Mischief the Cat

I kid you not, Mischief the Cat just tried to put the moves on me. He stretched his paws and subtly touched my leg while he stretched. At home in Schmersey cause my mom and I are going to Minnesota ass early tomorrow to visit my sister in college. Fun times. This is the longest vacation I've taken from work not counting the holidays. I hope to get other work done.. i.e. Arbonne, more Cafe Press designs and take some good photos.

What I Ate Last Night

Soooo yummy. Jacques on Prince Street. Croque Madame with a small salad and delicious fries.

My friend.. "If the world isn't destroyed, there will be some good opportunities." comment about the bill not passing.

Ten Minutes of Insanity

Tonight I finally saw Dark Knight with a good friend. As we came out of the theater.. ten minutes of pure ridiculousness ensued. First off, checked my phone and received a text during the movie from a friend saying she was 2 tables away from Tom Cruise at dinner. Then we're coming down the escalator and some guy bends down I think to catch his kid from tripping. In the process, his sweatpants completely fall down, revealing his hairy ass to me and this other guy in front of me who also noticed. We looked at each other trying to contain our laughter and horror.

Then finally, I said goodbye to my friend.. and walked home. In our building, we have this crazy old man who apparently used to bring garbage in from the street and at some point, his apartment had to be cleaned by social services. I believe he must wander the streets at night because my roommate's seen him at 4am. Anyway, was walking down 3rd Ave and there's a space that's recently gone vacant.. with some homeless guy sleeping in the corner. And there he was- the crazy old man that lives in my building, holding up some book that he possible STOLE from the homeless guy and trying to read the back cover. Um. Yeah. Only in New York. I can't make this shit up if I tried.

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And Not So Typical

Today I checked out the Surrey Hotel on 76th btw Madison and 5th. They're renovating in 2009 and selling everything from their hotel to the public. That's a freakin good idea. I wonder what other hotels/businesses do when they renovate. Anyway, I'm bummed that my camera's batteries were dead. But it was quite eerie. Looked like some New York disaster movie. You could roam through the hotel, and the furniture was marked with the sale price. Parts of the hotel had apartments, so you'd see the bed, kitchen, etc. all looking like they were ramsacked. Occasionally their was garbage in the room, as if they couldn't bother to clean that out. Just weird. Definitely check it out sometime soon cause I'm sure the stuff will go fast. They had decent entertainment centers, cabinets, and large bureaus for less than $300 but I couldn't imagine how much it would cost to get it back to my apartment.

Typical New York Moment

I had a typical New York moment today right before my spinning class. There is one guy that I've sort of got my eye on.. but have never talked to. So today, before class I was having issues with the bike and said something to him. I don't want to stereotype or anything, but based on his voice, etc. it was completely obvious he was gay. Another one bites the dust. Typical.

Crazy Blind Date

I dare someone to try this. If you do this, and email me about it, then I'll try it. Just be safe!

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Another Casualty of the Financial Crisis

You know what's sad about the whole financial/ bank crisis.. all those NYC institutions or even small town stores that were torn down to build a boring, generic bank... all for nothing.

Sarah Palin Disney Movie Trailer

Brilliant.

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Rocky

I am currently drenched in sweat from walking up 11 flights of stairs. Someone explain this to me- why did I think it was a good idea? I may not be able to walk tomorrow.. but I'll definitely do it again, until it gets easy. Um weight loss/ buns of steel 101. I'll keep ya'll posted on my progress.

Wall Street Compensation

Read this article in the New York Times. Congress is listening, thank god. And looking at ways to curb executive compensation. Perhaps looking towards long term performance.

Clay Atkin is Gay

Officially the most anti-climatic story of the year. He even hit on my friend about 3 years ago..

Injustice and Justice

Tears just welled up in my eyes as I heard about all the cuts Bloomberg is calling for in NYC. So Wall Street gets bailed out but average citizens have to pay. So naturally public education may be cut. I guess that won't effect the children of Wall Street.. social services, etc.

On the other hand, thank god the FBI is investigating those that started the crisis. Hopefully someone will be accountable. Perhaps they can prevent the tax cuts by starting a collection from all those Wall Street execs that reaped the benefits of the boom while screwing everyone else. A million here and there.. I'm sure if won't impact them.

My Message to the Universe

There are some schools of thought that say we send messages out to the universe as to what we want, consciously or not. Well as trivial as this may be, tonight was a perfect example of that theory. I was tired all day, and as 5:30 was approaching, was debating whether or not to go to my spinning class. A rare debate because usually I never skip. Around quitting time, I ended up getting swamped with requests and didn't leave until 6. At this point, I was determined to make it to my class and ran the 12 blocks. To my chagrin, the class was already full except for one bike marked "broken." I went to investigate the bike that didn't look broken and exitedly ran into the locker room to change. Of course, I had forgotten my sports bra but decided that the class was worth potentially painful jiggling since I had gotten through all the obstacles. Finally, I settled onto the bike, attempted to click my spinning sneakers into the slots, only to realize it was in fact, broken. I walked out of the gym, ironically sweaty from my run, but determined to at least be extra productive while at home. And that I was probably telling the universe I really needed a break from spinning. I just hope my sports bra isn't laying around somewhere between Union Square and Lafayatte.

Only in New York

Practical Magic

Watching Practical Magic on TV right now. Don't think Nicole Kidman has looked as good as she did in that movie. Wish she left her red hair red, and gained some weight! She doesn't seem to be the same person. Seemed to have so much strength, sensuality and sort of a youthful glow. Now she's too skinny, blond hair looks anemic and seems overly fragile and cold.

The Greatest Challenge

So I'm going to try something this week of monumental proportions.. Something profoundly life changing and a spiritual cleansing that I may need all the support in the world for.

I'm going to give up chocolate.

Back on Track

I think I got a significant amount of partying out of my system this weekend. Went out Thursday, Friday, Saturday night and today brunch transitioned into beer and football watching. Fortunately, aside from Thursday night, I actually managed to limit my alcohol intake to 3 drinks or less and was a champion at nursing my drink. And despite being sober, I still stayed out to 3 and 4 am and got my dance on.

Unfortunately, today I didn't balance out my partying with healthy eating.. today for brunch I had some heavily breaded, cheesy foccaccia. The restaurant, Morandi, seemed very chic and the place to be, so I was surprised that my choice didn't come close to containing members of the four food groups. At the bar, I fulfilled my vegetable needs with french onion soup. And after a long nap post bar, rounded out the day with 16 Handles frozen yogurt and then... Pomme Frites. So all in all, spent $40 on total crap.

The World is a Sick Sick Place

Just got another person finding my blog through a "squirrel porn" google search. I don't know what's more disturbing, that someone is looking into that, or that they found my blog through it. In other news, I made myself dizzy today walking down 12 flights of stairs. Drr.

And, I'm waiting for Starbucks to double as a cash back dispenser like grocery stores. Minus the potential security issue, I think it's a logical progression. Would be easier than finding a Citibank.

Life Without Facebook

thanks RS!

Effects of Financial Crisis on New York City

I'm not in finance and only took one class on Macro Economics so this is me talking out of my ass and just speculating. I'm thinking out loud as to how this may effect living in New York and am trying to see the bright side. According to the Wall Street Journal, about 5% of New York City's jobs are in the financial services industry but they account for 25% of wages (about 60 billion in 2006). Wow. Would be interested to see the same survey but in 2001 before Bush's tax cuts came into effect.

My predictions (some trite given the gravity of the situation)
- increase in gym members/ frequency as people suddenly discover loads of time on their hands as they look for jobs.
- increase in Kinkos use because no one has a printer now a days but people will need to print resumes.
- Starbucks/ sit down coffee places may lose money but perhaps be increasingly occupied by those wanting to get out of their apartments to look for jobs.
- Decrease in annoying articles about how rich New Yorkers are getting.
- Less focus on insanely superficial, annoyingly unnecessary luxury market such as spas for pets.
- Happier mothers/ kids as they see their fathers more often.
- Angry mistresses who may lose their kept women status and pied de terre.
- Business slow down in high end prostitution.
- Decrease in rents/ housing prices. (wishful thinking)
- Annoyingly super trendy clubs no longer all about the benjamins.
- Pubs see revenue increase as financial workers down their sorrows in booze.
- New York City bars more packed during the weekend since finance people aren't working and are in town.

that's all I can come up with for now. Feel free to add.

Typical Lunch Break

Ran into some guy I went to high school with and haven't seen in about 10 years, saw Matthew Modine and my doctor. Just a typical day walking around the Union Square Farmer's Market. Surprised I didn't see anyone from my college.

My Mom's Comment

"I gave birth to this?"

sorry dad- now I know where I get my sense of humor from.

I Like Pretty Pictures

yeah, this is an ode to my sister. I'm pretty sure I cried laughing the first time I saw the results. As a disclaimer that my parents would appreciate, we're really not that fugly- I swear.

Hmm. the Economist aye. I think I have undiagnosed ADD. I feel like The Economist is like The New York Times magazine section- you get excited about an article and then 6 pages into it are like... um, couldn't they have summed this up in 3. And I like Vanity Fair but there are only so many articles I can take about rich people. Perhaps that will be no longer after this mess.

Financial Crisis

I just skimmed through the latest issue of Business Week and put it down when I realized half the stories were old and irrelevant. And you wonder why they say print is dead. There's definitely still a market for magazines, but unless it's a summary of what's gone on that week, I don't think weeklies are entirely relevant.

Keith Oberman is Stupified

They're comparing Sarah Palin's popularity as a bubble that's about to burst, like over valued stock.

On a lighter note, I just ate vegetables on vegetables. I'm awesome. It like.. negates all the crap I ate today.

Inspiration Not to Drink at Your Next Work Shindig

This article in The New York Post Page Six magazine talks about how people in the music and fashion industries are abstaining from booze to stay ahead of the game. They realized the market is too competitive to be hung over at their desks all day. So- will the advertising world catch up to this line of thinking? I for one found it eye opening and slightly entertaining to be the only sober one in a sea of drunk people this Saturday. I enjoyed people watching but had trouble minding the motivation to take part in the debauchery. A conversation with a very cute guy didn't hold my interest mainly cause he was slurring and not making any sense. And it's quite possible that I don't know how to dance. At least not to ABBA and classic rock. Hopefully I have more moves with hip hop.

Sunday Photo

Matt Damon Speaks Out Against Palin

I don't mind when celebrities delve into politics. They have just as much right as anyone else to voice their opinion. We don't speak out against businessmen backing candidates. As long as their information is correct and they're bringing up good points then why not? As long as people are focusing on the actual issues versus the rhetoric of the candidates. And besides, more people follow celeb gossip than politics anyway.

Another Sober Evening Out

I literally walked a mile in the second highest, second least comfortable heels I own. But it was fun, even though I was sober at super crowded, fratatious bars. Also had a Gray's Papaya's hotdog for the first time ever despite the fact that my mother apparently dated the founder back in the 70's.

Of course we ended up at Solas where I met the craziest Irish guy ever. Couldn't understand a word with his heavy accent so somehow we ended up pseudo dancing in an over the top, musical theater kind of way to the various ABBA songs and other classics. For "Rock the Boat," he completely outdid himself, took a chair cushion, put it on the floor, sat on it, then dragged me into his lap for his rendition of rock the boat. ON the floor of the bar! Thankfully a bouncer helped me to my feet and scolded him enough so we went off to another part of the bar. Yes, trouble finds me and I suppose I don't even need to be drunk for it to find me.

And this morning, had a very good brunch in the LES and sat right near Marisa Tomei. Just another typical Manhattan brunch celebrity sighting..

Sobering

Oh yeah, and just in case you were wondering- managed to have a nice sober date last night. Sober dinner, no drinks at a BAR, and then saw the funniest movie I've pretty much ever seen- Tropic Thunder. It's a whole new world.. and- I break into song.

Watch This

Wow.. I can totally see Les Mis for the err 4th time if it were still on Broadway. How about this for some general inspiration. One day more! That's all it takes.

More on the Demise of PhotoShelter Collection

Angela from Adrants delved further into the reasons for the closing of the collection. Read her article here.

Bummed is an Understatement

My favorite stock site PhotoShelter closed its doors today. We never bought anything from them but it was full of potential and I found the site inspiring, educational and interesting. It was run by some energetic, young people but unfortunately, their energy and enthusiasm wasn't enough to sustain the business. I guess they managed to have me disillusioned into thinking that anyone could sell their stock photos and introduced me to many wonderful photographers. I'll have to find another site to inspire me and fill that void. Boo. It was definitely a fantastic idea to have one website that acted as a go to for all things photography but I guess it didn't make money.

Need Sleep

I'm so excited for the weekend. I need to sleep and get back on a regular schedule. My fatigue is causing me to completely lose it. Yesterday morning, I completely forgot to wear any jewelry. Not such a big deal but as many women know, I sort of felt naked with out it. And this morning was sort of funny. I woke up at 7:30 then proceeded to hit the alarm until 8. Hurled myself into the shower, got dressed and was standing in front of the mirror about to take my hair out of a pony tail when I realized, I was supposed to wash my hair today. Hmm. It doesn't look that dirty and I've heard of people going days without washing it- I believe my last wash was Tuesday morning. But yeah, that's a new one. Never did that before.

I Shared a Subway Pole With..

So, um, how do I say this? Er.. it's quite possible I may have shared a subway pole on the uptown 4 train with no other than Ron Jeremy. Okay, I can't be entirely certain. I don't really know what the guy looks like, only briefly saw him in spoofs, etc. but either way, made sure my hand didn't touch the pole. Wait, how much would it suck to be the guy who has an uncanny facial resemblance to Ron Jeremy but not actually be him. And so, I ponder.

Rachel Zoe

Last night I saw the premiere of Rachel Zoe's new show. It was pretty decent. Interesting to see what goes into being a stylist. Definitely more than I would have imagined but still not something I'd ever be interested in and despite fashion being an art form, it's part of a superficial consumerism that I wouldn't want to get sucked into. And perfect to follow up Million Dollar Listings. Oy vey. Any who, I somehow ended up dreaming about the dang show, like I was working for that overly tired, bag-eyed lady. And woke up in the middle of the night. And generally did not get a good night's sleep. But I'm somehow wide awake, chipper and happy. Also happy that I sort of self assessed my issues yesterday and seem to have more clarity.

Insanity

"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." Albert Einstein

I had a long talk with my friend about a few issues that have been on my mind lately. And he brought up this quote that someone said to him at work that gave me some clarity and direction as to how to deal with some friendship issues. This quote stopped me from making a fairly large mistake in perhaps repeating a cycle that would have proven that I am, in fact, insane. So I'm not going to do that. Instead, I'm going to focus on moving forward and realizing how change is constant. There's no value in being a loyal friend if the friendship isn't working or wasn't even that great to begin with. I've always had this issue with loyalty regarding friendships. It's my nature to be very loyal, to defend friends, and it always pains me when things don't work out- as if I've failed (the focus on "I"). I realize that to me, friendship loyalty is like being a member of the clean plate club. It was somehow ingrained in me for no good reason, is a habit I can't shake and only leads to excess baggage.

BUT at the same time, it seems that there are people we are drawn to. People we are meant to "get back" with, and friends that have come back into my life that I will let in. It's an interesting conflict to figure out which ones are right for us and which ones we should let go. Like Carrie and Mr. Big. Through out the show, she couldn't figure out if he was a bad habit she should break or the one she was meant to be with.

In the end, I need to figure out what and who makes me happy and separate this happiness from how long I've known them. Because it's quality versus quantity. And realize that when one door closes, another door opens.

Booo

Another sad and rainy day. Just got my college alumni newsletter and for the second time this summer, there was an "In memoriam" for someone from the class of 2008. Jeeze. Those poor kids. And for the second time, there's very little information as to how they died so I can only guess, but I can still see the 1 photo from their private facebook pages along with various obituries. I guess that's part of life but it's obviously still sad.

Towards the end of my senior year, a classmate committed suicide by shooting himself. Most of us had some idea who he was but didn't know him that well. I can distinctly and perfectly picture the night he killed himself. My friends and I saw him at our usual bar sitting by himself a table away from us. I remember feeling bad that he was by himself, and my friends and I mutually agreed that he was cute, looked nice and that we should go over and talk to him.. but none of us had the guts to do so. Of course, we were all left wondering what would have happened if we had said something. And even if our not doing so, and that loneliness was an inputus for something he was thinking of doing anyway.

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National Man Up Day

I like where my West Coast Sister's head is at.. National Man Up Day

Eeeesh

Post work out, shower and dinner, I decided to get some frozen yogurt. I wasn't wearing anything slutty, was wearing flats and a dress. I walk by some homeless guy on laying on some steps and he says in a loud, raspy voice, "Good evening lady. Would I like to spend a few hours in a motel with you.." at which point I shivered, quickened my pace and missed his last few comments. Ew.

Happy Monday!

For the record, my alarm didn't go off this morning. Woke up at 8:30 and was glad I didn't take any Nyquil. Had trouble falling asleep since my sleep schedule was so thrown off from sleeping ALL day Saturday. And yet, I'm fairly tired today. Oh, and dizzy. I was actually somewhat dizzy this morning. The alcohol was still pulsing through my blood stream. But never fear, I will sweat it off during my 6:15 spin class today. Otherwise, all is good. Looks like it will be a very busy week.

Friday Night Debauchery

And just in case you were wondering what I did on Friday night.. and how this drunkenness all came about.. It all started with a shot at Solas (not my idea of course). The buyer of this shot went home fairly early, already feeling the effects. My coworker left early in the game as well cause she wasn't feeling it. Finally, my two other friends called it a night which didn't surprise me because one had to work the next day. So I was left alone (again) but had already made various new friends. "My" bartender's younger brother was visiting from Scotland. He was quite interested in me. I'm starting to realize that interest in certain women tends to run in the family. He said something about a look in my eyes but I couldn't understand his heavy accent. Dang. I hate when a compliment is missed cause of lack of ability to understand. His adorable blonde friend, a trainer, was also sweet and will hopefully be my new facebook friend if he ever gets to a computer and signs up!

And then there was another couple. Handsome Irish dude and cute girl from Spain. I danced with the Spanish girl and I think she had the hots for me. In fact, I think I was nearly propositioned into something more elicit given their opennness in how they were BOTH interested in me. Alas, I went home alone. But not without meeting two other guys- one who knew someone I went to high school with. Did the evil jaeger shot that sealed my fate and then there was that game of kings. Okay, now I've got to get out and run all the errands I was supposed to run yesterday! Grrr!

The Perfect Rainy Saturday (Not!!!)

So for those of you wondering why you haven't heard from me since Friday.. it's because I spent all of Saturday puking my guts out. Woke up at 2pm in a daze and impressed with my ability to once again take off my contacts, brush my teeth, wash my face and throw on some PJ's even though I distinctly remember lots of stumbling on the way home the night before. Checked my phone and noticed 2 panicked "are you okay texts" from friends and various missed calls. Looked at my outgoing text message from 5:30am the night before and realized their panic.. a perfectly spelled, sans typos message that I will not repeat.

Any who, I couldn't keep anything down yesterday- water or gatorade but hope that my method of hydrating then puking was effective at getting the alcohol out of my system. I'm surprised no neighbors came to check up on me after hearing my continuous retching. I watched a movie, "Rendition" that literally took me about 4 hours to watch. The subtitles made me dizzy and nauseous and I had to stop it a few times to take a nap or throw up some more. So now my throat is once again scratchy and irritated. My stomach acid has probably completely diminished the enamal on my teeth and I'm 5 pounds less (yay!) that I was on Friday morning. I'm guessing this all had something to do with the seriously strong drinks at Solas coupled with the various shots I got roped into doing.. especially the jaeger bomb I did in the end. And perhaps the beer drank while playing Kings? (don't ask).

But in any case, all the alcohol talk is making me nauseous. Don't expect to hear about another drunken escapade any time soon. I'd like to preserve my liver function and a serious detox is in my future. I believe my drunken and sober personality has melted into one and so I'm supremely confident in my ability to fake drunkenness over the next few weeks-- drunk on soda with lemons..

Totally Disturbing and Insulting but Entertaining..

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American Apparel T-Shirt

And for those of you who are obsessed with American Apparel.. i.e. my sister.. this T-shirt is actually made by American Apparel. So buy it or something.

The Typical Guy Story

Just got caught up with my West Coast sister.. and she told me a guy story that I've seriously heard many times over from various women. Here is the often repeated scenario- guy and girl meet. Guy and girl go on 2 dates... girl feels there's a serious connection and thinks he feels it too. Girl is savvy, has dated before and can recognize said connection. A few days pass, and girl hears absolutely nothing from this guy so she finally leaves him voice mail/ text/ email/IM. Doesn't hear back and is left completely confused but mostly annoyed that if the guy wasn't into her, he didn't have the balls to say something. Instead, left her hanging. Please, SOMEONE explain this to us ladies.. How many women have experienced this? Why? Why can't men "man up?"

Happy Friday!

She's Crafty

My sister is crafty. We're both fairly resourceful, but she is in a semi-evil but funny way. She arrived to school on Labor Day and of course the post office was closed at her school. But.. she needed all her bedding. So she told the post office people her medication was in one of the boxes and she would have carried it with her on the plane, but just went through her last pill. Crafty.

3.42 Miles in 32 minutes

Just ran for the first time in about a month.. and didn't do so bad. I guess I'll be able to complete the 5K my sister signed me up for when I'm visiting her in early October. I'm awesome.

Photography Course

Just registered for this course at the ICP! I'm excited. Perhaps I'll be the next Sartoralist.. or at least give ya'll some better pictures.

Crap

A bird just crapped on my shoulder during my lunch break. I guess that's good luck right? It was a clean crap.. was able to easily clean it up..

Cafe Press

I'm selling stuff online. Here's what I've got so far.. more to come. Buy it.

http://www.cafepress.com/MissMoll

Huh? Sarah Palin? I just don't get it

Okay, usually I stay away from politics. I'm not one of those people that argues the crap out of something I know little about.. but after reading a few articles about this whole Sarah Palin thing, it started making me mad. On the one hand, I'm hoping that the American public is smart enough not to be charmed by her good looks and attractive family. She herself could be charming. I'll have to wait for her speech. But COME ON.. what experience does this woman have? Did McCain just randomly pick all female potential running mates out of a hat? Did he do a side by side comparison of his wife vs. Palin and realize he could use a brunette in his life? It's an insult to women that this apparently back stabbing, NRA endoring, lying woman is representing women in politics. Where as Clinton attempted to down play her charm and looks?, I'm guessing that's all Palin has.

And what's up with the whole teenage pregnancy thing? I mean, hello!!?? Can you say condoms? Are they trying to connect with middle Americans who I'm guessing have a higher rate of teen pregnancy? Is this a further dumbing down of America? If her pregnancy was from a lack of sex education, then congrats to her- she has just expressed the exact reason why that approach is wrong. I'm just floored that this is acceptable. Not the keeping the baby part- that's her choice.. but the getting pregnant in the first place. And her marrying the guy is a total shirade. You can see that this handsome, jock is probably terrified of the role he's got completely roped into. His mistake is national news and for the next, at least few months, his every move will be monitored. He'll have to become a role model instead of- perhaps- having a debaucherous senior year of high school.

5 Minutes = $15??

Just got back from the doctor to see if I had strep throat. As I suspected, it's nothing. There goes $15 for a copay when I was in with the doctor for literally 5 minutes. Grrr.. Need to learn how to figure these things out for myself. I figured since I've had a cough for 2 weeks, it was time to get it checked out. But now I know I should hit the 3 week mark beforehand..

I've been feeling way under the weather. With all the cold medication, I haven't been feeling myself lately.. so I apologize for the lack of funny stories.. out of laziness, here are some photos.

Love Story

All the wedding stuff is throwing me off. Kind of making me more inclined to settle down and perhaps pursue a more exclusive relationship. I think it may be time. Just saw "Love Story" with Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw. A distant cousin of ours, Howard Minsky produced it so I was kind of curious. Lately I've been learning about a lot of distant cousins. Anyway, I wasn't that moved by it. I've been trying to see the famous old movies but everytime I see them, I'm not entirely impressed. It's hard in general to watch movies at my apartment. Too many distractions. At my parent's house, I can totally veg out on the couch and watch TV and movies for hours. And my parents wonder why I come home every once in a while..

I'm Back

Had an awesome but exhausting weekend. Thursday night I took the bus home to NJ, as usual carried so much stuff that I couldn't feel my arm for a few seconds. And managed to hit about 5 people on the way to my seat. Then Friday, I got my bridesmaid dress from tailor who totally overcharged me. I tried on the dress one last time and could barely breathe. So for the rest of the night, I proceeded to freak out. We drove up to Poughkeepsie, had the rehearsal, then went to a lovely winery. But of course I was still freaking out about the dress situation and also recovering from a cough/ cold. Afterward, we went to the Vassar club or something like that which was a lovely spot. And finally, back to the hotel where we all proceeded to pass out.

Saturday morning, bright and early around 9:30, we went to get our hair done. For $90, they straightened my hair and because of the humidity and her shody job, my hair proceeded to get curly a whole 5 minutes later. Was fortunate enough to take a brief nap. Then we all started getting ready for the wedding. As with all weddings, there was a bit of drama. My worse fears came true and I could barely fit in the dress. I had two friends using all their strength, and about to double stick tape it closed which I was completely uncomfortable with and freaking out.. when I decided to put on my heels. And they were able to zip it up right away. So, note to self.

Wedding was beautiful. Went off without a hitch. I did manage to cough up a lung during the ceremony. Afterward, we drove around in a limo and took pictures. Then arrived at the reception early, drinking and eating in the bridal suite. Music was great. Did tons of dancing. Ate way too much. And as someone said at the after party, the world is a better place now that the two of them (my friends) are married.

Sunday afternoon, I completely vegged out, relaxed and watched family videos with the fam. I'm jealous of my sister. We didn't get a video camera until I was around 10 or 11 so while she's in the videos as a completely adorable toddler to 7 year old, I'm in my super awkward stages.

Then this morning, we drove my sister to the airport and thankfully I got a ride into the city. Managed to make it to my first spinning class in weeks and apparently I was greatly missed last week. And we're back to the grind.