It's almost exactly a month after my 6 year anniversary in New York.

They say that one becomes a "real" New Yorker when they've lived here 7 years, so I'm almost there.

Ha. "Real". Makes me think of The Velveteen Rabbit. I feel like my fur is being loved off of me. It feels very appropriate ( Read more... )

I'll do a couple of these. Not just because I always do, but because this year especially there was a lot that happened and didn't get posted here. If there was ever a year I wanted to keep a record of, it's definitely this one ( Read more... )

It took me too long to do this ( Read more... )

There's a lot on my mind.

But right now, I just want to share the most amazing thing I haven't read in 5 years:

http://thekathysmom.livejournal.com/10008.html

My parents are rad.

My dear blogfriends, there are things I need to tell you about.

Like, the realization, which pretty much bashed me upside the head, that my career is sorta stalled and it's ALL MY FAULT.

Or, my take on crushes, and how my warped romantical perspective is so very different from the majority of the world.

But at this very moment, there's something ( Read more... )

As of Wednesday, my dad is officially moved into the new apartment in Illinois.

From what mom says, he absolutely loves it.  I can't say I blame him.

It's a 3-bedroom basement apartment, but "basement" really means "built into a hill", so at the front of the house it's the first floor, but at the back it's a basement.  Meaning it's cheap to cool ( Read more... )

I'm sure there are alot of very logical reasons for this...

Lately, as I'm walking down the street, or sitting on the train, or whatever...I'll see a guy (who is well-groomed and obviously not gross or homeless) with long shaggy and/or hippie-esqe hair and think "ooo...pretty".  This is especially true if he also is one of those tall lanky dudes I ( Read more... )

Another one, Kate?  Seriously?

I know, I know, but stuff is goin onnnnnn

So here's the digest, in bullet form

*You ever find you have someone in your life that you are just unnecessarily nervous about?  In my current specific case, it's someone who I always feel is judging me....and who, I know, always judges me positively.  But I can't get past the ( Read more... )

I know this happens to so many of us, but yesterday I heard news that has pretty much blown my mind.

Yesterday morning, my dad retired.

The plan, pending board approval, is for him to essentially be re-hired half time, at 1/3 the pay.  So, very likely, he'll be there for another few years.

That's not so weird to me.

Sure, it's foreign to me to ( Read more... )

 Sometimes, I make lists of random thoughts and observations.  This is one of them ( Read more... )