Promise not to watch me go beyond the corner?

Had a nice weekend exploring Boston and hanging out with friends. Got a chance to see one of them off today before heading back home which was nice. I made a stop to see if I could find any Polaroid film and ended up getting a 3 pack of Audrey Hepburn classics!! So now of course, I am gushing over Roman Holiday and wishing I could be there myself having a wonderfully fantastic and spontaneous adventure with someone like Gregory Peck! Haha. Maybe one day. For now I have the adventures of Princess Ann and Bradley to entertain me in my dreams…

Back to your regularly scheduled programming….

Been out of it for a while now, sorry. I like being busy at home, even if the thing keeping me busy is cuddling with my cats and watching snow fall.

Home has been better than the first few days. So far, I have been able to see a lot of my friends and do enough of the winter-y things I like. Not nearly enough skating, sledding or snowman making, but that will have to change!

Christmas parties are fun, dumb drama is just that, dumb and I am doing my best to ignore it. New Years is coming up fast so plans must be made and it looks to be a better one than normal which is good.

On a completely separate note, have I mentioned how much I LOVE She & Him? And Zooey Deschanel in particular?? Because I do, very much so. Like a wicked lot! Haha. I recommend checking out their CD, Volume 1, they have some great covers of “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”, “I Should Have Known Better” and “You Really Gotta Hold on Me”. But my favorites are “Sweet Darlin’”, “I Was Made For You” and “Sentimental Heart”. So, to start off this week on a good note I give you the video for their single off of Volume 1, “Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?”:

Daily Holiday Video

So far so good! I am actually staying on top of things and posting something everyday

Another day closer to going home, and hopefully all the power will be restored by the time i get back! It’s too cold for this many people to be without heat.

I think I might take a break tonight from finals work and take the kitty christmas card picture! haha, should be a fun time.

So, without further adieu, here is your holiday cheer:

Daily Holiday Video

Winter break is almost here! I just have to finish my portfolio, of which I have been HORRIBLE about procrastinationg from getting it done, turn in a final, pack and tie up the random loose ends before I fly out next week. I really can’t wait to be home. A huge ice storm just hit and it has been causing lots of problems, so hopefully we will get a little more snow and a lot less ice as the winter goes on.

Anyway, I should get back to working on my school stuff but I wanted to actually follow through with my new blogging plan for once! So to celebrate another holiday movie on tv, here is a great scene from Elf, with my favorite holiday song sung by one of my favorite actresses/musicians Zooey Deschanel:

The Holidays

The holiday season is finally here!! It has been a rough couple of months, but hopefully it will all be figured out soon. But to keep my spirits up, I am focusing on the upcoming celebrations!

Soon enough I will be back home in NH, where I feel like I fit in and can relax and enjoy the people around me, breathe the clean air, going skating on the pond, sledding down the hills and drinking cocoa while the snow falls. I can’t wait!

My Mom is coming back to NH for the holidays this year, so I’m not sure hwo that will work out, ro what she plans on doing for Christmas. I’m just not sure how I feel about it either. On one hand I am happy that she will be back, but mostly I am kind of upset with her. I know I should want her there for the holidays, but I am already dreading the awkwardness that is bound to happen. I don’t want to have to choose who to spend time with, and I feel like she is going to make me do that one way or the other with or without knowing it. That’s what was nice about her being out here and my Dad being back home. Thanksgiving was with her, and Christmas was with him and I didn’t have to think about it. I don’t want the holidays to be complicated, I want it to be simple and sweet. I don’t want to worry about who I need to please or who I am going to hurt, I just want to enjoy the break.

Oh well, here is to hoping it all works out better than I expect. I am going to try my best to make it a great Christmas and to spend time with the people who matter most to me. And I will of course be playing in the snow every chance I get!

Happy Holidays Everyone!

some sox love

after winning the world series, i think this was my favorite part of the celebration aftermath and all the champagne soaked interviews. it edges out the papeldance only because it shows the real heart of this team and the reason why i watch them everyday and keep coming back to support them even when they weren’t winning games.

from timlin to timmy with love

going to a town

been listening to rufus a lot lately getting myself pumped for his show in sept.  i cant wait.  it will be a nice relief once classes start up again.

i really don’t know what i am going to do with my life.  i feel like i am both getting pushed closer and closer to the “normal” life but still seeing myself moving further and further from it as the years go on and i am still so socially awkward.  yay self confidence and LA really helping me out in getting over the issues.  i know deep down that that is the reason i really don’t like LA, because i constantly feel like i have to compete with the anorexic, self tanning, boozing it up, dumb ass girls that rule the market here.  and i don’t like changing myself just to survive.  i love being home where i feel like i am around people who don’t constantly care whether you are wearing seven jeans, or ones from target as long as they look good, they are good enough for your friends and everyone else looking at you.  i think personality can take you a lot farther there.  here it always seems to come second, if not dead last.

but i do seem to have found a good core at last and that is what i really needed.  people to relate to that i dont have to censor myself around.  i hate that.  moving to this new apt seems to be helping me in finding the good things about this city…but i still need some more convincing that people actually like living here and aren’t holding on to the idea of living here and what it means when they tell people they reside in LA and can see the Hollywood sign from their apt window.  those arent the important things and i know that now.  i need my girls back home, my cats, my sox and people who seem like the generally want to know YOU underneath it all.  plus i need a little more rock and roll in my life, not this shitty hip hop and club music that plagues the stations out here.  ugh.  but i do get to see some sweet art shows.

and i think i have a crush.  we’ll see how it plays out.  but i love his eyes, they just seem so kind.  i haven’t seen kind eyes in a while and it is quite refreshing. i think i seem to young for him though, which is a new one for me.  i always feel too old for my crowd.  i just want him to ask me to lunch once, or say “bye” to me at the end of the day. i should probably take the initiative though and say good night sometime.  hopefully before my last day.  i dont want to stay like this forever, i really don’t.

where is everyone?

worst summer ever.

no one is here…court always works, i am about to start working, i won’t get to go camping, i won’t get to lay by a lake, no soft serve from king kone, no kitties, no friends.  just smog, tv and work.  oh fun.

here we go again…

so katherine is in scotland, julie is in france, the other katherine is in denmark and elizabeth is in spain.  and i am jealous.  too bad usc is soooo backwards on so many things, like studying abroad,  that they only give less than half the graduating class a chance to study abroad.  in architecture of all things, seeing the world and studying abroad would be so helpful and add so much to their career and their education.

well here i sit watching “what a girls wants” with amanda bynes for the second time today because i am sick of our movies and there is nothing better on tv to have on while i try and do some work for my project due next week. but obviously that is going well since i am posting on this blog! haha

i’ve also notice myself being wayyyy too caught up in hollywood crap.  it doesn’t matter.  and my life isn’t going to be better for knowing about other peoples lives.  but i do feel bad for britney and all this latest hooplah…i really do think she is having a mid-life crisis, and she is only like 24!! and has 2 kids! and has been married/divorced 2 times! too fast, too much.  she needs help to stop.  the thing with the shaving her head and getting more tattoos and parting and showing her bits and pieces all over the place, i just dont get why she isnt home, with her family enjoying them? GO HOME! take a break! you dont need to be out all night any more.  dont get me started on the whole anna nicole thing.  the media is so shameless and i keep getting sucked it. yuck.  so i am going to try and take a break from all that and focus on me.  and believe me there is plenty to focus on right now..

i have to work out my expenses, plan on buying a car, find a place to live next year, find a job for the summer, plan a trip to visit such friends overseas, do school work, go home for my b-day,  and maybe start to try and get healthy for once. oy vey. and i kind of still want some sort of social life! haha.

i don’t want to be this cynical anymore. i want to see more of the good in the world, and focus on that.  it is just os hard with all of the bad being shoved in front of me all of the time…i think i need to start having hobbies on the side to keep me grounded and keep me focused.  maybe i’ll bring my skates out with me and start skating again.  its the one thing i really truly miss doing from highschool. maybe i’ll even join a team!? who knows. hopefully it will all work out.

i dont really want to stay here this summer.  at all.  but luckily i will probably be able to find a good job in the field and i am gonna need one if i want to keep growing and get some different view points and experiences to see if i really love it or not.  and maybe even help guide me to what i want to do with my education.

growing up sucks. i want to go back to chasing boys around the playground. who wants to go with me?

It’s Christmas!

so instead of snow we got some frost and instead of a nicely lit pretty tree, we got our knocked over y Ginger most likely as she was spazzing out in the middle of the night and probably tried to climb it.  silly cat!  but its all good.  presents are opened, tree is up again, and christmas is relaxing for now.  bout to leave for the grandparents house in a bit so that will add some spice to the holiday with my little cousins running around and such…

hope everyones holiday season has been enjoyable so far and don’t forget we still have new years if all you want is to forget christmas than i am sure i can help arrange that for you

man i really want to make this layout christmas-y but i am cheap and don’t want to pay! haha.  o well.

Oh and do’nt forget! a new year means a new red sox team! hopefully without the ALREADY broken drew…but i guess you cant ask for too much, like a reliable outfielder now can you!?

anyways merry christmas, happy end of hannukah, happy kwanzaa?? and have a great rest of break and holiday season. maybe we will get some snow even!