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June 29, 2008
And a Cherry on Top.
OMFG (still can't believe there were Gossip Girl ads with that), I. Love. My. New. Mac.
I love being able to, oh, BLOG, without my computer crashing mid-entry so that I have to go back and remember, what was the turn of phrase I used to describe my deep and abiding love of prosciutto/Gossip Girl/my new pilates class?
I also love being able to upload to my Flickr (hells, yeah, vacation photos!), and download songs without risking only half the album making it into iTunes.
While I am spreading the love, let me tell you what else has been rocking my world lately:
1. Peter Thomas Roth's Instant Mineral Sunscreen
I am so lazy in the morning that I often don't even want to deal with smearing sunscreen all over my face. This stuff is the best. A little poof, poof and I'm assured of not aging for another day (this is what I tell myself).
2. Hollywood Forever, brought to you by SUMMER!!
I recreated my last picnic there, only this time it was prosciutto-melon-camembert sandwiches, and lox with lime-cilantro butter sandwiches, AND I tried my first paninis, a basic tomato, mozzerella, and basil. I made the curried potato salad again, skipped regular salad for time, and made adult ho-hos, holy crap, awesome.
The movie was The Man Who Knew Too Much, one of the few Hitchcocks I hadn't seen, and the picture above is of the glow-in-the-dark snap necklaces of old, drunken peeps sitting behind us set against the starless, palm-tree-lined sky of Los Angeles.
3. (Slowly but surely growing on me, rather) The thought of having a roommate.
I have not had a roommate aside from someone I thought would be my mate for life since 2001. But I would like to save for a home, pay off my loans more quickly than I am currently progressing, and I'm real scared, but I'm going to give it a shot. Luckily, I am giving it a shot with one of my best friends in the world, Neeta. Sure, she is deathly allergic to cats, but I have the Dyson and the keen desire not to be responsible for her demise.
I have had a lot of internal angst, A LOT, trying to figure out whether to do this. There are logistics to settle, I'll no longer have a separate room for the cats and their box o' stank, where will the stuff that I've currently been fitting into two walk-in closets fit, can we cram our joint supply of frozen food into my freezer, etc.? There are also the personal questions, what am I doing getting a roommate now, at 31? I question a lot whether I'm taking a step back. But I have to remind myself that I'm taking a step forward, to home ownership, and won't the cats and I enjoy having someone to watch Gossip Girl with?
I think we will.
4. Maraschino cherries.
When I bought the marshmallow cream for the ho-hos yesterday, it was right next to some maraschino cherries. I've never had them at home, but I love them and will steal one from your drink if you're not looking, watch out. I never even considered that I could have them at home, like, to EAT, on a regular basis.
But I do now!
5. Teenage love... now with with vampires!
OMgoodness. A coworker recommended Stephanie Meyer's books to me, and while they are no Graham Greene, they'll do in a pinch -- cool kids' lunch table, vampires, curfews, girls' choice dances, werewolves. I was a HUGE Christopher Pike fan when I was in junior high, and this is like that, only better even. It takes me back, WAY BACK, to the days when you could just feel. so. much! When your heart hurt just at how MUCH you felt. Now my heart just hurts if someone heartlessly dumps me the morning after I've spent $150 getting my hair done to attend his stupid work event. Back then, my heart could hurt just out of feeling so much.
If reverting back to my roommate days could also bring that back?
Oh, the maraschino cherry on top.
Posted by jen at June 29, 2008 10:24 PM
Comments
It's LA. You're not too old to have a roommate until you hit like, 45. Maybe not even then. I say go for it! Also, I'm pretty allergic to cats, too, but if I live with them, my immune system will adjust, and after a few months it's totally fine. Hopefully this will happen for Neeta too.
Posted by: Gwen at June 30, 2008 07:56 AM
OMFG! I love Stephanie Meyer. When I read the first one, I didn't know it was a trilogy and was sad when I finished, then just about crapped my pants in glee when I found out there were two more. I'm excited about her new adult book, too.
Posted by: marty at June 30, 2008 12:43 PM
Very timely--I'm also 31, roommateless since the end of 2001, just moved into a new place with a roommate, wondering where to put the catboxes. (Mine is OK with cats, though.)
We moved to a new place together, but it's already a happier experience than my last roommate. For one thin, 2 bathrooms is totally key.
Posted by: Anne at June 30, 2008 07:16 PM
Have had Apple products from my first key stroke (I"m too embarrassed to admit how many computers we've had) and you will absolutely fall head over heels with your Mac!!!
Posted by: annie at June 30, 2008 07:36 PM
#1 i can't believe you are reading a lame stephanie meyer book before you finish harry potter
#2 i can't believe you love stephanie meyer when you call yourself a feminist
#3 what kind of mac did you get? a macbook or the macpro or the macbookair? please, tell.
Posted by: Penny at July 1, 2008 12:35 AM
Dude, what's not to love about the Twilight series? They are so ridiculously awesome!! I borrowed the second book from my 13-year-old niece. Heh. I also think it's safe to say that it's books like these that made me grow up to have too high expectations of men. And perhaps they also gave me a penchant for the drama.
And, seriously, to the commenter above me, regarding #2? Lighten up. One can be a feminist and still love a 'tween series in which the main female character sinks into despair when her vampire boyfriend is gone.
Posted by: Lara at July 1, 2008 11:16 AM
Oh, PS, I'm not trying to incite a comment-argument or anything, and I just re-read that and realized I sound bitchy and mean. I didn't mean it to come out that way.
And also, hi! Am new to your blog!
Posted by: Lara at July 1, 2008 11:18 AM
Go for it with the roommate, although I would probably be most concerned about the whole deathly allergic thing. No one wants a dead roommate, especially one who is a friend.
Also, in light of the fact that I awoke to a leak in my roof, if you never buy a house, you would still be okay. (Normally however I fully advocate the purchasing of homes...it's just been a rough night.)
Posted by: christine at July 5, 2008 03:33 AM
OMG. I just discovered the Stephanie Meyer books too! A girl I knew in grade school (too many years to count--let's just say Footloose was very popular) raved about them on her Facebook and I decided that if she wasn't too old to admit to loving them, I could try them. (I'm addicted to young adult lit, but I usually don't admit to it!)I loved Christopher Pike too but I think Twilight is way better. I'm torn between savoring it and rushing through to begin book 2.
Posted by: SusannahS at July 9, 2008 07:24 AM