end of a decade.

“I want to say something upbeat about 2010. You know, start on a good note. But it seems so artificial. I don’t think we need to magically be in a great place at the end of a year. Or magically know our goals to start off a new year. I think, sometimes, that it’s already magical that every day we wake up with the strong belief that we can make things better.”

Popular Posts of 2009. Sort of., Penelope Trunk

Also a quirky read: The End of the 00s: Made in New York, by Joel Johnson.


Happy New Year, folks.
Let's make the coming decade much better than this past one.

happy belated, j&j!

Cake, card games, & interesting characters. Good times.

columbia: early dec.

World AIDS Awareness.


The lights! :) Festive.


The prey of Columbia.

rice krispy fun: nov.

& for the Glee fanatics:

what do you do when your friend is having a bad week?

You make it a little brighter with a giant bunny made out of your old Christmas lights and bandana.

gallery bar: november.

semester in sections to come.

This past semester I slacked in adequately updating this thing. Result? Several picture posts to come that show snippets of the past two months or so. Bear with me.

In other news, being on Long Island & spending time with Akio has been kind of nice. Minus the teething.

vulpesvulpes.

Long overdue post on the amazing VulpesVulpes, Tanya's band that has been around for quite some time now and are doing phenomenally well. You might have caught them featured on MTV, introduced by Alexa Chung during the Woodie Awards this past semester.

Recently migrated from Tallahassee, FL, VulpesVulpes is now residing in Brooklyn, NY and taking over the Manhattan music scene at CMJ and places like Santos Party House and Bowery Electric. Tonight, however, they'll be revisiting Long Island and performing at the Crazy Donkey. If you're down for good times and good music, I'll see you there.

Get to know VulpesVulpes a bit:


This video is one of my favorite songs (you know how I love angst) and actually the last time I saw VulpesVulpes live -- moons ago at Blaggard's in midtown:


T, if you're reading this, I know I've said this before but...super proud of you!

resolution #4.

I'm going to be honest. I judge. Hard.
But this resolution isn't about not judging.

When I look at certain girls I think, "How does she do that with such a nonchalance?" or "God, I never want to be like that." (I know, I'm so mean...)

I'm genuinely baffled at their apathy towards their conscience and their self-declared morals.

And then I realize that I am already them. The twisting sensation that I get in my stomach is insanely painful, believe me. Even as I write this. Thanks to some early years of DC Talk, I've always been a huge hater of hypocrisy and here I am, practicing it in multiple ways.

So, resolution #4:
Stop being a hypocrite/being anything remotely like those unnamed girls.

They've inspired me so strongly to change my ways. Amazing.

up in the air.

I thought I had posted this weeks back, but apparently not.

New Clooney movie looks good -- makers of Juno (fave) and Thank You for Smoking.



That was the original one I saw. You can also check out the new, official trailer.

still young.

I certainly don't know everything, but I'm still pretty young.

I have officially entered into my 23rd year of existance, having completed twenty-two about 40 hours ago. I don't know how I feel about it yet.

*   *   *   *   *

From about the age of 5 until about 15, everyone thought that I was going to become writer one day. Can you believe that? I used to be a writer. Not that you can tell from this awful blog site, but I used to be good at writing. Then everyone thought that I was going to become a photographer or an artist of some sort, so I pushed aside the idea of becoming a writer and let my talent and skills crumble.

I feel like I should return to writing. It would be a good exercise for me in expressing myself with words (which I am very bad at) and being concise too (which I am even worse at). I just need someone to keep me accountable.

So, Resolution #3:
Write more.

noteworthy (from berkley): poker face.

In the middle of my weekly supervision meeting with the director of my agency, she stopped, told me to hold on, called all interns and workers into her office via intercom, and showed us this:



We finished our meeting after everyone laughed and left.

this is what i used to say.

(stolen from Shendi.)

From about the age of 8 until 15, this was my response without hesitation.

spotted:

(& confirmed):
Andrew McCarthy riding the Q train from Union Square to Times Square after getting some shopping done at Whole Foods.



Upside: Andie Walsh found herself crushing on him back in the 80's. AND he wears plaid!
Downside: He's not that warm and fuzzy.

sad panda wishlist.

I didn't think I'd touch my blog for 2 weeks. But I need a break from critiquing child support subsidies and figuring out tax credits for NCPs.

That time of the year is coming around again...the time of the year when everyone gets a little more jolly, lovers get a little more snuggly, and I get just a little bit older.

I can't remember the last time I made a legit wishlist (but believe you me, I made them all the time in middle school and early high school -- like 10 years ago...) but this year, I'm reviving The Wishlist.

The only tangible-item things I really want this year are:
1. A new Macbook (because I'm seriously about to be computerless in 2010).
2. A compact point & shoot camera.
3. 3-tier Minnetonka boots (because my fake ones are getting gross).

Anything else is unnecessary.
Sadly, they're not really practical for people to get for me ($$$) so I think I'm going to have to do without for another year and just keep paying my overpriced rent and my overpriced tuition. And occasionally a $1.29 sandwich at Wendy's to keep myself alive.