New pictures!

06.27.04

I come bearing pictures.

This weekend I went to Will's brother's wedding. Everything was so beautiful, and it was so nice seeing Will again. I swear, the countdown to when I move is really, really dragging.

Here Will and I are at the rehearsal dinner, and here we are all dressed up at the wedding.

Somehow he knew I was envisioning us up at the alter, and according to his family, he and I are next. It's a good thing he agrees with them. ; )

09:21 PM [link]

Denied

06.23.04

I am beyond relieved that the judge simply removed the offending juror from the Scott Peterson trial and denied the motion for a mistrial.

We all know he did it, let's just move along with the case and send him where he belongs.

I'm currently working on setting up my brand new laptop (insert happy face). I got it on my birthday, although it wasn't a surprise since my dad and I had discussed getting a new one before I go off to law school. There isn't anything tragically wrong with my old one, but it was several years old when I bought it before college, and it was just time to get a new one. It's a ThinkPad like my old one, but it's so much THINNER and LIGHTER. When I picked up the wrapped package, I never would have guessed that there was a laptop in it.

Will sent me FLOWERS for my birthday, they're so pretty and I wasn't expecting them at all. They really made my day. He felt bad he couldn't be here for it, but I don't mind since I know he's busy with family and work and I'll be seeing him this whole weekend for his brother's wedding anyways. I can't wait to dress up, and I'm looking forward to seeing him in a tux (This is Mr. "Dressing up is tucking in my shirt").

03:14 PM [link]

Birthday!

06.21.04

I'm 21 today.

Wheeee!

It really feels strange, all this growing up stuff.

I was flabbergasted today when my boss gave me $100 and told me to buy myself the most expensive appetizer on the menu and a bottle of wine at dinner tonight. I protested, but then I considered the fact that all he has to do is work on a client's case for about 25 minutes to make that amount. In any case, it was really sweet of him and everyone at the office admonished me for not saying something prior to today so that they could have done something more "spectacular" for me.

Off to celebrate (but not to drink so much that I pass out, forget the entire night, and wake up in the hospital with alcohol poisoning. I'm a lot classier and self-restrained than that.)

06:08 PM [link]

Margaritas!

06.20.04

Today was a very good day; first I got my new glasses lenses and my new prescription sunglasses, so I can SEE again. It's scary how much my eyes changed in the last two years. I feel like I'm living in an old movie that was just restored and released on DVD.

Then tonight I had my first LEGAL drink. Kind of. We went to the Mexican restaurant that we go to twice a week (I swear if my parents didn't eat there once during the week, the waiters would call the cops and ask them to check and see if we were okay), and my dad told them that I turned 21 at midnight and if I could have a margarita. So I got a nice round of "happy birthday!"s and a hefty serving of frozen tequila and triple sec. So it looks like that solved my dilemma of, "Do I want Mexican and a margarita or a nice restaurant and wine for my birthday?"

Wheeee, I think I'm enjoying life now. ; )

08:25 PM [link]

8 months

06.18.04

I now know why I could never be pregnant.

If I had gotten pregnant the night that Will and I went on our first date, I would STILL BE PREGNANT and have A WHOLE MONTH left as of today.

Feeling like I've been with him forever and not being able to remember what it was like without him is a good thing. Something tells me that feeling like I've had something growing in my stomach forever and not being able to remember what it was like to not be pregnant isn't a good thing.

Then again, Amy calls me "Mother Goose's worst nightmare" and Will and I talk about our future dogs instead of our future kids. Something tells me the maternal instinct missed me completely.

I guess that was an utterly strange way of saying, "Wheeeee, eight month anniversary!!"

12:05 AM [link]

Shell chic

06.17.04

These are now hanging from my ears. I haven't had a case of OMG-I-need-to-have-that-NOW in a long time, but these are just so damn COOL.

If you wanna be just like me, check Mark, Avon's new line. I give a big thumbs up to their makeup too, lord knows I bought just about everything they sold when my sorority sister started selling it.

10:11 PM [link]

Tabasco

06.13.04

Man, whenever I spice up V8 juice, I always forget that a little Tabasco goes a long way. Ouch.

Since I've been doing the 9 to 5 gig at a criminal law firm this summer, I've really learned what the whole hating Monday thing is all about. It wouldn't be as bad if I didn't spend an hour on the road every day, and I'm really looking forward to August when I move to Chicago and give up my car for public transportation.

Yes, ta da, I'm moving to Chicago. I've known for a while, and I actually just signed the lease on my apartment and in July I'm taking a few weekends to furnish it and move my stuff. Sometime between when the summer semester, and hence, my internship, ends on August 6 and when law school orientation begins on August 16, I'll physically move my self and call it my home.

I'm absolutely esctatic, my apartment is a studio with a full bath, full kitchen, giant walk-in closet (!!), and a very large living space to divide into a bedroom and a living room. The one-bedrooms I looked at were only about $200 more a month, but were huge and way more room than I could ever fill or use. I'm on the 17th floor of a 40-story high rise right on Lake Shore Drive, which means that I look out my window and see Lake Michigan. I'm in a neighborhood called Lakeview where there are four (!!) Japanese restaurants and three Thai restaurants in walking distance, as well as all the shops, grocery stores, and other things I'll need. A bus goes right from my building to Union station, which is a block away from my school.

My school, by the way, is Chicago-Kent, which is the law school for the Illinois Institute of Technology. They specialize in how law is changing due to technology changing, although they offer plenty of other classes so you can specialize in whatever you want. It's three blocks from the Sears Tower, so I'm smack in the middle of downtown Chicago. It's scary how close I am to the shopping district of Michigan Avenue, both at school and at work.

So that's my life update, and I can't being to explain how agonizing it is knowing that that's all in my very-near future, but I have to get through this damn internship first. I want to be in Chicago NOW. Luckily, Melantha isn't too furious with me for choosing Chicago over LA, and it's fully expected that there will be visits. Of course, there's also our plans for New Years in Vegas, as we'll both finally be 21 (Brooke's birthday countdown: 8 days!).

Will is very excited about my upcoming move, and it's so cute how he brings it up every time we talk. Now all that he needs to do is find out what police department he's working for so that we know what side of Chicago he's going to be living on. The various departments that are hiring have their processes spread out over the whole summer, so it might be a few months until he knows for sure. My parents are also really excited, since they've never been to Chicago and everyone who they talk to now either used to live in Chicago or has a family member or friend who does, and everyone just raves to them about the city.

Off to read before bed.

10:41 PM [link]

Atkins baloney

06.11.04

Today at work, I spent the day researching recent articles about obesity, and let me just say that it reinforced that I'm glad I eat the way I do.

However, I read an interesting article about the Atkins diet that's swept up Americans like an epidemic. The author, a nutritionist, said that yes, the Atkins diet works. However, it doesn't work any better than any other diet, whether it's low-fat, low-calorie, etc, and it's not the smartest one to choose.

The analogy he used, which was very clever, is that you can choose to only eat 800 calories a day. And by doing that, you're losing weight because it's only 800 calories a day, which is a lot less than what you burn each day. Well, let's say you get all those 800 calories from hot fudge sundaes. So the diet's working, you're losing weight, all good, right? Not necessarily, since the hot fudge sundae isn't the best food to pick to fill those 800 calories. That's basically what the Atkins diet is doing by cutting out all the carbs and promoting high-fat foods.

Maybe I'm just bitter about the sorority house having low-fat bread and bagels, but it makes me feel good when I hear people confirm my thoughts about Atkins.

In other news, I have some nice, blue stitches in my arm. It's very interesting and at times I get a little queasy thinking about the fact that they were sewn into me, and that they're right there in my line of sight threaded through my skin, but I'm dealing.

10:57 PM [link]

Hole in my ass

06.07.04

My favorite pair of Express jeans have a hole in them. In the butt. Right under the pocket. *sighs* I kept wearing them thinking it was small enough and wouldn't get any bigger, but now it's huge. I've never worn out a pair of jeans like this, and I refuse to give them up. Looks like I better learn my way around with a needle and thread...

10:33 PM [link]

J-Lo again

06.06.04

I spoke too soon.

She's married again.

J-Lo and Marc Anthony got hitched Saturday, according to several news sources.

I told you, she's sick. She must have some co-dependence problem.

01:31 AM [link]

J-Lo

06.02.04

Jennifer Lopez is reportedly sporting a new engagement ring and Marc Anthony went to get a quicky three-day divorce from his estranged wife in the Dominican Republic. I think we all know what this means.

That woman is sick. SICK.

I used to like her back when her first CD came out and she wasn't all "I have bling bling and street cred!"

Now I just want to strangle her and put us all out of our misery. Like America REALLY wants to sit through another Bennifer-like debacle. Or even a J-Lo and Puffy thing. Or, although it lasted all of five seconds, a Jennifer Lopez and Chris Judd quickie. You get the picture.

Honestly, what kind of woman is that desperate to have a man? How come everyone openly and joyously bashes Britney Spears for her supposed influence on young girls, but no one's said anything about J-Lo? Anyone who calls her their role model needs to take a long, hard look at their love life.

05:52 PM [link]