So I'm still not so good at updating this on a regular basis - surprise, surprise. A lot has happened since the last post, so I'll try to remember the past 2 months as best I can...
-Made 3 trips back to CA - one for Thanksgiving, one for a wedding, and one for Christmas/New Years. All fun, but I'd much rather take one of those "Get Out of Freezing Weather Free" card now...
-Actually I'm adapting to the cold surprisingly well. There have really only been a handful of those days that make me spontaneously swear on the sidewalk days.
-Learned that wind chill really isn't a myth.
-Confirmed that it'll be a while until the novelty of snow wears off and I complain about it like everyone else... Sure the sidewalks and gutters in Manhattan are nasty, but it's not so bad.
-Taken a liking to Thai food.
-Seen a modern dance performance (Alvin Ailey for anyone in the know, which I wasn't).
-Been to the ER more times than in the past 12 years of my life (1 to be exact).
-Played ice hockey with people much, much better than me.
-Gone to a few Rangers games.
-Started Yelp-ing about every amazing restaurant I go to. http://malmassy.yelp.com
-Discovered that there really is a such thing as an amazing bagel.
-Lots of work around the apartment, it's almost done (aside from a set of curtains and hanging up my posters). I put a few extra holes in the wall when I attempted to hang a 9 foot curtain rod by myself, but beyond that, everything's still in one piece!
-Discovered the joy of vinyl (Colleen got me a record player for Christmas, love it!).
-Seen some amazing concerts - Bon Iver in particular.
-Started actually working pretty hard.
-Started working out again. It's hard to make excuses to lay on the couch when the gym is just 3 flights of stairs down.
-Finally (just this week) got my first haircut since moving - yeah, 4 months.
-Learned that there's still a such thing as "traffic" in my morning commute despite not driving to work. What takes me 15 minutes on off-hours can take 40 minutes at rush-hour.
-Realized that the bar has been raised for a quality bar (ok, I swear that's the only crappy pun I'll make this time)... like free wood-fire pizza with every drink or ski-ball...
-Finished the CPA exam.(!)
-Got into the zone of actually cooking myself dinner every night after work, which has slowly turned into never cooking for myself.
-Feel like I pretty much know my way around all of Manhattan (ok, I guess just from SoHo on up, but I'm still pretty proud of myself.
That's about it for now. I'll end like I do everytime - by promising to write more - but all 5 of you who read this know how likely that is.
P.S.
A blog just wouldn't be a blog (especially a blog from Brooklyn) if I didn't try to push some music on you. Here's my top 10 albums from 2008:
1) Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
2) Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
3) Sigur Ros - Meo Suo...
4) Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
5) She & Him - Volume One
6) The Cure - 4:13 Dream
7) The Gaslight Anthem - '59 Sound <-- Check them out!
8) MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
9) The Rosebuds - Life Like
10) Kay Kay and his Weathered Underground
11) Fleet Foxes - self-titled
12) The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead
13) Alkaline Trio - Agony & Irony
14) Nada Surf - Lucky
15) The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
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2 comments:
That's right, I'm your first follower.
I want you to know, since you posted about music, that I've been chatting with spiller sometimes on gchat and he keeps telling me about new bands you tell him about. It's sweet, and it usually works out that I had just gotten the music from those bands that day or a couple days before. Glad to see you're still rocking the good tunes.
<3 David
WTF - add "re-united with an awesome SCU girl that lived next door to me for a whole year" to that list!!!! I'm excited you have a blog, because I'm ALL ABOUT THESE THINGS and write in it literally everyday.
PS - if you need a buddy to go to a Rangers game LET ME KNOW. I looooove hockey but never have anyone to go with.
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