2
Jan
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photo credit: rocketlass
Well, hello there. Welcome to 2010!
Yesterday, despite all of my mother’s advice to start the year out right, I actually did no writing at all, but instead went to brunch, then a movie—It’s Complicated, and I’d just like to say that I would like my life to be complicated in the way that Meryl Streep’s life is complicated if it means Alec Baldwin, a gorgeous house with a huge garden and perfect tomatoes, and my own bakery where I make the most delicious chocolate “cwahsont” in the universe—then Sephora (yay, new “compact,” which I was told was something only grandmothers say, yay, Clinique Youth Surge, which I’m sure will prevent me from being mistaken for a grandmother), then Lululemon (yay, new workout pants with hot pink cuffs), then dinner (yay, dinner) and too many glasses of wine in my hood with L.
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Tags: 2010, alec baldwin, AOL, chocolate croissant, clinique youth surge, friday that feels like a saturday, it's complicated, lazy saturday, lululemon, meryl street, movies, new year, real housewives of orange county, sephora, vegan frat boy, what not to wear
20
Nov
Posted in Lifestyles of the Unemployed | No Comments »
photo credit: babyruthinmd
Today has been one of those difficult-to-focus types of days. I have a million little things to do and follow up on, and so I flit from item to item on my list and don’t accomplish much of anything, except thinking about everything a little, and that’s a kind of progress, no?
While washing a portion of my dishes, I noted that this is, in fact, one of the strange benefits of being unemployed/working from home.
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Tags: bonbon, charmed, conference call, doing what needs to get done, going to the gym, NY1, organization while unemployed, pat kiernan, progress, real housewives of orange county, sudsy candlelit bath, the importance of schedules, things to do, Tweeting, unemployment lifestyle
