i have weird memories of you wearing long red socks and red shoes

i took this picture of my brother and i with my new polaroid land cam this summer. i like that we both have similar facial expressions. clearly it was very sunny. i really miss him. the other day he asked my mom if i really meant it, about not coming home for the summer. and she said i did. and drew said that was lame. and today he got on my case about not returning his calls. i hope when we get older we stay really close. and i live within driving distance. preferably closer. i want to babysit his kids and spend christmas with him and go into business with him. we're just so similarly-wired about the important things and vastly different about the trival things. it's the perfect combination. it's exactly why we can be best friends.

i have to start being more pro-active about my career goals. i think i'm going to develop a five-year plan tomorrow. and start networking like i'm a future business leader of america. i also want to start writing more. and losing weight. at least twenty pounds. i'd like to lose wait too. i hate waiting. i'm just not doing it anymore. i'm becoming a person of action. less waiting around for things to happen, more making things happen.

training to be grandma

at a very early age!

i'm excited for this weekend. i need to get a costume together.

reminder to self:
trains for anna:
4:46; 6:46; or 7:23 to suburban
trains for self:
7:25 ($23) or 9:00 ($28)

let's go!

building a religion

oh this weekend. good times. very busy. i like busy. i love anthropologie.

i'm in a really weird place right now. i think i need to reevaluate how i present myself to others. and make some changes. i've always sought the approval of my peers and it really pains me when i can tell that other people are getting annoyed with me. i think a little less talking, a little more listening. letting other people go first and falling in as a spectator or supporting role. i don't want to be the person everyone secretly dislikes. so i gotsa to change and rearrange. priorities. image. check myself. word.

reasons i love anna elias

some quotes from our conversation last night:

"anyway then we decided it would be a good idea to get on the elevator and pretend to be like elevator conductors.
so we were announcing all the floors asking people to pay us and kicking them off if they didnt."

"got really drunk made brownies.
and decided to give people nametags with really insulting nicknames"

"sometimes i just want to start my own company just so i could hire you."

"then convinced some kid i met on the sidewalk that i was homeless and that he should give me all his pizza.
i dont think he believed me but he did give me a piece."

totally golden.

touch me like an old stamp

total pimp weekend. so many ridiculous things happened. quick run-down:
1. made mime jokes to hipsters
2. met a man from nigera who calls me every day to tell me he misses me
3. bought 17 forties. 17.
4. danced with middle-age mexican men.
5. watched a middle-age mexican man dance/throw around/harass a hipster and the hipster scream.
6. saw a guy who looked like jonathan turner from boy meets world.
7. convinced people to take off their shirts and put them in the freezer.
8. saw camilo and uncle aaron and met a million nice people.
9. watched 25 empty forties fall down the stairs and shatter.
10. hung out with dan ass and danny jacobs. love love love.
11. walked from ellsworth to city hall with fifteen other people, singing bon jovi.
12. danced/sang with a man on the street.
13. watched julian bite freeze pops open
14. consumed a million freeze pops.
15. sang rock lobster in a basement full of people. moved on to cake and modest mouse.
16. redeemed myself with jim! he called me 'hilarious'! success!
17. got called 'caitlin wild'
18. hung out with fucking skiff and lizzie! and was reunited with kevin! and matt nease!
19. harassed freshmen with beth!
20. applied to work at an adorable coffee shop in old city!
21. got free wine at the yoga studio
22. ate delicious carrot cake at sam and julies
23. walked through northern liberties.
24. woke up warm and content
25. talked to liztil on the phone for an hour and a half. because i miss her so much.


baller of a weekend. absolutely baller.

paul anka was a hottie

i'm in love with my room and philadelphia and all of it's inhabitants.

i came as a rat

henry the mouse has become a problem.
yes he is a adorable. but he is also freaking me the crap out. i'm hearing mouse sounds everywhere and i am constantly spazzing out because i think a mouse touched my foot.
i woke up this morning to find that henry all my ramen noodles. and left a friggin mess. totally inconsiderate.
so now he must die.
i've spent $28 on traps so far. i'll let you know how it turns out.