Coney Island

Fun. In a creepy sort of way.

Long Time No Blog

I'm back. I've been very busy with my, you know.. my 20 hr. a week job? Anyways. Today we saw the Bodies exhibit. It was sweet. The best part? I saw an actual human bladder. It was very small. Also, an actual human heart. Also not so big.

And.. I found the court building from Law and Order, and the subway stop they go to at the end of the show. Elliot wasn't there. Must have been out fighting crime.

Let That Be A Lesson To You

I just went to take a shower and it seems they've turned my water off. So I think, oh they're working on something. I had to clean the bathroom, so I thought I'd do that first, while I was waiting for the water to come back on. Turns out, cleaning the bathroom also requires water. So I went and found the guy and he's like "Oh, it'll be back on in 5 min." So I go back to my apartment and think "Okay, I'll just wash those dishes while I'm waiting."
Washing dishes. Also requires water.
This lesson is brought to you by the letter W, W for Water, which, it turns out, is involved in everything I do.

Um.. seriously?

Tonight was the hooding ceremony and I am completely and totally, seriously and honestly, drunk. How can this be? Number of drinks had= 1.5
I swear to you. Before we got to the bar I was completely sober. After 1.5 drinks I was an idiot. I didn't even finish the second drink, for crap's sake.
I'm an idiot.
I actually fell down.
Don't tell anyone.

Bastards!

My landlord (who's actually really nice and not a bastard, but..) came by today and I answered the door and he's like "Mind if I come in for a minute? I need to measure the kitchen for a DISHWASHER." A DISHWASHER! Now? NOW a dishwasher?
I shake my fist at you and your dishwasher.

Brush With Fame #2!

Saw this guy →

Today, while walking in Central Park, I had my second brush with fame in my ongoing quest to find famous people for no apparent reason. This apparently is that Joss Whedon guy who does the Buffy stuff. What's funny is, just like my last Real World sighting, I would have never known who he was, much less been able to spot him. Luckily, someone I was with had watched some of the commentary on one of his DVDs. He totally saw us talking about him. Maybe because I was completely obvious and turned around and stared at him. Oh well.

Also! Ran a 5K in Central Park today and had my BEST TIME EVER. 28:28 for 3.1 miles, which translates into 9:10 per mile.
I'm basically like the Nike swoosh.

And lastly, in honor of the fact that I rode the Central Park Carousel for the first time ever today...

"She ran and bought her ticket and got back on the goddam carrousel just in time. Then she walked all the way around it till she got her own horse back. Then she got on it. She waved to me and I waved back...I felt so damn happy all of a sudden, the way old Pheobe kept going around and around, I was damn near bawling, I felt so damn happy, if you want to know the truth. I don't know why. It was just that she looked so damn nice, the way she kept going around and around, in her blue coat and all. God, I wish you could've been there."
-Catcher in the Rye

Tomorrow:
Laura breaks the world speed record in the Central Park Mother's Day 5K
Oh, that's right, PEOPLE! Me and my 10-minute mile are going to REPRESENT!

Upcoming:

1 Bowl of Oatmeal
1 Student Appreciation Lunch
1 Triple Fat Burner Class
1 Lumina Meeting
1 Graduation Dinner
1 Have-to-work-all-day Bacchanalia
1 DVD of Munich
1 5K race in Central Park
1 Ride on the Central Park Carousel
1 Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge
1 Season Finale of Grey's Anatomy
1 GA Appreciation Dinner
1 Hooding Ceremony/Rehearsal/Reception/Dinner
1 5K on Wall Street
2 Family Arriving in NY
1 Graduation Ceremony
1 Backyard BBQ
1 Trip to Ground Zero/Statue of Liberty/Toys R Us/Central Park Zoo
1 Heated game of Phase 10
2 Family leaving NY
1 Trip to Barnes and Noble to see Daniel Handler

That's as far as i've gotten.

Don't Read This, Dad

I seriously want a tattoo on my foot. I want to have a line from my favorite book written out, exactly like this.
I am most likely too much of a wuss to ever carry out this plan.

Today is the most beautiful day of all time, and I am going hiking. I may come back with a mountain lion that I wrestled to the ground. Or, because we're hiking beside the Hudson River, I may find a body and have to call in the NYPD. I'll keep you updated.

P.S. Yesterday, on the way back from the gym, I was pulling up behind these two cars at the stop sign and, as I got closer, the guy from Car #1 gets out of his car and guy from car #2 gets out of his car. Appparently car #2 was tailgaiting or something. Guy #1 shoves guy #2. Guy #2 puts his hands up and backs off. Both get in their cars and drive away. Where the hell am I.

Book Banchee

So, a while back I joined this site called paperbackswap.com- it's pretty cool, what you do is list books you have that you'd be willing to trade. Then, when someone wants one of them, you send it to them at your expense ($1.59) and you get a credit. Then you can use that credit to buy someone else's book and have it sent to you at their expense. So I sent out some books last week, got some credits. All went fine except for Laura M. from Escondidos (Esconidos?), CA who apparently wanted the LARGE PRINT version of Truth and Beauty. Right from the start, she's got this nasty tone. She's like "I was VERY DISAPPOINTED that I did not receive the LARGE PRINT version which I requested." You know what? Why can't that sentence begin "Dear Laura, Thank you for the book. There is a problem, though, I actually requested the large print book." Why does is have to start off all nasty?
Anyhow, so I respond that she can return it if it isn't the book she wanted. She doesn't want to do that because then it costs her money- that I understand. But it's the TONE people, why so rude? "I should not have to send a book back at my own expense when I have already lost a credit. YOU posted it incorrectly"
Here's where I have to stop Laura M. from Escondidos.
Do you, Laura M., realize that this is a FREE BOOK SWAP? I'm sorry that I misunderstood what you wanted. But, in the end, you paid all of $1.59, and it was a FREAKING MISTAKE. Why would I purposely mis-post a book?
So I say to her, "Keep the book, repost it and use it to get your credit back." There is a wait list for the book, which means it will be requested instantly.
She then feels the need to go into this big drama about "There is no reason for you to mis-post this book. Clearly you didn't read the club rules."

Laura M., did you pull out the 'club rules' card on me?

Dear Laura M.,
What the hell do you want from me. It was a mistake to send you the wrong book. I am sorry. You now have my book, which you're welcome to repost. I do not have the large print book. I get this wierd feeling, Laura M., like you want me to actually BUY the large print book, strap on a backpack and WALK THE DAMN THING TO YOU IN ESCONDIDOS, CA. I'm afraid that I don't have time for that, Laura M., though I'm sure that nothing short of it will make you happy.
Please stop emailing me.
Laura W.
p.s. thank you for carrying on the spirit of a friendly community book swap

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