saved from a horrible afternoon

i left work much later today than i wanted to b/c i had to wait for a kid to be picked up. i had a nasty encounter with the business manager, i'm unclear if i was being yelled at or not-certainly i should not have been, but i left work late and in a horrible mood. but several things brightened it up.
the first was walking over the gowanus canal noticing on one of the piling for (unclear what the piling are for they keep boats away from the bridge supports i think) up on top were a bunch of little figurines maybe 8cm tall that were arranged in rows of 3-4 depending on size and grouped by color, there was a 'big' sign in the middle of them but i couldn't read what it said, but it pleased me.
second i happened upon an artist studio open house. he does mainly fused glass and the stuff was really nice. although too pricey for me.
then in the same building was proteus brooklyn which is a gallery (i think unclear) which had a bunch of stuff organized around the theme of play and what that can mean-i think a few genres were not represented, but maybe my mind is just in the gutter. they had a lot of hand-made paper stuff that looked cool. int he background was the match museum, one person's personal museum and testament to the cold war and a lib ray of rescued books from stoop sales, free book boxes etc that are to be used for artist inspiration--its called reanimation. over all i was pleased
and then after the coop i bought a new pair of green tall boots-nothing like a little retail therapy when it gets dark at 5pm...

my advisor is incredibly sweet as well as incredibly trying on my patience

if you know me, you know i have very little tolerance for moving slowly, dilly dalling and repeating the same info over and over. that's her. i get it i need to do revisions on my thesis ok, its not the end of the world. its what i was expecting. you don't need to explain to me (invery nice terms) 15 thousand times. i'll have more time to work on it, if you shut up and let me out of your office. however she is a very nice person and a great advocate for her students...
this morning it really looked like winter outside-blah....

the transitchek credit cards are driving me insane

well really just the website is....

last night we went for a walk from kensington through a corner of sunset park and into boro park. it was a really nice night for a walk and of course always a trip and a half to walk through boro park. we weren't in the center of the action, but clearly a main street. it was both dead and the decals and logos on the stores i felt like it was a trip back in time.
slept through a meeting today. ouch. tutoring at 7:45am is harsh for me.
saw avenue q when i was with my parents, its better in a small theater and closer to the stage and the first time seeing it.

revisions

so my advisor read my thesis. and the essay that i used some outdated ideas for she was fine with. the weaker one i need to revise. its true it wasn't as well written, but she also wants me to address this topic that she brought up in our inital meeting but i dont really agree with. but i have to cut 5 pages out of the paper and then make it up with something, so i guess i will be addressing it. blah.
life goes on.
dinner time.

right idea wrong execution

so to bring down my carbon footprint when buying wine i've been sticking to domestics. and in fact the the new york state whites are still the way to go, or the wine in a box. but i was pointed to site where they have calculated the carbon foot print. and i'm better off with european wines than california wines.

in the burgh. i'm basically the only one who came home this year. my parents are redoing thier kitchen and have no sink. but they do now have a microwave which they will never use. one of the psuedo grandkids-who is so super cute--brought his own pasta for t-day dinner last night. it was cute. why do little kids have such picky appetites-i don't get it and why do we let them get away with it?

i at at unlce moe's twice this week. that place is just do darn yum i can't even deal. and i get to play tennis this afternoon. i'm pumped.

yeah i do actually have stuff to say

but have been in thesis land and then taken over by marathon's family-it was way too much. overwhelming and they are still here. i can't even say the word b-o-y-f-r-i-e-n-d out loud i should not be being invited to family friend's place in baltimore. sheesh.
but my thesis is in. i will pass. revisions may be necessary. a debt of gratitude is owed to grad school friend.
i can't believe t-day is so soon. and i need to start going tot he gym again.
watching knocked up. maybe blog more later

suburbs, submarines, sunshine

saw all 3 this weekend. freaked out that s&m own a house, and live in the burbs (not so close either) but its always lovely to hang out with those folks.
went to see a homemade submarine marooned off of coney island yesterday, was down there at dusk and was very pretty. the islands that are growing over the abandoned barges were a bit more interesting than the little sub but oh well. i also successfully skipped two stones, i believe for the first time ever. i also met marathon's nephew and neice, it was hard to turn off teacher mode when hanging out with the 7 year old. i also played some lousy catch. i kinda wonder how i was explained to them.
went to my coworker's massive apt for a b'day party last night. seriously huge and nice, not the area i would want to be in at all. but also not the money i have at all.
i'm reading 4 books right now. its a little much. and thesis due on friday.

welcome round house of millerton baby

so many new babies all around. wish i could go to the bris, but i doubt it...
beat marathon at bowling last night. also went to random but good food (althoughh not cozy) VEG restaurant on Avenue U. was jewville and huge house with no land ville. seriously who knew such big houses existed in brooklyn and who would want to live with so little green space? also his roommate is crazy. she met some guy in italy for 5 hours (an italian) and not at the end of her trip (and she didn't rearrange to spend more time with him) and now he is moving in with her in feb! things she does not know: his age, last name, interests. shouldn't judge just b/c its not my style.
what does one wear to a belly dancing class?

i am clearly insane

i just agreed to start tutoring a kid twice a week at school. both days i don't normally come in--fine bc i'm going to be paid for it. but on tuesdays i have to start with her at 7:45. my oh my....

have a real date with marathon tonight. i'll be pissed if our indescion ends us up just putzing around at one of our houses. seriously he's worse than me.

help me solve this mystery please

who the hell is the i assume guy with the crazy sarcastic sense of humor and access to a printing press on union between 4/5th that always has the old school look design posters with off somewhaat mean spirited but also funny sayings on them. they change between every 5 days and 3 weeks but average once a week. who is this person, what is z's deal?

it is amazing how quickly you'd never know thousand of people ran past my apt this morning and there were 100s out on my block and surrounding cheering them on. the post event clean up process is pretty quick and efficients.

mmm something else to say but don't remember what. cannot wait for the lucy and steven hawkings young adult novel to arrive. i want to do it as a read aloud!

love being able to see the bqe and the marathon at the same time from my window

my roommate went for a run and jumped in with them. this is a definite perk of living along a major thoroughfare-its also the marathon route.

big ass bummer of today is that it is going to start getting dark ass early-i already thought it was getting dark ass early. so not cool.

happy b'day chill. you sang wonderfully, hope this new decade is a good one for you.
going to try and be crazy productive today. first stop food shopping. (already went to the gym!)