s so strange when it happens. I kept looking back at this guy thinking I knew him. As I walked out of the subway I took one more look back and heard him yell my name. Sure enough it was him. One minute New York seems so big and the next so small.
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So today at work I accidentally swallowed a mint. Oh it hurt! Have you ever had the feeling that it’s lodged at the top of your throat and you keep swallowing fearlessly hoping that it will move down but now matter what you do (like buying a Hanson Vanilla Soda) will not make the situation fell better. It happened to me! 6 hours later I still feel like it’s there. damn mint!
So I started taking yoga classes again and it’s been awhile since I have gotten myself in to those poses. I’ve been so stiff that I thought it would do me some good and make me feel better overall. I am so NOT flexible anymore…..it’s sad. My body was freaking out on me yesterday. There was one point when I was in a pose that my abdomen started twitching out of control! I couldn’t concentrate on my breathing because of it. I’m going again tomorrow. I’m excited but I’m going to be so sore.
Work is good. I am taking over 2 accounts for the next few months. We’ll see how they go
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Could You please come get me!…… What a catchy tune! I always get this stuck in my head. This weekend was fun. My Roommates and I rented a car and went up to Vermont for the weekend. It was so nice to get out of the city for awhile. The drive was nice. The leaves were all changing color and it’s not flat uninteresting plains like I’m used to in Colorado! There was a point where we hit gridlock due to the torrential downpours we have been having washing the the road away! SO…..we decided to prank call people while we waited 3hours to move 3 miles. It was a fun time. We stayed at my roommates Aunt and Uncles in Montpelier. We did a bit of hiking (in the rain mind you) to a old aviary tower on the top of a hill. It was so beautiful with the hillside covered in waves of red, orange, green, and yellow. I can’t wait to go back. My friend Rachel is coming down this week! I went to school with her in Colorado. I’m so excited to see her.
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So Lets see….. Friday night I went to the Nickel Creek show at the Nokia Theatre that just opened a few weeks ago. It’s a pretty nice place. I have to say I like them a lot. They are one of our clients at work so I got VIP tix and hung out backstage after the show with my Co worker. It was a really fun time. After that we headed downtown to the Knitting Factory to see Juliana Hatfield. It was a very awkward performance. that’s all I’m going to say. She is also a client of ours.
It has been raining like crazy here. Katie and I went to brave the rain yesterday and went and got sushi at this place in the east village. I think it’s my new favorite place. So I put on my gortex jacket thinking it will keep me dry.. NOPE!!!!!! I was so wet. We headed home to get ready to go out. A friend of a friend was having a birthday party in Red Hook that we were going to attend. We got ready to go and well of course my “Rain” coat doesn’t work and I don’t have a umbrella, so we brave the rain. It actually wasn’t that bad until right before we got to the subway DOWN POUR! AHHH!!! Now I’m soaked and have a wet wool blazer on. (the smell) I was so irritated. We were meeting our roommates on Bedford. I was so uncomfortable just feeling like I had jumped in a pool. to make this story shorter lets just say getting to Red Hook is not easy. We were outside in the rain from about 9 to 11.
The bar was sweet and for Toms B-Day they had Leslie and the LY’S perform! SO AWESOME!!! haha you can check out some of their videos here. I think you will all like her! haha After the night was over I didn’t feel that bad about being so wet. I had a really great time. I have to buy myself a good umbrella.
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so this is not the first time this happened to me. Today at lunch Margaret brought up that one of our other Co-workers said I looked like I should be a Ralph Lauren/ jcrew model. HAHA WHAT!!!!?????? I had the same comment from another lady in Boulder. I don’t know If I should be flattered or not. They said my face is so pure and clean. Ahh ok? I guess I am flattered but I certainly don’t look like a model thats for sure. Maybe thats what I should do here in NY. Become a model. HA! Then my friend Tayllor agreed. She said she could see me sitting in a hay field with corduroy on. it’s funny because I own anything that I can think of that even looks “preppy.”
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So this weekend was nice and relaxing. I went to the Village on Friday night with Katie and we went to this Mexican food place. it wasn’t good. All I want is real Mexican food and I can’t find it anywhere. I’m guessing I won’t either. If I do that is going to be my favorite restaurant. We then met up with Jeff and Mavi at cowgirls. It’s a pretty fun bar. I felt Like i was in Colorado again. Saturday Katie Julia and I walked around the city and finally set myself up with a checking account!! Woo Hoo. We saw some dance group from Japan calling themselves sperm? pretty entertaining. I met up i with my friend Neil who came down from Boston and we went to the MET. I felt bad because I only paid a dollar to get in. They give suggested donations but I only had a dollar. Then I figured that this place is not hurting for money so I didn’t feel so bad. I think i might buy a year membership. It’s a good deal and It’s too large to see everything once anyway. Today I looked for some books on sashiko but couldn’t find what I wanted. I also went to a Organ recital. It was pretty sweet. I also decided to brush out the mane. I forgot how big it gets. haha
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So every morning on my way to my office and evening when I leave or when I go to the post office at work I walk buy The Little Pie Company. I almost feel like I would pay money to sit outside and smell the air. It is SO INTOXICATING. The air smells so warm like sweet butter and vanilla and drenched in brown sugar. I almost feel like I can taste it. my eyes roll into the back of my head every time! I had a caramel brownie the other day at work. It was to die for!
On a side note. I can’t wait till summer is over so the Ice cream trucks won’t be around. I want to kill them. For some reason one truck likes to park in the from of my house and keep the music running and another truck does the same thing outside of my work. It wouldn’t be so bad but that dumb song it plays is driving me nuts!
Today I saw Molly Shannon We exchanged words at the post office today. My first star sighting! haha then she was off on a run.. she runs weird.
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Friday after work I decided to walk around Chelsea for awhile just to see what was around. this place seems so big when in the scheme of things but it’s so small. Riding the subway confuses my perception of distance. One minute I’m where I work and the next I am at Union Square. On my walk I found some cute brown flats, bought them, and then headed uptown to the Moma. I met my roommates there for Free Friday nights but I arrived a little late. I only had 15min. to Purus quickly. I think I’m going to hit it up next week. My new roommates, old roommates came to visit for the weekend. so we hung out with them that night.
Saturday I slept in…..it felt good. I have to say it’s been awhile. Even if I wanted to sleep in I couldn’t. my internal alarm clock would wake me up at 8:30 no fail. But not now!!!! haha I got ready but on my new shoes that I bought and took the friends to Bedford to show them around. I decides not to go with the rest to Battery Park because I had a bunch of errands to run. Of course my new shoes are ripping up my feet to shreds. I am about to cry. I make it to Target quickly get what I need and leave. I see some boots that I like and buy them because I can’t walk in the others. Impulse……sorta. that evening I met up with Jason, a old high school friend. I was so nice to see him again. It’s been 6 years since I have seen him. crazy. I then went to the upper west side to go to a coworkers birthday party, and then went to Wash park to meet up with the roommates. 4:30am home arrival time and then slept till 1pm.
Today I headed back to the city to buy a new book. I just finished my 4th or 5th Murakami book. I can’t remember. The one I finished (Sputnik Sweetheart) has been my least favorite so far. Hopefully I will enjoy the new one. The bookstore I went to had this very annoying band playing. The volume was so loud. I felt I had to get out of there quick when I just wanted to look around and spend some time looking at books. I again walked around the city for a while. The area I was in did not fell like NY at all. I think it might have been because the buildings around me were normal height. It was the weirdest feeling. I took the L back home and Bought some groceries because I am getting sick of going out. I came home and decided to make it movie time and watched Ghostbusters and Elephant. it is now 10 pm. where did the day go?
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Well NY is good. My job is ok but I do love the $! I get free CD’s. I eat out too much. Groceries are too expensive. We do have a freezer full of Ice Cream. Come eat some. 12 half gallons. my room is a mess. I need a dresser. I need a table so I can sew. I want to meet new friends. where are you friends. Was in a fashion shoot. that was fun. my hair gets SO big here. I need to find a new bank. Banks here suck. No free checking. sending my first pay check to my mom to deposit. tired. I like this telegram type of writing. stop. quick to the point. stop
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I finally got a job!! Woo Hoo! I’m working for music PR Company called Sacks & Co. They have a have some well-known artists. It’s located in Chelsea with a lot of hip boutiques. It’s pretty cool! The office is nice and I work with a bunch of cool people. Another perk. I can wear what I want. haha
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So we found a place! yes. I’m exhausted talking about that. Things are going well now but I do need to find a job. I think I have lost 5 lbs. since I have been here. Not eating much and walking A LOT will do that to you. We went out to a club the other night with some TFAers and went to a party in SO HO. the place was CRAZY nice. so huge it even had a elevator. Today I went to the Fashion Institute and walked around the fashion district. I want to buy fabric!
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So tonight Katie’s Cousin’s cousin invited us over to his place in queens for Nantucket party. They made homemade vegan clam chowder with bread bowls and a TON of other tasty vegan foods. We brought sangria…….fits in nicely with the east coast theme right? ha ! it was fun. We stuffed our faces because it was the first time we have had non restaurant food. it was so good. people probably thought we were freaks! whatever. we sat on the roof for a while. the view of Manhattan was so crazy beautiful! ha plans for tomorrow 1. Find a place 2. Find a job.
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I am having such a hard time here. All of my life I have had things pretty easy until now. This whole situation is stressing me out so much. It would be different if I had a job or had a place to stay but having neither of them is killing me. I’m glad I have such good friends helping me out. I called my mom the other day and after I got off the phone I felt helpless and started crying on a street corner in downtown Manhattan. So pathetic.
It pisses me off that we have to look for a 4-bedroom apartment. This whole roommate stuff is so stupid. Don’t get me wrong, I love Jeff and Mavi but putting them into this equation is making things harder. It would be so much easier to find a 3 bedroom where we want if we didn’t have to take care of them. I think I want to take it upon myself to find a place for ME and not worry about the rest.
I have a few interviews tomorrow. I hope they go well. Wish me luck! If I get a job that is less weight on my shoulders
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We didn’t get it……still no place to live.
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Ok here it goes…….I arrived here in NY thinking I had a place to stay because Julia one of my new roommates told us not to worry about a place. Well Sarah, the girl Julia set us up to stay with, had no where for us to sleep but in her bed or on a small love seat. So the first night I took the bed with her. Weird sleeping in bed with a stranger. I did that for a few nights alternating the love seat with Katie while we waited to move into out new place in East Flat Bush which later becomes a huge mistake for many reasons which I won’t go into here. I didn’t choose it. Katie and Julia picked it out before I got there. Well now what……they signed a lease…….We call the landlord explained our situation and asked for our money back. Luckily they are a nice couple and they agreed to give us our money back but they would only give us a portion of it now and another portion once they have found someone else to move in.
SO now the house searching starts again. Katie’s parents were in town for a conference so we moved our stuff again to their hotel in Time Square and stayed there with them. We looked for places but nothing we wanted. We then had to leave the hotel so Katie called a friend of a friend to see if we might be able to stay there. He said yes, so we trucked our stuff up to Greenpoint to stay with Harrison whom we come to find out only knew Katie’s friend for 8 hours in Italy while they were both backpacking. We stay with him for a few days while his roommate was out of town. We are still looking at apartments and not really finding what we want. We moral is getting low. We have to leave Harrison’s because his anal roommate is back.
We leave Harrisons at 9:30pm to go back to Sarah’s for the night. We are all tired, pissed, hungry. (I think I have lost 5 lbs in the last week walking all over the stupid city on top of seeing every subway station and being underground half the time) We wait forever for the G train. It doesn’t come. Find out they have moved it to one track because of construction. We then get on the wrong train. So we take a bus. We then have to wait for a transfer in getto town USA. Creepy! We finally make it to Sarah’s and she is not home or not answering the bell. Now what. It is now 1am. We started this at 9:30. We catch a cab and go to Julia’s bf place where they already had guests. 9 people crammed into a small apartment. I love sleeping on wood floors. 
GOOD NEWS!!!! We found a place!!!!!!! It is so COOL!!! Can’t move in for a few days but I’m excited.
Oh and one night I went to “BED” with my friend Tayllor. We got the VIP tratment. Woo. Her friend spent crazy money so we could get a bed upstairs. Nuts. It was fun.
I’m done writing for now. this is such a long rammble. Sorry
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So……… It’s hell here right now!!! NY is not being nice to me.
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Lets see…… I picked up my last paycheck today then made the long back breaking trek to the art building to donate my litho stone to the Art department at school. I don’t even know how I carried that thing. It’s a good 80-90lbs that I put into a backpack. I thought the straps were going to rip. So I walked all the way across campus since there is not really any parking near by, about to fall over on my back as the straps dig into my shoulders. I get to the office finally and tell the woman at the front desk that I want to donate this litho stone to Clint’s class. She then told me I should call Clint and talk to him about it. Uh huh….no way…I’m not carrying this thing back to my car. So I lied and told her I was moving out of state tomorrow, which is not a total lie. So it appears that as I was walking the zippers came undone and as I swung the backpack off my shoulders the this massive litho stone falls out of my bag and just nearly misses my toes, close call! Finally it’s out of my hands!!!
Later I met Katieand Jill on the hill to discuss some things about NY. Hung out at the Collective and Took some pictures in the Photo Booth. Some weird situation happened with me and one of my coworkers. haha….. or former coworker I should say. So weird. haha I then went to Dever with Katie, Jill, Jeff, Kinsey, Ridge, and his friend Ash(ley) to have dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory. Jill is running a half marathon tomorrow so she needed her pasta. Ever since I was child I have always wanted to eat in the train car and I thought maybe tonight is the nigght…..Nope….sniff sniff….I don’t think I’ll ever eat in the train car.
I don’t think I have enough room in my luggage for all the clothes I have left. I miss judged! AHHHH
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Oooooof…….I ate too much tonight at dinner but it was so good! So uncomfortable. So I’m moving to NY on Tuesday. So nuts. I have packed most everything No sheets on my bed, no furniture in my room and I still don’t feel like I’m leaving. I spent the day today running errands to get things in order before I leave. I still have a bunch of stuff that I need to get to people. I have to drive home sometime Saturday to have dinner with some family that is coming in to town hang out with some people. Drive back to Boulder for a shindig on Sunday. Drive back to Greeley on Monday ( this part may be eliminated from the equation) so my parents can drive me to the airport at about 3:30am. This plan my parents have seems ridiculous so I might just have my sister drive me to eliminate the turn around and drive back to greeley part………….then my life in NY will begin!
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This week is my last week of work! Thursday is my last day and I am so excited! I have just been hanging out with Katie and now she is gone. I won’t see her until I get to new York. Moving is weird especially not knowing if I’ll ever live here again. I’m going to miss all my friends. I wonder if they will miss me? It still hasn’t hit me that I am actually leaving. You think it would since I have no possessions anymore. The stuff I need to tackle now is figuring out what I want to take with me on the plane and what I want to ship. I think I’m going to have to consolidate some more.
Yesterday my sister and I went up to estes park and hung out for awhile which was nice. the weather was great! on our way back we hit some heavy traffic in Lyons because of the stupid folk festival and someone following too close rear ended me. My trunk and bumper are damaged and my neck hurts so bad!
I’m watching a program on TLC about Feral children. Very interesting…..
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So I just found out the other day through an email that a friend of mine from Africa committed suicide this past Saturday. I couldn’t believe it when I read it. He had everything going for him but supposedly he killed himself because of something that happened with his girlfriend which is ridiculous. I almost feel pissed about it. I can’t believe that he would do such a thing But at the same time I feel like there might be another reason why he died. For some reason I have this feeling that he didn’t kill himself. It’s just not like him AT ALL to do something like this. I feel like there might be another factor to be presented here. I don’t know all the details so I can’t say much.
My friend Chris left today to go back to Chicago…….I’m going to miss him. Sorry to all of you who have been subjected to melancholy attitude lately . I’ve had lot on my mind.
I gave my 2 week notice at work too! I leave the 16th to NY
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