my sundays are f***ed

When did Sunday become the big TV night, someone please tell me?

Last night I had to do some major DVR magic to record all the shows I wanted to...
I mean, I have Cold Case, MadMen, Dexter is freakin back as well as Californication, I wasn't able to record Bridezillas, and I finagled Brothers and Sisters in there.

no, i don't watch the amazing race, despite all the emmys or desperate housewives... i was never desperate enougth to wathc this show. sorry ladies.

also, just to note, i'm really only into live action shows so I don't watch the simpsons (please don't start...i've heard it before), king of the hill, family guy, or american dad. The only cartoony show i've ever really watch was Daria. Since then, nothing has peaked my interest. I don't know what my deal is and I know it's not normal but i really don't want to me normal so whatev.

the only other show i would like to watch but never really have gotten into it is the unit. not enough room on the DVR...sorry allstate guy.

So Madmen: Always great. January Jones is really killing it this season. I thought she was a terrible actress but I'm starting to think other wise...you may have won me over blondie. I hope peggy gets the big office she deserves. i hope red-head realizes her worth. and i hope don comes to terms with himself. a lot of hopes and wishes. i love this show

Cold Case: I don't know why i love this show, maybe it's the intro song...AHaHHHHHH (that's my singing it...i think everyone in my office heard). Football player is killed after confronting a guy about steriods. i mean, this shows aren't much to talk about but i really like these dramas. any cop type show on CBS...count me in.

Dexter is back: he is juicy, he is sexy, and he is even more badass than before. i hope he kills jimmy smitts. that guy bothers me

Californication: didn't get to see that yet, more the come on that (pun intended).

Brothers and Sisters: didnt get to that either but i'm guessing no one really cares but me :(

things that make me happy

sorry, not going to be a list right now but the thing that made me happy yesterday AND this morning and probably for quite some time. I have a couch!!! wohoo. after months of waiting for this customized couch from boconcept, it finally arrived yesterday! I feel asleep watching tv on it, and it was glorious. love it. it's a little smaller than i remember and a little darker than i had wanted but i think it's just been SO LONG since i've seen it!

i'm happy

one step closer to complete

We're almost there....not there there...but almost. It's been a long journey of hard labor and too much money.

Check out our progress

painting and moving should always be left to the professioals

And of course I did not heed that advice. Come on, we had just purchased an apartment. Savings gone. Now we need to pay for movers and painters. Don't think so. Time to roll up your sleeves and do it yourself.


The Entryway and Living Room (maroon and peach....yuck)

The yellowish kitchen

oh yah, the bedroom is peach too....

Pre-Move in

The Kitchen

The Living Room

The Bedroom

The Bathroom

the apartment hunt

Long story short: my boyfriend, Thomas, and I bought an apartment. We closed on June 23rd, 2008.

The Apartment: It's a co-op in Woodside Queens. We've been living in Queens pretty much the entire time we have lived in New York City. (For those of you who are not familiar with New York, Queens is a borough in New York City so although I don't live in Manhattan--also a borough--I still live in New York City which is made up of 5 boroughs--Manhattan, Queens, Bronx, Brooklyn and Staten Island.)

It's small but it's New York so you know how that goes. It's about 720 square feet.

I'll be posting pictures.

over a year of nothingness

So I signed up for blogger over a year ago with the intention of documenting my time in this crazy life that I live in New York City. Not that it's crazy like what one would expect from seeing on TV or in the movies (my life is definitely not like Carrie's). But what was so fascinating about my move from Texas to New York was the experiences I was having that I would have never had, if I were not in Advertising. There's a show now, Mad Men (love it) that shows a little of what I'm talking about. But it really doesn't do it justice.

I can (and used to) go to bars and clubs almost every night and not pay for single drink. I get taken out to the nicest restaurants for lunches and dinners. I've been to great broadway shows, trapeze school, the Forbes yacht, seen Justin Timberlake, Madonna, and Kayne. You name the sports team, and I've been to the game...enough times that I'm now more of a sports fan for new york teams than I was for texas teams (save the Cowboys...oh yah, saw them play the Giants in New York).

It's crazy what I've experienced...much of which I could not afford and/or wouldn't even dream of doing.

That's what this blog was going to be about. Documenting it all. But I failed to do that, because what I didn't realize was that while I do get to have all this fun...the work is hard and the day is long.

Now that I've been in this for a while, I have some time to actually post things. I'm not sure what I actually will talk about. I really don't have exciting stories...life has pretty much calmed down. I wish i were ambitious enough to turn this into a money making blog...something about fashion or food or sex (all of which could turn a buck). But I can honestly say that the only people who are going to read this blog, are those that I send the link to. And even then, I don't even think you could call this a blog as it really has no theme and/or readers.

My next post is going to be about the apartment my boyfriend and I just purchased. Not too exciting but I know my family and friends back home would like to see the apartment so that's what I'm using this space for.

Yah.