Cuti & Dolly tie the knot

They finally did it!

My new camera!

My new camera!
Originally uploaded by queenjill

I finally got a digital camera of my very own. No more borrowing mom and dad's. Now I can immortalize all of those really important moments in life, like the state of my desk at the office last Thursday. Look out world -- prepare to be dazzled.

online dating

Comic Sans
Originally uploaded by Maulleigh

What an emotional rollercoaster online dating is. On Thursday afternoon I posted an ad saying I was taking proposals for a Saturday night date. I got more than 50 responses, of which only a small handful were at even remotely interesting. The rest ranged from nice guys whom I don't find attractive, to guys who clearly didn't read my post, to those who just pasted their own personal ad text into their response, to the guys who either loved or hated the shoes in the photo I'd posted, to the guys who wrote to chastise me for not including a full-length photo of myself in my post, to the multiple suspicious emails trying to get my real email address, to the guy who sent me a photo of himself nude (not bad, but come on!)

One guy suggested dinner in San Mateo but never responded after I sent my full photo and asked what time. Conversations with some others ended after one or two responses. I'm still conversing with a couple of guys but it won't lead to anything. It sure didn't lead to a date for Saturday night!

The thrill and the hurting.

Representing the West Side

Representing the West Side
Originally uploaded by Maulleigh

This past weekend I went to New York City to visit my sister. There wasn't really any special occasion other than that I got a cheap ticket (less than $300 on Virgin America!) and I had a free weekend.

Molly lives in the Bronx in a nice quiet residential neighborhood at the end of the 6 line. Her roommates are very nice and her living situation reminded me of being back in college -- the good parts -- living with friends.

In a nutshell, our agenda was:
Friday - arrive at JFK; endless subway ride to Pelham Bay; pizza at Villa Barone; walk to City Island; ice cream

Saturday - the Met! including brunch in the Trustees dining room (oh la la); subway down to the chapel at ground zero; shopping for a new bag at Century 21; walking to Chinatown; back to the Bronx for more Villa Barone and ice cream

Sunday - met Molly's friend James for lunch at a diner; bagels at H&H; Natural History Museum; back to the Bronx for leftover Villa Barone and ice cream (yep, three nights in a row of Barone pizza and ice cream - can't beat it).

Monday - wake up at the crack o' crack; limo to JFK; fly back to SFO....

All in all a very fun trip. It would be nice to see Molly more often but then again, maybe it would be like Christmas fudge - not so special if you got to have it all the time? Nah.

Whatever

This is my teddy bear. I love his expression. He's so... over it all.

Debut

Well here it is... my debut post. "Wait," you're saying. "This isn't the first post here." Ah, but that first one wasn't by me. It was by a friend who created this blog for me last June and invited me to talk about my thoughts or whatever.

Well after just over a year, finally I have some thoughts. And they're all EVIL. Well, most of them are, anyway.

This is an invitation to talk about yourself. Not about your daily life, but your inner life.