'take another little piece of my heart, now baby, you know you got it, if it makes you feel good"--janis joplin

i have the subway sandwich line down pretty well, it doesn't intimidate me

i got to watch the SNL rehearsals today..not in the studio, but from the live feed, and so it was cool to watch them do the promos...let me just say, one of them is pretty funny, the other...not so much, i'm surprised they even used it..whatever...i didnt' get a chance to watch any of the skits, but i think they're doing one about paris hilton's dog, tinkerbell..wheeeeee...

i got sprinkled on when i was walking home from work, and i was actually kind of cool...brrr, i need fall clothes i have summer ones and winter ones, but i need some in-between ones...tomorrow? i'm going to barnes & noble to return the book i got on surrealism because it sucked, and buy the journals of sylvia plath, i'm really excited, because besides e.e. cummings, she's my favorite poet! yessss...so i'm glad i have a non-school book to read

pizza for dinner with lauren & blitch...i guess that's my dinner crowd now...hmm...kept lauren company while she unpacked, then watched the presidential debates..i know how i feel about how each candidate did, but seeing how differnet people reacted, they both think their candidate did amazing...so it's just a personal opinion...whatever...

i got a card from kelbel today, aka friendly...i was so excited!! friend mail!! keep it comin' kids!

my dad sent me pictures of my baby cleo-tis from the costume contest, and i'm trying to put them in here, but i'm having some difficulties, so hopefully shawna can help me with that...she is sooo cute (my little dog)!!

i am determined to buy cute brown shoes and moccasins, jeans, some casual like pants and perhaps a blazer tomorrow...don't really feel that money is an option because i have done very well moneywise, and if i spend it how i have been, i will have plenty leftover to play with and use for entertainment...anyways...it is almost october and that means just 6 weeks left until thanksgiving!!

ick, internship journals due tomorrow, at least i only have this one for this week to do, and type up my earlier ones i had written at the beginning of this...

i'm actually really tired and it's before midnight...i shoudl use this to my advantage...

peace out loves

"i never will forget those nights, i wonder if it was a dream"--the ataris (don henley)

hola mi amigos...

yeah well..it's almost the last day of hispanic heritage month, thought i'd throw a bit of salsa-ness in there! speakin of salsa, gulley and i had a good conversation about latin dancing, apparently he joined the latin dance society his freshmen year, but he claims to have forgotten it all..haha, i told him to try to go to a latin club up here...wouldn't that be way fun? gotta throw the latina hips into action..haha, right.

today, i spent way too long at barnes & noble trying to find a book on surrealism for my paper, i found none of the ones i wanted, you'd think the B&N on 5th ave would have a lot of books...note to self: it doesn't, it's pretty lame ...i bought 2, but i'm going to return on because it sucks, and i didn't even use it as a source...magically i ended up with 5 sources which was cool. it wasn't that great of a paper, but i feel like i can make up for it with my next 2, i was just so lost..iv'e never had to write a paper for joe's class, and i don't know what he expects...apparently i've done well in the other class we have...but who knows? also, i need to get on my screenplay...ahhh, and internship journals are due friday, luckily that is one thing i have been keeping up with! thank the Lord.

2 older guys were being really stupid at B&N, looking at the nude art photography books and laughing, i'm like, how OLD are you? 12?? (they must have been at LEAST 40!) anyways, so that was awkward, becasue i'm just looking for scott mutter's surrealist photography and they're like making fun of a picture of a flower or something that represents something else...geez...then on the way home, apparently everyone and their brother was going home as well, and the streets were jammed with cars and wrecks everywhere..it was the first time i had to weave through cars to get where i needed to go...i wasn't scared because everyone was just at a stand-still, good thing.

pizza for pre-dinner, class, and then mcdonalds with lauren, lindsey and blitch...wheeeee....joe played some impressionist music by debussy in class today, it reminded me of when i was attempting to learn how to play "clair de lune"...i loved that song and it was so hard to play, i loved the challenge..when i go home, i'm going to play some piano i think...

tomorrow? work, maybe a yankees game ? who knows? it's only $8...and free hat night or something weird. otherwise...i'll try to do something else interesting..we watched "eternal sunshine" tonight, ...so i've watched in 2x in 24 hours..geez. great movie though...

peace out

"the world was on fire and no one could save me but you"--chris isaak

work today, i was on the phone with IT for 2 hours trying to fix my computer...

it monsoon-ed here today..thanks hurricane jeanne...matt called me lazy becasue i took the subway from 30 rock to bryant park..sorry, i was wearing open toe-d shoes, and it was pouring like crazy and a block and a half is better than 6 blocks..thanks...anyways...

reading, short/no class, 15 min meeting wtih joe...an unexpected junk food binge turned into a 2 hour dinner at TGI-Fridays with lauren & blitch...how fun! our waiter said he was a film major and gave us some tips...and we gave him bigger tips back i suppose..

so about 4 housr ago i changed my mind on what i was going to write about..thank you Virgin megastore for being 2 mins away from us...i purchased "eternal sunshine of the spotless mind"...i'm using it for my paper, so it's even more justified..yesssss...so i just finished watching that, and what a great movie...and i'm inspired for my paper now...so...i'm going to bed now, and will be waking up in about 7 or so hours to shower, type, research, type some more...how exciting...thanks shawna for your idea on my paper...i'm incorporating part of your ideas into it. :)

i eat too much, spend too much money on food...so it's the pizza diet for the next few days...awesome..

more visitors in 2 weeks!!!!!!! yay!

peace

"someday, when my life has passed me by, i'll lay around and wonder why, you were always there for me"--sugar ray

-work

-meeting with music licensing administrator--anthony denunzio, has an odd fascination with the Baylor Bears, told me to explore all the aspects of whatever medium i want to work in..gee, thanks

-major copying and filing and faxing

-subway for lunch, i was more able to handle the fast pace this time...so they make a crappier sandwich around lunch time...at least i got to eat it

-my soap opera is getting really stupid by the minute..as if shawn would really go for jan, the ugly, psycho, kidnapping whore? (i just have nothing else to watch at 1pm)

-hurricane jeanne is finally getting to us, apparently it's 68 degrees and cloudy outside...

-people are visiting me oct. 10...until forever, i'm excited

-paper due weds? i finally have an idea..then i downloaded an antivirus thingy...thanks for freezing my computer up for an hour, i appreciate it, now i'm too tired to do research... i guess that's what my lunch break is for, not to mention my entire day off on wednesday...who needs to go shopping when you can research?

-mac & cheese for dinner...i spent way too much money on soda and OJ at times deli..never again, and i do mean NEVER again

-i hope that whatever allison has doesnt' travel to the top bunk (no offense al)

...tomorrow? heavy rain, jane pauley, research, read, class...lovely day

did i mention i saw conan o'brien on thursday..like up close and personal...like really up close, in his sweat pants and bad hair day, like when he brushed past me in the hall, i felt the breeze...and noticed that my head came up to his waist...wow, he's a giant. (thanks wigg for giving me that taste of famous-ness)..finally, a star-sighting....and now he'll get jay's spot on the tonight show in 2009...hip hip...well, whatever

peace out

"whatever trouble comes my way, i know that i will be ok, because the love you give me can never be taken away"--steven speaks

hey hey

sorry i haven't had much time to update this whole weekend, but my andy was here and it was sooooo great to see him!! like a little piece of home up here in the Big Apple..then it just made me sad for him to leave..in fact, i had to pinch myself several times this weekend to make sure he was really here, that this wasn't just something i had dreamt up...in fact, as i'm writing this, i'm wondering, when will i wake up...but then i realize...no it was real.

so this weekend was way fun, even though i got us incredibly lost all over new york, he was sooo very patient with me. i love that about him, when i'm anxious or upset, he's calm, and vice versa...we're good with each other that way...even if we were walking next to the Projects in Brooklyn, and I was frustrated because I had no idea where we were going and I said, "ya know, i don't really feel comfortable walking to the Aquarium", he said, no problem and turned me around and we walked right back to the subway station...awww, boyfriend!

anyway, we had many different adventures. we went to Central Park, the zoo in Cent. Park, the MET, ate pizza, ate chinese, ate italian, ate seafood,...and more pizza, haha. we went to Coney Island and the NYC Aquarium, went to see a movie, walked all around New York, SoHo, Chinatown, etc. it was so much fun, I'm glad we had a chance to get lost, becasue it taught me to chill out and also helped me with my sense of direction. We didnt' get a chance to get to the Empire State building, but that's ok. the lines were ridiculous. i just realized that we didn't take any pictures either, but there wasn't much to take pictures of. I mean, yeah, us, but we have plenty of pictures. and I haven't really been camera-happy here, even though there's much to see..i guess i think i'll look like too much of a tourist...ah well. it's ok, we have plenty of pictures of us!

so, i sent andy off today, very sad :(...but it won't be too long before i see him again, and my mom, rose and thad are coming to see me in 2 weeks!! yesssssssss! (think napoleon dynamite) and i should know my way around a little more.

so we had that dumb walking tour today, it was long and boring, and i didn't know waht he was talking about, but i took pictures then (yeah, call me dumb). we walked through this islamic festival...the smell of food and incense took me back to saudi days *sigh*. then we basically had to walk back home...gosh, i've walked way too much this weekend, but that's ok...good for teh body, the heart, the legs..blah blah. then we had a floor meeting again..they are just so boring and about the same crap. nobody cleans up after themselves, same people come in drunk and loud all the time, staying out until all hours of the night...and morning. so, the people here are not really thinking clearly..that's fine. whatever.

so apparently a lot of the floor think my boyfriend is cute/adorable/hot...well, the last one was said by stephen gulley and blitch...so i dont' know what that means, but everyone seemed to like my boyyyy, so that's always good. tonight we had dinner at hardrock cafe...yay...i need to stop spending so much money on food..bleh..plus i had to refill my metro card today...another $70 ..wheeeeeeee...

i have a really bad headache right now...but i took some medicine and it's going away..i think i'm just tired b/c i'm used to sleeping until noon on weekends...that's ok though, i'm going to bed early tonight. you know, i had a lot more funny things to say in my blog...and they just aren't coming out...hmm, perhaps my comedic mood will hit later on this week..oh right, i have a paper due on weds..neat.

peace out

"i'll be all you need, close your eyes and just believe"--dave barnes

so, ...the lecture, interesting to say the least..i think i understood only about 10 words in his speech...well whatever..i had some chardonnay...and a coke, and some weird hors'd'oerves (sp?)...in the subway, the marks and lauren and i decided to take some random photos, hopefully when lauren puts them up i can snag them onto my site..yay! while we were in the subway of course, we had to listen to some random old, maybe homeless, guy talk about everything under the sun, why is kidnapping kidnapping, did kobe bryant really rape that girl? blah, blah...*sigh* only in new york city...then, matt, kenzie and jenni joined us, and we all pretended we were very "high society"...riiight. interesting...to say the least..

i don't know what i did between then and now...i hung out in the common room, ate the rest of my noodles, talked to my andy, who is so excited about coming up here!! yay! less than 24 hours!! everyone here sounds excited to meet him and i'm excited that they're excited...and well, i could just go on, but i'll stop.

then, i don't know how i ended up in the kitchen, but gulley and i started talking about social functions and i told him about why i got out of KXA, he told me about his FIJI adventures, not really sure, but now it's 2am, and it's always good to have really in depth talks about things, and we started talkign about music, blah, blah, future, blah, blah...he started playing ryan long, who i actually KNOW, i heard him at the young life camp that i went to 4 years ago..way cool, then blitch kicked me out because he had to sleep...oh silly mark! haha..anyways, it was good, then i helped lauren figure out what to wear..i think i helped her, i think she figured it out herself, but i tried...now i'm in my room, wishing i dind't have to work tomorrow...bleh

soooooo
tomorrow: work 10-4, laundry, finish paper, wait for andy! :) yay!

peace

"there's got to be something better than in the middle"--the wallflowers

inspired...because i think i figured out my event for my paper in communication & culture...
uninspired for my paper in art & the moving image...argh
..how about i don't think about that until sunday night? ok..great...super! ARGH ...i forget i have homework..and what's that? i have to write a screenplay too?!

went to ollie's with kenzie and matt, yay! chinese food and good at that!! they gave us mini take out boxes for our food, they're little!

i got really excited today because i keep thinking of the new boston terrier puppy i'm going to buy (hopefully) in december...it's going to be cute..and little...and waaaaaaaaaaaaay cute (wait i already said that)

tonight? lecture...wine & cheese...dressing up...

tomorrow? ANDY!!!!!!!!

peace out

"i wish it was christmas today..."--SNL skit with horatio, jimmy, chris kattan and tracy morgan

i hate blogger right now
it just erased my ass long entry..(which you might be happy about)

basically i just talked about how i was starting to appreciate my job a bit more since i'm being given more responsibility..i got to watch the jane pauley show (Which sucks) and write down all the music being played..then my boss got to yell at the music people who wrote the cue sheet and get mad becasue they forgot to mention SEVERAL songs they used on the show..hi, legality??? does suing mean anything to you?...wow, i'm speaking like i'm a big shot music licensing manager...anywhoo..the job isn't fabulous or glamourous and i'm still hoping for the sight of a celebrity..but i am learning a lot and know what i'm doing is important for the department so i feel satisfied.

tomorrow...lecture at the university club with a pre-wine & cheese reception, lecture, then followed by another reception..we hope for free food...

thursday...BOYFRIEND!!! yesssssssssssssssss...

friday? central park zoo, empire state building..i'm really excited about the zoo! yay!

tomorrow...? homework ? (maybe) shopping ?(doubtful), waking up late ? (a definite)..wine intake (minimal to moderate.. i DO have to work thurs morning)...

i got my box of winter clothes today, 2 days too late, but i'm sure they'll come in handy soon...
i'm really excited for the tree to come up in Rock center...sooo excited for snow..

i just stayed up to watch family double dare with some peeps...wow, it's sad how nerve-racking that last competition gets!! Argh...

peace out? (yes, time for that...hope i don't lose my entry this time!) *cross fingers*

lata hata-s

"she's got a smile, that it seems to me, reminds me of childhood memories, where everything was as fresh as a bright blue sky"--guns 'n roses

hey

the funniest thing that i was asked today? "would you like some peanuts?" now this doesn't sound funny, but when you're walking to work, hoping that some stupid taxi doesn't decide to run you over when you're hurridely walking through the crosswalk and trying to get through the bustling crowd to your job...a guy on the side corner asking you if you would like some peanuts? while handing you a bag of peanuts and a Planter's button...definately makes your morning a little brighter..needless to say, i treated him like all of the people on the corners, and politely said "no thank you" and kept on my way...mornings are the worst for the corner vendors i feel, becaue everyone is in a hurry, and no one wants to pick up peanuts or falun dong (sp?) newspapers or the latest flyer from the 2nd floor barber shop, no matter how good the special is...apparently they go on all the time since they're on the corner all the time...

today..work, a hopeful trip to either the Gap or the grocery store..i'd go for groceries, also..homework!! hard core homework and paper writing! anyways, the bottom line is?...eat in as much as possible, except for lunch, becaus i need to save my money for when my andy comes! yay only 3 more days! :)

peace

"feelin' tired, by the fire, the long day is over"--norah jones

hey loves

what a lovely lazy weekend...after once again being sucked into a late night last night...yes, i believe it was around 330 (geeez)...i woke up and sat in the common room for awhile, showered and hung out in lauren & lindsay's room for a little bit when i started to remember that oh yes, i do have class while i'm here...and it was good to be there because i remembered that i had to write some paragraphs for some cultural ideas or whatever they are by wednesday...oh and did anyone remember we have a paper to write by next wednesday? umm yeah, so i have to think of something to write about...something about a movie relating to another form of art...any ideas? well whatever, lauren looked online for places to get a pedicure and finally we found a close and cheap one up near 9th ave on 45th...i finally got ready and we took our journey over there...

the pedicure was eh..i mean it was $25 and that was what we paid for in new york...i even pay almost $35 in austin and they really take their time...anyways, we wont' be going back there..it wasn't bad..just probably would have been worth it to spend a little more...then on the way home, we walked through this broadway flea market where all these vendors were selling things from broadway...autographed playbills, posters, toe shoes, shirts, you name it, it was being sold...it was interesting...then we went down to SoHo and tried to meet kenzie and jenni down there, the minute we got off the subway we both had already spent $5 on these really great bracelets (yes i'm wearing bracelets now...wow) and started walking around, i bought some shoes..! yes, for $20..finally, even if i WAS looking for brown and i found black...eventually we found jenni & kenzie and walked around, we decided we're going to purchase some moccasins..it's decided...they're way cute...anyways, i started feeling faint and starving..so lauren and i found the italian restaurant we ate at last time we were down there. we were so proud of ourselves for actually finding it...!! so i had some wonderful salmon fettucini! yum! then came back home...

i chilled for a bit, then we went to get some hot chocolate and chai at starbucks around the corner, and came back and watched "punch drunk love"..i have been tired since about 10pm, so i'm happy about that..it seems liek people are starting to feel sick around here, and i would choose to get sick any other weekend but this upcoming one!! (or when my mom comes up either!) so i took some nyquil and vitamin C and hopefully that will help ward off anything until after sunday!!! i am totally excited for thursday!! yay!!!!!!!!

shoutout to shawna for calling me from the ACL fest while jack johnson was playing! yay shawna!! i wish i had been there :(

peace out loves

"and there were so many fewer questions, when stars were just the holes to heaven"--jack johnson

hey,
don't be sad because i didn't get a chance to update yesterday...lol
thursday night was sort of a bumm night, i was really homesick that night...and i have obviously adopted serious insomniac tendencies along with my entire new york family..so i don't think i've gone to sleep before 3am since tues night...yeah, that's pretty awesome.

anyways, friday morning i was woken up by a phone call from my mom..she said she had a surprise...it was that andy is coming up here on THURSDAY!! i am so very excited!! and after almost 8 hours of looking for cheap hotels, not counting the 2 i went to go look at, we found one! yay!
anywhooooo, mark, matt and i had NBC intern orientation on friday, and when we got there we had to meet someone and introduce them to the group, i met this guy named nelson who works with conan in the scripts dept with mark...apparently he's working for NBC but not in school, which is apparently something not many people know about (you are supposed to be getting class credit...but whatever)...it was interesting, learned about the company some and how to make the best of our time there, the intern manager makes herself available to check out resumes and do mock interviews, and also let us know a little bit about networking too. it was actually pretty helpful..

after that, mark and i went to get some lunch at mcdonalds..i say lunch it was almost 4pm. came back, and...why am i drawing a blank about what i did between that and dinner? i think i looked for hotels that's why, oh yeah, amanda, lauren and i went to get movie tickets for a sneak preview of "shaun of the dead" and then lauren and i went to connally's to get some dinner...the food is SOOO good and not unreasonably priced for where the locale is..it was pretty loud, but we had a good conversation anyways...she's like my new BFF ("besties"! haha, just kidding lauren!) then we came back and went to the movie...i hadn't seen any previews for it but i was being social, anyways, it was a pretty good movie, it had several elements that every movie should have, a little horror, a little drama, a little comedy, a little romance...it was a british film and it was great...i'm so careful about the movies i see here b/c the tickets are $10.50..and i don't want to waste my money on crappy movies..anyways, it was worth it...then just came back here and looked for hotels again...no luck, then didnt' get to bed until like 430am...bleh

i actually woke up to the sound of thunder this morning around 8am...it was weird b/c texas thunderstorms are so soothing to me and just make me want to cuddle in bed forever...this was cool, just a little more scary...anyways, we had an architectural walk we were supposed to go on, but at 1030 i woke up to check email and joe had emailed to say it was cancelled..yay! more sleep time...anyway, i went back to bed until about noon...and looked for more hotels, i called around and finally found one that sounded decent...about 5 hours later, we were ready to start our day..(ok it's 5pm right now) so kenzie, matt, lauren & i went to Tiffany's & co...and it was SOOO Cold outside..liek 59 !!! i have NOO winter clothes!!! :( so all i had on was a tank top and the only sweater i have, which is cotton..and jeans..soo cold...Tiffany's was cool, I mean maybe it was because we only had 10 minutes to browse, but when we went to the engagement ring section, i was amazed by how the whole place sparkled, but i wasn't like hey, that's an AMAZING ring (well except for the pink diamond in platinum diamond band...besides the point, it was probbaly the price of J.Lo's)...and also, they didnt' even have princess cut diamonds, ..and they call themselves a JEWELRY store! ;) just kidding...anyway.....we went to go check out the hotel i saw and it looked like it would do, good local, decent price, etc. etc...and came home.

a bunch of peopel were going to dinner, but lauren & i decided we didn't want to go all over new york tonight (hellooo it's cold! lol) and met mark on the corner, and we ended up going to Chevy's, this mexican restaurant on 42nd st. i was a little wary because iv'e heard not good things about the mexcian food here...welll...it wasn't bad...i had enchiladas, i've had better, but i wasn't disappointed..maybe just in the price, but that's to be expected...anyways..mark rented a bunch of movies and so maraton movie night it is

peace out my playas

"they're telling secrets that should never be revealed"--sarah mclachlan

my good moments of my day...so far:

*doing saturday night live cue sheets, not last call with carson "the tool" daly ones and getting more involved with more licensing information.
*finding out that when SNL starts filming, i get to go up to the 17th floor and pick up scripts every thursday (this raises my chances of seeing celebrities by about 44%).
*having a big, hot out of the oven, gooey, cheesey piece of pizza for lunch..yummm
*if you count seeing gus-gus, the 6th floor "pet"/mouse early this morning at like 330am and then watching caleb attempt to catch him, i guess that was alright
*finding out we don't have class until 830pm tonight!! (and it's just a guest speaker!)
*getting excited about a surprise i got set up for my andy today

my bad moments...so far:

*doing music research out the wazooo
*my boss assuming i could finish 6 SNL cuesheets from the 1980s (reruns) in 25 minutes..luckily i got to leave a little before 5, having just 3 left to do.
*having to spend most of my lunch reading instead of watching "days" (yeah, i'm retarded)
*getting only 4.5 hours of sleep last night because of my new yorker insomniac tendencies that i have adopted
*only having 2 pictures on my roll of film left...(this is bad because i want them developed like 3 days ago...yeah i know what i just typed)
*knowing that the austin city limits festival starts tomorrow and i'm 1500 miles away...:(

peace out..i'm going to try to read...or sleep..yeah, sleep...haha

"the time to hesitate is through"--the doors

last night a bunch of us went to bubba gump's, just down the street, it was waay good, and it was really fun...apparently b/c we were there for like 2 hours...

what a lovely lazy wednesdays...those are my wednesdays..lazy...yesssss..well i really did have a longing to go search for my jeans and brown shoes, but i decided not to...apparently my mom signed me up for some mutual fund and they had to come to give me a physical exam at the Lambs..awesome, so the guy drew my blood and all that good stuff, it was like a hospital on wheels..well that was like at 2pm, then i just lazed around until about 4 when traci and i went to Staples and i wasn't going to buy anything, but they had like this special deal on sharpie's for like $9 and there was a billion in the package, so i broke down..you know, me and pens...

anyways, came home, and tried to read, but couldn't, so i made my stove top chicken dish..it was alright, i felt like i made it wrong, but it was still good...of course no adventure in the kitchen is complete without a visit from crumbled up pieces of paper thrown at you and other people by our very own caleb/RA...i knew it was bad after one ended up in my cream of mushroom soup...niiice...whatever, ate, then went to class, bleh...

after that, came upstiars, been talking to andy, and that's about it..:)..anythign exciting happen today? no, but tomorrow i am getting my pictures developed and that's THAT!!

tomorrow..work and class that we didnt' have on tuesday + guest speaker...maybe i'll see someone in the elevators..who knows...pizza for lunch again? i think so ;)

peace out

"it's tuesday and you know what that means...yesterday was monday!"--ellen

so i actually got to do something different today besides cue sheets...i actually have some part in the legal issues that come through now...i input all of the cue sheets that they use for the shows, i'm especially doing "last call with carson daly"...eh..carson daly, not a huge fan..but whatever...i had to write up some letters and stuff for requesting license agreements, so i'm more like an music services assistant rather than an intern now...having stuff go through me now..so it's starting to make me feel somewhat useful and important...good deal...

i started off the day not wanting to be there, just wanted to sit and do nothing..i'm not sure what it was...anyway, i got over it. i had pizza for lunch, i had to go cheap because we're about to go eat bubba gump for dinner...

what a boring entry.

peace out.

"when you're not here, it's hard to pretend, it's all right"--dave matthews band

worked today...it's just starting to get really tedious...i'm hoping to see some sort of celebrity on the elevator..i'm keeping my eyes open..either that or in the food court...i have to admit it's cool to finally have a real badge...and i get to watch tv all day..i just feel like i'm doing the same things over and over, and at least the stuff i do is pertinant to the company and they use all the stuff i do...

i wore my new gray skirt, it's really flowy..or something...i like it...wanna go back to soho and buy more things...:)

i love walking to work in the morning and seeing the red radio city sign...it's uplifting..i know, i'm weird. and i also love feeling like i live here, and i'm not a tourist..boy you can spot THEM a mile away..not sure if it's the lost look, the fanny pack or the map in their hands....whatever it is..it's obvious...am i really becoming part new yorker?

well i feel really antisocial because i talk to andy for hours on end..but today i didn't feel so bad because lauren was like that's ok, i just talked to joel for 3 hours...ok *sigh of relief*...i just sat in the common room for 30 minutes with the gang and watched the end of a really sad horror movie...wow...anyways...it's only 1130, but i feel like i should actually get some sleep tonight, maybe get to work on time.

i love my andy

my most favorite moment of the day? finding out that the nationwide boston terrier rescue, inc is in del valle, like very close to me in austin...i told andy..in november, apartment shopping, december, puppy shopping! yay!

peace out

"you don't have to be frightened with my love, because, i'll never give up on you"--janet jackson

i went shopping in the garment district with lauren and all i bought was a belt and a bracelet...i am on a mission to find jeans and cute skirts + tops, and a new black hoodie...also some brown-round-toed shoes..preferrably steve maddens. i'll be back, garment district...just you wait...

on a different note, i talked to andy for 2 hours total on the phone and 4 hours online...such is my life...and i wonder why i miss him so much. (thank goodness for weekend minutes and free internet)

november 19, please hurry!!

night all.

"i got my maple syrup, everything, but you"--jewel

hey hey

sooo...yesterday was sept. 11...i was reading my journal from last year and that was when i revisited what i was doing on that day.. you know, it's one of those days where you remember exactly where you were, what you were doing, etc. well i won't relive that moment...but being here in the city that the event occurred in, on the day that it occurred on, 3 years later...well i felt different. i wish that i had taken the time to go down to Ground Zero and experienced that, because i doubt i'll be here again on yesterday's date. but i think about what that entails, and i always feel so somber about that date..and i'm not sure i could have handled going down there at all. at night, you can see the lights from the towers beaming up through the entire city, no matter where you are...that brought on enough emotion for me...and as much as i wanted to take a picture of the beams..i just couldn't bring myeslf to...i just can't bring myself to do that..it bothers me when people go down there and take pictures, it makes my stomach turn..i don't know...if you did it,..oh well..i just can't bring myself too, and i don't think it makes you a bad person for doing it...ok..can i go on about this any longer?

...lighter subject..

yesterday, i went shopping with allison, traci, amanda and lauren, i finally bought something..yes, i have been spending mosto f my money on food and movies..so finally, i thought YES!...whatever. i bought a skirt from necessary clothing that i really liked. what else? well, we found this REALLY great hole in the wall italian restaurant and i had some amazing salmon ravioli...yum! then came back here, chanegd and got ready to go out with steph-ho for her birthday...the best part of the walk to the subway...some random guy telling steph her pants fit real nice...new yorkers.

we met her friend jason and his friend beth down at this bar/restaurant called the blue mill cafe or something, had a drink there, and then moved on to this place called "luke & leroy", which was an 80s club..apparently we were dressed inapproriately, because you had to dress as if you were IN the 80s, caleb had met up with us and so there was now 5 of us, and the bouncer or whatever said he could only let 3 of us in, so we decided to go to this place called Niagra..it was sort of a hole in the wall way off where i'd never been before, (that's not saying much), and we went down to the basement and got our groove on..i had SOO Much fun..at one point i think i was dancing on the little platform all by myself giving the girl who was pole dancing some healthy competition...niiice, except i wasn't wearing a sequined bikini, but ya know? i'm ok with that..lol. so then caleb, steph and i shared a cab home..steph lost my jacket...but i mean that's ok...anywhooo, great night..best night of my new york experience..so far...

anywhoo, i have nothign today but talk to my andy :) i love him! it's 4pm and now lauren and i are getting ready to go to the garment district...yay for clothes..if i buy anything today...apparently i spent a lot of money last night...bleh

peace out

rebellion, no more

so i took out my belly button ring for real tonight. i've been thinking about taking it out for awhile because it was such a college "rebellion" and that's so over for me right now. i'll never forget the $25 i spent on you little piercing or the fun i've had changing your "clothes". you did me well, and i'm ready to grow up...thank you.

i wrote a poem tonight too..i'm so freakin' sappy right now...i'm debating on posting it or not..we'll see..maybe you'll get lucky...i haven't written for a year i think...wow...to get inspired to write again? that's pretty odd for me..

why am i still up? i have no reasons

"and you know it's really not surprising, it gets better when you get there.."--phil collins

today...what did i do? well, i woke up late (of course) in true new york fashion...showered, then went to tribeca with wiggy to eat some thai food, yum! then we walked around chinatown for a little bit and looked at shoes..(of course, that's what i always do with him--geeeezzzz)...came back, and then i went off to get some piece of mind and did some shopping. i went to the Gap because i really want some jeans and they have some great cordorouys...well, the jeans, not so much, but the cordorouys were...almost perfect...i tried on a size too big (which was nice) at first, and was like, ok, i'll just go get a different size, but the color was a lighter gray than what i wanted..in fact i wasn't even sure it was gray...but anywhoo..then i walked over to the massive H&M on 5th ave. yeah...massive, as well as a total mess and totally crowded, i felt like it didn't calm me down, but wound me up...so i took the "treasures" and just put them back..i wasn't in full shopping mode and didnt' want to make any purchases i wasn't sure of.

then came back, and i don't know, did nothing for awhile? fell asleep and then went with a bunch of folks to little italy to eat. of course, once we got there, we coudln't really agree on anything, so we split up and went to 2 different restaurants..i got some fettucini alfredo, it was pretty good, the sauce wasn't as thick as it can usually be and i really like that. we sat next to a table of 5 gay guys and that was pretty entertaining. then, we were going to go to serendipity 3, but i wasn't really in the mood for 1. dessert (am i ever?) and 2. spending more money, since i'd eaten out for both meals today....so we got lost on the way to the subway station which is always fun, and i got off in times square and almost got lost ont he way home, but it's ok...i saved myself..anywhoo, i came home and have just been chillin'...

i really dont' like the weekends because they make me miss andy even more. :( it's really because over the summer that was what my weekends were...andy weekends...*sigh* ...i can't wait to get out of school and start thinking about our future ...wow, can i be anymore depressing? awesome..

peace out

tomorrow is sept. 11--never forget

"reach out and touch faith"--depeche mode

another day in the big apple...work wasn't so bad..i keep getting stuff to do and although it's the same things basically, i learn a lot..the highlight of my day was finding out that the entire cast of SNL works on the floor above me..i decided i should pay more attention on the elevator from now on..what exactly have i been doing??

anyway, i debated on shopping after work, but since we had to go to this movie screening i decided to come home instead, besides i have all day tomorrow...so i came home, talked to andy some, got a GREAT package from my mom! yay! tortillas!! and the goods to make frito pie! and fruit roll-ups!!! and....chocolate..mom, i dont' really like it, but it disappeared in like 5 seconds from fellow roommates...anythign community here goes like hotcakes, it's great...hmm, i tried to nap for a little bit, but to no avail...

i looked for jobs, as i am officially on a pre-job-hunt until about mid-october when i'll start REALLY looking and i found a PERFECT job, it fits many criteria except for like one...1. it's in texas 2. it's in austin (one of the cities i prefer) 3. it's for a radio station 4. it's for an assistant producer position 5. the pay is average for what i should make coming right out of college ..i mean, a single girl could survive ok on it 6. i met not only the main requirements, but even some of the PREFERRED ones...YAY! that is so my job and i can only hope and pray that something that good will come up in 4 months...and hopefully be around the waco/temple/killeen area..sorry, i'm a hopeless romantic and i miss my boyfriend..anyway, then we left to go see our movie.."koyanisqutasa" or something along those lines..sorry i can't spell...we even got free popcorn and soda! yay!

the movie: it was basically just like a bunch of different images put together but they all represented the downfall of society. i thought it was great, i remember when joe showed us some of it in production methods 2...my favorite sequence was the fast paced city scene, but it started to make me dizzy after awhile...wow...anyways, then there was a little reception afterwards with an open bar and some cheese and weird tortilla roll thingies...i had some wine, but eh...after i went to barnes & noble to look for my screenwriting book with lauren & lindsey..i of course, didn't find it...neat. came back and got all comfortable, and then remembered i didn't eat dinner so i went with traci and caleb to eat at this place called "connally's" it was like a pub of some sort, and it was really good, so i woudl recommend that place to anyone it's just one street over on 45th..awesome..hmm, waht else?

wow i really thought that my entry would be a lot different or more exciting...i suppose not..wow i'm like really in my "missing boyfriend" mode...i really am about to start a countdown to nov. 19, because it's pretty much getting ridiculous that we probably won't be able to see each other until then and it's very obvious that we're going to be missing each other until that day!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHH ..i miss my boyfriend :( *sigh*

until tomorrow...when i WILL be going shopping, i dont' care how much money i spend..i have it and i'm going to use it...at least i can say i ate well and have cute clothes...daaaaaang

peace

"if i ever needed your arms to hold me, baby, it's tonight"--jude cole

well, well

what a day! haha, i really did nothing at all...it was wednesday so i didn't have to work, and not many of us have wednesday off so it's always really quiet around here. i did my laundry and i don't know what else i did...hmm...i read some, talked to andy some, talked to shea-shea (who got a job! yay sheavon!) , got really excited about the tortillas that are coming to me in the mail tomorrow..! yay mom!...went to duane reade's with kenzie to pick up a few items in the rain..as badly as i wanted to go shopping, i just really coudln't bring myself to go out in the dreary weather with hundreds/thousands of others with umbrellas, trying NOT to get poked in the eye...awesome..so i stayed in..and slept and was lazy..i read some for class...made some spaghetti, then went to class...i prefer today's class to tuesday's...tuesdays are more philosophical and it really just goes over my head..but today's are always interesting about art or film, and i can tell that will be my favorite..does it really matter? i have to write papers in both of them..bleh..

after class, kenzie, jenni, emily, lauren and i were gonna go to the thai place across the street but it was closed, so we walked down to ollie's where i proceeded to get the world's largest bowl of wonton soup...kenzie told me that it was so big i could fit my face into it..awesome..the egg roll was a monster size as well...geez, but whatever it only cost me $7..only? then kenzie and jenni and went to starbucks..well i asked them to come with me, i'm in a really weird mood for comfort food...including chocolate or peppermint mochas (only available during xmas or so they say...you can have them make anything)..so they were good sports, b/c it seemed like we waited an hour for my tall peppermint mocha and when i finally got it, it was actually blended and cold..and i just looked at it and the barista was like "it's a peppermint mocha" and i said,..i realize that, but it's COLD and i asked for it hot...and here comes the new yorker in me, i just looked at her in such a way that for some reason made her take it back and make me a new one that was HOT! yessssssssss! (sorry ladies...) so an hour later, we made it back...i feel like it was worth the wait, but it should never take that long. whatever..i'm blogging early tonight, and i have also made a list of things i miss about texas..i was in a really pensive mood today..journaling, thinking about the future, thinking about what i miss...:-/..and ick, i smell like starbucks...so enjoy the list, leave me hugs & kisses, and await the time when my list will not be what i miss about texas, but what i'll miss about new york

dear texas,
i miss you and the following items, i will be back to pick them up ASAP or nov. 19, whichever happens first:

1. my parents
2. my andy
3. my little bulldogs
4. my fab 5 roommates
5. chili's
6. target
7. wal-mart
8. vitek's
9. a #1 from bush's w/ a sweet tea
10. SWEET TEA in general
11. my car
12. my foam bed
13. chicken fried steak
14. patty's taco house aka breakfast tacos, enchiladas, REAL mexican food
15. cheap grocery prices
16. my pool
17. taco bell
18. $6 movie tickets
19. my andy (oh wait, did i already say that?)
20. quiet time during certain tv shows
...and the list will probably get longer...

peace out

"i can honestly say, that things can only get better"--elton john

hey hey
i always seem to forget to journal until the end of the night and i think to myself.."Self, what exactly did you do today that would be of interest to others?"..

well i went to work, and my work really seems to go by quickly.. anyway, i finally finished typing up my boss's rolodex into my computer, and then forwarded them to her. went to lunch, had chinese, yum! and i then made a bunch of copies, faxes, etc. wheee...i got out at 5, and came home, tried to read for class, ended up napping some, got some pizza..i'm telling you, this pizza diet is workign really well, i've lost 2 lbs...haha!

class was @ 7, we ended up getting a 30 minute break, and got out just in time to watch the new real world season in philadelphia..i can already tell who i don't like...the guys, willie (who used to be on ghostwriter!! HAHAH!), karambo, landon, and MJ and girls, shavonda (do i KNOW any of these people's names? no..), melanie and sarah...well out of the guys, i really only like willie, karambo and landon (MJ just seems like he'll be trouble) and the only girl i like is shavonda..melanie from the previews seems too dramatic, and sarah is the type of girl i can't stand..why can't girls just leave guys alone who have girlfriends, i dont' care if you're drunk or not...as you can tell i'm a little sore on this subject, hmmm...so that's that...we'll see how this season goes...i'm also excited about battle of the sexes II..yay..just miss the fab 5 roomies to enjoy it with me..miss you ladies!!

anyways, i talked to my mom, talked to andy...i'll be getting tortillas on thursday!! YESSSSS!! and...i went to go make some popcorn and now the whole floor smells like burnt something...sorry folks..didn't realize the smell would travel all the way through the vents...oh well..now i'm just sitting..it's only 1230am, so my bedtime's not usually for another 2 or so hours...

tomorrow? sleepin' in, readin', maybe shopping? i want to buy soem cordorouys and cute skirts..

peace out

"let go your heart, let go your head, and feel it now"--david gray

well i'm just updating because i've gotten in the habit of updating everyday...so i guess i will..but the fact is..i did absolutely nothing today...and it was GREAT...since i was sick last night, i just really had no energy and despite the temptation to go play in Central Park, i declined..twice...because i just felt like chillin'....and so i did just that..i watched tv, i played online, talked on the phone, napped, and just ... WAS...it was great!!

anywhoo..tomorrow, work once again and class as well..speaking of..i suppose i shoudl start on that reading..yeah that's right, i have classes to take too...dang it!

the funniest thing that happened to me today...besides watching the E! True Hollywood story on the gymnast girls...(ok, just imagine a group full of people making fun of gymnasts)...was talking to my one of my bff's laura bundy and having her tell me a story about laura borrego, fellow fab 5 roommate and starting it liek this "do you remember when we were in college...?" ..well yes, laura bundy as a matter a fact i DO...in fact, i am STILL IN IT!! whatever, i laughed for awhile

peace out

"everybody's saying everything is alright"--travis

hey hey my loves

welll...sorry i would have updated yesterday but i was pretty sick, so i had no energy to do that.

anyhooo..matt and i left around 1 to go get the train to jersey (sorry, that's NEW jersey) to go meet up with that guy we had met in Vegas. So we got there eventually, lol. actually it only takes about 10 mins to actually get to jersey, and then it was about a 35 min ride from there...so on the train ride i spent the entire time looking out the window...there were TREES and GREEN and HOUSES!! new jersey is sooo cute, it just looks like small-town setting, with little streets and actual places to drive your cars and things like that. after gary picked us up, i just stared out the window (again) thinking, i could totally live here..maybe it was the quiet we experienced as we stepped off the train, or the calmness of the town, or the ability to drive or the bed, bath and beyond next to the TJ maxx that made it feel a little bit more normal. Another thing about it was once we stepped off the train it was like it had all of a sudden turned a little cold..so glad i brought my jacket...it was so nice to actually feel 70 degree weather in september.

anyways, we went to their office and looked around, then went to the grocery store and it was a REAL one, it was the closest thing to HEB that i've seen here, and the prices were cheaper of course, than in the city. we drove back to their house, and sat and watched Top Gun, while Dick brought us some drinks, and this was probably the beginning of what i should never have started. i mean, granted, it was some mango drink that looked like a margarita (my fav), but...hmm, then i had a screwdriver or something, and started to feel queasy...anyway, for dinner, pork chops and stuff...i'm not a huge pork chop fan, and it will probably stay that way until i can get over how i felt last night. so we left there about 930 and i just felt horrible all the way home. luckily, our lazy butts decided to take the subway from penn station back to times square (only 10 blocks away from our house, but subway is easier..lol) and outside times square, i saw my first real act of violence i think.

it's interesting to me i think that just the night before i saw some NYPD cop posing for pictures with some ladies, and LAST night i saw one pinning down some guy and maceing his eyes..and he wouldn't stop...and of course, there was quite a crowd surrounding him..it was interesting to say the least, matt and i just stood there wondering exactly what caused the incident, but to no avail...plus i was about to toss my cookies i think...anyways, we got home...needless to say i was in bed at 11, thinkin gi felt better, but when at 3am i woke up again ..or not woke up but got out of bed since i dont' think i really even fell asleep to begin with...i felt better anyway after that, and woke up this mornign to the sound of a text message from boyfriend :)..then my mom called and i told her i would call her back sinc ei was still sleeping...

word to the fam: congratulations erica for the future marriage! yay! see ya in december kiddo!

today...well, i guess i shoudl shower and then i don't know what i'm going to do, but it's labor day and i have the day off, and the high is liek 75 or something..awesome

peace out

"i'm dizzy from all this spinning"--dave matthews

hey hey
so another weekend in the Big Apple...we all slowly and groggily woke up pretty early this morning...(pretty early being like 9am) haha, to hop on the train to Queens for our field trip to the Museum of the Moving Image. Queens was where us Baylor folks felt at "home" because it was more of a ghetto place, like waco is to us..awww...home...lol. The museum was actually really cool, made me remember how much I liked sound editing. There was some interactive things that you could do, and you could actually go into a booth where you could like put your voice in some famous scenes, like Wizard of Oz, My Fair Lady, and stuff liek that. Anyways, it was funny. After that, some of us walked down Broadway and ate lunch at this little Eurocafe, I had this great salami panini and a crepe for dessert..yum! anyways, then wiggy and i went to get groceries, which was ever so fun..it's so weird here, everything is so small, and it's like people only get groceries for a week, so there aren't like gallons of milk and stuff...whatever. and i do miss having a car...we had to carry those groceries back home..but at least i'll have nice calves and a nice butt when i come home..with all this walking up and down stairs and aroudn the city and what not...

anywhoooo...came home and pretty much just lazed around for awhile, did some laundry, then some of us decided to go out to the China Club...apparently it was free cover for ladies and open bar from 10-11, so we got there, and got in around 1020, and it was basically just one free drink..neat...anyways, we did some dancing..it was very ethnic, and i don't mean that in an ugly way..there was just a lot of indian people. anywhooo...lots of dancing, that was fun! then we came home...and now we're watcing "hero"..i think..anyways, it was purchased bootleg..awesome...i really felt liek i had a lot more to talk about, but i guess not...

"so let go, let go, jump in, well, whatcha waitin' for..."--frou frou

hey hey

so what did i do today? haha, what a life! so today i went shopping with emily and traci. we walked around for awhile to find a bank so traci could deposit her money, and then we walked around to find the carnegie deli..which we finally did, and also, now i know where the letterman show is..cool...anywhoo, we ate, then made our way down to Chinatown and found Bloomingdales...just a little out of my price range, i suppose...in fact, i didn't really even buy anythign today, what a bummer!

blah, blah...came back home, and i guess relaxed...then went out with some of the girls to go see "garden state"..GREAT MOVIE!! anyways, i am soo tired today, i've been tired since i was done shopping..blah..tomorrow we have a museum field trip to the museum of moving art or something like taht...it should be kind of cool...'

anyway, i think i might go to sleep soon...*yawn*i am mucho tired

peace out

"there's got to be something better, than, in the middle"--the wallflowers

hey hey

what a wonderful lazy thursday...and yes it was lazy even though i had to work..because working here isn't a pain and i don't hate the 5 block walk to 30 Rock (did that rhyme? sorry) anyway, i of course am having a hard time getting out of this building on time, but i timed myself today, and it only takes me 8 minutes to briskely walk to Rock...that is if i barely want to break a sweat...i can't wait for the 70s to show up in our weather..yay!

hmm, once again, i had a bunch of little projects to do, and i had pizza for lunch...yum! the pizza diet..pizza for lunch and dinner! haha...my dad says it's fattening, i say, well i walk everywhere, so oh well. i really do need to go to the grocery store, as i have no problem stocking up on snack food, but as for real food, to no avail..i really wish my mom would send me tortillas soon! jules was eating a quesadilla today and it made me miss my freshly made tortillas from the HEB!

dear mom: please send tortillas and a blender, so i can make salsa! hah!

my boss let me off early because she said it was pretty outside and the beginning of a long weekend, and i shoudl go home..so i took her advice, mainly because i was tired of typing out my other boss's rolodex into my contact list: the coolest thing about my job thus far? adam sandler is in my contact list now! AWESOME! haha, anyways, then i went to the bank and to Office Depot, bought some notebooks, earphones and a longer ethernet cable..the one i had my mom send was too short, and i figure i can always use one, so i didn't think it was such a bad purchase.

i came back and pretty much just chilled for awhile, then took a nap, then woke up and watched "sex and the city" for awhile. i've never really watched it, but it's a great show. one of the girls here has all the seasons, so we started from season 1, and who knows where it's at now..prob, still in season 1. anywhooo, then some of us went to get coffee and make a stop at the duane reade (drugstore, non-nyc folks), and i bought some snacks..yay!

came back, talked to rose and she is thinking about coming up here in october with thaddeus! yay! i'm so excited! other than that, i've just been chilling and i just talked to boyfriend and he's doing well, and now i guess i'm going to try to get some sleep because ihave a busy day of shoppin ahead of me..and carnegie deli and garden state..once again! yay!

peace out

"when you were young, did you ever love somebody, like i love, i love you now"--dream academy

sup
so...today is wednesday, my day off! yay! so anyway, i slept in really late, took a shower, sat around for a VERY long while. eventually around 3, i went with wiggy and kenzie down to Manhattan Portable or whatever it's called, it's just a cool bag place here in NYC, then we ended up having to go down to Canal St which is basically where chinatown is...so i got some good lookin' down on some cheap shopping.. i was lacking the cash dept, so i didn't really look seriously. we stopped in several stores, i REALLY want another pair of sauconys or some other sneaker like that..but to no avail. i ended up buying some purses at H&M, that were way cute, they were decently priced..anyway, this whole WEEK is no-tax week here up in NYC!! so i'm going to tkae advantage of that this weekend.

Speaking of this weekend, I think that Wiggy and I are going to Jersey to hang out with these 2 guys we met at NAB, actually drew's old boss, and they're going to wine and dine us....awesoommmmmmmeeeeeee...lol. of course, we have to go AFTER the museum of moving art, but whatever...it's so cool how we can just take the train everywhere...

whatever..anyways, i work tomorrow, just probably organizing more and stuff like that, my boss isn't there, so i don't know, maybe i can get off early, but i'm not going to push it...good impressions are always great, even if i have to watch television for those last 2 hours..lol.
peace out!