I just got back from my apartment's management office, because I needed to notify them that I will not be renewing my lease at the end of the month. My lease is up November 30, but we are moving this weekend (Nov. 10). Since I have already paid my November's rent (and it has been fully processed), I figured that moving out would not be a big deal, ( Read more... )

I watch a lot of television, but I frequently zone out during commercials. Well, last night Aaron pulled me out of my fantasy time asking if I wanted a toy muffin-baking set like the little girl in the commercial was playing with. I said that I most certainly did not, because the muffins looked really lame, but then I continued to watch in horror ( Read more... )

This morning, major news network MSNBC re-aired The Today Show's original coverage of the September 11 attacks, which were broadcast in full, in real time, and without commercials. It was as if 9/11 was happening all over again ( Read more... )

"Yes, hipsters may live in South (Gentrified) Brooklyn and yuppies may have condos in North (Gentrified) Brooklyn, but that doesn't matter - it's all about the state of mind - and a state of dress and other stuff. You're vintage-clothes-wearing, kickball-playing, getting-drunk-all-the-time, crunchier-liberal-arts-shools-graduates if you live in ( Read more... )

Three things I'm currently thinking:

1. I love the chemical smell of the inside of a Sephora store.

2. Girls with short hair are almost always very cute.

3. OMG people PLEASE get over and shut up about Harry Potter.

In need of a haircut and with my uncle's impending wedding as an excuse to splurge, I ventured to Dramatics NYC (2468 Broadway, between 91st and 92nd Streets) yesterday instead of the usual SuperCuts. My desire: a cute pixie cut with bangs, rather than the Drew Carey-like cuts I've been getting. I even requested a "master stylist," who -- so claims ( Read more... )

I've been trying for months now to get state-funded home care, and things are NOT going smoothly. After applying for home care about two months ago, a CASA caseworker finally visited my apartment to evaluate me about two weeks ago. As we discussed my medical evaluation and needs, she kept pointing out things that my future personal care attendant ( ( Read more... )

I get annoyed very easily.

( Behold the things that irritate me immensely. )

Yes, I'm still unemployed.

( Application Denied. )

Today was the most productive day I've had in a while, and even though only two things happened, at least it's progress ( Read more... )