04/16/09 04:27 - 58ºF - ID#48403

It's good to be back

After the world's most dramatic vacation (I blame PMS for my insanity) I'm back in the city. I wasn't sure how I'd feel about this as I kinda just wanted to go somewhere and forget about life period.

Turns out being back is not so bad. When I arrived at work everyone was actually happy to see me. It's a nice feeling. And despite having a shit load of work, I'm not hating work at all.

And the icing on the cake: Saks is having a huge sale. I went and bought some lip balm, various face creams (I'm such a sucker for that junk) and (drum roll) Marc Jacobs sunglasses.

Basically I'm going to use work and retail therapy to drown my sorrows. As of day one it's working.

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04/12/09 11:51 - 32ºF - ID#48371

Convo with lilho

Me: I am not dramatic.

Sarah: OMG you are so dramatic.

Me: Um. No.

Sarah: You take it to the next level. You have drama and then you instill fear into the general public.

Me: Oh. I can't argue that.

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04/11/09 11:52 - 38ºF - ID#48357

Easter Basket '09

Me: So am I getting a Easter Basket?

Mom: No Jessica you're not. What would I even put in one for you?

Me: A baby chicken, jelly beans, candy, Easter surprises.

Mom: I don't even know what a Easter surprise is.

Me: Buuuuut my heart wants one.

Mom: Fine. Go take a shower we're going to the store.

Moral of the story: If you say your heart wants it to your Mom you get what you want.

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04/10/09 10:40 - 41ºF - ID#48340

Worst Vaca Eva

My strep throat is in full force. My neck actually hurts from my tonsils being so swollen.

I feel bad because my mom was so excited to have me here.

Honestly if I was well enough I'd just get on a plane and go back to NYC and hit the reset button.

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03/25/09 05:38 - 57ºF - ID#48199

Conversations with Momma Ho

re: the volcano that erupted in Alaska

Momma: He said it looked like snow in NYC.

Me: Ew, that's so rude to diss NYC like that. You know when it snows here it's actually white until it hits the ground. (said with attitude)

Momma: Jessica he's from NYC. When you're from New York you can say anything you want and it's not rude.

Me: Oh. Yeah. Actually thats right.

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03/21/09 08:21 - 34ºF - ID#48149

Party Prep

(e:lilho) getting ready. (e:hodown) already ready (I take 75% less time to get ready). Snaggle tooth included. Soundtrack to this lovely scene:

NWA "Just Don't bite it". (e:Paul) and I were trying to teach (e:lilho) a lesson. We also showed her the Rodger Rabbit dance. She'd never seen it before. Are we that old?

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03/21/09 06:33 - 40ºF - ID#48147

BFF Foeva- again

So (e:Paul) even though you once punched me so hard I ended up with a snaggle tooth I still adore you.

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03/18/09 12:52 - 45ºF - ID#48106

In case you're wondering

Yes. I do plan on making every picture from now on sparkly. I discovered blingee.com and I'm obsessed (thank you random blogs!). It's like you can put glitter on everything now. I think the kids realized this back in 2001 with the upswing of myspace, but whatever.

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03/18/09 12:50 - 45ºF - ID#48105

Baby Bling

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03/16/09 08:48 - 50ºF - ID#48078

Grrr

Yay!. New Bishop Allen.

Sorry (e:businesscheese). I love them.

tinypliny writes at 10:48:53 03/17/09 - Comment #46668: Where's that story??? (e:paul),xxxxx??

paul writes at 10:47:22 03/17/09 - Comment #46667: Except for the snaggle one that I punched the tip off of.

tinypliny writes at 10:46:06 03/17/09 - Comment #46666: Did I ever tell you - you have the prettiest teeth. :D

businesscheese writes at 04:53:45 03/17/09 - Comment #46645: Have you heard Department of Eagles, Josh? If you like Fleet Foxes I think you'd really like DoE.

Jessica, I'm sorry I don't like Bishop Allen. Cate burned me a copy of 'Charm School' in 2003 and that was that. Just not my thing. Pitchfork's supreme snobbery has nothing to do with my dislike.

What's wrong with Britney? Toxic is frigging brilliant. How much of that Britney actually had a hand in is debatable, but who cares? Pop perfection.

jason writes at 10:35:46 03/17/09 - Comment #46642: No, you don't have bad taste, unless you listen to Britney or something in that vein. It's not my favorite in the world but it's completely non-offensive.

Take Pitchfork with a grain of salt. Here you have the most feminized men in the world waxing poetic about Deerhunter, who fucking blow. I'm sorry. In a vain attempt to sound sophisticated, if you understand music, a lot of times the reviews are absolutely useless. Sometimes I really do think a bunch of them are tone deaf, although they do get some things right.

joshua writes at 10:21:21 03/17/09 - Comment #46640: Nah, like what you like - in the end that's all that matters anyway.

joshua writes at 10:20:23 03/17/09 - Comment #46638: Actually, really... if you haven't yet I'd recommend the Fleet Foxes album. It scored a ton of Album of the Year awards and was in most top 5's. The lead singer, Robkin Pecknold, sings like an angel... the guy has an amazing voice and the band is capable of some amazing 4-part vocal harmony.

hodown writes at 10:10:02 03/17/09 - Comment #46637: (e:Jason) I exclusively hang out with charming and witty people so no, thats not enough.

(e:Josh) I've heard it all before. Like I said (e:business) cheese "hates" them. I disagree with pitchfork. One thing I really like about their lyrics is the story they tell. Or maybe I just have bad taste in music. I'm ok with that.

joshua writes at 10:05:08 03/17/09 - Comment #46636: Pitchfork hated it! :::link::: This is some vicious hipster on hipster hate - "I'm cooler than you" - "NO I AM COOLER THAN YOU!!U!"

"So this batch of smug tunes comes aimed above or around the lot of us, but it's not a significant loss. In their neat instrumental outfits-- where everything is mannerly and tucked and where a distorted guitar actually sounds parodic-- these songs serve mostly as reminders that songwriters singing about love, wounded friends, and hitting the road have long done this stuff better, both through more relevant references and less banal sonics. Musically, these songs don't deserve to pretend they're better than anything else."

I love slapfights between self-styled musical tastemakers! Keep in mind though, that this same crew thought the world of the Battles album, which was pure unadulterated shit and proved they had no taste. My two favorites over the last six months or so are the new Animal Collective and Fleet Foxes.

jason writes at 10:04:44 03/17/09 - Comment #46635: What, my charm and wit aren't enough? =P

hodown writes at 10:02:13 03/17/09 - Comment #46634: (e:jason) I always knew there was a reason I liked you. Until today I just wesn't sure what that reason was.

They are soo good!

jason writes at 09:57:06 03/17/09 - Comment #46633: I've been listening to them today. Pretty cool

lilho writes at 10:28:32 03/16/09 - Comment #46615: so if i had to choose a fav band of all time, im pretty sure i would choose them!!!!! so buying asap! smiles all around!!!!!
with butterflies.... and monitors.

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