Channeling Judi
January 15th, 2009 / No commentsMade pasta and meatsauce, Snuggied up on the sofa, and watched Shakespeare In Love tonight on DVD. I forgot how awesome Judi Dench is as the Queen. When I was in school, my acting teachers always referenced her performance in this movie as an example of Presence. Her role was minor, she was onscreen for a total of 8 minutes but was so good that she won an Oscar. She is amazing. I feel like I’ve spent most of my life trying to channel that kind of presence. Such a good movie. But still, everytime I see that see that sex scene were Gwyneth Paltrow is spinning around topless and giggling… ugh, I just wanna slap her.
A hotel guest pissed me the fuck off this morning. I helped her with something yesterday and seemingly everything was fine, then I got to work today to find my name in the Manager’s Report b/c of a bogus complaint she made about me. It’s no major big but I don’t appreicate my name getting dragged through mud so some lady can swindle a COMP night from the hotel. Anyway, I’ve learned not to go into details online about work anymore, but I’ll just say that she, her fur coat, and her SUV are best advised to steer clear of any dark alleyways for awhile. I could do straightup Judi Dench on her ass.
A plane crashed into the Hudson river today. Nobody died. Crazy.
Ascension
January 14th, 2009 / No commentsWent to Beyond Thai after work today, which is becoming my favorite haunt. It was empty, I was the only person there for the longest time. Had my laptop with me and just chatted the afternoon away. I ended up cancelling my Snuggie order b/c I found out they were on backorder (overwhelming demand, apparently). But I found out Walgreen’s in Union Sq sells them and so yes, I trekked across town in this recent arctic blast just to get me one.
I have ascended. Life will never be the same, I can already tell. It’s a little thinner than I expected it to me, kinda glossy and flimsy but I think it’ll fuzz up a bit after a good wash.
The Unborn
January 13th, 2009 / No commentsNick and I went to see The Unborn tonight. I love how the whole thing is about demons and the devil and angry spirits of the dead, yet the bad guys are actually the good Christian people of the town. Too perfect. Stopped by Dallas BBQ’s after the movie. I could sip on those Texas-sized pina coladas all day every day.
Came home and made triple berry muffins. Just cuz.
They're even better than they look.
2hr Conversations
January 11th, 2009 / No commentsCalled out of work today. First time EVER since I’ve been at this job. Ok, ok I admit: I got permission ahead of time but still, it felt like I was being bad. They ended up not paying out my sick days from 2008 and just rolled them over instead so I now have 12 sick days to use up. I plan to do it whenever I need an extra day off.
Stopped by B&Noble to dropoff some winter scarves for Mike. I’ve been collecting so many cute ones that I just never ever use and I figured he could rock them out like nobody’s business. Mike never takes these gestures the wrong way, which I love about him cuz they’re not hand-me-downs; they’re really things I just won’t use and don’t want to throw away (ok, and I’m too lazy to lug them to Goodwill). We caught up quickly and then I metup with Jax @ New Wave Cafe.
I had the best day with Jax, which is a given cuz we’re tight like that, but I was especially happy b/c I’ve been out of touch for shit, nearly a year. The last time we hung out, we’d gone to lunch @ Bar 89 and then a movie (Fractured, I think) and I was half-asleep almost the whole time. I had been up till like 3am the night before playing on my new laptop. It was a bum outing and we’ve sort of been drifting since then, so I was so excited to hand with her today! She’s doing so well, looks adorable in her cute short little brown haircut. We got all caught up over brunch and then went to see Bride Wars (cute and funny). Afterwards we wandered into the Empire Hotel, had drinks @ Center Cut, and proceeded to have the best 2hr conversation ever. We’re going to try getting together for drinks this Saturday night @ Pravda. I wandered past it the other day and have been dying to go.
Drunk grocery shopping.
Nick had to work overnight tonight. I sat up, watched the Golden Globes, and went to bed late.
Clip Snip Chop Mop
January 8th, 2009 / 1 comment »
I also just went very blond again, which I like but with this winter freeze the color tends to look dried out sometimes, so I just started using this awesome Coconut Milk anti-breakage serum by Organix. It makes my hair all shiny and playable, not to mention is smells incredible. Now I’m totally addicted to this brand, especially to the TeaTree Mint line. That mess is no joke. I’m all over their products and I love that their website has a blog. The Cucumber Yogurt line is about to come out and I will be all over that shit.
Just so you know.
Coke Whore
January 7th, 2009 / 3 comments »My coke addiction is more serious than I thought. That’s coke not cock, altho… Ahem. Coke as in soda, and clearly it’s not going to be easy kicking it this year. I’ve been having lots of lemon water for the last 3 days and today around noon my head started to ache. Then throb. By the end of the day I felt like the world was spinning around my face. Aspirin didn’t help one bit, I ended up pouring a small glass of Pepsi and took a hit. My headache soothed immediately, which is fucking worrisome cuz it just proves how hard this is gonna be. But I’m determined, it’s just gonna take some weening. Ew that sounds dirty.
The day was dreary outside and it was dead, humdrum day @ work. I ordered Thai for lunch and actually got to enjoy it in the Cafeteria this time w/o any loud housekeepers sqwaking in my hear, or any of those jagged tooth cooks from the kitchen stinking up the room with their gross feet. What’s up with that? How do you just not wash your toes? After work I couldn’t figure out whether to go straight home and sleep the headache off, or try to get my haircut. Ended up running up to the Powder Room (in the rain) but it was closed and I was a throbby, soggy mess in wet socks so I just went home to die a slow death. Watched The Magdalene Sisters online, that movie just pisses me off. I even called Karen to vent my outrage.
Made mixed CD’s for Kellie and Toni, gonna mail them out tomorrow. And watched yesterday’s season premiere of Nip/Tuck. I’ve missed this show. Always loved the way they employ music montages.
Oh we finally got our basement key so now we can start storing things down there. Only be $300 a year, which Nick and I split, so I think it’s worth it to be able to clear away junk that clogs up space in the apartment. Totally worth it. I should probably get rid of some expenses to make up for what I’m spending tho (this is a new thing I’m doing), like I probably don’t need subscriptions to SeanCody and CorbinFischer both. Or do I?
Tree
January 6th, 2009 / No commentsGot a call from mom this past weekend. Looks like G’pa has cancer in his spinal column and lungs. He went into the hospital for pneumonia and they found it, saying he might have about 6 months left. B/c of his age (89) and how frail he is these days, he’s pretty much not going to pursue any aggressive treatment. When people have cancer, your instinct is to tell them they’re going to be OK and that they can beat this but in a situation like this — where we know he’s not going to be fighting it — it’s hard to know what to say instead, everything just feels inappropriate.
G’pa has always been like this giant Texas tree to me, so strong and powerful. Like with G’ma before she passed, I’ve already started coming to terms with the feelings you come across when you have to let go. Maybe that’s a cop out, maybe I should be really distraught over this. Maybe it hasn’t hit me yet. Mom’s taking this all especially hard. I haven’t heard her crying in awhile.
Back to Chili’s
January 5th, 2009 / 1 comment »Went back to Chili’s in Paramus tonight. Mike, Jess, and Carrie came along with Nick and I. We had fun. Also bought some deeper red dye to tint the highlights in my hair that already washed out to pink. Cyclamen and Burgandy should mix into a cool crimsony shade that makes the blond pop.
Didn’t do much else today, just took it easy. Nick’s sister invited us to join them in Spain for Easter, they’ve got access to some huge house we can stay in for free. I told Nick I’d think about it… awesome as it sounds, I’ve been excited to finally take a trip where it’s just us two. I know we’d have fun with his family again, I just really want him all to myself so we can start exploring these things as a couple instead of in a group. Plus he and his sister are so close it’s impossible to feel like you’re not interrupting them when they’re together. We’ll see.
Mom called tonight. G’pa has lung cancer and they’re not sure he’s going to last long. He’s too frail to do a proper biopsy, so this is very sad and serious. She sounded so distraught, he’s really become a father figure to her in ways and I know he’s grown to love her like his own kid. Amazing to see, especially for somebody who resisted her the way he did just for being mexican. I feel weird thinking we might lose him, but I’ll admit not as emotionally impacted as I was when G’ma went tho. I feel bad admitting that even to myself.
Oh I’m also annoyed b/c apparently the company who manufactures the frames I ordered is going out of business and not accepting any new orders. Damn, I was so excited about those white frames too. Found a website listing NYC dealers who supposedly carry the brand so we’ll see what I can find.
Nick cleaned the kitchen really thoroughly today. He’s such a good little houseboy.