MASCARA

One morning this week when I was riding the train (subway) into work, I watched a woman putting on her mascara and she completely disturbed me.

First of all, it ALWAYS disturbs me whenever someone decides it is okay to put on their entire face of make-up on while riding the train. Who ever said it was okay? I mean, come on. The train is bumpy, so there is no way you can have a steady hand, and usually the culprit has a tiny mirror, so they are probably doing a spotty job. Not to mention it is BAD ETIQUETTE!!!

Anyway, so this particular crazy really bothered me because she put on her mascara for about 10 minutes - PER EYE. It also seemed to be the only make-up she was wearing. Classy. She looked like a crack addict by the time she was done. Which was really great, since she was wearing a t-shirt that said "strollercise" or something. She also pulled out a placard with the same logo before she exited at the Lexington/59th St. station, which told me she was about to go lead some poor mommies to their doom.

TUESDAY TUESDAY

I ran for the second time last night and it was great! I think I've got the 3 miler down. Now I have to start building the distance! Going to run Wednesday and Friday on my own, then next week the real training starts - YIPE!

Going to Vermont for the "long" weekend. Should be nice and relaxing. The husband bought a new climbing rope yesterday, so we're going to try it out! I feel very sporty lately - yoga tonight! It's fun. I've never really been the sporty type. Still don't like competitive sports, unless I'm competing with myself!

Gotta get writing too. I owe my writing friend Lindsey an installment tonight and I'm COMPLETELY behind . . .

HALF MARATHON

Okay, so I'm running the Half Marathon in NYC on August 27! Or at least I'm going to attempt to. I signed up on Wednesday of last week and ran/walked my first three miles on Friday - woo hoo! My friend Chris gave me an awesome program to follow and I think I can really do this! Won't be easy, but it will be fun and all kinds of friends are running it! YAY! I love how many calories you burn running too - means I get to eat more!! :-P

Will keep everyone posted on the running progress.

NIN

Oh man - went to see these guys ROCK last night. It was a great show! The lights were awesome, they sounded great and played good stuff - AWESOME. Really interesting, as always, to see who turns out for concerts. There are always people who you think don't quite belong, but there they are right next to you rocking out just as much as you are.

Jones Beach is an interesting venue. Pretty cool, but what's up with the no booze inside? I bet they would sell out more shows if they allowed it. Kinda silly, really. What type of Prohibition?

Also, my only complaints of the evening involved the incompetence of whoever was running the live cameras. Not great. And also, they had no "girl" sized t-shirts! I have to resort to buying on the NIN website . . . Well, I guess good things come to those who wait.

We're gonna party like . . .

So yesterday was my birthday :). It was good fun! Kept it on the DL. Went to two of my favorite places in NYC - The Dove Parlor and Pintxos. Had some great drinks and food. Was doubly nice because I spent it with my wonderful husband and my friend from work who was in from the West Coast.

Today is NIN at Jones Beach - WOOO HOOO! I'm kinda tired, but must rock!

Tomorrow is afternoon tea with Ann. Yum!

It's great when your b-day falls on a Friday.

Oh yeah - almost forgot to mention the cupcakes at work. Chocolate - mmmmm.

The Devil Wears . . .

Got to see a screening of TDWP tonight. Meryl is brilliant, as usual. All I'm going to say is it is very different from the book. Not that that is necessarily bad. And Anne Hathaway is actually pretty good. Poor soul. Every time she's in something she can't help but Disney-fy it.

It was good fun though. Glad I saw it.

Crash Landing on a Tuesday

Yeah, so today started out okay, got really good, and then came to a really bad end. It amazes me how some people can just screw up your day. And fast!

Well, I'm not going to write about that.

What I will focus on is how GORGEOUS the weather is getting! I walked a little bit after I left work to blow off some steam and it was SO nice out. If I had more steam I would have done some shopping. Walked by Crate and Barrell and realized I should have brought the gift certificate I have so I could purchase the long awaited new cushions for the couch!

Anyway, I think the weather is supposed to hold out until the weekend. AWESOME, because we are going to the NIN concert at Jones Beach on Saturday. I want to get some good beach time in!! Gotta make sure my suit is still okay.

Going to see The Devil Wears Prada tomorrow. I hope it is good! I love Meryl.

I guess I don't have much to say today. Guess I'll do a little night o' beauty tonight since Andy's down in DE. Pedicure, here I come!

CATCHING UP

It is really interesting to go through my old entries from 3 years ago. They are almost prophetic. I still have Toulouse (my parakeet) and have a new one, Gary. Here they are:

What else? Well, I did get to Europe. Twice in 2004, in fact. Went to France and Ireland. Both trips were for film festivals Andy got into. Also went to India! Just this past Christmas/New Years. For a wedding. It was really incredible.

So I'm realizing I do have a lot of stuff to catch up on. I'm having a great time reformatting and updating. More to come! Then we can get into some deeper stuff.

First thing's first. Andy and I got married on May 6, 2006!
You can see our little wedding website here. Fun!

I'm BAAAAACK!

Part of the reason I'm back is that I recently (and very randomly!) discovered that an old girlfriend that is no longer in my life has one of these. She writes about what she feels is "stylish" and "fashionable." I find it interesting that she also recounts the time in her life when she lived 'round these parts and had certain friends. It is even more fascinating that she fails to mention that she ditched all these friends randomly right before she got married, never to be heard from again.

Ah well - such is the magic of the internet. You can "find" someone without really "finding" them.

Anyway - a LOT has happened since my last entry three years ago. I have to read my little writings and catch y'all up. Maybe post some pictures and stuff.