.you were so happy.

I hate running into old co-workers
at the job I had before the one I have now
because,
I sorta
kinda
really hated everyone there
(sans a few of the best people I've ever met).

And today: it happened.

I ran into a not-so-close co-worker.
Who hated me then
(for no reason - I swear!)
and
apparently,
still does.

I could tell because of her fake smile.
Which sort of looked like this:

Sorry to whoever this really is.

I hate small talk.
I hate talking about things I don't want to.
I hate silences.
Ew.

I got off two stops early
walked up the steps
turned around
and waited for the next train.

(and if you read this XX - you know it's true)

.as it goes away.

Mini Snowman!

The son of Giant Snowman

.i'll find the sweetest spot to watch.

Obligatory post about
massive amount of snow.....

Here's a picture of a dog in a car!!!!

.right under the sea.

What? No! Huh?

.i'll sink manhattan.

I love my boyfriend
and I don't think he reads this blog.

With that said,
this photo combines two of my
favorite things:
handsome British men
and Polaroid cameras.

Especially Andrew Garfield
with a SX-70 camera.

Mmmmmm.....

(flip record to side 5B)

I seriously,
I mean seriously,
almost screamed out loud
when I realized I had to buy
a new Unlimited Metrocard
yesterday
and was reminded
of it's $104 cost.

I wanted to punch the ticket machine.
(Alas, I did not)

.come on over here, come on over here.

Was the cutest little old man in New York profiled in the New York Times the other day?

(photo by Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)

Yes! Yes he was.

Subway Sentences 2010

Oh! I almost forgot. Thanks to all the writers and the like making my commute a little more bearable in 2010 (it's a bit smaller than last year considering I was unemployed for a 66% of the year):

• Sloane Crosley's How Did You Get this Number
• Tom McCarthy's C
• Sara Shepard's Pretty Little Liars #1
• Samantha Bee's I Know I Am, But What Are You?
• Sarah Vowell's The Wordy Shipmates
• Sarah Dunant's The Birth of Venus
• David Sedaris' Me Talk Pretty One Day (the 3rd time)
• Julian Barnes's England, England
• John D. MacDonald's The House Guests
• Reif Larsen's The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet
• The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2002
• Margo Rabb's Cure for Heartbreak
• Voltaire's Candide
• Dai Sijie's Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book) Teacher's Edition: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
• Etgar Keret's The Girl on the Fridge
• Clark Wolf's American Cheeses: The Best Regional, Artisan, and Farmhouse Cheeses, Who Makes Them, and Where to Find Them
• Lianna Kong's i am neurotic: (and so are you)
• Sarah Thornton's Seven Days in the Art World

.but the boots back on and run, run.

I watched a girl,
maybe a year or so younger than I,
jump onto the subway track
just a mere 30 seconds before the train arrived,
at Broadway-Layfayette
to retrieve her fallen
Metrocard.

I think this is a more
a statement
on the cost of a ride 
($5,442.98 for a single swipe)
than the hubris
of this girl.

(although she was quite swift in this action and without much hesitation which makes me think this wasn't the first time this had happen to her)

.could be there when you land.

I got a free calendar
at Pearl River
and this was the
image
for the year of the horse.

Oooookay.
Sexy?

.leap and let the jet stream set you down.

It was a little crazy yesterday

at the Polar Bear Club of Coney Island

(raising money for Camp Sunshine)

New Year's Dip.

But the water was fine.

And cold.

And fun!

(yes, I went in - twice!)