I'm from Long Island and I'm 23 and no, I have never been to "The Hamptons". Well, in the way everyone talks about it anyway. I once went to Southampton when I was like 8 to a friends uncle's for the day. Don't remember a thing. And when I was 13 my aunt took me, my brother and cousin to Gurneys for Thanksgiving and the only thing I remember from that trip was getting my period for the first time.
I am going for work but still, I'm pretty excited/nervous. I have heard crazy stories. I just hope I have a clean bed and a shower that works. If I was going out there to rough it, id be fine with that. I can hang. But im going for work and just dont feel like dealing with any crap. I will most certainly be blogging about it upon my return, til then, later hater!
Friday, May 30, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Lilli and Doug's Wedding
I was in Sarasota for an old friends wedding this past Memorial weekend. It was actually much more pleasant then I thought it would be. I really did enjoy myself. She pulled off a great wedding.
I arrived, just barely making the flight, on Friday night. Kinda weird meeting the groom for the first time the day before the wedding when you are a bridesmaid. We went to rehearsal and then dinner and then to a bar. It was a really nice little pre gathering of close family and friends. I want it. Bride and groom were wasted. On the ride home I convinced all to go to Taco Bell. Delish. Sydney, Lilli's sister only went one other time years ago, with my mother. Of coarse. She was so confused at the drive through. "Whats the difference?" Pretty funny cuz really, its all the same! Lilli got it all over her leg and Alana ate it off her leg. Classic night before the wedding pig out. The day of the wedding, Lilli was so calm. We all got ready at the place and the ceremony happened and then the reception flew by. It was lovely. I was pretty excited about the military wedding but it wasn't as great as I thought, but definitely still cool. We all went back to the hotel and chilled a bit. The next day, with no sleep at all, we went to brunch at their house and chilled by the pool. Then I went to dinner with my family and the next day I went home.
So... with very little detail, all in all it was really a nice weekend I wasn't expecting. Pleasantly surprised sums it up perfectly. I like vacations. I like not checking email or facebook. I like not really communicating with anyone. But now I'm back to the hustle and bustle. Such is life.
I arrived, just barely making the flight, on Friday night. Kinda weird meeting the groom for the first time the day before the wedding when you are a bridesmaid. We went to rehearsal and then dinner and then to a bar. It was a really nice little pre gathering of close family and friends. I want it. Bride and groom were wasted. On the ride home I convinced all to go to Taco Bell. Delish. Sydney, Lilli's sister only went one other time years ago, with my mother. Of coarse. She was so confused at the drive through. "Whats the difference?" Pretty funny cuz really, its all the same! Lilli got it all over her leg and Alana ate it off her leg. Classic night before the wedding pig out. The day of the wedding, Lilli was so calm. We all got ready at the place and the ceremony happened and then the reception flew by. It was lovely. I was pretty excited about the military wedding but it wasn't as great as I thought, but definitely still cool. We all went back to the hotel and chilled a bit. The next day, with no sleep at all, we went to brunch at their house and chilled by the pool. Then I went to dinner with my family and the next day I went home.
So... with very little detail, all in all it was really a nice weekend I wasn't expecting. Pleasantly surprised sums it up perfectly. I like vacations. I like not checking email or facebook. I like not really communicating with anyone. But now I'm back to the hustle and bustle. Such is life.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
No one takes JDate seriously except JDate
So here is what happened with the JDate thing.
I automatically get signed into it on my computer and when I went to check it the other day, I was signed off. Thinking something was a little strange but putting what I thought was my password only to find it did not work. Perhaps I put in the wrong password, as I generally have 2 go to passwords I use on everything. I tried and tried and finally it was reported to customer service, or whatever. I requested several times to have my password sent to me but nothing came through in the email. I decided to send a general contact us things to their support because I found this to be odd. Why would this not be working?
The next morning I recieve an email from them stating:
Currently, I can't resolve this situation through email. You'll need to call our toll-free number 1-877-453-3861 and speak directly with a customer service representative. I hope we can help you with this soon!
Hmmm ok do I really care enough to call them? Not really but the curiosity was killing me. What could have possibly been blocking my account? If it was a glich, maybe they should know about it. I had nothing offensive on my profile, hell I barely even had a profile! I had talked to some crazy people recently. Maybe they reported me?
At 12:30 AM I finally caved. I really did not think they would pick up but they did. I explained that I could not log in and was not recieveing any info on passwords via email. He then said, oh well your account has actually been suspended, let me try to see why. After some very awkward silence, he then, in a very serious tone goes "Oh well I see here you had written in your about me section "I don't think I am ready to take this seriously but im bored so..." and we here at JDate take this site seriously so your account was suspened."
My reaction: Laughter.
He then said he could just delete what it said if I promised to change it. I obviously agreed but was still laughing so I did not feel that I could properly argue with him at the moment event though I wanted to explode. He fixed it and that was that. I am still in shock. Its like, im pretty freaking mad yet so amused.
Couple things...
1. What I mean by not taking it seriously is not paying for it yet/not willing to just meet every guy I talk to.
2. There are wayyyy more offensive profiles and people on this site you should probably be focusing on*. (examples below) If me simply stating that I am not sure if I am ready to take a dating website targeted to Jews seriously, then there should be practically no one deemed appropriate for this site based on what they have written.
3. Who do they think they are to judge people worthiness of their serious dating site based on not even a full sentance in a profile?
4. How much more are they actually monitoring? Are they reading everyones conversations?
5. It was embarassing and annoying enough to deal with my friends who are against this site and other internet dating sites and also dealing with the semi initial shame I feel for resorting to a site like this. Thank you for only showing me more of a sign that this was a bad idea. (Yet, im totally keeping my profile, if they let me.)
*Just from a simple search, this shows up...
I am looking for a:
She needs to be smokin hot and willin to wear provocative clothing because i like to show off my woman. She also can't talk when i am speaking and should recognize . . WHat did the 5 fingers say to the face SLAP !!!
My perfect first date:
Well when you come pick me up, we will sip bo wine. Then as the intoxication intestifies we will go for a mickies (40's) at the corner liquor store. Once we are finished drinking those in the parking lot i will go in and get jimmies (but i will won't, i like to gamble). Then we will go to the back seat for the best 30 seconds of your life and after that i will see you in 9 months.
Now I am going to write them a letter because I just feel like I have to. I am also going to pitch this to NY Mag and Time Out New York. It would be so funny if it turned into a whole, date this girl cuz she isnt allowed to join JDate things which is so not likely but a girl can dream.
I automatically get signed into it on my computer and when I went to check it the other day, I was signed off. Thinking something was a little strange but putting what I thought was my password only to find it did not work. Perhaps I put in the wrong password, as I generally have 2 go to passwords I use on everything. I tried and tried and finally it was reported to customer service, or whatever. I requested several times to have my password sent to me but nothing came through in the email. I decided to send a general contact us things to their support because I found this to be odd. Why would this not be working?
The next morning I recieve an email from them stating:
Currently, I can't resolve this situation through email. You'll need to call our toll-free number 1-877-453-3861 and speak directly with a customer service representative. I hope we can help you with this soon!
Hmmm ok do I really care enough to call them? Not really but the curiosity was killing me. What could have possibly been blocking my account? If it was a glich, maybe they should know about it. I had nothing offensive on my profile, hell I barely even had a profile! I had talked to some crazy people recently. Maybe they reported me?
At 12:30 AM I finally caved. I really did not think they would pick up but they did. I explained that I could not log in and was not recieveing any info on passwords via email. He then said, oh well your account has actually been suspended, let me try to see why. After some very awkward silence, he then, in a very serious tone goes "Oh well I see here you had written in your about me section "I don't think I am ready to take this seriously but im bored so..." and we here at JDate take this site seriously so your account was suspened."
My reaction: Laughter.
He then said he could just delete what it said if I promised to change it. I obviously agreed but was still laughing so I did not feel that I could properly argue with him at the moment event though I wanted to explode. He fixed it and that was that. I am still in shock. Its like, im pretty freaking mad yet so amused.
Couple things...
1. What I mean by not taking it seriously is not paying for it yet/not willing to just meet every guy I talk to.
2. There are wayyyy more offensive profiles and people on this site you should probably be focusing on*. (examples below) If me simply stating that I am not sure if I am ready to take a dating website targeted to Jews seriously, then there should be practically no one deemed appropriate for this site based on what they have written.
3. Who do they think they are to judge people worthiness of their serious dating site based on not even a full sentance in a profile?
4. How much more are they actually monitoring? Are they reading everyones conversations?
5. It was embarassing and annoying enough to deal with my friends who are against this site and other internet dating sites and also dealing with the semi initial shame I feel for resorting to a site like this. Thank you for only showing me more of a sign that this was a bad idea. (Yet, im totally keeping my profile, if they let me.)
*Just from a simple search, this shows up...
I am looking for a:
She needs to be smokin hot and willin to wear provocative clothing because i like to show off my woman. She also can't talk when i am speaking and should recognize . . WHat did the 5 fingers say to the face SLAP !!!
My perfect first date:
Well when you come pick me up, we will sip bo wine. Then as the intoxication intestifies we will go for a mickies (40's) at the corner liquor store. Once we are finished drinking those in the parking lot i will go in and get jimmies (but i will won't, i like to gamble). Then we will go to the back seat for the best 30 seconds of your life and after that i will see you in 9 months.
Now I am going to write them a letter because I just feel like I have to. I am also going to pitch this to NY Mag and Time Out New York. It would be so funny if it turned into a whole, date this girl cuz she isnt allowed to join JDate things which is so not likely but a girl can dream.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Random
Goal: I would like to make this page a little less ordinary.
Goal: I would like to write enough on here so it has a little more direction. Don't even know what direction that should be though so it will just continue as is for now. Places i've been, ridiculous things i've experienced, etc.
My friend started a blog called Are you kidding me? and I really enjoy it. I was thinking how I could contribute to it and I have a couple little things but I dont think im ready to submit something to him. For now I'll write them on here and perhaps later on I can elaborate and feel confident enough to give them to him.
Are you kidding me boss who does nothing but make jobs difficult?
Who do you think you are, sleeping til 4 everyday 6 floors above us in your 35 million dollar friends mansion while yours gets redone? You think you can just walk in, get the deal on everything, throw in a couple of ludicrous, irrelevant thoughts, throw some papers around and walk out. You cant just act like you had all these ideas in front of the people who actually worked their asses off for whatever it is you are at and not even once give them anything remotely close to credit.
Are you kidding me slow/you seemed confused walker in the subway?
YOU my fellow subway taker, may not have to catch that 6 that just pulled up as I am walking up the stairs, but other people do. Walk on the side or just at a normal pace. Its like you intentionally know I need to be somewhere and choose to make the slowest decisions of your life while I am trying to pass. Not only that but you somehow know which direction I am trying to pass you on because you always seem to walk in such a crooked fashion that it becomes impossible to sideswipe you. And do you really have to decide what turnstile you will walk through to exit? They all go to the same place. JUST WALK!
Are you kidding me pretentious date?
If I am talking about a girl, that my friends know at a bar, and she is wearing a sweater, jeans and rain boots, goes to law school, has a live-in boyfriend, and clearly is "normal" and I say shes a hooker, because I clearly overuse that word, do you really have to confirm that I mean figuratively and not literally? When someone asks you a question, you dont have to answer with that dumb smirk on your face and take your sweet ass time to answer in a obnoxious remark and make them feel not dumb, but awkward. Your pretentiousness does not impress normal people with real social skills, it just makes you look like an ass. When you are at a bar, talking to us normal folk, you dont need to drop your big SAT words so we have no idea what you are talking about. Do you actually want to have a conversation? Cuz if you did, quit it. Save it for your other ivy league socially retarded freaks. And by freaks I mean literally there buddy. You do not need to clarify every little detail. I will laugh at you, and so will the people at the table next to us.
Goal: I would like to write enough on here so it has a little more direction. Don't even know what direction that should be though so it will just continue as is for now. Places i've been, ridiculous things i've experienced, etc.
My friend started a blog called Are you kidding me? and I really enjoy it. I was thinking how I could contribute to it and I have a couple little things but I dont think im ready to submit something to him. For now I'll write them on here and perhaps later on I can elaborate and feel confident enough to give them to him.
Are you kidding me boss who does nothing but make jobs difficult?
Who do you think you are, sleeping til 4 everyday 6 floors above us in your 35 million dollar friends mansion while yours gets redone? You think you can just walk in, get the deal on everything, throw in a couple of ludicrous, irrelevant thoughts, throw some papers around and walk out. You cant just act like you had all these ideas in front of the people who actually worked their asses off for whatever it is you are at and not even once give them anything remotely close to credit.
Are you kidding me slow/you seemed confused walker in the subway?
YOU my fellow subway taker, may not have to catch that 6 that just pulled up as I am walking up the stairs, but other people do. Walk on the side or just at a normal pace. Its like you intentionally know I need to be somewhere and choose to make the slowest decisions of your life while I am trying to pass. Not only that but you somehow know which direction I am trying to pass you on because you always seem to walk in such a crooked fashion that it becomes impossible to sideswipe you. And do you really have to decide what turnstile you will walk through to exit? They all go to the same place. JUST WALK!
Are you kidding me pretentious date?
If I am talking about a girl, that my friends know at a bar, and she is wearing a sweater, jeans and rain boots, goes to law school, has a live-in boyfriend, and clearly is "normal" and I say shes a hooker, because I clearly overuse that word, do you really have to confirm that I mean figuratively and not literally? When someone asks you a question, you dont have to answer with that dumb smirk on your face and take your sweet ass time to answer in a obnoxious remark and make them feel not dumb, but awkward. Your pretentiousness does not impress normal people with real social skills, it just makes you look like an ass. When you are at a bar, talking to us normal folk, you dont need to drop your big SAT words so we have no idea what you are talking about. Do you actually want to have a conversation? Cuz if you did, quit it. Save it for your other ivy league socially retarded freaks. And by freaks I mean literally there buddy. You do not need to clarify every little detail. I will laugh at you, and so will the people at the table next to us.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
No internet
Verizon apparently had some wires cut at their home office and we got into the office Monday morning to find out we had no Internet or phones. This continued for 3 and a half days! My emails were not getting passed on, they were bouncing back if someone was writing. I realize how selfish some people can be. I also realized how selfless people can be. It was quite the shitshow to say the least and I have seriously reconsidered my stance on going corporate. Had a traumatizing day alone in the office with Goblin. I am still recovering. Someone said "at least you weren't doing rediculous things like finding a golden 6 foot harp." Um, I was. Not a harp, but a trio to play for a party on Monday, among other things. I spent 4 hours alone with the man and then he left for a bit. I was outside with his maid when he returned and I was holding his dogs. He walked right up to her and asked her who I was. Fabulous. The next day, Yendys (im now calling people by a codename so I can write a little more freely) asks "How many weeks are in a year, 35?" Wow. On that note, til next time!
Friday, May 2, 2008
Add to the list:
Got into cab after Ivana "Trump" and her new hubby got out of it.
Joan Collins
Woody Johnson, owner of Jets
Peter Gachin
Donald, Melania and Barron Trump
Bill Cunningham
Howard Stern and Beth
The angry Staten Island guy from True Life: I'm Getting Married
Michael Strahan and various other Giants
LuAnne, Jill and Bobby from Real Housewives of NY
Chris Rock
Dan from Gossip Girl
George Whipple
Joan Collins
Woody Johnson, owner of Jets
Peter Gachin
Donald, Melania and Barron Trump
Bill Cunningham
Howard Stern and Beth
The angry Staten Island guy from True Life: I'm Getting Married
Michael Strahan and various other Giants
LuAnne, Jill and Bobby from Real Housewives of NY
Chris Rock
Dan from Gossip Girl
George Whipple
I heart goat cheese
The other night I met up with an old coworker (I feel funny that I can already say that expression). We went to a place I have been hearing about. It actually lived up to its expectations. We went to Fig & Olive and got the Provencal Vegetable Tasting Plate ($14): provencal vegetables, fresh mint and olive tabouli, warm goat cheese, olive tapenade, eggplant and tomato confit - Picholine Olive Oil. It came with toasted bread peices. Delish. But I don't have photos because I always forget to do that. Noted to seld to work on that as a better blogger. Also on the table are 3 different olive oils with bread. Very fresh and yummy. From their site: "FIG & OLIVE brings you the finest ingredients, flavors, and health benefits of olive oil and the Mediterranean diet, the antioxidant quality of figs and extra virgin olive oil". Then we split the penne funghi tartufo ($17). It was cremini mushrooms, parmesan, truffle paste, fresh parsley & scallion in truffle olive oil. Little heavy on the scallion but delicious nontheless. Everything was cooked perfectly, served wonderfully, and I was happily content. The perfect amount of food and tastes for me for a great price. I highly recommend this restaurant!
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