| "When you go to San Francisco, be sure to wear flowers in your hair." |
[Tuesday
July 14th, 2009 @ 9:59am] |
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Okay, granted, my final destination isn't San Francisco, but seeing as that's where I'm headed first in...four hours, the title seemed fitting.
And with that, I take my bag and begin the hour-and-45 minute subway ride to JFK, which could easily be done by car in 20 minutes. But that's...pricey, so public transportation FTW!
We are officially in transit! Let's rock and roll, people. See you in two days (I'll put a post up when I've arrived in Sydney.)
HERE WE GO!
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[Monday
July 13th, 2009 @ 2:05pm] |
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Thought I'd share this since I've been searching for it. John Gallagher Jr. has a twitter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Follow him here: http://twitter.com/JohnGallagherJr.
Enjoy!!!!!
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[Monday
July 13th, 2009 @ 6:40am] |
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TOMORROW'S THE DAY!
Jen left for LaGuardia a few minutes ago, but I still have 24 more hours before transit time. HOW I am going to get through this work day is beyond me.
Well, time to go get dressed. Gotta head for the train. Then, home to put together everything and do one final run through of my checklist.
I think I'm one of the only people in the world who effing LOVES the airport. I hate FLYING in and of itself, but I love waiting for my plane, being around everyone, talking to strangers, hearing their stories, seeing people leave for all corners of the world. It's awesome!
OK, off to work. Happy Monday!
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[Saturday
July 11th, 2009 @ 10:27pm] |
5 | spring awakening/christy + jake/christy + kyle/ lea michele
3 | christy altomare
5 | kristen stewart/twilight/new moon
1 | taylor momsen
1 | amber heard
1 | meryl streep/mamma mia
  
a comet on its way
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| Skillz I Learned Today. |
[Friday
July 10th, 2009 @ 6:42pm] |
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Things I Am Good At:
1.) Packing 3 weeks into one duffel bag and a carry-on.
2.) Baseball (both hitting and catching the ball), despite a hiatus of, oh, I don't know, 15 years?
Things I Am Not Good At, Yet Could Be Worse At:
1.) Bowling.
Things I Am Irrevocably, Unforgivably Bad At:
1.) Swing Dancing (we knew this already).
2.) KICKBALL.
Mostly packed! I need to drop off laundry before brunch with Heather tomorrow to complete the rest, as well as hold off before packing things I'll need right up until the day of the flight, but other than that, we're clear for landing.
Today was AWESOME. It was great weather, and we played kickball and I was HORRIBLE, and then we played baseball and I was AMAZING, and then we bowled and I was mediocre. And it's essentially a 3-day weekend since we did NO work at all today and the office was closed. Yay yearly summer outing!
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| Craziness! |
[Friday
July 10th, 2009 @ 7:07am] |
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I had a horrible dream last night that I was in the check-in line at JFK and I suddenly realized I didn't have my passport. I'd left it at my mother's house, which is 45 minutes from the airport. As my flight was leaving in 2 hours, it just wasn't going to happen, and I was FREAKING OUT. Like, hyperventilating. I've never missed a flight in my life (I've never even had one be canceled on me, knock on wood) and the very prospect of it is so unsettling. Then I started to get scared because what if I got on ANOTHER flight that was like Air France 447 and I was meant to die so that's the reason I'd missed my first one, so I could be on a doomed airplane?
...
The hell? I'm nuts.
I also had a minor freak out last night because I suddenly found out that I need a Visa just to VISIT Australia. I had absolutely no idea about this until 8 hours ago. The good news is, the Visa costs 15 bucks and can be filed online at anytime, with automatic processing. So I can do it today. Emily, did you know about this? You have to go here:
http://www.eta.immi.gov.au/
Whoo. That would've sucked. I would've tried to get on the plane and basically been told "sorry, nope." I called Jen at 11 last night going "OMGWTFVISABBQ?!?!?!" Her response? "GIRL. BREATHE."
She knows me too well.
Today is our summer staff outing at Baker Field. We're basically spending the day at Columbia's Sports Arena, which is at, if I live at the tippy top of Manhattan, the tippy TIPPY top - literally, you cross the river from the Bronx and you're on the turf. We go from 10-2 playing kickball, hanging out, barbequing, etc. AND, it's only about a 15 minute walk from my apartment. Afterwards a group of us is going bowling down by Port Authority in midtown. SWEET. I love bowling. Then I'm coming home and starting packing!
JJ, Alex, Bex, Sergio, Sophia, Kelly, Russ, Ann, and Ann's boyfriend (whose name I totally cannot remember, bad Rachel) all went out to the Beer Garden for JJ's birthday last night. It was beautiful weather outside and we drank yummy drinks and ate bratwurst and perogies and it was LOVELY. They're a great group, from the impassioned discussions about Harry Potter to recounting skydiving tales from last year. Good times!
Well, I should get in the shower. It's another blue skied, sunny day out. Looks like the weather, while still cold for July, is finally improving.
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| Touch Me picspam |
[Thursday
July 9th, 2009 @ 12:03pm] |
Picspam of the song/scene "Touch Me" from Spring Awakening. Click HERE.
A little community promotion for those that do Spring Awakening icons/fanmixes/whatever else. Please join ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) sa_graphics!
Sorry if you're seeing this too many times on your flist!
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| This kid is my hero. |
[Thursday
July 9th, 2009 @ 2:48pm] |
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http://ryanrunseurope.blogspot.com/
EFFING FIERCE.
You know what else is fierce? EMILY AND MATT ARE GOING TO BE IN SYDNEY THE SAME NIGHT I AM ON JULY 30TH! We're staying at the same hostel and going to hit the town up together. What are the odds?! I'm so stoked.
You know what isn't fierce, though? Marc invited us out to his beach house over the weekend, but I can't go because I have to pack and do errands before leaving. Boo. :(
Time to go pretend to be busy...
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| 5 Days! |
[Thursday
July 9th, 2009 @ 9:24am] |
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I always find when I get to the place I'm going that I didn't need to book the 23 day trips or tours or whatever I lined up before leaving. They are ALWAYS able to be walked right into if not the day of, then the day before, so what's the point?
But then, less than a week out, I find myself thinking. This happened last night. I got home from yoga, and I started pondering, and thinking. And OVER thinking. And the what ifs start to come. Okay, fine, I could probably find A MILLION different barrier reef dives while I'm in Cairns.
BUT!
Given that I can only dive the 23rd (because my flight to Alice Springs is on the 25th and I need at least 24 hours before getting on an airplane after scuba diving to avoid falling deathly ill), WHAT IF that one day is sold out? And by the time I find another one, it's too late and they're all full? Or by the time I find one that's NOT full, it's too late in the day and the tour has already left?
See the logic here?
Same with the Koala cuddle. I'm going to Australia, and by God, I am going to hold a Koala if it's the last thing I ever do. What if it's this crazy popular attraction that's constantly sold out, and if I don't book it ahead I won't get to do it, and then I have to live with the knowledge that I was RIGHT THERE in Queensland, the only place where it's legal to cuddle a Koala, and I couldn't do it because I was stupid and didn't book it in advance?
It all comes down to making the most out of this experience, and since I don't know the next time I'll be able to take a 22-hour airplane ride ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, I need to put every precaution I can in place to make sure it goes right. I'm leaving room for flexibility, but the stuff I KNOW I want to see, I HAVE to make sure I get to. Or else I'll just have these REGRETS, and I DO NOT DO regrets, people. Never have, never will.
So I caved, and I booked my tour for the Barrier Reef and Phillip Island's Penguin Parade and The Great Ocean Road w/ the helicopter ride and hang gliding.
You know what? I feel better about it. I am also going to the Joey Rescue Center in Alice Springs, but that I know for a fact you don't need to reserve. The place is open all day long for people to just stop in and cuddle the baby 'roos. I figure it also helps my couch surfing folks to have an agenda so that they don't feel like they always have to entertain me.
I put together all of my travel documents, and now honestly, after packing, we're good to go. I'm going to Heather and Brett's on Saturday morning for brunch (we're making this awesome gluten-free blueberry pancakes I read about in Yoga Journal), then I'll pack after that. Sunday, I'm up at Mom's gathering some stuff she has for me, Monday I'll commute into work from her place, then Tuesday, it's off to JFK at about 10 a.m.
EEEEEEEEEEEEK!
I'm getting lunch with Anne-Marie today, and tonight is JJ's birthday so I'm heading out to Queens after work. Beer Garden! Woot woot.
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| Defying Inequality from 2/24/09 |
[Thursday
July 9th, 2009 @ 1:37am] |
Hey, I'm not sure if this has been posted before (I did a quick skim in the archive, so I'm sorry if I'm mistaken) but I stumbled over this on youtube and it really made me smile:
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| LifeList Project! |
[Tuesday
July 7th, 2009 @ 9:12am] |
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Goal: Go White Water Rafting
Date Completed: June 27th and 28th, 2009
( TSCHUSSIE! )
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[Saturday
July 4th, 2009 @ 8:52pm] |
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I don't want to talk about it.
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[Saturday
July 4th, 2009 @ 6:57am] |
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Curse these wretched allergies! The older I get the more I notice that when I leave the city for someplace landlocked, I just go nuts. My eyes start watering, my throat gets a tennis ball in it, my nose runs like a fountain, and I can't stop sneezing. It's QUITE annoying. Not to mention that I had the most INSANE dreams last night that included Alex and I getting run over by a tsunami on Nantucket Island, but also Ken from work organizing a conference in Times Square where I ran into literally every single person I went to high school with. And I'm not talking the 2 people I still see from time to time. I'm talking EVERYONE, folks I had forgotten existed, and I saw them and remembered their faces in GREAT DETAIL. It was CREEPY!
I'm in Pennsylvania again this weekend - I drove out from my mom's yesterday morning and got here in time for lunch. No traffic at all, which was lovely. After getting grub at our favorite restaurant here, we came back and watched the Jackson 5 miniseries that VH1 was showing in light of recent events. It was a very good look into the history of the Jacksons and really re-enforced what a disgusting person Joe is and was. Good Lord. I know this sounds harsh, but I'll say it - I really do believe that if it weren't for that man, he'd probably still be alive. I honestly do think that. And I think there are a lot of folks who do as well.
Meghan had some friends over for Mark's birthday last night, so we grilled some steaks and relaxed alongside the fire. I was exhausted by 10, so I ended up crashing on the couch. I woke up just now, and after lunch we're going to head out to Phillie Stadium to see the game between the Mets and the Phillies. It doesn't start until 4, but we're going to try to get there to see warm up. Here's hoping I come back alive! :)
I'll be back in New York tomorrow afternoon, and then I have Monday off as well! YAY FLEX TIME that starts this week! Booyah. 3-day weekends all through the summer. Can't complain, folks. Can't complain.
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| Ganked from becomingblurred |
[Thursday
July 2nd, 2009 @ 12:49pm] |
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Klein Sexual Orientation Grid
I scored an average of 0.95
| Heterosexual | Bisexual |
Homosexual |
MeaningThis result can also be related to the Kinsey Scale:
0 = exclusively heterosexual
1 = predominantly heterosexual, incidentally homosexual
2 = predominantly heterosexual, but more
than incidentally homosexual
3 = equally heterosexual and homosexual
4 = predominantly homosexual, but more than incidentally
heterosexual
5 = predominantly homosexual, incidentally heterosexual
6 = exclusively homosexual
Summary
The idea of this exercise is to understand exactly how dynamic a person's sexual orientation can be, as well as how fluid it can be over a person's lifespan. While a person's number of actual homo/heterosexual encounters may be easy to categorize, their actual orientation may be completely different. Simple labels like "homosexual", "heterosexual", and "bisexual" need not be the only three options available to us.
Take the quiz
Sure, I'll take it.
Only 2 more hours before we can blow this popsicle stand! WOOT! I didn't get into the office until 11:00 today as I had a meeting with my gift chair for 1995 in midtown. I met Alex for coffee this morning in our neighborhood at 8 (the barista was SO sweet/adorable!), got down to the building by 9:15, and had 45 minutes to kill, so I wandered around Rockefeller Center (where he works) for a bit and read a tad before it was time to go up.
It's deathly quiet in the office now, and at 2:50 I'm gonna split and catch the 3:30 train to Mom's. Tomorrow it's out to Philly for the Mets/Phillies game on Saturday. And a 4th of July BBQ! I'll be back Sunday night, then have Monday off (Risa, any news on the schedule?). YAY long weekends!
12 DAYS UNTIL OZ!
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[Wednesday
July 1st, 2009 @ 2:49pm] |
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