i'm just a boy with a new haircut

i haven't posted anything here in almost a week. christmas has come & gone. i have been working a whole bunch. days that i have work are basically all the same (expect for lunch with sue yesterday. that was a pleasant change in my pattern)

i didn't work today. here is today's story...

i woke up pretty late for me. 10am. lately i have been waking up earlier and earlier. i don't know if it is because of getting used to waking up early or not, but i now seem to wake up ~9am all on my own. but today it was around 10am. so i got up, checked my computer and then went down stairs for some eggo treats. i was planning to into the city to get my haircut today. when i woke up & saw snow out on the ground, i started to not want to go. snow is cold. but since i already had a partner in crime for my outing, i could back out. that sounds like complaining, but it isn't. i always tell myself that i am going to do things and then i back out of them. i should have gotten a haircut months ago, but i put it off. even last time i went, i was outside of the haitcuttery and almost left. so making plans with someone is a good thing.

after planning and taking my time, i make it to laura's house. i leave my car in her driveway and then we make our way to the 12:40 train (after first planning to take the 11:40). after we get in, our first stop is S'MAC. i think i have found my mecca. a place that only serves mac and cheese is a place that i can stand behind. i got the cheeseburger one and was more than pleased. if i lived in the area i would go there too often and would probably die from either cheese overload or a heart attack...which ever came first.

then it was off to astor hair. it is a nice cheap place that cuts my hair quite well most of the time that i go. this time i wasn't too pleased. it doesn't look ugly, but it isn't anything good. i told the woman that i wanted it cut to my chin and choppy in the back. she only followed the first half of my request. i have been to this place a total of 4 times and have had 4 different people cut my hair. the first time was amazing. the third time was really stellar. and the second and this time was nothing special at all. my mom has done better jobs in my kitchen than these people have done in a saloon. i'm kind of upset that i paid money for something and didn't get at all what i wanted. so i am going to have to either live with it or get it fixed. and i think, depending on how it looks tomorrow when i am leaving for work, that i am going to have to go to someone to make it look better.

another point of my outing today was to go to american apparel. i finally got my purple hoodie. i have been dying for one for way too long. i finally gave in and purchased one. i am wearing it now and i couldn't be happier (it makes me feel better because i am not thinking about my hair). i also went to the gap and got this great sweater for only $20. i charged way too much today, but it was all worth it.

barely made the train home b/c i needed a hot beverage (the new salted caramel hot chocolate at starbucks is possibly the greatest thing on earth). someone left their phone on the train and i was a good person and called their 'home' number. i left it at the station house and the guy said that he will pick it up tomorrow. i'm a good person. plus there is karma. and with my luck, it would have kicked my ass if i didn't do the right thing. but really i did what i would have hoped someone would have done for me.

so now i am home and that is all. no new years celebration for me. all i am going to do is upload some pictures from today, perhaps some laundry and watch kathy griffin & anderson cooper ring in the new year. laura invited me to go out with her and her boy tonight to some party, but i have work at 10am, so that limits whatever fun i might have been able to have.

i am going to go pout about my hair some more & play some ds

old habits die hard

i spent my friday night watching wall-e and crying.

what did you do?



i'm tired so the whole being there at 8am won't be fun, but i know that work tomorrow will be a good distraction.

with each coming winter

i have been slacking here. i have been working a lot so not much time to be home & blog. maybe i will write tomorrow or when i come home from my aunt's house tonight.

but for now, merry christmas!

let your heart be light

i figured since christmas is on thursday, i could be somewhat festive. i changed my now playing song to a holiday tune done by the always amazing jessi robertson singing 'have yourself a merry little christmas.'

it really doesn't feel like christmas. even with all the music we are playing at work, it isn't enough to get me in that frame of mind. i mean there is snow on the ground and my mom is making tons of treats. but the house isn't really all christmas-y besides my dad putting up lights. i'm not even doing anything for xmas eve, i am going to be at the bookstore all day. maybe it will hit me christmas morning or when i go to my aunt's house in the early afternoon.

either way, i am not very cheerful right now...holiday season or not.

let it snow?

it is supposed to snow again tomorrow.
& that fucking sucks.

hopefully it is sometime after 4 so i will be home from work when that happens.

running around in circles

it is snowing pretty nicely out there.

but i did get to go out this morning and picked up all my christmas gifts for myself (my mom gives us money & we buy everything ourselves). while it does kill the excitement, it does make sure that i get stuff that i like.

here is the list of stuff that i like: dvd player, the new fall out boy cd (don't judge), guitar hero: decades for ds, a wallet, pants from the gap (2 dress pants, 1 pair of jeans). i know that i shouldn't use any of it for about six days, but i really want to use the dvd player & play guitar hero. but i will wait...maybe. the dvd player might have to be opened depending on how boring my life remains these next couple days.

in terms of other people, i am all set for my mom & dad. all i really need to get for is my sister. and i don't think that will be too hard

this is not routine

i think i have time to actually write something & am totally in the mood to do so. this might be long depending on how long i feel like writing, what i have to say and when my mom calls me for dinner. i am sorry, but pasta & sauce really trumps blogging.


right now life is pretty ok. i mean there isn't too much going on. school is done. as in - i have finally finished. i am no longer an undergrad. this took 7.5 years, but it has happened. it doesn't feel like it though. i mean i know that i am done but it feels like a break, not completion. then again that is all it really is. i have to start grad school in fall 09. and then i have to take 175 hours of classes every 5 years after that. so really it is just one chapter of schooling that is done. i still have ~30 years left of learning left to do. shit, when you put it that way it is no longer too exciting.

my life now is all about retail and eventually subbing. i had the thought the other day that i am going to get stuck in the retail business. this week and next i will be working five days a week. this will probably continue until i tell eric not to schedule me that anymore. i can't start subbing until february. which is oddly ok. it makes me nervous to begin that whole chapter. i have been getting really scared about it lately. i don't know why. i have friends who have been really diving head first into it. and i am not. i am kind of relieved. it is natural to be nervous, but i know that if i don't start, i am never going to actually start. i know that this is what i am good at and what i want to do, so hopefully it will all fall into place.

other than that, there isn't much to tell. tina is home, so we hang & play music often. laura is in india, so i miss her. i see other friends sporadically and it is always wonderful. i've been talking to some new folks, but they tend to disappear after a while. i am used to being alone at this point so i just try to not get too excited about anything. my heart is in no shape to get all worked up about something that won't develop into anything substantial.

alright i have run out of words & am kind of hungry. i'm going to go check on the status of dinner & hope things are coming along well.

go your own way

oh! i forgot!

guess who i am going to see in march with helen...


that's right. fleetwood-motherfucking-mac

i can't wait.

adulthood?

what do Jerry Seinfeld, Ray Romano, Carole King, Paul Simon, and myself have in common?

we have all graduated from queens college.


and the difference between us?
i'll be working retail while they are being amazing

but at least i am not an undergrad anymore, 7.5 years is long enough.

that's not exactly true, only you

apparently...
- people read my blog. (i really thought they didn't)
- it is really cold in my room (my fingers are like ice)
- i am done with student teaching in two days (it is nuts)
- carter's charges for boxes (total assholes is what i say)
- i'm a total asshole (oh the complicated truth...)

kick yourself in the mouth

i have been at the public library for over 3hrs. i have not been doing anything productive.

well nothing really productive. i have been uploading videos to youtube. i have one of jessi & one of brian from a while ago(which doesn't seem to want to load). plus they increased the max file size to a gig. so i am just uploading a couple things that i have in my files that i haven't put up. it is just some joe wilson videos and a couple kevin devine ones. the only problem is that because they are bigger files, they are taking forever. i am on my last one now.

oh and a note here for you to be informed and for me to not forget:
bess rogers. dec 16th. 8pm. rockwood music hall.
i have class at 4:30, but i am probably going to head in after. it is a tuesday night so it should be easy enough. i haven't seen her play since the early summer, so it would be nice.

i should at least try to sleep so i don't over sleep for work

sunday - work, kevin devine/manchester in philly
monday - teaching
tuesday - teaching, computer class
wednesday - teaching, my final seminar, concert (either kd/mo in hoboken or jessi at the living room)
thursday - teaching (last day), work (joy?)
friday - para job (maybe), babysitting (& playing rockband)
saturday - teaching exam (last one!), work all night

speaking of jessi's show on wed, here is some info:





we all know i love jessi & kelli rae is a doll and can play a mean ukulele. it is for a good cause so besides listening to lovely ladies, it is worth your time.

we'll all float on

it is almost thursday.
i'm so excited for the week to end

one week away from being totally done
(minus having to go back for the 16th)

then i can work again & have money like a normal human being.

don't look at me like that

another busy week is well underway

sunday - work, time to breathe
monday - teaching, another seminar ($40 gone)
tuesday - teaching, computer class
wednesday - teaching, certification workshop ($40 gone, again)
thursday - teaching (field trip), work (joy?)
friday - class, babysitting ($60 back in my pocket)
saturday - work (at noon, so i can actually sleep)

i should have done laundry when i got home. seriously, i have nothing to wear tomorrow when i found something to wear this morning i was beyond lucky. i don't think i can be that lucky two days in a row. maybe i should start looking for something now?