T.G.I.F.
Whew! Thank god it’s Friday, that’s all I have to say. What a week! I cannot wait until this day is over and my weekend begins.
But wait a minute, Jenny! It’s not Friday – it’s only Thursday! Why are you all discombobulated? You never post on Thursdays – what’s going on?
Whoa! I can’t slip anything past you, now can I? All right, you are correct, sir. It is Thursday.
So why am I mixing things up and posting on a Thursday, other than my desire to combat predictability? Well, mes amis, this evening I’m jetting off to New York City for a well-earned extended weekend. After almost six months on the new job, I’ve finally earned a couple vacation days, and I have no intention of hoarding them until December like most of my colleagues seemed to do this past December.
My dad always said to me, “Jenny, if you’ve got money, spend it. If you don’t, get some.” I feel the same way about vacation, and I intend to spend every minute of it living the good life and hobnobbing with celebrities in New York. By the good life, I mean pizza and beer in the East Village. And by celebrities, I mean the girl who played Blossom’s best friend on the short-lived yet critically acclaimed tv series. I think she manages a coffee shop in SoHo now.
But like most trips to New York, I suspect I will need a vacation from this vacation. There are just too many things to do, places to eat, museums to visit. Because apparently we don’t have any of those things here in Chicago…
Now, how will I accomplish all this in just three short days?
- Buy 1 to 2 pairs of funky new shoes
- Sing 1 to 2 karaoke songs at a NYC bar
- See 1 to 2 movies that have not yet been released in Chicago
- Encounter 1 to 2 famous people in the street
- Try 1 to 2 different kinds of scotch in the smoke-free NYC bars
- Fall in love with 1 to 2 strangers
- Call Amy Sedaris 1 to 2 times and hang up
- Eat 1 to 2 marshmallow Peeps on the plane
- Write 1 to 2 blog entries, possibly about marshmallow Peeps
Wow. Seeing that all in writing is a bit intimidating, but I think I’m up to the challenge. Fortunately, I bought a pair of comfortable hipster shoes last weekend so that I could wander the streets of New York searching for comfortable hipster shoes. Don’t try to follow that logic. There is none.
So I hope you don’t find me rude to have invited you to my new home and then left my own party so abruptly. But I promise I shall return on Tuesday, hopefully bursting at the seams with new adventures to share. Until then, stay sweet ‘n cool 4ever! Seniors Rule!
Filed under: General on March 3rd, 2005
March 3rd, 2005 at 1:46 am
Ah,those long weekends…if only they could all be like that.Have a great time in New York!
March 3rd, 2005 at 1:46 am
Ah,those long weekends…if only they could all be like that.Have a great time in New York!
March 3rd, 2005 at 8:11 am
Dude. You are so my new favorite bloggy blogger. This is so my new favorite blog. So you go rock your marshmellow peeps in the city and stalk D-list stars and buy hot new skips that fell off a truck because if your job doesn’t think you deserve it — your fan base does! I feel your vacation-from-a-vacation pain — only cure is a longer vacation. Bon voyage!
March 3rd, 2005 at 9:28 am
Stop making me laugh!!! MUST TAKE LIFE MORE SERIOUSLY!!!
I am all broken out with botulistic hives and vestibular swelling in my left vehicular abdomen due to the amount of blogger envy I’m experiencing right now! Your pimped-up new website is so totally kick-ass it makes me want to flush myself down the toilet and unclog myself with flesh-eating bacteria!
May I be so bold as to pass on this link regarding peep surgery? A gaffaw may perhaps be in order. (Made me laugh, anyway)
March 3rd, 2005 at 9:28 am
Stop making me laugh!!! MUST TAKE LIFE MORE SERIOUSLY!!!
I am all broken out with botulistic hives and vestibular swelling in my left vehicular abdomen due to the amount of blogger envy I’m experiencing right now! Your pimped-up new website is so totally kick-ass it makes me want to flush myself down the toilet and unclog myself with flesh-eating bacteria!
May I be so bold as to pass on this link regarding peep surgery? A gaffaw may perhaps be in order. (Made me laugh, anyway)
March 3rd, 2005 at 12:33 pm
HA! First I just have to say how much I enjoyed the Peep surgery link. I love knowing that someone is wasting more time on the job than I am, always.
And hey Jen, haven’t gotten a chance to say congrats yet! The new site is mighty fetching indeed. I heart orange and green!
Have fun in the Big Apple. If you run into my Aunt Lou or my cousin Tootsie, please say howaya!
March 3rd, 2005 at 1:06 pm
Hey! Visiting you via Brando… have a great time in NYC, my hometown, and at the APPLE STORE…
March 3rd, 2005 at 9:31 pm
Can I say I’m jealous? If you had the opportunity to go to a Lush store, then I’m extremely jealous.
And as a side note (I remembered a previous post of yours), a little boy came up to me yesterday and when he found out I was a girl, he said, “Oh gosh. I thought you were a boy!”
Jerk.
March 4th, 2005 at 8:52 am
Hello from New York City! Can you hear me? I’m typing this on an iBook – is it coming out all in heiroglyphics? Vivian told me I can’t blog all weekend if I’m going to accomplish all the goals I set for this trip, so I’ll have to fill you in next week.
But I will say this: I’m so happy that Christo and Jeanne-Claude kept The Gates up an extra two weeks just so I could see them. I guess they got my email. Stay out of trouble until next week!
March 7th, 2005 at 4:13 pm
That Christo and Jeanne-Claude…I’ve been trying to get them to come and wrap up something in Wandsworth but apparently it’s not ‘glamorous’ or ‘high profile’ enough for them.
OK,OK,it was a sneaky ruse to try and get a couple of professionals to wrap my christmas presents one year,I admit it.
March 7th, 2005 at 4:13 pm
That Christo and Jeanne-Claude…I’ve been trying to get them to come and wrap up something in Wandsworth but apparently it’s not ‘glamorous’ or ‘high profile’ enough for them.
OK,OK,it was a sneaky ruse to try and get a couple of professionals to wrap my christmas presents one year,I admit it.