Return to the Shoes!

So today was a big day for me. It's been almost a year from that horrible day. As far as I can recall, the date was June 14, 2006 just 5 days before my 30th birthday. I was wearing a cute skirt outfit and funky ankle strap platform sandals and headed out to get lunch when I crossed 5th avenue, stepped into a dip in the street and went crashing down onto the pavement, seriously spraining my ankle. So now almost a year later, I have not only not worn those shoes since, but not been able to wear any heels at all. But I finally did it! Today I put those shoes back on and all was good. I'm happy to return to all my cute heels this summer and not be stuck in flat sandals like I was all last summer.

And today is the last day of April. Yay! My housewarming party is this Saturday, my birthday is less than two months away. And then summer is right around the corner. Here's hoping tomorrow's showers really do finally bring those May flowers. And yesterday was one of the best signs of summer to come. The first NYC street fair in my neighborhood. I just love those things. Especially the chocolate crepes and deep fried oreos. So bad ... but oooo soooo good! Yum-o!

What A Glorious Weekend

This weekend's weather has been fanfreakingtastic. I just love it. This is my absolute favorite weather. Mid 70s with the sunny skies and nice and breezy. Ahhh it's the best. After having an utterly fabulous out in Hoboken last night to celebrate Karen's 30th with some Karaoke, where we pulled out some tracks from Dirty Dancing, I headed out to the Upper West Side today for brunch with Leslie. That's what I love about days like today, being able to sit outside and have a relaxing lunch. I just love outdoor signing, enjoying your meal with the sun beating down and all people strolling by. I even ran into Carolyn Hinsey, who I used to work at the soap mags at. Totally randomness. But we had a fun day. We even stopped at the Greenmarket on Columbus for some tasty little samplings of treats. Yummy stuff. We even bought the most delicious rasberry jam. Mmm good! Here's to many more weekends ahead like this. I'm so ready for summertime!

Such a Tragedy!

I just can't get the awful events of yesterday morning at Virginia Tech out of my mind. And to think that the second shooting could have been prevented being that there were 2 1/2 hours in between. There needs to be a better system of security on these campuses.

Columbine in 1999 was such a tragedy and that was 12 people and now with this one 32 people are dead and all because of the damn guns. Something has to be done. To think that Columbine was 8 years ago almost to the day (is that just a coincidence?) and still nothing has changed. Maybe these latest events will wake people up and create a movement for some change, something that can prevent these kind of devastating tragedies from happening again. It is all just so sad.

Happy Friday the 13th!

Happy Friday the 13th everyone and boy am I ready for the weekend. Even though I'm sure my damn Mets game will be rained out on Sunday. Ah well, on to some survey fun. Feel free to steal any of my surveys and post on your own blogs.

FOODOLOGY*

Q. What is your salad dressing of choice?
A. blue cheese

Q. What is your favorite fast food restaurant?
A. Chik-fil-A. And I'm going tomorrow night. Otherwise, I hate fast food.

Q. What is your favorite sit-down restaurant?
A. Carmine's

Q. What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of?
A. ice cream

Q. What are your pizza toppings of choice?
A. plain or with mushrooms

Q. What do you like to put on your toast?
A. cream cheese

Q. What is your favorite type of gum?
A. anything really fruity

TECHNOLOGY*

Q. Number of contacts in your cell phone?
A. never counted

Q. Number of contacts in your email address book?
A. too many to count

Q. What is your wallpaper on your computer?
A. my nephew Ellis sitting on my dog Daisy

Q. How many televisions are in your house?
A. 2

BIOLOGY*

Q. Are you right-handed or left-handed?
A. Left

Q. Do you like your smile?
A. Yes :)

Q. What's your best feature?
A. eyes

Q. Which of your five senses do you think is keenest?
A. hearing

Q. What is the heaviest item you lifted last?
A. my work bag?

Q. Have you ever been knocked unconscious?
A. noo

MISC-OLOGY*

Q. If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die?
A. no way

Q. Is love for real?
A. yep

Q. If you could change your first name, what would you change it to?
A. I always wanted to change it, but I never would.

Q. What color do you think you look best in?
A. black or brown

Q. Have you ever swallowed a non-food item by mistake?
A. just gum

Q. If we weren't bound by society's conventions, do you have a relative you would make a pass at?
A. no way

Q. Have you ever saved someone's life?
A. not that i recall

Q. Has someone ever saved yours?
A. i dont think so

DARE-OLOGY*

Q. Would you walk naked for a half mile down a public street for $100,000?
A. no

Q. Would you allow one of your little fingers to be cut off for $200,000?
A. no

Q. Would you never go on MySpace again for $50,000?
A. yes

Q. Would you pose naked in a magazine for $250,000?
A. no

Q. Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000?
A. no

Q. Would you, without fear of punishment, take a human life for 1 million.
A. NEVER

Q. Would you give up watching television for a year for $25,000?
A. no

Q: What is in your left pocket?
A: nothing

Q: How much alcohol did you have this week?
A. none yet

Q: Is Napoleon Dynamite actually a good movie?
A. Only watched the beginning, to stupid

Q: Do you have hardwood or carpet in your house?
A: carpet

Q: Do you sit or stand in the shower?
A: stand

Q: Could you live with roommates?
A: I have in the past. Not anymore.

Q: How many pairs of flip flops do you own?
A: like 5 or so

Q: Where were you born?
A. long island, ny

Q: Last time you had a run-in with the cops?
A: not lately

Q: What do you want to be when you grow up?
A: I'll let you know when I get there.

Q: What cell phone service do you have?
A: verizon

DOM-OLOGY*

Q: First place you went this morning?
A: to work

Q: What's the last movie you saw?
A: Premonition starring Sandra Bullock

Q: Do you smile often?
A: yes

Q: Are you a friendly person?
A: yes

Q: What color shirt are you wearing?
A: white

Where are you Spring?

It is now April 12th and still this shit-ass weather. And I have tickets with Leslie for the first Mets game of the season on Sunday. And it's supposed to be a high of 43 degrees and pouring rain and wind. Are you fucking kidding. Well at least if it gets rained out before we have to hike out there, I'll get to go to a resheduled game in much warmer weather.

Where the hell is spring. It's almost a month into Spring and we've had like 2 nice days. And I can already see it coming, a few weeks from now it will all of a sudden jump into 85 days and hazy, hot and humid and skip spring all together. Here's hoping this all changes very soon. I'm having my housewarming party the first weekend in May, I was hoping for beautiful weather, so here's hoping this all changes by then.

On another bitching note, I am planning to go see my family out in Ohio the second weekend in June and it's been such a bitch trying to get a good airfare. It was suck at $250 all last week and now this week, it's been stuck at $275. What the hell. Who is going to Detroit anytime, let alone in the middle of June. Yea, I fly into lovely Detroit since it's only an hour away from my parent's house. So here's hoping that changes soon as well.

And for my last wish, the end of Sanajaya's run on American Idol. It had better end within the next two weeks, if not sooner. Because if I don't get the final four I want of Jordin, Blake, LaKisha and Melinda, then some serious heads are going to roll. The whole show is just going to go downhill.

What the f is with Idol?

How the fuck is that trainwreck known as Sanjaya Malakar still standing on American Idol. I'm just getting really fed up. But alas, he won't be there once it gets down to the really good people like Melinda, Jordin and Blake. So I shall move on. Looking forward to the weekend. It will be a nice quiet one with everyone going away for Easter. But as today is a slow day at work, he is a nice little survey I stole from my friend Gayle's myspace whom I just met on my trip to Italy...

1. The phone rings; who do you want it to be?
Mom

2. When shopping at the grocery store, do you return your cart?
no

3. In a social setting, are you more of a talker or a listener?
talker

4. Do you take compliments well?
sometimes

5. Do you play Sudoku?
no, but I edit it at work

6. If abandoned alone in the wilderness, would you survive?
god no.

7. Do you like to ride horses?
haven't tried since day camp in elementary school.

8. Did you ever go to camp as a kid?
I just said that. YMCA day camp through 5th grade. Then after 6th and 7th, I went to 4-H sleepaway camp. Then 8th grade, I was a CIT at a day camp in my town.

9. What was your favorite game as a kid?
candy land, hungry hungry hippos, life

10. If a sexy person was pursuing you, but you knew he/she was married, would you go for IT?
no way

12. Could you date someone with different religious beliefs than you?
it depends on how flexible they are toward judaism.

13. Do you like to pursue or be pursued?
be pursued

14. Use three words to describe yourself:
funny, friendly, caring

15. Do any songs make you cry?
no

16. Are you continuing your education?
nope

17. Do you know how to shoot a gun?
no, and I don't plan to

18. If your house was on fire, what would be the first thing you grabbed?
my photo albums

19. How often do you read books?
usually only when I go on a beach vacation

20. Do you think more about the past, present or future?
the past and the future

21. What is your favorite childrens book?
where the sidewalk ends and green eggs and ham.

22. What color are your eyes?
brown

23. How tall are you?
5'10

24. Where is your dream house located?
a beach in Malibu

25. Do you have a secret fetish?
no

26. Have you tried sushi?
one of my faves

27. Have you ever taken pictures in a photo booth?
Yes but not since I was in college

28. When was the last time you were at Olive Garden?
YEARS! What's up with this question.

29. Why is there always a question missing...?
yea, it's weird.

30. Where was the furthest place you traveled today?
I've only traveled to work. Took 20 minutes.

31. What was your favorite job?
Love mine now.

32. Do you like mustard?
ugh, hate is.

33. Do you prefer to sleep or eat?
sleep

34. Do you look like your mom or dad?
a little of both

35. How long does it take you in the shower?
15 min

36. Can you do splits?
no

37. What movie do you want to see right now?
I might go see premonition this weekend

38. If you could fast forward your life, would you?
no way

39. What did you do for New Year's?
at karen and erica's pad. had a blast.

40. Do you think The Grudge was scary?
never saw it

41. Could you relate to a character in Mean Girls?
no. but love that movie.

42. Do you own a camera phone?
yes

44. Was your mom a cheerleader?
no

45. What's the last letter of your middle name?
E

46. Do you like your middle name?
its okay

47. How many hours of sleep do you get a night?
8 or so

48. Do you like care bears?
yes

49. What do you buy at the movies?
a ticket, and pretzel bites with cheese.

50. Do you know how to play poker?
yes but not well

51. Do you wear your seatbelt?
always

52. What do you wear to sleep?
pj pants and a t-shirt

53. Anything big ever happen in your hometown?
everybody loves raymond was based there in lynbrook, ny

54. How many meals do you eat a day?
2

55. Is your tongue pierced?
no eww

56. Ever meet anyone you met on myspace?
no

57. Do you read myspace bulletins?
love them

58. Do you like funny or serious people better?
funny

60. Did you eat a cookie today?
Nope, it's passover

61. Do you use cuss words in other languages?
cuss words? lol.

63. Do you hate chocolate?
i'm a chocoholic.

64. What do you and your parents fight about the most?
nothing really

65. Are you a gullible person?
sometimes

66. Do you need a boyfriend/girlfriend to be happy?
no, but i'd like to find the right guy.

67. If you could have any job what would it be?
magazine editor

68. Are you easy to get along with?
yes

69. What is your favorite time of day?
8pm

Taxes suck!

I finally bit the bullet and heading on down to H&R block on Sunday. I hate going there. I even tried to avoid it by buying turbotax and trying to do it myself. But I failed at that. It's the the damn stocks and bonds that screw me up. Too complicated. So after two hours at the damn tax place, I got back 244 from Federal, but own 160 to New Jersey and 200 to New York. It's the income from those investments but whatever. But what really pissed me off is that I lived in New Jersey for all of TWO MONTHS!! That's bullshit. I hate New Jersey. So boy am I glad to be an official year round resident of New York City now. And now that I own my apartment, my 2007 taxes will be even better!

After that I headed over to try out the Dramatics NYC salon on 23rd Street. I got Flex the owner as my stylist and he was awesome. I was there for two hours, but I got a fabulous new cut and color.

Now that Passover has officially begun last night, I miss carbs already. And it doesn't end till next Tuesday night. Fun fun.

Off to my cousin's apartment on the upper east tonight for Passover dinner tonight. Which I am already annoyed about. My cousin doesn't even know how to make toast, so my aunt and my grandma are bringing in all the food. And she has a beautiful gourmet kitchen that is just collecting dust. And we're not even doing a seder, just having dinner. These are the times when I really hate my family not being in New York. Ah well, such is life.