this is me

thanks to my best friend Google Reader , I read a lot of blogs fairly regularly. some are written by people I know, but many are just blogs by other people in DC that i stumbled upon in one way or another. some are useful in the sense that they give me ideas of things to do in the city, but many are just musings on life by other twentysomethings, and i find myself wanting to adopt their blogging style - expressing their thoughts, relating random experiences, no holds barred. a few things hold me back, however: a lot of the things i think about throughout the day and wouldn't mind blogging about are things i wouldn't necessarily want people who actually know me to read. that's definitely part of the appeal of the blogosphere - a sense of anonymity, and knowing/hoping that some random person might stumble upon some words you wrote and laugh or sympathize. and it's something that typing your thoughts into a random Word document that no one else will ever read will ne...

don't really remember how I found this blog but i can usually relate to what this other Emily has to say. especially today: "Like most overeducated and underemployed young adults in DC, I live paycheck to paycheck. I've never known anything else and, given my education and professional choices, probably won't know anything else for a long time. I figure I'll just marry rich and then justify my shallowness by calling it fourth-wave feminism. Perhaps I'll become one of those fabulous stay-at-home moms I see in Washingtonian who live in Georgetown and wear lots of Lilly Pulitzer. I'll run a "freelance lifestyle consulting business" where I charge clients several thousand dollars for advice such as "live in Georgetown" and "wear lots of Lilly Pulitzer."" EJ Takes Life

that you decide it is acceptable to wear a hair roller with your bangs wrapped around it out in public on your way to work? especially when your commute involves walking in/around/near Union Station, which is arguably one of the most populated metro stops during rush hour. i would guess the woman in question was in her mid-to-late forties. i like to think that no matter how pressed for time i am, and even if i someday end up using hot rollers regularly (which i doubt), let alone get bangs again (which i highly doubt), i will never leave the house with one still attached to my head. you never know when a stranger will find you intriguing and try to catch your eye, and then look up and realize you have a foreign object protruding from your forehead. then again, maybe she is 100% happy with where she is in life, relationship-wise, and has no reason to care what other people think of her as she walks to work in the morning. i, obviously, do not fall into that category. i made a class...

that may sound a little new-agey, but i think it describes what i'm trying to do with my life at this moment. the past couple months have been some of the busiest and most sleep-deprived of my life, interning 30 hours a week and working 3-4 shifts at the pizzeria. now that i've started working doubles on saturday, i find myself with more time during the week, but no idea what to do with it. i'm arguably in the worst financial situation of my life, dreading my first loan payment at the end of next month (happy new year to me), and therefore feel guilty doing anything that requires much money. but i also don't want to spend many more afternoons the way i did this past wednesday, napping and watching tv until bedtime. my internship has kind of stalled at this point as well. we're nearing the time of year where business tends to slow down, and my supervisor will be out of the office 4 out of the next 6 weeks. this week i have spent more hours trying to figure out ho...

family visits and work gets in the way. i'll go back to posting when there's exciting news to post. :)

today i have one of those sinus headaches that when really intense makes me feel insanely nauseous. not pleasant especially as I have dinner plans with a friend from high school tonight and my mom, cousin, and aunt visiting starting tomorrow. it's looking like i could be a salaried employee by December....here's hoping!

since i just found out about this today? don't know if i'll manage to post daily, but it's worth a shot. i could use more of a creative outlet these days. my friend Angel is at this moment interviewing for a position at my company where he would end up sitting right next to me. that would be beyond fun. here 's a link to a review of a concert i went to on Tuesday. if you haven't heard me gush about Ryan Adams, just ask.