Quote of the Day...

"I must learn to love the fool in me--the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries. It alone protects me against that utterly self-controlled, masterful tyrant whom I also harbor and who would rob me of human aliveness, humility, and dignity but for my fool." -- Theodore I. Rubin, MD


Think about it.


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Interesting article...

10 Tips for 20-something transformation....

My friend Hunter (of The City Hunter, check it out!), posted this on his facebook wall. As a twenty-something myself, I instantly decided to share with all 3 of my readers (whazzup!!).

In the past few weeks, I have found myself looking back on the past year and wondering what the hell happened to my life. Almost exactly a year ago today, I had a decent job (there was a steady paycheck and benefits.... albeit complete craziness in the office), a kickin' apartment (on one of the most desirable streets in the world), a bevvy of friends (most of whom, are still my friends, thankfully) and a pretty cool social life.

Now, I live in Atlanta.

Nothing against the ATL, but it's no NYC. As I figure it, this blog, school and my 101 in 1,001 is pretty much the only thing keeping me sane at this point. Having a goal and a destination for the next 18 months is crucial. Also, after taking a gander at this list, I have decided to take stock of what I am doing right and what I am doing wrong. So far, I have 5, 6, 8 and 9 taken care of. I need to actively work on 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 10... it seems like a lot, but hey, what have I got to lose??


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Blog Fail...

Who sucks at blogging... I think I do.

I will say that I've been pretty busy over the past 10 weeks (this school I go to is a real b*tch). But, now I am done with the quarter and I have some pretty exciting stuff to share! (If you happen to be one of my facebook friends... you already know, but I'm still going to post)

So, here's to less blog failure... hopefully I can learn to suck a little bit less.



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Who Uses the Term Con-Man Anyway?!?

Apparently, the state of Georgia has a con-man problem. I witnessed this particular sign while I was driving to school.

I chuckled for at least 4 or 5 minutes.


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#83.... FAIL

For those of you that don't know, I have a younger half-brother. In fact, I have two younger half-brothers. Both are my father's sons, but with different mothers. (Seriously, it's complicated... but not nearly as sketchy as I just made it sound. My dad has been married three times... and has 5 sons and 1 daughter (me).)

For #83, I thought I would try to make an effort to remember my brother Jake's birthday for the next two years. I was doing really well too. On April 25th (the day before his birthday), I looked at my watch and said to myself "self, tomorrow is Jake's birthday... don't forget... this will have to go on the blog". On April 27th (the day after his birthday), I looked at my watch and said to myself "shit! Seriously? You forgot? Again? For the millionth time in a row! Bad sister!". So, I wrote him a Facebook wall post saying precisely that (yes, I swore on my 17 year old brother's facebook wall... where his whole family (mother included... hi Jane!) could see).

Now, I just have 360-some-odd days to remember again.

Better luck next time.


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#50

A while back, my friends Ashley, Jaime and Jaime's boyfriend Troy kicked some major butt at trivia night. Now, I will admit that we were playing against a team of 8 year olds, but still. We rocked it. The 1st and 2nd place prizes for that night were 1) 4 tickets to an Atlanta Braves game and 2) $60 to ESPN Zone. Sweet.

The game was on April 15th against the Florida Marlins. As a New York Yankees fan, I was conflicted. Cheer for the ... Braves (eeep) or the Marlins (hmm)? In the end, I cheered for the Braves; however, I refused to do the "tomahawk chop". I don't know why, but something about it seems wrong.

All in all, it wasn't a bad experience. For some reason, I always sit in a section full of kids, so my swearing doesn't go over too well. Especially since the Braves lost ... badly.


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#62

I'd love to say that there is a really good reason for my extended absence. Unfortunately, there is not. I. Am. Lazy. There, I said it. I look at the "My Blog" link in my bookmarks bar... and I can't bring myself to do it. I will try harder.

So, while I was home for my "between quarter" break, my oldest brother had a birthday (#32 if you can believe it!). In celebration, my Mom took a whole mess of us to Smith & Wollensky for dinner. That night, the appetizer special was seafood. A LOT of seafood. I believe that it was something like 4 king crab legs, 2 full lobsters, and a fleet of shrimp. After much hemming and hawing, I decided to try a bite of lobster.

It wasn't half bad.

Aside from the fact that it was ice cold (not the desired temperature) and there was no butter, it didn't suck.

I also tried shrimp... but I didn't like it very much.

It only took me 25 years to figure it out.



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