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Saturday, July 5th, 2008
“Then hug Chuck,” or, “ThatNight.net”
I was terrified of fireworks when I was little. Besides that, I don’t remember too much about my previous Fourth of July’s, up until the summer of 2006 when I ran off to Maryland and met a bunch of foreign kids working in the states for the summer.
We decided to [...]
Advice from turkey sandwiches
Thursday, February 14th, 2008 I woke up this morning completely miserable. I didn’t consciously acknowledge Valentine’s Day, although I knew it was sitting patiently in the back of my mind, poking the inside of my skull with a rusty, decrepit Cupid’s arrow that’s been stuck in there for five years.
I may have been angry that I couldn’t go [...]
Santarchy in Pittsburgh
Monday, December 10th, 2007As I sat on a bench at one of my spots in the city, eating a pita and wishing I had brought mittens, I noticed a small gathering of Christmas characters congregating alongside the road. Perhaps for a show? A parade? Were they on break from working the department stores?
Something’s going on here.
Oh! Wait. [...]
Christmas work
Saturday, December 8th, 2007 Around this time of year, my night job, delivering newspapers to a rather large neighborhood, entails finding mass quantities of cheap Christmas cards and filling out around 300 of them to send out one night in hopes they are returned with some Christmas joy. That is green. And rhymes with honey.
I’ve been doing this [...]
A different sort of college
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007 My first college was located near Philadelphia. It was pretty average, a state school, with brick buildings and a large student population.
Since then, I’ve made a few transitions, the biggest of which being my current college, a private school tucked away in the “park-like acres” of Pittsburgh (the most fantastic place in all the [...]
Because I’m more thankful for family on other days of the year
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007 Today I am thankful for the things that do not get much recognition on Thanksgiving. Things like:
Accents. So when I finally go to England, I’m sure I’m there.
Grass. Could you imagine a world without grass?
Anesthesia. I’ve been reading Sex with the Queen and there are several instances of sex-related surgeries. The numbing process (if [...]
Light up night / A post in pictures
Friday, November 16th, 2007We headed into the city tonight for the Santa Spectacular.
Every person who lives in Pittsburgh was there.
It was hard to see because every parent had stacks of children on their shoulders, but there was a stage with some dancing.
Then a flamboyant Santa arrived.
He pointed his big stick at things and they lit up, like [...]
Can you see the resemblance? It’s there. Look closer.
Sunday, November 4th, 2007If you guessed Anne Boleyn, you were right! But really, I probably could have also presented myself as Mary, Queen of Scots or Katherine Howard with the same costume. Or, as Norm suggested, Nearly Headless Nick. But wow, you guys know your history! Gold stars for everyone! You’ve made me all tingly [...]
Off with her head
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007Tonight is the costume party, and the most exciting aspect of it is all that getting ready time, being able to switch up the process from the daily routine. Normally I hate getting ready. Specifically, I’m tired of blow-drying my hair. For the rest of my life. I don’t want to do it anymore, [...]
That day at the end of October
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007Today was not an especially memorable Halloween. It seems I’ve reached the age (uh, 5 years ago?) when not only is candy-begging deemed inappropriate, but my closest friends have jobs that keep them working late into the evening, leaving me bored and seemingly lame. And being that I have no children of my own [...]
I feel Halloween
Thursday, August 30th, 2007I’ve been preparing for school over the last week and wishing I wasn’t. I am very much ready to cease being an undergrad, although I’m rather positive that I’ll be learning for an extra year beyond the traditional four. If I could coach lacrosse full time for the rest of my life, and afford [...]
An Easter Adventure
Saturday, April 7th, 2007My retaliation against Christmas trees
Monday, April 2nd, 2007Because there’s so much more to love about Easter.
The whole winter thing? Not working.
Monday, February 26th, 2007 I’m becoming more sure that when I’m married, I’ll convince myself and my husband to move someplace in which winter doesn’t last for almost half a year. It’s not even the bitter cold that gets to me so much anymore, it’s just the nasty, rainy, constantly gray atmosphere. It’s severely depressing.
I bought some chocolate [...]
Dashing and understandably pissed
Friday, December 22nd, 2006Perhaps a good entry for Stuff On My Cat.
On Christmas
Thursday, December 21st, 2006God definitely has it out for me on Christmas. I’m still convinced that I deserve miserable Decembers due to the fact that since I turned nine, I abandoned spending no less than 80 minutes before bed pointing out no less than 80 items that needed blessings that day. Like that guy I saw on [...]
And it starts again
Friday, December 1st, 2006What do you do when you live in a linen closet that doesn’t have room for a TV and your five roommates have overtaken the community television to watch season after season of Beverly Hills 90210 and you have finals to study for and papers to write but it’s Friday Night and there’s a [...]
“Santa Spectacular”
Friday, November 17th, 2006Tonight in Pittsburgh is what’s known as Light Up Night, or more appropriately, the Santa Spectacular. Among a crowd of thousands, children and fairies sing praises in the name of Christmas, all leading up to the grand entrance of Santa, who, I kid you not, throws festive fireballs at surrounding buildings, triggering lights and [...]
TCM: Relived, again
Thursday, October 5th, 2006 Last weekend, I kicked off my expedition of Pittsburgh’s haunted houses at Scream Asylum. When it comes to these places, I’m very good at acting like a total hardass until I’m two feet from the entrance and then latching onto whoever is naive enough to bring me along.
Don’t get me wrong — at the [...]
Halloween
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006 It’s finally October and it feels like Halloween.
I think that Halloween has almost always been my favorite holiday. Maybe it’s because it occurs during Fall, the most unique of the four seasons (in my opinion). Everything is cooling off and I’m able to comfortably sleep under piles of blankets, even though the weather is [...]