November 2007
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This is why we get along so well.
Kelley says I need this. →
And I’m pretty sure she’s absolutely right. But what happens when I lose the remote?!?!
A night with the stars
Last night, I attended the 2007 Gotham Awards in Brooklyn. This event “celebrates the independent voices behind and in front of the camera in the year’s best films.”
While I was there, I met/saw the following (eh-hem! drum roll please): Kira Sedgwick, Maggie Gyllenhal, Keri Russell, Roger Ebert, Uma Thurman, Mayor Bloomberg, Emile Hirsch, Laura Linney, Kerry Washington, among...
Whitney: I'm smarter than the average MTV-viewer.
Sara: Hmm, that's not saying much.
Back in the saddle
Today was a rough Monday. It was my first day back at work after a week-long vacay, and I’m pretty sure my brain is still on the beach in North Carolina.
Last week was blissful and relaxing and quite hedonistic. Mom said she felt guilty laying out at the pool all day, but I couldn’t find an ounce of guilt in me. Go figure.
During the trip, we did a lot of talking about my budget,...
New York, New Yooooork
I had to sit between a man eating Popeyes and a man with serious Tourettes for the last 90 minutes, but alas, I am back in my city. Headed back to the apt as we speak, then getting ready for a night out with the girls - I know the bars missed me.
More about the rest of my vacay later!
True story.
Mom: When I come to NYC, I was thinking we could have a little Christmas party for you and your friends. I'll show you how to throw a nice little party.
Sara: Mom, I've HAD many, many, many parties.
Mom: Hmm, I know. But those are the kind where you make people bring their own stuff. I bet you even have people bring their own plastic cups.
18 months a New Yorker
Today - November 21st - is my anniversary of living in Manhattan for a year and a half. Ironically, I’m not physically IN the city on this occassion, but I guess “1/2” anniversaries aren’t really that significant anyway. 6 more months here, and I’ll consider myself a native.
Its not?!
Sara: [making faces at all the stuff in the little antique/boutique shops in NC]
Mom: Sara, this isn't Manhattan.
“Life’s too short not to offend people, son.”
– Dad to his 8-yr-old in a shop in a Wilmington
Goodbye New York!
Its 8:36 on Sunday morning and I wish I was still curled up in my comfy bed. Instead I’m doing the next best thing - sipping a vanilla latte and doing some serious people watching at the airport.
Besides the obvious of seeing mom and doing major relaxing, I’m also terribly excited about being outdoors and breathing fresh(er) North Carolinian air - not inhaling car exhaust, cigarette...
As of 5pm today, I'm officially on VACAY!!!!
I won’t be back in the office until November 26th. Until then, I will be sleeping in, relaxing, getting pampered, going to the beach, traveling, spending time with mom, shopping, eating, playing, exploring….everything except working! YAY!
“Hey baby, its me. You need to call me back. I know u gotta work in the morning,...”
– a 2AM drunk voicemail from a certain someone, hahaha :)
Why I heart my roomie
I woke up this morning to a massive gift bag outside my bedroom door. The last time this happened, it was a gift bag from the In Touch Weekly 5th Anniversary Party and it was full of amaaaazing goodies! (Whit interns at a gossip website, so she gets a lot of swag.) Today, it was “goodies” from the Gay Marketing Honors (an event she attended with a friend through work), full of men...
My first time eating Indian food!
And what a better way to do it than at the most ridiculous Indian restaurant in the East Vil - Royal Bangladesh. The tacky lights and decorations made my experience all the more…interesting. Needless to say, it was good food and good fun!
….and I haven’t had to run to the restroom yet!
God, my life was so Gossip Girl with a boyfriend
A saved AIM convo that I had with an ex right after I broke up with him - a few months before I graduated/moved to NYC…
Kind of makes me miss the drama!
ExBF: why cant you leave for NY tomorrow?
ExBF: cuz that would be so much easier
Girl: i wish i could
Girl: id love to be there now
ExBF: i'm sure you would
Girl: after watching true life last night
Girl: i am so set.
ExBF: i cant do this anymore
Girl: do what?
ExBF: talk to you like everything is ok
Girl: so youd rather not talk at all?
ExBF: it hurts either way
ExBF: it hurts that you have no part in my life anymore
ExBF: but thats what you wanted
Girl: i wanted to make May easier
Girl: not have you disappear
ExBF: after the fact, it seems like may would have been easier, i'm moving, your moving
Girl: but what if youre missin out on something else between now & may?
ExBF: im moving to
Girl: all the more reasonn to live it up this semester??
ExBF: i thought i was living it up when i had you
ExBF: its hard for me to express how i feel right now
Girl: how come
ExBF: its just that theres no one else i would rather spend the time form now to may with than you
Girl: but something makes me think youre just hoping that ill have a changed mind in may
ExBF: i know you are going
Girl: i still dont think you believe me
ExBF: theres nothing i can do to change that
ExBF: i KNOW you are leaving
ExBF: its all you have talked about for the last month
ExBF: i just want you in my life
ExBF: and it hurts that you are still here but not in it
ExBF: if you were in NY i could deal with it better
ExBF: a lot better
ExBF: i just want you to tell me truely how you feel
ExBF: i still have feelings for you
Girl: why wouldnt you?
ExBF: this week has felt like a month
ExBF: what i mean is i still love you
Girl: i dont know
ExBF: well say it if you dont love me
Girl: its not that
Girl: its not about any of that
Girl: its about MAY!!!
ExBF: yes i know what happens after we graduate
ExBF: that doesnt change hw i feel about you though
Girl: so you dont think youre gonna feel like you do now (without me) in May when we leave?
ExBF: i'm not saying i wont still have feelings for you, but it will be expected, ya know? and plus we will be 2000 miles apart
ExBF: and there will be no hard feelings at all because we knew it was going to happen
Girl: i still dont know
ExBF: i could even see myself taking you to the airport
Girl: i cant see that
ExBF: i can
Girl: it just seems like you dont want to be alone for the rest of your time here
ExBF: no
ExBF: ive been alone, i can deal with being alone
ExBF: ive been single for damn near my whole college career
ExBF: i just dont want to not be with the woman i love
ExBF: when she hasnt even left yet
Girl: well in may, youre not gonna be with the woman you love
ExBF: i know that
Girl: then why make it harder?
Okay, which ho was offended by Santa this time?! →
“One disgruntled Santa told the newspaper a recruitment firm warned him not to use “ho ho ho” because it could frighten children and was too close to “ho”, a US slang term for prostitute.”
“Oh, you know, rockin’ the shit, livin’ the dream…”
– Tommy Lee, when asked “How are you? ” which will now be my official answer anytime somebody asks me that.
“Sara, you spill things all the time. I am pretty sure that after years of binge...”
– Michael, who is terrified to be around me with sharp objects
2-4-8-26-27
Those are my Mega Millions numbers for the lotto drawing tonight. I’m not much of a gambler, but I was feeling lucky today…
I’ll let you know if I never have to work again around 11 tonight.
UPDATE: Does getting one number right merit millions of dollars? No? See you at the office.
“Care and attention to the key relationships in your life will pay off”
– Fortune cookie from my dinner