little miss sunshine
i barely did any work on monday cause i was feeling blah. it was also my day off from running so i decided to see the premiere for "little miss sunshine".
i went straight to chatelet after work and since i had some time to kill before the showing, i browsed around H&M a bit. i haven't been in H&M in ages it seems. there was some cute stuff but the problem is their fabrics. i really don't like a lot of their fabrics. anyway, i ended up getting the plum warm-up pants designed by madonna. not cause they're from her collection or anything but because i could really use them. plus they're not too long (for once), a cute color, and cheap!
the theatre was packed for the movie. and for good reason. it was HILARIOUS. it's one of my favorite movies i think. i laughed so hard i cried. and i NEVER laugh. the humor is a bit cynical and the characters are really great. i think i'd even see it again!
i stopped by leakhena's afterwards since i was like 2 minutes away. we talked about december (day of reckoning for her since she might have to leave paris) and what we're going to do etc. she's kind of fed up with france (big surprise) so even if she stayed another year that would be the maximum. we then talked about our premonitions/intuition for our future. she thinks she is going to have kids a bit younger than the rest of her friends, make it big with her own company but later in life only after she struggled a bit. her brother is going to probably fund it. she'll have 3 kids (this is partially due to the fact that lamine is senegalese!) and for me? i'm going to have a high-powered position, probably in new york and then get transfered back to europe somewhere either in paris or london. and surprise surprise, i will end up with an american. but an american that is cultured and has lived abroad (and dresses well, i had to add that stipulation of couse). he too will have a high powered job in business. i'm not going to be a CEO or something cause i'm not cut throat, too sensitive, and just too nice. but i will make tons of money. leakhena is always right when it comes to judging people. i'm always wrong. plus she's asian so it's like getting advice from confucious<--- totally not serious, i was just alluding to the seinfeld episode with ms.chang and george's mother.
work was alright yesterday. i actually "worked". sortof. uploading tv commericals is really mundane which makes it difficult to endure!
new food obsession : oatmeal. i've always loved oatmeal and eat it regularly but since i bought the quakers quick cooking white oats, i feel like i've been missing out buying the generic stuff. i figured, oats are oats right? nope! these come out so creamy and delicious. its warm and fills you up so good. and i don't even need to add much to it cause i find that it's not bitter. and they take like 30 seconds in the micro. wow. i'm in love.
i also had another obsession with the tahini i bought from the chinese grocery store. i started eating it from the jar as if it was peanut butter and couldn't understand why a jar last year stayed in my fridge months and months and this time i finished it in only 2 weeks..without making any hummus (original purpose). apparently the one i bought from the chinese store is hulled semame seeds and hence sweeter. the tahini from the middle eastern store downstairs is unhulled and too bitter to eat alone. i'm going back to unhulled cause eating a whole jar of tahini is realllly not good for you. yeah it's "good fat" and there's not sugar added, but still.
last night i went running and was feeling surprisingly reallly good. i got a charlie horse the other day so that was the only thing that kindof bothered me. i did 8 miles with 2 miles hard. i was beginning to thing that i would never do any type of speed work but i'm only able to do it when i feel really good. i can't push myself when i feel like i weigh 300 pounds.
opi nail polish goes on really smooth.
so i was going to go back on BC after the whole incident with guillaume but i realllllly don't want to go back on hormones. i know i was actually one of the "lucky ones" that had minor side effects (bigger boobs, and recently, bloating) but i don't want them fucking with my body anymore. and the longer i'm on them, the worse it will get. especially when i eventually get off them for good. so i did some research and short of doing the rhythm method (haha just kidding) i found a non-hormonal birth control pill. problem is it's only available in india, created by their government in the 80's to control the booming populating. it's taken once a week and prohibits the fertilized ovum from implantation in the uterus. there are no side effects, and no links to cancer. the reason why we don't have it in the states apparently is..business/money related. but anyway, i think that BC makes people go nuts, not myself thankfully enough, but i don't want that shit in my body anymore. and who knows if i start again if i'll have other weird symptoms. gross. plus, centchroman is super cheap. $40 for 12 months. there's a lot of women in the US taking it since they order it online from india and everything i've read on forums etc (this is how i waste my day at work) seems really promising. something to think about definately.
while flipping through a fashion magazine i picked up for work (for free!), there, on the page of "hot to have" for fall 2006 was a picture of a model in tsumori chisato. and what was she wearing? the sweater/dress tunic that i just bought from ebay. oh yes.
lunch soon!
i went straight to chatelet after work and since i had some time to kill before the showing, i browsed around H&M a bit. i haven't been in H&M in ages it seems. there was some cute stuff but the problem is their fabrics. i really don't like a lot of their fabrics. anyway, i ended up getting the plum warm-up pants designed by madonna. not cause they're from her collection or anything but because i could really use them. plus they're not too long (for once), a cute color, and cheap!
the theatre was packed for the movie. and for good reason. it was HILARIOUS. it's one of my favorite movies i think. i laughed so hard i cried. and i NEVER laugh. the humor is a bit cynical and the characters are really great. i think i'd even see it again!
i stopped by leakhena's afterwards since i was like 2 minutes away. we talked about december (day of reckoning for her since she might have to leave paris) and what we're going to do etc. she's kind of fed up with france (big surprise) so even if she stayed another year that would be the maximum. we then talked about our premonitions/intuition for our future. she thinks she is going to have kids a bit younger than the rest of her friends, make it big with her own company but later in life only after she struggled a bit. her brother is going to probably fund it. she'll have 3 kids (this is partially due to the fact that lamine is senegalese!) and for me? i'm going to have a high-powered position, probably in new york and then get transfered back to europe somewhere either in paris or london. and surprise surprise, i will end up with an american. but an american that is cultured and has lived abroad (and dresses well, i had to add that stipulation of couse). he too will have a high powered job in business. i'm not going to be a CEO or something cause i'm not cut throat, too sensitive, and just too nice. but i will make tons of money. leakhena is always right when it comes to judging people. i'm always wrong. plus she's asian so it's like getting advice from confucious<--- totally not serious, i was just alluding to the seinfeld episode with ms.chang and george's mother.
work was alright yesterday. i actually "worked". sortof. uploading tv commericals is really mundane which makes it difficult to endure!
new food obsession : oatmeal. i've always loved oatmeal and eat it regularly but since i bought the quakers quick cooking white oats, i feel like i've been missing out buying the generic stuff. i figured, oats are oats right? nope! these come out so creamy and delicious. its warm and fills you up so good. and i don't even need to add much to it cause i find that it's not bitter. and they take like 30 seconds in the micro. wow. i'm in love.
i also had another obsession with the tahini i bought from the chinese grocery store. i started eating it from the jar as if it was peanut butter and couldn't understand why a jar last year stayed in my fridge months and months and this time i finished it in only 2 weeks..without making any hummus (original purpose). apparently the one i bought from the chinese store is hulled semame seeds and hence sweeter. the tahini from the middle eastern store downstairs is unhulled and too bitter to eat alone. i'm going back to unhulled cause eating a whole jar of tahini is realllly not good for you. yeah it's "good fat" and there's not sugar added, but still.
last night i went running and was feeling surprisingly reallly good. i got a charlie horse the other day so that was the only thing that kindof bothered me. i did 8 miles with 2 miles hard. i was beginning to thing that i would never do any type of speed work but i'm only able to do it when i feel really good. i can't push myself when i feel like i weigh 300 pounds.
opi nail polish goes on really smooth.
so i was going to go back on BC after the whole incident with guillaume but i realllllly don't want to go back on hormones. i know i was actually one of the "lucky ones" that had minor side effects (bigger boobs, and recently, bloating) but i don't want them fucking with my body anymore. and the longer i'm on them, the worse it will get. especially when i eventually get off them for good. so i did some research and short of doing the rhythm method (haha just kidding) i found a non-hormonal birth control pill. problem is it's only available in india, created by their government in the 80's to control the booming populating. it's taken once a week and prohibits the fertilized ovum from implantation in the uterus. there are no side effects, and no links to cancer. the reason why we don't have it in the states apparently is..business/money related. but anyway, i think that BC makes people go nuts, not myself thankfully enough, but i don't want that shit in my body anymore. and who knows if i start again if i'll have other weird symptoms. gross. plus, centchroman is super cheap. $40 for 12 months. there's a lot of women in the US taking it since they order it online from india and everything i've read on forums etc (this is how i waste my day at work) seems really promising. something to think about definately.
while flipping through a fashion magazine i picked up for work (for free!), there, on the page of "hot to have" for fall 2006 was a picture of a model in tsumori chisato. and what was she wearing? the sweater/dress tunic that i just bought from ebay. oh yes.
lunch soon!