July 14, 2008
The Scene
These pics sort of put together a night out with Brianna and Laura (my NYC girl friends). But they don't do the night justice.
They don't illustrate the moments that made us laugh hard. Like when a guy was launched out of a club by a bouncer and then got up and tried to run back inside. Or when we got rejected from the laid-back bar joint Brass Monkey after having been at nice venues like Ono, Gansevoort, Revel, and Pastis. (We figured the Hog's Pit wouldn't want us there either).
The pics don't show the moment when Laura was splashed by sewer water after a taxi came ridiculously close to her and sped through the only puddle in all of Little West 12.
No, random iPhone pictures can never really tell the story.
Meghan and Mary Crack Me Up and Make Me Miss My Best Friend
I don't even have to click play on this to know it's gonna be good.
Look at their faces! :)
Meghan Asha and Mary Rambin (and Julia Allison, of course) have so much fun being friends that I get friend jealous.
Do you ever see people doing "best friend" things and then wonder where you can find friends like those?
Jeez, if I ever find a girl friend that loves making dorky videos, blogging, running, watching movies, surfing the internet, partying, and being a bum as much as I do... wow. (And yes, I have friends, just not ones that fit the WHOLE description haha. My best friend doesn't even know this blog really exists. Or maybe she does, but she certainly doesn't read it.)
By the way, I miss my best friend Vanessa. She lives in San Antonio, Texas. Here are some old pics of her (and me):
WOW THOSE PICS ARE OLD. And many of them bring back memories of good times. Good times. Sigh.
Things I've Been Doing Lately
A lot of not blogging
I know, I know... "content is king" yadda yadda. But -- believe it or not -- I have been trying to spend time outside while it's still warm! I know that when winter comes around I will be warming my palms by the heat of my computer, so I am not too worried about the lack of blogiciousness.
What things I have done in this thing called "outside," you ask?
Running
I have been running, running, and running. I usually run in Central Park in the mornings and my speed has increased tremendously. Every now and then I break up the monotony with some strength training at the gym. Overall, I am very proud of myself. (However, I am nervous about this. I was never very good at spinning. But I'm still excited.)
Veganizing
Yup, I have become a vegan. Only for thirty days , but I am starting to enjoy it, believe it or not. It's been fairly easy to maintain so far except for two things: 1) paying attention to the little details (vegans don't eat any crazy chemicals, hydrogenated oils, fake sugar, preservatives, etc. -- that means you even have to be careful what kind of fruit and bread you buy.); and 2) watching my portions (since I can't eat a whole lot of my favorite foods I tend to overindulge in vegan-friendly food, i.e. too much avocado, nuts, fruit, huge salads). I don't really see this as a bad thing because in the end I am eliminating a lot of chemicals, lactose, and sugar from my diet... but it's probably one of the factors that's holding me back from losing those last effing 10 pounds.
I had never noticed how addicted to sugar my body was until now. I crave it almost every day. Especially chocolate, which I didn't really eat much of before. Now I feel like I am ready to kill for some. I usually fix this problem by eating fresh strawberries and mango and having some detox Yogi Tea which seems to help.
Tanning
Yeah, it's bad for me but it makes the bod look so much more attractive.
Reading
I have been reading Sarah Lacy's book "Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good" and a bunch of magazines: Portfolio, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Fortune, Marie Claire, and Cosmopolitan (Sigh). I have read up on all sorts of topics online from lucid dreaming to finance and even personal development from Steve Pavlina's site which I highly recommend. Everything I have been reading, however, has been more hands-on than online. It's sad that paper is declining. A computer screen will never smell as good as fresh print.
I have also been reading a lot of labels -- sort of comes with the vegan territory.
Observing
Like I said in a previous blog post, I have been paying attention to everyone around me more instead of just trying to be in the spotlight. I have been observing a lot of blogs, mostly personal ones, and I have also been scanning Twitter and FriendFeed without actually responding or contributing to the conversation.
Being a Bum
Activities that fall under this category include: waking up late, pacing the room, staring at myself in the mirror for too long, opening and closing the fridge thinking that the food would rearrange itself, watching more than 3 movies in one day, being too lazy to check my Google Reader, writing meaningless thoughts in a notebook, people-watching, strolling around Columbus Circle at dusk listening to jazz, not leaving my apartment, leaving my apartment for no reason, "going shopping" three times and coming home empty handed every time, taking naps just to see if this lucid dreaming stuff really works, practicing my signature, trying to memorize the French translation off my shampoo and body wash bottles so that I sound cool next time someone asks me to "say something in French." Creme Douche!
Meeting Boys
Haha... yup. More on this subject later when I feel that y'all are ready. ;)
Don't worry... to make up for it I will share with you some VERY random pics that for some reason never made it to the blog but --at some point-- were supposed to:
July 13, 2008
July 12, 2008
July 11, 2008
July 9, 2008
Ever Browse Through Flickr and Find a Photo of You That You Don't Remember Taking?
I have no recollection of ever posing in this way and having a picture taken of me. I found it in Brian Solis's Flickr photostream.
I crack myself up.
Why I've Been MIA
Lately I haven't been posting a lot on my blog, and that's because I have been spending a lot of time reading, listening, and observing. I have been trying to stand back and see what everyone else is doing instead of just adding to the empty noise.
The funny thing is that I haven't really learned all that much from my observations. All I have become is lazy.
Lazy to tweet, lazy to blog, lazy to read feeds.
July 7, 2008
Going Vegan
Today is day one of my 30 day experiment with being a vegan. I have read a lot of stuff about it and I am curious to see what it's like. The one thing I am worried about is my absolute love for fish -- so that might be the only thing I let slide, but I will keep it to a minimum.
It sounds very crazy, but when you sit down and think about it it's not out of this world. My brother's friend Colin has managed to be a vegan for about 6 or 8 years or something.
I just want to try it out. I like trying things out and putting myself in different shoes every now and then.
I always keep trying to reinvent myself. Let's see if after the 30 days I still want to continue with the vegan lifestyle.
(*By the way, I am not saying that I will necessarily last that long, but I will try my best, heh)
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