While I have been away my boyfriend has grown a full-on beard and mustache and he has grown out his normally closely-shaven hair. I “saw” him with his new look for the first time last night when we video-chatted and he looked great! But also weird. And now I understand why, when I first started sporting my new short hairstyle last spring, he said to me for the first week, “It’s just weird. It’s good, but it’s weird.” I can’t wait to see it in the flesh when I arrive home in just a couple of weeks. (Besides the overwhelming amount of documents I have yet to have looked through at the archive, this is the only thing I am thinking about as of late.)
I will be home for the holidays in just two weeks. Aaaaah!!!! I am incredibly excited to see my friends, my family, and especially my boyfriend. But, the other thing I am looking forward to is enjoying food that I can’t find in SPb. I can’t decide if I want a full-on brunch or a breakfast sandwich from the neighborhood bagel place the morning after I arrive. But, I am sure of other cuisine I will be squeezing into my two-week trip:
NY Pizza. Probably here but I am also considering making a trip to our old neighborhood to visit old friends, pick up some running shoes, and then eat here. (My boyfriend and I were, honestly, sick of this neighborhood when we moved this summer, but I think we’re both missing it big time. Maybe we just miss sharing a home together?)
Indian!!!!! My college bff used to work right by a great Indian restaurant that had an AMAZING lunch buffet for, like, $8. I would meet him during the week for a quick bite to eat and leave feeling completely stuffed with naan and curry and rice pudding and then walk over to the library to “work” (i. e. try to concentrate through the haze of a food coma). Yum. Unfortunately, his office has moved far away, so I will have to find some other place to indulge. Probably this place, since it’s all over the city.
Thai. And Korean. And Chinese take-out. And Mexican.
I will also enjoy being out for the day and being able to stop at a deli for a freshly-tossed salad or a coffee to-go. I had all of my meals out yesterday and didn’t find any vegetables (well, there were a couple of salad options at the archive, but they were all drenched in mayo, so I skipped). Ugh.
To make life a little spicier I’ve been having an omelette with Sriracha sauce, courtesy of my parents.
I cannot wait to stuff my face with Mexican food when I get home.
I’m pretty sure I’m a bad roommate. I have never cleaned the common areas, even though I have seen two of my roommates (ugh, I have four roommates—don’t even ask!) on their hands and knees scrubbing the floors. I rarely take the garbage out, even though someone empties it at least every other day. I take up a big portion of the fridge. I always decline their invitations to have a cup of tea or dinner with them.
But! Then I see this, and I think, “F*** it!”
Sponges in the sink?!?!
I rarely see movies (like, once or twice a year—for reals) but I always know who is in every movie and plot lines. How?
Does anyone else even go to this website? It seems a little random and a little weird. And even more random and weird when I think that I was first introduced to it in 2000 by my college bff—who hates Apple.
Back then, it was one of the only things to watch on your computer, so it was the go-to website when you had a paper due. Now I go there when I have finished watching all of my fav TV shows for the week (current line-up: Glee [eh—so unrealistic but endearing], Gossip Girl [also eh—not into them being in college], Real World/Road Rules Challenge [I should be ashamed], How I Met Your Mother [shout-out to my sis who reasonably hates Doogie], The Office [hahahaha], and 30 Rock [spooky, scary]).
This movie looks dumb.
If I wanted to see a good movie, I’d go to this, but will avoid it because I like my entertainment to be light and fluffy. (Great interview with the director here.)
This looks like the same as this.
This trailer made me teary.
I am still freaked out because of this.
And I am planning on watching this with my college bff (see above) when I go home for the holidays. (Short story: senior year of college, spring break cruise, being our homebody-selves and watching Diane Keaton* in our room at night when everyone else our age was getting drunk and dancing. Hahahaha.)
*I know Diane Keaton ≠ Meryl Streep. But this movie reminds me Something’s Gotta’ Give. So, that’s that.
43% in and The Lost stopped being good bedtime reading. It’s a fantastic book and I will definitely finish it, just not as I am falling asleep each night (because it pretty much prevents that process, at least the several pages I am currently on). The author was trained as a classicist, and his book definitely pays homage to that. He frequently talks about the Aeneid or the Iliad and he delves into analyses of the Torah, trying to make sense of ancient stories that seem to be repeated in modern settings. He treats his family lineage like that of Iliad or the Bible: Ruchele was daughter of Schmiel, who was the brother of the author’s grandfather. And, what has made the content of this book palatable up until now is that the author fashions himself as Odysseus, telling of his own journey all over the world to find his family.
So, I just downloaded My Life at First Try. I got to say: the Kindle does not diminish the fun of getting new books!
Comment on Jezebel that literally just made me lol and I am still lol-ing (you have to read several sentences in to get to the funny part):
And, while we’re on the topic… Terrorism is a crime, and it should be treated as such. 9/11 was not an act of war.
*Edited to say: The commenter noted a few comments later that this comparison is actually courtesy of Robin Williams. Who knew he could still be funny?
I got some good things done at the archive today—my brain came up with some interesting ideas, which is always pretty exciting. And then I had a great Thanksgiving dinner with a-m-a-z-i-n-g sweet potato casserole. But the highlight was definitely video-chatting with my whole family.
