After the craziness of the last couple of weeks I dedicated this weekend to cleaning and finally finishing finding spots for all the stuff in my room. Of course, I can only be efficient for so long before one thing or another side tracks me and the nostalgia sets in.
Whether it was stopping to look through my photo album from studying abroad or flipping through random papers still unfiled from college, I tend to let those moments from the past overtake the plans I had for today.
Today's culprit was actually a box of post-its. In college, when I lived in the dorms, my friends and I would write down the funny things we accidentally said on a post-it and pin it to the bulletin board. As the months wore on and the board started filling up with colored squares all containing the name "Rhyme", the sayings quickly got renamed to the Rhyme-isms Board. Flipping through all those old post-its made me remember the good ole days so I thought I'd share some of them...Rhyme and Nicole if you're reading this prepare yourselves...everyone else, this probably means nothing to you other than to see how ridiculous we once were (still are?):
"Great Books: that class would be really interesting if there wasn't so much reading." -Amanda
"I wasn't talking about my individuality...I was talking about how different I was from everybody else." - Nikita
"I've had the same crotch for 18 years. I'm pretty sure I know where it is." - Rhyme
"Sometimes I wish I was allergic to people." -Rhyme
"If I were an M&M I'd eat myself." - Rhyme
"N: It's like selective hearing. J:Yeah. But most of what she doesn't hear comes out of her own mouth. It's like selective consciousness." - John and Nicole
"I don't like it. And I shouldn't have to put things I don't like in my mouth." -Random resident in Alice Lloyd
"If I wasn't afraid of you I'd throw my show at you." - Nikita
"Joe Paterno is the Hugh Hefner of college football." - Rhyme
"It's like a drinking contraceptive." -Samira
"If she's anorexic she's really bad at it." - Rhyme
"They were talking about school...you know how I feel about that." - Rhyme
"I deleted channel 14. How do I get it back?" - Nicole
"He's Asian. I can tell by his shadow." -Rhyme
The Rhyme-isms include many more, but to keep this blog mostly clean and appropriate I took editorial liberty with the ones I posted.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Why I haven't posted in awhile...
I thought that moving to CT would give me so much to write about that I'd be posting every other day at least. I didn't anticipate being so busy that I wouldn't carve out the time to write at all. It's not even a busy work life that had me whirling around in chaos (my manager has been on vacation for the last two weeks leaving me with very little to do between the hrs of 9-5).
Instead, for the first time in what seems like forever I have a legitimate social life. Here's the line up of the last couple of weeks and what's coming up on the calendar:
Week 1: Jotted down to the City for a Friday night. Spent the evening eating and drinking too much, two things I always seem to do in NYC. Recovered on Amy's balcony the next morning overlooking lower Manhattan with fantastic views of both the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty as her bf made us breakfast. Commuted back to Stamford with Amy where I dragged her through CT traffic to an Ikea, then found the local seafood hotspot and the closest Blockbuster for our chick-flick movie marathon.
Week 2: Amy's friends from high school have a house on Cape Cod. Since the bf had other plans I joined the weekend festivities as her plus one. Drove up to Boston to pick her up, got to see the outside of Fenway (next time I'm definitely touring), and then headed down to the Cape. Proceeded to again drink like I was in college (sort of...at least early college) and spent the weekend playing croquette and laying out on the beach. Frolicked in the Atlantic Ocean for the first time in recent memory and realized how much better I like fresh-water lakes. Was also stunned by the percentage of people in that house that knew how to play Euchre. Nothing like sun, sand, liquor and cards to make an enjoyable weekend.
Week 3: Since all the managers on my floor are on vacation the box tickets to the Patriots preseason game against the Saints were up for grabs. Snagged 3 and brought along Amy (huge Pats fan) and my roommate Jeremiah. There were a couple of other people I knew from work there and several I didn't. But for my first NFL game it was pretty amazing. Sucked that I again put another 300 miles on my brand new Escape, as it's a 3-hr drive to the stadium from Stamford, but since I only had to do the drive one way I guess I can't complain too much. We also met up with a friend of Amy's (acquaintance of mine) from Michigan who got drafted to Pats this year. It was a 10-minute convo but I can now say I've hugged an NFL player :)
So that's my synopsis of the last couple of weeks. In between the major events was basically Jeremiah and I doing all the necessary things like grocery shopping and figuring out how to set our DVR to record all our favorite TV shows.
Being out here is still surreal sometimes and I'm not as settled as I'd like. Still struggling to find people in the area other than Jeremiah and Amy to hang out with. But I'm sure that will come with time. Reality will also come crashing down in the next couple of weeks as work becomes crazy. But I'm optimistic that I'll be able to handle it relatively well. Can't dwell on that too much otherwise that aforementioned optimism disappears.
On the other hand so super excited for the next couple weeks due to non-work related activities planned: Jersey Shore, Girls Weekend in the City for Labor Day, and sailing to the Hamptons are all in the line-up.
Instead, for the first time in what seems like forever I have a legitimate social life. Here's the line up of the last couple of weeks and what's coming up on the calendar:
Week 1: Jotted down to the City for a Friday night. Spent the evening eating and drinking too much, two things I always seem to do in NYC. Recovered on Amy's balcony the next morning overlooking lower Manhattan with fantastic views of both the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty as her bf made us breakfast. Commuted back to Stamford with Amy where I dragged her through CT traffic to an Ikea, then found the local seafood hotspot and the closest Blockbuster for our chick-flick movie marathon.
Week 2: Amy's friends from high school have a house on Cape Cod. Since the bf had other plans I joined the weekend festivities as her plus one. Drove up to Boston to pick her up, got to see the outside of Fenway (next time I'm definitely touring), and then headed down to the Cape. Proceeded to again drink like I was in college (sort of...at least early college) and spent the weekend playing croquette and laying out on the beach. Frolicked in the Atlantic Ocean for the first time in recent memory and realized how much better I like fresh-water lakes. Was also stunned by the percentage of people in that house that knew how to play Euchre. Nothing like sun, sand, liquor and cards to make an enjoyable weekend.
Week 3: Since all the managers on my floor are on vacation the box tickets to the Patriots preseason game against the Saints were up for grabs. Snagged 3 and brought along Amy (huge Pats fan) and my roommate Jeremiah. There were a couple of other people I knew from work there and several I didn't. But for my first NFL game it was pretty amazing. Sucked that I again put another 300 miles on my brand new Escape, as it's a 3-hr drive to the stadium from Stamford, but since I only had to do the drive one way I guess I can't complain too much. We also met up with a friend of Amy's (acquaintance of mine) from Michigan who got drafted to Pats this year. It was a 10-minute convo but I can now say I've hugged an NFL player :)
So that's my synopsis of the last couple of weeks. In between the major events was basically Jeremiah and I doing all the necessary things like grocery shopping and figuring out how to set our DVR to record all our favorite TV shows.
Being out here is still surreal sometimes and I'm not as settled as I'd like. Still struggling to find people in the area other than Jeremiah and Amy to hang out with. But I'm sure that will come with time. Reality will also come crashing down in the next couple of weeks as work becomes crazy. But I'm optimistic that I'll be able to handle it relatively well. Can't dwell on that too much otherwise that aforementioned optimism disappears.
On the other hand so super excited for the next couple weeks due to non-work related activities planned: Jersey Shore, Girls Weekend in the City for Labor Day, and sailing to the Hamptons are all in the line-up.
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