How are you ringing in the New Year tonight?
I am in Dallas, and I'm going to a Black & White party. I
will likely be overdressed, but because of a combination of 2 things, I
don't really care. The two things are as follows:
1. I rarely get to really dress up anymore... high school and college provided many dressing-up events, but now I have tons of formal attire and no events.
2. My clothes are currently scattered about the country. Some are in North Carolina still. Some are here. Some are in my new apartment, 9 hours away from here. As a result, I have somewhat limited options, unless I am masochistic and for some reason want to go try to find a new black and white outfit today. Which I'm not and I don't.
If I had my choice of all the things I own, I'd want to wear my white armani pants I bought in Italy (which look similar to this, but are, you know, white) with one of my 80 million black tops, but they fall into the category of things that are in North Carolina, so...
In the current incarnation of my plans for attire, I am wearing a black strapless dress with slits on both sides nearly up to my hips. Impossibly tall (but remarkably comfortable) silver shoes (the shadow of which you can see here) compliment the silver design on the bodice of the dress. I might have to break down and go buy a necklace, because I don't think I have anything here. But my hair looks fabulous since I've gotten to wash it in not-horrifically-hard water (seriously, I am going to have to purchase a filtered shower head because my hair feels disgusting when washing with the water in s. tex), and I'm excellent at fun party make-up, so I should be all good to go.
And if the night goes like last year did, I'll get home late, but still be jazzed and awake, so I'll write my year-in-review post. No promises on that one, but I am looking forward to writing it.
Edit: i was thinking of two years ago. Last year was Star Wars extravaganza day :)
I have seriously been operating under the belief (when making travel plans) that New Year's Eve was coming up on Monday.
But that, in fact, is not true, as many of you are probably well aware.
I am a brilliant, brilliant woman. That is a fact of which you should all be aware.
after a whole 30 minutes of apartment shopping, i found myself an apartment.
excellent.
(I in no way made this post to mock anyone I know. I'll keep you updated on getting internet sorted.)
Well, I had all the intentions in the world of spending my evening with Delicious Library and my stockpiles of books, movies and music, in an organizational extravaganza.
But apparently "You're in Dallas! You can't catalog your books in Dallas!"*
So since I can't catalog my books in Dallas, I am going to go out and possibly drink some wine.
* according to Missy
With the help of a triple-shot skim caramel macchiato, I think I may be ready to leave tomorrow.
I'm feeling a little overwhelmed, but I'm just taking one step at a time.
"Crescent moon sings me to sleep
The birches bark, the willows weep
But I lie awake
I'm adrift without a snowflake
Your heart's got a heavy load
There's still a long way to go
Keep your eyes on the road"
Show us a happy memory.
Submitted by Liz.
And if these aren't enough, then let me share the following true story with you:
(also i went to the zoo! I'd make you a list of the animals I fell in love with, but I'm tired from driving and need sleep.)
Yesterday I wrote an 11 page document on How to use Flickr for the less technically inclined. If I'd actually gone into all Flickr features, it would have been much longer, I'm sure, but I was just covering what is important for people in the company to know to use the system I've set up. So things like groups, maps, camera searches and such were not necessary. Anyway, it was interesting because I actually learned about some little things Flickr has been sneaking in without my noticing... like the time shift feature in orgainzr. Useful to me since the first 2.5 months I was back from Germany, my camera still thought it was there, resulting in it appearing that I posted photos before I actually took them. So maybe one of these days I'll fix the time stamp on those photos. Maybe.
Today I will be getting two packages from UPS. Both packages are exciting, but one is really exciting. I'm sure you'll hear more about it. Tomorrow I am driving to DC again. When I get back on Monday, I will promptly panic that I still have *so much* packing to do before I move next weekend. I'm currently trying to keep myself in denial so that I am not a panicked mess all of this weekend. I need to keep in mind that it's not quite as brutal as moving out of Connecticut because I'm not turning over an apartment... and if I leave things behind, it's really not the end of the world. Short of accidently leaving my cats behind, or possibly my sanity, anything else can be mailed to me if necessary. It does make me miss Bianca, though, who saved my life (and my security deposit) during the moving out process in Connecticut.
My goal of cutting my stuff in half probably isn't going to happen, mostly because I have too many books. I believe I've cut my wardrobe by roughly half (with surprisingly little difficulty, and still leaving me with way too much clothing), but I only successfully sifted out about 10 books. And I might end up keeping them because it's only 10 and I didn't really want to get rid of them anyway. I'd like to catalog all my books using Delicious Library, but I think I'll have to wait until I'm in Dallas to deal with that.
And to make sure Yogi is still reading, I guess I need a cleavage and/or cute smile shot....
An oldie, but goodie. ;)
10:24:16 him: fishnets + boom lifts = workplace hazard ? :)
10:24:32 me: oh yeah! the guys would probably nail their hands to the studs!
10:24:54 him: no comments about nailing the studs.
10:25:21 me: you know me so well
Yesterday, I did a professional shoot in which I had to get a 2 year old, and 2 dogs to all sit still and look at the camera at the same time. I was sucessful, the photos look great (I actually had the proofing gallery up for them before I went to bed last night! Awesome turnaround time.) and I feel like I might have actually earned the money I was paid.
Today I am making Thanksgiving dinner. This will be my second Thanksgiving to prepare on my own, and the first one (2004) went pretty well, so I have confidence I'll do well today. We went through phases of a couple possible different places we would spend today, but I'm glad we decided to stay home and keep it simple. In addition, I am very pleased about getting to sleep in today. Yes, 8 am is sleeping in.
I am also happy because I have pumpkin soy milk, pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin beer, I will be making pumpkin bread and I have pumpkin the cat. Oh, and I watched part of the movie "Pumpkin" with Christina Ricci yesterday, but I've gotta say it was quite weird, so I won't count that in the pumpkin things I'm excited about.
If I get enough done today (making all the food, plus cleaning the mess I've made in the living room while cleaning out my "filing system"), then perhaps I'll make a sickningly positive "giving thanks" post later. If I don't get around to it, well, I think you all are fantastic, thanks for being that, etc. etc.
Happy Thanksgiving! I wish you a cornucopia of happiness today.
What's your favorite heartbreak song?
Submitted by esta86.
Oh, heartbreak. I have a few well-developed playlists dedicated to this subject.
Well, I have a few favorite heartbreak songs. Depend on what kind of heartbroken mood I'm in... in the mood to mope, or throw things against the wall, or cry.
The first song that came to mind at this question is "Legendary" by Lou Barlow. I have uploaded the album cut (-->), which is what I usually listen to, and an older live version, that I found when looking for the album cut.
I know you've given all that you could give to me
I know there'll come a day I understand
Until then i'll be trying to solve your mystery
And wonder why I couldn't make you stay
A couple other excellent heartbreak songs are "Do What You Have To Do" by Sarah McLachlan (deep inside, I'm shaken by the violence of existing for only you... and I have to sense to recognize that I don't know how to let you go)(full lyrics), "All My Little Words" by The Magnetic Fields (You are a splendid butterfly, it is your wings that make you beautiful / and I could make you fly away, but I could never make you stay)(song file), and "Woke Up New" by The Mountain Goats (On the morning that I woke up without you for the first time, I felt free and I felt lonely and I felt scared. And I began to talk to myself almost immediately, not being used to being the only person there)(music video).
If you are more the kind that likes to do an angry-heartbroken type of thing, then may I recommend "The King of Brooklyn" by Devil Doll.
I can't seem to shake you from my heart
Although I know that it's best that we're apart
Cause I can't breathe when you're so close to me
And I can't live my life when all you do is lie to me.
I actually recommend Devil Doll in general... you can listen to and grab a bunch of mp3s on the band's site, here.
Other good ones in this genre are "Use Once and Destroy" by Hole (It's the emptiness that follows you down, it's the ache inside when it all burns out), "Don't Stay" by Linkin Park (Sometimes I need to remember just to breathe. Sometimes I need you to stay away from me!)(sample) and "Death of Seasons" by A.F.I (It won't be alright, despite what they say. Just watch the stars tonight as they, as they disappear and disintegrate)(sample can be found on this page).
I have a few others, but they are specific to certain situations so aren't really... um, shareable. But here are a few more song files in this general genre that I found on my server when looking around for other files.
