I LOVE NEW YORK
Sunday afternoon after a day walking through the Met, (seeing Tim Gunn), walking through Central Park, and of course.. right before heading to the shake shack. Life is good. Just got a new Canon Powershot s90 so the next time I take a picture at sunset, it will be less grainy. So excited.. Now all I need is a raise to pay for all this stuff. Hmmmm.
First Home Made Meal... with the boy
This is sooo belated but my mother is getting blog withdrawal so I figured I'd post this. I'm chilling at my parent's watching True Blood!! So exciting to watch an actual TV instead of my computer.
In other news, I found a dress for my 10 year high school reunion. I had a few dresses in mind until my friend on the reunion committee told me it was comfortable casual. What the hell does that mean? So I got something in a more "casual" jersey fabric from Urban Outfitters except that it feels pretty short and sometimes I think my butt is hanging out. C'est la vie. I'm excited. It will be fun. Haven't gotten my dance on in a while.
There's a Time and Place for Pole Dancing
This is not one of them...
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Happy Monday!
Wow, I've been slacking on the blog. Updates soon. By the way, wasn't the weather amazing yesterday? How much do I love Fall in the East Coast.
Weekend Update
This weekend was much less action packed than last but still fun. On Friday, I had wine in the East Village and then went out to dinner at an amazing Italian restaurant. I've come to realize how many restaurants I missed out on while living there. Most the good, quieter, more romantic spots are further East, near Tompkin Square Park. I'm still a downtown girl at heart.
Saturday, my sister and I had an unlikely connection while living in two different parts of the country. We both ate it while bike riding. According to her, she flew over the handle bars and hit her head while biking the empty streets of Minnesota. Fortunately she's okay and there's no brain damage (that we know of) but she has a few scratches and bruises. My glorious fall came at the end of a successful, first time bike ride with my friend Eric through Central Park. During our two loop ride, I managed to gracefully show off, riding sans hands while standing, much to Eric's annoyance. It wasn't until we were 3 blocks from his apartment, that my laces got stuck on the foot cage and I promptly fell over.
In between drinking wine, eating pasta and walking between 66th and E90th (about 6 times), I also saw two movies - oddly enough both set in 1987 but they couldn't have been more different. Adventureland took place at an amusement park about a virgin and his innocent love for the more experienced, Em. It was pretty decent by my annoyance at Kristen Stewart's acting skills sort of tainted the viewing experience. And I saw Precious at the DGA theater, a profound story about perseverance and overcoming one's devastating hardships through a strong spirit. It was incredibly moving and included some Oscar worthy performances by some unlikely actors.
And on a brighter note, I discovered a new iPod game called Unblock Me. It's excessively addicting and after playing it all weekend, I tried to read some of Anna Karina. Except instead of being able to focus on the story, I saw the words on the page sliding from side to side...
Happy Monday!
Bad Day at Work?
wow. If you ever think you're having a bad day at work, watch this. It will put your life in perspective.
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And More Coverage
Incidentally, A Photo Editor posted a link to a photographer's site, Chris Jordon, with images of the tragic consequences of ocean dumping and our love for non-biodegradable plastics. According to the photographer's statement, none of the images were altered in any way. Birds choke and die as they mistake plastic for food.
And More Coverage
Incidentally, A Photo Editor posted a link to a photographer's site, Chris Jordon, with images of the tragic consequences of ocean dumping and our love for non-biodegradable plastics. According to the photographer's statement, none of the images were altered in any way. Birds choke and die as they mistake plastic for food.
Update on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
A woman named Mary Crowley is making an effort to clean up the garbage that has accumulated in the Pacific Ocean by starting a non profit, Project Kaisei. See CNN article here.
P.S. Still have no heat in my building and now no hot water either. On the bright side, my roommate met our next door neighbor who's lived in the building for 7 years. She said this is the first time something like this has happened which gives me hope that it won't happen again, but also makes me wonder if I brought the bad luck to the building. She, like me and my roommate, is also going through the great "what career do I ultimately want?" internal debate. Amazing how that kind of stuff comes up in conversation upon an introductory meeting. I guess it's forefront on everyone's mind.
Updates
So I've sort of gotten a little over the whole blog thing if ya'll haven't noticed. Although I'm sure you're entertained by my videos. I started seeing someone over a month ago and have spent the majority of my time with him.. and don't really feel comfortable sharing my adventures. It's both strange and highly satisfying to know that someone speaks my language. I mean really speaks my language - fake ghetto, funny voices, random tangents and understands me despite my mild ADD tendencies. It has been a great adventure so far.
But some things never change.. today at my spin class, Carl inflicted the most pain and torture on me that he ever has. He told everyone to sit down except for me and with a shit ton of tension, made me go faster and faster while instructing the class to cheer me on. I came seconds away from passing out before he told me I could stop. And I had no music to motivate me. At the end of class, I called him out on the lack of music so who knows why kind of revenge he'll get on me next week. Then after managing to shower in a post work out haze, I headed to Whole Foods for dinner. Not realizing that the hot food would cost an arm and a leg, ordered the meal with two sides; salmon, broccoli and (shhhh) mac n' cheese. It was way too much food and cost $16! Jeeze people. This ain't 2007. I don't got no money to burn and Whole Foods certainly isn't worth it. I don't even think they clearly posted the price. I figured it would be around $10 at most and didn't ask. Hmmm. Lesson learned.
Going backwards here.. took my folks to Schiller's for my dad's birthday last night. Pictures to follow. Also went to see my friend Rebecca Lerman in a music- 23 Coins about a child genius, genetics, and fake preachers. Interesting play and she did a hell of a job going from childlike banter to child genius preacher. Saturday went to a birthday party, etc. etc. and Friday went to Bushwick (I know, I'm so hardcore) to the CMJ festival. We only saw two bands perform but liked the Grandchildren out of Philly. They just seemed like a bunch of kids having fun and making awesome music. Kind of an eclectic, almost tribal sound that included harmonies fit for an a capella group mixed with the loud, full sound of errr punk rock. Okay, I ain't no music critic. Needless to say, it was worth the trek (aight we got a ride succkkas) - to Bushwick.
Peace out kids. Despite my total adrenaline rush from fearing Carl/ spin, I'm going to hit the hay.
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Okay Kids
This website is gross. Don't look at it right after you've eaten like I did. Excuse me while I yak. Yes, here it is folks. Look at this fucking hipster. I tried to skim through for Halloween costume ideas but my stomach couldn't handle it.
Mischief Coming out of the Closet
Because I've been so bad lately with posting, I thought I'd give ya'll a treat. Video!! This is Mischief at his best. Excitement!
Mischief Coming Out from Molly Aaker on Vimeo.
Branding
http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf
Interesting video on TED about the power and role of advertising. Kind of ties together with what I just read, "The Lost Symbol." I'll ignore the Dan Brown haters, thank you. Sutherland talks about the power of placebos and how our perception of people, objects, etc. effect it's worth. Just as Brown's book discusses the power of the mind. Like confidence - if we believe we can do something, we can. Does any of this make sense? It all made sense in my head.
Now if only I can get past recent Facebook shenanigans of this morning that sort of threw off my day. And focus on what the book taught me - to control my own thoughts and find the "God" & power within me. hmm