January 2008
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This is definitely better than any history book
My dad just emailed me these scanned pages from a sketchbook that I used to draw and write in a good 15 - 17 years ago. What follows is a telling tale about an anonymous narrator and her journey encountering naked men, mistaking clouds for islands, and sailing on the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria.
“I believe everything Obama says. He’s like…my political Jesus.”
– Me, in a conversation with Whitney regarding this article in the Times today.
I’m not a fan of quoting myself (HAHAHA), but I truly believe Obama when he speaks about the changes our country needs and his plan to implement them. He’s more than just political rhetoric and empty...
Old York, Old York
I randomly found some photos taken in the 1900s on my street, just a few avenues down. I love pictures of old New York. They make me want to learn so much more about its history!
Lack of January Snow is a First for NYC in 75... →
…you don’t see me complaining!!
I just bought apples, grapes and veggie burger...
Now, normally this wouldn’t be newsworthy, but my total was $15! I got over the cost-of-living in NYC shock a long time ago, but sometimes, it just hits you smack in the face out of nowhere. Like at the grocery store…or writing rent checks…or going out on a Saturday night.
Okay, every damn day.
Thank GOD its worth it! :)
“Sara, today me and you are going to BOND!”
– my dentist, making jokes about getting a chipped tooth bonded (that occurred from trying to “fix” a piece of jewelry with my teeth. Wonderful.)
Living in this city makes me broke, clever
Me: $6800 in taxes were withheld from my paychecks this year!!
Me: Ughhh thats like, 6 months of rent
Whitney: that is insanely ridic
Me: its super sad!
Me: damn the man
Me: no, damn the MANhattan
Whitney: true
Me: gosh that was clever
Me: I must quote myself
Headed to bed...
Today was one of those days where I REALLY felt like a grown up. I stayed at the office until after 7 working on a manuscript for a big project, and then went to the gym for a solid 90 minutes. I didn’t get home until 9ish, and it (surprisingly) felt really really really good. I’m not sure why this makes me feel grown up…maybe I just equate accomplishment and long hours with...
“I would go out to Time Warner headquarters and attach an explosive to my body,...”
– Whitney, refering to our ridiculous relationship with the cable co. It seems like every other week they are at our apartment fixing something.
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This song always makes me HAPPY.
My Sunday kind of love
Its 11:32PM and it has just become incredibly apparent that I will not be getting into bed anytime soon. I am fulfilling an ice cream craving and bouncing back-and-forth between working on a manuscript for work, editing an internship essay for a friend and scribbling ideas for my next great American novel. I wish this was my life all the time.
Monday is gonna SUCK.
“…be stoic when necessary & write - you have seen a lot, felt deeply...”
– Sylvia Plath from an April 1956 journal entry about how she plans to win friends and influence people.
Whenever I get writer’s block, which is more often than I get writer’s FLOW, I pick up my copy of Plath’s unabridged journals and reread everything I have furiously underlined...
One of my new fave singers, Cat Power, singing one...
Insecurities 101 (reblogged from Julia Allison)
One of the biggest difficulties I’ve had in my own “personal branding” is that I really, really like being seen as attractive.
I rarely felt pretty (or popular) growing up, and so, in my twenties, when I figured out HOW to look attractive (emphasizing my best physical qualities, learning about fashion, makeup, wonderbras, how to pose to flatter my best angle, etc etc), I just...
Loooong Overdue Pics from Mount Snow!
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one new years resolution down!
So I signed up today for a membership at New York Sports Club. There is a club close to work and one close to home, so I have NO EXCUSES! They gave me a “free” personal trainer today, too, for signing my life away. Talk. about. brutal. I’m pretty sure I won’t be able to walk tomorrow. Needless to say, it felt great, but I was reintroduced to muscles I hadn’t felt in...
The World's Shortest Fairy Tale
I received this in an email and thought it was quite…enchanting.
Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl “Will you marry me?” The girl said:”NO!” And the girl lived happily ever-after and went shopping, dancing, camping, drank vodka martinis, frozen strawberry daiquiris, and even tequilas, always had a clean house, never had to cook, did whatever the hell she wanted,...
“I think every girl who sleeps with a guy before a committed relationship has...”
– The chick from Millionaire Matchmaker
Reasons I'll be single forever
Friend: He came home for lunch and I made him a sammy and gave him a hand job. lol
Me: omg, lol!
Friend: I'm the perfect girl. Why wouldn't he want that forever?!
Even the settlers didn't settle this much
Friend: [discussing how she wants a dog, but will settle for a cat because they are easier to deal with in small Manhattan apartments]
Me: Don't settle!!!!!
Friend: lol, I'm tired...I'm just gonna settle on everything...someone get me a cat and a mediocre boyfriend, stat!
Me: hahahahahahahha! I'll take that too. Hold the cat.
The New York Daily News just ruined my liiiiiiife! →
Gossip Girl is a dude. Not cool.
Why you shouldn't discuss important things while...
Sara: [telling Whitney about the concept and title for my new novel]
Whitney: That sounds good, but...its really hard to take you seriously with dressing on your chin.
Sigh.
Sara: Yeah, I broke my collarbone the first time I went skiing. I had to be hauled away on a snowmobile.
Michael: Were you drinking?
Sara: I WAS 12!!
Michael: Were you drinking?
hahaha something I came across from 7/06
Guy: when you review the thousands of pictures you take in a day, do you listen to billy idol's "hot in the city"?
Me: as a matter of fact, I do! When YOU review them daily, what do YOU listen to?
Guy: I listen to tainted love. not the marylin manson version but the depeche mode version.
love this song.