tag from jeweliette so here goes (although i feel like this is the way i type my xanga entries anyway...):

1. i am hungover right now.

2. i prefer to shop for clothes by myself. if i'm with others i always feel pressured to buy things i don't like or buy things i really think are too expensive. 

3. when i cook i always make enough for two servings so that i have food for lunch the next day. this works out because a) i save time on making lunch in the morning and b) it's a pain and a waste to cook a single serving.

4. i carry my camera with me everyday, just in case i see a photo op. i like taking random pics around the city (of the architecture, people, food, anything really).

5. i went to a movie by myself and actually had more fun than i thought i would. it was a shitty movie (a knight's tale) too, go figure.

6. seeing an elderly person eating a meal by himself/herself makes me tear up. i think it stems from a fear of being alone when i get old.

7. the extreme left-wing mentality at this school makes me uncomfortable. i can't speak for the entire university, but i can say that i have not been through one class at the public health school in which the professor has not bashed president bush. i'm not saying i'm a huge bush supporter, i just feel like there's a time and place to voice your political opinion.

8. i am not too keen on developing a high-powered career. i would be content to have a healthy family and a stable job. it's been hard to justify this to myself after going to MIT and columbia, but i've finally resolved myself to the fact that i don't need a unique, ground-breaking job to be happy. this does mean, though, that my husband needs to be making some cold hard cash.

9. one of my favorite high school memories was dancing to HOT (a korean pop group) in front of a huge crowd of people (hahaha, heidi, do you remember that??). yes, i was an asian lover in high school as well.

10. today is my LAST day at my job. it is taking a lot of control for me not to be grinning from ear to ear, skipping around the office, and shouting out loud about how happy i am to be out of here. we will see what my status is at 4pm.

1. i noticed this morning that the leaves are starting to fall. i'm sure part of it has to due with this crazy amount of rain, but it's a sign that summer is definitely over. i was talking to someone the other day about how fall smells so crisp, almost refreshing. i think i had an almost identical post last year around this time...with the kid jumping into the leaves. hmm, guess i really like this season. i will admit that i didn't mind going back to school (ok fine, i LIKED going back to school) when i was younger, and so i don't have any traumatic back-to-school related phobias of autumn.

2. new job starts on the 24th. my new boss emailed me today and asked me if i wanted a palm pilot for work. without a doubt, i am moving up in the world.

3. so far i've been taking classes i enjoy for my program, but this semester i had to buckle down and take an elective i'm really not interested in. no amount of petitioning/begging allowed me to substitute classes. it brings me back to mit, when i was ALWAYS taking classes i wasn't into. why can't i just suck it up, do the work, and get the good grade? it is so hard to buckle down and do shit for a class (or anything for that matter) that i'm not into.

4. i had dinner with two of my cousins on friday night. i have 18 cousins on my dad's side...yea, enough people for an army (no concept of birth control back then). there are only four of us girls who aren't married yet, and three of us have grown up primarily in the united states. i don't have any biological sisters, but these girls come pretty close to it. apparently this bond used to include harassment as well. my cousins revealed that they used to put bugs in my food and make fun of me when i was younger. they particularly liked making fun of the way i cried...for some reason it was especially abnormal. they shouldn't have told me this stuff...payback's always a bitch ladies. muahahahahah.

1. angela came down to visit and we had an excellent time exploring the city. our weekend revolved around eating and drinking. i tried out a couple of new places and i highly recommend them: azaza (eastside, loungy place), kelley and ping (soho, asian noodle shop); and some classics: jackson diner (queens, indian buffet), magnolia bakery (west village, cupcakes), chipotle (all over, mexican). my life could seriously revolve around food.

2. it sucks when you miss open bar by five mins and are completely sober watching bad dancers try to salsa.

3. does anyone know anything about kayaking? the downtown boathouse offers free classes/rentals on weeknights and weekends. i think i might go check it out sometime this week to 1) learn more about kayaking and 2) attempt to reduce arm flab. the weeknight rentals are only for 20 mins, but if you go enough times then you can participate in the three hour weekend trips. i'm hoping if i work hard enough i can be ready to do a weekend trip in mid-sept.

4. i have a ridonkulous craving for taco bell's crunch wrap supreme. dammit, why did the health-code violating branch up here have to close?? this craving is so bad i wouldn't mind popping the immodium.

1. so it's not just me. i was listening to the radio the other day and the morning hosts were discussing tall girls dating shorter guys. not just short, shortER, meaning any height lower than the girl's height. many people commented that it was weird to see a couple with the taller female. some people elaborated by saying, and i quote, "she looks like his sister." THANK YOU. this proves that i do NOT have a complex and that my desire to find a man over 6' is NOT abnormal. to all those people bugging me about being picky about height, here is the evidence that justifies my criterion.

2. the site for new yorkers without a car. finding mapquest useless when your primary vehicle of transportation is provided by the wonderful organization known as the mta? there's your new favorite site.

3. speaking of the subway, i was waiting for the train the other day and my mind began to wander. i started thinking about how much i appreciated the A, and decided to come up with a little poem just to document my gratefulness:

"A train, A train, a tune I hum,

As I wonder when you'll come.

Down below the ground so fair,

Like a bullet through the air.

A train, A train, you've appeared.

Now there's nothing to be feared."

this is what happens when you forget reading material for the commute. you come up with shitty poems. i should be horribly embarrassed to post this poem, but for some reason i'm not. i guess it's because it just goes to show how great the A really is...the poem would have been better if the train had taken longer to show up. ;)

1. if you're looking to do a good deed and don't know what to do, i have a suggestion. sloan kettering is always looking for blood and platelet donors, and both procedures are fairly quick and painless. platelets are actually really important for cancer patients, and the usefulness of your donation doesn't depend on your blood type. donated platelets can be received by a person with any blood type. the donation process takes about two hours total (with the paperwork), and you don't get tired after at all because they're not taking your red blood cells. for more info, go to MSKCC Blood Donations

2. went out with the co-workers last night and had a surprisingly good time. i think we're all so stifled and frustrated at work that we appear antisocial during the day. get a couple of drinks in everyone, and it's a completely different story. we first went to uva, a wine bar on the east side. definitely recommend it, especially if you're not up on your wines. the waitress we had was more than happy to answer questions and make decisions. after that we went to la tour, a french restaurant. if you like mussels this place is great - they have an all you can eat mussels and fries special for $18. good stuff.

3. i really want to take a bartending class. and a wine tasting class. all i know right now is that white goes with seafood and red goes with meats...haha, painfully pathetic knowledge of alcoholic beverages. apparently columbia has a school of mixology that offers a bartending class for $150. i must take advantage.

4. i want to take cello lessons. (do you notice a trend here? it's because i actually have free time!) i need to figure out how to carry a cello on the subway.

5. meteorolgists are dumb as hell. or at least the ones in new york are. the forecast has said rain for the past two days, and it's been clear skies. i, being the well-prepared person i am, have been carrying my trusty umbrella around and wearing my unfashionable rain gear. people - you have one thing to do, do it right!