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..
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?"
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.
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.
Fun Packed Weeked
Ya'll will have to amuse yourselves some other way this weekend. I'll be away from email until Sunday evening. Going to a wedding of a very wonderful couple.