Wednesday, June 28, 2006,11:56 PM
Heat + Humidity = Horrifying Hair
Whoever predicted it was going to be a 75 degrees today with rain all day is an idiot. Or maybe I'm the idiot. I went out wearing one of my winter pants, a light sweater, closed shoes with dress socks (blue...it looked black this morning) AND a spring jacket. I was already feeling iffy this morning. It didn't feel as cool as I thought. But I figured it wouldn't get much hotter (because of the weather prediction on weatherchannel.com) and it'd probably be cold on the bus and subways. I felt fine on the bus and on the whole train ride to work.
Come lunchtime, I go out sans jacket and it feels like a wet blanket outside. The sun's out and the heat is up. 75 degrees? It was a high of 86 degrees today! It was freaking HOT! I had to meet Wei and Marc in Chinatown and the walk was less than comfortable. My feet were hot. I wore closed shoes because I actually believed the weather report when it said that it would rain. Ugh...disregarding my inappropriate clothes, it was nasty outside. And my HAIR! Frizzing up everywhere. I don't think I can wait until Shanghai to get my hair straightened. I think I'm gonna have to do it soon. Stupid hair. Stupid weather. Stupid weatherman! or weatherperson. I can't wait til the weekend. Please please let the predictions be wrong all over again and let it be nice and hot and dry.
Come lunchtime, I go out sans jacket and it feels like a wet blanket outside. The sun's out and the heat is up. 75 degrees? It was a high of 86 degrees today! It was freaking HOT! I had to meet Wei and Marc in Chinatown and the walk was less than comfortable. My feet were hot. I wore closed shoes because I actually believed the weather report when it said that it would rain. Ugh...disregarding my inappropriate clothes, it was nasty outside. And my HAIR! Frizzing up everywhere. I don't think I can wait until Shanghai to get my hair straightened. I think I'm gonna have to do it soon. Stupid hair. Stupid weather. Stupid weatherman! or weatherperson. I can't wait til the weekend. Please please let the predictions be wrong all over again and let it be nice and hot and dry.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006,12:49 AM
Dick Francis Marathon and Running Back Into Shape
I received four Dick Francis books today that I had reserved from the library. Yay! I'm on a quest to read all of his novels. I love his stories. Mysteries that are all related somehow to the horse racing world. I don't think I have that much more to go.
You know the old joke about the camera adding 10 pounds and someone asking "So exactly how many cameras were pointed at you?" Yeah, that applies to me. I videotaped Marc and Wei's shower and I saw myself with a double chin! How mortifying! How horrendous! How the hell did that happen? I haven't worked out in 2 weeks because I got REALLY busy and still am, what with planning parties, people moving in and out, etc. Dammit. Time to look at the Victoria's Secret website again in hopes of inspiration.
When you're skinny you don't even really think of weight or food. You just eat what you want. And I'm talking about really skinny. You knew you were just too skinny and you'd accidentally complain about it while your friends just stared at you in disbelief and disgust. Imagine complaining about being too skinny! ok, the "you" is really me. And my arms were as thin as my wrist. While I still wouldn't wish that upon myself now, I miss the days of eating junk food, drinking soda, and gobbling down food without worry.
You know it's getting bad when you start getting back folds when you wear a tight bra and stand up super straight. Ugh. Really, it's time to get back on the Firm. Next week. After everyone moves in. This I promise me. I've gotta stop the flab in its tracks before it gets any worse. Next week, I promise. I have to log on to victoriassecret.com again. Not like this weather is any good for bikinis yet anyway. But still. For my health. And ok, I do want to look good. I will I will I will.
" Will she or won't she? Will the flab win or will vanity prevail? Stay tuned! "
You know the old joke about the camera adding 10 pounds and someone asking "So exactly how many cameras were pointed at you?" Yeah, that applies to me. I videotaped Marc and Wei's shower and I saw myself with a double chin! How mortifying! How horrendous! How the hell did that happen? I haven't worked out in 2 weeks because I got REALLY busy and still am, what with planning parties, people moving in and out, etc. Dammit. Time to look at the Victoria's Secret website again in hopes of inspiration.
When you're skinny you don't even really think of weight or food. You just eat what you want. And I'm talking about really skinny. You knew you were just too skinny and you'd accidentally complain about it while your friends just stared at you in disbelief and disgust. Imagine complaining about being too skinny! ok, the "you" is really me. And my arms were as thin as my wrist. While I still wouldn't wish that upon myself now, I miss the days of eating junk food, drinking soda, and gobbling down food without worry.
You know it's getting bad when you start getting back folds when you wear a tight bra and stand up super straight. Ugh. Really, it's time to get back on the Firm. Next week. After everyone moves in. This I promise me. I've gotta stop the flab in its tracks before it gets any worse. Next week, I promise. I have to log on to victoriassecret.com again. Not like this weather is any good for bikinis yet anyway. But still. For my health. And ok, I do want to look good. I will I will I will.
" Will she or won't she? Will the flab win or will vanity prevail? Stay tuned! "
Monday, June 26, 2006,1:39 PM
Monday Blues..and Grays
I was torn between calling in sick or saving a "sick" day for another, more auspicious occasion. Like on a bright sunny day that I can spend outdoors, silently laughing at the poor unfortunate souls slaving away on that gorgeous day. So, here I am at work, sniffling and sneezing. Just so I can call in on another day when I'm actually feeling great. Anyway, it's raining and gloomy. There's just no point in calling in.
Our Shanghai trip is getting closer and closer. I'm longing to leave New York and just be in a strange country, although you could say New York is strange enough. There's nothing like leaving for a trip though. 1 more month!!!
Our Shanghai trip is getting closer and closer. I'm longing to leave New York and just be in a strange country, although you could say New York is strange enough. There's nothing like leaving for a trip though. 1 more month!!!
,12:04 AM
Home away from Xanga
I feel like I can't just write about anything on Xanga anymore. I feel like I have to go out of my way to be witty or that I must have something interesting to talk about even when I just want to write about my boring ole day or recount the weekend. I feel like I have to have pictures up and entertain the nameless people who venture onto my blog. I'm not a writer. I'm a reader. It's what I do best.
So I've decided to revamp this blog. It was originally going to be a listing of books and how I rated them. Fortunately, librarything.com does this way better and more efficiently than I ever could. So this will be where I write about anything I want to. No matter how boring. No matter how trivial. No matter how few people even read this. It's just for me.
So I've decided to revamp this blog. It was originally going to be a listing of books and how I rated them. Fortunately, librarything.com does this way better and more efficiently than I ever could. So this will be where I write about anything I want to. No matter how boring. No matter how trivial. No matter how few people even read this. It's just for me.