add pears to the list.

i guess pears (or maybe just store bought and chemically treated pears) need to be added to my list of allergy foods. i just ate a big fat pear for lunch and noticed it first in my tongue, it started feeling itchy and prickly, then i thought about it more and my gums are itchy too, and now that completely unreachable place in between my ears and in the back of my throat itches like the dickens! i'm being forced to make un-natural sounds. now the nose is running. :( damn pears! actually, its probably more like, stupid grocery stores! i should research what it is on these foods (red apples, cherries... now pears) that give me this allergic reaction. i wonder if my insurance company would pay for that "scratch test" that i was recommended to take as a child where they scratch up my back all over and expose it to different known allergens to see what exactly i am allergic too. i bet i would be allergic to everything.

another fun fact... i brought my favorite black bra out of retirement for this weekend because it matched my costume, and as i was unpacking last night i couldn't remember why it was in retirement in the first place, so i wore it to work today.. about an hour ago i remembered why.. its horribly uncomfortable right now with a broken underwire that is poking into my side, and in the front middle where the wires come together, i bet i will have an open sore by the end of the work day. i think this 'favorite' bra will be retired to the trash can tonight. shiiiiiiiit.

whirlwind weekend in review.

i feel very productive after this weekend. i successfully saw everyone i set out to see, i was able to walk away from saturday night without a black eye or even a hang over. my costume idea won 3rd place in the costume contest of approx 20-25 people. i was able to experience what it was like to sleep in one of my dresses, (sooo much fun, they should make nightgowns more like tight dresses). i got to see JGs wicked cute place, and meet her "husband", i had some burnt jiffy pop popcorn, watched a movie that i really didn't want to see with mandy moore in it, and it made me cry. grrrrr.

very very fun weekend. and i'm looking very very forward to not traveling for the next two weekends. i am on call this weekend and next. woooot!

its 11am, and i already want to go back to bed. :( i'll have to speak with my friend sugar free red bull.

i think its pretty funny how i am asked by pretty much everyone over and over again if and when i am going to move back to MA (its coming dangerously close to being asked of me more often than, "do they have another brother?") ... as much as i love boston, and the people i know there, i wouldn't have sold off all my stuff and packed up my life 6 months ago if i had any reservations about moving back to NY. staying there would have been the easier path of least resistance. but despite not having a core group of "good time" friends, i'm back where i belong, and i have no doubt that i'll eventually fall into a groove and meet the people in the next chapter of my life. at the same time, i'm also very grateful to be able to thumb back and relive the last chapter as often as i want. :)

halloween pics here

quick note before i am off.

i am about to leave for albany, where missy the great will be waiting for me with "jiffy pop". i told her that i like the kind of popcorn you make on the stove top the best, and apparently she took that to mean jiffy pop.. i meant the homemade kind made in a big pot with oil etc, but i am still excited about the jiffy pop. i haven't had it in years.

it seems like everyone is getting in the spirit for halloween. i know i am. i brought many "outfits" that i will need HEKs help in deciding which one to wear.

i am very grateful to a certain work colleague that is covering my on call this weekend. he's solid!

i have so many plans and people to see in MA this weekend that i really don't have time for a black eye coupled with a massive hangover, so everyone please think good thoughts and pray that i don't have a repeat of last halloween.

oohh. i wanted to mention too that i rushed home so i could watch LOST before all my thursday night shows.. and sure enough all the fuckers were repeats. well. survivor was a rehash of the first half of the season so far, but wtf!! sooo pissed.. so i had plenty of time to pack and make the final touches to my costume..

afternoon randomness

here are a couple of things i have been meaning to write on the blog-o. i find myself walking around, or driving around and wishing i had some sort of hand held typing device i could use to "write this stuff down".

1. i was delighted to see a candy corn card on the dining room table from LK when i got home wicked late from figure drawing last night. :) then i cried on the inside when she wrote "becky". :(

2. i need to buy a pair of those suede/soft scrunchy looking tall brown boots. i have a skirt that i have been wearing my tall black boots with, but it would look better with soft brown ones. maybe the ladies will want to pit stop at DSW after brunch on saturday. i could use some new shoes in general, the shoes i have now are kinda crappy.

3. friday i'm going to visit "missy the great" after work on my way to boston. we are going to watch a movie (transamerica) and she told me that i better hurry up and get there cause she has to go to bed at 930. :( i don't get out of work till 6, even if i drive like a bat out of hell i will still get there at about 830. i hope transamerica is only 1 hour long and missy doesn't want to chit chat or catch up.

4. i have an ebay update. the product they sent me does not work. i returned it, it took a week for them to receive, they tested it and gave me a full refund minus shipping. grrrr. now i'm back at square one.

tonight is tv catch up night for me. LOST, survivor, CSI and then i'll watch the dvr of the Office. last week jim called pam accidently and they chatted.

flu shot day!

i have been vaccinated from the flu this year. this is the first time i have been vaccinated against the flu. i am hoping that i don't get sick like i've heard you can get.

tonight was figure drawing. the model was suzette, she's 5 months pregnant with a boy. i was excited to draw a pregnant woman, but she would not sit still during the 1 hour pose. grrrrr.

driving down E. genesee street brings back 4 memories for me.

1. wade, i had a friend in college named wade, he had a brother wes and a sister whitney. they went to nottingham, and i drive right by that high school each wednesday and think of him.

2. my broken foot. i broke my foot in college and the local hospital looked at the x-rays and said it was a sprain, wrapped it in an ace bandage and told me to come back in two weeks if it still hurt. i went to an orthopedic surgeon on E genesee st and he gave me a purple walking cast. strong enough to do a bridge street run back in the day.

3. diego, juan and felipe. i was with the three of them visiting a friend of felipes when my dream car (1989 dodge shadow) caught on fire and had to be junked. :(

4. jeoff falling asleep during my tour of syracuse. he was visiting the first and only time. he fell asleep about 15 min into my tour. most noticeably during the SU portion.

i decided i need to make new memories on that drive.

also. check out my art blog for the new figure drawing pics.

i have watched the tom green show now three nights in a row. i kinda love it. tonight playboy jeremy klein is on tonight. hes kinda hot, but hes a total bastard. tom is pretty funny.

the weekend in review...

this weekend felt long. i think its because it was so jam packed with fun!

friday JK came into town and we went to one of my coworkers halloween party. it was fun, more fun than i expected. everyone was dressed up it was neat.

saturday we went to portville and out to dinner with all the hunts to the beef and barrel. yummmmm beef! then it was a party at aunt anns house. JK and i ended up in the championship game of the beer pong tournament against em and ryan. they won. bastards. we pretty much kidnapped em and went to grannies. that is where JK and SB brought sexy back.



sunday was the game. it rained and was pretty cold, JK got kicked out, only EH had a cell phone, and noone knew anyones phone numbers... but we had a great time still. the best was asking random strangers to take pics of us with their phones and email the pics to us. :) hahahaha.

here are the comprehensive pics of the weekend.

so much time...

now that i go to work at 9am, i find i have so much time in the mornings. :( i should probably go back to bed after the gym. cause i generally spend that time sitting here at my computer in a zombie like state wishing someone had updated their blog, or emailed me. i've even signed up for 3 different daily candy's so i can kill about 10 minutes reading through those. :)

usually on fridays cath and i swim. its the best day of the week to swim. monday is the worst. the other day i counted 14 people in 6 or 7 lanes. shiiiiit. so anyway, fridays gym day is a complete waste of time. we literally float down and back like 6 or 7 times, then today we sat in the hotttub. :) but for some weird reason i lost 2.5 lbs between leaving for the gym, and coming home. that just doesn't seem right. but i'll take it.

tonight i am going to a coworkers party. i have absolutely no idea what to expect. i would guess that the average age there is going to be 44, 44 and all married people. yay! JK and i will be the youngest by far. luckily it's within a half a mile from my house, so we can drink our faces off and walk home if we need to. i'm glad JK is coming with me, i don't know who i'd talk to.

i kind of want chinese food for lunch today.