creeped out

…and I’m officially creeped out by my building. If I didn’t have ghosts before, I do now. Anyone need a temporary roommate?

v-day

Hi there. It’s Valentine’s Day 2012. So happy v-day! I say (or write) that not in my usual sarcastic tone. I actually like Valentine’s Day. Sure, it’s a Hallmark holiday, but I enjoy what the holiday stands for. And that is love. Even if I’m not “in love” with someone, I love the idea of love. Love makes the world go round people. Embrace it.

To illustrate how much I love love, I will mention that I considered at one point to tattoo the Kanji symbol for love on my foot, until my Asian friends in the know told me that it was too common and tacky.

But I still love the symbol. I decided that if I do get a tattoo, and I went with a Kanji symbol, I’d go with the word “truth,” because truth to me can mean a number of things, including love. So I went a bit deeper than the everyday person who has the Kanji symbol for love tattooed on their foot. Go big or go home.

But I digress. My point is – love. Celebrate it – whether it be love for your significant other, your hobbies, your family, your friends, your job – just love it. Appreciate what’s in your life, even if you are going through a difficult time. Things will get better. And love what you do, where you go, what you see. It makes life more enjoyable.

Love you all (well, most of you).

Sara

unsubscribe

Do you have a junk email account? I do. Gmail is for friends and important things, yahoo is for the crap that you don’t read. Well, I have somehow managed to accumulate a plethora of junk email in my yahoo inbox. I’m talking about at least 20-30 emails per day of crap that I don’t read.

A couple weeks ago I figured I’d start to curb this growing list of crap by unsubscribing from the various listserves. And that I did. Just now I realized that I still have a ton of junk, so started unsubscribing from more. Fur Nightclub, endless.com, REI, etc. Basically I am unsubscribing from everything but the daily deals (Groupon, Living Social, etc.), which I no longer read anyway since there are now too many of those too. Seriously – zozi, kbgdeals, Capitol Deal – what?! I can’t keep up.

Anyway, long story short, it’s Friday and my brain is fried so I figure I’ll start my unsubscribing train again. I unsubscribe, and then immediately receive an email letting me know that I’m now unsubscribed. Yet, I thought that the point of me unsubscribing was to stop the email subscription?

Has anyone else been baffled by this? phhhhhhh

Unsubscribe.

Let’s play a game

What’s worse for me?

• Breathing in second hand smoke every day;
• Cockroaches of the American (and now German!) variety crawling on my stuff and me;
• Toxicity from pesticides sprayed in my apartment to keep the bugs away; or
• Living with the constant threat and applicable worry of a roach crawling on me when I sleep.

Man, I am just living the dream. I can’t wait to find a place and get out of here! A real estate agent I just interviewed last night will be taking me around to view some places this weekend. I can’t wait.

P.S. I’m voting for second hand smoke. I HATE smoking! I don’t get how people do it, especially the chain smoker in the unit next to me. I really don’t get it. Although I’d guess the pesticides I’m living around aren’t very good for me either. I officially hate this apartment.

PUKE

Did Duke really just win that game? Really?

For those not watching, Duke just beat North Carolina literally at the buzzer on a three pointer. You have to be kidding me.  This calls for me to break out my favorite t-shirt.

 

 

gotta love the metro – take 17

Metro material, as I’ve stated time and time again, is endless. Just search “metro” on this blog and you will get a feel for what I’m talking about. Click this link for my very first metro post ever. And now, to the present.

I was just traveling home from work on the red line. While sitting in a car minding my own business and reading a book on my Kindle (Game of Thrones – do it!), I felt someone staring at me. I looked over across the aisle to find a woman talking nonstop and glaring at me. Mildly creepy. I try to ignore her and go about my business, engaged in my book. Next thing I know, I hear something that no one wants to hear outside of a bathroom stall. The woman has literally pulled down her pants, popped a squat, and is pissing on the floor between the seats. A nice, long, loud piss I might add. And let me tell you, that bladder was full. About to throw up and afraid it would spray on me, I got up and moved to a seat at the opposite end of the car. The girl who was sitting in front of me also got up and moved. However, the women immediately in front and behind her oddly did not budge during or after this whole ordeal. With the force of that piss, I can guarantee they were sprayed or were standing in it. Interesting.

Getting off the train, I figured that I should perhaps report the incident to the metro police standing around at the gate. According to said police, this is a normal occurrence and there is nothing they can do about it. DC – we are riding around daily in piss. Stay vigilent and carry your antibacterial wipes. And you wonder why I’m so OCD.

Editors note

I still sleep with the light on, and I’ve even gone so far as to wrap myself in the top sheet (cocoon-like) to prevent them from crawling on me while I sleep. I really need to move.

Sweet dreams!

a couple things…

You’ve got to love rejecting a seller’s counteroffer on a condo, feeling good about the decision, and then seeing a cockroach crawling on your wall right after bailing on the deal. I had an out! Oh well, guess I gotta hang with the bugs for just a little while longer. Let’s rewind.

I put an offer on a condo. Don’t ask how this even came about, but it did. Very quick decision making and wasn’t feeling too great about it having realized I needed to look more before comitting to something. Obviously, buying a place is a big commitment. Just a month ago, I was considering leaving DC. Well, work is going just swell right now so that won’t happen for a while, but still, do I really want to be tied down? I do want to buy, I realize now. I can’t deal with roaches and would love to have my own place. However, it’s best to be patient in this situation. And of course, I don’t want to jump into something like this if I’m not 100% sure about it. I have learned a ton in the past week or so, and look forward to learning more to make a more educated decision that I will feel better about in the long run. To the roaches I go….

Anyway, heading to Colorado to skiiiii tomorrow! I can’t wait. I hope this trip is just as eventful, if not more so, than Utah two years ago. We’ve got a full house this time so something tells me that it will be. See you on the slopes.

Sara

Friday night, 8:30pm

Lights just went out on me at work. Literally – I am blind. I think this is a sign to go home. Haha

okcupid message

Jan 7, 2012 – 9:07pm
Hi Sara, 

Unfortunately, I need to cancel our date. Before you assume that I’m flaking out, I will tell you that I’ve started having major medical issues, and I don’t think that trying to date right now is a good idea for me (and no fun for you). It’s not cancer or anything like that. But it’s a chronic issue that may keep me out of work for a little while too as I’m trying to figure out how to deal with it. I wish you well, and if/when I start feeling better, I’ll get back in touch. Take care! 

I respond saying I’m really sorry to hear that he is sick and totally understand. I hope he feels better. This, mind you, is after he had already rescheduled a prior date. I assumed I’d never hear from him again.

But low and behold, only a week later, I receive this:

Jan 15, 2012 – 10:12pm
Hi Sara, 

How are you? How was your weekend? If it’s okay with you, I’d like to open the door back up to communicating with you. That week before this last one was very tough for me. It’s not really a serious condition (it’s a stomach condition). But it felt much more serious that week. This week was much better thankfully. I’ve been eating extremely healthly (virtually no sugar, caffeince, alcohol, and also staying away from fats). But I don’t want to make it all about me. Right now, what I really need are my friendships. So, if you’re okay with that, maybe we can talk on the phone sometime this week? Cheers! 

Really?

SOTU 2012

Okay, I’m home now. And somehow – this guy is still talking.

I’d just like to point out that watching the SOTU on a 40 inch flat screen Samsung is way more enjoyable that watching it on the TV as depicted in last year’s post. Much, much better. Boehner doesn’t look quite so tan as last year, but definitely has some blush on. Perhaps it’s the 1978 wood panel box TV I was watching on last year that’s making the difference here.

• This is such bullsh*t. That’s really all I have to say about it this year. I’m totally over politics. As is probably indicated by me not even knowing this speech was tonight.
• I learned the other day where the Vice Pres lives. Had no idea. Everyone knows the President lives in the White House, but did anyone know that the Vice Pres lives in the Naval Observatory over on Mass Ave? This girl here had no idea. Learn something new every day.
• Is this really still happening? It’s 10pm.
• I actually think, upon viewing on my flat screen, that the President’s greying hair has slowed down somewhat. You may recall that he had no grey whatsoever upon getting sworn in. And just like that, he was grey as hell. Very noticeable. One would think, 3 years later, that he’d be all grey by now. My entire body would probably be grey if I had to deal with this sh*t. But no, his greying has slowed down. Not too shabby.
• Healthcare law! Relies on a reformed private market. Yes. Wow – he devoted literally 2 seconds to healthcare. Smart move.
• Has Boehner smiled at all in the past hour? Don’t think so. Has he even clapped?
• Noticing a lot more color in the audience this year. Must mean more women are elected officials. Nice work ladies.
• This could actually be because of the flat screen.
• Nancy Pelosi looks old. Man, she has clearly gone through the ringer the past couple of years. Wow.
• Haven’t seen Hillary in a bit. Growing the hair out I see.
• “I could have done so much better than him.” You know that’s what she’s thinking just looking at her face.
• IS THIS EVER GOING TO END.

Okay, it’s over. 10:16pm. Glad I only caught the tail end of that one. Oy

 

Blog fail

Guys – I’ve failed you. For the past two years, I have live blogged the State of the Union address. And why not? There is so much material there to work with, it is impossible to miss.

Well, I have failed you. I’m sorry, but I actually had no idea it was tonight. That is either really really sad (probably), or awesome knowing I’ve got so much other stuff going on that I can’t live blog the SOTU. I am so, so sorry. But I’m out for a friend’s birthday right now – live blogging!

There may be some potential here. No sound at the bar I’m at, but I could just go on visuals. Stay tuned.

(I’m sure my friends are really happy I’m ignoring them right now to live blog).

happy new year!

Too late? Sorry. Been meaning to post.

A lot to update you all on. It’s 2012. I feel good about this upcoming year, and I’m not really quite sure why. I predict good things, although I’m not sure what those things will be. I think I am most excited about realizing that I need to just chill out and settle down with my life. Meaning first and foremost, I want to move out of this crazy apartment. Yes, it’s a great location, but it’s too loud for my liking at the moment and living on U Street is certainly not conducive to chilling out and settling down. Plus, living with roaches, ghosts, and the constant stench of smoke is not so enjoyable. Time to move up and out. May even buy a place, assuming I can get my finances together. Weighing the options.

What else is new? hmm. Both of my siblings got engaged. In fact, I have SEVEN (count them, SEVEN) weddings in 2012. 2012 is hereinafter deemed The Year of the Wedding. Good times. Congrats to friends Helen and Matt on their recent engagement this past weekend! So happy to be a part of it. Love you guys.

I’m back on okcupid. Figured I’d change things up a bit. Man, is this thing time consuming. So far, I’ve been on only one date. With a 42 year old. This was last Friday. Thursday, I went out with a 26 year old. I kid you not – why bother staying within my own decade? Both dates were good, although haven’t heard from the oldie yet. So maybe that one wasn’t so good afterall. Not really sure he was digging my obsession with Foursquare toward the end of the date. Long story.

What else. New Years Eve was fun. In fact, it was probably the weirdest night of my life. Had a great dinner with some friends, then went to a small (count 20-30 people) party in Capitol Hill. Around midnight, I stupidly thought I was safe to leave my purse on a table while I went to the bathroom. Came back from bathroom; purse gone. Sara freaks out. Friend knows who has it, confronts the guy (who oddly, did not leave the party once he got my bag). Guy punches friend, large fight ensues in which guy’s girlfriend bites friend and others. Guy jumps fence with my cash, but friends managed to get everything else back for me. Friend goes to hospital for tetanus shot from the bite on his chest. Pretty standard New Years Eve, I’d say. TBD if starting 2012 like this was a good omen or bad.

Going to Colorado to ski my ass off in a couple of weeks. Booyah

Broke from weddings, and buying ski gear.

Work is going just splendidly. Been at the new gig about 9 months and it’s starting to grow on me – everything is working out pretty much exactly as planned. Love.

That’s about all I’ve got for now. I’m so so so sorry I haven’t been posting. If anyone has some tips on how I can make more time for you all, please do advise. I am finding it hard to get in a good night’s sleep these days, let alone blogging in my spare time. 2012 – The Year of the Blog?

Toodles,
Sara

the cockroach diaries

Just found a dead baby cockroach in my measuring cup. This is the first roach sighting (in my apartment…I have definitely seen them in the halls…yep) since I had the lovelies crawling on me in bed at night a few months ago. I’ve had pest control come in, they sprayed the shit out of the place, and now it appears as though a baby has somehow made it into my apartment. This does not bode well for me. Mind you, I’ve been violently ill the past two days with a stomach bug, which I can’t seem to 100% attribute to anyone or thing. I haven’t had a stomach bug since I was a child. I hate to speculate, but …what if…it was from bacteria from a cockroach!? Those little pieces of shit are crawling around in my drawers. wahhhhhhhhhh will cry soon.

Time to resume the apartment search!

Stay tuned and happy holidays! (tried to remain PC here)

Sara

Acela ride

Please, someone tell me what is with the incessant throat clearers. Do you know what I’m talking about? Maybe I’m the only one who gets annoyed at these people – probably. But I just don’t get it. Why must you insist on clearing your throat in a very loud, annoying manner every one to two minutes? Do you really have that much sh*t in your throat that it requires a loud, obnoxious throat clear for everyone to hear? Oh! There’s another one. Think it’s time for me to put my earplugs back in. And I’m on the quiet car. I can only imagine what is going on in regular business class.

Happy thanksgiving!