returns in august.

my dad sent me more photos of rocky, his new black lab puppy. i think he's about 9 weeks old now. apparently he weighs 17 pounds. here are some photos of him lounging and another one with my sister after his bath.

you guys, i caved. i put my spare roll of toilet paper in the bathroom. after a week of no TP, i broke down. 

after nearly 11 years of being in new york city, i am leaving the 5 boroughs and moving to MIAMI. 

as you know, gm will officially be filing for bankruptcy. and while it is sad, i made a joke tweet about how i should buy a saturn since they will be phased out over the next few years (along with saabs and hummers). 

evgrieve:

If the MTA is cutting the M8 route starting June 28, then why have they recently introduced new hybrid buses on the line? (Like the one seen here on 10th Street and Avenue A?)

a week ago, i was in the bahamas. 1,000 miles away from my worries. 

she has still not bought any toilet paper. i want to go out and buy some more so badly, but i will not give in!

a gchat conversation with my friend:

i'm not sure i get the following equation:

how does a holiday dedicated to the military + the few days a few military men & women visit nyc = all american appreciation? this is the sign outside a bar by my apartment. ugh. 

on a related note, the full ginsburg went out to meet a few of those military members in town for fleet week. check it out:

(via ev grieve)

1. You are at least ten times prettier than you think you are.
That holds true no matter how pretty you already think you are! Don’t believe me? Ask your mother/auntie/grannie if she thought she was pretty when she was twenty. She’ll say no. Then find a photo of her at that age. See what I mean?

2. The only thing you should be faking is confidence.
If you don’t have it yet, pretend you do. In every new situation, pretend you’re not nervous, pretend you’re not afraid. After a few times doing this, the pretend part disappears.

3. Want to try something new like painting, skiing, running your own business? Go to the library and borrow ten different books on the subject.
Skim through them all, find the ones that have the most vital information and study them. Then see number 2.

4. No matter how old you get, remember what it was like to be a nine-year old girl.
Remember the feeling of freedom. If you’ve already forgotten, do a cartwheel. You can so still do one. Savior that feeling. Wake up with it every day. You’ll stay young until the day you die.

5. In the same vein, cut or potted flowers are never a waste of money.
Because every time we glance at them, they remind us how much beauty there can be in the world.

6. Speaking of money, starting right this moment, whether you’re twenty or sixty, you can change your finances around.
Don’t leave someone else completely in charge, whether it’s your husband, partner, parents, or banker. Become financially savvy. Financial independence gives you the freedom to walk away from many bad situations. How do you know you’re in bad situation? See number seven.

7. If your stomach hurts and you haven’t got a virus, you’re in a bad situation.
Before you know what it is, your stomach always does. Give yourself some time to ponder what it might be that’s making your stomach hurt. Chances are you already do know, you just don’t want to believe it, for some reason. You can ignore advice from your friends, even your own brain, but you can’t ignore your stomach, because the stomach never lies. Oh, and by the way—drowning your stomach in alcohol won’t make it stop telling you the truth, either.

8. When meeting someone new and he or she seems to be behaving like an ass**le, show compassion first.
If after you display your sincere compassion, they are still acting like an assh*le, walk away. If they follow you, call the police.

9. Wear sunscreen on your face, neck, and hands every day, winter and summer.
I don’t care how dark your skin naturally is. Wear it. You’ll remember me when you look in the mirror at age fifty. Always keep in mind that Your body is directly connected to your spirit. Look after your body. Exercise, floss, and brush your teeth. Put nothing in your body that can permanently harm your spirit, including the wrong man.

10. And if you are in bed with a man and he’s the right man:
... meaning your stomach doesn’t hurt, he’s smiling at you, he knows your name, he’s not drunk, and neither are you—for godsakes—enjoy yourself. He is not at all thinking about how fat your thighs look.

backstory: my roommate is away for a few months and she's subletting her room

show i'm mourning (cancelled that i loved):

1) normally i don't get excited over fleet week. all the military men that come in are youngins. but man, i'm starving for a summer romance

this is where i will be in approximately 12 hours. now if only i could START packing.

karl urban who plays dr. mccoy (aka bones) in the new star trek movie is a new crush. here he is on "attack of the show" last week. HOT.

two books that couldn't be more different. 1) a guide to the bahamas to prepare me for my trip next weekend. 2) jancee dunn's book to help me prepare for an interview. 

i'll be the first to admit that i was sufferering from JTF, or "justin timberlake fatigue". he's already made numerous cameos this season, so i thought the fact that he was hosting again was "eh".