. and satisfying. but thats not the topic of this blog, crap, i went off on a tangent) and whatnot. for some reason i always build new years up in my head every single year and then its just not great. so i decide to forego the usual young single adult dance and try something new. so i convinced a few other crazies to do a midnight 5k fun run (the "first run") in downtown portland. well, it was cold and rainy, but awesome. we ran along the river at night, protected by cops, which doesnt happen too often, so i have to take advantage of any midnight sponsored runs cuz i love night running. no new years kiss, but whatever. we then went to an after party and had amazing fondue and i played some old school contra on the nintendo. (i really and truly just cant get into the wii thing. sorry people, but i think you are all crazy for liking it so much. i just ...dont....see...it. the fun of it i mean. man im gonna get burned at the stake for saying this crap) anywho, good ol super contra, thats the way video games aught to be- just lazering big aliens with horrid graphics so you cant actually like see a realistic disgusting violent bloody scene like other games. man, contra really just brings back the memories of sleepovers back in the day, at rebecca's, with the hide-a-bed and butter mints. anywho, so that was new years. and although ive complained that its ridiculous that they hired another speech therapist at my facility, cuz they can hardly keep ME busy, it is sorta nice to just make the newbie work all the holidays. she doesnt mind, and hey i covered them myself for like 3 years so its time. anywho, so me and roommate just hung out most of the day. watched "elizabethtown" twice, our new years custom. what a fantastic movie. pure magic i tell ya. anywho, since that illustrious beginning to the year, the time has flown fairly uneventfully. i didnt sit down and write any resolutions. cuz they are silly and people like almost plan to break them. my goal making is ongoing. and i already have some big ones planned for the year, so i felt it unnecessary to sit down and write out some others just to say i did. my favorite gay nurse bff at work came up to me and asked "is your new years resolution the same as mine?" and i said "to get a boyfriend?" and he said "yup". but then i corrected him, actually mine is more along the lines of married and pregnant. in that order. and we chuckled. we chuckled a lot. but its true. i mean, its obviously not really my resolution, but its certainly what id love to happen this year. k not pregnant quite yet, but the marriage thing, well that wouldnt be so bad. i love my job people. im very lucky ive gotten to do all i have. but people at work (those that havent talked to me for more than a few minutes) assume that if you are an adult woman in a professional position, and you come across as confident and good at what you do, that you are a feminazi and that you curse men and marriage. no. no not me. my priority is marriage and family people, in case any of you were wondering. and then everyone asks, "well then why the crap are you so picky and why arent you married yet?" well people, because i havent found the guy im supposed to marry yet, thats why. its pretty simple. anywho, life is great. there has already been a lot of good music in my life in 2009. and i got to eat at fatty pattys with my roommate and her parents and i got to chip tile off our wall which was way cool. roommate got a little crazy when she was snowed in and started remodeling the kitchen. aaaahhhh roommate. i havent cut my hair yet. i resorted to watching videos of people chopping their hair on youtube (dont worry, i took breaks in between haircuts to watch "models falling down" videos as well.) ya, people, say it. im obsessed. i know it. but for the time being, im still growing it out. just for the h of it. and to see how creative i can be with my styles. i bought some amazing new boots that are crocheted with big buttons on the side and up to my knees. they are simply incredible. and worth the wait (thanks dana and dan for being my financial advisors). ok i gotta go clean now.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
the year thus far
so my year started out awesome. new years parties in the past have always been a let down. nothing particularly crappy happens, ive even gotten some rad random new years kisses, been in times square in nyc (did you know they freakin lock you in there from like 5 pm on, and you cant leave!? except i shmoozed a cop i think to get out to go to the bathroom at a bar then we decided it wasnt worth it and we wandered around nyc talking to random people for a while and then watched the ball drop on tv from our hotel in queens. it was hilarious
. and satisfying. but thats not the topic of this blog, crap, i went off on a tangent) and whatnot. for some reason i always build new years up in my head every single year and then its just not great. so i decide to forego the usual young single adult dance and try something new. so i convinced a few other crazies to do a midnight 5k fun run (the "first run") in downtown portland. well, it was cold and rainy, but awesome. we ran along the river at night, protected by cops, which doesnt happen too often, so i have to take advantage of any midnight sponsored runs cuz i love night running. no new years kiss, but whatever. we then went to an after party and had amazing fondue and i played some old school contra on the nintendo. (i really and truly just cant get into the wii thing. sorry people, but i think you are all crazy for liking it so much. i just ...dont....see...it. the fun of it i mean. man im gonna get burned at the stake for saying this crap) anywho, good ol super contra, thats the way video games aught to be- just lazering big aliens with horrid graphics so you cant actually like see a realistic disgusting violent bloody scene like other games. man, contra really just brings back the memories of sleepovers back in the day, at rebecca's, with the hide-a-bed and butter mints. anywho, so that was new years. and although ive complained that its ridiculous that they hired another speech therapist at my facility, cuz they can hardly keep ME busy, it is sorta nice to just make the newbie work all the holidays. she doesnt mind, and hey i covered them myself for like 3 years so its time. anywho, so me and roommate just hung out most of the day. watched "elizabethtown" twice, our new years custom. what a fantastic movie. pure magic i tell ya. anywho, since that illustrious beginning to the year, the time has flown fairly uneventfully. i didnt sit down and write any resolutions. cuz they are silly and people like almost plan to break them. my goal making is ongoing. and i already have some big ones planned for the year, so i felt it unnecessary to sit down and write out some others just to say i did. my favorite gay nurse bff at work came up to me and asked "is your new years resolution the same as mine?" and i said "to get a boyfriend?" and he said "yup". but then i corrected him, actually mine is more along the lines of married and pregnant. in that order. and we chuckled. we chuckled a lot. but its true. i mean, its obviously not really my resolution, but its certainly what id love to happen this year. k not pregnant quite yet, but the marriage thing, well that wouldnt be so bad. i love my job people. im very lucky ive gotten to do all i have. but people at work (those that havent talked to me for more than a few minutes) assume that if you are an adult woman in a professional position, and you come across as confident and good at what you do, that you are a feminazi and that you curse men and marriage. no. no not me. my priority is marriage and family people, in case any of you were wondering. and then everyone asks, "well then why the crap are you so picky and why arent you married yet?" well people, because i havent found the guy im supposed to marry yet, thats why. its pretty simple. anywho, life is great. there has already been a lot of good music in my life in 2009. and i got to eat at fatty pattys with my roommate and her parents and i got to chip tile off our wall which was way cool. roommate got a little crazy when she was snowed in and started remodeling the kitchen. aaaahhhh roommate. i havent cut my hair yet. i resorted to watching videos of people chopping their hair on youtube (dont worry, i took breaks in between haircuts to watch "models falling down" videos as well.) ya, people, say it. im obsessed. i know it. but for the time being, im still growing it out. just for the h of it. and to see how creative i can be with my styles. i bought some amazing new boots that are crocheted with big buttons on the side and up to my knees. they are simply incredible. and worth the wait (thanks dana and dan for being my financial advisors). ok i gotta go clean now.
. and satisfying. but thats not the topic of this blog, crap, i went off on a tangent) and whatnot. for some reason i always build new years up in my head every single year and then its just not great. so i decide to forego the usual young single adult dance and try something new. so i convinced a few other crazies to do a midnight 5k fun run (the "first run") in downtown portland. well, it was cold and rainy, but awesome. we ran along the river at night, protected by cops, which doesnt happen too often, so i have to take advantage of any midnight sponsored runs cuz i love night running. no new years kiss, but whatever. we then went to an after party and had amazing fondue and i played some old school contra on the nintendo. (i really and truly just cant get into the wii thing. sorry people, but i think you are all crazy for liking it so much. i just ...dont....see...it. the fun of it i mean. man im gonna get burned at the stake for saying this crap) anywho, good ol super contra, thats the way video games aught to be- just lazering big aliens with horrid graphics so you cant actually like see a realistic disgusting violent bloody scene like other games. man, contra really just brings back the memories of sleepovers back in the day, at rebecca's, with the hide-a-bed and butter mints. anywho, so that was new years. and although ive complained that its ridiculous that they hired another speech therapist at my facility, cuz they can hardly keep ME busy, it is sorta nice to just make the newbie work all the holidays. she doesnt mind, and hey i covered them myself for like 3 years so its time. anywho, so me and roommate just hung out most of the day. watched "elizabethtown" twice, our new years custom. what a fantastic movie. pure magic i tell ya. anywho, since that illustrious beginning to the year, the time has flown fairly uneventfully. i didnt sit down and write any resolutions. cuz they are silly and people like almost plan to break them. my goal making is ongoing. and i already have some big ones planned for the year, so i felt it unnecessary to sit down and write out some others just to say i did. my favorite gay nurse bff at work came up to me and asked "is your new years resolution the same as mine?" and i said "to get a boyfriend?" and he said "yup". but then i corrected him, actually mine is more along the lines of married and pregnant. in that order. and we chuckled. we chuckled a lot. but its true. i mean, its obviously not really my resolution, but its certainly what id love to happen this year. k not pregnant quite yet, but the marriage thing, well that wouldnt be so bad. i love my job people. im very lucky ive gotten to do all i have. but people at work (those that havent talked to me for more than a few minutes) assume that if you are an adult woman in a professional position, and you come across as confident and good at what you do, that you are a feminazi and that you curse men and marriage. no. no not me. my priority is marriage and family people, in case any of you were wondering. and then everyone asks, "well then why the crap are you so picky and why arent you married yet?" well people, because i havent found the guy im supposed to marry yet, thats why. its pretty simple. anywho, life is great. there has already been a lot of good music in my life in 2009. and i got to eat at fatty pattys with my roommate and her parents and i got to chip tile off our wall which was way cool. roommate got a little crazy when she was snowed in and started remodeling the kitchen. aaaahhhh roommate. i havent cut my hair yet. i resorted to watching videos of people chopping their hair on youtube (dont worry, i took breaks in between haircuts to watch "models falling down" videos as well.) ya, people, say it. im obsessed. i know it. but for the time being, im still growing it out. just for the h of it. and to see how creative i can be with my styles. i bought some amazing new boots that are crocheted with big buttons on the side and up to my knees. they are simply incredible. and worth the wait (thanks dana and dan for being my financial advisors). ok i gotta go clean now.
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oh roommate....2009 is off to a great start.
You have really matured in your blogging... My lil Natalie is growing up. =+)
I wanna do a night run! That sounds so great! Here's to 2009 being a fantabulous year!
Miss Natalie. How is your training going for your (half?) marathon?
The First Run was a blast. I am so glad we all did that together. Since then, I've been running much more! Do you have the other pictures, too?
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