I suppose I can start the revival of my blog with what I did this weekend.
Friday night: Went down to Union Sq to my friend's apartment to pre-party with some friends and Bwoy. Made myself 2 vodka and orange soda drinks, followed by a shot of absinthe and then a shot of really bad rum. I was buzzed shortly thereafter. Then we all went out Hudson rooftop bar for a friend's bday party. We had to get there pretty early (around 10 pm) of course because I was the only girl in the group and in New York, rooftop bars are ridiculously hard to get into.
The party was heavily brown, populated by DAPs (Desi American Princesses), some of whom I could care less about (ADAP= annoying desi american princesses). Well, most of them. This of course is the reason I pre-partied, makes these girls a little more interesting to talk to in my head. Since I was already mildly drunk, I stumbled around the roof, chatting with some of these girls, who liked to huddle in groups sipping their drinks. Alcohol tends to give me a rather alarming form of ADHD because my conversations tended to be a lot more spontaneous, short.
NP: Oh my god, I haven't seen you in so long!!
ADAP #1 who NP doesn't really care for: I know! You look soooo cute! How have you been?!
NP: Good! you look adorable too! (they hug and pretend to be happy) How's everything going with you?
ADAP #1: Good! I just finished b-school and--
NP: Uh huh. (NP is rapidly losing interest. This convo was not meant to last more than two lines)
ADAP #1: ... so I am working at Citigroup now and living with Pr--
NP (starts making some rapid eye movements, and spies another ADAP-- NP gives a dazzling smile for a nanosecond and ADAP #2 starts to make her way over through the crowd of bobbing heads)
ADAP #1: and so we found this place--
NP: Uh huh. (ADAP #2 almost within speaking distance!) You should totally have a housewarming-- it sounds really cool!
ADAP#1: But it's actually really kind small, so I'm not sure I could ac--
NP: Small schmall!!! It's New York! (waves to ADAP #2. OMG Come Over Already!!)
ADAP #1: --we did have one but oh my god I had NO idea you were here so I didn't let you kn--
NP: Uh huh. Yeah, you should(reaches out to pull ADAP #2 in) have one definitely... HI ADAP #2!!!
ADAP #2 (breathlessly): It's so crowded here!! Hiiii girls!!
ADAP #1: ADAP #2! When did you get here?!
NP: You're such a skinny minnie!
ADAP #2: What?
NP: Er, I love your dress!!
ADAP #1: omg I was going to say that too!! When did you get here?
ADAP #2: Just now-- yeah, I got it at BCBG! You like it?! Vik thinks it's too short (giggling) but I--
(NP sneaks away while those two- peas from the same pod- chat happily away).
Anyway, it started raining (of course) but Bwoy, myself, and some friends managed to go to another (covered) bar by then, where we got a few more drinks, and then ate some cheesesteaks in Murray hill at 2 am. Good times.
Saturday: Saw Inglorious Basterds with Bwoy. Great movie!!
Sunday: Did some work related to my non-insurance-giving but cool new job. Took an afternoon nap (yummy!) Then went shopping at Ann Taylor loft for a new skirt, and ate a salad from the deli.
That's it. Good bye weekend, hello week.
Monday
Sunday
Loooong overdue update
Hmmm so 8 months after my last post, I moved back in with my parents (whimper), started a new boring job (meh), quit that job (wahoo!), and then started a more more challenging but exciting job (whimper/wahoo!/whimper).
Below is a more detailed rundown of lessons and developments over the past 8 months. I'll have to break each one down in separate posts because I have so much crap to write to entertain myself.
a) I have a really good resume. Really. I'm great on paper. This is why I was able to switch jobs during a middle of one of the worst recessions in American history. Famous last words...
b) My new job is less engineering and much more policy. Oh lord, the differences between the two groups of people. I'll have to navigate THAT in a later post.
c) I hate living with my parents and have almost taken up actual residence at Bwoy's. I love my parents and love living (almost) rent-free so I suck it up. But seriously, the COMPLAINTS of my mother! oy vey. I'm a whiny selfish spoilt child so I'll save that for a later post too.
d) I miss chi-town and my friends in it. NY gals are another breed-- a little too sex and the city for me (yes, I realize I'm from NY but I was never SATC! More like J Lo's Jenny from the block crossed with Eyore). And I have drama with them! It's because some of them are desi and desi princesses are the worst kind in my opinion. All princesses are. That's why I'm a nutty princess.
oh and
e) My sexy new job (which I left a nice cushy job with benefits for) is exciting and cutting edge. I mean, it really is exciting. I get excited going to work! And when I tell other people who aren't even in my field, they get excited too! Well, anyway, this lovely new job has quite a number of downsides already. Principal one is: it has no benefits. So I join the 45 million Americans who have no insurance now. This makes all those health care town meetings all the more interesting to me.... until I watch it for the first 10 minutes and get headaches from the cankterous, screaming, redfaced protesters.
Le sigh.
More later. So many updates to do!
Below is a more detailed rundown of lessons and developments over the past 8 months. I'll have to break each one down in separate posts because I have so much crap to write to entertain myself.
a) I have a really good resume. Really. I'm great on paper. This is why I was able to switch jobs during a middle of one of the worst recessions in American history. Famous last words...
b) My new job is less engineering and much more policy. Oh lord, the differences between the two groups of people. I'll have to navigate THAT in a later post.
c) I hate living with my parents and have almost taken up actual residence at Bwoy's. I love my parents and love living (almost) rent-free so I suck it up. But seriously, the COMPLAINTS of my mother! oy vey. I'm a whiny selfish spoilt child so I'll save that for a later post too.
d) I miss chi-town and my friends in it. NY gals are another breed-- a little too sex and the city for me (yes, I realize I'm from NY but I was never SATC! More like J Lo's Jenny from the block crossed with Eyore). And I have drama with them! It's because some of them are desi and desi princesses are the worst kind in my opinion. All princesses are. That's why I'm a nutty princess.
oh and
e) My sexy new job (which I left a nice cushy job with benefits for) is exciting and cutting edge. I mean, it really is exciting. I get excited going to work! And when I tell other people who aren't even in my field, they get excited too! Well, anyway, this lovely new job has quite a number of downsides already. Principal one is: it has no benefits. So I join the 45 million Americans who have no insurance now. This makes all those health care town meetings all the more interesting to me.... until I watch it for the first 10 minutes and get headaches from the cankterous, screaming, redfaced protesters.
Le sigh.
More later. So many updates to do!
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