it's easy to be excited about...

...what is essentially cirque du soleil (sorry, french folks) with horses. cavalia on september ninth!

(alli & me - post-beach on nantucket (hence the tiredness).)

today after work, i'll be going to a local piece of conservation land to take my last walk of the summer with my friend mai. she's just about to head out to her first year of college, and i'm sitting here wondering which bits of wisdom to bestow upon her. in reality, however, it's almost best to not say anything - eagle-sharp hindsight has pointed out to me that without my strings of "mistakes", i wouldn't feel the way i do right now. in the past few weeks, i've gotten to catch up with friends from wake - steph, allison, holly, t - and they've all individually pointed out that i'm happy and it's visible and strong. they're right. i am. honestly, i'm preoccupied - being happy feels like an entirely new sensation. it's been YEARS. i do not exaggerate.

last night i went for my second session with a friend of my aunt's who happens to be a reiki master. her work is really fascinating - the time you spend together is focused on deep tissue work and also realigning and balancing your energy. she said that my aura is deep purple, which is the color of spirituality and passion and high emotionality. i am positively intrigued. you leave her house with this feeling of...i can't really describe it. you're stable and secure and calm, but you're light. you're somehow wiser than you were when you came through the door. i highly recommend it. if you'd like to discuss it in detail, email me.




(holly burt day in brookline!)

my time spent with my wake friends was really wonderful. allison and i managed to get to nantucket, ride, beach, have a holly burt day, walk most of boston, and in general enjoy each other's company. i am still sad, almost two weeks later, that she's not here or that i'm not with her. i've been overly fortunate in the friend department. the people i'm surrounded by bring tons to the table, and they share. it's like show and tell. my friends would make anyone want to be the best version of him/herself.




(wrap your sunburned self in a sweatshirt, crack a cold beer, and hang out watching the sunset...pretty perfect.)

our building is still undergoing tons of renovations, and upon seeing our abandoned men's room door leaning against the wall, our smarty landlordess couldn't help herself:

landlordess: PR really is a game for girls, huh?

boss: nope. alannah and i just like to use the urinal.

reunion with my better half!

today, while driving to the office, i had to fiercely resist the urge to take my hands from the wheel and throw them out the sunroof jubilantly. look, no hands! allison is coming today!

edward the good...

mrprezedent1: Brilliance and true emotion kicks all of us on our ass.

pure brilliance...

...courtesy of idea-a-day.com:

Introduce a range of packaged, microwave-able foods called 'Good Drunk' and which are for
people who strive to eat healthily but who get drunk now and again and end up eating junk. Each dish would be made of good raw ingredients and would be light on fat whilst still fulfilling the main criteria of 'munchie food': being tasty and filling yet quick and easy to prepare.

jay: "how are you, dear?"

me: "actually...i'm excellent, thank you."

jay: "in all the years i've known you...you've never been able to honestly answer like that. you ARE excellent, and i'm thrilled."


i'll say it again. what a difference a year makes.