Things I Love Thursday

John Mayer's Battle studies, Eggnog & not having a cold anymore.


happy, happy, happy life.

Things I Love Thursday

-living in Stony Brook. I never thought I'd like living on Long Island but so far, so good.
-Steven Colbert & Maria Shriver having an ice cream eat-off. She seemed kind of bitchy but it was awesome regardless.
-finding somewhere to watch Boy Meets World online!
-Noonan forcing me to drive. I am learning to hate it less. Today, I drove myself back after dropping her off at the airport. I got a little lost and somehow ended up on Cleary Rd. Weird. The good thing about getting lost is it's just more driving practice. Thankfully GPS means you can't get too lost.
-Working out again. It's been awhile and I can feel it. Jillian Michaels 30 day shred and Winsor Pilates are amazing.
-Finishing a bio of Jim Morrison. It was a little strangely written but entertaining and insightful into his life.
-Grocery shopping. I really love it.
-Red Lobster's warm chocolate chip lava cookie. It's intense.
-doing laundry, well having clean clothes mostly.
-JEFE
-Listening to Joan and feeling compelled to take notes
-carly possibly coming to NY for my birthday!!!

What do you love?

Things I Love Thursday

Is this all I post now? Well I suppose that's alright. This Thursday I am loving a whole lot.
-Halloween weekend- running into everyone I wanted to see, meeting one of the new residents of 12 Ivy & spending some time back on the porch, Cassie's costume (also Dorothy's), making new friends by asking them to fix the strings on my guitar costume, telling Dean he is one of the few people I would like to spend the apocalypse with, 'paper towels are like money', 'DSL', 'but why...I'm such a DORK', Apples & cider, apples & cider, apples & cider at the FLY CREEK CIDER MILL (greatest place on Earth or at least Cooperstown), drinking Obamagang at the Ommegang brewery with the puppeteer tour guide ('that explains the hands'), 10 hours of karaoke aka our drive there and back, watching 'The Proposal' and 'Dan in Real Life' at Cassie's, the OST!, and much much more that has slipped my mind at the moment.
-Moving out!- that's right. Sunday, I'm taking myself & the majority of my belongings and moving into Noonan's apartment. Rent free. Thanks Stony Brook University. I'm really really really happy about it.
-Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle- I'm almost done and I'm obsessed. I love Vonnegut so I don't know if I can say if this is my favorite of his books but it's definitely up there.
"Tiger got to hunt,
Bird got to fly;
Man got to sit and wonder, 'Why, why, why?'
Tiger got to sleep,
Bird got to land;
Man got to tell himself he understand"
'The Books of Bokonon'
(this should explain my change in 'religious beliefs' on facebook, if anyone was wondering)
-Seeing my cousins this Saturday- I miss em.
-The World Series being over- I didn't care who won but I am just really glad it's finished.

What are you guys loving?

Things I Love Thursday

Hellllloooo everyone! (all 4 of you that read this)
Here's what I am loving this Thursday:
-finally deciding on & finishing my halloween costume. I'm so Martha Stewart sometimes.
-my new haircut. It's nothing too different but I am so happy to have gotten it shaped up.
-seeing Nick for a few hours last Saturday. 2 fers at Chili's, driving around blasting music, watching him worship his new Sufjan Stevens vinyl.
-being on the barricade @ Sound Tribe Sector 9 with Ryan. Such a good show. Lots of drinks, dancing, jamming, lights, and dancing like crazy. I think my favorite part was giving up our spot to get drinks and feeling like we would never get back but I danced my way through the crowd and right back to where we were. Best.
-talking to miss megan dorak a ton anddd I get to see her this weekend. Cannot wait.
-seeing 'cloudy with a chance of meatballs' in 3D with Jared. It was the cost of a steak dinner, a certain mutual friend of ours wouldn't get out of the movie and I think Jared cried, he definitely clapped at parts. Overall, quality film. It did make me hungry.
-talking about moving in with Kelly. It would really be the happiest thing of my life ever. We decided it would be impossible for either of us to be sad ever again. We're both broke which is the only problem right now.
-running into a friend from high school while walking home. We were both so surprised that our conversation didn't really go past 'oh hi'. We've been talking online though and she is the best because she helped me find something that I've been looking for since I got home : )
-ONEONTA HALLOWEEN. I'm pretty excited for this weekend.

Friends I Love Friday

I didn't do a 'Things I Love Thursday' this week...how sad. Dean did one thought which made me so happy! I don't know, I guess I've been feeling a little bit like I don't have so much to be thankful for at the moment. It's totally all in my head because I'm really lucky even if everything isn't working out exactly how I want it to right now. I have to stop wanting to control everything. I decided since I didn't post yesterday that I'd make up for it by inventing 'Friends I Love Friday'. I haven't always had people in my life that are loyal and that I can completely trust (or trust at all), are there to make me smile & laugh when I need it most, are always down for adventures and have basically the same interests that I do. Sometimes I think they're more like family than my crazy blood relatives.
SO here's a list of some of my favorite people in my life at the moment:
-Dean: he did a TiLT this week (so he gets the top spot), called me out of the blue to yell at me for no having a twitter anymore which led to hanging out with him an hour later, listened & critiqued my reading aloud of 'Where the Wild Things are' (which I did so he would go see the movie since he said he wanted to the read the book first) while we sat at a kiddie sized picnic table in B&N, might be going to Oneonta for halloween (I might also being going too), and just has that magical ability to crack me up when I might be taking myself a little too seriously.
-Noonan: she once again worked on her taxi therapist skills while driving me all around NY state listening to me attempt to solve a few life problems out loud, told me about her Saturday night & I cried laughing at the pure absurdity, fell asleep at the bar on Friday (then the next day, victoriously found her/our lost cellphone hidden in the chair she was in), played awesome songs on a playlist that I've since downloaded, and brought me to Rock Da Pasta in New Paltz, which could possibly be the greatest restaurant ever. I had a James Brownie for desert which was a brownie with cookie dough swirled in it with ice cream & caramel on top. YEA.
-Eddie: he just let me know he has a Phish ticket for me (I was refreshing & stuck in a 'virtual waiting room' this afternoon to no avail), can communicate with me half the time just using our minds because we randomly read each other's thoughts (totally normal), was as super excited to see Where the Wild Things Are as I was so instead of being lame and seeing it alone I saw it with friends, was winning the game of Life by lagging behind the rest of us as a Athlete (he decided snowboarder) who made no money and lived in Kelly's basement but is kicking ass and coming out ahead in real life, and bringing us to Perfect Blend (a really yummy coffee place walking distance from his house).
-Taryn: she's my free psychiatrist, cries more & harder than I do (in movies specifically) so in comparison I'm doing ok, always gets Bombers with me when I visit, more & more frequently agrees with me about the attractiveness of certain males (I love you, men of Albany. you are so fine), has so much stuff from our old apartment in her new one that it reminds me of home, and is my best friend. I love her despite her occasional temper tantrums because I lived with her for 3 years and know how to deal with them & wait them out. She's the effin best.
-Kelly: she does yoga headstands with me, loves the Office and Bare Minerals as much as (or maybe even more than) I do, quotes movies all the time even when no one else will get it, brought us to this cool store & I wanted to buy everything, let me borrow pants to sleep in that I never thought would actually fit but then they did, and is my baby girl. I love her like a sista.
-Tooker & Hannah: They made me a bed between the dog crate & their bed so I escaped the madness of the living room and had a air mattress that didn't deflate. I was confused at first then just laid there under tons of covers SO grateful. They also washed a blanket of mine and it smells really good now.
-Ed: He kept saying I was so skinny & asked if I ever ate. The best part is he is like 85 pounds. A good way into my heart is to tell me I'm thin haha so good job Edward.
-Ryan: He got free tickets to STS9 tonight so I'm going with him. So excited!

That's all for now. I love all my friends but these were the special ones that stood out this week. Maybe I'll make this a weekly tradition too.

Things I Love Thursday

Passion Pit in Chicago
This week I've loved:
-getting Passion Pit tickets for kelly & me before the show sold out. Eddie got one too. Super excited but now I play the waiting game until January.
-discovering Glee. It's high school soap-y and all sorts of corny but I'm a sucker for musical numbers and covers. What can I say, all I really want in life is for it to be a musical. Look it up on Hulu if you'd like to check it out.
-attempting to play my songs for eddie via gchat & laughing a whole lot. I really need to get over my paralyzing fear of playing guitar/singing in front of people. Video chat is the coolest though.
-KEITH DRINKWINE'S NEW SONG : ) The man's talented.
-my mash-up song that's in the works. I'll tell you more when I actually figure out how I want it.
-being alone for days. It's a blessing and a curse. My parents are on vacation this week in the Rochester area. Our best relationship is always over the phone. They are in high spirits, drinking a lot and buying me things. My problem is I can't be on my own for long periods of time but my cat and a bottle of Barefoot wine has been decent company. Seriously though, I don't understand how people live alone. I never will.
-my phone browser. It's saved my life a few times.
-how well my interview went despite crazy circumstances. I was almost having a panic attack about 5 minutes prior but managed to pull it together. I think it went well. I really hope I get it because the company & people seem really great.
-maine flashbacks. The other night I got to thinking about our crazy midnight bike excursions to play on the highway and I got all nostalgic. Oh the many times I could've died just following those boys around.
-Meredith Vieira stalking me. I mean she has like two television shows (idk maybe more), yet I see her way too often. First time, we saw 'Taking Woodstock" together. She was probably as ripped as her jeans because she had this huge smile on her face on the line to go in. Then after my interview, I was wandering around Rockefeller Plaza taking to Dean and there was again, strolling down the street. It's pretty weird. I'm going to take seeing her as a sign that I'm on the right track. I don't know why, I just feel like it can't be a bad sign. I do kind of wish I was being stalked by Barbara Walters instead.
-plans for the weekend. Because I cannot stay in this apartment any longer without some human contact, I've decided to road trip up to the capital region with Noonan. I will get to see a bunch of people I love and I'm sure good times will be had (& documented by Noonan of course). I am taking half of my parent's liquor cabinet and making sandwiches to stay within my limited budget, making it kind of like a game.
Life is gooooood, friends, very good.

Things I Love Thursday

This week, I'm into:
-watching documentaries. Last night I watched 'Ballerina' & today, '*Bigger, faster, stronger' *The side effect of being American. I didn't even mean for it to happen that way but it turned out to be like a Gender Comm class. I could honestly write full posts about both them, they were that good. I just might. Both are available instantly if you have Netflix. Highly suggest, even if you think you aren't interested in steroids or ballet because they really aren't even about that.
-getting an interview. I'm almost enjoying doing all the preparation. I knew that Acting class would come in handy because I'm basically learning lines and trying to make them sound natural.
-looking real professional in a suit. I feel like a million bucks with it on. The total cost was way less than that but still, it's crazy expensive to look important. Who would've thought, this time last year I was putting on a similar getup but it was a halloween costume. Geez.
-looking forward to my parents' week-long vacation. A free place to myself. Oh happy day(s).
-having dinner with my cousin a few nights ago. I was a little nervous because it was a burger place but they had an awesome falafel-type burger. Also spiked milkshakes! Vanilla stoli, vanilla ice cream & oreos = heaven with a slightly upset tummy (worth it).
-running into three people randomly in one day. Really weird but I guess it's a sign I'm on the right path. Bumping into someone from college then someone from high school and then Jared while in the subway all in one day is a pretty weird coincidence.
-buying a new jacket. Yea Urban Outfitters got me after they advertised 30% off outerwear. It's becoming a new rule of mine to buy used as much as possible and never, ever pay full price. Look how awesome it is:

-brushing my teeth to this crazy song Nick told me about. It's mostly one note over and over again but it got me doing the 'washing machine' in my bathroom with toothbrush in hand.
-JIM & PAM'S WEDDING TONIGHT. I had a dream last night that I was at the wedding. Too emotionally involved? Yea just a tad, considering they're television characters. Will I bawl? Highly likely considering the above promo made me cry. YUP.
-getting serious callouses on my fingers from playing guitar a ton. The tips hurt even as I type this. I now understand the phrase 'hurts so good'.
-deleting my twitter. It was for the best. A few nights ago, I got crazy paranoid about how much information there is about me on the internet and I'm the one putting it out there. No one mentioned it so I guess no one noticed. It's a pretty stupid form of social networking anyway.

What are you guys loving this fine Thursday?