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1.08.2010

Day 299

A Good, Great Place...


Posted by Unemployed at 11:10 PM
Labels: Worked from home today because I felt sick and moody. Ended up going to the wine shop anyway. Came home re-energized and more optimistic than I was when I started off the day.

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  • ...besides gelato
  • "working from home"
  • (there are still too many days...)
  • 100000 dollars would make getting to italy and co. a LOT easier
  • 21 minutes to drink 3 more glasses of water
  • 3 cities (broc
  • 54 and rainy today...come on spring
  • 6. FIND MY OWN RICARDO
  • 7 more to go
  • 8 glasses of water a day like it's my job
  • a case of the ADDs
  • a guy peeked under my umbrella to tell me he liked my look and i had a very european style
  • a quick weekend in Detroit
  • a worm has NINE hearts....WHAT???
  • alice in wonderland was WONDERFUL. imaginations are wonderfuler. friends to watch movies with are wonderfulest.
  • all of our representatives are busy please stay on the line and your call will be answered in the muther effing order in which is was received
  • allergies are stupid
  • allora
  • alloraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
  • also went to the school i taught at for an instuctor meeting to see if they have considered offering ESL night classes because I WANNA TEACH AGAIN
  • also...may be crossing kentucky derby off my list and circus acts of lowman's list
  • although that would mean staying in boston indefinitely which is even scarier than living next door to bank of america
  • And a gym.
  • and a surprise trip to NYC tomorrow
  • And after a hard day's work I avoided going to Anthropologie (for one more day at least) even though I really really really really REALLY need a fix
  • and back to a work out plan i mean it this time
  • And candy
  • and doing a LOT of day dreaming
  • And epiphanies to be had.
  • and farmers market and matinee
  • and how the hell has it only been one week?
  • and i didn't even have to teach them english
  • and I got my hair did but there was nothing language-y about that in fact evan was white as hell from Marblehead Massachusetts
  • and i know i've said this a million times but i love that city even in the snow even covered in giant puddles and even though i still cant figure out the subway system i love love love it
  • and i started our OFFICIAL family cookbook
  • and i'm celebrating by going to NYC
  • And if they're successful
  • and it's TWO blocks down from my hotel...ahhhh
  • and johnny depp
  • and just incase you wanted to know
  • and kids on leashes and men with handlebars and don't get me started on the hair
  • and more salted caramel ice cream from ile st. louise
  • and only for a couple weekssssss
  • And planning a trip to Lowman's cabin in the woods to bust this thing out
  • and the best part is i'm right across the street from CHACAREROS - home of the most yummy chicken sandwich EVER
  • and then there was two
  • and to each their own...i don't know what my "own" is but it's not a 20 year lease mamma mia
  • and trial make-up
  • and want to make videos of EVERYTHING
  • apple pie and green bean casserole...breakfast of hungry champions
  • are ju alone?
  • at least it's not Cleveland
  • attention deficit
  • aunts arguing over the dishes
  • babies sick and crying
  • baby steps
  • back in the deeeeetroit
  • bank shmank
  • bartender
  • BBQ Time
  • Bea Bea Bo Bea
  • BED.
  • beets
  • bien sur
  • blast from the past thanks again to facebook...
  • books
  • boston to chicago to route 66 to grand canyon to vegas to LA to san francisco to NYC
  • boston to geneva
  • buena rulla
  • bulle
  • but i need to go pancake shopping for the pancake party i'm having tomorrow and i don't have an umbrella
  • but i'd still rather drive a helicopter
  • but not as much as I should have.
  • bye bye black soul
  • c’est la vie
  • can't get enough peter bjorn and jon
  • can't stop listening to beirut
  • cashmoney
  • castles
  • cervesas
  • Chaldean Time
  • cheerios for breakfast
  • christmas movies ALL DAY
  • ciao america
  • ciao anthropology degree
  • ciao beppe severgnini
  • CIAO WEST COAST i miss you already
  • closer every day
  • communions and baklava and arabi music
  • cooking classes in tuscany
  • cousin dahlia is here
  • cousins gossiping
  • damn those adorable little babies at the cafe.
  • days like these are just fine with me
  • de puta madre
  • do not read airline magazines
  • dog barking
  • dogwalker
  • don't break my cucumber
  • drinkmaster
  • drinks with foreigners tonight
  • Eating the most random things out of my refrigerator so I defrost that mother before I leave for a week
  • elvis
  • english level 4 is all mine
  • especially today
  • every day i am the student
  • ex umbris
  • ex-copywriter
  • eye eye eye
  • feels like 3 years not 3 months
  • Feirtabend
  • fingers crossed
  • flower shop girl
  • fondue
  • for SERIOUS
  • for the wine shop's friday night tastings
  • forgettaboutit
  • four words: homemade cinnamon ice cream
  • freedom
  • friday nights at the wine shop keep me sane
  • Frittatas. Naps. Dessert. Movies. Martinis. Old best friend. Strange new ones. I like 2010.
  • Germany is trying to teach me German
  • get you some new peter bjorn and john
  • giving iTunes all my money
  • giving up hamm
  • go away hiccupsss
  • go underdogs
  • going going goin
  • going to bed early tonight
  • Good. I'm glad we had this talk.
  • got nothin' to worry about
  • got to start somewhere
  • gotta find a loophole
  • gotta finish making some kickass centerpieces
  • Gotta go back to napa with girls.........
  • gotta go gotta go gotta go right now
  • GPS IS AMAZING
  • grammer is for suckers
  • grandma excited to see everyone
  • grape crush
  • gryere) and 98378279879291 calories later
  • HA
  • had no idea finding a hotel in Paris A WHOLW MONTH IN ADVANCE was such a bitch.
  • have you tried greek yogurt? it's good
  • He loooooooooooooooooves Chicago
  • heart = racing
  • hello 28
  • hellooo sleeper sofa
  • hey apple
  • hey barry i like your apartment
  • holy cold eucalyptus towels...i can get used to those.
  • holy guacamole
  • home at 3am just in time for my first day of FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT
  • homemade pasta is amazing
  • hotels in barcelona
  • house swap
  • how are you?
  • how the hell do I know what I'll feel like wearing 10 days from NOW
  • I almost forgot what you looked like
  • i almost pet a dog today
  • i already found my third place
  • I also want a cigarette.
  • I am addicted to chocolate soy milk
  • i am freezing and i don't know why since it's JULY
  • i am hungry for something and i don't know what
  • i better get my act together
  • i blame pietro
  • i can't believe i just watched american idol
  • i can't believe i took a half day at the office to do this.
  • i can't get enough of that raspy goodness
  • i comes before e except after c and when sounding like 'a' as in neighbor and neigh
  • i don't even have a one year plan
  • i don't know where they came from but all the sudden i have tons of friends here FINALLY
  • i don't like octopus
  • i don't remember anything from french class already
  • i don't think i've ever been this excited to see my family...i miss those chaldeans
  • I don't want this feeling to go away either mr. johnson
  • i don't want to be rich. i want to have a rich life.
  • i feel so thankful
  • i found my next photo project
  • i get to start every morning like this for the next six days
  • i hate winter in boston too
  • i have every reason to hate valentine's day but i don't...i don't enjoy it but i don't hate it either
  • i have the worst volunteer luck ever
  • i hope some italians tonight will help
  • I imagine heaven is a place where you never have to pee so bad it hurts
  • i just realized i LOVE make-up
  • i know what enchantee means now
  • I learned how to make dirties in bartending school today
  • i like mangos
  • i like that song and i will use a funky remix of it in the movie i will write one day
  • i love air conditioning
  • i love cherries
  • i love goat cheese
  • I LOVE GOOGLE DOCUMENTS
  • i love me some third place
  • i love ny
  • i love tacos
  • i love tacos and margaritas
  • i love the rain
  • i love tonight
  • i mean a lot
  • i might die if i don't get some nyquil STAT
  • i miss the julies
  • i must work here
  • i need a bigger closet
  • i need a lamp
  • i need dicipline
  • i need some airplane music
  • i new adam lambert when he had red hair and freckles
  • i REALLY need more single friends
  • I really really do
  • i tasted a lot of wine today and swallowed all of it on purpose
  • i think i can do it
  • i think i was born in the wrong decade.
  • i wanna live like the JETSONS
  • i wanna walk on stars real bad
  • I want FinalCut NOWWWWWW
  • i want old new york
  • i want to learn a new skill but i don't know what
  • i wanted to use that song
  • i was asked if I could meet at 3 to discuss batch promos for fourth quarter
  • i was born to be a consultant
  • i was thirsty
  • I will elope in venice...mark my words
  • I WILL find a loophole.
  • i will not buy a lamp just in case i move
  • i will survive
  • i wish i had some more blueberries
  • i wish i was still laying on the grass in central park
  • I won.
  • i wonder when and where the word want was invented
  • i'i'll probably run into her again on a party bus somewhere
  • i'll miss you
  • I'm a greedy son of a gun I know
  • i'm figuring it out as i go.
  • I'm full.
  • i'm going to find a way to add something good to other people's lives every day
  • i'm high off pizza and good company
  • i'm in love
  • i'm just bored
  • i'm miss you terribly
  • I'm not sick.
  • i'm pooped
  • I'm pooped.
  • I'm sick.
  • i'm staying after more often
  • i'm thinking...
  • i'm thirsty
  • i've been consulting my whole life
  • ice cream
  • if i'm going to get a place in nyc that's not hiring to hire me i'm going to need more than a cover letter
  • If Suzanne Pirret can do it so can I
  • in other news people are weird
  • is it just me or is february d r a g g i n g???
  • it only took us TWO days to learn german
  • it's july????
  • it's really not that bad i'm just being dramatic
  • IT'S SPRING IT'S SPRING IT'S SPRING IT'S FINALLY SPRING
  • job
  • just a little peek.
  • just kidding julio
  • just smile and nod
  • just you wait...
  • kabobs and tart on the BBC?
  • kafka shmafka
  • keep the foreigners comin
  • keep the italians coming
  • khalalalalalalaaaaaaaas all around
  • kids on DSs
  • la dolce vita
  • la la la
  • laid off
  • later jobs
  • Let the wild rumpus start
  • life is good
  • like i should go to church or something
  • like right now
  • lists lists and more lists
  • long impromtu lunch with the italians and frenchies and crazy polish chick...all foreigners are not created equal.
  • LOVE YOU
  • loveyoumeanit
  • made friends with the boy next me...double wow.
  • made tons of crepes for my friends today then did tons of nuthin after...it happens
  • mademoiselle is way funner to say than young lady
  • making lists is SO much easier than crossing things off
  • making mix tapes and getting rid of excess baggage...these are a few of my favorite things
  • making new friends. making old friends. all day.
  • making pancakes sounds funnER than grammar
  • malcolm gladwell makes me glad
  • mama mia x10
  • manchego
  • manchego cheese is the bomb and so are figs
  • masseuse
  • maybe because i just heard BBD sing poison on the BET awards
  • maybe i need to look for jobs in san diego?
  • maybe tomorrow
  • me cago en la puta
  • me too
  • meritage
  • met a girl tonight who taught english in seville and TURKEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY. gotta go gotta go gotta go gotta go
  • Missing my friends
  • mmmm piazzas and corner bistros and courtyards and open markets
  • Moody McMoody
  • more delicious food with more delicious people
  • more lighting
  • more thunder
  • most importantly i got two new pairs of shoes AND washed my dishes AND AND AND hung up my clothes
  • muchas muchas muchas gracias para amigas buenas
  • MUST convince nico to convince bibi to hire me at the castle in tuscany this wkd
  • must move back to san diego STAT
  • my first bachelorette party and my L A S T.
  • my holiday starts NOW
  • my instructer is a 300lb puerto rican with a diamond studded yankees dog tag
  • my internet is out today so i'm at the boston public library sitting a desk with a mr. belvedere lamp
  • my kind of party
  • my little circle of foreign friends continues to expand and i luff it
  • my pancake queen just called to say he'll meet me in italia so we can open a pancake stand
  • my social calendar is suddenly full as well
  • my tomato soup from sportello was worth it i guess
  • need nail polish remover in a bad way
  • netflix
  • Next: Italian Neighbors
  • NO i am not watching the BET awards i was just flipping through the channels ok
  • no more airports for one WHOLE month
  • no swallowing
  • no thinking just doing
  • nobody likes whiners
  • not a dream
  • not bad this new life of mine
  • NOT pursuing career in anthropology
  • note to self: open macaroon stand one day...somewhere
  • now i how to say cheers in 9 languages
  • now i need an idea for march
  • now i want to be in a band too
  • now it feels like summer
  • now we just have to convince italians to eat breakfast
  • oh and lost my third umbrella this year within 24 hours of purchasing it
  • oh i plan to mr. herbert
  • oh my
  • ok so there is a slight chance it is a bad idea
  • olives
  • omg i can kind of speak spanish
  • once i learn how to write a movie
  • opa
  • optimism is HOT
  • or a one month plan
  • or i'm just the worst volunteer ever
  • other note to self: learn how to make macaroons
  • otters in boston
  • OxyClean did NOT get the wine out my skirt as promised. Rude.
  • oyyy
  • P.S.S. it feels SO awesome to come home from work and without the get-yer-ass-to-the-gym-monkey on my back cause i already went this MORNING
  • part-time job for lunch
  • past participles are a muther
  • perspective
  • picked up The Great Gatspy at shakespeare and co for the flight home
  • pinch me
  • pink bubbles for the birthday girl in the bag.
  • plans are silly
  • porcini mushroom ravioli mamma miaaaaaaa
  • pork tout gait
  • Presenting the Original Pancake House...Home to good hashbrowns and bad service and amazing conversation
  • Pretending I didn't just read the Italian Consulate's page on work visas...booooo
  • PROFESSIONAL dirties
  • PUPO PUPO PUPO
  • que rulla
  • que te pires?
  • rainy day fever
  • ready for a night on the town
  • ready to go
  • Reno: GO TO PASTRY SCHOOL
  • right on g burns
  • roadtrips
  • route 66
  • ryan- i'm on it. thank you for the pep talk.
  • school portrait taker
  • SCHOOL tomorrow
  • seriously
  • seriously what's in that sauce?
  • sexy librarian
  • shake your BODY
  • shampoo girl
  • sharing is caring
  • she makes me want to wear perfume and I HATE perfume
  • showed Flat Stanley around Boston as requested by my little cousin shawn and think it's an amazing idea
  • siempre bale
  • sitting in meetings is for suckers
  • skipped a coffee date to finish my FREELANCE...oy...next sunday it is trader joe
  • smile and nod
  • so fantastic
  • some days we're just not meant to wear pants and i'm fine with that
  • Somehow.
  • something I also don't understand
  • something is missing.
  • sometimes i just want things to fall in my lap
  • sorry for skipping yesterday M...but here's a double dose for you today :)
  • souvenirs were a hit
  • Speaking of the world...I have the best mom in it
  • special thanks to molly for not letting me become THAT girl at the wedding...by becoming that girl
  • still unemployed
  • still waiting...
  • strawberries and cool whoooip for dinner
  • summer summer summertiiiiiime
  • summer?
  • sundevils
  • surprisingly a quote from an advertising newsletter i get every morning--the career that seems to actually REMOVE life your years
  • sweatball
  • testamatta
  • thank GOD my dress fits
  • thank goodness because i was having withdrawals
  • thank you niccolo
  • thankful doesn't even begin to describe how i feel right now
  • thanks JM
  • thanks melissa...for introducing me to people AS CRAZY AS I AM
  • that 6'2" beast of a woman is my hero
  • that george is just too hot for words i mean REALLY
  • that's what a good mood i'm in
  • the bear is HERE the bear is HERE the bear is HERE
  • the bear's here the bear's here
  • the city i'd rather be living in of course
  • the end.
  • the first product they ever created was a disposable coaster...now they have a store in brooklyn....hear that 3% milk???
  • the kiwis and the bubbly frenchman
  • The megabus is mega AWESOME
  • the way we all connect is fascinating to me
  • the weather outside is frightful so we're cooking and watching movies ALL day
  • The weeks feel like days.
  • then maybe a line of Christmas Cards in the future...?
  • then Michael made us pizza and Guiseppe gave us lemoncello
  • then on a plane to MICHIGAAAAN...agaiiiiin
  • there are flowers on the trees
  • There's a good chance we could kill each other before the 2 weeks are up
  • THeriously
  • these tweens are the boss of me
  • they will get you
  • things are brewing...
  • things are getting interesting. i hope they stay that way. in other news i MUST paint my nails today.
  • things get more interesting each day
  • think he was a busboy
  • thinking is STOOPID
  • this company is too good to be true
  • This could take a while
  • this is shit DE PUTA MADRE
  • this route 66 looks like TROUBLE
  • This trip reminded me of two of my favorite words: WHY NOT
  • this weekend
  • to go to ny this wkd or not to go?
  • Tomorrow probably will be
  • TONS
  • tons and tons of flowers
  • too
  • Trader Joe's "Nuts About Raspberries and Chocolate Trek Mix"...do it.
  • trying super hard to take him seriously
  • two months later...
  • two more glasses of water to go
  • two years later and i still don't know how to use my $1000 camera at night
  • uh i don't know what that means but it sounds really bad
  • uh oh
  • uncles yelling about prices at the grocery store
  • unemployed
  • unsolicited most of the time but whatever
  • waiting
  • water water water
  • Wedding Shower Time
  • welcome to boston LIBBY
  • what a wonderfully rainy saturday
  • what makes you happy?
  • what up fool
  • What's a happily "unemployed" girl to do?
  • whatever
  • whatever i'll take it
  • which could be awkward
  • while Michael Jackson died...
  • who knew?
  • who's with me?
  • whoa.
  • why did i order steak? i do not like steak. i knew that before i ordered it but i did it anyway.
  • WHY isn't funner a word?? it should be
  • why not?
  • why?
  • WILD THINGS ARE MORE AMAZING
  • wine
  • wine and cheese and bread and charles river
  • wireless internet is my second most favorite invention after caller ID
  • with special guest LYNDSAY LOOOOWMANNNNN
  • word.
  • work work work
  • Worked from home today because I felt sick and moody. Ended up going to the wine shop anyway. Came home re-energized and more optimistic than I was when I started off the day.
  • working for the weekend
  • wouldn't be the worst way to go
  • wow
  • wow pbj is SO awesome
  • www.forkingfantastic.com
  • yay for baklava
  • yay for belly dancing
  • yay for julie
  • yeah i'll take one of them 4-hour work weeks thx
  • yes that is graffiti on the door and yes it is awesome
  • yesssss
  • yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
  • yesterday was pretty uninteresting but most other days are
  • you speak good english
  • you use active voice when you want to emphasize the person who performs the action and passive voice when you want to emphasize the action or the result
  • you win some you lose some