the ramblings of a displaced Philly girl

Tuesday, January 04, 2005

Tuesday picks & pans

back on schedule-- here are your weekly picks and pans. and I'm kind of in a random basics mood today so be warned... I've also realized my blogging has gotten longer and longer and longer. Sorry 'bout that. I'll try to be less verbose in posts to come :)

PICKS

working out-- now, I know most of you hate the idea of even going to the gym, but I love it! After years of being forced to go for softball, I guess it's kind of in my blood. Now, that doesn't mean I'm always in the mood to drag myself to the gym, but once I'm there I'm good to go. And I always feel great after I've worked out, even if it's something short. Plus, you obviously get great benefits it, so it's a win-win situation all around. And I love Gold's Gym too with it's free classes, cheap fee, and abundance of equipment. yay gym! :)

HBO On Demand-- makes the list again for having Season 2 of Sex & the City up yesterday. Plus, there have been some quality movies and even some great documentaries and late night shows I had missed that I can now watch whenever I want. What a fantastic idea for digital cable!

last Sunday's church-- For those of you who have been wondering, the interim preacher was 10 times hotter than his pictures online!!!! hahaha. But even before we saw him (and before he told a story that involved the horrible words "my fiancee"), the church itself was just very comfortable. A nice woman from the parking lot walked us in, they gave us coffee mugs, there were lots of people our age, and random people kept coming up to us and hugging us! Now, the Philly in me thought that last part was a little close to scary, but overall it was just a nice and friendly place to be.

music in any form-- Lately I have been hearing a lot of songs that remind me of very specific times in my life, and there's something about that that always puts a smile on my face even if it's not the greatest of memories. I don't know if it's the reminiscing mood I've been in since going home or all the importing I've been doing to my iPod, but I really think music is one of the greatest things on earth; it's universal, it's timeless, and there's nothing else like it that can have so many different moods and relate to so many different things in life. I don't think there's even one day that goes by that there is no music in my life, and I think that's the way it should be.

Billy Elliot-- I know this is old, but I just saw this for the first time last night and LOVED it! If you haven't seen it (and you can stand British import type movies) you DEFINITELY should! It's about a boy in poor English coal mining town that falls in love with ballet. I laughed, I cried... sounds weird, but it's great. trust me.

homemade hot cocoa-- I randomly found a fun recipe for this yesterday so I whipped some up, added some hot water and some whipped cream, and was instantly in winter heaven! mmmmmm

peace & quiet-- woohoo my upstairs neighbors are away!!!! That means this week I get my 3 whole days off without my pans clanking in my cabinets from all their jumping around! I'm not quite sure what they're doing up there, and honestly I don't think I want to know... I just hope they stay gone for a long while.

my new loungewear-- my dad recently went to his fraternity (Chi Phi) reunion for the first time in years. And one of the things they gave his class was a football jersey to commemorate their winning the interfraternity league football championship when he was there. And he'll never wear it, so of course I stole it! It's at least two sizes too big and it's ridiculously bright yellow, but I am already in love with it. :)

my Christmas present from my team-- part of it was a gift certificate to get my hair colored and cut from a posh salon down here-- how fun is that?! now to decide what I want to do with it... I think the highlights I had this summer may be a little too sunkissed for winter. Anyone have any ideas?


PANS

laundry-- I have soooo much to do. It's not even the laundry part that I hate-- it's the sorting beforehand and all the folding and re-hanging afterwards. laundry sucks.

importing music to my iPod-- now luckily I am not having the same troubles as Kate, but all the time this is taking is getting on my nerves. Every CD takes at least 15 minutes to upload, plus I have to upload and correct all the files from my computer. And then if I want stuff to be in the right place I have to check the genres and the titles and all that... There are about 1400 songs on Eugene right now, so you just imagine how much of my life lately has been spent doing this, and I'm not even close to done yet. If this thing ever breaks and I have to do this all again I will personally be paying Apple a visit and it will not be a happy one. Thank god it's such a great gym accessory, and come profit sharing I'm hoping it'll really be worth its while when I get all the car hookups...

taking down Christmas decorations-- so sad! and really a huge pain in the butt too. my apartment is now completely unfestive and back to its normal state. :( well, normal other than the REST of the cleaning I still have to do. boo.

giant ducks-- the ducks around my apartments used to be cute. Then I got a bottom floor apartment. Then it rained and was cold, and all the giant ducks thought MY PORCH would be a great place to congregate to get away from the weather. And now when I go to put stuff in my little storage closet on the porch, I am greeted by a TON of duck crap! ICK! What the hell am I supposed to do about all the duck crap?! Anyone have any ideas???? I used to be a nature lover... I guess I still am except for bugs and now DUCKS!

phone tag-- I am talking to a new boy right now, except for the last 3 weeks, we have almost NEVER gotten in touch with each other. We've talked like once. We've missed each other probably at least 10 times. Is this a sign or just bad luck? I should've gone with my gut on the last one, so I'm not sure. Weigh in.

studying-- WHY did I sign up for an accounting class this semester?! It's not like I'm really planning to go back for the MBA yet, even though it's always in the back of my mind... And I still have my stupid CPCU class to study for. Not the smartest ideas I ever had.

boredom-- I really feel like now that I have my blackbelt I need a new challenge in my life. If you have any ideas of what I should take up next, post them for me :) I need something new and exciting.

k back to cleaning... or more HBO On Demand... yeah probably the latter :) later all.

1 Comments:

Blogger DutchGirl said...

new challenge: take an art class or something, of some sort that intrigues you

1:46 PM

 

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