2009 New Years Resolutions

I promised Pope I'd start posting again over break.  Well...here we are 5 hours from the end of the break and I am just getting to this.  

So to start the year off right...

I know, I thought it was cute too. 

Before I post my new resolutions, I wanted to evaluate how well I did in terms of last year's resolutions:

1. stop watching greys anatomy & private practice
I definitely stopped watching. The only time I saw a peek of Grey's anatomy was when I tripped and fell and a TV caught my fall. I even looked away this entire year when Kate Walsh's cadillac CTS commercials came on TV. 

2. go to every day of physical therapy
check! And my bank account did not appreciate having to pay for all of it too =[ I may have been late to PT most of the time, but I made every.single.one. and my physical therapist was a girl. boo. 

3. learn golf 
trips to the driving range: 2

lessons: 1

pieces of argyle clothing worn: 3. at once. with pastel bermuda shorts.

check. mission accomplished. 

4. stop eating brie cheese like its the food of gods
I moved onto asiago vecchio. but still bad. ugh. but technically a 'check' for this resolution. 

5. stop being a pseudo-intellect and pretending that I enjoy reading the Economist
Instead I started subscribing to Time, Newsweek, Fortune, Glamour and Instyle. The latter two have been highly educational. Oh yeah, i also subscribe to cosmopolitan, motor trends, and maxim. 

6. stop complaining about being old
it didn't help that I became as fit as a 80 year old post-surgery. and that SOME people still call me 'grandma'. I went the opposite way on this one. I started acting old as well. 

7. be nice(r)
I'd have to say this is the one that utterly failed. Fueled by my adventures on match.com this year, my eliticism got so.much.worse.

(8. I would put in 'eat more vegetables' but we all know this would never happen)

I actually learned how to make sweet potato fries this year and they are DE-licious. And, um, did you know that scientifically, bananas are considered vegetables since they have no seeds? 

so 2009 RESOLUTIONS. here we go:

1) really put effort into my MBA applications

I'm hoping this will actually be one of those soul-searching, insightful journeys. I'l emerge in october with dreadlocks, wearing moses sandals and trying to make tie-die 'fetch'. 

2) 2+ hrs of volleyball a week

pretty easily done. I've been doing this for the last couple of months. I lost a lot of my precision and speed in the past year, so I've been playing with a group in a lower level.  It's an amazing ego booster....ha. 

3) pilates on the weekends

like how i did it for a good 10.4 minutes this morning, 2 of which was spent lying on my back, 'meditating'

4) go skiing as much as possible

good thing two of my friends live next door to Killington. Bad thing is that i hate Killington. 

5) Go to physical therapy / gym at least once a month

This might seem like an easy goal, but lets not forget that I haven't set foot in BSC since...August? 

6) No more credit cards

Seroiusly if I had any more CCs, I could start playing Kings with them. I don't have any balances or debts on them or anything, but they literally do not make wallets big enough for all of them. Not to mention this cannot be good for my credit score. 

7) Only buy one pair of shoes for all of 2009

yea you laugh, but I think this is totally accomplishable. I only bought 7-8 pairs of shoes this year and threw away about 20. So I'm at a net negative =] Besides, I'm becoming a minimalist and shopping has become a bore lately as I realize I can't really buy anything that I don't already have and love more. Anyways, these are the coveted shoes:

These are actually slightly out of necessity, if you can believe. my feet have been shrinking (see? getting old) and usually leather shoes stretch, but CLs are pretty good about not stretching, so these could go a long way...and not just b/c they have a 5inch heel.

8) Read before I go to bed instead of just passing out while Gchatting

I am so sorry to anyone/everyone who has witnessed me going narcoleptic after 10pm. It's not you, it's me. And I think it is hereditary. 

9) Watch more TV

So I went from watching 20+ shows to just watching Entourage and Gossip Girl this past year. I need to make a bigger effort to follow 30Rock and HIMYM. I also heard that Dexter is worth watching too. 

Are you smarter than a fifth grader?

So I've been watching a lot of "are you smarter than a fifth grader" just in the background when I'm working and stuff.

So in this clip, the contestant declares herself as a "hot girl" and wants to prove that hot girls can be smart too. So...ummm I don't want to sound mean, but she's got a double chin, uneven lips, probably a size 8, has 20 layers of make-up while STILL remaining oily looking. now my question, can she SEE better than a 5th grader? someone's got a skinny mirror at home....

hot topic: surrogacy

So one of the things I plan on doing in the future is doing surrogacy. This has been met with sentiments of disgust from my guy friends - or maybe it was because we were watching the crowning part of Knocked Up. I don't know if it's just because they are guys and they don't understand the burden, or because my guy friends are into fat girls. I think they think that pregnancy is this sacred thing but IT'S BECOMING A FAD. It's not sacred because it really doesn't require anything substantial anymore. just a 15 year old girl in a pact and a homeless guy.

ANYWAYS. here are my reasons for surrogacy:

Selfish reasons:
1. the pain. i have the lowest pain tolerance possible.

2. being fat for 4 months and then a planet for 5 more

3. the "but you can eat anything" is not a silver lining for me...i had fast food for lunch for the last 2 days and let's not even get into how much brie I've eaten this week

4. having to buy new fat clothes (financial reason)

5. no alcohol

6. don't you have a 'wide set vagina' for like a year or something afterwards?

7. stretch marks. possible c-section scar.

8. the most important - i really don't think i could forgive myself if I bore a kid with 'complications'. I would literally spend the rest of my days asking myself what i did wrong.


Why I wouldn't consider adopting:
I don't want dumb genes


Substantial reasons for surrogacy:

1. studies show that pregnancy off of frozen eggs actually produce less complications

2. the surrogacy mother could become a great nanny

3. less chance of me dying. i actually don't care, but i'm sure the rest of the world would be saddened by my death ;)

4. I would be helping the economy by employing someone

5. If the kid turned out to be deformed/dumb/lazy, i would feel less bad about giving it away. I know this sounds beyond cruel, but we only have a few years of prime parenting. why waste it on a seed that won't be fruitful? it really doesn't help anyone. just look at GBush.

Things moving closer to me:

1. Cragie street bistrot!

One of the best (or the best, according to some food&wine mag) restaurants in boston is moving from harvard square to central. maybe next time it'll make its way downtown.


2. Britney Spears

apparently mel gibson is trying to do a good deed by bringing her into his new movie (shooting in boston at the end of the summer). Umm has he seen Britney on How I Met Your Mother? she sucks! she sucks at being the stupid annoying ditz! how is that possible? at least she's still good at looking fat and post-pregnancy...


3. True Religion Store

I absolutely detest wearing jeans...but if I had to...I'd get true religions. Ok i'm not going to lie, they are the only jeans i don't have to hem (unlike rock&republics made for the tall & skinny) nor do I have to worry about a sagging butt b/c the fabric stretches (citizens) nor do I have to worry about it becoming a masstige brand (sevens).

Coming to newbury this fall...and the outlet store is coming to wrentham in june!


4. Vegas...sorta

MGM Grand opened up at foxwoods this wknd...along with it came Shrine, an imitation of Tao in Vegas. Which means lots of celebrities coming to the area! And really, by celebrities, I just mean Brody "partying is what i do best" Jenner. ha! sike.


5. PINKBERRY

I've never tried pinkberry (not surprising since the last time I was in cali was, what, last june?). But rumor has it, they're coming to Boston! Pinkberry is this famed froyo out in cali, made famous by all the stars who endure $85 parking tickets to get a $5 cup of froyo. Also made famous by the double-digit IQ characters on The Hills who likes to gossip there. Last I heard, it's only got 3 flavors - reg, greentea, and coffee. BAD.ASS. so what it turned out that it's not actually healthy.


6. Steve N' Barry

stevenbarry stores are huge in the midwest for selling cheap college paraphernalia. By cheap, i mean like wholesale-prices-right-out-of-the-sweatshops-in-vietnam cheap. But they've also got the SJP and Amanda Bynes lines with some good basics...all for <$20. Not bad for stuff you only wear once or twice.


7. Wagamama!

moving from harvard square to possibly the Pru. mmm great place for lunch...dinner...and all the time.

to crackberry or not to crackberry

so i have shitty ass Sprint that I can't WAIT to switch out of once my contract is up. And then I find out about this today:

the 8330 is coming to Sprint!


now the only thing I have to decide is if I'm going to keep on losing phones like it's my god given talent. blackberries are going to be slightly more expensive to lose than phones. ha

Another one bites the dust

First it was Josh Duhamel and now Andy Roddick is engaged.



hey at least his fiancee is hot.

New Apartment Wishlist

So I'm moving on April 1st. And if I end up staying in town for grad school, I may stay in this same apartment for many years to come. So keeping this long-term outlook in mind, I'm going to invest in a couple of nice new gadgets and for the long haul.

This is more or less a running wishlist because unless I get a huge tax refund, I probably won't get everything all at once:

An Ipod alternative: the Zen Stone Plus with Built-in Speaker:
Not sure how great the speaker is, but I like having that option. Not to mention it gets radio as well.

For music time in the shower: the Ising
comes with a fog-free mirror and can transmit tv, radio, mp3, etc

A dream come true: la-Z-boy Dreamtime in off-white leather + massaging action
pretty much.

Making it official: 8' Stealth portable beer pong
we have a perfect foyer space for this






A bit more of furniture:

haha. just kidding.

maybe.

I actually wouldn't mind building my own so it can be super customized.


For my Wino: Thermal electric 6-bottle wine cooler:
My own personal stash of chateau ste. michelle rieslings =]

Domestic Engineering: A computerized sewing machine (in pink!)
yes i sew. and actually i sew pretty well. You know all those cute frat/sorority/loveyourbeaver shirts from college? Yeah, those are all turning into pillows. I <3>

For Education, Organization, and Comfort:
Ok, I have a brief rant. My ideal bed would have shelves in the headboard, and lots of drawers underneath to fully utilize the space underneath the bed. There are LITERALLY two options out there for a set up like this. TWO. count it. one. two. period. Is this asking for too much? To efficiently utilize the space around your bed so everything is within an arm-length reach? Ugh. I think night tables are the most useless things ever. Mostly because you have to get out of bed to open the lower drawers anyways.

And what is the trend in lower and lower bed platforms? People are getting taller and taller, for god sakes. Unless I've accidentally been cruising bedroom set sites for midgets, I do not approve of this trend. I like a bed that I need a running start to jump on to. sigh.

This has been such a painful search, but here's what I think I will get:

And lastly: Breakfast...in bed =]