new york is a craZy place

while in new york there are a lot of fun things i did (for the complete version, see my memoirs). some of these included going to see "hairspray," going to serendipity for frozen hot chocolate, going to tiffany's, going on the big red bus tour, taking pictures at the wax museum (but much better than this guy's).... all the good stuff. unfortunatly, i was so out of it when we were on our way back to new orleans that i forgot to get my camera back from the police man checking my bag. oops. however, you're in luck because jonathan took some pictures on his digital camera.

oh, and i got to see jane! we spent all of saturday bargaining for "kate spade" purses in chinatown. who would have known that jane was so fiesty?

b-e-a-c-h, beach

the other day, meg and i were bored, as usual, and we stumbled across the national spelling bee, aka the loser depot of america. we watched dumbfounded for about 20 minutes as kids spelled words such as "mouchoir," "isochronous," and "flibbertigibbert." (note about the last word, which i didn't make up- it was a password to get into the gryffindor common room in the 3rd book of harry potter. i just re-read it and it stuck in my mind because it reminded me of a studdering toad.) these children were trained to inquire each word's land or origin, definition, pronunciation, etc at least twice before they attempted to (and usually succeeded at) spelling. i was flabbergasted to say the least.

the beach was greeaaatt. most of my readers probably don't know that i went to the beach, but i did. it was fun. i'm actually pretty tan, which will surprise most of you.



i decided to include a fun little quiz that commenters can take. feel free to answer questions that interest you. or you could pretend like i didn't include this, and i'll make sure to remember that you aren't cool.

1. which spice girl do you most resemble or want to be?

2. if you had an exotic pet what would it be?

3. if you could turn back time, have the equivelant of a marauder's map (see harry potter 3 for clarifications if you do not know what this is), or have the ability to become invisible, which would you choose? (margaret gave me that idea)

4. if you were going to a world conference, which country would you want to represent?

5. who is the coolest person you know? why?

6. if you could set the trends for this year, what would they include?

7. if you lived in ancient times and you could come up with one story to help explain why things are the way they are, what would your story be about? (feel free to include a short (or long) version)

8. which is better- rain or fog?

9. try to explain why fireworks are cool.

10. ponder why humans like to see others in pain or being humiliated. write a reflection (word, phrase, sentence, story...whatever) about why you think that is.

une problemo

while my internet was out, i was unable to update my blog, and i am sorry for that. however, i really do not appreciate the fact that i have been recieving a lot of "unwholesome" comments on my blog. i LOVE getting comments, don't get me wrong, but i really don't like the fact that my comments have (dun dun dun) turned to the dark side. i really hope that i don't have to start censoring my comments... so don't make me go to that extreme. thanks!

in other news, HARRY POTTER COMES OUT TODAY!!!!!!! i know, i know. i'm a traitor and i sold out to the movie. but i just can't help myself! i've already got a reserved ticket for an undisclosed showing of the aforementioned film (i don't want any crazies showing up there...). i'm sooo totally pumped. i've also been slowly but surely re-reading the harry potter books. i am only a little under half way through the second one, though.

so, meg turned 21 yesterday, and there was quite a party at bruno's last night for it. however, due to my mother's refusal to let me have a fake id, i was not allowed to stay at the partay... :( don't cry for me argentina. the truth is i still had a rockin' night. the j mann and i went to reginelli's and then to starbucks.

fun (and kind of weird and stalker-ish) story-
so, jonathan and i are at reginelli's talking it up in a booth. however, i notice this old, fat, bald dude sporting a yellow t-shirt TOTALLY checking me out. ahem, not the GOOD kind of checking out. the BAD kind. the kind where you want to take a shower after because you're afraid that some of their nasty skeevy cheesy germs might have floated onto because of the unusually long prolonged staring. yes, that is why i got. (this may have been due to the fact that i had a preeety low-cut shirt on but i like to think the best of people, so i'll just pretend like he wasn't checking out my chest) then, after that gross encounter, jonathan and i went to the starbucks on maple street. for those of you who do not know new orleans uptown, we went from state and magazine to maple. then, we had a lovely coffee and by the time we were practically escoreted out of the cafe because it was closing, the aforementioned cheeseball of an old man was standing outside of starbucks. you can imagine my surprise. what made this unlikely encounter even worse was the fact that yet AGAIN he was STARING at me. uncomfortableness...

yeah, so that's what i've been up to. oh yeah, and i got meg the best birthday gift ever. and did kind of bad on some exams... and took some 5 mile walks. good stuff. okay, well i've got to run because jonthan has bet me that i can't get ready (including showering) in a half an hour. i've got to show the female race that indeed, it can be done. and i have got to win that bet. for a whole dollar...