Tales of a Thirty-Something

thoughts from today

• i might have to make ron artest's song "champion's" my new theme song. i mean, don't get me wrong...i like queen being my family's theme song provider...but it's 2010!! gotta stay up with the times.

• schooooooool's out for summer...tomorrow. and not a moment too soon. probably my worst semester, grades wise, yet...i don't care. my apathetic-ness is my survival technique. as long as i pass...all is well. i'm awesome!

• cannot wait to get out of utah!! road tripping it to nyc next week with chloe. get to see friends on the way and friends in the city. just what i need!

• i get excited when famous people reply to my tweets (or at least they're famous to me). yes, i'm 12. but for some reason it just makes me feel cool! especially because i'm not! that happened twice today and i practically peed my pants. ask kelly. i nerdily emailed/called her about both.

 

• being on match.com is getting easier. i have plans to meet a few more guys which is good. so far, no solid leads but you never know. i'm not getting my hopes up about any of them because i can't do that to myself. so...we'll see.

• had a slight brush with the television industry today, helping my bro with something. it was exciting! part of me really wishes i could work in film/tv. maybe someday.

• saw killers with chloe and candice last night and much to my surprise, i actually enjoyed it! ha! it helped to go into it with low (or no) expectations. and come on...looking at ashton kutcher for an hour and a half ain't that bad. he's hot.

• having a yard sale this weekend. perfect time to work on my tan. and by "tan" i mean "burn." and by "work on" i mean "sit in the shade." yes, it's hot in utah but i'm a little scared to be back in nyc with the heat + humidty. ay yi yi.

• even though i won't get paid vacation, the two weeks off work sounds nice. i'm really looking forward to it. i need a vacation. or a really long road trip. with a few days in nyc. and a jaunt from east to the left coast. with a smaller road trip. and a quick flight home. yes...that sounds perf.

things i've been thinking about

1. it was really nice to have candice in town a few weeks ago. i miss having besties near me. we did fun stuff like eat cupcakes, go to movies and eat yummy food. twas great.

2. i never, ever, ever, ever have wanted to go to grad school but lately i've been thinking about it. but not in graphic design. something totally different. the wheels are turning...

3. i want to make a poster that says, "let it go!" and hang it on my wall. i need to let things go. but i need a reminder. this one is cute (from here):

4. my family is connected. in the weirdest ways. and i'll take any opportunity i can get to brag about my amazing, talented, smart family.

5. i am still sad that gilmore girls ended. you'd think i'd have gotten over it by now, but i'm not. and i want to marry max medina. maaaaax medina.

6. people feel the need to declare things. like, "i'm never going to do..." or "when i have kids i'm going to do..." but sometimes i think it's dangerous to declare things. often those things actually do come to pass. i'm trying to declare less, do more.

7. being in school is making me not like what i'm doing. which i'm sure is the same for other majors. hopefuly my break in july/august will help because i'd almost give anything to teleport into a different profession right now.

8. i need a mani pedi like it's nobody's business. cause it's not. don't you look at my nails. i just need to get off my keister and go get one.

9. i miss nyc so much it hurts. i wish that was some sort of understatement. but being in l.a. this weekend made me think of nyc and reminded me so much of what i missed.

10. i love mcdonald's chicken mcnuggets way more than i should. i'm scared to watch "food, inc" but i think i need to have a self intervention and make myself watch it.

11. i love this ad because i love magazines and don't want them to die:

and it made me tear up a little when i saw it because i have professors that keep saying, "print is dying!" and all i've wanted to do was work for a magazine. so, when i saw this, it made me happy.

12. sometimes i think, i don't ever want to get famous because there are pictures from my early years that i'd appreciate no one on earth ever seeing. luckily, i'm pretty sure they're safe in my scrapbooks.

13. i am so behind on some things but i know that i am and it's bugging the crap out of me. i just can't find the time to do them. like send out my once a month cd's to my friends. i am SO behind. and no one is really holding me to it except myself. but it's driving me crazy. this weekend i will do it.

14. i'm tired, but i'm finding a million reasons not to go to bed. i always do that. i'm crazy.

15. i want to go to england so bad. but i'm so nervous that i'd copy their accents like oprah does when she's talking to an english person. she can't help it. and i don't think i could either.