wear your hat!

Katie and I went to lay out on the roof of Bard Hall to tan a little. I had my SPF 45 on, but decided to leave my hat at home... 50 mins later, I'm having heart palpitations and am very lightheaded :(

1% stay / 99% go!

and i'm very excited :)

Boop ...BoopBoop

My TiVo is getting more retarded by the day. I don't know if it's just getting old, or if it's the new software upgrades, but it takes several seconds for the menus to change, and a few seconds after I hit the fast-forward for it to actually start doing anything.

boop.

help

what should I do with my life? I was thinking about what my real interests are... what excites me and I've come up with the following (in no particular order):

- technology
- biology
- babies

so, how can I combine these 3 passions into a career?

FYI

1) NYC busses still take coins! I left my metrocard in another purse and was really worried that I wouldn't be able to get on the bus (there are no subways on the East side... and there are no crosstown lines at all)

2) REALLY fancy people take the bus on the upper east side!

3) girls who pluck/wax their entire eyebrows and draw in new ones - that are shaped totally differently from their natural brow line - are kidding themselves if they think that looks good

update:

9% stay /91% go

15% stay/85% go

silly me

A few days ago I was really out of it in the morning, I don't remember why, maybe I'd gone to bed late. So I walk out of my apartment with my lunch in one hand (in a bag) and a bag of trash in the other hand. I press the elevator button and while I'm waiting for it, I open the trash room door and throw a bag in. The elevator arrives right after I'm done and I get on... and notice that I'm still holding a bag of trash in my hand. That's right. I threw my bag of lunch into the trash room. What did I do? I went and got my lunch and threw the real trash into the room.

I really enjoyed my salad that day too... I haven't done anything that silly in a while so I thought I'd share :)

Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

Macbeth, Scene V, Act V

Surprisingly, this was posted in the subway in one of those "Poetry in Motion" clip.

randomness

The Mediterranean salad from Wendy's is surprisingly good.

This weekend I tried to style my hair the way I was taught at Ouidad, and I'd say I was about ~60% successful on my first attempt. I'll try again tonight.

I've also been pretty persistent in my gym-going. I've gone 3 days per week for the last few months (excluding my week in Florida). I'm actually looking forward to trying on the bride's maid dress (bride's maid's dress? where's the possessive on this one?).

bad morning

i was going to take the 9am Greyhound bus out of Boston, so when I got on the T at 8:30, it was the perfect time to take my Dramamine (anti-motion sickness pill) which you're supposed to take 30 mins - 1hr before travel. Unfortunately, the bus was 30 minutes late, and by 9:30 I my blood pressure really dropped and I got the typical weakness, blurred/darkened vision, hearing impairment and was really about to faint as the driver finally pulled up and started taking tickets. It took all the energy I had to remain standing and walk towards the driver. There was really a period of about 2 minutes where I seriously considered getting out of line and lying down on the floor to rest. But there were only 4 people left in front of me so I tried to hold down that instinct. The second I made it up the steps of the bus, I plopped my stuff down onto an empty seat and basically collapsed on the other seat.

That Dramamine is some powerful stuff! I guess now I know how it works.

self vs. self

Can a person overpower their instincts/emotions with cool logic? What is reality - is it what is commonly accepted as being real, or what is real in your own head? When is it okay to be selfish and demand things that may disregard some parts of "reality" (or "that's just how the world is")? Can these questions be answered while in an illogical/emotinal state? Should they be?

If only life were simpler.

oui, Ouidad!

My last haircut was in August 2004 and it was free since I donated my hair to locks of love. Before that, I got my haircuts in Ithaca (tuesday $10 special) or in Staten Island ($15). I was going to try and find the cheapest/free place possible (perhaps a salon school) but I ended up doing the complete opposite - going to the most expensive place I could find :) hehe

I've always wanted to walk in to a really fancy/famous salon, and let the experts do their thing, and that's exactly what I did. There are 2 salons in the city that specialize in cutting curly hair, Devachan and Ouidad. Alison has cut her hair in both of them and suggested Ouidad. It was a 1.5 hour appointment where they taught me how to wash and style my hair, and they used their own line of curly hair products (which they offered to sell me for some ridiculous price). I actually learned a lot today, and I hope I can recreate the look myself. It's pretty simple, but sort of time consuming. I'm pretty happy. I think I'll go back for my next cut.