Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
New Years Eve
New Year's Eve
Why is there such pressure to have the most amazing time out (or in) this night? I certainly don't know, but I do know that I sure felt the pressure this year and amazingly it all came together in the end. Thats right, one of the most amazing NYE's in my life, and I spent it in NYC!
It all came together very quickly and at the last minute. I had to beg two shifts off work, but in the end I was in the mini-van on the way to NYC on Dec 30th.
Six of us went down, Kyla, her fiance Marc, James, Craig and Gabe. Basically it was just a drunken fun filled 3 days but here's some of the highlights:
We arrived in Grenwich Village just after midnight on Jan 30th and promtly dropped out stuff off at the appartment we were crashing at that night (thanks Bandy and Sabo!) and headed out to the bars. I had a very random night, in a very busy bar where I only knew 3 other people, who were all having a big reunion. Oh and everyone had 2 names, their real one and their nick name...took me forever to figure people out. That night we slept in a very teeny appartment, were I had to share the hallway with James which was hardly wide enough for the two of us, but we were better off then Gabe who snuggled with the oven.
In the morning...we all took turns showering. Which was eventful as there was only 1 towel for 4 of us...needless to say I was #3 on the list...and well....I feel bad for #4.
We spent that whole day wandering around the city looking at some sights. We went up Rockefeller Place. Saw Times Square.
From the Top of the Rock looking down. We were on the 67th floor.
Looking out over Central Park:
The infamous Empire State Building:
The NYE Ball as seen from the Top of the Rock:
I'll post more about the trip soon, but this is alreay a long post! :)
Why is there such pressure to have the most amazing time out (or in) this night? I certainly don't know, but I do know that I sure felt the pressure this year and amazingly it all came together in the end. Thats right, one of the most amazing NYE's in my life, and I spent it in NYC!It all came together very quickly and at the last minute. I had to beg two shifts off work, but in the end I was in the mini-van on the way to NYC on Dec 30th.
Six of us went down, Kyla, her fiance Marc, James, Craig and Gabe. Basically it was just a drunken fun filled 3 days but here's some of the highlights:
We arrived in Grenwich Village just after midnight on Jan 30th and promtly dropped out stuff off at the appartment we were crashing at that night (thanks Bandy and Sabo!) and headed out to the bars. I had a very random night, in a very busy bar where I only knew 3 other people, who were all having a big reunion. Oh and everyone had 2 names, their real one and their nick name...took me forever to figure people out. That night we slept in a very teeny appartment, were I had to share the hallway with James which was hardly wide enough for the two of us, but we were better off then Gabe who snuggled with the oven.
In the morning...we all took turns showering. Which was eventful as there was only 1 towel for 4 of us...needless to say I was #3 on the list...and well....I feel bad for #4.
We spent that whole day wandering around the city looking at some sights. We went up Rockefeller Place. Saw Times Square.
From the Top of the Rock looking down. We were on the 67th floor.
Looking out over Central Park:The infamous Empire State Building:The NYE Ball as seen from the Top of the Rock:I'll post more about the trip soon, but this is alreay a long post! :)
Saturday, January 27, 2007
What's in a Fourtune Cookie?
Yum Chinese food. I was lucky enough to be over a friends place a few Saturday nights ago, when the decision was made to order in some Chinese food. Now I'm not gonna lie and say that my favourite part of Chinese food isn't the red sauce, cause it is, but I'm also particularly fond of the cookie, especially the fortune inside.
Lately though I've found the fortunes to be rather, well, disappointing. There not so much fortunes as random words of wisdom that are sometimes wholly incomprehensible. Although on this particular evening I opened my fortune to read "A new work opportunity will avail itself."
Honestly could I have gotten a better fortune? I mean for a girl who has literally been looking for work for 2 1/2 years? I promptly stuck my little fortune on my laptop to remind myself and to boost my self confidence. -- I tried to take a pic for proof but my camera wouldn't focus on the tiny little words, so you'll just have to trust that its actually there --
Now for the best part.
One week exactly after my fortune was foretold, I had a phone call from my good friends Shaunacy. Her Father, who works for the County of Peterborough, heard of a company that's hiring in the area for positions that I'm qualified for. -- this is no lie -- Obviously I'm jumping for joy here. I redo my cover letter and CV, call up the president of this company (its a small company) and let him know I'm interested and will be forwarding on my application. He sounded very enthusiastic and impressed by my call.
So cross your fingers and toes. Hopefully I'll be interviewing there shortly, and then moving to Peterborough.
Lately though I've found the fortunes to be rather, well, disappointing. There not so much fortunes as random words of wisdom that are sometimes wholly incomprehensible. Although on this particular evening I opened my fortune to read "A new work opportunity will avail itself."
Honestly could I have gotten a better fortune? I mean for a girl who has literally been looking for work for 2 1/2 years? I promptly stuck my little fortune on my laptop to remind myself and to boost my self confidence. -- I tried to take a pic for proof but my camera wouldn't focus on the tiny little words, so you'll just have to trust that its actually there --
Now for the best part.
One week exactly after my fortune was foretold, I had a phone call from my good friends Shaunacy. Her Father, who works for the County of Peterborough, heard of a company that's hiring in the area for positions that I'm qualified for. -- this is no lie -- Obviously I'm jumping for joy here. I redo my cover letter and CV, call up the president of this company (its a small company) and let him know I'm interested and will be forwarding on my application. He sounded very enthusiastic and impressed by my call.
So cross your fingers and toes. Hopefully I'll be interviewing there shortly, and then moving to Peterborough.
Back Online!
So its a new year, and I've finally decided to actually pay for the internet and will now have it reliably! Whoo hoo, it's so annoying to be unconnected. Along with the new year comes such things like New Year's Resolutions. What is it about this day that causes millions of people to join gyms and try to quite smoking on January 1? What ever it is here is my list of things to do for 2007!
1. Drink more water. (this is kind of a cheating one, as it was my only resolution last year, which I did really well on until about August...time for take two)
2. Find a real job. (no more serving, it pays the bills, but I really I think I'm much too educated and much to old to keep on wearing the apron)
3. To stop sleeping with a certain ex. (So far I have an A+ here! :) )
Since the holidays I've had so many great blog ideas but now most of those interesting issues have found resolutions, but I think I'll post about them anyway over the next few days/weeks, just in case my next few weeks are not as interesting/exciting/frustrating as the last few were!
1. Drink more water. (this is kind of a cheating one, as it was my only resolution last year, which I did really well on until about August...time for take two)
2. Find a real job. (no more serving, it pays the bills, but I really I think I'm much too educated and much to old to keep on wearing the apron)
3. To stop sleeping with a certain ex. (So far I have an A+ here! :) )
Since the holidays I've had so many great blog ideas but now most of those interesting issues have found resolutions, but I think I'll post about them anyway over the next few days/weeks, just in case my next few weeks are not as interesting/exciting/frustrating as the last few were!
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