THATS RIGHT- I got a job... look at me, new car, new job, now I just need to move out of my parents basement...
no literally... i'm living in their basement. This morning i made myself breakfast and watched an episode of full house before i had to come in to babysit... thats what we like to call REGRESSION... I am reverting, slowly, back to my childhood...... full house was even being played on a station called TEEN NICK... (equivilant to our generations "SNICK") I've also been going to bed around 10pm... seriously, its like someone pushed me into a time machine and I've reverted back to my awkward teen years... living vicariously through DJ and Steve's love life.
anyways... this new job... which i will from here on refer to as bringing nerds to employment... is as a head hunter. Basically, I talk to IT doods and find out what they want, see if their not happy at their jobs and try to get them something that makes them happier or that pays more.. and then i steal a percentage of their income.. BOO YAH. haha
Sooo... speaking of being a child. Today I am taking the girls i babysit to see ECLIPSE... oh Edward sooo dreammyyy
(i've totally bought into the twilight stuff.... in fact I haven't even read the last book because i just dont want it to ever be over...! GUILTY)
well Everyone, happy hump day!
I cannnnoottt wait for this weekend in Ocean City, Seriously all of my favorite people are going to be there :D
I dont have any final line about something fun and exciting to do in the city this week... but thats okay because you should all be seeing Eclipse anyways... everyday... all day...
one-love
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
THIS JUST IN: if you're still in work and trying to kill the last 25 minutes until the weekend-- THEN THIS BLOG IS FOR YOU
So once again, because nothing ever happens in this lame ass city, I ventured to New York City last weekend to visit my friend steph with liz.
If you ever go to the BIG CITY and are cravin' some mexicana (comida not chica- get your head outta your ass) then you HAVE GOT TO TRY THIS PLACE IN MID TOWN. "BLOCK HEADS"-- Not only was the food unreal ( and for a reasonable price.. i mean relatively speaking, we were in NY) but they have these BANGA-LICIOUS Margaritas, they don't fuck around. It has a great bite of tequila, which you can also upgrade for a low cost- I personally like to taste the tequila in my marg.... because if not, i'll end up with a massive sugar-induced head ache/ stomach ache... HELLOOO i'm ordering a margarita not a smirnof ice... ahhhduhh. But I also tried this really great margarita... it was frozen and had a carona pouring slowly into it... LIKE MAGIC. they wedged the lime in the carona at the most perfect angle to get the taste of beer and margarita... you might think this sounds gross but in fact it was fan-fucking-tastic.
Anyways, after dinner, we walked the streets towards the subway... some carrying a tune while i was carrying a food baby in my belly... seriously ate so fucking much, hopped onto the subway towards queens. thanks to the trusty- iphone (no mac does not sponsor this blog) we found the biergarten (thats german for beer garden... i think) in Astoria where we road that buzzing wave and downed pitchers ($15) of delicious hefeweizen, hoegaardens, and much .... much more. When we started to get a little bored (frustrated that boys weren't talking to us) We decided to make our own fun... and meet some people while we did it...
...claiming we were reporters for the main line times, we asked how people found out about the beer garden and why they came, and if they knew any other little "gems" in queens... thats right, and people bought it.
holding back laughter and somehow managing to keep a straight face we were charming while being convincing.... We asked for a "picture and a quote" from about 5 different groups of guys... here are the best ones we got.
**quick note, so liz was taking notes on her black berry and e-mailing me the quotes... this is a copy of one of the emails she sent me**
"Little secret of astoria" - nick--> They have cars. "Its not bad. My bro lives in astoria. Its not too bad. U have to pay during peak hours. But afterr that hmm" He's a cutie laura. Ill say it. "Weekends are free. Honestly this is my first time here. I meet a lot of ppl. Always got a friend in philly."
Some more quotes:
"Haven't inspected it much. " "Intamate. Can talk and chill. Outside and nice." "Everyine part of a bar. Not limited. More spread out. Like eurpoe "
"I've bever been to eupore but it feels eurpoean. The beer garden is it" -andrew and jonathon
"Drink cranberry and vodka when you come here. Pregame. If you're old get a beer" jonahathon (hahaha)
"Its a real change. Its fresh. From boring NYC bars. Casual atmosphere."- joe from brooklyn
Here's when the quotes start getting a little more aggressive... i think people were sort of getting drunk and starting to really believe we were legit.... this one guy was REALLY not into the fact that i kept saying "well Daddy got me the job at the Paper.. and he flew us out of philly to new york for this weekend... yep all on his dime..."
"Now you've justivied your newspaper as something that sucks... "
"The original RAYS is in coney island. Suppsodily original rays in jerzeeeeee citayyyy" --- that argument went on for a while... i have no idea what the fuck rays is...
Quoting a line in liz's email...
"The fightins. Shout out. Mheach 1. This homebou had been cited. Has noot been cited but 4 stories stolen from his blog*** . Laura u told me to star this."
I have no idea why i wanted that starred...
So thats when we pretty much stopped, at one point we tried to tell people we were just making the whole thing up but i guess we must have done a really good job because they didn't believe us!
I will be emailing the people who quoted us... i hope you're not too dissapointed when you realize its just my blog!!--> BUT SUBSCRIBE, COMMENT, YELL I DONT CARE JUST FOLLOW ME haha and tell your friends
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so enough about new york, lets talk about philly. Wednesday I headed into the city again for Center City sips... If you're trying to sweat your ass off and rub elbows with Philadelphia's finest yuppies (suburbia's graduates really making it big... gag me...) then Ladder 15 is the place for you!!! It's a two story high school reunion of 20-somethings- pushing and shoving to get as many 2 dollar blue moons as possible in 2 hours.... so after about 2 beers.. we peaced.
-----
which is what I am going to do now.
feel free to join me at Mad River tonight in Old City from 8-10, $5 cover, for dollar drinks and dollar beers... however i drink fo' free... and you probably can too... you're basically guaranteed a free 2 hours of drinking on some friday night if you fill out a card for it.
check ya self befo' you wreck yo'self.
For the record, i didn't re-read this blog, so forgive me of type-os and errors and just plain lame-ness this week
If you ever go to the BIG CITY and are cravin' some mexicana (comida not chica- get your head outta your ass) then you HAVE GOT TO TRY THIS PLACE IN MID TOWN. "BLOCK HEADS"-- Not only was the food unreal ( and for a reasonable price.. i mean relatively speaking, we were in NY) but they have these BANGA-LICIOUS Margaritas, they don't fuck around. It has a great bite of tequila, which you can also upgrade for a low cost- I personally like to taste the tequila in my marg.... because if not, i'll end up with a massive sugar-induced head ache/ stomach ache... HELLOOO i'm ordering a margarita not a smirnof ice... ahhhduhh. But I also tried this really great margarita... it was frozen and had a carona pouring slowly into it... LIKE MAGIC. they wedged the lime in the carona at the most perfect angle to get the taste of beer and margarita... you might think this sounds gross but in fact it was fan-fucking-tastic.
Anyways, after dinner, we walked the streets towards the subway... some carrying a tune while i was carrying a food baby in my belly... seriously ate so fucking much, hopped onto the subway towards queens. thanks to the trusty- iphone (no mac does not sponsor this blog) we found the biergarten (thats german for beer garden... i think) in Astoria where we road that buzzing wave and downed pitchers ($15) of delicious hefeweizen, hoegaardens, and much .... much more. When we started to get a little bored (frustrated that boys weren't talking to us) We decided to make our own fun... and meet some people while we did it...
...claiming we were reporters for the main line times, we asked how people found out about the beer garden and why they came, and if they knew any other little "gems" in queens... thats right, and people bought it.
holding back laughter and somehow managing to keep a straight face we were charming while being convincing.... We asked for a "picture and a quote" from about 5 different groups of guys... here are the best ones we got.
**quick note, so liz was taking notes on her black berry and e-mailing me the quotes... this is a copy of one of the emails she sent me**
"Little secret of astoria" - nick--> They have cars. "Its not bad. My bro lives in astoria. Its not too bad. U have to pay during peak hours. But afterr that hmm" He's a cutie laura. Ill say it. "Weekends are free. Honestly this is my first time here. I meet a lot of ppl. Always got a friend in philly."
Some more quotes:
"Haven't inspected it much. " "Intamate. Can talk and chill. Outside and nice." "Everyine part of a bar. Not limited. More spread out. Like eurpoe "
"I've bever been to eupore but it feels eurpoean. The beer garden is it" -andrew and jonathon
"Drink cranberry and vodka when you come here. Pregame. If you're old get a beer" jonahathon (hahaha)
"Its a real change. Its fresh. From boring NYC bars. Casual atmosphere."- joe from brooklyn
Here's when the quotes start getting a little more aggressive... i think people were sort of getting drunk and starting to really believe we were legit.... this one guy was REALLY not into the fact that i kept saying "well Daddy got me the job at the Paper.. and he flew us out of philly to new york for this weekend... yep all on his dime..."
"Now you've justivied your newspaper as something that sucks... "
"The original RAYS is in coney island. Suppsodily original rays in jerzeeeeee citayyyy" --- that argument went on for a while... i have no idea what the fuck rays is...
Quoting a line in liz's email...
"The fightins. Shout out. Mheach 1. This homebou had been cited. Has noot been cited but 4 stories stolen from his blog*** . Laura u told me to star this."
I have no idea why i wanted that starred...
So thats when we pretty much stopped, at one point we tried to tell people we were just making the whole thing up but i guess we must have done a really good job because they didn't believe us!
I will be emailing the people who quoted us... i hope you're not too dissapointed when you realize its just my blog!!--> BUT SUBSCRIBE, COMMENT, YELL I DONT CARE JUST FOLLOW ME haha and tell your friends
----------
so enough about new york, lets talk about philly. Wednesday I headed into the city again for Center City sips... If you're trying to sweat your ass off and rub elbows with Philadelphia's finest yuppies (suburbia's graduates really making it big... gag me...) then Ladder 15 is the place for you!!! It's a two story high school reunion of 20-somethings- pushing and shoving to get as many 2 dollar blue moons as possible in 2 hours.... so after about 2 beers.. we peaced.
-----
which is what I am going to do now.
feel free to join me at Mad River tonight in Old City from 8-10, $5 cover, for dollar drinks and dollar beers... however i drink fo' free... and you probably can too... you're basically guaranteed a free 2 hours of drinking on some friday night if you fill out a card for it.
check ya self befo' you wreck yo'self.
For the record, i didn't re-read this blog, so forgive me of type-os and errors and just plain lame-ness this week
Monday, June 14, 2010
"Not only am I funny... but I like sports... think about it..."
...so Jo and I have been on this biking kick.
I really never thought of myself as a biker before... I mean, ocean city I would cruise occasionally... but that's a bit different- a fixed gear beach cruiser and the island is completely flat... The bike is really only used to get me from one party to the other faster... or wawa... yummm- compared to my dad's bad ass mountain bike.
Anyways, so after not biking for about a week, Jo and I sucked wind in Wissahickon (sp?) trails-- you know the one that parallels lincoln drive. Well anyways, its TOUGH TERRAIN.. i mean sometimes there are even ROCKS in the path and other times, we cross over BRIDGES. THATS hardcore.
Oh and there was an incident. I dont know if I should talk about it. Let's just say, one poor little chipmunk may he rest in peace... Jo and I were busy gabbing about God knows what to notice this poor little chipmunk that ran under jo's wheel, until it was too late. Both of us SCREAMED at the TOP of our lungs, nervously laughed- because both of us have zero tact when it comes to reacting to situations like these... and i practically had to hold Jo back from doing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on little Alvin.
I like to think that Alvin lived a fulfilled life in those woods... playing amongst the trees. but honest to god I think the rodent must have had a death wish, like WHAT ARE THE ODDS?!
So tonight, If you're tiger beating or bar-hopping, pour some out for our homie Alvin. one-love.
So a quick recap on my weekend.
Friday night I had to babysit until about 11. That's right I got to go see Shrek in 3-D on the woman I work for's dime. So me and the girls go to chipotle first, and me, being cheap, suggest we fill up our sodas and sneak them into the theater... welll you can imagine how that went. Lily offered to hold two sodas in her purse, which she would strategically wrap in a sweatshirt... that's right, I relied on a ten year old to hold two full fountain sodas .... THEY BARELY HAVE LIDS... by the time we got to our seats her bag was leaking diet soda... all over her nintendo DS and ipod... i get it people- i ruined a girls weekend because i was trying to save a dollar. Well I think it turned out okay, we put the DS and ipod in rice when we got home and everything thing seems kosher today.
so it was late and i was tired but My parents went to the shore... and i HATE staying in that house alone, so I proceeded to fill a water glass to the rim with grape juice (wine), drink the grape juice (wine) as quickly as possible, and pass out watching reruns of How I Met Your Mother, with purple stained teeth...
Saturday I went into the city with mike and brett for cheesesteaks and the USA v England game. I do know why but I recently have been really into watching sports at bars.... Its actually fun. I went to Drinkers for the Stanley Cup, which was awesome, until we lost... then it was just awkward.
Anyways... this brings me to saturday night.
Liz came over and we made road sodas for our train ride into the city. Basically 1 part sprite 2 parts gin, and practically bar hopped from suburban station to old city, first we stopped in continental- split a 10 dollar martini which was excessively sweet, peaced out to drinkers, where i eye-fucked the bartender hoping he'd give me a free PBR............ paid for my PBR, ran into a friend I know from intramural basketball, cabbed it to drinkers in old city (because we went to the wrong one... ) got a beer there, attempted to follow liz's brother and his friends to a mystery club called "Q" but instead shifted missions to crash a girl who graduated two years before me's bachelorette party ...(congrats tina!) Cut the line at said bar, no idea which one, and liz and I bet each other a high-five to see who could get the most numbers. I got 3 i think- only one of these numbers should actually count (thanks bryan!) haha- I have some number I saved in my phone as "A" and a british guy's number who i proceeded later to text "not only am i funny... but i like sports... think about it brit." WHAT!?!? hahah happens. lets just say I'm still pending his response...
Alright, I'm keeping this one shorter. Hopefully I'll be more disciplined about writing, but who am i kidding.
I really never thought of myself as a biker before... I mean, ocean city I would cruise occasionally... but that's a bit different- a fixed gear beach cruiser and the island is completely flat... The bike is really only used to get me from one party to the other faster... or wawa... yummm- compared to my dad's bad ass mountain bike.
Anyways, so after not biking for about a week, Jo and I sucked wind in Wissahickon (sp?) trails-- you know the one that parallels lincoln drive. Well anyways, its TOUGH TERRAIN.. i mean sometimes there are even ROCKS in the path and other times, we cross over BRIDGES. THATS hardcore.
Oh and there was an incident. I dont know if I should talk about it. Let's just say, one poor little chipmunk may he rest in peace... Jo and I were busy gabbing about God knows what to notice this poor little chipmunk that ran under jo's wheel, until it was too late. Both of us SCREAMED at the TOP of our lungs, nervously laughed- because both of us have zero tact when it comes to reacting to situations like these... and i practically had to hold Jo back from doing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on little Alvin.
I like to think that Alvin lived a fulfilled life in those woods... playing amongst the trees. but honest to god I think the rodent must have had a death wish, like WHAT ARE THE ODDS?!
So tonight, If you're tiger beating or bar-hopping, pour some out for our homie Alvin. one-love.
So a quick recap on my weekend.
Friday night I had to babysit until about 11. That's right I got to go see Shrek in 3-D on the woman I work for's dime. So me and the girls go to chipotle first, and me, being cheap, suggest we fill up our sodas and sneak them into the theater... welll you can imagine how that went. Lily offered to hold two sodas in her purse, which she would strategically wrap in a sweatshirt... that's right, I relied on a ten year old to hold two full fountain sodas .... THEY BARELY HAVE LIDS... by the time we got to our seats her bag was leaking diet soda... all over her nintendo DS and ipod... i get it people- i ruined a girls weekend because i was trying to save a dollar. Well I think it turned out okay, we put the DS and ipod in rice when we got home and everything thing seems kosher today.
so it was late and i was tired but My parents went to the shore... and i HATE staying in that house alone, so I proceeded to fill a water glass to the rim with grape juice (wine), drink the grape juice (wine) as quickly as possible, and pass out watching reruns of How I Met Your Mother, with purple stained teeth...
Saturday I went into the city with mike and brett for cheesesteaks and the USA v England game. I do know why but I recently have been really into watching sports at bars.... Its actually fun. I went to Drinkers for the Stanley Cup, which was awesome, until we lost... then it was just awkward.
Anyways... this brings me to saturday night.
Liz came over and we made road sodas for our train ride into the city. Basically 1 part sprite 2 parts gin, and practically bar hopped from suburban station to old city, first we stopped in continental- split a 10 dollar martini which was excessively sweet, peaced out to drinkers, where i eye-fucked the bartender hoping he'd give me a free PBR............ paid for my PBR, ran into a friend I know from intramural basketball, cabbed it to drinkers in old city (because we went to the wrong one... ) got a beer there, attempted to follow liz's brother and his friends to a mystery club called "Q" but instead shifted missions to crash a girl who graduated two years before me's bachelorette party ...(congrats tina!) Cut the line at said bar, no idea which one, and liz and I bet each other a high-five to see who could get the most numbers. I got 3 i think- only one of these numbers should actually count (thanks bryan!) haha- I have some number I saved in my phone as "A" and a british guy's number who i proceeded later to text "not only am i funny... but i like sports... think about it brit." WHAT!?!? hahah happens. lets just say I'm still pending his response...
Alright, I'm keeping this one shorter. Hopefully I'll be more disciplined about writing, but who am i kidding.
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