that darn kat

• Thursday night: wine and girl talk with my friend Alicia
• Friday: GSD all day; hibachi place for dinner; too tired for Black Swan so will see next weekend instead
• Saturday: made scrambled eggs with cheddar and prosciutto; more GSD; dinner at Norwich Inn; masquerade formal
• Sunday: absolutely no GSD unless the Times crossword counts; consumed two breakfast burritos, a quart of wonton soup, a pork egg roll, and an order of crab rangoon; wallowed in bad-scotch-related regret; watched movie Keith which was actually pretty good

We got free carrot cake and coffee at school today, which made Monday morning a little more bearable.

No, seriously, that is where the best Chinese food is here.  Seriously.  The gas station.  Amazing crab rangoon.

Have not located fishnets, hair is a mess, and have not yet fully committed to present level of eyeliner.  Shit.

andshesback:

clementines, grapes, strawberries, brie, cheddar, blue cheese, 2 boxes of annie’s, a prepared but not frozen pizza, greek cookies, baklava, hummus, naan, flatbreads, a baguette, an odwalla smoothie, 3 bottles of red wine, and tissues

You are seriously the best friend ever.  Obvious why she texted you for help.

Have been waiting to do so for two weeks, but someone took eleventy years to figure out his frequent flier mile situation.  Cannot really complain, however, as our friends who booked the exact same flights earlier in the month got charged $70 more.

If only it also starred a B-list American actress doing a terrible British accent, it would be the Holy Grail of films for me.

Bwahahahahahaha!

Instead of doing the midterm, I’m watching bad movies on Netflix and starting my reading for next week.  Will start my day early tomorrow so I can do it then.

Just watched a teen movie called You’re So Cupid.  Now it’s time for some mindless crap starring Jennifer Love Hewitt!

• black jacket
• cotton or silk top
• statement necklace
• jeans
• knee-high boots
• conspicuous ring(s)
• oversized brown or black leather or faux-leather bag

I bought three black jackets this fall ($90, $25, $20), which has made getting dressed about 1000x easier — and I generally manage to look pretty pulled-together.  Once I identified the stuff I wear most often, it was pretty easy to assemble a wardrobe where most of my stuff mixes and matches well.  Yesterday, I subbed out the top and jeans for a brightly-colored dress.  And one day last week, I wore the above with a knee-length gray accordion skirt instead of jeans, with a thick belt.

• Eat delicious breakfast burrito
• Study for take-home midterm
• Do take-home midterm (only an hour long!)
• Create/send out pre-work for personal style consultation I’m doing for a friend tomorrow
• Start reading for next week
• Work on Right-Brain Business Plan
• Finish reading Tranquilista
• Drinks with my friend Alicia
• Watching bad TV and going to sleep

Plans for rest of weekend:

• Start learning Japanese
• Follow up on project plans for next term
• Friday: Do all homework for next week
• Saturday: Sledding party and formal
• Sunday: Prep for Monday’s mock interview/write cover letters (sample opening line: “Each morning, I wake up feeling like P. Diddy and brush my teeth with a bottle of your product” - Y/N?)

I have gone back to being a person who does not procrastinate.

while sitting on top of the homework I’m trying to do.  I WANT TO MOVE YOU BUT YOU ARE PURRING AND LOOKING AT ME WITH THOSE BIG GREEN EYES.

It is! I am sorry I am sharing it with my friend Alicia — it feels like I am being unfaithful to you!!!

I want to know again.

The thing is, I’m not funny, and I’m a terrible actress.  So I was hiding in the bushes outside Lorne Michaels’ house, trying to decide what to say in the email I was going to send him explaining why I didn’t show.

I can’t even begin to guess what this one means.

When I’m sick, I want everyone to GTFO of my life and let me watch bad movies in bed with Oliver, chicken soup, and ginger ale.  Based on the fact that E was sick last week and I went over with soup and drugs and cuddles, that is not how he deals with illness.  He is not always the best about understanding that other people work differently from him, so I am worried he might be offended if I want to be alone today, especially after I was gone all weekend.

New York City is seriously the love of my life.

• Turned down a free trip to India (hmmm, might have to undo that)
• Confirmed that I get to go to Hawaii again in March (on the way back from Japan!)
• Blew two interviews (probably should’ve blown the interviewers instead! might’ve* had better results!)
• Went to a scotch club event one night and a wine club event the next
• Did all of my reading for class for probably the first time in my entire academic career (I am going to do the same thing for next week)
• Bought a really cute top and scarf from my favorite boutique
• Oh, wait — I actually bought two cute tops
• Planned out all my outfits for the week in advance
• Skipped class for the first time since school started

*definitely would’ve… it’s a core competence

They always are.

Skipping class and eating Dunkin’ Donuts in bed.  Then packing for my trip in case the bus actually isn’t snowed out.  Not sure I really feel safe traveling in this weather.

my mock went really well, so I think that if I’d had a different interviewer I would have made more of an impact.  Ughhhhhhhhhhhhh.

They don’t want to interview me again, and I am at tonight’s wine tasting by 8 p.m.

When you come back, it is generally for a specific purpose.  Which leaves you with limited time.  That you must largely allocate to said purpose (e.g., spending time with your friends before they move to London).  So it almost seems pointless to let other people know you’ll be in town, because you likely won’t have time to see them.  Or, if you make an attempt, they make it clear that seeing you isn’t a priority, so why bother trying to make it work?

Meanwhile it is like someone took a Dustbuster to the trail of breadcrumbs leading me back to New York, and I find myself willing to move to the Midwest for the right job.  As a pacifier, I tell myself I can always go back later, but my love for the City is feeling a little unrequited these days.

Even when we have two interviews the next day.

in a tone that is usually reserved for Newman.