i'm such a sap.

ryan and i are on google chat and i keep linking him to sites like cardboardlove.com or cute entries from craigslist's missed connections (not the entries about fornicating in public restrooms...)

sigh.

as you can see, i was able to transfer (and back date!) all of my entries from my other blog to here, which is nice.  so now all of my thoughts and such are conveniently located at one place ( Read more... )

ahem ( Read more... )

i need an outlet.

one of these days i will really start writing/posting/venting again.

there is a lot to be thankful for, and a lot to look forward to. let me start with apple picking on sunday.

the weather was questionable enough that we decided to stay local, and there were only 8 of us. it took a little bit of walking (and complaining!) to get past all the picked over trees and onto the full apple trees. between the 8 of us, we ( Read more... )

fall
i started on wednesday at my new branch and my co-workers told me that instead of taking the thruway to the palisades parkway to get to new city, to take the more scenic 9w to 304. i can't tell you how beautiful the trees are over rockland lake this time of year. i look forward to the ride to work just to see how things have changed since ( Read more... )

exercise
i currently own:

(2) yoga mats
(2) sets of hand weights
elastic resistance bands
"thighs of steel 2" on vhs (with no VHS player)
a crappy pilates DVD
and now an ab wheel

i found an ab wheel yesterday for $5, and i thought "it's only $5! and i can exercise at home!" the box claims it's better for your than conventional ab exercises and it ( Read more... )

here are the things i am thinking ( Read more... )

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princess
growing up as the only girl with 4 brothers hardly ever afforded me the chance to feel like a princess. if i was anything, i was the smallest or most fragile, and i doubt i ever owned anything pink, until recently.

and instead of using my sweet 16 as an excuse to wear a pretty dress and be glamorous, i booked a rock band and sweat so hard ( Read more... )