Labor day wekend...

aka Moving Weekend Hell, for the suckers.
i hope that i never ever have to move again on september 1st, it's literally been years since i've been that stupid. moving vans everywhere, parents in a tizzy, hungover young professionals and students, oh the absolute misery. the last time that i did move, my dad made me ask my guy friends to help me out. i think he was proving that he would never ever help me again when it came to moving...i mean he moved 5 times through college, and he's getting up there so we have a bit of a liability when it comes to anything more than two flights of stairs. so this year, i'm staying in cambridge and hitting the road. yeah i might actually just be going on a vacation that happens to fall on labor day weekend, but lets be serious, this is a supreme moment to get away from the madness of the city. we're strapping our bikes to yuri's car and we're taking off for Bar Harbor, where the lobsters are fresh and we're the best looking koreans there...because not only are we the only koreans there, but the fresh air suits us well.
goodluck to the movers.

Branding...

the first time i saw this Korea Sparkles commercial, i thought to myself: What the Fing F was that?? i might live under a rock somewhere, but i like to think that i've been pretty up to date with current events my entire life being a loyalist to Channel 7 news. i don't believe that i've ever ever seen a commercial advertising a country like that before. sure i've seen commercials for the cat (something like that) that takes you to Nova Scotia, but i insanely dislike the cold and Nova Scotia could tell me everything there is 25 cents and i wouldn't consider it for a holiday. i see commercials for the typical Sandals vacations and whatever, but this commercial is just totally crazy, so of course i had to do more research on it. i found an article and i'm sure it's somewhere online. i haven't seen it in a long time, but now i've been seeing the print version of it in the glossies. i wonder if it will work? i think it will work. i don't know why, but sometimes all something needs is a bit of marketing and something people can recognize and relate to. without a commercial, do you think i would ever have bought Gatorade?? i think not. without the identity of nike, do you think i ever would have tried the shox? no, never. i'm not sure if it will be enough to boost tourism as much as they had hoped, but i think it did all it had to do.... it put Korea in people's minds as being fun...is it really fun? fun/funny? it has to be along those lines, the commercial was so high energy.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2007/08/170_1967.html

marc jacobs read my mind

sigh.

another moment where i'm crying inside: but i neeeeeed these. they're just so adorable with the little straps and the ivory finish.

i wish i didn't have so much spare time in the day.

Lunch totes

i guess after that depressing posting on jcrew and how i can't afford anything in their new fall line, i might as well celebrate in atleast one thing that i can afford: a brand new elephant lunch tote from pottery barn kids.

technically: yes, i can afford this.

but actually abe got it for me, and it will be delivered in september. it's the cutest.

what has this world come to.

The new fall line for jcrew is out, and it is Fantastic! i love 98% of what's there, minus all the animal prints...seriously, what were they thinking. the sad news of this posting is that...the prices have increased by about 40% since last fall, and almost everything is cashmere or high end material, which is great...but i really can't afford most of it. i don't like the idea of looking for jcrew knockoffs.

sigh.

Questions of the day

when you crave something for weeks and finally get it, does it taste better?

answer: Yes, unless it was poorly made and it just makes you crave it more. you could just die.

when you live in an apt. building with only 3 units and one of them gets forcibly evicted only to be found sleeping in the basement even after the locks were changed, it's bad right?

answer: oh yes. good thing the police are familiar with where we live and that cleo has a black belt.

some 17 year old kid took apart his iPhone, did stuff to it, and now he can use it under a different network. why is this newsworthy?

answer: the only other newsworthy story is about a giant void spot in space, billions of light years away. who cares, it's insanely far away.

Ann Coulter got a boob job. does this make her less annoying?

answer: no, she still looks like a preying mantis/horse that will just eat you alive.

Are you a dork if you read harry potter?

answer: no, in fact you're cooler than chanel if you read harry potter these days. it's seriously all the rage: the new black. it's even cooler than going to rehab.

Are scientologists crazy?

answer: yes, they believe in aliens, of course they're apeshit crazy.

ick.

well, according to many reliable sources, derek jeter gave jessica alba herpes.
nice. if you want to see the derek jeter herpes tree, click on the link below:

http://jezebel.com/gossip/vicious-gossip/did-derek-jeter-gave-poor-jessica-alba-herpes-292440.php

Why is this blog worthy? only because i believe that derek jeter is the one of the least sexy men in sports today and it surprises me beyond belief that he was able to contract herpes in the first place. gross.

pinkberry*

i was just sitting at my desk, drinking my first of two nantucket blend coffees reading jossip when i saw a teeny tiny picture of a cup of pinkberry. and i thought: I Must Have That! i don't even know what it is. so i had to look it up, because i'm fairly certain it's frozen yogurt but not really. the website is retarded, it tells me nothing about the product except that it contains dairy and it's non-kosher. however, i now know that there isn't a pinkberry around me for 100 miles. i think i saw some in korea town....and yes, it's confirmed that location is actually the closest one to me:

Pinkberry 7 West 32nd St Near 5th Ave

shit. that's bad news.

but i was able to find out that it's churned frozen yogurt sweetened differently so that it's closer to soft serve ice cream, but much much lower in fat and calories for the health conscious. somehow the little voice in my swirling head was that Pinkberry is exactly that, and i need to have it.

i wonder how much it is to start up a branch here in boston. it would Kill. seriously, right on newbury street or boylston.

mini rant and rave

Things are not going so well today. the red line was a mess this morning, there was a tech problem at work, and i just overall don't feel well. and of course because i'm feeling kind of crappy, i have some ranting and raving to do:

the ballet flat trend. these things are very functional, but unless you're 5'8" or taller, you are really just making yourself look shorter, fatter, and frumpier. styles should work for you, not against you, i'm sorry to be the one to say that.

i saw perez hilton on a commercial for mtv last night. i think he's a fun blogger, but certainly not a celebrity, and that new mustache is awful. in my book, his 15 min. of fame are over.

i was reading this article in Self magazine the other day about women finding a way to feel comfortable within themselves. i understand this is a feel-good magazine, which is why i like it, but i didn't find any of those many stories inspiring. in fact, it kind of made me want to eat a snickers.

a man is supposed to go through a turn-style door, pushing it first for the woman to follow. a man is supposed to let a woman on to an elevator first, and off first. luckily for me, abe understands this. why don't the other 98% of men who work downtown?

do people still get wedding china? is that just tradition to get it, never use it, and keep it hidden away forever?

the couple that i voted for on the today show martha stewart wedding didn't win. the really really too young couple won. the other 3 much older couples looked Pissed. however, they will be able to pay for a wedding unlike the barely legals.

i tossed 12 pairs of shoes the other day, and of course today i bought 2. i shouldn't be let outdoors during lunchtime, it only leads to shopping or sweating.

Cup-A-Cake

These are found at The Container Store. easily the cutest idea i've seen in a long time. for when you need to travel with Just One cupcake.

weekend update

so my weekend came and went without any big impact. i did go on a long bike ride down the bike path though, which was really nice on a perfect day. and of course on the way back we got a pie. we can't be active and not eat, that is something abes would balk at. Petsie pies, i definitely recommend the spinach, feta, and pine nut pie. i'm sure it's horrible for you, but was very tasty, we ate almost the entire pie.

the other night i had this dream that abe and i received tons of plants from people as gifts, indoor potted plants and hanging plants and small cactus plants. we had gotten so many at one point that i was arranging and rearranging all of them everywhere because i had run out of places to put them. according to the dream dictionary this is not a good dream. it indicates that my growth is being hindered in some way and i'm experiencing a lack of independence. this is a truth, but i'm not sure how to get out of this jelly jam. i feel like i'm stuck in an egg pecking to get out, but i can't, i'm just stuck. i do believe that this is how i've felt for over a year now, and it comes and goes with different intensities. and it does feel pretty strong right now.

i seem to be rebelling against my need to save lately. i've been on a spree lately: wellies, work shoes, sweater vests, dinners out, cookbooks, whale critter shorts for abe, etc. this is very unlike the laura of a month ago. i need to get back on that saving train. i do think that all my spending is justified, but when you spend: you're not saving. that's really just the reality of it. sigh. my new welllies just arrived today, and they are just the cutest things i've ever seen. they're navy blue and they have little whales on them spouting up water threw their blow holes. i love them, i can't wait for it to pour outside so i can sashay to work in cute boots and dry feet. everyone will be so jealous!

My Christmas List

I know it's only August, but this is Part I of many parts of my christmas list:

a stainless steel mini food processor for small jobs
Tiffany's drop-pearl earrings
A weekend travel bag, pink pony perhaps
something Gucci

protesting

it has recently come to my attention that i'm protesting/hating a lot of things:
1. The Metro, because of it's poorly written editorials that are just absolute garbage
2. Fox News for sucking, and having unattractive news anchors. CH7 only in my house.
3. Any "news" on lindsay lohan. it's poor judgement to let someone profit off of death defying behavior, and very unladylike.... however, i adore kate moss.
4. "The Hills" because although LC is super cute, she's actually just a privileged a bitch with RBC and bad roots that you don't want to be your friend
5. Seinfeld at 11pm. the later it gets at night, the less likely i am to laugh at nothing.
6. Gawker. i know that Manhattan thinks it's the center of the universe, but they actually made fun of boston for thinking we were the center of the universe: get over yourselves.
7. Katie Couric in the evenings. without her perky outfits, is she really the same person? i don't think so.
8. All and any celebrity fragrances and beauty lines. it's just tacky.

i now own a bicycle

Abe got me a bicycle. it's sooooo pretty. it's definitely the cutest bike that was in the entire store. i'm in love: deep love. i think i owe abe something special, but i can't think of anything quite yet that doesn't have to do with us getting fat or us being lazy. also in the same day, i got two parking tickets!! two meter parking to make things even sillier...and two meter parking tickets in cambridge. ugh, sigh. what a waste of money. i'm trying to stop spending money in stupid useless ways: atm fees, buying coffee in the morning, etc. but not having quarters when there is only meters around will hurt, $20 per ticket.

on sunday, we went to newport. i'm unimpressed, it's very nice, but it's not as nice as people make it out to be. i think i'm a vineyard type of girl. i have to say that the red seaweed had a big impact on how i felt about the beach. i can't go in the water if there's little pieces of red turd all over the place. and it's hard to roast in the sun and then have nowhere to cool off. it was certainly no cape cod, martha's vineyard, or hamptons. i do believe it was one of those places that was pretty, but it wasn't really working overall for me. i need pretty ocean with clear water and a sandy beach. which of course doesn't seem too demanding, but in some cases it can be.

Bacco

i am not feeling well today. i wish it was from drinking too many peronis so i'd have a story to tell, but i don't believe that's the case i'm just sick. my head is pounding at top decibals, but atleast it's friday and on fridays you can pretty much get through anything unless there's severe bleeding involved.

i went to Bacco last night with some girls for restaurant week in the north end, it was fantastic. the food is very very good, great calamari! and the best part is that all the doors/windows open so that you can look out to the street/n.end. it's really nice. although, i do believe that the waiters try to hurry you out when you haven't even finished eating yet: rude.

in case you were wondering my favorite italian food would be eggplant parm followed by shrimp d'avlo and chicken marsala. i'm sure you were really curious. i also only like calamari when it comes with hot peppers and a red sauce. i bought a new cookbook yesterday, and i actually passed over an italian one due to the high fat content and went with a light cooking one. i suck.

thonged aerobic-wear

http://www.ifilm.com/video/2660147

This is possibley the most obscene thing that i will ever post on first class panda. as a girl, i am thinking that i probably shouldn't like this video so much. but i do. i like madonna's "hung up" probably just as much or more, yes, actually that video is my favorite and there's aerobics there too. coincidence? probably.

365 days till michael phelps

i was watching the today show this morning as i usually do, just like any other day besides the fact that it was beyond gloomy outside. so i'm doddling around mixing and matching outfits for work only to realize that it's not apporopriate to wear a mini-dress to the office...when all of a sudden a piece came on tv about today being 1 year from the summer olympics in bejing. i'm so excited. i love the olympics, i go out of my way to watch it on tv. i remember being particularly disappointed when my parents said no when i asked if we could go to the atlanta games. i mean obviously they'd say no. i'm really excited to see the swimming of course, and the gymnastics, and the diving. i think those are the only areas that i really feel fondly of. i'd really like to see michael phelps do something even more amazing this time, i don't think people peak at 19 so i think that he as a lot left.

Stupid concept, will crash and burn.

"He's just not that into you".
i realize it was one of those things where women all over the world (besides me), read this god-awful book about how if a man doesn't do a series of Obvious things that...well you guessed it, he's just not that into you. anyways, this idiot concept is making it's way to the production companies to make a movie. uggh. romantic comedies...they don't make money. and besides that, guess who is starring: drew barrymore. double uggh. i would have thought this movie would have had a slight chance if they put someone who was somewhat desireable front and center. this movie will fail, unless 35 year old single spinsters all over go out for drinks and a pick me up on that opening weekend. fine, cringe, i'm obviously not 35 years old or single.

Ridiculous.

i guess i'm the fool for falling for this more than once, but really what's a girl to do. i weighed myself at the gym and the scale is off by 7 pounds. 7 pounds different than the scale at my boyfriend's house. one might think that perhaps i'm the one who is wrong. but that's not a true statement. there's not possible way that a size 2 could weigh that much, it would just be the land of stretchy pants. i'll come back to this topic in a couple days because luckily i have a doctor's appointment on wednesday. so either i'm much fatter than i thought and i will cry or i'm where i thought and i'm unleashing a complaint to the BSC....i pay a lot to go there the least they could do is keep a scale working properly.

sigh.

Platform 9 3/4 is real!! sort of

Looney Laura

I woke up in the oddest mood this morning. i can't really find the words to describe it. but i've definitely not gotten enough rest in the past few days, and have been slightly stressed, and emotionally drained, yet harry potter filled to the brim and spilling out and over. i love harry. i think i even forgot to eat dinner last night, i was too into reading....i'm on number 6 for now, i'm going to go back to 5 as well i think.



so kim soo's birthday is this weekend. and i thought i'd be at the vineyard to wish her a happy one, but no i won't be there. there was confusion on the dates they had the house, so i guess she'll just have to wait. we wanted to get her a happy birthday pinata full of nips (in plastic bottles of course), and yummy candies. after all, what do people do when they turn 26?? i'm pretty sure they hit a pinata with a wiffle ball bat. when i turn 26 i'm going to do a little dance, and eat a Wicked Woopie for a cake. i guess everyone has their own celebratory stylings.

Goals

I've decided to list some real life goals. i normally don't keep any goals...i'm not sure why, but i think it's really just because my interests are constantly changing and working towards something that i'm not going to care about 12 months from now is a lot wasted energy.

1. Take some sort of lesson or class whether it be golf, scuba diving, french, or cooking
2. Keep less clothing. i need to learn to let go of things that i never ever wear, there's a lot of it.
3. Get rid of needless costs in life even though most seem pretty small, ex. using a BofA ATM.
4. Worrying/Stressing 15% less than i currently do.
5. Get more rest.
6. Take better care of my car.
7. Be more active. there's always room for more.
8. Be more organized.
9. More pedicures.
10. Cook more.