YAY!!!

there's a ton of great news about to be listed. i can't say i'm disappointed by that news!
1. i am MOVED from that awful, hideous situation--i slept at my new place last night--and i must say--i haven't slept that well in quite awhile.

here's why i had to move out:

my over 40 year old roommate was a chronic pot smoker. now, i totally know a ton of people that smoke the stuff since college--and i still know people that do it currently--and that doesn't bug me. i'm pretty tolerant and understanding i think with regards to personal choice--so long as it doesn't cause me any undue harm. so why did this bug me?

because she smoked it TWICE a day--AT LEAST. and it wasn't for medicinal purposes.

she also rented out her entire apartment to me and an awesome kenyan guy that i got along with great--which meant that she shouldn't have been around--at all. i signed on for one roommate--not 1 and a freeloader.

however--she was there pretty much everyday and crashed on the couch most of the time. she also ate our food, used our resources and made a mess--without contributing to any of the replacements that would be needed, cleaning, or even asking for permission to eat the food. now, i understand people suffering from hard times--but the fact is--had she even been a tad considerate and pleasant to us--we might not have minded as much. however, she was basically unpleasant, demanding, rude, and inconsiderate. that doesn't make me want to be charitable to someone i just met.

she also smoked cigarettes in the apartment. not only was she not supposed to be around--but she would lie about her daily activities. i don't smoke. duncan doesn't smoke. who else could it possibly be??? she lied alot. i mean. we're talking about someone who just doesn't know what the truth is.

i'm sorry--but if you're over 40 years old and you still smoke pot twice a day and have no job? there's a problem. here's a thought--maybe the two are connected?

she would invite her various male friends over daily. and smoke pot, eat our food, etc. all this from someone who wasn't supposed to be there.

really??? i mean. really????
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2. i purchased my ticket to l.a. for labor day weekend! yay! i get to see my sister and brother-in-law and their 2 girls and 2 boys. i'm very excited. the kids are just stinking cute. they have moved here from singapore for a few years. if you listen closely, the kids have adorable accents.

keira: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhDRlmygLDY

scott: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2p5NVQ5Peg&feature=related

greg: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJnF8D5yxXg&feature=related

elizabeth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG_d3ZHGekU

i happen to have 9 more cute nieces and nephews. i might not be blessed but the rest of the family seems to be!
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august is VERY NEARLY OVER. and i'm still trying to figure out how to make this month work. i just need 3 extra days!!!
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i was very torn watching the men's backstroke final. i've always loved piersol...but that ryan lochte is HOT. come to it--did you check out those russian swimmers? favorite all-time swimmer is the "russian rocket" alexander popov--but that new one...it must be a requirement that you need to be extremely easy on the eyes to be an olympic swimmer for russia...

alexander popov

ryan lochte

aaron piersol

mixing it up...

so i've had a few emails asking how to post a comment on here. so here's a quick rundown.

--you DO NOT actually need to have a blogger id to post comments to me. here's the easiest way to post a comment:

1. click the "comments" link towards the end of each post.
2. click the circle that says "name/url"
3. type in your name, the url is optional.
4. type your comment in the comment box.
5. click the "publish your comment"

and you're done! :)

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ONE MORE WEEK UNTIL MY MOVE! :) i'm totally way too stoked for a move...but, at some point--i will post why it is something that NEEDS to happen. some of you already have a clue but i'm wayyyyy excited--and again--most likely i will be posting the various details about why soon...

on another note--does anyone else love "so you think you can dance" cause--man...damn i wish i could dance! it's just crazy how people can move their bodies in such incredibly strange and hypnotic ways. it's just mesmerizing...

craziness.

it cracks me up...

when people insist on arguing and/or defending a point that is clearly fallacious on so many levels, fail to realize the enormity of scope and then proceed to offend and defend the ignorant opinion that they have decided is "fact."

on another note. i'm feeling more and more excited about the move. i'm very stoked.

also, i had pierogis for the first time. i purchased a small box of "potato and garlic" ones. errr...maybe it was just a bad company that made it or a bad mix or whatever--but i wasn't terribly impressed. it was like mashed potates wrapped in thick wonton wrap. and if that's the case--i prefer the asian versions of dimsum and stuff. but i can admit that i might be biased.

progress

i am almost nearly completely packed up--and i still have 2 weeks to go before i actually move! i'm either extremely incredible or completely insanely premature. i can be both though. all i have left is the kitchen cupboard and my clothes. that's it. both of which i can do in about an hour max.

so, i'm feeling very accomplished. i am also pretty amazed at the lack of stuff i have. if i wasn't living on the 4th floor and moving into the 3rd floor--i'd do it myself. oh well.

it's the start of the first week of august and it's already kicking my butt...

rude awakenings

so the other night...i went to bed. no covers since it's so bloody hot here and felt a tickle on the small of my back. i was asleep, but awake enough to feel the tickle and awake enough to move my hand there to scratch my back...only...

once my hand got there, i realized it wasn't a tickle from the fan. it was a bug, which woke me right up. i swatted, jumped up and turned on the light. i can say i've never woken up quite so quickly and quite so fiercely before.

but the very disturbing fact that woke me up wasn't that it was a bug...but that what i felt, was a HUGE bug. so, blind as a bat, with the lights on, i look for my taped up glasses and look around, knowing that it was lurking somewhere...slightly hurt.

i start moving things around, fearfully, and still quite dazed with sleep. i grabbed my pillows, thinking, maybe it's lurking there...unfortunately. i was right.

it flew out and i was able to confirm the size of the thing that was making itself comfortable on my back. i have no clue what the hell it was still. but it flew. it had the wings of a moth--but the body of a grasshopper. and it was 2 inches long. that's sizable man. big, beady eyes. sentient. staring at me. i proceeded to figure out how to get rid of it without getting close and without screaming at 2am. i finally worked up the nerve to bundle my right hand up in toilet paper--grabbed it, wrapped it up and squished it. i know. i know. but even that freaked me out.

i hate bugs. i understand they play some role in the greater scheme of things, but i still hate them. i especially hate being woken up to one parked on the small of my back.

anyhow. i was still freaked out at the size of the thing, so i kept my light on and tried to go to sleep. at 4am i realized, i am not going to be able to fall asleep with my lights on. it makes it hotter and brighter (imagine that).

anyhow, after that i felt sufficiently safe to sleep enough to turn off my lights. promptly fell asleep cause i was dead tired. and about...ohhhh...an hour later....

i felt a tickle on my leg. smacked it. and no. it wasn't the breeze again. it was a fairly large mosquito or bug of some sort. but after the earlier scare, well, a smaller version just didn't freak me out quite so much--but...

enough to call an end to sleep for the day. i decided to get some packing done instead.

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on another note: i caved and hired movers. :) i'm actually pretty happy with it. i think i'd have died trying to move my stuff myself--and it's not like i have all that much. i really don't, but the month is already going to be pretty stressful, there's no need to add what doesn't need to be added, right?

august...

i just want it to be over with already. it feels like february/march all over again when things were fiercely hectic and crazy busy.

so the things i must do because i refuse to take any days off of work for it:

1. move by myself (unless i break down and hire movers) from my current place (a 4th floor walkup) to my new place (a 3rd floor walkup).

2. i have a 3 day training to attend.

3. hamptons again.

4. end of one of our many goal cycles for work.

5. i might have a houseguest for a weekend.

6. and because it's the end of a major goal cycle--i will be working like a broken woman to try and get everything in and done (i'm very well aware that was a horrible, horrible thing to write).

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i am hoping to take an extended weekend trip in september to california to see my 2nd oldest sister, her husband (Herman--yes--horrible name) and 4 of my nieces and nephews (2 of each).

i have decided that i can't possibly justify spending over $1,200 to go home for thanksgiving--when it would amount to only about 4 days. not quality and not worth it. better to pick another time and make an extended trip and spend that amount...although, if flights get cheap enough--i might break down and do it. otherwise--i am thinking of taking a nice little roadtrip heading up north--or down south for my holiday break. we'll see.

i am still planning on taking my 3 week europe trip this winter--so--the bulk of my play money has been saving towards that.

btw, if anyone wants to fly in and help me move? food's on me! :)