game on

hurray!

so that hurray is for a few things: the phillies are in the world series! they won game 1! i'm going out tonight to watch game 2! i get to eat wings! tomorrow is friday!

as you can see, lots of things to be excited about.

and i think that's what i'm going for right now. i've been feeling crazy and mess and unhappy lately. and i keep thinking that i want to change that, but i dont know how. well. today was a crazy day and i had to work late and didn't get to finish some things i wanted to do. yet i'm in a good mood. because of all those things up there with exclamation points behind them. it's like john cusack said in 'say anything' (which i read in EW is 20 this year!)- "how hard is it to just decide to be in a good mood, and be in a good mood?" i'm going with it john. or should i say lloyd. dobler. one of the greatest male movie characters ever.

i am looking for a dare to be great situation. it's out there- somewhere.

the phillies are looking for one too. lets go phils!

clockwork

ever since my birth control pill became a generic i've had pms like clockwork. seriously. its crazy. i watched 'how i met your mother' (last week's episode maybe?) where ted is teaching barney about robin, and he puts up that picture of her mad where her nostrils are flaring. i feel like i look like that. i'm a mess and i'm angry and moody and i don't even want to be around myself.

so i'm apologizing to anyone i came in contact with or maybe will come in contact with in the near future. really, i'm sorry. i will be back to normal shortly.
i feel like veda sultenfuss (i shouldn't have to name this movie) when she says "and don't come back for five to seven days!". although with this very same pill, it's really more like 3 or 4 days. have to take the good with the bad i guess.

and i should apologize to my grief counseling professor as well, because i have this paper due sunday night, and man oh man is it not getting done. I have written a page, and not even a good page at that. Looks like it's gonna be a loooooong weekend.

my summer, in summary

so. kind of left you hanging there for a moment (or a few months). sorry about that. things got busy. wanna see?

So arielle got married- these are some of my favorite pictures from the night! it was the perfect night-

weather was amazing, food was delicious, company was legendary. :) and by now, arielle and ben are over 4 months happily married!

Next up was my Hamilton 5-Year reunion. I can't believe it has been five years, but alas, it was. and it definitely was a time....

it was amazing seeing lissa and celine and staying in our own little suite on the dark side. not that we spent much time there... we were too busy getting chauffered around by cab hamilton (a soon to be senior math a music major who drove us around on his golf cart all weekend). because thats how alums should be treated...

The end of june brought a week-long cruise to Alaska w/ the Ransom family. God i love the Ransom family. we played a lot of cards and word games, as well as, you know- sightseeing around Alaska. which is beautiful, by the way. insanely beautiful:










this is in juneau and yukon territory. big in the gold rush in the 1800s (i'm embarassed that i can't remember the exact years)



And to the left here are glaciers from glacier bay. a whole day of staring at this right in front of my eyes. i actually had tears at some point because it was so beautiful. Probably the most memorable thing about the trip. I totally suggest going to alaska if you get the chance.

Let's see- next I think was my mom's birthday trip to Lancaster. She wanted to go antiquing, Arielle and I obliged:
we like to take pictures with cows...











ummm what else. right, that leads us to autumn's bachelorette party! the final weekend before labor day- there was alcohol, penis straws, and a lovely scavenger hunt list...mostly though there were some pretty ladies....


So that about wraps up my summer! i think you are all up to speed.


of course, there's the whole pete situation to explain, but that's another story for another night.

WANTED

Single male, age 26-30ish. Interested in relationship, starting out casual with potential to become more serious. Must have a college education and be currently employed. Have friends and interests of their own. It would help if you're not intimidated by educated and talkative women. Sense of humor a must. Enjoy good food and wine, movies, good conversation. Not afraid to make the first move.

Do not bother if you have: commitment issues, crazy ex girlfriend issues, mommy issues, are afraid of sexual contact, only interested in friendship, a serious mental illness.

Serious Inquiries Only.

coming soon

so this has been a busy few weeks. first there was the bachelorette party, then this past weekend arielle went and got herself married. there are pictures and stories to be shared, i just haven't had time to fully organize myself. stay tuned. i'm hoping to get something posted before this weekend's 5 year Hamilton reunion. oy.

kris 'dreamy' allen

i freaking love kris allen. i'm glad he won american idol, although adam would have been good too. but i've loved kris the whole season. if you don't believe me you can check my itunes, cause i've downloaded like 5 of his songs. and i never download idol performances.

last night i had a dream that kris and i fell in love. it was totally cushy and random and crazy. i wish i could say it was a raunchy sex dream, but it wasn't. apparently my brain can't even fathom me having sex anymore (sad) yet falling in love w/ kris was no stretch of the imagination. we were like, hanging out in my apartment talking in my dream. and that was it. warm butterflies, total devotion. it was hysterical. i woke up and actually giggled. perhaps tonight i'll get to round 2 of the dream, and there will be less clothing involved.....

sadly, he's married. at 23. although his wife is adorable, and i loved the moment when she got up on stage w/ him at the end of the show and they hugged. she is the luckiest girl ever. :)

neighborhoody

something weird happened to me today. well, i suppose i should start from the beginning. i had a good weekend, but i've been spending too much time alone. i went all weekend basically by myself, (because i refuse to count the washing machine repair lady)- and i'm totally ok with that, except that it has been happening a lot lately, and the effects are starting to show. i don't do well with prolonged isolation. i get sad and lonely and depressed. exhibit a- i bought 4 pairs of earrings on sunday. pure sign of me needing to be around more people. i like the earrings, but i fall into the popular category of spending money to make myself feel better. a bad habit, i might admit.

so i called my mother on monday. something i'm also used to doing when i feel sad and isolated (among other reasons...i talk to her a lot). i promptly announced that while i knew i'd be here for at least another year, i was 'kind of done' with philadelphia. she was supportive and gave me a brief lecture about joining groups like i was in need of high school extra curriculars. hey, she tried.

and then today, work was super busy. my boss was in 'let's give diana extra work so i don't have to do it' mode, and i had lots of people to see and paperwork to do and little down time. so the day went by fast. after work i did something new and different- went out with coworkers. i am shy. i am not super friendly with my coworkers, but this nice nutritionist bethany is leaving tomorrow to move to san fransisco w/ her new doctor husband for his residency. so she organized a bowling outing for people from work tonight. i, i have to admit, like bowling. if it was like 'oh we're going to a bar' i most likely would have passed. but bowling? i can bowl (kind of). and my large feet certainly look fantastic in bowling shoes. and they were going to this bowling alley i'd never been to in northern liberties- so i listened to the voice of autumn in my head saying " you should go and be social. you aren't making new friends on your couch" and i thought 'ok autumn, you are probably right. i need to get out a little more. this would be a nice way to get to know my coworkers more'. and i WENT.
even more than that- i drove up to northern liberties, and when i got there, i completely fell back in love with philadelphia. because that's the thing. philadelphia is a very neighborhoody city. it's like a bunch of fun different cities, rolled into one. well, whatever you know what i mean. and i'd heard good things about northern liberties, but it looks so cool! there are all these cool looking restaurants and bars! and organic food stores! and hipster looking people! and this funky little bowling alley where it only costs $7 a game and they serve tater tots. you heard me. tater tots. what's not to love about a neighborhood like this?

so i went, and bowled a game (57), and mingled with coworker, laughed a bit, ate some tots. and came home. and i was happy.

i then watched american idol at the gym, and by the way i got these new gym pants over the weekend at old navy and i am obsessed with them. i even kind of like the way i look in them. and they're spandex-y. so they must be magical. and as for american idol, i know everyone says adam is going to win b/c he's the best. but i've always been a kris allen fan. he makes me want to make out every time i see his adorable face. and i thought adam sucked at the last song, which is horrible btw (ahem, kara dioguardi) and kris did better at it even though he forgot some words and it was high for him. but they both had strong moments in their other songs. so i honestly don't know how that's going to turn out. but i'm excited for tomorrow!

and to top off my day, i watched 'glee'. and FELL IN LOVE WITH IT, CAUSE IT'S THE BEST SHOW EVER. i'm sorry, songs about high school choirs rock. not like i can think of any predecessors, but it should be a given. and doing journey's 'don't stop believing'? genius. genius. i think i may download it on itunes to watch when i need a pick me up.

so, after today i'm kinda thinking maybe i'm not done with philadelphia after all. after all i haven't explored all the neighborhoods, or gone on enough awkward dates, or eaten enough cheesesteaks, or figured out what the fuck the rest of my life is gonna look like.
and i have plenty of time for all that.