Aaaaaaahhh...I love you, internet.

I'm soooo happy to be blogging again.

My long drought of "no internet service" is finally over. Stupid Verizon took freaking 2 weeks to get my line up and ready! argh!

I do so miss blogging. I never realized I liked it so much.

Ok. Now for some catching up...

Major events that have happened since I moved:
1. Moving. Here are some pics from our maiden voyage. (Click on any pics to enlarge)


What is behind door #10...?


Why, our living/dining room, of course!


And here is our kitchen.


And we love our nook...at the end of the very long kitchen. Notice the typical literature respective of Michael and me. He has a Time magazine on his side, I have a Neiman Marcus catalogue.


My first taste of Sandersonias. Delightful.

2. Our 2nd Anniversary.


Delphiniums for the happy couple.


We went to the Boston Commons to celebrate. Apparently, Massachusetts is so special that it calls its parks "commons." We walked down the posh Beacon St. and shopping district that housed Burberry, Louis Vuiton, etc...and boasts the residences of Senator Kerry and the like.


We also went to our corner market. The cutest corner market ever.



Ok...this blog is getting to be too long and time consuming. I'll put up more later.

Still Moving...

There hasn't been a day that's gone by since we moved last week, that I didn't construct some new piece of furniture.

Bookshelves, desks, chairs, utility carts, you name it! I've been building it.

No internet yet installed means no blogging...unless I make the 15 minute trek to my school to use their computers, which is what I'm doing now.

Moving is a b***ch.

Moving Time!

(This is our actual building!)

We move into our new place this Saturday! Yay!

I'm so excited to get settled in to our fabulous new apartment. I've moved in and out of apartments thousands of times before, but this time, it's different.

This time I'm really excited. Even though we've never even looked inside it, it already seems like the ideal space. And, it's got something I have never before had, a second bedroom!

Also, there's something great about knowing that (God willing) it is ours for the next 3 years. Ours to decorate and cherish and call our own.

I can't wait to make it efficient yet tasteful. Streamlined, yet graceful. Both aesthetically and ergonomically pleasing.

Maybe I'll have a L-shaped desk with a back-friendly chair. File cabinets neatly labelled. Closets purged of all but the 20% that I wear 80% of the time. It's time to get organized!

I'll be channelling my inner Martha (or rather a smaller, more frugal version of the paladin of polish).

Mahnolo v. Monogamy

Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to be single.

Watching Sex in the City (SIC) makes me think I'm really missing out. A whole city full of adventure and possibilities. I can imagine myself in fabulous clothes, working in a high-rise and never using my kitchen (for cooking anyway).

Even though I haven't even been married for 2 years now, it feels more like 6 since Michael and I started dating when I was 19. Nineteen. Everytime I say that number it reminds me of some magical time, long ago, when I was young and the world was wide open.

I've been so curious about singledom I even made the horrible faux pas of asking a single gal I just met at church, How's it like being single? And as soon as the words flew out of my mouth, I wish I could've taken them back...cause she was 31 and, well, didn't look very happy.

But when I seriously consider how life could've been, I must admit it probably wouldn't have been so great. To be a successful single, you have to be outgoing and optimistic. You have to believe everything will work out for you in the end (married or not). And you have to have a social network that takes care of you like a second family.

Well, I'm notoriously antisocial and pessimistic and even strike some as a cynic! So clearly, I would be a bitter lonely old maid, never meeting new people and never keeping in touch with old ones. I would find fault with any man that crossed my path and never trust my friends enough to feel un-alone. Instead of mingling and mixing, I would be home with a bucket full of fried chicken and enough video rentals to get me through each weekend.

God knows I would've been one bitter old misanthropic grinch.

But still, if one show can make this grinch feel like she might be missing out during the holidays, it would be SIC.

I Heart NY...on TV

In the battle of the coasts, I think NY is winning over Southern CA when it comes to popular media.

They had Sex & the City and (still have) Law and Order. "We" had Beverly Hills 90210 and (still have) the OC. They had Friends, we have Joey. They have Will & Grace, we have...no gay sitcoms.

Anyway, you get the idea. New York City. What an amazing city. It is THE American city.

When you think LA, you think decadence and paradisical landscapes.
When you think Flordia, you think retirees and golf courses.
When you think Boston, you think academia and uptightness.
I could go on and on.
But when you think of NY...you think: THE City.

Which brings me to ask, what makes a city so citified? What are the particular attributes of a city (vs. say a suburb or a rural district)? Here's a few:
1. Diversity
2. Heavy Commerce
3. Crowdedness

Essentially, people. Heavy commerce, you can see as a by-product of so many people trying to make a living.

The city: lots of people from all different backgrounds smooshed in as compactly as possible. Makes for good tv.