Yesterday, Rel & I decided that we needed to start checking things off of our to-do list, so we decided to take a trip uptown. We found out that the Guggenheim was pay what you wish on Fridays after 5.45. jackpot. I've gone to the Guggenheim before (like years ago), and I remember liking it a lot. Since I knew that Alex would like the museum he came along too.
We decided to make a detour on our way up there, and stopped off at the NBC store. All I have to say is wow. You can make a hell of a lot of merchandise and overprice it. But we didn't really care about the $18 Will&Grace mugs when we saw all of the office stuff. They had the world's best boss mug, the Dwight bobble-head, and the Dunder Mifflin T-shirts that "MAKE YOU LOOK LIKE A REAL UNIFORMED EMPLOYEE!" (that was a direct quote from Rel). We bought Jason a mug to replace his broken saxophone mug, and Rel bought a "real" d-m t-shirt, and I of course bought the Micheal Scott mug.

It was a religious experience.


Then we took the metro up to the Guggenheim. When we got off the subway, we had to walk like 2 blocks, no big deal. Umm WRONG. Holy god it was so fucking cold; I thought I was going to die. Josh ended up meeting up with us, which was good that he was actaully social and hanging out with us taking advantage of the city instead of sitting on the phone all night. He probably just came b/c it was free (which he said was the best thing about the museum...which made me really mad...) The exhibit they had up was "Spanish painting from El Greco to Picasso." It was so interesting & I got a lot out of it since I had seen so much Spanish art last summer. They had the works sorted into themes. Like they had a theme of children which had this and then this. & by the way, I could stay at that Picasso for basically all day long. The two hours we had in the museum was the perfect amount of time, and when they put up their next exhibit I hope my friends will want to go again :)
It was a great day b/c we finally got out of our adorable little village & we knocked two things off of our list. YES!













We got back to our building,
ordered food, made hot coco,
and...that's it!

Rel, Alex, and I had a great time yesterday. We went around & tried to find a place that sold fake IDs, but we kinda got chicken, and we only asked at one place.
There was a toy store on the street we were on, and Rel asked if we could go in there after we got our fakes...I thought this was ironic & sad enough to stop the search for the day.
Then we just walked around the east side and wrote down cute places that we need to go to. More things to add to the list. Hopefully we can mark at least one thing off of our list this weekend.
Classes today were alright, but Monday is going to be a busy busy day for me every week.

I'm back in the city, but leaving Ohio was harder than I thought it would be.
The last week of my break, I was basically all by myself. Which means I woke up at like 10.30, sat around and ate all day until my family came home at like 6. I got so bored. But then when my family did come home I had a really great time. I really just hung out with my sister all of the time, and I realized how things are going to change when she's gone in China. I mean not just that she's not there, but like she doesn't have a summer break. She basically became an adult and that really freaks me out. & it was really hard to leave because of that.

Just packing made me start to cry. uh just the thought of leaving my sister & my mom totally broke my heart. So I cried all morning, cried in the car ride to the airport (at 4 in the fucking morning), cried in line for security, and cried on the plane. But when I got back into the city, I realized that I was actually coming back to something really wonderful here. & that wonderful thing is my boyfriend. aka NYC.
But Rel was really great, we caught up (which we had been doing all month long) & walked around out city. which we love sosososo much.
Its funny b/c I feel like this is my home. & I say its funny b/c I get the same feeling in Ohio. Its just so nice to walk along the same streets and be comfortable. It felt like I was gone for a week. :)

umm...happy new year!

I've got some new years resolutions, but it didn't really seem like a new year on Jan 1st, so this Saturday WHEN I GO BACK INTO THE CITY (yes, I am really really excited) is going to be a new year, start off fresh. Heres what I'm going to do
- start taking yoga at the Y
- take more pictures
- write in my blog more
- eat healthier (that means no magnolias or tasti...or my god not as often)

oh and Rel & I came up with a list of everything we're going to do
- go to the 80's club
- go to a salsa club
- eat Italian in little Italy
- chill in Tomspkins square park
- have a picnic in Central park
- go to the NBC store to get The Office merch
- go to TV tapings
- attend a gallery opening or something equally as chic
- go to that great used bookstore in SoHo
- go to the zoo
- take pictures outside of the royal Tenebaum house
- go to an opera
- go to a ballet
- go to these museums: nat history, met, of sex, body's exhibit, guggenheim
- ride the tea cups at coney island
- really explore the city & each neighborhood
- check out Patricia Field's store

quite quotable

Rel & I are pretty sure that this is us...b/c it happened to us & we would say this

I Should Always Get What I Don't Really Want

Girl #1 running down subway steps as train pulls away: Hurry, hurry! ... Shit! We just missed it!
Girl #2: We didn't want a six train anyways.
Girl #1: I know... But it still pisses me off.
--4/5/6 platform, Union Square
Overheard by: Bean

via Overheard in New York, Jan 14, 2007

totally missing the big little city

Okay, so this guy, Sean Kenney, obviously has way way way wayyyy too much free time, but this model of Greenwich Village is so awesome. Theres so much detail in the model, esp Murray's Bagels (mmm, how I miss multi-grain bagle with low fat cream cheese for $3.20)
I'm so bored at home I might just dig up my old legos and make a model w/ 13th street, magnolias, new school, french roast, sammys, and the library for myself

My last night in New York was really good. Tiffany has gone earlier that morning so for basically the first time ever, I had the room to myself! the gang came over & we ordered Sammy's just like always - which means chicken lomen, beef & broccoli, and pork fried rice. I tried to throw everything together while Alex wrapped his presents, Rel tried to learn this really hard song, and Josh was editing the intro to my writing final (aka he replaced some of my words with his, aka he wrote it for me). We all hung out late despite the fact that I had an ear-training final the next morning.
Rel helped me onto my train at Grand Central, and, of course, it was way sad. If we prolonged the goodbye we would have both been teary messes.
And so with that, my month away from the city began.
It's been actually really great. I've been doing absolutely nothing. It's fabulous.
We went to Cleveland for Christmas which was laaaame. & got some random gifts. & I've been loving my mom so much & also really love spending time with her.
New Years was fun. I was totally drunkenly dumb & I have the pictures to prove it.

So I'll be just hanging out for the next month & really really missing the city & school.
oh ps I gave the blog a new look, hoping it would inspire me to write in here more