her patronus is a chicken

well, i've found a small way to get over my lingering sadness of finishing book 7....i'm going to read book 6 again. it might make me really geeky, but i really could care less. also, today i quit smoking, so i deserve to do whatever i want. most of which is on the couch with food all around me. i haven't even bothered to turn on the tv. sometimes i'm just staring at the wall. freaking kim soo is still reading #7 and i'm impatiently dying for her to finish tonight so that i can have a discussion with someone. but i'm actually pretty impressed at how much she can figure out on her own and predict, she pays more attention than i did....i must have been speed racing a little too fast.

oh sigh, the unfairness of the world.

it's over...

at 8:10pm, i finished harry potter.
it's over, i am still coming to grips with the fact that it's all done. it's really sad just to say goodbye to my favorite series of all time. right when i finished, veronica was like: you're not crying. i wouldn't say that's the emotion that i had. it was more shocking that i turned the very last page. this was by far my favorite book in the series, the most active, the most exciting, and the most plot filled, and certainly the most complete and fulfulling. i really wasn't at all disappointed with it as i was with the movie i just saw, but then again, movies are usually disappointing in comparison to their literary companions. i don't want it to be over! A+

A weekend of Harry

So i finally got to see the new harry potter movie. i went to an imax where the last 20 minutes or so were in 3-D for a battle scene. it was pretty interesting that way, but certainly not necessary. i don't want to ruin it for anyone, so i'll just say that it's Very different from the others in all aspects but it's worth seeing although not my favorite. But i think i would still give it a B+, i was just really hoping for an A+.

I also picked up #7 at barnes and noble yesterday. they sold them behind the counter, which i found odd. it's like the books are drugs or something. whatever. so i buy it, then i mosey over to the mall to do some styling with my dad, and i'm fully abe to stay away from trying to open the book. i got to my parents house, i watched tv while dinner was in the oven and still did not read the book. i overate and then digested on the couch with a belly full of carbs, and still no urge to get the book. only until it was 8:30pm did i bother to start (well at chapter 4, i had a preview on saturday) and i didn't stop reading till 2:30am....which also means that no i did not finish it, but i was barely able to sleep because all i could think about was harry potter. i'm pretty much looking like i got hit by a truck right now, but i don't even care, i look like this on most mondays. so i'm just going to have to try and contain myself, i only have 1/4 left. i can make it...

a few of my pets

i have a great deal of pet peeves, so it's only fair to mention that these may only be a partial list of them:
door slamming, nothing more than door slamming.
loud or open mouthed gum chewing
poor cell phone etiquette of any kind
rudeness to waitstaff or service staff
not holding doors
feeling rushed while eating
cell phone alert noises at the office
loud breathing
the sound of high heels on a hardwood floor anytime before 10am
when people don't say "bless you" after a sneeze
incorrect pronunciation of my name, it's Not hard.

Little things that i absolutely love:
rainbow sprinkles
fresh sheets
candy or popcorn at the movie theater
diet coke when it has a fresh lemon wedge
drinking water out of bigger than necessary containers
when asked if i would like dessert
being referred to as Miss Laura
a smile from a barista
seeing celebrities eat captured in photo, it's soooo funny
cupcakes for small celebrations
thai takeout, eaten directly out of the carton with chopsticks
pre-ordering items
the white lifesavers in a lifesaver pack
the green olives in a dirty martini
being let out of work just 10 minutes early

Welcome Victoria!

Last night, i watched Welcome to America, Victoria Beckham's new reality show. it debuted with hardly any viewers, but it was some seriously funny shit. i think i love her. i said this same exact thing when i watched the Simple Life for the first time, i really loved Nicole Richie. and i also said this same thing when i watched Girls Next Door, i really loved Holly. but anyways, although reality tv is pretty much trash, it does give a peek into a celebrity's personlity. i think Victoria is just as human and funny as a majority of my friends. she's quirky and cute, and she has flaws, and she's not super smart but she's far from being an idiot. she really enjoys being famous, and understands that Becks is the more famous of the two. i also really loved that she went and talked to Perez Hilton at the Coffee Bean. he was thrilled, thrilled to embarrassment i think. her accent is really cute, i can mostly understand what she's saying, although she does say "Major" too much. i'm pretty sure it's the equivalent of saying Awesome here. i think she was using it incorrectly a few times...she called the lunching ladies major, with major hair, and major lipstick, but really they were all washed up with too much botex and fugly old. maybe she was trying to be nice on tv, but we all saw them lunch and get drunk. what kind of lunching lady does shots? ladies in LA i guess. i don't think i'd like LA, but i do think i'd like Victoria Beckham in LA.

The Writing is Bad in Free Publications

i have a beef to pick with the boston metro.
a couple of jerks wrote a piece, which i'm sure was supposed to be all in good fun, but to me...it was wrong. the article had 4 actors from harry potter, and where they will be as adults. i don't think it's very nice to compare rupert grint to danny bonaduce. nobody would think that's a compliment. but i also don't think that child stardom is the same as it used to be. there are hardly any child stars anymore besides dakota fanning and amber breslyn...you're kind of hard pressed to think of any others...maybe hannah montana. the days of family sitcoms are over where child stardom used to begin, being replaced with reality television about who's sluttier than who and who will eat what for money. but really, my point is that children who grow into success and with it shouldn't be unfairly compared to people like Gary Coleman...this article is basically expecting it to happen and can't wait for it in tabloid delight. it just seems all wrong, and mean just for the sake of being mean. Just because they needed to fill a page doesn't mean that's necessary. i'm now banning the metro. they're writing sucks anyways.

Steak Tour

so last year abe and i decided upon a steak tour of boston. we started on our first fake date at ruth's chris which was amazing of course. then we tried smith and wollensky's which was also amazing with their bacon wrapped filets, and grill 23 which i don't remember, but i'm sure it was tasty....their cocktails are also Awesome. so now we've decided to pick up the tour back up with KO Prime, which has gotten some pretty good reviews. i actually think that smith and wollensky's is my favorite and i think that ruth's chris is abe's favorite so far. we're big meat lovers. i'm really excited to see how this KO Prime performs. in addition to our steak tour of boston, we've started a summer lobster tour. the summer shack's pan fried lobsters, fresh caught ones in the cape, boiled ones at home, and there will definately be one up in bar harbor and maybe even one on the vineyard. the pan fried lobsters will always win that battle though. they're so mouthwateringly good. we're pretty serious when it comes to food consumption.

Pink Elephants

pink elephants all in the room, who is going to be brave enough to acknowledge them?

Wants vs. Needs

Wants:
porche cayenne
Gucci spin watch
A driver to take me to work in the am
A personal trainer
Rock hard abs
iPhone
Gameboy advance with kirby's pinball
1 hour more sleep a night
Nicer baristas at my starbucks
2 more inches to my height
More energy
Red Sox tickets
Cocktails that don't give me heartburn
Ferragamo sunglasses
Lost to be back on tv

Needs:
1 hour more sleep
More energy
More physical activity
Hydration

Richard in not so many words told me that wants vs. needs is something that i should think about. i hardly need anything, and the things i do need are pretty obtainable. my wants are a different story. but they wouldn't be very fun wants unless they were totally crazy now would they?

To buy or not to buy... [why is my "title" function not working?]

my dad wants me to buy a condo.
i said: dad, i want to live in the city for 5 more years.- thinking he meant to buy a suburbian condo.
he said: you should buy a condo anyways and then sell it when you want to move and make money.
i said: i want to live in cambridge or back bay, how could i afford that?
he said: you just have to look around, you'll be able to find something.
he said: what did yuri pay for his condo?
i said: something that i could never afford.
he said: oh... you should still buy something.

i don't know the first thing about buying anything worth that much. i've been saving, but lets be serious, i haven't been saving in order to purchase things like a home. i am saving more for things like furniture, moving fees, a sonicare toothbrush of my very own, etc. how do i finagle this?

so vacation is over, and monday is here.
for one...facebook is totally the new myspace. well to me atleast i guess.

can you help me find a new job? i'm a graphic designer by trade. i know you shouldn't say that in a blog, but i am mostly sure that everyone at my work would understand and not mind. i really do need some help though.

Holiday

I just got back from the Cape, and I really loved it. i know that it's totally just such a NE thing to do, and actually there's nothing really special about that place at all, it's just the feeling. the fresh air, the cute beach homes, and the fantastic fresh seafood. evenings without humidity are nice too with a light sea breeze. traffic was way too hyped up. in fact, we got there and back in about 1.5 hours each which is only slightly longer than it would without traffic. it was also a nice little surprise that our hotel wasn't a shithole. abe would probably beg to differ, but i'd totally stay there again. i really enjoyed spending the 4th with my girlfriends and abe, it's been a long time since i've had a nice 4th of july...in fact the last nice one was a few years ago at the hamptons with good friends. maybe it's a sign that in order to have a good 4th, i need to get away from the same old routine to be happy.

even though i had such a wonderful mini-vacation, i've come home in a funk. a F-U-N-K. i don't really know what my problem is, but i know it's making me think i might need to go to an over eaters anonymous meeting. i missed seeing some friends from high school. it wasn't because i couldn't make it, they weren't meeting up till 10, but it was more because i was tired, in a funk, and i just didn't want to be around people at all. that's not very nice of me, but at the same time, i was really disappointed about it too. i wanted to see them, and if it were another night like tonight, i'm sure i'd be there. it was just too much to ask for me to get there last night. it's sad really. they all think i'm lame and stupid and wimpy, and the more they verbalize that, the more i don't appreciate it. i don't like to be forced into things. when i'm not in the mood, i'm just not in the mood. abe thinks i should be happy that they wanted me to go, that they were showing that i was missed. that's a nice thought. i don't know what puts me in these little funks but honestly, they've become more frequent. they are shorter lived, maybe a day or two or three, but they visit once or twice a month. i think that i've become a lot more sensitive and emotional lately. i don't like to be tested.

as young as i feel

Real Age...
according to realage.com i'm actually only 23.8 however, there were many family history questions that asked about cancer or heart problems, etc., and all i could put was "i dont know" so that must have gotten me some points. and i also happened to have my bottle of vitamins with me, so i could type in the amounts of the vitamins i'm taking 4 days a week, which i bet most people couldn't just conveniently enter. but basically, i'm active for the most part, i eat well rounded, i have low cholesterol and low blood pressure, and i even answered them honestly about smoking and drinking. i hardly ever drink actually at this point in life because i'm so bad at it. i don't know how accurate this realage thing is though considering i'm tired a lot, i don't always sleep really well, i have back pain, and i walk around without a smile on my face most days and rot my brain with celebrity trash.

little update

Tomorrow, we're setting sail for the cape. unfortunatley, i'm sure that 30,000 other people stuck in the city are thinking about doing the same thing. but still, luckily for me, i won't be stuck in boston again. i've spent the past 2 years in boston for the 4th and let's not even get into the 5 previous years where i was in college and yes again stuck in boston. there was one off year where i was lucky enough to be invited out to the hamptons for an amazing 4th full of good eating, and relaxed beaching with pretty people. i was also really skinny that year, it was nice. the weather is only projecting low 70s, and i'm going to pray that goes up 10 degrees or so, but really i'll take what i can get. i'm going to pack my towel, teeny bikini, sunscreen, sandwich meat, snacks, and hope for something better than nothing special.

i'm in love with a pair of Ferregamo sunglasses. they are as much one month's rent for me, but they are truly movie star shades. nothing accessorizes your face better than something you can hide behind.

on the today show, there was a piece on "tips on dating and marrying a billionaire". dumbest shit i've ever seen. nbc should be embarrassed and ashamed of themselves. i mean, we all know the billionaires only marry really really young attractive women. nobody else has a chance. so i guess tip #1 would be the fountain of youth.