3eb lyrics

Searching for something I could never give you

There's someone who understands you more than I do

A sadness I can't erase, all alone on your face

Love these lyrics to God of Wine, my favorite 3eb song.

So Brandon told me on Tuesday night to come over at 5PM on Wednesday but I didn't see him online so I just met up with Augusto for some sushi dinner.

I had a lychee martini and am getting over being buzzed.

I knew Brandon would chicken out. I think I will eventually meet him for sex but it's never going to be easy.

My housekeeper came over and my apt is super-clean. Now just have to maintain that level of cleanliness.

Augusto says Chappaqua is full of rich wealthy people. Maybe Brandon's gym usage is being subsidized by his parents. I think he spends close to $300 on gym and spin classes. Isn't that crazy?

Brandon tried to persuade me to leave work at 3pm to meet up for sex. I even asked my boss to leave but I forgot the post office is closed today. FAIL.

I thought I lost him. he may be traveling this week. he hasn't been in Toronto lately.

I'm bored. I may do flywheelsports. it's $30 per ride. I'll do the 7AM Monday class with John. He does the 7:30PM class ... not gonna take the same class, that would be hilarious.

OK I'm bored. heading to sleep. just wanted to put a quick Brandon update.

Lobster dinner

Just got back from dinner with Augusto at Nino's. Living Social coupon for a lobster dinner with bottle of white wine. Wine was good. Lobster was tasty.

Brandon hasn't contacted me since Wednesday. Maybe it's over. I'm bored. He's in Chappaqua visiting his parents. He visits them often.

I'm getting my hair highlighted tomorrow. then doing some work. I have an audit, 990-EZ that I'm dreading doing, and a personal tax return. Will make $1800 dollars more. Raking it in at this point.

Watching the Phillies lose to the Cardinals. If they don't make it to the next round I doubt I will watch any more baseball.

OK no Brandon update. He went to work today. So exciting. Still tweeting famous hot women on twitter with no responses. LOL, he's truly pathetic. But me checking his updates might make me even more pathetic.

Yankees game in October

I just got home from dinner with Chiemi at Cafetasia. We had a $30 Living Social coupon.

Now watching Yankees game, Brandon is there with some friends. how come everyone he goes with and says in his tweet that he's going with tweets they're going with someone else. it's kinda funny and sad at the same time.

Brandon's so far bad luck for the Yankees. I won't be too majorly bummed if the Yankees don't make it to the World Series. I do want the Phillies to make it to the WS more.

I have a lobster dinner with Augusto tomorrow. I wonder if Brandon will ask me out tomorrow. I'm just bored to be honest, not really horny or anything.

Loaded bases, 3-1 Tigers in jeopardy. I hope Brandon's still at the game. He may be good luck after all.

Wednesday Update on Brandon

So Brandon does have all-access. He's at the Equinox in Boston. He went to Boston last night. I think he went to Boston for a haircut. Not confirmed yet, but it's seeming like it. He didn't check into any media company today. But maybe he'll stay there for the weekend and leave me the hell alone. he really annoyed me this past weekend insisting on meeting him when I was busy.

I did get my bloodwork done so I can get tested for hepatitis and HIV. Hoping Davey didn't give me any std. I did get checked for gonorrhea and chlamydia in February so he didn't give me those diseases.

I was so tired yesterday morning that I texted my boss to say I was sick and slept til 1PM. I was so tired. then I went to the doctor and got some coffee. yumm. now that the weather is getting cold and crisp I've been craving hot coffee.

went back to work today. kinda busy. Paddy is staring at me now. Not sure why.

as each day goes by and I learn more about Brandon, he gets more and more nutso. But he was funny in his tweet last night. He was saying if you put the kit kats on bagels then you're a full-blown fatty. that was hilarious. who puts kit kats on bagels? so funny. that def made me smile for the morning.

Wonder if Brandon lost his beard. I swear I can get him to date me. Something in me just says he will try. but then again I may be wrong. he is a bit nutso!

Wonder when he'll be back.

Paddy is staring at me again. Not sure what he wants.

Phillies losing to the Cardinals. They better make it to the World Series. they have Cole Hamels, Cliff Lee and Roy Halliday. they need to win a World Series ring.

Hoping the Phillies beat the Yankees in six games in the World Series.

Giants-Sea Hawks game at 1PM on Sunday. Going to watch that game for sure! Jets-Patriots game at 4:15pm on Sunday, the Jets are going to be 2-3 and not make the playoffs this year. Now rooting for the Giants now!

Paddy finally stopped staring at me.

Monday night doldrums

OK I am just posting what is happening. Brandon went to Boston for work Wednesday night and tweet-asked his friends in Boston if he should stay the weekend there. then his friend said some nyc guys were in town. So I thought he'd stay the weekend and leave me the hell alone. No he comes back on Friday and IM's me Friday night. Then he contacts me on Saturday night asking for a threesome. And the most annoying come over fuck me IMs on Sunday. Couldn't meet him this weekend. And tonight when I could, he is nowhere to be found.

But I found out why he is MIA on Mondays. He has some flywheel class on Monday nights. some type of studio cycling class.

Anyways, I'm going to get tested tomorrow since Brandon is paranoid that I am carrying some unknown std. I was clean before Davey and unless Davey has some unknown std, I am sure I am fine. Wondering why I need to do this since we'll be using condoms. Strange guy. But he's hot and I got over his tweet stuff.

So he likes to share. Let's give him his twitter foursquare forecast tweets.

I am rooting for Tampa! GO TAMPA! Also might be rooting for the Yankees til the World Series.

But I really think Brandon came back from Boston because his company didn't comp his room for the weekend. I can't think it was because of me. I really hope not. that would be very sad.

At least I'll be having sex with Brandon. the jerking off stuff got tiring and old after the second time. At least I know he wants to have sex with me. I was beginning to get worried abt my looks and genuine sex appeal.

The weather got cold so I wore jeans to work. I think I'll wear jeans to work every day this fall and winter.

I do like Brandon but I have a feeling he's obsessed with me. that's just a feeling I have. not confirmed. who knows with him?

He's a Steelers fan. So was Davey. But Davey grew up in Pittsburgh. Why is Brandon a Steelers fan? Strange guy. Doesn't like the Mets or Jets. He's into the Yankees. and he tweeted abt the Giants.

OK it's official. As of 8:25pm Sept 28 I am no longer interested in Brandon R. He is so sad and pathetic. He just asked a Playboy model out on a date saying he was halfway decent looking and semi successful. that's just sad. then he says he needs a girlfriend. all on twitter using his real name and it's a public profile.

I had to send him some tweets from a new acct because I thought someone should tell him to can the pathetic tweets.

OK I will continue meeting him to hook up with. But if he asks me to date him, I will turn him down. He is so sad. It's pathetic. Any points he gets from being goodlooking and having a semi-large nether region is being discounted with his ever-present checking into foursquare and his sad tweets. just so sad. I think he will never get a date in his life. I think I know why now. Every girl he's asked out prolly saw his tweeter feed and was like um no thanks. LOL

I was really falling for him until tonight's pathetic tweets.

I might not even continue hooking up with him. I have my standards!

Yankees

Brandon likes the Yankees and Dave Matthews Band. He saves all the ticket stubs and puts them in his desk glasstop case. Very interesting.

Not sure if he follows football. Small things I'm getting from him.

He also has a very neat apt. Nice apt building, they painted the walls of his staircase hallway.

I do believe I can get him involved with me. He's just too easy to manipulate. too easy

nevermind he is tall, lol

Strike that. Just saw Brandon's updated photo on facebook and he is indeed tall. 6 or 6'1 looking. he looks very tall in that pic. not posting it here tho as that's too dangerous.

shorter looking today, LOL

Hmmm, third time I met Brandon in 6 days. Still the same old thing. I told him next time he has to mix it up. I don't think he's 6 feet tall either, he looks 5'11 or 5'10. Didn't look that tall today, LOL

I am falling for him tho. More feelings for him than I ever felt for Davey.

He's still hot though. Just didn't look that tall today. LOL

And I missed him yesterday but I knew he would contact me sooner rather than later.

I'm happy and in love though. I get happy when he sends me an instant message on yahoo.

Brandon update

I had to buzz Brandon this morning at 11:03AM. But he did indeed let me up. Brandon's still hot. Just jerked him off but he did give me a compliment on my nether regions. I have a feeling the next time we'll be having sex. Maybe that will be Monday during the day when my boss is gone on vacation. We shall see.

I am happy and can't wait, Brandon's big! :)

Yesterday and tomorrow

Brandon IM'ed me at 1:41pm. I wasn't around. He returned at around 4:25pm and we chatted. He already wants to meet up again. I think I created a monster. So I'll be meeting him tomorrow at 11AM. We shall see where this goes. I thought he would wait a week or so.

Did I mention that Brandon is hot! He is smokin' hot! God must have pitied me on my last three guys that I slept with. Adam, Brian and Davey were all ugly. Adam was alright but short. but the rest were like 5-6. Brandon's a 9! I think I'm an 8. So he's hotter than me.

He still doesn't want sex, even tho he mentioned anal sex and the fact that he's never had it. He prolly had sex with 2 girls. I don't know why he can't get more girls, he's really cute. Maybe girls are twitter friends of him and are turned off by the fact he posts where he is every waking moment. I'm not mentioning it to him. But that's a turnoff.

But I am happier with Brandon being a fuck buddy than Davey in the year and 3 months I was dating him. God and the fact that Davey is keeping my digital camera is just wrong. I hope he gets what he deserves.

Brandon is so much hotter and has a bigger penis than Davey. Brandon's definitely an upgrade over Davey. The only three things against him is the fact he's Jewish, he's 8-9 years younger than me, and he updates his whereabouts on twitter every couple hours.

The last thing he might be doing for work even though he updates it on weekends too and at night. So it makes me think he just likes to share?

OK, until the next Brandon update :)

I met up with Brandon tonight after work. Got there around 5:20pm. Jerked him off and went on my way. He's very cute! Had my period today so it worked out perfectly.

If I can bet anything is I'll hear from him in a week or so. I think he'll make an excellent fuck buddy. And I think I can get it into more.

He called me at 10:30pm on Tuesday night. I was on my way home from the Yankee game. but I didn't think he would call me.

He's like 6 feet tall, muscular build, scruffy goatee like beard going on. Very cute. I would say he's as cute as John Fitzgerald. And John was hot! He's just Jewish.

I'm in love!

On another note, my blog has been compromised. Davey must have found it, I don't know how but he did. I don't think I bad-mouthed him on this. I just didn't see him that much during our duration (don't even think I wanna call it a relationship).

Anyways, I've moved on to Brandon.

He has a lot of Dave Matthews Band concert posters. I didn't wanna mention the fact that he just saw them last weekend. His apartment is very neat. Puts my apt to shame. I need to get my housekeeper to come by next weekend. He has a nice one-bedroom, enough room for me and Paddy to move into. LOLOL

I AM IN LOVE WITH HIM. HAPPY :)

chubby

So I went to traffic court and they found me guilty and I had to pay a $130 fine but no license suspension. What a relief!

Brandon finally left town. After spending Fri Sat and Sun at Dave Matthews Band Caravan.

He's in Toronto for work. I wonder if he'll contact me when he gets back after this week.

He changed his profile pic on Facebook and looks a bit chubby. LOL

Back to work tmrw. Time to work hard and do well!

Yankees Snoopy Day tmrw. dentist appt on Wed. being poor for the rest of the week as I'm paying my mom back and then the ticket fine!

I have a feeling I'll be seeing Brandon next week. Here's to hoping he's not fat!

I have a feeling I can get him into a relationship.. LOL

Job woes

Just got some bad news at the office, still on probation. Now I have to get my journal entries approved by my boss. Hope this passes and I get a raise in December. Hoping for the best!

So Brandon has been updating his foursquare to show he's in NYC, working and checking into several restaurants/bars. So wondering why he told me he was out of town. Strange. Not sure if I'll be meeting him next week.

Anyways not that interested to care that much. He is 26 years old by the way.

Tomorrow I have Swan Lake NYC Ballet and then I'll go to my parents on Sunday to visit my dad who had neck surgery. Hoping he's okay and makes a full recovery.

Monday I have a court date with the city due to a traffic ticket I got in March. Hope the cop doesn't show up and they dismiss my case.

Tuesday night I have a Yankees game, Snoopy doll day. Wednesday I have a dentist appointment. That's it for this coming week.

I made $439 in two projects yesterday and I might be paid $2400 next week.

OK, trying to concentrate more at work and do a better job.

Not so bad, 4 days since my last post.

Brandon IM'ed me tonight, called me twice and asked me to come over. when I finally agreed, he hung up on me and said his parents were coming over. oh well. He said his number is changing so he'll send me his new number later.

I'm in love tho! Haven't met the boy yet even. LOL

I was supposed to go to the Mets-Cubs game tonight but wasn't feeling well last night. My nose is not stuffed now anymore but I am still sneezing and have somewhat watery eyes. I went yesterday afternoon and they lost 5-4.

Dentist appt on Wed. DBD concert on a boat on Thursday. Brandon shd be back in a week or so so that will be nice.

Jets losing 0-7 in the first quarter.

Brandon, boy toy

Hmmm ten days darnit I'm supposed to blog more not less! Anyways, it's after Labor Day so summer is over.

My doggie walker who charged $10 a walk for 15 minutes moved away to do an internship in Brewster, NY so I had to hire a more expensive dog walker. Paddy. Paddy is walking Paddy. LOL

So back in 2008-2009 I was communicating with this 23 year old named Brandon Rosen**blatt. He was very hot. but young. I was 31. 8 years older. And we made times to meet up but he would always back out, chickening at the last minute. Anyways, I moved out of the neighborhood July 2009 and didn't log into Yahoo messenger until abt 5-6 weeks ago where I saw Brandon online. He IM'ed me and asked me if I wanted to meet up. I gave him my phone number but then told him I got my period so I couldn't meet up. Now he's 26. Older? Wiser? more mature and will meet up now??? We shall see.

2 and a half weeks passed by and then he called me. So he wanted me to come to Manhattan Sunday night of Irene. He would pay for the cab both ways. I declined. Then I found his twitter ID and the fact that he checks in everywhere on foursquare. So I knew he went out of town last week. So I was going to text him tonight. But then he called me at 4:51pm yesterday. He said he was in Canada. And coming back 11PM on Thursday. I said I can only do Thursday late night if he let me sleep over. I doubt that's happening and he's busy this weekend for a wedding in the Nantucket area. And next week is no good. Oh well. I have a good feeling I can turn this at the least to a regular f buddy type thing. Or maybe something more like a relationship. Not sure if I want to marry a Jewish guy tho. I do wanna have Catholic kids. But that's jumping way ahead!

Hope he's matured since he was 23 and will have the guts to meet up!

He's not as hot as he was when he was 23. He's pretty cute though still. and he looks like he's 6' which is good and he has hair! YAY! He's tall, muscular thin build and dark hair. He's totally my type.

Anyways, he said this would be a one-time thing but I know better! LOL

Paddy's in my bed sleeping!

I had my third dentist visit and two more to go along with a visit to remove my wisdom tooth.

Dinner with Augusto on Friday, lobster groupon.

Mets game with brother and Paddy Bark in the Park on Sat at 1PM

Mets game with Augusto 9/11 tribute on Sunday at 7:30PM

DBD boat cruise on Thursday 9/15

Hmm another 8 days. So Hurricane Irene became Tropical Storm Irene and the MTA was shut down for no apparent reason. Will try to get into work tmrw by Q101.

Brandon this guy I met three years ago online has resurfaced. He always chickened out before meeting me. Not sure if he'll chicken out again. He's very hot though. The Giants-Jets game is tmrw which I forgot abt so I will prolly watch that instead of meeting him. But maybe on Tuesday or Wednesday. He's 26 years old. Very young. I met him when he was 23. 8 year age difference. I have a feeling I can prolly manipulate him into dating me. LOL he's just very impressionable.

Davey finally got the hint and left me alone. Hallelujah!

Tmrw I have a dentist appt at 6PM so I can't meet him anyways. Maybe afterwards! LOL

Helping Chiemi tmrw if I dont get into work on time.

Friday I am meeting Josh for a steak dinner at Osso Bocu. Labor Day Monday at the US Open day session.

I have time on Tues/Wed/Thurs for the Brandon meeting. I do like his name though!

will try to post more

hmmm eight days since last update. argh!!!!!!!!

I skipped the deadbeat darling concert last night and no photo shoot even though it didn't rain!

Tonight I am having dinner at Oliva with Augusto. Then maybe watching the Jets-Giants preseason football match.

I got a manicure pedicure already so no plans tomorrow. I might make jalapeno poppers tomorrow!

Tuesday I have a blackjack class. Wednesday meeting Josh at Osso Buco for a steak Living Social deal. Thursday seeing Dr Sherman after almost 2.5 months of going without. Then Augusto's birthday dinner at the Williams Club on Friday evening.

Chiemi has to crash at my apt before moving to a good deal sublet for 2 months in LIC. That's closeby to me! I have to check out her apt. But I'll be gone at my parents from Sept 2 to Sept 5! WOO-HOO US Open tix on Monday Labor Day Sept 5!

long time since last post, trying to post more!

It's been 11 days since my last post. I sometimes remind myself I need to post an update but then I never get around to it.

So I have not reconciled with Davey.. He sent me a pic of a coffee cup and red velvet cupcake, weird! I might take Kate's advice and send a pic of a plate of buffalo wings and a bottle of gin saying bottoms up! I will do that this weekend at the bar from watching the Giants-Panthers game tomorrow.

OK my dog is cuddled up beside me, how cute. He missed me all day.

I just got back from an all-Beethoven program at a Mostly Mozart Festival, lol.

Tmrw I have a brunch meetup at Cookshop then a 4:10PM Yankees-Rays game. maybe catching the Giants-Panthers game at Brother Jimmy's. Sunday I have a pug meetup in the morning then a 3PM Knitting workshop at Lion Brand Studio.

Monday I'm watching the Jets-Houston Texan game at a bar in Manhattan, TBD.

Then a dentist appt on Thursday. My new old housekeeper from Washington Heights is cleaning my apt at 5:30PM on Friday. Then Deadbeat Darling concert at 11PM. Photo shoot with Paddy in Central Park but there's a threat of thunderstorms that day so I might reschedule to next Sat August 27.

I got a root canal done and I now need five more visits to the dentist to get the post and crown done.

Mets losing. Wright sucks. Bay on fire.

Mittens knitting Part 2 on Sunday August 21. I need to get a rain date Mets voucher by the end of this year. It leaves me August 20 to maybe do a Mets game. What kind of seats should I buy? Should I just get a single ticket? So many questions, so little answers.

Took my medicine at 11PM, won't be sleepy til 1AM.

end of Davey, yay!

Just called it quits with Davey. In June or so he asks me to define the relationship as we're not bf-gf. news to me! Anyways that relationship was not going anywhere. I only saw him once every 3-5 months, that's just not acceptable. I am going to give up dating guys and just focus on my career and earning enough money to raise a kid on my own. Just one kid preferably a boy. Sperm donor: white male with dark hair who's intelligent and not ugly (no big nose, no glasses, brown eyes, don't want a freak half-Asian kid with blue or green eyes).

By December, I shd be making 60K. And then wait another year to December 2012 to get to 70K, and then in December 2013 get to 80K. that's not bad. I can afford a baby with 80K. I'll be 37 in May of 2014 and making 80K. That's enough for diapers and I'll be sending my kid to public school. LOL maybe Stuyvesant! and save up in a college fund for Cornell's state school, that's not a bad plan!

I'll name my son Jason after Jason Bay! LOL

If it's a girl I'll name her Isabella and nickname her Ella.

That's my current plan and I no longer plan on dating guys or having sex. I don't miss it and I have no sex drive ever since being put on Geodon.

PJS gets a blog

Hmmm, just discovered my nemesis who will remain nameless because I don't want to get him started again, has started a blog page. What will he write?

Anyways, I am not taking down my blog about him.

Looks like he convinced one clueless girl to date him. I wonder if he beats her too! Some girls are so desperate! I wonder if she can use the Internet. Well she was fairly warned. Only a complete idiot would date him. Someone with low self-esteem. He is a pathologically compulsive violent guy. Hope he doesn't put her in the hospital like he did with me and another one of his true gf's. He was never my bf. I would never be treated like that by a bf, that would just be low self-esteem.

What's strange is that the pic of the two of them is so low-quality, it makes me wonder if that's really his gf.... can't he take a better picture? LOL

Oh well not going to waste my time with his like. I just hope he doesn't refute that nights' events. He is a violent guy with psychotic tendencies. He shouldn't be allowed to date. Can't believe he convinced a girl to date him. She must have a lower IQ than he has.

Well I hope this relationship doesn't end in an arrest. LOL

Week of July 25

My boss was away from July 18 to July 25. He was back today! And now I'm busy again! LOL It was nice having a vacation from him as he puts it! LOL

I went into work today at 5:30AM. Took the 5:05AM Q101 bus to work. Then I washed my hair and got a yogurt parfait and venti mocha frappaccino (got my 15 stars and free drink from Starbucks). Then it was 6:25AM when I got to work. And I finished up all my work yesterday so I had nothing to do but clean up my desk and label my file folders! Boy I had a lot of down time before my boss got in at 9:20AM!

But then it got busy. I left promptly at 5:30PM and left my iPhone at work so I had to go back and the N/Q trains to Astoria were delayed so I didn't get home til 6:30PM.

Now I'm struggling to stay away til at least 9:30PM so I don't get up at 3:30AM. Went to bed at 8:30PM yesterday.

Can't find my Blockbuster DVD. Will reorder it from them. I keep reporting stuff missing. I wonder when they'll discontinue my service.

Today is a chill week. Tomorrow I wanna go to Knitting Doctor and get some help casting on. Also wanna go to mass tmrw morn to make up for missing Sunday mass. Thursday I wanna hit a yoga class in the morning and then get dinner at Sprig with Josh. Dentist at 6:30PM on Friday then going to get some pho from Pho Bang in Flushing afterwards. Sat 12PM I have a photo shoot planned with Paddy at Central Park. that should be fun. Sun I will go to church in the morning and then I have a Knitting 2 class at Lion Brand Studio.

Next Monday will go to my friend's sample sale at Decode 1.8. $35 dresses. Tuesday I have a Mets-Marlins game. No plans to go with anyone as of yet. Then tentative dinner plans with Chiemi later that week at Bento Burger in the East Village so I can give her the Yankees ticket. My bro installed new bookcases and I moved the contents along with the Yankees tickets elsewhere so I have to look for them. Not good.

I will try to add some more photos to my web blogging so it gets more interesting.

I also didn't post last week, will try and remember to post an entry at least once a week.

I will try to cook baked sausage and pork ziti this Friday.

News about my raise!

I got an 8K raise. 19% raise. You do the math! Now I have to wait to December to get another review.

I have so much work to do. I might leave for work at 5AM tomorrow.

Taking a pilates class Saturday morning, then hitting IKEA to look at bookcases. I want to get one with a drawer. Dentist appt to fix 2 cavities on my left side of the mouth. Still have two cavities on the right side of my mouth that will be another visit. Sunday brunch at Goat Town with three other brunch'ers, then Mets-Phillies game! Maybe try to get a manicure after the game.

Need to get some pancetta and some other ingredients to make baked sausage ziti! I need to test my oven to see if it works. I wanna bake a maple pecan tart for the office as an appreciatory gift for my new found raise!

My raise!? in only 6 weeks working!

I'm going to try and post something each week. I am going to bake ziti sometime this week after I get pancetta from Zabar's. This is to test my oven to see if I can bake a maple pecan tart.

So Joel, the general manager at GMC Parking, who is the hiring manager and hired me told me at the start of the job that I will get a review in three months and six months. And the president told me over the phone that if I'm successful I will see a rapid rise in my salary. Joel told me before he went on vacation that when he gets back he'll ask Mr. Chapman about a raise and I don't have to wait three months. He didn't mention anything to me all day so I finally asked him at the end of the day. And he said he has to talk to the president and my boss. So I really hope I get a raise of 5-8K this time. I am not making that much money so I really need it. If I get two 2 8 K I will still not be making what I made in AIG. But the guy I replaced made 90K so I am hoping I get around 65K after a year or 18 months, that will be nice!

Blaise told me last week that I am doing well there and he foresees me doing a good job. That's a vote of confidence! So I am really hoping for a good raise this time around!

I hope it happens fast! the president is leaving for a vacation after Tuesday and my boss is away on Thursday and all of next week.

Got a new job end of May and really busy these days

I've been meaning to update my blog. I saw Davey three weeks ago. He came down to NYC. That went well. I should be seeing him in August in DC.

I got a new job! It's at Chapman Consulting, sister company of GMC Parking. I started on May 31. And it's going well. It's a real estate company that owns a lot of parking garages in Manhattan. Not as big as MPG. But about 60 garages. Not so bad. I am slated for a raise in 1 week so that will be interesting to see how much more they give me given I've worked there for only 4-5 weeks.

I have been super-busy. Jacqi and Jackie have been replaced by Augusto and Josh. I am still friends with Chiemi. I am going to see a foreign Asian film from the Asian Film Festival with Josh on Thursday. That's following a 7PM yoga class. The Sleeping Beauty ballet on Wednesday. I got dress circle seats, so that should be good. Tuesday I am scheduled to take a pilates class unless I have to work late. And on Friday I have a dentist appointment. Saturday I have a Pilates class in the morning followed by a Yankees game then Deadbeat Darling concert at night. Sunday I have to go to church around 12pm followed by a 2pm 3 hr knitting in the round class. Then I will be headed to a dinner at Nick and Toni's followed by a movie Transformers hopefully in IMAX with Augusto.

Busy week!

And then I am getting new bookcases next week after I get paid.

BOGGLES THE MIND!

Some people's updates on Facebook boggle my mind. For instance this police officer in upstate NY and his wife who doesn't work and stays at home with their newborn son, how much can he make? They bought a house and she got a treadmill. I'm thinking he makes like 50k.... anyways, it boggles my mind!

Then this dance instructor said he got 2700 Lasik surgery last year. He's a dance instructor at Bally's, how can he afford that?

BOGGLES THE MIND!

#1 Mets fan

As of the May 7 Mets game against the Dodgers, I switched allegiances to being a Mets fan. I just live closer to Mets' Citi Fields.

Trying to learn the Mets lineup and pitching more!

More to come!

One of my former friends is blogging every week so I think I should do the same.

My weekend was nice. I had brunch with my new brunch group at Goat Town in East Village. I saw DJ again and I hung out with Emmy and Linda and two others for a total of 6 brunchers. Not so bad, even though 12 people signed up.

Osama was killed, which I'm happy about but life goes on.

I'm leaving at 1:45PM for Mr Dennehy's to watch the Real Madrid-Barcelona match. It's at Barcelona so I expect a blowout!

Tomorrow night is a sushi meetup group at Ko Restaurant. Time for celebrating the month of May is it's my birthday month!

Away with the BAD!

So today was a difficult day. I cut out one of my good friends. She just wasn't supportive of my life decisions and she made me say negative things to her out of spite so it was just not healthy.

Anyways, moving on!

Davey's coming to NYC soon. That should be fun. I think I'll take him to the Thai place since that is going to expire soon. I hope he makes it for my birthday.

Everything's going well though, I'm getting a $250 check in the mail. And I have $150 in upcoming project.

I signed up for elance and bid on 4-5 more projects so I hope I get those.

Nothing else is new with me.

I'm meeting my friend Josh for dinner tonight at Bann. It's on me because he got dinner last time.

Tax Season Going on Strong!

The Knicks beat the Orlando Magic in overtime. Thrilling game!

Well Davey says he's coming to NYC to visit. We shall see. He's turned MIA lately.

I have one bookkeeping client tomorrow at 11AM, getting paid by one tax client tomorrow at around 5PM and then getting some receipts from a third client to type up into a spreadsheet for him. Wednesday I have an 8:30AM appt and an 11AM appt. Both tax clients. Thursday I have a 12PM tax client. No appts so far on Friday. One bookkeeping client at 10AM on Sat. A double client (boyfriend, girlfriend) at 4PM on Sunday. And it hasn't reached the midway of the week and I'm booked this week solidly.

I have 4722 in the bank account, but I have a 130 ticket, 1100 rent, 250 rent check outstanding. I wanna have 5-6K after tax season.

Have to get up at 9AM tomorrow. I should make my office hours 12PM to 7PM.

Paddy's being finicky lately. I feed him so much food he should be happy he has a mummy like me.

Update in March, BUSY tax season

Has it been almost two months since I posted an update? Bad me!

So tax season is getting busy. Have at least 5-7 returns left to prepare. Meeting 2 clients per day from tmrw (Thursday) to Saturday then one client on Sunday and one client on Tuesday.

But I am still going out. I am going to dinner and an opera featuring Natalie Dessay! Yup Lucia di Lammermoor. I thought it would be different actors but Dessay will be there! That's my favorite opera of all time, when she goes mad. That's the truth.. Then my grade school friends will be at the R Bar, not sure if I'll go down there after the opera ends at 11:40pm. We shall see!

I emailed Davey abt a 4-day trip to MD on March 17 to March 20. But maybe I'll get clients then and not be able to take the time off. We shall see!

Now been following the Knicks since last Wednesday when they got Carmelo Anthony and Billups. They won tonight, going 3-2 since the trade. I will try to get Knicks tickets in the coming weeks.

On the bus

So I'm on the Greyhound bus, using their Wifi. They don't have outlets though. If I went to DC, they would have outlets and Wifi.

I'm on the way to visit Davey in MD. I kinda bugged out on him again because I didn't hear back from him after he invited me down at 5PM. He responded back at 7:45PM. But all is well now.

I'm not going to ask when he'll move to NYC or why he doesn't come and visit me. I will just ask if he is free Good Friday weekend. That's reasonable, right?

It's sleeting snow and rain in NJ. I think it's still snowing in MD. I wonder what he'll be making for dinner tonight.

Got a new job!!!

So I finally got a job as an accountant/bookkeeper at Morgane Le Fay. I started on December 22. I am still claiming unemployment until last week since I don't get paid through Paychex until this week. I need all the money I can get... Anyways, I think I am born lucky. I have never been without any money in my life. I was employed at Morgan Stanley from 2000 to 2006, Wyeth from Jan 06 to May 06. Cantor Fitzgerald from May 06 to September 06. AIG from October 06 to July 08, Equinox from Jul 08 to Sept 08, then RBC from Sept 08 to Feb 09. Then I was unemployed from Feb 09 to Dec 10. 22 months I was on unemployment. Then when I earned 10K working for AccountEdge my own company.

Now I'm set. I have Adam's income, Commondesk on weekends and evenings and this Morgane Le Fay job plus my tax return and audit work income from AccountEdge. I can renew my lease when it comes due at the end of May. Even with roaches and the lack of the buzzer working, I don't think I can move to another building without leaving a substantial deposit. My credit history is poor and my income from the job at Morgane Le Fay is not high enough to warrant me to moving to a place that costs $1400 or more.

Last weekend in MD

So I was invited by Davey up this weekend, took the bus to Baltimore then transferred to Frederick so I got there around 3pm. He picked me up at 3:10pm and we hung out til 6pm whereupon he had to leave to go to a work dinner. He was gone til midnight! I was pissed so he slept on the sofa for part of the night. But we did end up having sex the morning after so we didn't break up over it.

He said he'll come to NYC in January. So we shall see! I have Carmen the opera on January 8, he prolly won't come on New Year's Eve. So he'll most likely come on January 15 which is 8 weeks (2 months) away. December is not a good month with Christmas and all. Anyways I wanna go up there Valentine's Day weekend on a Friday night and he said he'll show me around on Saturday and I can go home on Sunday. That will be in February.

Davey wants some more nude photos but my camera went missing. this is the fourth or fifth camera I've bought. Luckily the price went down to 99 so the total is 118, plus the carrying case that I lost (20) and an SD card (16), it'll be like the cost of it before at $150.

I was thinking about breaking up with Davey and going out with Howard. But he's 5'8 and has two teenage kids. Also he runs and wants to run with me and I haven't run in 4-5 months! I am not about to go running again for a guy. Davey doesn't make me run and he's 5'10 so my kids might be taller, LOL. So I think I will continue dating Davey and hope he moves to NYC sometime next year.

next weekend!

So Davey might be coming up to NYC for work this week so next weekend looks good to finally meet up. It's been over 3 months since I last saw him. He's also gonna think up some new poses for me to send.

I got drunk last night at Cheryl's birthday party. I had 5.5 martinis. Anyways, not gonna drink again anytime soon. The drinks were half-off so I only spent $36 on 6 drinks. $5 for the martini and $1 tip. At least I just used up all my cash in my wallet, and didn't charge anything to my card.

update...

so I called Davey a lot on Friday and he got pissed. So much he said if I sent another text or call he would consider us done. haha, so I stopped. anyways I sent him an email tonight apologizing and he wrote back saying he doesn't believe me when I say I won't freak out again. oh well. I haven't freaked out the same though. all different ways.

Maybe he'll come this weekend when I have my period and have my Sat night concert to go to at Alice Tully Hall.

Anyways, it's scoreless in Game 5 of the World Series. Giants up 3-1 against the Rangers. Even though I love the Bushes, I am rooting for the Giants. Go Lincecum!

Update on Davey weekend

So Davey got sick this weekend and couldn't come. He did email me both on Sat and Sun showing a great desire to come. Oh well. I think he has his daughter this Halloween weekend. And I bought a classical music concert ticket for the night of Nov 6 so not sure if he wants to go to that. So instead of Rayuela we can go to a restaurant in the Lincoln Center area.

So maybe he'll come on Sat Nov 6 and we'll go to the concert then grab dinner in the Lincoln Center area. Dan Sushi? PJ Clarke's? I have to figure a good place to go to then. :)

Looks like Game 1 of World Series will be won by Texas Rangers and Cliff Lee. leading 2-0 with Cliff Lee on the mound for Texas against Lincecum.

Oct 23-24 weekend

So Davey promised next weekend. The weekend of Oct 23-24. That worked best because I went to a cello/piano concert at Alice Tully Hall on Saturday with my mom. That was good. My mom liked it more than the paid concert that I took her to the philharmonic last year. This concert was free. Definitely a plus to be part of the Classical Music Meetup group where I heard abt the free concert.

Anyways, I am planning to go ice skating this weekend and go to Rayuela and Verlaine for dinner and drinks, respectively. Fun weekend! He'll meet Paddy!

this may be it

so Davey will let me know tmrw most likely if he's coming to NYC this weekend. Not sure if he has his daughter this weekend. And I want to go to a concert at 2pm on Saturday. Maybe next weekend. Who knows? Will keep you updated.

Breaking News

Breaking news: Davey has a daughter. Not sure how old she is. But apparently he was married years ago. Which is news to me. Anyways he had his daughter this weekend. I'm giving him until next weekend to show his face in NYC. He better bring flowers too!

Maybe next

Davey sent me a text this past Friday saying maybe next. So I hope he does come this coming weekend. This weekend makes eight weekends of not connecting. Asked him to call me today. We'll see if he does that.

But he said to take the time we have and enjoy it, so I know I'm in a monogamous relationship with him.

I like the ramen at Ippudo NY. Went there yesterday by myself and sat at the bar. Asked my bro if he wanted to go today, my treat.

Now this coming weekend for sure this time

So Davey didn't make it up last weekend. See his email below explaining:

"OK, I got flown out to San Fran today for work. Just got back to my hotel room after a long day. Hope I can fly out tomorrow, but it pretty much ruined my chance to come see you tomorrow. The hotel is really cool though. If you want me to send you some photos from my room, I can."

He sent me a text saying he'll try hard to be here this coming weekend but he can't make promises out of his control.

He's been MIA since last Friday so I sent him a video email hoping to jog up his senses. LOL He has to respond to that email. Anyways, here's looking to this weekend.

What shd I eat today? That is the question, I might go to Thai Pavilion and grabbing some Seafood Spicy Noodle.

Rafa

Rafael Nadal won the US Open, making him the seventh man to complete a career Grand Slam. Go Nadal! Here's to hoping you capture all the Grand Slams until you turn 29! Go Nadal! Over Federer, yeah you Roger!

This coming weekend instead....

Long time since my last post. Davey didn't make it up over Labor Day weekend but he thinks he can make it this weekend. Hope he can! It might rain on Sunday but nice day on Saturday.

Sent him a lot of texts and two voicemails over Friday and Saturday so he got annoyed. But he did text me twice over the weekend and emailed me asking for a new pose. I sent him a whole bunch of pics this week and he thought they were hot. The video he requested was too large to send thru email. Maybe in person.

Anyways, I made a reservation for two at Rayuela if I don't feel like cooking him lasagna Saturday night.

Crossing my fingers for this coming weekend.

US Open Labor Day Monday

I am post-dating this entry to 9/6/10 but writing it on 9/9/10.

I went to the US Open with my mom on Labor Day Monday September 6. We watched Monfils down Gasquet, Kinepri defeat Wickmayer and Soderling beat Montagne. All of them have since been eliminated from the US Open. I'm rooting for Nadal vs Federer with Nadal giving him a straight sets spanking! I can dream, can't I?

And around 5:43pm on Sunday Davey texted me a message "Email ya in a bit". It sounded light so it sounded like it would be a good email. And it was. He sent it around 6:30pm (the first time he sent an email in the 6 o'clock hour). It was saying I hope you had "a good weekend even though we didn't get together. Next weekend is a definite possibility."

Davey's coming to NYC Labor Day weekend

So Davey wrote me yesterday and said he thinks the "Labor day plan will work." So I'm going to make plans for the weekend.

How does this sound?

Saturday
3-7pm hang out in Central Park
8-10pm Rayuela reservation in the LES
10-11pm Verlaine for lychee martinis

Sunday
11-1pm in Bridgehampton at Pierre's 2468 Main Street
1-4pm Cupsogue Beach (Westhampton, NY, $10 parking)
6-8pm dinner at the Palm, 94 Main Street in East Hampton

Monday
bid him adieu (farewell)

How's that itinerary? I might trade in the Rayuela reservation to cooking him Spicy Chipotle Lasagna, depending on whether he wants to eat in or not....I would cook for him, the first guy I've ever cooked for. I think I'm in love with him. :)

Real Madrid tied with Mallorca. They suck already. FC Barcelona won their game.

Watching the Yankees game and it's 2-1 over Chicago in the eighth inning.

Ted Lilly is placed on waivers despite pitching 5-0 with a 1.83 ERA. Maybe the Yankees can get Lilly and I can finally drool over him at home! A girl can dream, right?

Team Chapstick!

I got up at 4am this morning to cheer Team Chapstick on to become Team Lipstick. That's the triathlon team I was on briefly before I quit to focus on the Marathon. But now that I'm not running the marathon, I am focused on losing weight through managing my food intake.

Anyways, there I am standing, two from the left. Sara was also not racing but I didn't get to talk to her much. I am trying to see where to go in the Hamptons on Sunday for a romantic dinner with Davey. And she spent some summers in Amagansett so I was thinking she could let me know what's the in place to eat in the Hamptons.

Silver Lining

So Davey's not able to get out of work to come to NYC this weekend. He said there might be a slim chance and he'll know late Friday afternoon but don't plan on him being here this weekend. The silver lining is that maybe he'll be able to come up the next weekend, which is Labor Day weekend. We'll see. To be continued....

I ate Black Garlic pizza (garlic, mushrooms and prosciutto) from El Greco Trattoria. Very yummy. Having the leftovers.

Italian Baked Lamb Chops

I'm making this, Italian Baked Lamb Chops, for lunch and dinner tonight. Yeah, I'm back to cooking baby! I'll take a pic of my final product and append this posting in an hr or so................ Bon appetit!

Thank God I tried that recipe out before trying to cook it for Davey. It didn't turn out that well, I had to nuke it in the microwave to cook it because it was still visibly red on the outside. Didn't snap a picture because it didn't look so good. Now I have enough leftovers to feed me til the end of tomorrow. So I'm not going to my parents until Wednesday to stock up on some food. I'm poor this week. August has been a sloooooooow month.

Anyways, I was going through my recipes and I'll make the Spicy Chipotle Lasagna for Davey if he comes up to NYC this weekend. He mentioned in an email last Friday morn abt coming the weekend after which would make it this coming weekend, but he hasn't followed that up with a more substantive email so not sure. Anyways I asked him if he wanted brownies with almonds or vanilla cupcakes with chocolate frosting. I'm hoping he says brownies so I don't have to buy an electric mixer.

Coming this weekend

Davey wrote me an email Friday morning saying the weekend after is good and that he'll write me more by Sunday but it's Monday and he hasn't said anything more abt visiting so not sure if he's definitely coming this weekend. But I hope he does.

I'm going to bake him Magnolia Bakery vanilla cupcakes with chocolate buttercream frosting. Yummy. Either that or Duncan Hines fudge brownies with almonds. He has to tell me which he wants more.... the brownies will be easier and then I won't have to get a hand mixer or a stand mixer.

My Favorite Flowers

Dean & Deluca named these flowers Nicola roses and they are my favorite. No, Davey didn't get me these, I bought them myself -- a dozen for $10. Not bad. At Dean & Deluca they were $20. But at a flower shop on East 62nd and Lexington Avenue, they were $10.81 with tax.

Anyways, I decided to get them to brighten up the room. I hope Davey remembers to buy me some flowers when he visits me. He still hasn't indicated which weekend he can come up. He mentioned some good weekends, so not sure if he's coming up for more than one weekend. We shall see.

Falling in love...

I think I'm falling in love with Davey :)

Every time he sends me an email I get happy. So it must be love. Anyways, just thought I would update with the good news.

Finally feeling something for Davey!

He really liked the bikini shot I took of myself in the dressing room. that bikini is by far the skimpiest, and it's from Benetton, so it's a good buy at $34, 50% off. I'll include some shots when my replacement digital camera comes in the mail.

Have to go into work today, and miss my dig camera delivery. I'll have to pick it up via car tomorrow after the beach. Oh well it's just for 1-2 hrs.

Back Together with Davey

OMG, I broke up with Brian on Monday July 26 and three days later on Thursday July 29, Davey emailed me and asked if I wanted to visit him in MD. No apology, just saying if I wanted to come down, he'll pick me up in Baltimore. That he was willing to "forgive past transgressions." I emailed him back saying was he really going to forgive the mean horrible email I sent him. He responded later that night and said if it was said out of spite, he could forgive it.

Anyways, after dating Brian for two weeks, I realized I still like Davey. the only minuses are his age and he is living in MD. But I decided to go down to MD on Saturday and I had a blast. He bought me a bikini from Hollister and didn't make me pay for it :) since he threw away the bikini I left at his apt after that mean email. We went to Balducci's and he got me this expensive wagyu ribeye steak. We got home and took a nap then he cooked me dinner. It was the best steak I've ever had. Anyways, we watched Hot Tub Time Machine but 30 minutes into the movie I fell asleep. Boy was I tired. then we went to sleep, got up around 9am and had some coffee. It was a relaxing weekend. He said when I come down in the fall, he'll take me to DC. So I'm taking that as in when I go to see him in September. :)

Anyways, he said it's his turn to come and visit me. So he hasn't given me a specific weekend yet but maybe in 3-4 weeks. Not sure if I'm going to cook for him, since he's such a great cook. Maybe we can go to Rayuela, that's a perfect date place. I'll treat him since he is driving up to see me.

So I'm debating whether or not to tell my therapist that I broke up with him for those three weeks. I'm leaning to just saying he came up to see me. I don't want her to judge the relationship like my other two friends, Ka Ming and Jacqui not approving. Only Jackie is not judging my relationship, which I'm grateful for.

I got up at 3AM today after going to sleep around 8:30PM, so I sent Davey an email ard 4AM and he's yet to respond. I think he checks his email before he goes to work and after he goes to work since he doesn't have yahoo mail at work. I hope he responds by tonight.

Heading to my parents and Jones Beach today. Then Yankees-BoSox game at 7PM with Jackie. She got these $75 seats for her bday on August 18, so looking forward to that game between the Yankees and Detroit Tigers :)

Just wanted to say I'm back in a relationship and I'm happy. I could see myself falling for him. He is debating on whether to buy or rent in NYC so once he makes his mind up, he'll be moving to NYC. Can't wait to hang out with him more!

End of Brian

OK, Brian just ended it with me because he didn't think we had enough chemistry and logistically we lived too far apart. I was going to try and argue with him but I am not going to. I think he's too fat and he has a 4 year old son. So no Great Adventures this Fri. I might see if my bro wants to go to Great Adventures on Fri.

No one else has contacted me on the dating sites so that's a bummer. I joined match, eharmony and okcupid. I might rejoin plentyoffish.

I seem to max out at two dates with a guy and then they end it. Hope I break out from that. Maybe I'll just post on craigslist on the long-term dating section. That's how I met Rich and I dated him for like 2 months.

Oh I'm going to Atlantic City Wed to Fri morning, that'll be my vacation this year. Short trip. Plus going to Boston weekend of August 7-8. I need to focus growing my business. Maybe I'll take a break from dating.

Great Adventures and Atlantic City

So Brian's taking me to Great Adventures next Friday. I have to go to Newark at noon and he'll drive there. He also said he'll pay for admission. It'll be $25 each since there's a special deal on Coke Cans. Mon-Fri buy one get one free.

Then my bro wanted to go to Atlantic City on Wednesday so I might go there for the second time in my life. The first time I went there I was 19 and I couldn't gamble since they carded me. I've only since gambled in one poker game (lost when I went all-in). That'll be my mini-vacation. I'm also headed to Boston August 7-8 to visit Helen, she might be moving from Boston to somewhere else because Nick, her husband, has to find a place to do his post-doc.

I bought these two pairs of shoes, one Franco Sarti sandals and this other Taryn Rose open-toed peep shoes. Both used and a bargain! Spent 20 on the sandals and 60 on the shoes. I also bought a dress for $15 so I got three items for less than 100! I love eBay!

New relationship

I started dating this new guy named Brian last Friday. He's a divorced dad of a 4 year old son named AJ.

Anyways, he ended up really liking me and calling me and texting me to the point where I called him the night before we were supposed to meet on our second date and told him he was acting a bit psycho. So he broke up with me and I sent him a nasty email calling him fat. Then he called me back later that night and still wanted to meet the next day.

So I met him for the second date and we had some fun. He is a public aid defense lawyer so he got out of court early and picked me up at 2:30pm where we went to the Met and checked out the Picasso exhibit. Picasso is his favorite artist. Then we went to KumSangGan restaurant (Korean) in Flushing. He came over and watched part of the Mets game before he left for NJ.

I really want to go to Great Adventures and he said he'll check his schedule to see if he can take off early one day next week. He said he might take Friday off, but then there's a chance he'll bring AJ and I don't want to meet his son quite yet. Maybe if I'm still dating him after three months, I'll be ready to meet his kid.

He also said I can pick an expensive restaurant for our next date. My friends have been weighing in. So far Union Sq Cafe is on the top of that list. I think Blue Fin is too expensive. I shd make him take me to Candle 79 and I can run into that cute bartender. Hahaha.

Anyways, I'll post again after the Great Adventures date or the next date. I think he really likes me so this is the first time a guy is chasing me. We'll see how long this lasts.

End of Davey

After I tried breaking up with him last week he broke up with me passively this week. Oh well I wasn't in love with him.

He was unresponsive at the end. I can't deal with that and it drove me nuts.

I am looking on match and okcupid. I left plentyoffish because I met Davey on that and that was a strange site.

No new prospects. Off the birth control pills. I lost a 6 month supply of birth controls on the subway so will abstain from having sex without condoms for the next 5 months.

Anyways, I'll update this as soon as I start cooking more. I'm making linguini with real clams next Monday. Have to get the clam meat cans next Monday from Whole Foods.

I'm operating on one hour of sleep because I need to be somewhere at 7:30AM.

trouble in paradise...

I'm not so sure when David's moving to NYC so I kinda wanna break up with him. I never wanted a long-distance relationship. I mentioned it to him last week but he assured me he'll make it easier for me by visiting me more often. So instead of four weeks, he's coming in three weeks to see me. I am not sure if I can do this.

He's also 12 years older than me. That's old.

And he has no hair.

So all those three factors plus the fact that I'm not falling for him and it's been two months already lead me to believe he's not the one. What to do?

Weekend in MD

I got back on Sunday from a weekend spent with Davey in Frederick, MD. I had a fun and relaxing weekend. I arrived around 10:40am at Baltimore's Penn Station. However, David didn't leave his house until after I arrived. He arrived around 11:35am and we drove back to his apt. He lives in a nice three level complex, Sunset Apartments. He told me his rent is $960. Rent is cheap in MD! We quickly changed for the pool and I paid 5 dollars for the pool access. He bought some Sam Adams' summer ale and some chips (no salsa or guacamole). He said he would make guacamole later.

Anyways we spent a couple of hours in the pool and sunbathing. It was relaxing and hot.

Then we took a nap together on the couch, abt 90 minutes long, I was only asleep for the last half hour and he woke me up because his arm had fallen asleep. Then we took a shower separately and got ready to go out. We went to the Tasting Room in Frederick, MD and had crab dip and I had the Beachy Lychee and he had a glass of red wine, merlot... Then we went to Safeway to buy the ingredients for a French hamburger and roasted squash.

He made me guacamole and we talked for a while because we weren't hungry. then around 10:15pm he cooked me a French hamburger and roasted squash plus some store-bought potato salad. It was by two candlelights so it was nice and romantic. Then we went to sleep. Nice day and evening.

Then the next morning, we woke up too late to make French toast but he did make me some coffee. It was good. Then he drove me to Penn Station in Baltimore and I got on the 12:15pm bolt bus to Manhattan. Got into 33rd and 8th Ave at 4:43pm.

He told me to pick a weekend for him to come up to NYC and he'll see if he can make it. So I have to figure out which weekend is good. I don't really wanna spend 2-3 days with him over July 4th weekend and then his birthday is Jul 9 so not sure if he'll want to come to NYC on his birthday weekend so it might be another 4 weeks til I see him again.

But I did write him an email on Monday telling him I had a fun time and he said he enjoyed having me there so all is well. I am happy.

He said best case scenario he'll move to NYC in three months but it could take up to 6 months, so we'll see how this dating goes til then.

in a relationship

I'm in a relationship! Just wanted to update it here. I confirmed it today with the guy David or Davey *haha* when I typically freaked out abt it. Haha. We may go away in September to Mexico!

Pasta with Tomato-Blue Cheese Sauce

this is not my photo but I cooked this today. It came out creamier than the picture but yummy. Might make this again in the future.

Sloppy Joe's

I made sloppy joes from PW's site. Too lazy to take a pic. Have to go to the gym tomorrow and run a mile or two. Might not be able to do the Brooklyn Half-Marathon, that's in 4 weeks!

How hard is it to maintain a blog where you write in it on a daily basis but keep it remote from your personal life. I follow this one blog that will go nameless that is written on a daily basis but not really personal at all.

I don't think I can maintain a daily blog. The last time I wrote abt Cristiano Ronaldo. That was over a month ago.

And I stopped cooking regularly a few months ago.

wah!

I have to rant about this.

Cristiano Ronaldo has transferred to Real Madrid last summer and his new team sucks. He scores like a goal a game, but that's not enough for them to win games. Meanwhile Manchester United is on top of the English Premier League and still in the Champions League. Why did he have to transfer? It's so hard to root for a sucky team.

Hot Wings

Hot Wings.

Repeat

I cooked the Quesadilla de Camarones (Shrimp) for the second time, marking the first recipe I've cooked twice. Tmrw I make Buffalo Hot Wings for the Superbowl. Yummy

Cajun Chicken Pasta.

Spicy Chipotle Lasagne

Spicy Chipotle Lasagne.

Quesadillas de Camarones (Shrimp)

Quesadillas de Camarones

Scallops Verde

Scallops Verde.

French Onion Soup

French Onion Soup.

Spring Green Risotto

Spring Green Risotto

Thai Spicy Basil Chicken Fried Rice

Shrimp Tikka Masala

2010 Resolutions

What are my 2010 New Year's Resolutions?

• Mostly to get financially stable and to save money
• Build a master chef's kitchen stocked with appliances, dishes and cookware
• Maintain 95 lbs (hard considering I started cooking Fri, Sat, Sun)
• Do a sub-4 hour 2010 NYC marathon
• Move to a one-bedroom on the UES in Jan 2011 (does that count since it's 2011)
• Make more friends, be more social (NY Flyers)

Spiced Roasted Chicken with Peruvian Aji Sauce

Peruvian Aji Sauce

Spiced Roasted Chicken.

Wishlist

Bedford Corner Desk with Hutch from Pottery Barn

Le Creuset 20 pc cookware set in Cherry, this is 699.99 and will be my birthday gift to myself in May

Still waiting for my iPhone to be delivered. Hopefully someone on Monday from the company will let me know the tracking number. Still won't use it until I get the Mobile Me.

Cristiano Ronaldo shirt

I bought this, the L (30-32") Kid's Home Cristiano Ronaldo (9). It shd arrive by Friday Jan 8, 2010. In time for the next Real Madrid meetup match I'm going to.

Stuffed Peppers

Stuffed peppers.

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Stuffed-Peppers-101633

Spice-Rubbed Quail.

Florentine Bag, Sofabed

Happy New Year's Everyone, under a blue moon!

So this has been an uneventful week. I bought 1000 unaddressed business cards with my AccountEdge logo for $95.00. I shd be set for the next 5 years.

I finally bought the Pink Florentine Laptop bag, it came out to $120 instead of $82 since I waited too long after the holidays. I think that'll sate my need for the Burberry Pink Perspex Tonal Bag. I'll keep checking to see if it goes on sale. I would spend $300 on that bag, but no more.

My next purchase will be a Jennifer Convertible sofabed for $329, need to know how much delivery will cost.

Kinda torn over buying a Real Madrid Ronaldo jersey. I bought a Manchester United Ronaldo jersey and he was only there for two season's worth.

Chicken Pot Pie

Chicken Pot Pie.

Magazine Collection

I have most Runner's World, Cosmopolitan's, Fitness and Shape since 2004; I have Women's Health since 2008. I have any eating guide from TimeOut. I have a lot of magazines as these pictures show.

Cooking Part II

So I cooked crab bisque yesterday for Christmas. I added too much salt so it came out too salty. Also had to constantly skim off foam off the top of the seafood bisque, prolly won't make that again anytime soon. Check out my FB page for pics.

I made Pasta Bolognese today and that came out so much better. My parents thought it tasted really good and it was easier to make than the crab bisque so I'll be sure to cook it again.

I also cooked Sauteed Crab with Egg, Scallion and Ginger, a family recipe. I haven't tasted it yet so I'm not sure how it turned out but my mom said it came out well.

Tomorrow I will cook Chicken Pot Pie. I forgot to buy the frozen puff pastry so I will go to the Stop and Shop on Northern Blvd on my way back from Equinox in Great Neck to run 2 miles, my first run in two weeks. My right ankle is completely recovered.

I am going to give myself a budget of up to $30 to buy some cooking utensil or apparatus. This week I bought a $33 10.5 x 7 red baking dish.

I'm also not going to get the $550 Burberry Pink Perspex Tote but will save up to buy a $265 Kitchenaid electric mixer from Amazon.com. I'm also going to get the Pink Florentine Laptop Bag next Wednesday.

I have to get 1099-MISC forms for my two clients, Adam and Julieta. Hopefully they won't exceed 10 recipients.

Sauted crab with Egg, ginger and scallion

Pasta Bolognese

Pasta Bolognese.

Dog Christmas

I want to buy something for my dog since it's Christmas but I think he has it all. A bed, leashes, collars, harnesses, bowls, toys, you name it I have it.

Crab Bisque

Crab bisque.

Christmas Mass at St Robert's in Bayside

Cooking

My new hobby is cooking. I'm going to knit sporadically and hope to finish Paddy's sweater by Mar 2010, but full steam ahead on cooking. I'm also not going to go out to dinner anymore at restaurants, instead I'll check out menus for cool dishes to cook myself. I'll still go to brunch tho, maybe once every three months. I'm hell-bent on saving money next year. I'm even going to take a Sushi and Sake 101 class at Sushi Samba to learn how to make my own sushi.

Paddy as a Yankee doggie, in his Yankee collar and Yankee dog tag

Update

OK, I was photo-blogging for three days straight and on a roll until I fell off the world for 13 days... minor blip, I'm back! Got some extra accounting and setup of LLC work so making quite a bit of money in December, which is good considering I lost my fourth iPhone. But the fifth iPhone will be my last iPhone cuz this AT&T sales rep told me about Mobile Me which is this software that can gps lost phones. It's 99 and I'm going to buy it as soon as my client pays me this week.

I've also decided to learn how to swim on my own. I have had enough lessons and know what I need to do, I just need to practice on my own. That'll save me a lot of money and I can pay off my Citibank cc, which I have been letting slide since November. I shd be back on track by Feb 2010. I'm also foregoing mani-pedis (bought my own nail polish and will do it myself) and stretch sessions. I might also only go to one Yankee game next year since I just calculated that I spent 500 on Yankees tickets, food, gear and the movie. I'm going to cut it down to half of that for the 2010 season, especially since they don't have Hideki Matsui and Chien-Ming Wang (sp?) They also traded for Nick Johnson whom I was not fond of and Javier Vasquez who gave up a grand slam in game 7 of the ALCS to Boston's Johnny Damon.

So yeah with all these new clients and saving money tactics, I shd save enough for a trip to Shanghai and HK and to be able to bring my mom with me. I'm thinking by Jul 2o11 I'll have enough saved and I'll visit my homeland for the first time.

OK, I will try photo-blogging tomorrow when I go into the city tmrw for my weekly therapy session.

Oh I haven't been running since I injured my right ankle in cardio class. It feels abt healed but I want to rest a few more days to be on the safe side. I think I'll return to the gym to run 2 miles on a treadmill on Sat, the day after Christmas.

Going to cook crab bisque on Christmas day. Invested at least 70 bucks on it so far, so it better turn out well.

Pink Florentine Laptop bag

This is the pink bag that I currently want to hold my laptop. It costs abt $82, and I hope my bro gets it for me for Christmas. I am still going to save for my pink Burberry tonal check perspex tote bag. Maybe it can fit my running shoes and running clothes. If I save $50 a week, I will have enough in 12 weeks, 2/24/10.

Wishlist finished

Now that I got a digital camera, an iPhone, and a Garmin 405, I ran out of things on my wishlist. I've also decided against getting a MacBook Pro because I have a brand new SONY VAIO that I use for my business. It'll just cost too much money to buy all the programs like Quickbooks Pro, Adobe Writer, MS Office, Turbotax, you get the idea for the Mac. So I'll make do with my pink SONY VAIO. I was contemplating a pink Burberry tote bag for my gym bag but I like my brown MonSac bag. Also not sure if I want my pink 0bsession to show that much.

I was also contemplating doing Team for Kids again but then I found out tonight that they will most likely raise the contribution to 2500 and I don't think I can raise that amount.

What else do I want? Oh a sofa when I move out. I hope I can get enough clients this tax season to move out by August or September of this year.

My new pink Casio Exilim digital camera

My new pink Casio Exilim 12.1 digital camera. Matches my pink SONY VAIO, my pink Burberry novacheck wallet, and my pink Puma gym bag. Just need a pink handbag and I'm set

Desk Lamp

Bought a desk lamp from the Office Depot for my office. With my new chair my home office is complete.

Peruvian rotisserie chicken with rice and beans at Pio Pio on 34th St and 2nd Ave

Daily blogging

Tried to blog from the subway but forgot the email address to send blog updates. Will take a note of it for tomorrow. I'm going to try to blog as much as Danica and take more pics of my life. More TK.

So I tried asking Megan Jones to give me another swim lesson on Dec 6, but she was not free. She offered to set up a time with the other two swim instructors but that might be too much, they won't be able to track my progress. So I went back to Nadia Fischer, the swim instructor I originally hired and whom I still have three lessons. We met last Friday at 4:30pm. The water at the pool at 54th Street and 1st Avenue was warm, I loved it! I hope it's always that warm. We practiced the breaststroke. I have to go tomorrow and practice.

I ran 3 miles on a treadmill in Greenwich on Saturday. It was raining/snowing, so I took my workout indoors. Then I went to the Real Madrid Almeria match at Mr Dennehy's with the Real Madristas meetup. They won an exciting 4-2 game where Ronaldo scored and took off his shirt. He got a red card (well two yellow cards, one yellow card for taking off his shirt) but I think it may be worth it. He won't be in next week's game so I don't have to go the meetup next week.

I got some business. George Pan of ISecure Tax and Henry Tran of 1040Now are asking me for certification letter. They'll pay a total of $200 for abt 1 hr of work so I make $200/hr. If only I can keep getting that kind of business, I wouldn't need to look for a full-time job.

Tomorrow or later today (Monday late morning) I will run outside with my Garmin 405 for the first time. I will do the 4 mile reservoir run. It'll be my longest distance yet since I got the ankle injury. I think my ankle is 100% recovered.

Then picking up a $200 monthly check from good ol' reliable Adam.

Wednesday I have my therapist appt at 1:15pm then going to run 4 miles on a treadmill at the gym then a 3:30pm stretch with Katie. I'll hope to be blogging daily, maybe even multiple times with photos!! I can dream, right?