Flying to the Mitten early Thanksgiving morning.
Seeing my parents for the first time since June.
Arriving in time to go to Grandma's and eat homecooking.
A nom nom nom.
The end of the semester clusterfuck has begun.
Next week I'll go fetal.
But right now, I'm thankful for
this is my life
A guy was stabbed down the street. The perp also knocked out some of his teeth. Then robbed him for good measure. The Asshole Award goes to you sir.
The beach at Jamaica Bay, here in Queens, apparently is the site of some religious ceremonies. I guess it's been going on for awhile now but it has become a problem because they're beheading goats on the beach and leaving the carcasses behind. I guess it's a sacrifice to the ocean, or something. I suppose I shouldn't put it past New Yorkers to sacrifice goats to the ocean gods, but I feel like that's even a little ... I don't know ... uncivilized? In the very least, clean up your carcass please.
Then there's this real nice specimen we have here in Queens who one day decided to throw carpet cleaner on her boyfriend and light him on fire because he came home late at night. He died for his sin. She also managed to light herself on fire in the process and is currently being arraigned for murder charges from her hospital bed. The worst part is the fire spread throughout her apartment building and killed three other people. Four people in total died because she's a dumb cunt (sorry mom) who has no concept of respect for human life. I'm not sure if she's ever heard the word 'consequences' but she's gonna get a nasty lesson on it now. Here's the Darwin Award for you cupcake.
In non-f'ed up news, this kid at Pace is being followed by MTV camera crews for the show MTV True Life: I'm a Freshman. They basically follow him around, some days from the moment he gets up, to document his transition from high school to college. Stimulating. Okay, I've never actually seen the show but it's on MTV so can you blame me? His name is Pedro Rivera and it's set to air sometime in February. Congrats to Pedro.
In other Pace University news, Business Week put my school on the Top Colleges with the Biggest Returns list. This is the data they gave:
Top incomes: $187,000
Mid-career median salary: $89,700
Starting median salary: $53,200
It ranked with Yale, Harvard, and Stanford. Yays. I scanned the list for Michigan schools but didn't see any. Oh Michigan.
I haven't said much about the NYPD lately. That's because I've just been training. Nothing much interesting right now. No real cases yet. I'm not quite sure what made me think that working full time while taking 16 credit hours in grad school would be a happyfuntime. It has left my brain quite incoherent as of late.
it's everywhere i will be after i walk for two weeks i have lived in the same place for a long time. it is time for me to go someplace else.
no you have only lived next door for 15 years
16
56, what's the difference? i want you to stay next door forever
i do not want to wake up in the same old bed and eat breakfast in the same old kitchen. every room in my house is the same old room 'cause i have been there too long.
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things i've been up to
Last weekend Jason and I went to New Jersey with Steve, Christine, and Matt. We scored ourselves a free ticket promotion to the Detroit Pistons vs. NJ Nets game. It was Iverson's first game with the Pistons, but we still lost. Whoops. I had the messiest Carvel ice cream cone evar! We also got to see Giants Stadium from the outside, and that's probably as close as we'll ever get to it.
That's about all I remember.
And our seats were hella high.
Last weekend was also Jason's 26th Birthday. He got packages from the fam-damly. I bought him a Coldstone ice cream cake and he ate a ridiculous portion of it.
::shakes fist::
We went to see Spamalot on Broadway this Friday. It was an amazing show. Not only did I not hate Clay Aiken, I thought his performance was really great. Even though I've never really watched American Idol, I thought I knew what he looked like. Turns out, not so much. I kept laughing and watching this one guy who had these great expressions. During intermission I asked Jason if he knew which one was Clay Aiken because I couldn't find him and he said Sir Robin, which of course was the one cracking me up. Now my silent Clay Aiken judgments are no longer justified, damn him. The guy who played King Arthur was spectacular, his teeth were huge and white and his stoned smile made me giddy. It was such a happy show! I would recommend it to anyone, even if you're not a Monty Python fan I think you'd like it. The French guys, oh god, I loved them. Fetchez la vache!
::maniacal::
We could see right down into the orchestra pit from our seats. The conductor was in front of us and the guy that played that weird oboe giant instrument thing kept smiling at me.
Holy glowing bald spot!
Our proximity to the actors really was quite amazing. This was our view, no zoom. At one point when all the ladies on stage flip their skirts over to spell out a word on their panties, Jason had like 10 round asses in his face and I leaned over and exclaimed, "Happy Birthday!"
It really was a fantastic show. I think my mouth was hanging open through most of it. Do go see it someday.
My photos are officially up in a gallery! Out of all the photos submitted to the gallery, my curator chose 15 photographs and two of them are mine. ::jig::
I'm gonna go see it this week. It's a mini-dream come true!
Here's the promotion card.
I missed the opening reception. They served hors d'oeuvres and wine. I hate when I miss out on free food. >_<
Jason started our wedding playlist. It's gonna be totally boss. I think people will like it. And that I will cry. Like a sap.
remyeos
I could use an update or three, perhaps tomorrow, but I just wanted to post some Remy things right now. She was bumbling around here this evening and we found her in the watering can underneath the sink. Jason brought it out into the living room and she just sat in it, as happy as could be.
To counteract the cuteness, here is a video taken awhile ago of some sassiness. Of which there is plenty. This one depicts the day I bought three bananas to make my beloved Chocolate Monkey smoothie only to find Remy on the kitchen table munching a hole into one of my bananas. I was not amused. I threw the banana on the floor and Jason videotaped her dragging it away ... to hoard it all for herself. Slutty McHoard.
I will hopefully update tomorrow because I get to be home all daaaay. But I also need to do some grocery shopping, Target, Walgreens, laundry, and oh write another lab report. So ... I guess that means I don't get to be home all day, but I'm not going into Manhattan so it sure feels like I'm not going out.
