Just wondering…have any of you out there seen Twilight? If so…what did you think?
On a side note. I found out there really is a Forks, Washington. I kind of want to go visit there.
Archive for November, 2008
Did It Suck (More Than Blood)?
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008Must…Leave…Country…Soon…
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
The last week I’ve kind of been freaking out. Although I just got to New York, apparently my arrival was not enough to make my friend Paddy stay in the Big Apple. Nope. A couple of days ago we all went to her going-away party and then she headed off to Asia for her own little see-the-world jaunt.
I cannot even begin to tell you how jealous I am. I am insanely and mind-numbingly jealous. It’s a kind of jealousy I haven’t experienced in a very long time…if ever. And it’s especially ridiculous because I just did the “let’s go explore Asia!” thing.
So that’s why I can’t understand how incredibly envious I am. But, understanding it or not. I am.
The most tortuous part is that I know I could be doing it. I know I could pack up and go. But for the first time in my life, something is holding me back. For the first time, I don’t have that feeling of “If I don’t go now, I’ll never be happy…”
I’m just torn. Torn between fleeing this city, this country…and going anywhere but here. Living some place else. Traveling some place else. Just putting my head down on a bed in another hemisphere. And torn between creating a life where I’ll someday be completely self-sustaining working from home and can live wherever I choose. Trying to meet someone without the “well I’m only here until…” escape hatch that has been present throughout my entire adult life. Or just actually living somewhere…instead of just looking for the next adventure.
So, when all is said and done. I’m doing OK here. I see why I’m here and where I’m headed. I actually have the feeling of “If I don’t stay here now, I’ll never be happy…”
But I still can’t shake this desire to be somewhere else.
Those Were the Days
Monday, November 17th, 2008So last night MTV hosted its finale for TRL. After 10 years the show is over. Although I haven’t really watched the show since sophomore year of college, I was still able to predict its top “most iconic” video. Seriously…nothing else says TRL like “Baby One More Time.”
Actually, nothing says pop culture since 1998 like Britney Spears. It’s actually really sad how many memories of my life have to do with this woman. A little sampling:
1. When I was stressfully studying for finals freshman year I took a break at 3 every day to watch TRL; by the end of the week I’d memorized the “Oops!…I Did It Again” dance as well as the *NSYNC “Bye Bye Bye.”
2. When I studied abroad the next year and discovered karaoke I won a $30 bar card my first go for my rendition of “Lucky.”
3. The next two years of school, I lived with some Britney-crazy girls. My first Halloween there, they somehow convinced me that we should all dress up like the “Baby One More Time” video. Then there was the fact that one of them owned Crossroads. Seriously one of the worst movies ever made. But one that we watched endlessly. Oh, and another had a poster of Brit in her closet as motivation to get kick-arse abs.
4. After that, Brit memories admittedly died off. Until I traveled again. Asians seriously love her.
Soon…
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008Will write more soon…
Am just recovering from a rather long night of full-court basketball, which I hadn’t played in about six years.
I feel so old.
Pondering o’ the Day
Friday, November 7th, 2008While walking into Martin Luther King Jr. High School today, I realized we’d soon see schools popping up with names of our 44th president. Would they bear the full “Barack Hussein Obama” or just “Barack Obama”?
Either way, I bet kids there will say “I go to O High.”
I Voted
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Did you?
OK, so I have to admit, although I registered to vote at 18, I never actually voted in an election until I was 22. It was during the election that eventually gave California the Governator after recalling Gray Davis (D). But ever since then, I’ve voted in every single election. Big and small. Sure it helped that in California my polling place was literally half-block away. But here, too, it is. It’s my next-door neighbor, and I can actually see it from my room here in my apartment — from a window in my room!
But, alas, that’s not my only reason for voting. Here are a few others for this year:
1. I wanted a free cup of coffee.
2. I don’t want to ever have to tell my kids or grandkids that “I didn’t vote that year.”
3. I believe every vote counts.
4. The lines at the polls are sure to have a few hot guys.
5. Did I mention my 401(k) is only 2/3 of what it was at this time last year?
6. I’m no political expert (not that I really think these exist); I don’t know what my vote will bring for the next four years. I just believe in a few key points here and there.
7. All the cool kids are doing it. Well, at least 24.4 million others had before today.
8. I’m still a little annoyed I wasn’t able to register and vote in “bellwether” Missouri.
9. My parents always voted. They never would tell me who they voted for, but they always voted. They got up at 6 a.m. to do it again this year.
10. I may someday need help from an elected official.
11. I can.
I Saw the Sign
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
They’ve Got the Right Stuff
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Down in Atlanta, my sis and I had an 80s/90s flashback and went to the New Kids on the Block, er, NKOTB concert here. Yes. It was the first time I’d seen them in concert. Back in 3rd grade I was invited to see them…my mom wouldn’t let me go because she was afraid my sister would be too jealous. So, as my friends heard Joey beg, “Please don’t go girl…” I sat at home.
I thought it was only fitting, then, that my sister and I went together…so she wouldn’t be jealous.
And, yeah…I’m still a Joey fan. Even though he can’t quite hit those high notes any more.
a short video for a little flashback for you, too
