Things I like about air conditioning

Hello! I don't think a long intro is really necessary for this entry. I'm going to get to the point, right away. I found out some really great news yesterday: we're getting air conditioning in my apartment!

I KNOW! I'm SO excited too!




No more profuse sweating at night (I think it's wrong to sweat at night unless you're drunk or at a dance club or going through menopause), No more sitting in front of the fan in the middle of my getting-ready-in-the-morning-routine because I'm too hot, No. More. Drama (no more drama in my lifffeeee-you know, like that Mary J. Blige song?)

In honor of this GREAT DAY in MY history, I'm compiling a list of things that I like about air conditioning:

1) Cold.



2) Cold.


3) Sweat-free.


4) Cold.


5) Awesome.



6) Ice cream. Oh wait, I don't think this belongs here. Though...I do really, REALLY like ice cream.



7) Dull noise. Dull noise can be soothing, can't it? For example, the sound of me talking. Doesn't that sooth you?

Hello?

Hello?!?!?



Fine! BYE!

Things I like about crafts

Hello Everyone!
It's been a few days, in case you can't count or didn't realize that I haven't written in a bit. Here's a quick update on the state of affairs:

JULIA IS GETTING MARRIED!!!!!! AHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IT'S HOT IN MY APARTMENT!!!!!!!!

THERE WAS A CRAZY, BIG, POSSIBLY genetically modified cockroach in my apartment on Saturday night!!!!!!!!

KATE apparently likes AIDS!!!!!! (see below):
Kate: AIDS is lame?
Becky: Yup. Oh, I'm sorry, do you like AIDS?
Kate: Yes, Becky. Who doesn't like AIDS? AIDS is the new donuts. And if you recall, from Erin's blog: erinelan.blogspot.com, donuts are the new black. So, therefore, AIDS is the new black.

*some of this conversation may be fake. but some of it is definitely real*

OK, good. I feel better now that all of that is off my chest. Anyway, Kate (you know, the girl/my sister, who likes AIDS?) said that I should blog about crafts today since I love them so much.

Things I like about crafts:

1) Colorful. Crafts, be they knitting or collages or drawings are usually colorful. I like colors, mucho, so I like that crafts are colorful :)


2) Easy. Let's face it I can be pretty lazy...


3) Shiny. This kind of goes along with "colorful", but I thought was deserving of its own number. I LIKE shiny things, a lot. Like glitter and...tin foil? Some crafts, like mobiles or bracelets or even collages can be really shiny. That's awesome!


4) Make me special. Just like curing cancer, not just ANYONE can do crafts. It takes a UNIQUE individual to transform an idea into reality, at least that's what I tell myself. So, being a crafty person and making crafts, I've found, is a good way to BE special.

Also, people look at you in a certain, SPECIAL, way when you tell them that you spent your Saturday night making friendship bracelets or decoupaging.

Actually, maybe that's pity. ?


5) Sense of accomplishment. I feel very accomplished when I've completed a craft. I mean, when I'm done, not only do I have another useless thing that I need to find a space for in my room, but I also have something that I can show my friends/family that they won't care about. It makes me feel like I'm making a positive difference in the world :)


6) Make me crafty. So, making crafts obviously makes you a crafty person. And being a crafty person gets you on VIP lists-hot parties, movie premiers, benefit dinners, etc etc etc! Let me see if I can make this simpler:

Crafts --> Making Crafts --> Being Crafty --> P. Diddy --> His annual white party at the Hamptons --> Me --> I'm cool --> er than you

7) An excuse to go shopping. So, in order to make crafts you need to have things. In order to have things, when you're lazy and named Becky, you need to go out and buy them. I feel guilty when I buy clothes or accessories, because those are just for me. But, when I go to the craft store and buy things for my craft projects, I feel awesome. My shopping for crafts isn't really shopping for myself. It's shopping for ART. And if ART is wrong well then...I don't want to be right.

Things that have happened today

I feel compelled to write an entry, though maybe I shouldn't be?

Not much to say...but...um...how about that weather? So humid, isn't it? Let's not even talk about what I'm wearing or how my hair looks right now.

Things that have happened today:

1) I woke up sick. Well, to say 'woke up' implies that I slept last night. Which I didn't. So maybe I should say 'I was sick'. My body hates me because I went to Honduras and ate food I shouldn't have, and then I was on antibiotics, and then I wasn't eating fruits and vegetables. I'm sorry body, really I am! Anyway, that was something that happened today.

2) I didn't go to work. So, two sick days in a week and a half? What a life...or not.

3) I watched 5 episodes of 'How I met Your Mother'. I'm just going to have to go ahead and buy season 2 on DVD.


I know, I know. It's a hard life I lead, buying myself things all the time. I shouldn't sacrifice so much. I should think of myself more...
Oh wait. That's all I do.

4) I went grocery shopping!! SO, this was a big deal because I hadn't been grocery shopping in 3 weeks! Well, one of the weeks I was away in Honduras but still. It's SO nice having FRESH food and options for dinner!! Edamame with some chicken breast? Or tomato basil soup with some toast? Options Options Options!



5) I napped-ish. My nap was on and off, and interrupted by text messages/the heat so it wasn't really satisfying but still needs to be noted.


6) I talked to Kate on the phone. Like, three or four times. What a great sister!

7) I bought a pair of green shorts! At Old Navy! I'm really excited about them!

8) I ate some STROUMPFS gummy candy that Elizabeth sent me from France! SO. AM, wait for it, wait for it, AZING!

Apparently I'm funny looking

Today is Erin's last day at work. So, I thought I'd be nice and pretend to care about what she has to say.

So, I asked Erin what I should blog about today. Instead of being NICE and saying something like 'Becky, you should blog about your many talents because, let's face it girl, you're awesome!' or 'You should blog about all the nice things that you do for other people Mother Theresa, I mean Becky. Awkward, because you know she died...' she said I should blog about how I'm funny looking.

Well, technically, this is what happened:

BECKY: I need to blog about something, funny
ERIN: Your looks?

HM, I'm not really sure how to take this. On one hand I want to start walking around with a bag on my head. On the other hand, this could be a pretty good entry.


So, I guess, here's a list of things about me that are funny looking:

1) My face. So, I've been told by a few people that I make crazy facial expressions like a cartoon character. I guess that could be considered 'funny looking'. And last night, when Kate and I were out to dinner, I apparently smiled on one side of my mouth and frowned on the other (on purpose) Kate was AMAZED by my ability to be so 'funny looking'. "Do it again! Do it again!' she said. But I couldn't. And, I look like Beaker when I frown and he's pretty 'funny looking'.

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2) My hair. So, I'm pretty into my hair. I talk about it a lot. Or I fiddle with it. Or I cut it all off. Or I talk about how I want another hair style. Yeah, it's kind of sad. But really, I'm not that superficial. Anyway, sometimes my hair sticks out and it's pretty 'funny looking'. I call the hair that sticks out 'my wings'. See below:

3) My mannerisms. For better or worse, I am a very flamboyant person. I use my hands a lot when I speak, I dance around to songs on the radio or to songs in my head. I cover my face when I'm embarrassed and blush really easily. I guess, that makes me 'funny looking'.

See for yourself:








I guess that's it?

Things I like about 'How I Met Your Mother'

Well, today's going to be a long day. It's only 11:19 and I already want second breakfast/first lunch, and I'm bored, and I'm feeling antsy.

So, what better way to curb my boredom than by writing a riveting blog entry. Yes, I said RIVETING because if ever there was a jaw-dropping, shocking, AMAZING topic for a blog entry this would be it:

Things I like about 'How I Met Your Mother'



1) Neil Patrick Harris. Before any of you say anything, I know he's gay, ok? But that doesn't mean I can't find his character, Barney, hilarious! And that I can't have a crush on him. And that I can't look into his little, beady blue eyes and want to melt.


But yes. Neil Patrick Harris is a-, wait for it, wait for it, mazing!

2) Funny name. I really like funny names of things. Sometimes, when I don't know what music to download, I'll just search for random artists or words and download the songs with the funniest titles. Like 'The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything'-what a great song! Have you heard of it? I found it by searching LimeWire for 'pirates'. Those were the days...

Anyway, I think 'How I Met Your Mother' is a funny name for a TV show and therefore something that I like about it. 'It' being the show, you know.

3) Bob Saget. Bob Saget narrates the show, which is pretty awesome. The best thing about Bob Saget is how he once played Danny Tanner on 'Full House' and was all wholesome and dorky and liked to clean, and now is known for making really gross jokes and being offensive. I mean, if Bob Saget's career isn't an example of well-roundedness then I don't know what well-roundedness is.

4) Funny. So, I think the show's really funny! And, I like that about it. UM.

Here are some funny quotations from the show:

Ted's Date: Back when I lived in LA I was pretty broke, so I spent a month making adult films.
Ted : Wow ... uh, ok. How many did you make?
Ted's Date: 175.
Lily: Say what you want about the porn industry, but they're hard workers.


Ted: Yes Barney, your submissions were received and No, we will not be attending any parties in your pants.

Penelope: Why the hell should I help you?
Barney: Come on, I know it didn't work out between us but we did have a relationship.
Penelope: We had sex in your car twice and then you dumped me. How is that a relationship?
Barney: Twice!


WOW! What gems, huh? Am I right or am I right? Right?

5) New York City. So, I live in New York City now for those of you who don't know that. Actually, if you don't know that by now and are somehow reading this and didn't randomly find it on the internet and actually are my 'friend'...then maybe we're not friends anymore. But anyway, it's fun for me to see shows that are shot in NYC now that I live here. The buildings, the night life, the funny anecdotes that take place on the subway-they speak to me! NYC is great and so is 'How I Met Your Mother'.



6) Jason Segel. So I've developed a bit of a crush on Jason Segel, hehe. I don't feel that bad about it for a few reasons: 1) he's cute! 2) he's funny 3) he was born in the same decade as me (born in 1980 according to wikipedia). He's fun to watch and a great asset to the show. Also his character's name is Marshall, Marshall! I mean, who besides Eminem (Marshall Mathers) and Penny Marshall and Gary Marshall is actually named MARSHALL?

*OMG. I was going to try and find a picture of Jason Segel and edit myself into it but look what I found on google images-Jason Segel AND Beaker!! I look just like Beaker therefore this is basically the same thing as a picture of Jason Segel and me ensemble...amazing*

7) Did I say funny already?

Anyway, as I started to write this entry Season 1 of 'How I Met Your Mother', which I ordered online last week, arrived at work!!

Is that a sign from above or what?

BEST. SHOW. EVER.

Things I'm going to do this weekend

TGIFFA everyone! (Thank God It's Fucking Friday Already!)

It's been an eventful week for me: antibiotics, 4 days of work, a class on intuition where I discovered that my mantra is 'old joy fairy', a prom for senior citizens. I'm pooped! And yet, as Friday afternoon nears, and I prepare to do my laundry and maybe buy a new watch, I can't help but think of all that's yet to come. With Friday comes promise-of mornings spent sleeping in, of afternoons spent shopping, or nights spent talking about how I don't want to go to work and how lame my job is and *hiccup* how I don't know *throw up* what I want to do with my life.


So, since it's on my mind, and since this is my blog and I can blog about whatever I want, and since I feel the need to comment on how I can blog about whatever I want all the time, I'm going to blog about:

Things I'm going to do this weekend!

1) Laundry. Yeah, it's not that exciting but it has to be done. Three weeks of traveling and roaming the streets of NYC...yeah.

2) Watching 'Weeds' Season Three. So, we all started watching it Wednesday night. What a good first episode! Nancy is in up to her neck. But THEN...when I was out expanding my horizons on Wednesday and while I was out volunteering last night and making a difference in the NYC community and being a good person...some people continued watching without me. I mean, I won't mention names but it's obviously the people I live with. Hehe. Anyway, now I have to catch up and watch 7 episodes of 'Weeds' so that when we resume watching I won't be left out anymore.

I don't like being left out, you know.


3) Temple. I love going to Temple! CBST is the best synagogue ever and Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum is the, well, not best Rabbi ever, but definitely top 17. I feel so peaceful when I'm sitting in services (well, if I'm not in front of Stacy...because she sings TOO loudly) and contemplating the divine. Bla Bla Bla.

4) Getting drunk. HM. I'm not exactly sure about this but 'something Erin said' + 'Matt' + 'Eddie's birthday' + 'something Erin said' + ' club' = possibly drinking and most-likely having a really fun time.


5) ***HANGING OUT WITH MARILYN*** So, this is a big deal. I haven't seen Marilyn for a long time. Like, over a year. I mean, until she started g-chatting me recently I had kind of assumed that she was kidnapped by pirates and was living in some dark pirate ship dungeon somewhere...possibly Kuwait. But now, apparently, she's alive and in the US. And not only that, she's coming to NYC tomorrow!! I can't wait to see her!

6) Grocery Shopping. Yeah. I haven't been grocery shopping in a long time and (once I put it together) I have this new grocery cart...I don't know what I'm waiting for! Salads, Pizza, Pasta, Fruit, Dessert-I can't wait!


7) Book Club. Yes, it is book club time again. 'But Becky,' you ask, 'Wasn't it just yesterday that you got lost in Brooklyn on your way to book club and were completely stressed out?'. It seems that way, doesn't it? But it's been over a month and I finished 'Blink' a while ago. I'm ready to discuss!

Hope you all have a great weekend!

A tribute to the color red.

Red is great. I've always thought so, but yesterday my suspicions were confirmed. Check out the following "verse" that was on a gatorade I bought at Walgreens:

What kind of color is red? Red is a warning. A declaration. A color that says I'm ready to do what it takes. Red is focused and driven because red doesn't like second place. So what kind of color is red?

HM. Interesting, right?

Some of you may know, and some of you may NOT know, that red is one of my favorite colors. It's bold and saucy and provides a nice accent to an outfit of mostly neutral colors (not that I wear a lot of neutral colors or anything. I mean today, for example, I'm wearing black...and...silver. Shit. But my bracelet is blue and YELLOW and my earrings are YELLOW!).

So, to go along with my poetic gatorade from yesterday, and with my longstanding personal preference I bring you:

~ * $$$ * A Tribute to RED * $$$* ~

Featuring, pictures of red things:








Quotations/song lyrics with the word 'red' in them:

"Red, Red, wineeeee...Stay close to meeee...don't let me be alone..."

"And honey I say little Red corvette, You're much too fast. Little Red corvette, you need a love that's going to last."

"I see fields of green, and red roses too...And I think to myselffffff what a wonderful world" (*I can sign this song using ASL*)

Random words that Michelle thinks about when she sees the color red:

Blood
Love
Hot
Fever
Devil
Hell
Sun
Fire

YAY FOR RED! The best color ever (besides blue).